Evening star., 1937-07-04
BY MARK SULLIVAN.
EFT me state q proposition, and
ask question. state the
nron0sition TINS.

ask question. I state the
proposition thus:
- II an armed force Of Nazis
had landed on the soil of America and
were imposing the Nazi form OF gov
ernment and society on America by
force, America would rise and expel
them.
Is that proposition correct? imagine
most readers will say it is.
And I imagine they would say the
same as to an armed band OF Fascists
or an armed band Of Communists.
So, we have got thus far: II one
Of these alien forms Of government
were being imposed on America by
force, America would stop it, quick
On that, think we agree
Quotes Former N. X. A. Head.
Now let me quote something from
Gen. Hugh S. Johnson. Gen. johnson
most certainly knows what he is talk
ing about. He was the head of N. r. A.
He was more than that. He was called
by the newspapers the assistant Presi-
dent" and No. man in the Govern
ment, and in calling him that the
newspapers did not materially exag-
gerate. Since quitting public office
Gen. johnson has retained close per-
sonal relations with the President and
with important figures still in the
administration. Emphatcally, Gen.
johnson knows what is going on.
Very well. Gen. johnson knows what
is going on. and here is what Gen
johnson says:
When you add up all recent en-
acted and proposed legislation what
do you get? You get a Government Of
the United States entirely made over
and made over on plan that can only
be justified by the astonishingly
unique personality of one man who,
to say the least, can't live forever.
Without the vibrant genius Of Frank
lin Roosevelt the remarkable govern
mental machine being built and
planned around him would be the most
dangerous on earth. These pro-
posed changes come one by one, each
from circumstances seemingly peculiar
TO its own origin. but when you look
at all Of them spread out upon the
drawing board they At each other so
perfectly as to suggest deliberate
underlying but unspoken design.
This column would not be much afraid
OF such q system with Roosevelt as
President. But 1t does not believe this
was his design and-with him gone
1t Shudders TO think of such system
design it was or their choice of his
successor"
Form Of New Government.
You will observe that Gen. johnson
says the American Government is
being changed, in a way that will make
it the most dangerous on earth "
But Gen. johnson does not say that
the new form Of government is going
to be Nazi. Fascist or Communist. He
can't quite say that. for the new
American form will not be exactly any
one Of the three.
Therein lies q bedeviling fart. If
Gen. johnson could say, or I could
say, that Naziism is being set up in
the United States the people would
understand. They would understand
If we said 1t is FasciSm or Communism.
Just because We cannot, with precise
accuracy. use familiar. well-under-
| stood word the public cannot grasp
| what We mean.
This difficulty, this impediment to
understanding has troubled all of us
who try to make America understand
what is going on. I had it in mind
| when I wrote June "a, 1896:
"One longs for some one with SIM
pie. direct, penetrating mind. mind
concerning itself only with essentials
and dismissing immaterial qualiflca-
| tions. II such a person were here he
would soon be galloping westward, a
modern Paul Revere. crying out in
every community, The Nazis are COM
ing"
What is being brought about In
America is not identical with Naziism,
| nor with Fascism. nor with Commu-
nism. Those three forms of govern
ment are not identical with each other.
| But the three are essentially the same.