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Director, FEI . . June 12, 195 ~ MAN LO LoweLL (Delegate State Comnittee CPA of Ohio) spoke from the floor anc stated that he hed examined Browder's book *"Teheran® and other Browder writings in devail since Browder was charzed with revisionism, and hed not “found anythine to support such charges, He defined revisionism as changing the basic purpose of Commmism, ‘hich is the chanting of capitelism into socialism, iALL claimed that Srowder's policy of institutine a4 period of collaboration betveen capitalists and Comzunists wos a necessary policy in order to help the socialist portion of the viorld led ty the Soviet Union. He stated it was necessary not only during the war with Germany, but vias still necessary durinc the present ware WALL seid he did not believe the ideolozical state of the American mind besed on property owmershin would permit the CPA to hope for socialism in the imediace postwar period, but he saw no reason for the CPA to "pcat ous Arecsts and say I sinned" at every opportunity. OD or Ghisal wae tha wn wry T t Pp CEAUNT (DB tee CPA of VIO, Ves Be ne fesse wale (a elevate stave Comb sneiier, and stated that ne wes in favor of the first five poirts of the resolwiion, bet that only by fichtinz covld the cnalns of tue tnited States and British irmerialism be brokene He severely criticiced Srovder for coope:eting with the class enemy. w+ fale ra Tne next speaxer was a women called Comrad@ SUICIDE by JOHNSON. nes spoke in favor of the resolution serine thet, the’ Teheran end Yalta ents anc the policies espoused b; ” Fleanor“Aoosevelt were being Lroken cay by our frovernment She Aurther afced that the CEL mict nant tele «~~ har ok ELT bh A as we ae ek ee eh hat ke Ver we MWidte We we bi Ab ven ‘ nC crented that Presicent Truman vould follow President Roosevelt's licies since in many cases he had failed to do so, R ‘Jee op 1 LA Dock “a i 4 ta ' The next speaker, unknown, seid thet Frovderts policy of coopera- tion with carital hec helped materially to win the war, but hed been veremphasized. He then seid thet Browder should not be blaned for the ficsolution of the Communist Party as history shoved thet Communist or fanications oTten dissolved when the situetion necessitated it. He men TH ted paint S| nie ticned the dissolution of the First and Third Internationales as Cxarm Less nis specker said the Comiunist Party wes dissolved primarily to gain national unity, and was just a change in name anyway. This speaker steied that conditions were not ripe for socialism in the United States and were materially different from the conditions in France where DUCLOS wrote his article, He ended with the stetenent thet the CPA must never iloze sizht of ite basic of the abolition of capitalism and the establish ment of socielisn, . weesiution, She stated that since the war in D Braope was over T nent genent aa in @ great nany plants hac been getting tourher with the workers and some ¢ trace unions were peiting tired of it. She said that political pressure - + ~fn ee ie em ee yp mp ete i] ! 1 4 ; ( : i a oe