The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-13
BY WEsTBROOK PEGLER

ana LABOR COlI11llllee OI Tie SO-CdleQ American
Labor party, which is not American but Euro
rean and represents not labor but the politi-
| cal ambitions of few naturalzed but unas-
simulated New York union politicians, for
brisk opinion on the communist wing of this
parasitic organization. The communists are
a minority group of the so-called American
Labor party and, for several years they nave
been trying to get control of the key offices,
according to their standard plan as followed
successfully in the Newspaper Guild, the Law
yers Guild and some of the psuedo-artistic
guilds in Hollywood. The majority's political
faith Is not quite communistic but pink in
relation to revolutionary red
The party was designed to be balance-of-
power group in New York, a minority with
decisive power, and thus to be more influential
than the American major parties. 1t does not
go out after major offices on the basis of its
own competitive strength at the polls but con-
tents itself with supporting new deal candi-
dates, and others who look promising. Thus
a minority European bloc would decide issues
and elections according to the European plan
which degenerated into tragic absurdity and
finally into disastrous political confusion.
In final appeal to the members of the
so-caled ALP, this committee published dis
play advertisement Tuesday warning the mem
bers if the communist wing should win the
primary, the party would become another
communist party adjunct"
1ne SO-cdueQ le1C wing, representing the
thinking and the politics of the communists,
is nothing but Trojan horse smuggled into
the ALP by the communist party the ad
said. The ad then frankly boasts that the
ALP admittedly minority group, 'neverthe-
less holds the balance of power in our state
and points the way to the future for the entire
nation
In other words, David Dubinsky, Alex Rose,
Luigi Antonini, Dean Alfange and few other
professional political unioneers representing a
mixture of leftish political PHILOSOPHERS import
ed from continental Europe, look to day
when their minority holding the balance of
power between the Democratic and Republ-
can parties may decide national elections for
the Americans and their leaders may collect
their reward in the way of influential national
Offices and European innovations in our gov
ernment.
what is the left wing?" the advertisement
asks. meaning the communist wing.
Let us examine the record of their head
spokesman
'eVito Marcantonio' who is Forello La
Guardas political protege and leader of
the communist racial agitation in Harlem,
has consistently opposed in Congress during
the period of the Nazi-Soviet pact, measures
for the defense of the United States.
'He voted nay on appropriations for con-
struction of ships and planes. He voted for
Ham Fishs plan to postpone the draft for
so days. He voted against the Selective Serv
ice act He voted against lend-lease. He voted
against the bill giving the President the power
to seize the ships of aggressor nations.
''Marcantonio changed his mind when the
Soviet Union was invaded. So did the COM
munst party. So did the left wing controlled
by the communist party
So also did Joseph Curran's National Mari
time union, which now controls on the Atlantic
coast the manning of the great American
Merchant Marine, a national asset OF the
United States and the property of the whole
American people, although the advertisement,
pardonably did not digress to the extent OF
saying so.
Where the advertisement asks, would
America (and Russia) be if this nation had
followed the advice of Marcantonio and his
left wing during those darkest hours OF the
war?
Eugene Connolly, second in command in
the communist controlled left wing has fol-
lowed no less faithfully every turn and twist
of the communist line. In 1910 Connolly In
speech declared that President Roosevelt
| is betraying the American people and will
destroy our labor movement
To-day. these left wing leaders are pro-
claiming their undyng affection Tor the Presl-
dent. Today these isolationists Of yesterday
are heaping calumny on every opponent whose
memory is long enough to recall that only
a short two wears ago they were smearmg
the President. picketing the White House and
chanting that 1.-The Yanks are not coming.
| seWho can doubt that these Marcantomos
and Connollys will tomorrow, as the commu-
mist line changes, turn rightabout-face and re
nounce those to whom they render SUCH vocl-
ferrous lip service today!
| There is much more of it and, OF course,
none of this is news to any American VINO
has watched the communist operations, but
. coming as it does from the European block
itself. the admission is feed-box information
These people know each other and Wnen they
get into jealous spats they shrlll the truth
for the neighbors.
incidentally, in the same paper Wnlch car
ried this ad, Mr. Antonini of David Dublin
sky's garment workers, boasts of receipt of
an underground message from the Italian
General Federation of Labor telling OF strike
of Irresistible proportions against the Ba-
doglio government-which would seem to be
good news, if true
But do you know what would happen to
George Spelvin, American, if he put himself
into communication with any Underground or
ganization in an enemy country?
i The FBI would be all over him in an hour
and he would spend the rest Of the war in
a federal prison, that's what.
Il Taxes are the best method Of paying for
the war, because they pay for the war once
and for all.-Treasury Secretary Henry Nor
genthau, Jr.
We ought to get submarine and air nav.
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