Evening star., 1943-04-21
Looks Like the Big Show Is Going to Flop.

membership and association of DR..
William E. Dodd, jr.. with the Or
ganizations mentioned, and his eX-
pressed views and PHILOSOPHERS of
government constitute subversive
activity within the definition adopt
ed by the committee. and that he is
therefore unfit for the present to-
continue in Government employ
ment."
Report on DIR. Watson.
AS to DR.. Watson the report said:
DIR. Watson admitted association
or affiliation with II OF more organ
izations as follows, namely:
Il. American League for Peace
and Democracy.
80. American Committee for De-
mocrscy and Intellectual Freedom.
IS. American Student Union.
81 American Youth Congress.
IS. Conference on Pan-American
Democracy.
IS. Consumers Union.
81. Co-ordinating Committee to
Lift the Embargo.
IS. Descendants of American
Revolution.
'9. International Workers Order.
80. League of American Writers.
I'll. National Emergency Confer
ence for Democratic Rights.
"12. Medical Bureau and North
American Committee to Aid Spanish
Democracy. :
The committee found that another
Government official it investigated
DR.. Frederick L. Schuman, principal
political analyst in the German sec
ton of FEC was not unfit for Gov
errment service.
The committee said, with respect
to him: Your special subcommittee
has examined Dr. Frederick L. Schu-
man and all evidence pertaining to
him. Does not find sufficient
evidence to support recommended
ton Of unfitness to serve in the en-
ployment of the Government at this
time"
Purposes Of Many Withheld.
"a number of these organizations
have been designated by the Depart
ment of Justice as front organiza-
tons and others as questionable.
These organizations have not been
adjudged by the courts or by Con-
gresS as subversive. They have op-
Grated either without constitutions
or bylaws, or when their aims and
purposes have been brought into
question the constitutions and by
laws have been withheld or de-
stroyed. No witness can be found
who will or can produce any records
of these organizations. But the
court of public opinion of the
United States has passed judgment
upon them and has found them sub
versive and American.
I'm the organization of our armed
forces we know that no officer is
permitted to lead our boys upon the
battlefronts who advocates a phil
osophy of destruction and over
throw of our institutions and gov
ernment. If our military leaders ON
the far-fung battle fronts have
deemed it wise and necessary to safe
guard and protect our boys against
false and distorted doctrines and
PHILOSOPHERS, it would seem equally
necessary and important that we on
the home front should give similar
protection and safeguard to our SOL
diers and citizens at home. against
entrusting official responsibility to
those whose acts, philosophers. and
teachings would destroy us from
within
Your committee finds from the
evidence that DR.. Watson for sew
eral years past has associated him.
self on many and frequent occasions
with men and associations whose
aims and purposes were subversive
to this Government, and has asso-
ciated himself with men who advo-
Gated the overthrow of this Govern
ment. We further find from the
evidence that DR.. Watson has writ
ten various articles for several maya
zines reputedly controlled by sub
versive interests, and in a number
of these articles DR.. Watson made
unfavorable comparisons between
other governments and our Govern
ment, and in other articles he criti-
cized our capitalistic and profit
system and advocated its overthrow.
Definition of Subversive.
Upon consideration of all of the
evidence, your committee finds that
the. membership and association of
DR.. Goodwin B. Watson with the
organizations mentioned. and his