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100-1128 T386 This infornant provided copies of correspondence of RicHARD BRAnsren dated August 2l, l945 addressed "Dear Conrade Foster! enclosing a 1etter-by~RUTH HcKEMTEY and BRANSTEN to.#NEW MASSES" (Apparently the preceding Totter). This two page letter.attenpts-toexplain.the.docision - of BransteN .end his. xife in resigning as. editors of.NEu luSses"in the in uhsw iseEs" of the faults of the CPA and CP, as well as the econonic and political aspects of the Trunan Administration and the anti-Soviet, policy. A paragraph of this lettor is quoted as follows:. Og uodo sAtate otu nok Mouy I osieoaq nof o4 stye egnin'Iu go nnol os noen oo unng naou olnsend fouuen Ioo..gennt nue. uogssnosnp tention the questions worrying.sonany of us. We are afraid--after the experience of the past year and one half--that we are still carrying over ger; the danger rether is'in changing the vocabulary by.continuing our yata geop oq sotatgtqrssod ygtM pessoaduy *snongnco-IoAo eq o4 fouopuog tho ruling'class, over-awed by. the power of anerican inperialisn,".. This infornant also furnished a six page-article.possibly written 28. Igzb issue of uvgw hssses" pointing out tho opinions of the writer of as 'contributing editors of mey liAsses" offoctive innediately. The informant furnished also nunerous copies of attenpts by the gsubject and Rurh HickeinEy which the informant stated was writtan by RUtH ncKElEy at preparing an,article severoly cniticizing #nw iAssest and its. editorial policy. The indecision in the attenpt at conposition of this ar- ticle.is evidenced by the mumerous changes in the titlo, several of which Rise Up, Outraged Ihew.Masses' readers". The above article, similar.to the article nention innediately of uNey Masses" and concludes that #Ney Massos" nagazine as of Soptember 1945 in the opinion of the writers is norally,politically and financially bankrupt.