The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-27
By WEsTBRoOK PEGLER

NEW YORK.-The rise of Sidney Hillmans
Political Action Committee of the Clio to
commanding position in the Democratic party
calls for 4 serious study of Hillman's political
and personal history and OF the persistent
though changing methods of the communists
in American affairs. Like HilIman, many of
these ndefatigables are naturalized citizens
in the legal sense but mere angry prejudice
against them as Foreigners and against
their exasperating effrontery, is a dangerous
weapon. 1t can be politically effective but it
invites consequences as bad as the dangers
which it undertakes to defeat. Anyway, there
are many native Americans in the conspir-
acy, notably Earl Browder, a Kansan, claim
ing to come of old Virginia line, who are
the more dangerous for the very reason that
they would not be included in such prejudice.
The better way is to get out the books and
congressional documents and the rosters of
communist organizations and their more or
less innocent subsidiaries and cram during
the period of less than four months remaining
before election day. Those of us who have
been at it for years realize that this is a big
assignment and, this being so, it would be
well for the Americans for once to take
lesson from the communists, themselves. and
organize neighborhood "study groups to
learn how the communists operate and who
they are. One reason why the few com1nu-
nlsts could command the attendance of Henry
Wallace and Mr.. Biddle the attorney general,
at conferences with their man. Hillman in
Chicago and issue to the democratic conven-
ton an order for the nomination of Wallace
which barely was defeated. was that they are
constantly az 1t. They are diigent where
Americans are mentally lazy.
For the purpose of study by neighborhood
and shop and office groups, the reports of
the Dies committee would be useful because
they contain condensed information including
lists OF names and organizations of the COM
munist front Martin Dies own book. the
Trojan Horse in America, published by Dodd
,, Mead of New York, in 1910, is another in
formative authority. Another book, amount
ing to a history and directory of American
communism for certain period with detailed
information on Hillm11 and others who carry
over into the present crisis, is Benjamin Git
lows Confess. Gitlow is a backslider, Brow
ders predecessor in American communism
VINO told all with such firm authority that
the worst of his old comrades couldn't even
say he lied This was published by Dut-
ton OF New York, in 1940 and might be avail
able still, In libraries if not in the stores.
Ben Stolberg's story of the CO. published
by Viking in 1898, and his recent Tailors
Progress, by Doubleday Doran, was short and
1ull OF information, and as an example of
the ruthless and cynical treachery of the COM
munsts to any American who has served
thelr purpose, even at the risk of h0 life
there IS Proletarian Journey, by Fred Beal
he was still in prison in North Carolina at
last reports convicted of communist MUIR
DER In riot. Hillman-Curl published Ftole-
tarlan Journey in 1887. 1t tells of his escape
to Russian and of his risilhusionment there,
after which the American communists dis
owned him and let him go to prison.
The Dies committees data has bad rep
utatlon for the very reason that it attacked
and exposed communism in the Roosevelt
government. Thus, the new deal propa gan
da agencies and the communist intelligensia
sneered Martin Dies into disrepute as WITCH
burner. And, only recently, Hillman, whom
Dies had exposed, was able to move into
Texas with such financial and political power
that Dies knew he couldn't be reelected to
congress and decided to sit out a term.
Among the people who should be reached
by such study are the American workers who
have joined unions, willingly or not who may
actually believe that the fight against COM
munism is a fight on labor, the commu-
nists dominate the CLIO today. Phillip MURRAY
is the prisoner of the communists. They con-
troll him and the CLIO through their seats IN
the executive committee. Hillman is as badlv
Off They have got to play ball or die.