The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-30
By WESTBROOK PEGLER

NEW YORK.-Among other fatherly serv-
ices to more and more dependent people
the Department Of Justice is now reviewing
DOCKS and periodicals and giving critical op:n-
ions in little publication called The Monthly
Review of the immigration and naturalization
service. Price 81 a year, single copies 1o
cents. 1t is issued with the approval of the
director of the budget" The editor named
on the masthead is Marian Schibsby.
At the bottom of the back page, devoted to
literary criticism. there is mysterious nota-
ton reading "FPI, Atlanta" which would ap-
pear to mean Federal Penal Institution, At
lanta," or in other words, that the federal
prisoners there, under the jurisdiction Of the
Department OF Justice, are scabbing a COM
mercial printing job in competition with free
labor and the free, unsubsidized press.
Among the books reviewed in the April is
sue, under the title of Readers Guide is one
which, considering the authors background is
OF unusual interest not to say significance
For the author of this work. entitled The
Proud People and described by an anony-
nous reviewer as ian interesting addition to
the growing body of literature about the Amer
lean scene" is Kyle Crichton, who, under the
alias OF Robert Forsythe, has been dilgent
If mediocre, propaganda of the communist
line for many years. Crichton has two per-
sonallties. In one he writes harmless and
undstnguished articles for Golfers mostly
political essays about actors, Hollywood
and such frivolities. In the other as For
sythe, he has been for long time member
Of the changing list of emotional Summers
who served the purposes of the Krem1in in
The Daily Worker, The New Masses and the
late publication fight, which was the organ
OF the League Against War and Fascsm,
communist organization of which Earl Brow
der was vice president
AS Forsythe Crichton wrote an ephemeral
ro-conmunist book called Reading From Left
tc Right. with illustrations by cartoonst who
regularly served the party line in The New
Masses and the Workers, and another called
Redder Than the Rose, which was listed with
approval in the Communist party's guide to
reading on communism.
The book publishers in the United States
turn out about 10000 titles a year and the
page of literary criticism of this Department
Of Justice publication has room for no more
than three four reviews in each of it's
IL issues, some of which devoted entirely
to reviews Of magazines, not books. Never
theless, out of that enormous volume of NV
books, the Department of Justice selected Sy
critical approval and free advertising a book
by man whose record should be in the files
OF the FBl, IL " is IIue MdI tIlS L Dl QOeSI
keep records OF those who have been hewing
to the line.
| However, although the FBI may actually
have complete and factual directory of such
individuals and Their associations, declarations
and activities comparable to its record of pro-
faroist and pro-raz: conspirators, it does not
necessarily follow that its reports would be
| respected as to communists and pro-com1nu-
nists, even in the Department of Justice. Thur
man Arnold, when he was assistant attor-
ney general in charge of the antitrust divi
sion was asked whether he knew in what
branch of the department Well-known young
communist lawyer had landed job. Mr.
Arnold said he had never heard of the man,
who then discovered to be in his own
antitrust division but later got a better and
more influential job.
1t is for such reasons including the appear
ance of communists in the Office OF War In
formation, who were supposed to have been
certified by the FBI, that the FRIs report
cleansing a long list of government officials
| and EMPLOYEES named by the Dies committee
has been subject to suspicion ana sharp dis
| count.
| Now the Department of Justice, at the tax
payers expense and apparently through the
use of prison labor is offering government
subsidized press and making propaganda for
: writer W!c under another name, has him.
self been propagandist for communism in
the Kremlin's long conspiracy against the
American government.