The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-24

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somewhat perse nsils~d. sr-
eeunt ~ the n,~tkeds emplesrd
~ stailne agents n Tits
eeunfry. tcs>rqa~nfly we ne>d
sst <eek Cor specific esideece
~ effective collaboration ~
tween tn agents az stain ard
Hitler; their directions are
such thai their deings seoe~-
ssrily prednoc similar rcsalssi
% spread confusion ana strife
and thus % he~ilder the mind
Of America Ner are their DO
ings limited % labor. II ecr-
tain circles Of management
Mani Influences are ~ persua-
slve - are Communists ete-
ment. N the ranks Of labor.
In eoth. the percentages n
probably quite small; hut u is
large enough "a occasion saei-
dent after Incident. strike after
strike. and thu. 60 produce the
"aets" npon which the All.
propaganda relies for 10 mast
important effects IN me battle
Of the mind.
So. no matter how difficult it
may be 10 svalusts the data gath
cred by investigators such - Mr..
Barclay land there 70 plenty Of
evidence. ons hears. IN the Depart
ment Of Justice and other official
agencies to support hs findingsl'
such evidence for Mani completely
in sggrayating our difficulties
seems credible for the simple rea-
son that these strikes fit 30 COM
pletely into the plans OF Moscow
and Berlin. As ! suggested earlier,
they provide perfect material for
propaganda Of the act Should
we then outlaw them : Not II all
for such outlawry would simply
provide another act" to demon
strate the failure Of democracy.
Indeed. n there were not ma
terial discontenfs. manifest
failures sf our democracy. no
agent could bring on strikes.
Hut can WE hope 81 this mo-
ment 10 right all wrongs, and
solve all the problems Of our
II-too-h,,man democracy
The counsel of perfection IL .
potent weapon OF the cynle. Mill
ism-thst -. destructive criticism
scoffing disbelief In everything and
IN anything-feeds upon an insls'
tence that there should not be any
flaws In a building. slse II must
come down. What In our mosl
potent defense against such enc
mics Of the republic , Some wanl
TO suppress them 10 organize spy
hunts. Jail every Communist. shoo'
every Bundsmsn. Are such pro-
oeedlngs going To strengthen onI
faith in the future Of democracy
II we cannot resist the lure OF
force. n we allow ourselves 10 fall
Prey to the temptation Of violence
we are weakening our own POSI-
ton. Shall we look on. then. with
indifference Most asnlrediy not
There are important things that
we can do. that we must do.
How about outlawing foreign
language press and radio The
suggestion has been advanced that
here We have the channel. mysteri-
Gus, inaccessible. through which
the totAiitarians commune with the
American people.
II IL proven fact that
foreign language breakfasts
were extensively used by to-
taiitarian propa gandisis. In
number Of Eastern srsboard
stations practically all the
news announcers and common
tators we're known to he Fss-
cist sympathixsrs. n not actual
members Of the Fascist Party.
do not wish 10 mention them
by symbol. because their prac-
ties have since beea discen-
tinned. Not only was there
daily open sxtollinE If nussc-
Iini and his works. but frank
denuneiatlon Of democracy and
America.
Programs equally blatant in their
subversivs intent were heard on
some Of the German language
broadcast stations in the Middle
West German language broad
casts are less numerous than itai-
ian. Yiddlsh Polish and SpanishJ
When snti-Fascist. pro-democratic
persons wanted 10 get a hearing on
these stations. they were almost
always given the cold shoulder
When these conditions were first
brought 10 the attention n =
broader public, many people want
81 ~ outssw foreign language
hrosdnssts altogether That aaa
q year Of % ago Wisely the Ped
efai Communlcstions Commission,
under James Fiy. eounseied mod
GRAFTON.
Let va find out the facts" they
said. a qusstiopnaire was semi 70
81 stations brosooastlnR 10 for
elgn tongues. asking Tor very de-
tailed information a. 70 content
sponsorship. and the rest.
The National Association Of
Broadezstsrs set up a COMMITTEES
70 study the situation and make