Red Editor Says Communists Plan Peaceful Change

Communists in the United States do not want the violent overthrow of the government, said Dan Rubin, editor of Communist Viewpoint, last night. He said that they seek to establish "socialism" peacefully.

Speaking in Lowell Lecture Hall and sponsored by the Harvard-Radcliffe Socialist Club, Rubin declared that there is no conflict between long-range Communist policy and agitation for social refrom within the democratic process. "We think that socialism will represent an improvement in the lives of people and that reforms represent small improvement."

Said Rubin: socialism is a positive alternative to unemployment, segregation, and the process of morality caused by "seeking the almighty dollar" that the United States faces today.

Socialism identifies with defense of the Bill of Rights, the civil rights movement, efforts to arrange international accords, and the good of the majority, he asserted. Rubin thought it possible "with the great efforts of vast sections of the United States people, to end discrimination and segregation and to force a less militant foreign policy on the government."

The Communist editor closed his speech with an appeal for judging the Communist point of view on its merits rather than on the hostile propaganda familiar to the American people.