The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-28
The Process Of Un-Americ anization
These DaysSsy' gso I3ti z! soHoIsxy


The next presidents principal
tasl. will be the characterization
OF the United States. He will have
TO restore the authority and in
tegrity Of the Constitution, OF Con-
gress, OF the courts. He will have
to relate administrative agencies to
constitutional government with the
object of protecting the rights OF
the individual American citizen. He
will have to restore equality before
the law without regard to political
affiliation or social status. He will
have to break down the divisions
among the people according TO
race, color and economic occupa-
tion. He will have to restore re.
spect for those who hold public
office. He will need to curb the
tendency OF government employees
TO make themselves masters Of the
people.
This is part of process OF
Americanziation and II will in
volve considered study and a broad
grasp OF the traditions OF our peo-
pie. demonstrating an orderly
system of administration into the
traditional American framework
without sacrificing such progress
as has been made during the past
10 or Is years will be a work OF
unparalleled craftsmanship and
unless 1t is done with breadth OF
purpose and utter selfishness. We
shall suffer greater calamity
even than defeat in war
In contrast, let me cite the cor
ruption OF our way OF life and |
take the report verbatim from the
latest report Of the Dies Commit
tee:
According to Philip Murray. the
voting strength OF the clio unions
and the immediate families of their
IN ,mbers is something like a.
100000 -Signey Hillman has talk
ed in terms of organizing some 2S.-
600, 900 voters in the 1914 elections.
These figures obviously represent
a great deal of wishful thinking,
and they are set down here merely
as reflecting the proportions Of
Philip Murray's and Sidney Hill
mans political ambitions.
ION November 3. 1913, in PM.
Hillman announced that the Clio
political action committee expect
ed to raise and spend the sum of
100000 in the election cam
paigns of l944 Philip Murray stat
ed some weeks ago that the Clio
unions had already donated $780,
600 of this enormous slush fund.
Many units of the Clio have al
ready imposed a compulsory as
sessment upon their members for
the support OF the clio political
action committee. lnasmuch as
government coercion compels hun
dreds OF thousands OF workers to
Join the Clio, ii is obvious that
there are many OF these workers
who have no choice but 10 make
their financial contributions to
this Hillman-Communist conspira-
cy whether they approve OF it or
not. 1t is further clear that II
this type OF political coercion were
applied by other than labor organi-
cations, backed by the power OF
government, Il would be widely
held and courageously labelled an
in olerable encroachment of some
form Of totalitarianism As 1t
stands. it 1 piece OF tyrannical
taxation for those members of the
Go who are compelled to contri-
butte their assessments. at the risk
OF FORGETTING their livelihoods. with
out sharing in any degree the po-
litical detectives OF Sidney Hillman
and his Communist associates
his is the Misunderstanding NJ
the electorate. 1t is the corrup-
ton of our representative form of
government. II Is like the WPA
bought vote" which did more TO
lo~er the morale in American poll
tics than anything that had ever
happened in our history. It repre-
sents voting by class and the Dr-
ganization of the nation on class
conscious basis-a MARKHAM, a Ger
man, a Russian but not an Ameri-
can dogma. And those who are
building this class-conscious mass
or who will benefit by it are utter
ly evil in their designs for they
sa 'rifce America to their person.
al advantage.
Americans are wearying OF the
application OF European doctrines
and procedures to American life.
TIE longer the war lasts. the less
toy like European ways. As the
trickeries OF Hillman are better
understood. the greater the antag-
onism OF the American voter-in-
Guiding those voters who belong 70
CIO unions. They will reject this
c Eruption. II must be opposed.