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The [[Nazi-Soviet Pact]] of 1939 presented the most troubling dilemma for American Communists.  It came on the heels of the bloody anti-[[Trotsky]]ite [[Great Purges]] in which many [[CPUSA]] members quit the party with apprehension and fear over what the Party had become.  Those who remained during the purges were, for the most part, dedicated anti-fascists.  However, with the coming of the Communazi era wherein German Chancellor [[Adolf Hitler]] became an ally of the [[Soviet Union]] against French and British Imperialism, only the most ardent [[Stalinist]]s continued in the party who were willing to overlook, and justify, Stalin's murderous excesses. Among them were Frank Marshall Davis, who joined the group ''American Peace Mobilization''.<ref>[http://www.realclearreligion.org/articles/2012/07/25/a_group_of_communist_clergymen.html A Group of Communist Clergymen]</ref>  According to the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]], APM was "one of the most notorious and blatantly communist fronts ever organized in this country".<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=kVxbAAAAcAAJ&q=%22one+of+the+most+notorious+and+blatantly+communist+fronts+ever+organized+in+this+country%22&dq=%22one+of+the+most+notorious+and+blatantly+communist+fronts+ever+organized+in+this+country%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjX1tbG8qbPAhVCHR4KHahWAnoQ6AEIMTAE Second Report, Un-American Activities in Washington State, 1948]</ref>

The [[Nazi-Soviet Pact]] of 1939 presented the most troubling dilemma for American Communists.  It came on the heels of the bloody anti-[[Trotsky]]ite [[Great Purges]] in which many [[CPUSA]] members quit the party with apprehension and fear over what the Party had become.  Those who remained during the purges were, for the most part, dedicated anti-fascists.  However, with the coming of the Communazi era wherein German Chancellor [[Adolf Hitler]] became an ally of the [[Soviet Union]] against French and British Imperialism, only the most ardent [[Stalinist]]s continued in the party who were willing to overlook, and justify, Stalin's murderous excesses. Among them were Frank Marshall Davis, who joined the group ''American Peace Mobilization''.<ref>[http://www.realclearreligion.org/articles/2012/07/25/a_group_of_communist_clergymen.html A Group of Communist Clergymen]</ref>  According to the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]], APM was "one of the most notorious and blatantly communist fronts ever organized in this country".<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=kVxbAAAAcAAJ&q=%22one+of+the+most+notorious+and+blatantly+communist+fronts+ever+organized+in+this+country%22&dq=%22one+of+the+most+notorious+and+blatantly+communist+fronts+ever+organized+in+this+country%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjX1tbG8qbPAhVCHR4KHahWAnoQ6AEIMTAE Second Report, Un-American Activities in Washington State, 1948]</ref>

Soviet instructions called for unflinching opposition to the U.S. defense effort.<ref>''The Soviet World of American Communism'', by Harvey Klehr, John Earl Haynes, and Kyrill M. Anderson, (Yale University Press, 1998, [https://books.google.com/books?id=nHKvFVnBLGYC&pg=PA181&lpg=PA181&dq=klehr%2Bsoviet+funding&source=bl&ots=vwZxZAZbm0&sig=kGX_ooUN8vu70R-rVyuNSKJoQOs&hl=en&ei=9bONSq0witg2oKLIrwo&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#v=onepage&q=Document%2017%20&f=false Document 17, pp. 85, 88-91.] ISBN 0-300-07150-7;</ref>  Davis became an articulate opponent of [[President Franklin Roosevelt]]'s policy of [[Lend Lease]] aid to Great Britain.  Speaking to an audience of the [[communist front]] [[National Negro Congress]] in 1940, Davis said,  

Soviet instructions called for unflinching opposition to the U.S. defense effort.<ref>''The Soviet World of American Communism'', by Harvey Klehr, [[John Earl Haynes]], and Kyrill M. Anderson, (Yale University Press, 1998, [https://books.google.com/books?id=nHKvFVnBLGYC&pg=PA181&lpg=PA181&dq=klehr%2Bsoviet+funding&source=bl&ots=vwZxZAZbm0&sig=kGX_ooUN8vu70R-rVyuNSKJoQOs&hl=en&ei=9bONSq0witg2oKLIrwo&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#v=onepage&q=Document%2017%20&f=false Document 17, pp. 85, 88-91.] ISBN 0-300-07150-7;</ref>  Davis became an articulate opponent of [[President Franklin Roosevelt]]'s policy of [[Lend Lease]] aid to Great Britain.  Speaking to an audience of the [[communist front]] [[National Negro Congress]] in 1940, Davis said,  

{{Cquote|Negroes and the whole American people are being called upon to 'sacrifice for national defense.' Our country may soon be actively engaged in another war. Facing this crisis, the people are forced to think and to act lest, under the wave of war hysteria, they be bludgeoned into situations against their best interest.<ref>Illinois Conference of the National Negro Congress, November 9th - 10th, 1940, cited in [http://www.usasurvival.org/docs/hawaii-obama.pdf ''Communism in Hawaii and the Obama Connection''] by Cliff Kincaid and Herbert Romerstein, p.15-16, 38, 42.</ref>}}  

{{Cquote|Negroes and the whole American people are being called upon to 'sacrifice for national defense.' Our country may soon be actively engaged in another war. Facing this crisis, the people are forced to think and to act lest, under the wave of war hysteria, they be bludgeoned into situations against their best interest.<ref>Illinois Conference of the National Negro Congress, November 9th - 10th, 1940, cited in [http://www.usasurvival.org/docs/hawaii-obama.pdf ''Communism in Hawaii and the Obama Connection''] by Cliff Kincaid and Herbert Romerstein, p.15-16, 38, 42.</ref>}}