there was early criticism of the wpc. as an organization. but also a lot of support.rn,ill among non-communist, faded over the course of the 1950's, as the wpc became more and more partisan, more and more pro-soviet. several things diminished the international reputation of the wpc as a forum for --ernational corp. operation international cooperation. one was a 1956 hungarian uprising. the 1960's when the organization refused to condemn the soviet union force its acts of aggression. and even communist parties left one that did not was the u.s. coming this which was at that time more stalinist than even the soviet communist party. so they were stern and held fast to this. so while the soviet union capitalized on peace and use the term too liberally in its domestic and international plucker rhetoric, the united states -- international political rhetoric, the united states went the opposite direction. peaceegan to associate activists with communism. peace activists were investigated by the house on americans activities committee and peace advocates became targets of mcca