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BROWDER 1937 To the reporters, pointing to the re- treating cop An economic royalist, no doubt. FIRST REPORTER You were speaking Of the Communist Party as a stabilizing force Of American democracy. Can you give us an example of your party’s activity along these lines? BROWDER I937 Pompously Certainly. Take the question of relief for the unemployed. It was the fight organized and led by the Communist Party on behalf Of the unem- ployed which finally brought from a reluctant Con- gress those measures of relief and work which saved America from catastrophe. SECOND REPORTER Catastrophe ? BROWDER 1932 Almost frothing at the mouth Catastrophe! For whom? BROWDER I937 Calmly, as befits a defender of democracy For the nation as a whole. Twentieth century

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