The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-02
Dewey Links FDR To Reds
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of boos from the audience which packed Boston Garden to the raft- CTS.
 Lashing out with the bitterest personal denunciation of President Roosevelt since the campaign began, Dewey charged that MT. Roosevelt in his overwhelming desire to per- petuate himself in office for 16 years, has put his party on the auction block-for sale to the highest bid- der"
 Highest Bidder
 He said the highest bidders were "the Political Action Committee of Sidney Hillman and the Commur- istS of Earl Browder.'
 Dewey charged that President Roosevelt has "So weakened and corrupted the Democratic party that 1t is readily subject to capture" and "the forces of communism are, in fact, now capturing it."
 The Communists are seizing con- trol of the New Deal, through which they aim to control the government of the United States" Dewey shout ed. If they should succeed, the fundamental freedoms of every American would stand in gravest jeopardy"
 As an example of what he meant, Dewey painted the Communist sys- tenn as one under which the indi- vidual cannot worship, vote or think as he would, or conduct his life as his own" The price for disobedi- ence, he declared lis liquidation, either through violence or slow economic Strangulation."
 Everyone knows" he continued, "that Communism is for state own ership of all property, including your house, your farm and the factory, the shop, the office in which you work. It stands for absolute dic- tatorship, the abolition of civil rights and total political and eco homie bigotry'
 Attacks
 The G. O. P. candidate leveled a similar personal attack against Browder and Hillman.
 Of Browder he said:
 "He is the man who was con- victed of draft lodging in the last war. He was again convicted-thiS time for perjury-and pardoned by Franklin Roosevelt in time to or ganize the fourth term campaign Browder stands for everything that would destroy America
 He described Hillman as a labor leader hao had held 'one official post after another in the New Deal" and "a front for the Communists" in the fourth term campaign.
 Dewey warned against any ignor- ing of the Communist threat be- cause of their small numbers"
 They are not themselves a politi- cal party" he asserted. They are a fanatical, secret conspiracy of well disciplined, highly trained zea- lots who work at their purposes every hour of the day. Falsehood, deception and smear propaganda are part of their technique .. They place their members at strategic points where they can seize con- VI VI OA 4e1A SC OA SclA44zdUCC1AS.
 Not a Party
 Similarly, he argued that the "New Deal is not a political party" but ''has become a collection of warning factions, tied together only by consuming passion for power"
 Dewey accused New Dealers of attempting to evade discussion of Communism in the presidential campaign.
 'They smear any discussion of this major question of our day" he said. '"They insinuate that Amer jeans must love Communism or of- fend our fighting ally, Russia"
 He renounced that argumnt on the grounds that: "In Russia Communist is a man who supports his government. In America a Communist is man who supports the fourth term, so our form of government may be more easily changed" Dewey predicted, however, that any Communist bid for control of the American government is doomed to failure. Describing the PAC levy of one dollar per member as "this Roose- welt poll tax imposed by Sidney Hillman," Dewey said working men and women are rising in protest all over the nation"
 Solution The solution, he continued, lies in voting for the Republican party "in the secrecy of the voting booth"
 That danger ((Communism can be surely met only by ending a sit- uation which leaves vast power in tired hands," he argued. "The Re- publican party is not perfect. But one thing at least is sure: Neither the Communist group which MT. Roosevelt to repudiate nor any other totalitarianism group is making an effort to capture the Republican party. They know how useless it would be-"
 He predicted that millions of Democrats are voting Republican this year to save their own party and their country"
 Boston, the only major New Eng land city in Dewey's campaign itin- erary, gave him one of the out standing receptions of his coast to coast tour.
 100000 Cheer Throngs estimated by Polio Com missioner Thomas F. Sullivan at 400, 900 cheered the motorcade from the railroad station to the Statler Hotel. Additional thousands lined the streets as he drove from the hotel to Boston Garden few hours later. The crowd in the Garden was 1