Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-03
nv DREW PEARSON.

The old "red-haiting" era, when tins
state Department was frequently
charged with leaning over backward te
bar every foreign visitor who was ever
so slightly tinged with halshevism
seems to have been replaced this pas
week by q policy of sharper inVesuga.
ton of the activities IN the unltec
states of that government when rep.
resents itself as Communisms exae'
opposite-ltaly. -,
Four events occurred last week Inoi'
eating this new attitude. They were:
Secretary of State Stimson deter,
mined to INQUIRE into allegations tha'
Mussolini has been endeaVoring TO pre-
vent Italians in the United states from
being naturalized and was impressne
naturalized American citizens into the
>. The Labor Department indicated
that it would not deport Afmando
Borahi. political foe of Mussolipi. Who
is Illegally in the United States ana II
wanted very badly by the Italian gov
eminent.
3. The state Department decided to
admit Count and Countess karolyl
hsrred from the United States re-
peatedly by Secretaries Hughes aho
kellogg. "a.
4. The state Department modified Its
view regarding visit OF the Russian
transpacific Ayers to Washington and
said it had no objection to such nlgnt'
%&
In order tn get the complete signiti-
canoe of the change which appears 70
be coming over the State Department
II Is necessary TO recall that for years
one section of the department-the
Eastern European division-has de-
voted most of its time to investtga ting
Russisn activities. Ohicials in this d.
visien have kept careful check upon the
activities of every prominent RUSSIAN.
not only in Russia, but also IN foreign
countries. And when one OF them de-
sired to enter the United states the
state Department usually knew what
nojitical meetings he had attended ana
what manifestoes he had signed.
While these Investigations have not
stoned, there are indications that they
are gradually leSSening; and at the
same time Secretary of State Stlmson
has definitely stated that he would look
into the facts regarding alleged prop
aeanda by a government which stands
practically at the opposite pole IN re-
gard to Communism.
y X ~
One Of the forms of Italian propa-
gsnda in which Secretary StimSon is
interested is the alleged interference by
Italian consuls with the public schools
of the United States. One such case
is reported to have taken place In
Yonkers n Y, where the Italian con-
suI there caused the discharge Of an
Italian school teacher because she de-
clined to teach Fascist doctrines IN
public school.
taken place In Providence, Il: L. Wnere
a school occupying puonc scnooi
building is reported to nave Deen re-
ceiving a subsidy from the Italian gov
eminent and to have its diplomas
awarded hy the Italian consul in Bos-
ton, ~.
Mussolini's bureau for the spread OF
Faseisnn abroad was endeavoring to
prevent italians from becoming nat
ilFalized Americans. This Is partially
confirmed by Labor Department ON.
ciais. who say Mussolini's propaganda Is
driving Italians to American natural
tzation courts.
Last year the Americanization OF
italians practically doubled. since the
OF otner Ioreign races hAS
not shown the same proportionate jump,
1t is believed that Fascist propaganda
and the fear of having to return to Italy
is directly responsible for the increase.
Labor Department officials also say
that they receive more poison pen LETT
tiers from Fascist and Italian organi5a-
tons endeavoring to control other Ital-
ians who evidently are not friendly to
the Fascist regime than they do from
any ether nationality They also con-
Arm the allegation that italian propa-
Eanda is more active In the United