Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-29
We'll, Gems,
How About
Those Reds?
What Abb Can You Give
Come Election Time7
BY WESTBROOK PEGLER

BY WESTBROOK PEGLER
A Ii right, you Southern-tier
senators and representatives,
you Hoosiers and Hawkeyes and
you boys from Illinois and New
England and the West Coast!
What excuse are you going to
give them back home. come cleo
ton time, for permitting the
Communists and fellow-travelers
TO filter into the national gov
eminent in Washington and in
jobs out through the country in
the first place and to come
crowding in in force now, in
time of war?
How many Communists have
you got in your home country?
Did the Communists send you
10 Washington or was il the
Americans who elected you TO
represent them?
Don't tell me. don't try 10 tell
your home folks. that you we're
unaware of this inflltratlon in
the earlier years or of the
present descent in force.
You boys are pretty smart.
You get around in Washington
and YOU know that, even though
Martin Dies has made few mis-
takes. those mistakes have been
exploited and exaggerated and
that the bulk of his findings
are true.
THE fact that Russia is our
l. ally is no excuse.
We are Russia's ally, too, and
before this thing is over we
figure 10 do as much for Rus
sia's incidental benefit As Russia
has been doing incidentally for
ours.
But YOU don't hear OF any
true believers in the United
States Constitution and the
republican form Of government
boring into the Russian govern
ment.
You know what Stain would
do 10 any true believers in
AmcrIcaniSm who tried that.
Just Ivan-call-the-guard and
rooty-toot.toot and shovel them
under and get on with the war.
They don't let any ono mess
with their form Of government
or their established system Of
economy. bat you boys can't
look your people IN the eye and
say you have heen honestly dill
gent 70 prcven, tho Communists
and Travellers from messing with
ours.
You boys have ducked this
question for fear OF being called
Red-baiters sat by and let II
happen.
HOW does a fellow identify a
IL Communist Il the Commu-
mist denies II?
l viii answer that by asking
another.
How do the New Deal bureau
Gratis who are always so broad.
minded n fe low travellers
identify Htierltes and Fascis,s,
QuislinGS and appeaSers
You know the answer.
Any one, according 10 the
bureaucrats, who ever ran with
the Bund or America First is
either an unforeivable Hitlerite.
Fascist Quisling or appeaser.
himself. or so deeply suspected
of traitorouS sentiments that he
might as well he guilty.
They recognize no shades or
distinctions on that side Of the
question IN Washington but a
man or woman who ran with the
Communists. played with them,
spoke their language, did their
work and advocated the total
abolition Of private property.
gets a big break
He. or she. and there are
plenty of females of the species
holding government Jobs now.
IS tagged as Just A liberal and
a believer in something called
true democracy which adds up
10 communism.
TIiE worst Of II Is, boys, that
l. YOU have only one real Com
munlst in your entire member
ship and that one masquerading
as a Republican. and almost all
the rest of you are there as old
line Americans. elected by old
line Americans who would have
showed you under If YOU had
expressed tho slightest tolerance
for communism when you were
asking for their votes.
But you Just haven't had the
initiative, nerve and force 10
throw back these Trojan horse
men as they came and you have
left Martin Dies take all the
punishment In a fight that
should have been as much yours
as his.
E~IsNTsT-T a.,