Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1944-09-08

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President, Roosevelt was challenged
in the house today by Rep. Curtis
(R., Neb.) to deny that the small
nations of eastern Europe were
sold down the river at the Teheran
conference at the insistence of
Communist Russia.
Citing recent Communist elec-
tion campaign documen which
stressed that the fourth term can
didate merited Red support on a
"Teheran platform" Curtis asser-
ted that "the truth has leaked out
in reference to Teheran".
Candidate Roosevelt has never
told the American people what
happened at Teheran", he told
members. Secretary Hull has ne
yer told the people what agreements
were made there. And the Com
munists, in this campaign docu-
ment, boldly assert that only a
fraction of the American people
grasp the significance of what hap
pened at Teheran.'
Charter Discarded
"The Communists know and we
are beginning to learn what did
happen there. History will show
that the Atlantic Charter was
thrown into the discard at Teheran
and that the small freedom loving
nations of eastern Europe were
sold down the river there. History
will show that Candidate Roosevelt
let the Communists have their way
with reference to Yugoslavia, Po-
land, Finland, the Baltic states, and
the other nations that have been
the victims of aggression. Candi-
date Roosevelt abandoned at Tehe-
ran the high and noole things for
which the American people were
fighting" :"
Curtis gave the house copious
quotes from a report by Eugene
Dennis, vice president of the Com
munist Political association, to a
midwest conference of Communist
leaders on judy 27 in Chicago.
This has been printed as cam
paign document by the Daily Work
er, Communist organ in the United
States. 6
at is a shocking statement but
a true one", he said, that the Com
munists have taken over a great
portion of the party machinery of
the Democratic party. It has al
ways been known that Communists
held high positions and formulated
important policies of the New Deal,
but until recently they left the in
terparty control to the regular poll
ticians. That is no longer the
case.
Asks About Pledges
"The Communists know what
they are doing, this document
shows. They do not indorse any one
unless they have an understanding.
They state that no candidate will be
indorsed except lin full agreement
with the given candidate. What
kind of an agreement do they have
with the fourth term candidate? Is
there any one who doubts that in
order to save himself the humilia-
ton of defeat this candidate would
make whatever promise or agree
ment was expedient?
at should be borne in mind that
the Communist party, back last
February 4, was the first political
party in the United States to select
Franklin d. Roosevelt for a fourth
term. AL Lannon, executive secre-
tary, at that time stated that the
aims of the Teheran conference
necessitated national unity behind
the President"
Curtis noted that Dennis boasted
that the CIO' political action COM
mittee had prevented the nomina-
ton at the Chicago Democratic con-
vention of War Mobilization Direc-
tor Byrnes or Speaker Rayburn for
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They Prefer Truman
"Most people understand why the
7 Communists prefer Truman. a Vice
Presidential candidate from the
Pendergast camp, than one from
the followers of Thomas Jefferson
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