THE PROBLEM OF AMERICAN COMMUNISM IN 1945
Facts and Recommendations
Rev. John P. Cronin, S .S .
A Confidential Study for Private Circulation

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THE PROBLEM OF AMERICAN COMMUNISM IN 1945
Facts and Recommendations
Rev. John P. Cronin, S .S .
A Confidential Study for Private Circulation

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SOURCES OF INFORMATION ABOUT COMMUNISM 83. These two newspapers are the day to day Communist organs for the East Coast of the United States* The news items are obtained from the United Press,. Allied Labor News and from "special correspondents". These papers are tabloid size and contain editorial comments, sports news, a comic strip and other features appearing in the "capitalist press". "Daily People's World" "Daily People's World" is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Pacific Publishing Foundation, Inc., 590 Folsom Street, San Francisco 5, California, The Editor-in-Chief is Harrison George; Managing Editor, John Pittman and Business Manager, Harry Eramer. Subscription rates are $3.00 for three months; $5.50 for six months and $10.00 per year. Single copies sell for .05. The paper is regularly a six-page, full-size sheet and is the West Coast propaganda organ of the Communist Party of the United States. It sub- scribes to United Press, Allied labor News and Federates Press. Although its news items are current, the editorial comment often lags a day or more behind that of the "Daily Vv'orker" from which the "Daily People's Y/orld" takes its editorial cues. "New Masses" "New Masses" is published weekly by the New Masses, Inc., 104 East 9th Street, New York 3, New York. Its Editor is Joseph North; Associate Editors; Frederick Vanderbilt Field, Barbara Giles, A. B. Magil, Virginia Shull, John Stuart, Virginia Gardner (Washington, D.C.) and Marjorie DeAnnand (West Coast). The Business Manager is Lottie Gordon. Subscription rates are three months for $1.50; six months $2.75; a year for $5.00 and single copies are sold for .15. ^ew Masses" caters to the "intelligentsia" and generally prints the fiction and non-fiction of the best writers in the Communist movement, occasionally printing contributions by non-Communists. "Science and Society" "Science and Society" is published quarterly by Science and. Society,Inc., 30 East 20th Street, New York 3, New York. Bernhard J. Stern is Chairman of the Board of Editors, other members of which are; Samuel Bernstein Edwin Berry Burgum T. J. McGill Margaret Schlauch D. J. Struik Subscription rates are $1.25 annually and single copies sell for f35. "Science and Society" has a smaller reading public than "New Masses" and is of primary interest to those individuals usually characterized as "fellow travelers". Officials of the Communist Party of the United States and con*- tributors to the aforementioned periodicals and newspapers which are required reading by the American Communists, frequently appear as contributors to "Science and Society". The items appearing in "Science and Society" are pre- dominatly in the field of political and social science, with a comprehensive book review section covering books dealing with the same general subject matterf "Science and Society" regularly advertises "New Masses",'