Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-31

There Is substantial agreement with
the Fish congressional committee in.
veStigating Communist activities in the
United States that subversive doctrines
should not be tolerated in the Republic
but equally strong is the belief thai
ture to place illogical emphasis on 6
group, largely alien, which is infini-
tesimal in its size and in the influence
exerted by its propaganda.
The New York Evening Post advises
that the recommendations Of the Fish
committee be diSregarded by Congress,
and that I'VE certainly should not &C
cept the spying, tyrannouS recommen-
dationS" On the other hand, the Gin
cinnati Enquirer holds to the view that
perhaps the most significant part OF
the report, this emphasis on the con-
centration of Communist activity among
aliens and foreign-born, naturally marks
our immigration and deportation poll
cies as the proper points at which to
institute corrective measures"
When it Is pointed out that for
eigners are often leaders Of gangs in
large American cities" says the Oak
land Tribune, '"it should also be men,
toned that politics in those cities has
been responsible for conditions in which
gangs may thrive. While it is to be
hoped support will be given the plan To
deport the undesirables. including those
who have been Smuggled in, the pro-
gram will not be complete until our
Cities cease to provide tempting fields
for the criminals of this and other
lands"
1T would be utter folly" declares the
ST. Louis Globe-D Democrat, Ito ignore
this danger and to do nothing to pro-
tect the country from It's destructive
tendencies. 1t is well that the Fish
committee realizes the seriousness OF
the Communistic activities, and Con-
gress can hardly fail to be deeply Inn
pressed by its disclosures and conclu-
sions."
There is no occasion for hysteria,
thinks the Rockford RegiSter-Republic,
but the warning calls for earnest study
Strong immigration and deportation
laws will go long way TO make I'M
potent the sinister plans OF the enemies
of this much too indulgent Government
A gratifying feature of the report Is the
earnest praise given the American Fed
Grafton of Labor for its incessant war
on Communism. There has been dis
position to make light OF the commit
tees inquiry. This feeling perhaps hnds
its origin In the Scanty vote polled by
the Communist party in various cleo
tions. The committee looks beyond this
and finds a condition calling Tor prompt
remedial measures"
THE report sets before the thinking
men and women of this country too big
a subject for thought to leave any ex-
cuse for Misunderstanding its mean
ing" declares the Buffalo Evening News,
while the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel,
advising against "a hysterical cam
paign," concludes that there must be
a strengthening Of our system OF super
vising immigration" and that ut is just
as well to keep an eye on all undesirable
aliens"
Communism is a pernicious and I'M
healthy plant that must be weeded out
from American soil" in the judgment
of the Springfield (Mass.) Union,
and the Chicago Daily News voices the
opinion: 1T is the part OF wisdom for
American lawmakers TO prevent incur
sionS by alien Communist agitators,
who, under instructions from Moscow
and with Soviet money in their pockets,
preach Bloody class war. The commit
tees recommendation that alien revo-
lutionistS be excluded and that those
now in this country be denied naturali-
Zation and deported. that the Com
munist party be declared an illegal or
ganization, and that other restrictive
measures be adopted to curb subversive
propaganda should receive open-Ininded
consideration by House and Senate"
"To the report Of the committee rec
ommending that the Communist party
in the United States be outlawed and
urging the imposition of all sorts of re-
strictions upon free speech" argues the
youngstown Vindicator, "all liberal ner
and women will take exception. The
way to spread wrong ideas Is to suppress
them and prosecute those who hold
them. Bring them into the open, per-
NIT them to be freely discussed, and
they are stripped of half their faScina-
ton. The Fish committee would merely
increase the harm 1t Is trying to pre-.