Earnest readers of the New Republic are neither shocked nor alarmed by Communists. But their earnest weekly, after a brief period of trying to balance on-the party line, has once more got its feet firmly planted on the clouds of "liberalism," and regards Communists, more in sorrow than in anger, as erring brethren. It was thus something of a surprise to New Republic readers last week when the NR announced, starting in its Aug. 5 issue, the first of a series of articles by Communist emeritus Earl Browder "Exclusively in the New Republic."
The editors of the NR boasted of a scoop....