COMMUNISTS: Image & Reality

One of Communism's greatest assets is the readiness of its enemies to credit it with success. Let its policies turn hard, and critics regard its harshness with awe; let Communist policy turn soft, and critics shudder even more at the potentialities of its seductive powers. Let its membership fall, and critics are ready to believe Russian explanations that they really want only hard-core members. Sometimes the fear of becoming complacent leads critics to refuse to face the facts, if those facts appear unfavorable to the Communists. Last week the anti-Communist New Leader...

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