Detroit evening times., 1945-09-12
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WHEN President Trumsn
w broadly indicted the Amer.
lean people in the Pearl Harbor
disaster he merely fortified the
indictment against the Roose-
welt government.
MIR. Truman is a true believer
in democracy which means ma
jority rule.
Mr.. Roosevelt glorified In his
mandate" from his majority
and no other government in our
recent history showed such ex.
elusive interest in its own fol-
lowing or such eering
indifference to the petitions and
criticisms of the minority.
Having no authority. this
minority of the American people
could have had no responsibility
so, as 10 them the indictment
must fail.
Now il is true that there were
Republicans in America first.
and some Republicans did call
Mr.. Roosevelt a warmonger.,
But Senator Burt Wheeler OF
Montana, Democrat, also was
an angry isolationist, and Con-
gresham Hatton Summers Of
Dallas, Democrat. remarked
concerning the Roosevelt poll
Cies In the late prewar days
that a man who tickles the heels
of a mule and is kicked into the
middle of next week shouldn't
blame the mule.
DUT the most effective oppo-
- nents of preparation for
war were not mere pubhcists
and orators but Communists in
the Roosevelt political party
who controlled certain unions OF
his protege. the CIO.
Among them is the American
Newspaper Guild.
In the summer Of 1910, the
national convention OF the guild
killed resolution which would
have bracketed communism with
naZism and fascism.
Stain and Mussolini were
war partners at the time and
the American Communists. who
DOM innate the Guild, were
damning the war rs a war of
conquest by imperialist Britain
and France.
The Americans in the Guild
were no match for the Com
munlsts a New York and Cali
fornia.
Many ostenSible Americans
were under-cover Communists
who pretended 10 be liberals"
and condemned as "Red-baiting"
and Fascist reaction" any oppo-
sition 10 the Communist treach-
cry.
In the fall of 1910, the New
York local organization of the
Guild. always favored subdivi-
sion of the New Deal, passed q
resolution condemning conscrip-
ton.
Had this attitude prevailed
throughout the nation, the
United States would have been
helpless after Pearl Harbor.
However. Stain was then col
laboratlng with Hitler and
Guild Communists wanted this
country TO remain helpless SO
that victorious Russia and Ger
many could partition the United
States as they had Poland.
MRS r CLEAN NOR ROOSE.
WI WELT has been a member
Of the Guild since its beginning.
although she never has been
eligible. She, too. recently
blamed "the people" and the
isolationists for Pearl Harbor.
On another occasion. in New
YORK. a general membership
meeting. of >, the Guild adopted q
resolution In favor of the noto-
rious strike of the United Auto
Workers of the Go at the
North American aviation plant
in 1nglewood. Cal. which Mr..
Roosevelt put down by arms.
employing a regiment OF the
regular army 10 dispel rioters.
This strike was sabotage 10
prevent the manufacture Of
planes for Britain and France
and the development Of air.
plane production for our o~n
uses.
Mr.. Roosevelt called II an in
Surrectlon and pointedly iden-
tlfled It's Communist inspiration.
TNHE United Auto Workers,
Il the National Maritime
Union and the Guild were con-
spicuouS among he unions
domln mated by Communists
which. IN those days. were "un-
aware of and "apathetic" to-
ward the peril from Japan and
the coming necessity 10 supply
the American margin of tools
and fighting power which later
saved Russia from Hitler.
All these are Mr.. Truman's
own people by political inheri-
tsnce and the United Auto
Workers bring TO his adherence
the worst record of strikes and
subtle sabotage in the entire
disgraceful story of political
unionism in the war.
Nevertheless. ROOSEVELT.
Henry Wallace. Harold Ickes,
Mrs RnosoyoIt ard othare b,,y,