The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-06-13
Cut The Communists Out

Washington, June 8.
One domestic effect Of the emer-
ooncv created by the Nazi victories,
(Which should hearten a good many
noopId. is the alteration in the Admin
i,,ation attitude toward Communist
controlled and Communist-saturated
organizations which formerly stood
b;gb in White House favor and num-
bored among their supporters impor-
+ont Roosevelt aides.
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II would be beneficial if this altered
altitude could be carried still further
and all such organizations sternly dis.
continued in an emphatic and decisive
vav. However, it is encouraging to
rocord that the Administration cod
ding of Communistically inclined per-
sons apparently has come to an end.
The soggy sentimentalism which in
sisted upon regarding these calculat-
inc Communist leaders as splendid
Young liberals is to be abandoned-at
least to some extent.
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Evidence of this was given few
DAYS ago when two highly placed Adj
ministration officials announced their
resignation as members of the Ma
tonal Lawyers Guild, letting it be
understood they did so because of its
pro-communist color. Other members
connected with the Administration, it
is believed, are to follow this example.
In brief, the Administration is run
ming out" on the Guild. AS it was con-
ceived, organized and promoted with
full Presidential approval and as it has
been the especial pet of all the young
Administration lawyers, this seems a
significant reversal of policy.
The facts that it comes very late and
is due more to an aroused public senti-
ment and political expediency than
real conviction should not prevent it
from being commended However, it
would be more effective if the reasons
for withdrawal were stated with great
er force. 1t is conceivable, of course,
that this might be embarrassing be-
cause Of the Identification of the Ad-
ministration with the Guild. From the
start it has been a practically one hun
bred per cent New Deal outfit under
Communist control.
Those who know the facts say the
Guild really was organized to express
New Deal resentment against the
American Bar Association. The AssouI
citation was in great disfavor with the
President because of the critical atti-
tude Of it's leading members toward
the NRA, the AAA and other New
Deal gadgets. The idea was to form
an organization which would be a
protest against the reaction of the Bar
Association and represent the "liber-
ais" Nearly all the New Deal lawyers
joined up SO did a good many other
lawyers who wanted to stand in with
the New Dealers. Cabinet members
such as Mr.. Ickes frequently used it
as vehicle to denounce business and
for while the Administration was
greatly pleased. But the Communists
got control almost from the start and
1t has been found impossible to shake
their grip. Now the Administrations
are pulling out, some of them from
personal disgust, others because it
seems unsafe to stay in.
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These are pretty serious times.
The country is trying to arm and the
Communist party here is against de-
tense appropriations. 1t is linked with
the Russian Soviet which is linked
with Hitler. There is not the same toll
erance for Communism among the
people now as there has been the past
few years, and it is time the White
House woke up to it. A few weeks ago
the American Youth Congress, spe-
clal pet of Mrs. Roosevelt, whose lead
ers she has entertained at the White
House, booed the Presidents defense
plan at a meeting which she attended
and addressed.
Mrs. Roosevelt, of course, is not
Communist, but some of the organi-
cations she has selected for special
favor are saturated with Communism.
Actually, she is a member of one
group which, Mr.. Westbrooke Peg
Ter repeatedly has charged is COM