The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-23

IOlh are dS Nll-
Stephen Day A m e r c n as
any b d y
They're the aggregation who urge
a federation of the United States.
England. the various British do
minions and Eire-in short, all the
worlds Enghsh-speaking peoples
Such a hook-up wouldn't be posi-
BILE. according TO the Illinois law
maker. without merger of our
own national Identity with a lot OF
royalist countries identities. It's a
movement. he asserts, Ito induce
the American people to abandon
their form of government"
He's written to Dies, who's away
from Washington, campaigning for
the late Morris Sheppard's senate
seat. down in Texas Congressman
Starnes Is the Un-American COM
mittee's acting chairman in his alb
sencel. submitting his arguments
and asking him to dig into the sub
)ect
And he supplemented his letter
BY a radio talk. in the course OF
which he alleged that Lord Halifax
was sent here. as Britain's ambas-
sador. to put the deal over D"
Until Day sprang his idea. I'd
thought Of the Union-Now plan
only as an lmpracticability. not as
outright subversive
OF course the Lord Halifax
charge can't be proved, either
It's an obvious fact. though, that
some Of the British would like a
closer alignment Of themselves and
us than a good many, Americans
Ito Judge from congressional com.
ment) believe would be judicious
Common Citizenships
Britain's ex-secretary Of war.
Leslie Hore- Belisha, made a speech
apropos the matter in Edinburgh
recently.
He didn't suggest a complete
merger of English-speaking gov
ernments, but he did propose COM
mon citizenship" On that basis an
Ensiishman, a Canadian. an Au-
stralian. a New Zealander or a
South African could come here and
vote and we could vote In their
elections, without the formahty OF
naturalization.
Union-Now enthusiasts speak
we'll Of this scheme, as at least a
considerable step in what they re-
gard as the right direction.
Hore-Belisha likewise argued FOR
an allied council (an American
British joint council) to coordinate
American industrial efforts with
British requirements. 1t would APP
pear that this council, presumably
operating In London. should give
orders to our industries, concerning
expansion. priorities. price-hxing.
labor mediation and such things.
outranking or perhaps supplanting
outfits like our Office Of Production
Management.
It's all directly down the Union
Nov peoples alley.
Nevertheless. as previously re-
marked. I doubt that the Dies
committeell have time to bother
with the Union Now-ites-not yet
awhile. anyway It's too pre-occu.
pied with Communists. It has given
quite a bit of attention also to
Nazis and Fascists. but Commu.
nists are the boys it's been espe.
cially concentrating on lately.
There's more or less reason for
II TO do so, The Communists have
the most efficient totalitarian or.
ganization in the United States.
1t really Is a pretty competent
set-up.
Personally think the lads mum.
Der in this country is tremendously
exaggerated. The other day the
statement was made from FBl
sources that our industries are
saturated" With EN-. I don't be.
lieve il. When Earl Browder las,
ran for president on the Commu.
nistic ticket. he polled 45,7s9 votes
His own ACCOUNT. as witness be.
fore the Dies committee, was that
they came mostly from labor''
ranks. which sounds likely. Well
there are about 10000 900 unionizec
workers in the United States
Earl's score wasn't large enough "a
amount TO saturation Of our indus.
tries
They're a Factor
Still, speaking Of sabotage, 49,.
769 Communists tif they're all sab.
oteursl can throw quite a few
wrenches into a countrys indus.
trial machinery.
And there's no question but tina,
the very capable Communistic high
commands pet weapon Is sabotage.
cry Moreover. its underlying mem.
bership Is most amenable to iti