The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-11-17
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Jews.
"They work their way into unions,
where they form compact blocks. They
publish and distribute little papers
and pamphlets. . These are sour
rilous sheets. In one issue l noted 20
errors of fact. After recent address
Of mine they passed out dodger at
tacking me, with deliberate error Of
fact in each paragraph"
Poverty Makes Soil For Communism
Describing conditions making for
the growth of Communism, Dean Rus
sell said:
"When you have abject poverty
widespread, when people are out Of
work, when houses are damp, dirty
and crowded, when children cry for
food, there you have a soil fertile for
Communism.
at is no accident that there are
Communists in the suburbs of Paris
and London, in Harlem, or along the
waterfront in New York and San
Francisco. After drudging day of
despair, the family sick and cold, the
doors of hope shut, you can't blame
the unlucky for giving willing ear to
the blanishments of the Communist
propagandist, who says that Russia
lis happy land with golden gates,
flowing with milk and honey.
"When men are down they'll sell
their birthright either for a mess of
pottage or for pot of message.
"0no %hop, %o Eoh<
nism is to go to the root of poverty
and distress. Whatever you may
think of certain aspects of the work
of the present administration, you
must see that in the program Of re-
settlement, in the WPA, in the CCC
camps, and in the National Youth Ad-
ministration, President Roosevelt and
his advisers have been helping the
poor and helpless.
"What they have done for the poor
has been the most powerful blow
against Communism. No matter what
the national government does, whether
you agree with this program or not,
the good American who wishes to
fight Communism must lend every
effort to clean up the slums, to assist
the unlucky, to cure the sick, to care
for the widow and the orphan.
Violation of Rights Big Aid to Reds
"You have second condition ia
vorable to Communism when people
dare not speak their minds. Let the
right of assembly become abridged
and sympathy follows the supposedly
injured party. Nothing pleases
the Communists more, nothing adver-
tises them so much, nothing wins
them more converts, than violation of
these rights"
Dean Russell declared that what
the Communist most fears is educa-
ton. Communism cannot flourish
where all, or almost all, the people
know good deal about history, po-
litical science and sociology. The
educated person knows that social
changes come very slowly. If you are
in hurry, as in Germany from 1919
to 1888, or in Spain, there is revolu-
ton and reaction. :.
''The educated man moves slowly.
He is in no hurry. The educated man
moves steadily and persistently. He
will not be lulled to sleep.
Education Blow At Communism
$50 to hit Communism, at it's weak
est point" he continued, "you must
have education. You cannot fight an
idea by banishing it. You cannot
fight an idea by shooting it. Purges,
red scares,' teachers oaths, discharg-
ing professors, never stopped Com
munism. The only way you can fight
an idea is by meeting it with another
idea; and the only way you can meet
it with another idea is by proper edu-
cation.
at is most fortunate for us that
most of our children have chance to
go to school. 1T does not make
much difference to me as an Ameri-
can what sort of Latin or spelling or
algebra they study, but do hope they
will learn what democracy is and
why we have it; what life was like
when our ancestors lived under tyr
amy, and what life must be in Rus
sia and Germany, in Spain, Japan and
Italy; what these liberties are that
we prize, what these rights are that
we must maintain; and what our cor
responding duties must be.
knowledge Is Power In Anti-Red
Fight
LET these girls and boys hear of
the theories of social improvement.
Let them know what Communism and
Fascsm think they are. Let them go
right down to the bottom. Knowl
edge is power"
In ending his address, Dean Russell
summarized his argument, saying:
"You of the Legion recognize the
enemy. How shall we beat him? Re-
lieve poverty and distress. Stand up
for the rights of meeting and assem-
bly, and freedom of speech, particu-
larly when you do not agree.
Foster Education Above All'
Support the schools and foster in
every way the study of history, gov
ernment, and social life.
"Above all, support liberal educa-
tion, an education for men, not dogs,
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