The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-05-02
The Cherry Tree
Where We Hdtchet Out
The Truth
q REDS ALL AROUND
. DIES ON TRAIL
. NOT ALL CAUGHT
. LEWIS PLAYS WITH FIRE

Curious what change there is in
United States about communism and
the operations of the red propaganda
lists among us.
But the change isn't complete yet.
1t now is being suggested that there
are reds in important posts in some
of the unions. Mr.. Dies is making
the discovery.
The charge is true and it isn't news,
except to those who either haven't OBJ
served or wouldn't be convinced.
Mr.. Dies hasn't caught them all
yet. Let him have good look at Mr..
Lewis American Communications AS
sociation, which is his union of radio
operators and land wire telegraphers.
The conditions there is something
to worry about-something for the
government to worry about.
And the sad thing about it all is
that too many A. F. Of L. leaders (not
including President Green) have reg
arded the whole thing as no concern
of theirs.
A lot of persons picked on John
Frey when he took his charges to the
Dies committee. They thought John
was at least a bit over Jealous.
But he wasn't.
He merely began the uncovering
process.
The reds, with a sinister role to
play, were and are planted in too many
places.
And with the state of the world
what it is, these "ffth columns"
have no place in any American la
Dor organization, be it A. F. of
L. or CIO.
Of course John L. Lewis proceeded
on the theory that you can play with
fire and put it out when you don't
want it around any more.
He used reds as organizers, hell
raisers and rabble rousers. He SEEM
ed to be sucker for communists. And
he played the soviet embassy fairly
strong. Reporters with leftward
tendency seemed to be his favorites.
X X X
Lewis probably thought he was
simply being realist.
He was either gambling on a ter
ribly long chance, using the tools that
offered, or he was deliberately infl-
trating his unions with Stain shock
troops for some purpose other than
one Immediately visible.
Perhaps some day he will say which
it was-AND is.
sl',ser Rsare will be counter talk Of rack
eteers. That's all right. It's fair.
Nobody can or is likely to apologize
for racketeering. But, in the long
view of history there may be things
worse than racketeering
Racketeering generally runs counter
to statute laws. 1t writes it's own
doom the minute the first crooked play
is made.
You know that in the end it has to
stop.
But political intrigue is not in that
class. Even political intrigue aiming
at revolution is not in that class. 1t
CAN go on and on and stay clear of
the law.
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smashed only by alert, aggressive and
informed opinion. 1t happens that it
is legal to be communist.
1t isn't lawful to be crook.
The only reds that have thus far
been tried and found guilty are those
whose international pilgrimages to
the shrine of father Joseph have led
them to violate passport laws. Not
one has been clinked for being a COM
munist.
Nor is likely to be.
Of course the villanious conduct of
the soviet in international relations
has opened the eyes of thousands,
mostly sympathizers.
But it hasn't stopped for an instant
the organized, Moscow-directed cam
paign of the communist machine,
which from within and from across
our border in Mexico, continues it's
Vaccinations for the overthrow of
the United States and the destruction
of it's democratic life.
And you can't laugh it off by yap-
ping that "it can't succeed"