The Press: Three Ancient Ladies

Said a solemn statement, published last week in the Communist Daily Worker (circ. 48,601) over the signatures of Chairman William Zebulon Foster and Secretary Earl Browder of the Communist Party: "As of today's issue ... the Daily Worker . . . ceases to be the official central organ of the Communist Party. We believe . . . that the Daily Worker merits and should receive the ... continued . . . support of all American progressives . . . including of course the Communist Party of the U. S. A."

On an inside page the Worker published brief biographies of its...