The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-16
House Body Aims To Bar
Communist Party in U. S

visiting militant lectures, such as
John Strachey.
3. We recommend that the De-
partment of State, in collaboration
with the Department of Labor, ne
gotiate treaties and agreements with
foreign nations by which such ma
tons shall agree to receive back
any person entering this country
from such foreign nation at any
time such immigrant shall become
subject to deportation under our
laws"
Blow at Foreign Born
This direct blow at all militant
foreign-born workers obviously is
aimed especially at Russian-born
workers who are not deportable be-
cause the Soviet Union has no such
treaty with the United States.
4. That Congress should make it
unlawful to advise, counsel, or urge
any member of the military or naval
forces of the United States, in
Guiding the reserves thereof, to dis
obey the laws or regulations gov
erning such forces.
5. That Congress should enact
necessary legislation so that the
United States Attorneys outside of
the District of Columksa can pro-
coed against witnesses who can re-
fuse to answer questions, or refuse
| to produce documents and records,
or refuse to appear or who in any
other manner hold in contempt the
authority of any Congressional
Committee vested with the powers
herein described at any time during
the official life of the committee"
Thus the Committee lays down
the path for its own further Star
chamber proceedings against class
| conscious workers.
! 6. THAT Congress shall make it
an unlawful act for any person to
advocate changes in a manner that
incites to the overthrow or destruc-
ton by force and violence of the
/ Government of the United States
or of the form of Government guar
anteed to the several States by Ar
ticle ", Section 4, of the Consti-
tuition of the United States"
The last clause, referring to the
property-rights right-of-way given
to the owning class by the Consti-
tuition, brands the purpose of the
| recommendation as that of sup
pressing the revolutionary working
class movement.
Has Brutal Purpose
Despite these and other bristling
anti-working class recommendation
and statements, the committee re-
port evidently was written with eau
ton. 1t affects sober tone to con-
ceal the hysterical brutality OF It's
purpose. Though it recalls the
profound" investigation of Com
munist activities made by the noto-
rious Fish Committee, it carefully
avoids the sensationalisn and alb
surdity of that Committee, relying
upon lying political interpretation
professedly based on calm, factual
declarations.
1t did this to such an extent that
bourgeois observers who heard the
Committees repeated promises to
disclose sensational evidence against
the Reds" freely declared the re-
port a laughable anti-climax.
Sinister Threat
However, this merely emphasizes
the sinister threat the report holds
out to American workers. 1t was
obviously inspired by the Commit
tees desire to defect from itself
the working class hatred and mass
protests which it knows it attracted
from the time it began it's task 1t
shows how acutely aware the Com
mittee is that these mass protests
and mass exposure of the Commit
tee can discredit and defeat it's legis-
lative proposals before they come to
a vote.
Obviously for the. same reason, the
Committee refrained from introduce
ing single bill embodying its rec
concentrations 1t chose rather to
have various members of the Com
mittee introduce the program piece
meal
Kramer Announces Aims
But its determination to drive
the whole program forward as
rapidly as possible is demonstrated
by representative Kramer's an
nOuncement that he will imme-
diately demand legislation to out
law the Communist Party - the
traditional first step in the fascist
offensive against all civil rights,
all trade union standards.
Working class exposure of and
4 protest against the Committee it
self as an instrument of fascist
forces doubtless accounts partly for
It's failure to include at this time
several other recommendations
which Committee members previous
ly told the press they would throw
in. These measures can be ex-
pected to be brought forward later.
They would:
l. Make it Illegal to use the
mails for publications advocating
a revolutionary change of govern
ment - something Abraham Lin
coin declared to be the duty of
the people when sorely repressed.
2. Set up another bureau of
"1nvestigation"-tO hound and ar
rest militant workers-;n the De-
partment of Justice.
3. Set penalty of $4,000 or
ten years imprisonment, or both,
for participation in such activities.
Evidently in response to the recent
exposure of the Committee, it's
members refrained from mentioning
again their ridiculous Communist
plot to kidnap the President"
This plot does receive space, how
ever, in hearings published by the
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