The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-11-13
BY WEsTBROOK PEGLER

NEW YORK.-About the time Hitler attacked
Russia and the imperaliStic, capitalist war be-
came overnight war for humanity, warning
was sounded that the American communists
and their felloWtravelers who had tried to
keep this country unarmed and weak, would
now become pals again of the new deal gov
eminent which had temporarily thrown them
out. This has now come to pass to the extent
that Americans who still regard communists
internal enemies are abused Hitlerites.
Two of our leading pro-communists, Henry
Wallace, the vice-president, and Harold Ickes,
have found admirable points in the CORY alb
solutism of Josef Stain who slaughtered in
time Of peace more human beings and his
own countrymen at that, than the armies of
the United States had lost in all our wars
from the Revolution down to Nicaragua. Mr..
Wallace in one speech disparaged the Ameri-
can Bill of Rights, yearned for similarity
of government in country and Russia
with Russia inching toward the right but not
forsaking absolutism, and the VISA inching to
the left until more or less common ground
was reached.
Mr.. Ickes made one here Monday night at
ceremonies celebrating the day 10 years ago
when Russia signed a solemn promise, often
broken in the ensuing decade, to NEEDLE no
more in the internal affairs of this country.
In these remarks, Mr. Ickes denounced the
Messrs. Hearst, Mccormick an6 Patterson and
Mrs CiSsie Patterson, all newspaper publish
ers who are able to take care OF themselves
in controversy, for their ardent nationalism
and their detestation of all dictatorship includ-
ing the communistic. He went so far as to
say that in certain respects the United States
would do well to initiate Russia.
Mr.. Ickes charged these publishers with fos-
tering i'll will toward Russia and in this con-
nection I should like to argue that he and Mr..
Wallace and the American communists, both
avowed and covert, are actually the most dan
gerous agtators of that diStruSt which they
abhor. These two men hate fascism and par
ticularly Hitlerism and every person who con-
dones fascism Hitlerism such; but they
can and do fraternize with communists, and
Ickes will go out of his way to abuse any
American who insists proving up the prac-
ticai identity of Htlerism and Stalinism.
1t is our good fortune, but at the same time
our bad luck, to have communist Russia on
our side. The reasons why it is our good
fortune may be seen on the map day by day.
The reason why it is our bae luck is that
this relationship gives the communists and
the pro-communists an opportunity to cry out
that anyone who still hates all dictatorship
everywhere, is doing Adolf Fitler's work and
sacrificing the lives of Americans who are
fighting to preserve the American form Of
government here.
A few years ago, Ickes seriously proposed
that we import to off-shore outposts as
many as we could of the So-c9lled loyalst
Spanish refugees who had escaped to France
although these people included large number
| of Spanish revolutionary communists OF the
most ferocious type Meanwhile, by deliberate
| policy of our government, much OF our mer-
| chant marine the property of the American
people, bought with sweat and taxes has been
delivered, physically, into the control OF a
communist organization and men OF eligible
age and condition who committed moral and
substantial sabotage against our moplnzauon
and armament program while Hitler ana Stain
were allies have received presidential defer
ments in the draft.
Mr. Ickes accuses men of lying VINO oppose
| communism here and resist the activities Of
communists whose loyalty, even the Presi-
dent Mrs. Roosevelt and Attorney General
Biddle have said, lies with Russia. Ihls is IN
consistent, considering the abundant testimony
of sliding communists tna' communism
like Hitlerism, breaches contempt 1or tfuth
and rejects as a weakling anyone Who would
lie for +ho cause of communism. Favoring
communism he should not olspai age 1dlS lest
he offend his friends.
Mr.. Ickes. Mr.. Wallae and the commu-
nists and fellow travellers nave peen trying
to sell communism 70 the American people
starting with small doses 1t IS poor sports
manship. to say nothing OF the quality of
their American patriotism, to reVHe Ameri-
cans who never lack the gur1ptlon to fight
back even knowing what blackguardlsm this
resistance will call down on tl'eli'
i Freedom from fear Simply .o 60, We a.
tanned by political fiat or nternasAol, agiee
ment. Fear is personal elllo Va ~. ;di-,;aN :,
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