Evening star., 1939-10-27

tCOnllnueQ from FNSL rage.
known as the American League
Against War and Fascism. clearly
requires attention in connection
with the strengthening of our ma
tional defense.
fullest cooperation in the prose-
cutions Of violations of the law, I
am submitting for such action as
you may deem appropriate the case
of the American League for Peace
and Democracy. which Is. according
TO ample evidence in our possess
sion, an agency of the Communist
international in MOSCOW
Forwards "Evidence."
Chairman Dies cited certain in
eidents in mis- letter as "evidence'
to constitute the basis OF action
against the league and said finally:
The evidence in the possession
of our committee shows not only
that the American league was or
eanized in the first instance by the
pa pSlIliS lil-
structions of the Communist Inter-
national. and that the league
has shifted its policies, whenever
changes have been made, in strict
accordance with the changing poll
cies Of the Communist Interna-
tional. but also shows that the league
Is today the instrument of the Com
MI Sf ,-ty- nf tln TI,,itnl
for the carrying out of the decisions
OF the Communist International.
Both the financial secretary of
the Communist party of the United
States. Mr. William Weiner. and the
national chairman of the American
League for Peace and Democracy,
DR.. Harry F. Ward, testified under
oath before our committee that the
Communist party is the only nation
al organization which contributes
any appreciable sum of money to the
work of the American league This
amounts to two to three thousand
dollars annually, according to these
two witnesses. and represents ap-
proximately Is per cent of the total
annual budget of the American
league. This financial contribution
from the Communist party has con-
tinued down to the present moment,
despite the fact that the Communist
party formally severed its afhliation
with the American league almost
two years ago.
Sees Tie Up in Statement.
FINALLY, the close tie-up between
the American League for Peace and
Democracy and the Communist
party american section of the Com
munist InternationaD is illustrated
In a recent statement of the Wash
ington ID. c. branch of the Amerl-
can league on the subject of the
Soviet-Nazi pact of non aggression.
On August 25, 1889, the Washington
branch of the American league pre-
pared a statement which reads, in
part. as follows:
This pact is real contribu-
tion to world peace and to the
peace and security of the United
States. The signing of the
non-aggression pact between the
U. S. S. R. and Germany is not a
war alliance between the two
poWers-In this sense the pact
between the U. S. S. R. and Ger
many is the only real contrIbu-
ton to the security of Poland
that has been made to date -"
In doing this. the Soviet Union
has made a real contribution to
the peace and security OF Europe,
the world, and the United
States"
In presenting his case. Chairman
Dies asserted the league began with
organization of the American League
Against War and Fascism, as the
present organization originally was
known, "as a direct result of the
work" of the Communist-controlled
Amsterdam World Congress Against
War, held in 1882.
He quoted from official and Com
munist league documents in charg-
ing that. at various stages, the
league had advocated war on capt.
talism, abolition of Fascism, stop
page of manufacture and trans
portation of munitions in times OF
war or peace and. in time of war
the movement of all other ma
terials essential to the conduct OF
war, through mass demonstrations
picketing and strikes.
Murphy States Views.
Earlier In the day Attorney Gen.
eral Murphy had told press con-
ference that the .I,stira DAnartYneni