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Expulsion of Earl Browder from Communist Party

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Title: Seven items on the expulsion of Earl Browder from the Communist Party
Author: [Browder, Earl]
Description: Includes: Retained copy of a typed letter from Browder to the Presiding Committee of the Communist Party Convention in which Browder accepts the new party line. [New York] July 28, 1945. 1 p. * ['GENE']. Autograph letter, to "Freda & Fambly," from an unidentified "Gene" reporting on sympathy for Browder expressed by delegates to the 18th Congress of the Communist Party of Great Britain. [London] November 29 [1945.] 3 pp. * Retained copy of letter, from Browder to John Williamson, declining a request that he meet with the Secretariat on January 29 at the National Office and recalling fondly Stalin's speeches of 1929 on the American question. Yonkers, N.Y., January 28, 1946. 1 p. * Retained copy of letter, from Browder to the Yonkers Club and all members of the Communist Party, setting forth his defense against charges lodged against him that ultimately led to his expulsion. Yonkers, N.Y. February 1, 1946. 8 pp. Tape stains in margins of pages 1 and 2. * Appeal of Earl Browder to the National Committee C. P. U. S. A. Against the Decision of the National Board of February 5th, 1946 for his Expulsion. Yonkers, N.Y. February 8, 1946. 6 pp. Mimeographed; stapled in blue printed wrappers. Covers loose, front cover tattered; some soiling on the first page of text. * Retained copy of letter, from Browder to Alexander Trachtenberg, requesting that his Party membership be restored. New York, July 6, 1948. 1 p. * Heller, Abe. Two sets of notes for speeches in defense of Browder, apparently prepared for different Party meetings. Handwritten in pencil on nine sheets. Undated, but 1945-1946. Together 7 items.
Heading: (American Radicalism)Place Published: Various places
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Date Published: 1940s