The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-11-06
Special to The Washington Times

NEW YORK, Nov. 6.-The New
York County Council of the Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars has gone
on record with a vigorous demand
for the breaking up of Communism
in this country.
Announcement was made that
the commanders and delegates Of
81 Veterans of Foreign War posts
had come to the conclusion that
immediate action against the Com
muniStS is necessary.
The council, working along iden-
tical lines with other patriotic
organizations, adopted stirring
resolution strongly urging the
Government to stop the abuse Of
free speech by Communists.
Directed From Russia
When the resolution, which
came from one of the members of
Bozeman Bulger Post, was in
PRODUCED. P. Bernard Coffey of
Big Six Post, called attention
to the fact that Communist &C
Invites throughout the United
states are directed from head
quarters in New York County
He traced the direct connection
between the Communists here
and the Communist 1nterna-
tional in Russia.
AS part of his proof he read
portion of a radiogram from
the Communist international
to the Daily Worker, New York's
Communist newspaper, urging
that paper to stir up class hatred.
Commander George w. Schae-
fer, discussing the resolution,
said:
"This resolution dOve-tailS
with the national policy Of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars on
communism. We have fought
it consistently since the end
of the World War.
VETERANS GET WEAKER
each year the veterans have
been getting numerically
weaker and each year the Com
munists have been getting
stronger. think it is time
that Federal and State Govern
ments adopted legislation nec-
essary to prevent the sO-called
Communist Party of the U. S.
A. from enIisting radical ele-
ments in an organization whose
aim is the overthrow of the
CnraPv1pAonYNt
eff our Federal and State
Governments do not act, am
afraid the time will come when
patriotic Americans will take
matters into their own hands.
hope that will never be neces-
sary. The way to avoid it, l be-
lieve, is to stop communism"
Mr.. Murphy, in his secondlng
speech, said:
1--WE should be particularly
concerned about Communist &C.
tivitieS because it is right here
in our own New York County
that the so-called Communist
Party of the U. S. A. receives its
instructions from Moscow and
passes them on to its growing
membership throughout the
United States.
NOT A TRUE PARTY
"Tt is no more true to say
the Communist Party of the q.
S. A. is an American political
party, like the Democratic and
Republican parties, than it is
to say that prussic acid Is a
liquid.
"They are working almost
without restriction among our
children and our youth, they
are PROSECUTING among workers
in half a hundred trades and
professions. They are attacking
our American form of Govern
ment in films and in dramatic
productions, written by reds
and shown at red theaterS.
"They are circulating more
than two hundred publications
printed in a dozen languages.
They are especially active in the
Army and Navy and in veter-
ans organizations. They preach
constantly to the unemployed.
TEACH REVOLUTION
"They teach revolutionary
technique to dissatisfied Amer
cans and foreign-bOrn in at least
so schools they organized them
selves. They attack religion
through such organizations as
the PrOletarian Anti-ReligiOuS
League (which is the American
section of the International Of
the Goddess, the PrOletarian
Free Thinkers, Workers Anti
Religious League and Young
Workers Sunday Schools. At
these so-caIled Sunday Schools
the children are told Religion
is the opiate of the people
con November II, 1888, Soviet
Russia signed an agreement
with the United States in which
it pledged itself, and / quote
from the diplomatic document:
"Not to permit the formation
or residence on its territory OF
any organization or group, or OF
representatives or officials OF
any organization or group which
has as its aim the overthrow, or
the preparation of the overthrow
of. or bring about by force OF
a change in. the political or So
CiaI order of the whole or any
part of the United States, its ter