The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-25
Fair Enough
BY WESTBROOK PEGLER
Copyright 1916 by King Features
Syndicate Tun

NEW YORK, June "a. The treaty by which
the United States recognized the Russian die
tatorship contained an implied admission that
Russia had interfered in the domestic affairs
of this country, object violent revolution, and
amounted to one OF those cease and desist
orders which the Labor Relations Board uses
to devil and humiliate employers who have
illegally expressed the opinion that some or
ganizer hanging around the plant is a COM
munist or an underworld racketeer. If Russia
hadn't been in the habit of promoting strikes
and disorders to lnJure the U. 5. "A. there
would have been no occasion for a pledge not
to do this thereafter. On the record of bolshevik
cynicisn there was no reason to hope that
the international communist conspiracy, mead
quarters Moscow, would keep that promise
and experience has shown that it was kept
only during the period of Russia's peril and
only for Russia's sake because her life depend
ed ON American war production and shipping
and, of course, on American fighting strength.
In 1943. an announcement came from Mos
cow which most Americans eagerly interpret
ed to mean that the International conspiracy
had been dissolved, on close analysis, how
ever. a few skeptics perceived that this foggy
tumble Ct theological jargon, resembling, In
its obscurity, an opinion by Felix Frankfur-
ter, actually said no sucn thing.
throughout the life of the Dies committee, a
cumulative record was built up showing the
ramific atoms of this conspiracy in the new
deal government, in Hollywood and IN the union
movement. There was abundant evidence OF
traitorous conduct and association by thousands
of natives and immigrants enjoying the rights
and privileges of American. citizenship who
invoked those very rights and privileges in
their treacherous activity. The record has
been preserved and may some day be found
useful in the prevention Of sabotage OF this
nations interests in favor of the rival inter
ests Of the Soviet Union. Individuals VINO, dur-
ing the recent war, were suspected OF sympatn
with the Hitler dictatorship on much less con-
yincine evidence, were indicted and harrassed
while these communists and the less forth
right and, therefore,. more dangerous traitors
allied with them, were encouraged to Haunt
their impudence and dislcyalty.
The Russian attitude toward us changed a
few DAYS after the war ir Europe ended. The
leader of the communist treason IN france,
which resulted in the submission OF French
Army units to the Germans without a tight,
had been given asylum in Russia. He has now
returned to the country he had betrayed 70
serve fun ther the long campaign to conquer
Christianity. From a French came
= statement of a new policy repudiating the
Temporary, wartime cooperation between the
American communists and the American gov
eminent and capitalistic society. That repu-
diation made it necessary for the American
communists to get rid Of Earl roWde VINO
had managed the cooperation as an emery
ency measure primarily in Russla's interest.
He had served the cause well however, so
after a period in obscurity and ostenslole dis
favor, he was invited and helped to VISIT MOS
COW for discussion Of future plans.
Other Americans, VINO still hope that through
association with the Russian people and &C
uuaintancc with their way of life a popular
affection might be cultivated which would
make war less probable, are barred. AS Win
ston Churchill put it, Russia lowered an iron
curtain snd Americans are excluded Whlle In
this country not only Russian visitors but
thousands of enemies holding American cltl-
zenship are permitted to move about with no
restraint end to work in factories, laboratories
and Offices where they have access to almost
all the information there is. They have two
unions, one embracing scientists, the other
confidential office workers, which follow the
communist political line in all things, whose
members, in many circumstances, are forced
on employers who distrust them, by orders
of the Labor Relations hoard under the autn-
ority of the Wagner Act.
This is the character of the nation which,
I'D to now, has frustrated every attempt to
close out the war, establish peaceful relations
with the enemy countries and set up some sem
blance of elf-government in conquered terri
tory.
Brutal, utterly dishonest, invariably Heach-
erous in her dealings with us and others, sec
retive, suspicious and truculent, this is the
friendly government which now proposes that'
because she thus Ear has been unable to manu-
f~acture atom bombs, the United States shall
destroy her atom bombs and promise to make
no more.
We may be sure that. because the commun-
lists are so stealthy and We have been SO naive,
they will soon have all the secrets If they do
not possess them already. In time, therefore,,
Russia would be manufacturing atom bombs
behind her iron curtain while the United States,
having disposed of her stock, would permit
communists in our midst to make sure that
we did not manufacture any more.