Stern’s record of active participation in Communist causes goes back before the big infiltration of 1933. As early as 1931. he was a member of the early Communist fronts. In the spring of 1932. he met with a select group. called together by the veteran Communist. A. A. Heller. to institute the Red-created “Congress Against War.” out of which grew the first big front organization. the American League Against War and Fascism. In all. up to 1951. he was a member or sponsor of forty Communist fronts.
Under the name of Bennett Stevens
The taught at the Workers School. and under the same name he wrote Marxist-Leninist books. At the time of his appearance on the witness stand in 1952. he was editor of the Stalinite organ Science and Society. a quarterly publication for intellectuals. Stern’s record of consistent aid to the conspiracy over twenty years makes it unnecessary to job function email list prove legally that he is a Communist. He has done everything that a Communist would do. (For Stern’s record in full. see The Red Decade. Eugene Lyons. 1941. Numerous reports of the House Committee on Un-American Activities. including specifically that of April 1. 1951. Counterattack. vol. VII. no.14. April 3. 1953. These publications should also be consulted on the pro-Communist activities of other teachers and professors.)
Pragmatism — Aid To Infiltration
The Communists have had a number of advantages in the penetration of schools and colleges. Outstanding among these is the philosophy of pragmatism. as enunciated by Dr. John Dewey. which dominates the present educational process. Pragmatism is not a Communist philosophy. but it serves as a convenient cover under which the Reds may operate and also under which they may win many allies in the educational field.
The philosophy of pragmatism rejects managing advertising costs and analyzing the supernatural and declares there is no absolute good or absolute truth. and that morality is growth and growth is morality. The Communists believe that there is an absolute truth. Marxism-Leninism. But with Stalin. they can pick up where the pragmatists leave off. asserting that that which is new and developing is right moral. and that which is dying and decaying is wrong and immoral.
The rising and developing force today
The Communists emphasize) is fax list Soviet Communism itself. The Soviet dictatorship. from this viewpoint. represents the highest morality-no matter what crimes it commits. what slavery it establishes. and what terror it institutes (See Chap IV of the History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Joseph V. Stalin.)