The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-15

AFTER a month of dawdling, the Dickstein House
n Committee finally opens the investigation into the
Fascist pottings of Hitler Naz agents in this
try.
But it is fact of extraordinary significance and
remarkably revealing as to the sincerity OF the in
vestigation that Mr. Dicksein shows no eagerness to
have the Daily Worker who originally exposed the
Nad plots through the now notorious intercepted Nazi
documents, come before the Committee.
And this all the more remarkable when one con-
Sders that the authenticity of these damning docu
ments which have withstood the most searching in
vestgation and examination again authenticated
only yesterday morning by 8 former leading Fascist
whose identity the Dckstein Committee carefully
eesls under the name of Mr.. TX"
nICKsTEIN has played deliberately eyasive, and
contradictory role with regard to the Daily Workers
Naz documents.
On one occasion, Dickstein expressed his willing
ness to call the editor of the Daily Worker to testify
before the investigating committee At another time,
he angrily refused to commit himself on this point
And on still other occasions he asked the Daily,
always through a third party, if it would agree to
send representative to appear before the committee
The manner of these invitations" has always been
peculiar Yesterday for example, after having many
assurances that the Daily would be ready to appear
before the Committee Dickstein again asked the Daily
if it would be ready to appear before the Committee.
It is not too much to say that, without the testi-
mony of the Daily Worker, in whose possession
the original documents and whose revolutionary
initiative actually forced the whole matter into the
open the Dickstein investigation will not only be
an Intellectual gesture, but actual whitewash of
the mass of Nazi p.otters!
Nieksfe, srnasrs sees ff IN mar his in
yestigation to the activities Of single individual
spanknoebe1 who has been forced into hiding by the
Dolly Worker expose
The Daily Worker knows that Spanknoebel was
only one small cog in a larger Fascist machine, a
machine which is not only connected with the Ger
Cflcialdom in this country, but which has the
active support and cooperation of Congressman,
Ham Fish such prominent red-baiters as Ralph M
hasey Of the National Civic Federation, and others.
Why don't you go after these American agents
of the Nazis, Mr.. Diokstein? If you really in
terested in putting end to Fascist plotting here,
q Why don't you ask Mr. Ham Fish questions?
v Ard Ralph Easey?
The Daily has printed a letter from Easley a
document as authentic its Nazi document proving
Easleys connections with the Fascist ploters here
What about that, Mr.. Dickstein?
TO disregard the evidence of the Daily Worker
to limit the presentation of evidence already anthem
caed beyond any doubt is to protect the real Fas-
cist plotters and to hide the extent of their
activities.
1t is, actually to block a really deep-cutting in
resignation under the pretense Of investigation!
You know Mr.. Dckstein, that your own private
investigators have confirmed the authenticity of the
Daily Worker Naz and Easley-Whalen documents to
the hit
just what is it, Mr.. Dicksten that makes you 50
fearful of using them?