Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-10-09

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have chuckled over that. 1t was
stuff for the gullible, slick but
meaningless, and there was not the
remotest chance of losing single
Communist vote. In fact, there
isn't any way for Mr.. Roosevelt to
lose a Communist vote. He will
get them ALTO the last man and
woman, as well he knows.
It will be recalled that recently
the President scornfully refeWed to
persons who "talk out of both sides
of their mouth at the same time, u
and despite an amazing record to
the contrary, unctuously expressed
thanks he was not as one of these.
Yet, it Is difficult to recall more
fragrant case of double talk than
this. Because, when the President
said he does not welcome the sup
port of any Communist committed
to the overthrow of our system, he
was perfectly aware that, months
ago, for purposes of this campaign,
the Communists oficially ceased be-
ing Communists, abandoned their
party, proclaimed their belief in the
American system and announced
their support of Mr.. Roosevelt,
whose policies, they assert, trend
toward our goal"
Matter of Record.
All this is q matter of record
All this has been repeatedly set out
in the Communist speeches and
publications. All this is wholly spu-
rious, a cleverly calculated piece of
Communist strategy, and so recog-
nized. No one knows this better
than Mr.. Roosevelt. No one knows
better than he that when he ''re-
pudiated" Communists who are
working to overthrow our system, he
repudiated something that no longer
exists-of6cially.
Wearing their false whiskers and
fraudulent livery, they are all
Democrats now, working for Mr.
Roosevelt, and more dangerous now
because disguised.
Considering these facts, it is not
surprising that any Communist with
even rudimentary sense of humor
should enjoy Mr.. Roosevelt's re
pudiation." Because, the fact is
Mr.. Roosevelt really could have de-
nounced them, shown up their game,
read them out of the Democratic
party and still retained full sup
port.
But, Mr.. Roosevelt did not de-
nounce them. He didn't tell the
truth about them. He didn't ere
pudiate" them. His words were
weasel words and mis- statement not
in the least on the level
His denunciations were reserved
for those who present the provable
facts about his Communistic sup
port. These he referred to as poll
teal propagandists dragging red
herrings across the trail of this cleo
ton" These he called labor bait
ers" and "bigots."
All of which makes worth recall
ing that week before Mr.. Roose-
welt spoke, Chief Investigator Rob-
ert E. Stribling, of the special House
committee on the un-American ac-
tivities of the CIO-PAC, made
preliminary report in which he pre-
sented evidence which makes it
clear that the CIO-PAC is a by-pro-
duct of the Communist party and
that its program in certain sections
is now being directed by well-known
Communist leaders"
Disregarding the Hillman denials,
Mr.. Stribling proceeds to name
these Communist leaders and give
their records. OF the al members
of the PAC announced by Mr.. Hill
man, he stated that over 80 per cent,
had associations with the Communist
party. He stated further that the
PAC is not run by labor leaders but
by former Administration jobhold-
ers, that the telephone records show
an extraordinary number of White
House calls by PAC agents and that
in a number of cases the key men
OF the PAC are known Communists.
Allegations Ignored.
All OF these allegations were sup
ported by data and all were pre-
sented a week before Mr.. Roosevelt
spoke. And, all were ignored.
In his speech, Mr.. Roosevelt tried
to convey the impression, first that
he has no Communist support;
second, that whatever he has is
negligible; third, that any sugges-
ton that he will profit by this sup
port is wicked.
The truth is the Communists are
the most ardent, articulate and en-
thusiastic group supporting his can
didacy and so far from being negligi-
bic as to numbers, all one need point
out is-hrst, that the American La
Dor party of New York is concededly
Communist controlled; second, that
the ALP Is the most solidly voting
unit in the country; third, that four
years ago it cast 417,000 votes for
Mr.. Roosevelt; fourth, that Mr..
Roosevelt carried New York over
Mr.. Willkie by only 224,000 votes:
fifth, that the minimum estimate
Of the ALPS vote this year is 450,-
900 and every one is q Roosevelt
vote.
Add that up and see If 1t is negli-
gible. Add that up and see If the
number of Communists is so small
that they do not count in the cleo
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