 Complete the following phrase:  The February 1956 secret speech of Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences, had the effect of disorienting and discouraging the membership of the CPUSA. Shocked by Khrushchevs revelations of the mass crimes of the Stalin era, the party lost a spate of members and split into bitterly feuding factions who disagreed about the nature of the Soviet state and the path forward for American radicals. The Jefferson School played a part in this internal debate, sponsoring a series of four public meetings dealing with the importance of the soviet leaders revelations at the 