By 1927 , J.T. Gumende ( president of the ANC ) proposed cooperation with the Communists in a bid to revitalise the organization , but he was voted out of power in the 1930s . By 1947 , J.T. Gumende ( president of the ANC ) proposed cooperation with the Communists in a bid to revitalise the organization , but he was voted out of power in the 1930s .