The Coolidge examiner., 1940-02-22
Two
Important Matters

merited the attention of those con-
cerned with keeping the United
States free of totalitarian influ-
ence. One of these was the can
collation. of deportation proceed
ings by the United States Depart
ment of Labor against the notori-
Gus alien red, Harry Bridges, after
Dean James NJ. Lands of the Har-
ward Law School, special examiner
for the Labor Departments, had
held that evidence presented by
agents of the Government and
interested citizens, failed to prove
that Bridges was a member of the
Communist Party. The second was
the report to Congress of the Dies
Committee, which for some two
years has been Investigating sub
versive activities in the United
States.
The Dies Committee report ask
ed the current session of Congress
to provide funds so that the COM
mittee might continue its work.
Congress can hardly refuse to give
its enthusiastic endorsement and
support to this highly important
body, and it is to be hoped that a
generous amount of money will be
appropriated so that the work of
further ferreting out un-Amerlcan
activities, whether Communist or
Nazi or Fascist, may be prosecut-
ed vigorously. Thanks to this COM
mittee we know of the twistings
and turnings of the party line OF
the Communists in this country,
but there remain many details OF
the boring-from-within tactics of
the reds which ought to be brought
into the full light of day.
The Dies Committee report and
the Lads whitewash of Bridges
show parts of the jig-saw picture
of Communism at work in this
country. The American Legion has
given the Dies Committee unstint-
ed cooperation from the very be-
ginning. The Legion has also in
sisted upon the Government de-
portation proceeding against Bird
ges. We emphatically dissent from
the Lands findings, and for this
reason: The hearings of the Dies
Committee proved beyond cav1l
that it is a practice among Com
munists to deny membership in the
party whenever the heat is turned
on, and the hearings also showed
that records are conveniently lost
when investigators delve into the
matter of party affiliation. by
their fruits we shall know them"
and anyone who has followed the
slim trail of Bridges in his deal
ings on the Pacific Coast cannot
but conclude that this alien is e
high priest of Communism. He
hates the American system OF
government with all his heart and
is trying to overturn it.
The Legion doesn't propose to-
allow the Bridges deportation case
to dies, even though the Labor De-
partment head continues the cod
ding which he has had from her
throughout the years. In her De-
partment is a hefty file of evid-
ence which, quite aside from the
Communist angle, is sufficient TO
brand Bridges to an undesirable.
One pages 4S49 of this issue we
reproduce part of an article print
ted in Capitol Daily at Washing
ton, d. c., nearly a year ago which
establishes that this alien swore
falsely in naturalization proceed
ings and that he was not in any
sense "a person of good moral
character"
Bridges must go; the Dies Com
mittee must be continued. Common
sense demands that the nation
guard itself against the preaching
of hate and violence by an alien
who has no right to its protection.
And the job of completing the rout
of the American Communists
which the Soviet-German agree
ments started can be accomplished
through continuance in all its
vigor of the Dies Committee, hated
foe of the fellow travellers" -
American Legion Magazine.
From Portland, Oregon, comes