Evening star., 1940-11-28
Dies Red Book Cites
instructions for
Defense Sabotage
Communists Are Quoted
In Urging Tie-Ups in
Key Industries
By JAMES E. CHM.

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ing Un-American Activities today
officially made public a 967-page
"red book" containing data purport-
ing to reveal plans of Communists
to sabotage our national defense In
the event Of this countrys involve
ment in war.
In building up its case the COM
mittee quoted at length in the re-
port excerpts from the writings and
speeches of Lenin, Stain and other
Red functionaries as we'll as from
Communist party pamphlets.
The report was the second Of a
series of documents aimed at sub
versive movements. A white paper"
was issued on Nazi propaganda ac-
tivities exactly week ago. A third
paper, detailing the activities of
Fascist sympathizers has been pre-
pared and will be released soon.
To See President Tomorrow.
Both "red" and white" papers,
as we'll as other operations of the
committee probably will be dis
cussed thoroughly tomorrow. in
formed sources said, at a White
House conference to which Presi-
dent Roosevelt Unexpectedly sum-
moned Mr.. Dies from his Orange
(Tex.) home.
The invitation went forward
almost simultaneously with tele-
gram in which the President asked
the entire Dies Committee yesterday
not to defeat the ends of justice"
in it's campaign against subversive
activities by premature disclosure of
'facts or of suppoSitlons" or by
hasty seizure of evidence.
For many months Mr.. Dies has
been urging Government agencies to
proceed against those the Texan has
termed known Communists" and
known radicals" The agencies
have replied that they needed con-
crete evidence-admissibl in any
court-of legal guilt and that the
committee might destroy a secret
investigation by publication of lead
ing information.
Sees Work Handicapped.
The Presidents telegram to Mr..
Dies declared that the Executive
Departments work against spies
and saboteurs may be severely
handicapped or completely de-
stroyed" by:
l. Premature disclosure of facts
or of suppositions" to the public.
2. Hasty seizure of evidence
(which might with a little more
patience be obtained in manner
to be admissible" in court.
8. Granting inmunities to wit
nesses before congressional COM
mittees "as to matters revealed by
their own testimony"
Leaving Texas for Washington,
Mr.. Dies said he would have no
comment on the Presidents tele-
gram until after he conferred with
Mr. Roosevelt and Justice and
State Department officials on a
policy more clearly defining pro-
cedure of the various agencies.
The Texan had telegraphed the
President Monday asking for con-
ference and suggesting a better CO.
ordination of the work of Federal
groups. He also took occasion to
attack the Justice Department for
"laboring under false impressions
and giving credence to malicious
rumors."
At his press conference yesterday,
Mr.. Roosevelt said he was satisfied
with the anti-spy work of the de-
partment's Federal Bureau Of In
vestigation.
Guide" for Prosecutors.
According to Robert E. STRIPPING,
committee secretary. the red paper"
report was printed primarily for the
use Of prosecuting officers and to
serve as basis for any future move
to OUTLAW" the Communist party in
the United States, as has been de-
manded by Chairman Dies. Mr..
Stripping said the report also could
be used as grounds for refusals Of
secretaries of state to grant the
party a place on State ballots.
Chairman Dies has charged re-
peatedly that the Communist party
is foreign conspiracy" aimed at
the destruction of the democratic
form of government here and abroad
and is not in fact political party
as it claims Much of the data in
the report apparently is intended to
support his charges. No conclusions
are drawn.
One of the principal exhibits in
the "red book" is No. 96, the source
Of which is said to be The Com
munist, a magazine, the report
points out, published monthly by
the Communist party of the United
States. Reproduced is an article by
Alex Bittleman entitled For Boil
shevik Anti-War Struggle" said to
have appeared in the magazine IN
August, 1884.
Cites Plenum Decision.
In this article Mr.. Bittleman
called attention to the 18th plenum
of the E. c. c. I. Executive Com
mittee of Communist internationally, 4,
at which it was decided that:
I'm fighting against war, the
Communists must prepare now for
the transformation of the imperialist
war into civil war and concentrate
their forces in each country at the
vital parts of their war machine of
imperialism.
I'm addition to increased agita-
ton, the Communist party must by
all means in their power insure the
practical organization of mass ac-
ton, preventing the shipment of
arms and troops, hindering the
execution of orders for belligerent
countries, organizing demonstra-
tions against military maneuvers,
etc., and must intensity political
educational work in the Army and
In the Navy"
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