History of the Communist Party USA the retiring head of the party, William Z. Foster, published a book entitled "Toward Soviet America", which laid out the Communist Party's plans for revolution and the building of a new socialist society based on the model of Soviet Russia. In that same year, Earl Browder became General Secretary of the Communist Party. At first, Browder moved the party closer to Soviet interests and helped to develop its secret apparatus or underground network. He also assisted in the recruitment of espionage sources and agents for the Soviet NKVD. Browder's own younger sister Margerite was an NKVD operative in Europe until
The Secret of the Old Clock Canadian public domain, as Harriet Stratmeyer Adams died in 1982. However, the original text, as written by Mildred Wirt Benson (who died in 2002), and the character of Nancy Drew, will not enter the Canadian public domain until January 1, 2053, due to Canada's life-plus-50 years copyright policy. (Canadian Copyright Act, Sections 6.1 & 6.2) In the United States, the original text will enter the American public domain in 2025 (95 years after it was first published), while the revised text will not enter until 2054. The Secret of the Old Clock The Secret of the Old Clock is the