Evening star., 1940-04-14
Dies Urges Invoking
Of Monroe Doctrine
To Nip Mexico PLOT
Coils on Roosevelt
And Hull to Make
Pronouncement
Sy the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Representative Dies, Democrat, Of
Texas, asserting he had information
of a Russo-German plot to set up a
puppet government in Mexico, called
on President Roosevelt and Secre-
tary Hull last night to declare that
any such attempt would be regarded
as violation Of the Monroe
Doctrine.
THE President and Secretary of
State should say to. the world" Rep
resentative Dies old newsmen, that
the Monroe Doctrine not only bars
armed intervention but prohibits
outside powers from setting up pup
pet governments in the Western
Hemisphere"
Mr.. Dies, chairman Of the Com
mittee on Un-American Activities,
declared that Germany and Russia
were violating "the spirit, If not the
letter, of the Monroe Doctrine by
indirection."
They are sending thousands of
agents and smuggling arms ard
ammunition into Mexico for the
purpose of overthrowing the gov
ernment there and setting up q
threat against the United States" "
he declared.
They have other purposes, too,
They want a foothold in Latin
America, and Mexico by itself is
richer than any of the countries
they are fooling with over in
Europe"
Wants Questions Answered.
The Texan asserted that he wished
the State Department to answer two
questions:
Can the United States, under the
Monroe Doctrine, demand of Mex
leo a full statement of the whole
situation?
Does the Monroe Doctrine pro-
hibit attempts from outside the
Western Hemisphere to set UP
puppet governments within the
hemisphere"
He said the questions might be
submitted by resolution of his
committee.
Mr.. Dies said he had information
that the Communist party in the
United States had orders to be ready
to supply "up to $4,000" for use in
q Mexican revolution.
They intend to try to use Ameri-
can veterans of the Spanish civil
iro1,Iivn ho
bers Of the Abraham Lincoln Bri-
gade," he declared.
He added that pamphlets had been
picked up in Texas cities along the
Mexican border which told Mexi-
can residents of the United States
that their homeland was being
threatened by 'fascism."
Nazis Work With Reds.
This, OF course, is just part of
their propaganda" Mr.. Dies said.
Actually, the Nazi agents are CO.
operating with the Russian agents
to put over this revolution. They
are using all sorts of means to get
support in this country"
The Texan said that Germany and
Russia believe that trouble in Mexi-
co would divert us from everything
else"
They know there is a great deal
OF sympathy in this country for
the allied cause and they do not
want us to help in any way. .-
They also figure that if we ever
actually got into the war it would
be easier to fight us from Mexico"
Mr.. Dies, who said the report came
from apparently authentic" sources,
declared the committee would de-
velop all United States angles. One
OF these angles, he said, is a re-
port that agents of Moscow and
Berlin intend to recruit soldiers in
this country for their coup. just as
volunteers were recruited here for
service in the Spanish civil war.
Urging that all Federal law en-
forcement agencies be on guard
against such recruiting, Mr.. Dies
said that the sources of his infor-
nation included elective officials"
IN the republic and "one or two
United States Senator's
10000 Reds Have Moved In.
Mr.. Dies asserted that 10000 Com
munists already had moved into
Mexico from Spain and France,
and "the same crowd is perfectine
plans to do in Mexico the same thing
they did in Spain"
He said the outside forces would
attempt to swing the July national
election and thus win their obiec-
tive by civil means, but we're pre-
pared to resort to open revolt.
For use in the latter eventuality
he declared, Russia is keeping alive
the same organizations which
were active in this country during
the Spanish civil war.
In connections with the report, it
was learned, the committee recently
involved Diego Rivera, Mexican
artist, to testify, but was told that
he did not wish to criticize his
own country in another land. Mr..
Rivera became host to Leon Trotz-
Ky when the exiled Communist