Detroit evening times., 1945-02-19
FAIR
ENOUGH
BY Westbrook( I
Pegler


wing reviewers say.
This, then, Is plug for q
gloating, play-by-play report OF
the communists manipulation of
the confusion and fears, the pa
triotism and doubts of the loyal.
native American people in the
presidential and congressional
campaigns preceding our recent
solemn referendum. It is the
story of the Political Action
Committee, entitled the first
round.
A word. first. about the
author.
His name is given as Joseph
lGaer and his portrait on the
back flap is reminiscent of the
early photographs Of Leon Trot-
sky. The biographical data says
he was born in Bessarabia, then
part of Russia, in 1897, which
would make him az years old
today, and came TO Canada in
1913, the year before the best
manhood of Canada went of TO
Europe 10 die by thousands in a
war against the tyranny OF the
kaiser.
A LTHOUGH he was then, like
"A Sidney Hillman, David Du.
binsky and many other immi-
grants from Russia, a refugee
from oppression and terror, it
appears from his biography that,
like these others, he formed in
the land OF promise preoccupa-
tionS which made il impossible
for him 10 join the impetuoux
Canadian heroes in the defense
OF the land which he found
pleasant and secure asylum.
This may be remembered as
the year when the United
States, too, joined the war so,
here again. in the second coun-
!. try of his adoption in three
years, Mr. Gaer was confronted
with an opportunity IL not a
temptation TO make the world
safe for democracy.
We find in his biography,
however. no mention OF any
military service with either the
Canadians or the Americans,
We learn that he studied medi-
cine and that ever since. his
activities have been "astonish-
lngly varied"
lie has written on Biblical
folklore and comparative re-
hgion, on consumer problems,
a favorite topic Of Communist
| propaganda and social and farm
security.
4 TOGETHER, Mr.. Gaer has
"a given generously OF himself
10 change the constitutional
government of the United
States according TO his Bessa.
rablan predictions.
i BY what door or hole he en-
tered the Roosevelt bureaucracy
we are not privileged 10 know.
but the Dies Committee has
told US that IL was Very hos
pitable 10 sedentary and vocal
but nom phys fighters
against fascism OF whom Mr..
Gaer is one OF the most aggres-
sive
His book, which costs $3.50. is
is a remarkably confiding record
OF the exact plan Of operation
and propaganda by which the
Political Action Com
munlst campaign was run. So. at
the cost Of sluicing a few honest
American dollars into his royal
ties, / commend IL 10 patriotic
study groups in preparation for
the future.
TO REFER now 10 Mr.. Caers
L past activity as "consultant"
10 the Farm Security Admins
tration, we begin 10 trace the
conspiracy through the Roose-
velt government even al a time
when Roosevelt was DENYING any
connection with the Political
Action Committee.
Noting first that Gaer never
worked as a farmer or at any
other arduous physical toll. we
then observe that this bureau
wields great economic power
over the indWidual small farmer
through financial aid. His chief
at the FSA was the national
director, c. B. Baldwin, who
went over the Political Action
Committee as Sidney Hillmans
chief assistant when the Com
munist campaign of 1914 began.
From the Political Action
Committee, Baldwin and his as.
soclates made many telephone
calls 10 Mrs. Roosevelt and
David K. Niles, born Nyhaus.
at the White House, 10 the de-
partments OF agriculture and
justice and to rural offices of
the Farm Securities Admins
! tration where Baldwin's old and
beholden subordinates were still
in charge.
In some rural Alabama dis
tricts the F'SA paid the DOLL
taxes of delinquent voters in
violation OF state laws OF Ala
bama intended to prevent the
purchase Of votes and in fla
grant violation of the federal
laws concerning the use OF pub
lie money for the corruption Of 4
the ballot.
Among those congressman
who were beaten by the Politi-
cal Action Committee under
Baldwin and the highly intellec.