Evening star., 1940-01-03

Examination of testimony and evi-
dence received can only leave the
committee with the conclusion that
the German-American Bund must
be classified with the Communist
party as an agent of a foreign
government.
Although at the present time it is
difficult to establish the interna-
tional ties of the bund as clear
/ ly as in the case of the Com
munist party no reasonable per-
son can read the testimony on the
bund and believe other than that
the bund is operating primarily in
the interest of Germany.
It is noteworthy that there is an
additional parallel between the bund
and the Communist party IN the
employment of united front" tao
tics. The willingness and eagerness
of the bund to encourage estab-
lishment of Fascist-minded organ
izations in this country is strlk-
ingly similar to the front policies
pursued by the Communists and
is to be equally condemned.
Vigorous Law Enforcement
Recommended by Committee.
It is the urgent recommendation
of this committee that the proper
authorities enforce most vigorously
and conscientiously all laws apply
ing to organizations whose obvious
objectives can be no other than
to destroy the American form of
government at the direction and in
the interests of foreign powers.
Continuation of the investiga-
tion-The question of continuation
of this investigation into subversive
and un-American activities and
propaganda lies of course with the
House OF Representatives. We feel
that the following in this connec-
ton merits the attention of the
House:
/. The continually changing in
ternational situation-with its di-
rect bearing on the activities of
these american groups in this
country-warrants the constant Wig
lance of a special investigating
committee of the House in the i'm
mediate future.
2. With these un-American groups
both on the right and on the left
in a state of confusion as a result
of the disclosures by this committee,
the events abroad, and recent prose-
cutions by various governmental
agencies, it become doubly impor-
tant that such an inquiry be con-
tinued to make certain that the
aforementioned confusion is turned
into complete rout.
3. Since the advent of the Eu-
ropean war, the committee has been
deluged with offers of evidence and
testimony of extreme importance to
the American public and damning
to the cause of subversive groups,
but which could not be accepted be-
cause of the shortness of time for
preparation of the cases before the
life of the committee expired, and
because of the press of cases already
prepared.
4. Because of several reasons be-
yond this committees control, nu-
merous important cases were pre-
pared and scores of witnesses OBJ
tained, particularly on the. West
Coast, whose testimony is yet to
be heard. The West Coast cases
alone would require from month
to two months to hear.
The committee believes that its
efforts to expose un-American ac-
tivities should keep pace with an
active campaign of prosecution by
the various agencies of government
to the end that America and Amer
lean institutions may successfully
repel these insidious forms of attack
by foreign powers.
ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE
COMMITTEE AND CONCLUSION.
The purpose of this committee is
the task of protecting our consti-
tutional democracy by turning the
light of pitiless publicity on the
activities Of organizations seeking