The
American Communist
Party established the Daily
Worker
newspaper in 1924. It generally reflected the prevailing views of
the party. However, attempts were made to make it a paper that reflected
the wide-spectrum of left-wing opinion. At its peak, the newspaper
achieved a circulation of 35,000.
The Daily Worker
had constant financial problems and ceased publication in 1957 when
as a result of McCarthyism, membership
of the American Communist
Party had fallen to 10,000.
(1)
New
York Times (28th
October, 1956)
The Daily Worker,
New York Communist newspaper, terms the use of Soviet troops in Hungary
"deplorable" today and calls for the end of the fighting
in that country... The editorial says, "the delay of the Hungarian
Communists in developing their own path played into the hands of the
counter-revolutionaries" After asserting the Soviet troops in
Hungary had been used at the request of the Hungarian Government,
the editorial added its only note of protest - "which does not,
however, in our view, make the use of Soviet troops in Hungary any
the less deplorable."
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