Detroit evening times., 1942-12-05
Bure duCrdtS
Impassive
To-Warnine
Deaf 10 Election Dictum
on Communists
By GEO ROTHwELL BROWN

fNtffNi'N fI' diIIlillINii ditOil
Suro is learning il The hard way.
Tho hurcaucrats, 50 long m
the saddle. 80 long accustomed
70 lah and prod their patient old
nag the Democratic donkey
have not Vet learned that the
steed has been suddenly changed
INTO littery cayuse with a burr
under The saddle
Tho ChqucS so long IN control
cannot acCuStom themselves 70
tho plain warning of the
November elections.
That warning 10 tho Now
Deal bolod down. was this
run the radicals out Of Wash
ington, Get rid Of the Reds and
pulVcrlIe the plnkS.
Without waiting for the new
Congress 10 come IN, the old
Congress already Is in a state Of
revol, and rebellion, Yet there
ha, been no effort on the part Of
the bureaucratS 10 change either
'hoIr philosophy, their strategy
or their tactics
COME significant Straws float
~ unG in the breeze across the
Capitol plaza give clear indlca-
tion that the Washington wind
is still from the left
II Is said IN very we'll in
formed sources Al the Capitol.
that the civil service commission
has been rejecting a large num-
her Of prospective appOintees 10
tho government service on the
grounds Of their extreme radl-
CahSm which IS really putting
II euphemlStiCally
But II Is also said that the
bureaucratic agencies are re-
leCtinC these adverse reports
and appointing 10 important po-
SiuonS large numbers Of those
who have been turned down
by tho non-polltiCal institution
charged with the guardianship of
our civil administration.
ONLY a short time ago man
" was appointed 10 an oN-
trenoly important position IN
tho r r doral Communications
Commission. II Is a koy posi-
ton. the OCCUPANT Of which Is m
a post enabling hlm 10 influence
policy
This mans record is the IN
teTcStinC subject Of long docket
in the files of tho Dies commit
tcc He is reported from these
sources 10 have supported the
Communist Party in 1895, and
again as recently as 1898.
Those IN Congress who are
determined 10 rid the govern
mont service Of left wing radi-
CaIISm. in a final effort 10 pre-
serve the American form of
government before the hyStorla
incident 10 tho making Of world
vide peace grips tho people N
an emotional SpaSm, are really
~ their wits rnd 10 know how
10 deal with the problem pre-
Senfed hv tho determination Of
the left wing 10 continue 20
dominate tho Washington scene.
TTHERE is a strong tendency
L noticeable IN the House Of
Representatives. 10 fall back on
the approprlaiinC power rs the
only sure and safe weapon at
their command
The plan now under discussion
Is 70 furnish 10 the various sub
committees of the House appro-
prlatlouS committee. complete
detailed data on 2 long list OF
known radicals whether Com
munlStN. Communist SNnpathII-
crS, or followers of tho party
limo. who are now occupying 'm-
portan' S'rs'oC'C places IN the
fedora NorvCC
Tho Idoa is that armed with
this data constituting unm-
peachable evidence 70 ho pre-
Sontod only vhon trore is eyl-
dorCc the member, OF tho sub
~ secret hearings
VIII confront Tho hc7d, of DC
bureaus and agencies
i'm which these radicals arc en-
rcnchcd
on Tho evidence presented
they VIII demand direct state
montS 49, 10 who these employees
a,c what their background is
and tho source of tho Influence
hrhud 'bcm which gaNo them
their obs ard retains fhrm M
them
in Tins VaE y IS proposed
IN numerous individual cases 10
p.t tho rczlnnz-L-c-c cnAcEp--
mental head, directly on tho
spot I' IS proposed that tho
will then demand
the removal Of those persons
i THE cycn' Of failure TO
i comniy with tho dcmand,
'ho ~uhcoWm'toc~ tbcn VIII
Vr'c MO 'ho appropriation bills
specific language prohibiting the
OF any salaries 20 any
person whose loyalty to The
American forr OF GoNcrrn,nt
fe challenged ou 'hc grounds