The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1942-02-26

All council delegates were urged
to be prcscn, a; tho meeting b.
President Lindicy Dye who reported
that nominations and elections vii
bc completed during The evening
Tao couacl. =; It's Fcbruar, /.
meeting. uaanimnuslv adopted .
.c. olulion introduced b. tho Miner,
Relief Committee vino dcp!o.cd m.
dciay IN ISSUANCE Of unemployment;
compensation benefits 20 turlouSned
Kelly Springfield workers and CALI
Cd upon Governor Oconor ard 'hs
manager Of the unomp!olmc"t IN
sursncc Office III Cumberland t.
correct tho matter.
y letter IRON Senator Gcorsr l
Radcliffe VINO indicated that lie sap.
ported The Dlrs Corm.tte1 -.aa s.-o
and Secretary Joseph Barlcy va.
instructed 20 fepl' stating tho posi-.
zion OF tho council. Tho :cpl, sa!G
In foa lett. Of February 5;h
,ou mp.ta ,ha' you considered
Inc Die, Committee nccosSary :,
".a.ceua-d our safety from subger'
siyc icndcac.c.."
Nothing co'ild be farther from tn,
truth. Tho Dies COMMITTEE IN:
never !n is hi5'or" ".aic2uasded'
our nation from sub,crsiyc temGcn.
cicS. II has :oSicrcd ara cngcnd rec
ubycrsiyc 'cndcrcie By giving
comfort to %ayi. Fascist!c. japanese
and Ku KlU% Khan element. wi.ilC
raising a Smo.:c screen o. hySt re
aga!nS labor Union; and liberal arC
progressive anizatloU.
\ peruSaI Of the operations of I'll,
Dies Committee during the nearl,
four years oI its existence show
that IL has spent more than u quar-
ter Of u million dollars of govern.
meni MONEY without lifting finger
to DESTROY one Of the AXiS-dircCtct
groups carving on trcasOnouS acti.
yitie> on American soil. On Tho
contrary. IL has even worked with
such groups.
Tic Die Committee has ignored
FGncistically inclined groups as thC
Associated Farmers OF California
The Christian Front. the Christian
MobilizerS. the Ku klu> Khan arc
tho German American ard Italian
American Bunts. Dies. himscl!. la,
gone 80 lar n TO attend dinner.
with Fritz Kuhn. Gcgman-Americar
Bund leader. ard other prominent
and ouiSpoken fascist agents.
II Is apparent. therefore. that Die.
has given approval OF fascLS;ic acii.
yitics b. hi silence. It become.
apparent therefore. that tho Die.
Committee .cr,es 10 purpose in tut
Hou!c OF representatives. or an,
other branch OF our government. Il
is also vcry apparent that the DE.
Committee. Tor the purpose it va.
originally intended. duplicates tn,
work OF the Federal Bureau OF IL
ycstigation and IS therefore an un.
ncccssar. governmental group whosI
funds can be turned 20. bette.
purposes.
In these war times. when oul
nation Is confronted with rs trea'
chcrous and vicious an enemy a
the world has ever known. ever,
conceivable effort toward the nat
ionai unity of the people must b,
made IL victory Is 10 be won. Thu
Dies Commute has done every thin;
possible TO split the American peo.
pie By fostering sentiment against
the patriotism Of American worker,
organized into unions.
American workers. long known for
their hatred OF fascism and nazism
have unqualiheCily Numbered their
support of the nations fight against
Hitler and his axis forces. American
workers have shouldercd the burden
OF the war as good freedom flowing
American citizens.
Unconcerned about the needed
unity Of American peoples for VIC
tory. the Dies Committee has con-
tinued its attacks on American
workingmen. It's attacks on Amer
icas vital production line. therefore
are not solidifyine national unity
but weakening unity.
We need unity for victory above
all else. The Dies Committee is a
synonym for disunity. and as q re.
suit must he dismembcred.