The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-18


clique as purposeful and directing force in the
pacifst movement for world peace Here is note of
NCONGRUTTY, touch of sublime INCONSIS-
TENCY, as though member of the House of Nor
gan were discovered serving as chief equerry 10
Joseph Stain. But the Comrades are not ones to
bubble inconsistencies and paradoxes; what
counts with them is results. HENCE, WHILE
THOUSANDS OF SINCERE AMERICAN CITI-
ZENS LABOR DILIGENTLYFO THE GENUINE
PACIF1ST CAUSE, THE MILITANT COMMUN-
ISIS LABOR DILIGENTLY BESIDE THEM -
BUT TOWARD AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT
GOAL This is, simply, the exploitation of the world
peace movement as another recruiting agency for
international communism
TO THE INFORMED OBSERVER there is, Of
course, comic quality in the situation: for the quin-
teSsence of incongruity is surely displayed in cam
paign which finds the disciples of WORLD REVOLT,
BLOODSHED, and VIOLENCE whooping UP the
slogan of No More Wars. But their antics do not
end here for further edited by the sight Of
the most cynical advocates of atheism employing the
Christian pulpts Of America as sounding boards for
the Social Revolution. By an artful commngiing of
hokum and sentimental appeal, THE COMMUNISTS
HAVE HORNSWOGGLEDT THEIR TRADITIONAL
ENEMIES, the conservative pacfsts, and have
transformed the honored cause of peace into an
instrument of Soviet propaganda. The irony of the
situation is that MANY SIMPLE-HEARTED
AMERICAN PEACE-LOvERS ARE NOT YET
AWARE OF THEIR BETRAYAL.
TT Is NO EXAGGERATION to say that the most
articulate and vehement leadership today in the
American peace crusade is exercised by men and
women who avowed sympathizers with the Krem-
Inns theology. Among them are to be found all the
old familiar party hacks, EACH POSSESSING AN
OPEN RECORD OF ACTIVITY IN THE OFF,
CIAL COMMUNIST AND SOCIALIST CAM
PAIGNS IN THE UNITED STATES In addition to
these veteran messahS there thousands of peace
workers and fascst-baiters who have never crossed
the dividing line between parlor championship of
Russia and violent advocacy of Moscow ideals, but
who are waiting at the boundary, ready to leap when
the hour comes. These groups merge, however, in
their consistent willingness to subordinate American
foreign policy to the international strategy of Rus
sia their United Front for Peace is echo of the
realistic diplomatic maneuverings displayed by
Maxim Litvinoff at Geneva.
HENCE, what pacfsm signifies to the American
communist is simply party line" to strengthen the
Kremlin's foreign policies. AS such, it becomes
announcer SLranQ III Lne CaDle OF lines winch now
reaches into the most obscure places The technique
in all cases is identical. The Comrades comprehend
ing that communism cannot succeed without world
wide organization, and realizing further that the
Red label attached to any Socio economic enterprise
is tantamount to failure, are ceaselessly searching
for some cohesive structure which can be utilized to
their own ends without displaying the provocative
label. The pacfst organizations in America happen
to be EMINENTLY FITTED TO THEIR NEEDS,
for they bear in most the impr1Gtur of honest
and altruistc citizens, well as the better-known
church sectS These organizations rarely attacked
by public press indeed, they enjoy the moral sup
port of millions of decent persons. THUS THEY
ARE VULNERABLE TO THE MARXIST BRETH-
Rem, WHO FIND TT EASY TO MANIPULATE
THEM TOWARD COLLECTTVIST ENDS.
It is therefore both timely and enlightening to
study the whole sweep of the current American peace
movement, m order to appraise the extent to which
communist and socialist forces are IN control Such
= survey viii answer the question, now disturbing
many minds whether money being poured so Iavishly
into score Of pacst activities is being employed to
substitute avowed enemies of the American form of
governmental.