The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-11


ers. His articles serve the good purpose
of making people Think
By wEsTBROOK PEGLER
Copyright, 1915, by King Features Syndicate)
SAN FRANCISCO.-The incidents of this
conference thus far and the demeanor of the
Russians must remind any American with an
honest memory that many offices of the ma
tional government and many in powerful I'M
ions of the CLIO are occupied by men and
women who would turn against the United
States in any conflict of interest with Russia
This attitude was shown during the period
between the start of the war in the fall of
1889 and June 81, 1871, when Hitler attacked
Russia. During that time, the American COM
munists and many, although not all, of their
fellow-travelers, were not merely pro-Russian
but ant-American No cry for unity nor
fear of the recorded truth can discredit the
memory of picket lines denorncing the war
then as an imperialist venture of Britain and
France in which the American government
was abetting the aggressors. TIL White
House. itself, was picketed and strikes were
contrived by the communists in CLIO unions,
one of which Franklin D. Roosevelt himself
denounced as violent Instruction inspired
by an alien philosophy, namely communism,
to hinder this nations efforts to rearm.
| Throughout an earlier period under the new
deal, covering several years, this large and
| clamorous element in the union movement
and in that group which had preempted the
title of liberal" opposed all proposals that
| the United States prepare to meet any armed
challenge. The coEnter-proposal here was that
this country remain weak militarily and rely
on Russia to uphold freedom against Hitler
ism and fascism.
Between the start of the war and Hitlers
blow at Russia, the relations between the new
deal and the communist front were austere.
But after June 81, 1941, the communists and
the new dealers in Washington soon became
reconcled and in very brief period predic-
tons that these people would berecognized
again were confirmed.
The national maritime union was given po-
litical encouragement and practical help in
it's purpose of assuming control of the man.
ming and operation of a merchant fleet Great
ed by the people of the United States. Henry
Wallace then vice-president, fraterniZed pub
licly with Joseph CUrran, the president of this
organization which, in all the meanderings of
the communist party line, had hewn to that
line. Franklin D. Roosevelt sent greetings to
the CLOS union of office workers, a similar
organization whose president, calling himself
Lewis Merrill, had dropped his original name
after migrating to the United States from
Canada. Mrs. Roosevelt openly placed herself
in social and political fellowship with such
persons and, at Roosevelts fourth Inaugural
listed by Marshall Fields New York outlet
for communist propaganda was thief named
Margolls who had changed his name to Gail
NOR and now was preaching over a station
of the Blue Network the current line of the
communists. His sponsor was a Russian i'm
migrant manufacturing secret electrical
equipment who also is associated with prom
inent communists.
The Dies committee was made the target
of h.
cause it had exposed the guilt of thousands
| OF pseudo-American communist unoneers,
new deal bureaucratS and influential govern
ment employees and finally was blasted out
of existence. Since then its irreplaceable rec
ords have disappeared and the only man who
| could have interpreted them and traced the
relationships between myriad names, includ-
ing aliases, and organizations, has been
bounded into the army through the draft. Thus
the army wins a soldier 80 years old and
o. sedentary type and Congress loses the serv-
ices of a living index to a complex record
of treachery. He is Robert Stripping, the COM
mittee's chief investigator.
| Now, for Russia, the German war is over
and Russia has no other war. The United
States still has a war to win against Japan
| as a result of which Russia stands in line
to inherit an Asiatic empire without firing
shot or even providing military accommo-
dations for American and British forces.
President Harry Truman has inherited from
the long Roosevelt regime a dangerous do
mestic organization of conspirators Who in
all situations in which American interests and
Russian intentions disagree, may be relied
on to uphold Russia. He never has been SYM
pathetic with this element but he will need
a new encouragement, free of obligation 10
Sidney Hillnans Political Action Committee
and the help of Congress now liberated
from executive dictation to enforce existing
laws against revolutionary conspiracy and to
provide new laws for domestic security.
| Probably, a result of the Russian atti-
tEde in the last few weeks, he and Congress
will receive sudden great encoura cement from
a people now convinced that just as we grant
Russia the right to conduct her internal af-
fairs without interference from Us, American
| security requires simmlar freedom at home.
| Throughout this conference there have been
repetitious reminders that for fifteen years
the United States did not give Russia her
confidence and did not understand Russia.
But the reason why the American people could
not give Russia their confidence was that in
their midst an organization directed from
Moscow was diligently undermining the Amer
lean government Under the protection of
American laws. The reason why Americans
could not understand Russia was that Russia
purposely maintained a mystery and was I'M
derstood by only few Americans who adopt
ed the Russian ideal of dictatorship and ruth
less power basis of that understanding
with