The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-05
As Pegler Sees 1t
By WESTBROOK PEGLER
Copyright, by King Features Syndicate, Incl

~ I y SAACA va
er, Jr, who reviewed and praised in the New
York Herald Tribune a book called 'The Plot
ters'' is a son OF Arthur Meier Schlesinger,
Sr., a Harvard professor of history.
Young Mr.. Schlesinger is precocious. He
recently did a piece for Henry Luce's Life"
magazine purporting to give the lowdown on
the party in the United States.
He named some CLIO unions which are domi-
mated by the communists, but I found fault
with him in that he might have emphasized
the influence in others, among
them the New York Newspaper Guild, the
mine, mill and smelter workers and the o.
flee and Professional Workers union, all of
the CLIO.
Young Schlesinger does not mention the
National Citizens Political Action Committee
a creature of the CLIO, although he does say
that the greatest field of communist pene-
tration is the trade unions. The N.C.P.A.C.
is a Sidney Hillman political front and
Schlesinger's father is prominent member
The House Committee on un-American Ac-
~tivities, formerly known as the Dies Commit
tee, compiled a great and reliable directory
of persons, organizations and causes involved
in the communist and fascist movements in
the United States. 1t shows the attachment OF
many individuals to groups and causes which
it investigated without necessarily suggesting
guilt. However, by a decision of the Supreme
SoUAl III IC Il oIAQSCo ACPOl otAOt SdSCs
an American, or even an alien, is without
guilt even though he associate and cooperate
with theological enemies of the American
government who advocate its destruction by
violence, if in that association and cooperation
he shall stop short OF joining them in the
advocacy of that final objective. Thus Prot.
Schlesinger could gaily collaborate with in
imical communists and remain legally inno-
cent.
Thu f;re< roa,4;,o - pro% CoL1oe;,onr -
the reports of the committee to Congress &C.
ours on. page 265. There he is listed as a
member OF The National Citizens Political
Action Committee"
9TH National Citizens Political Action
Committee includes a formidable list of con-
firmed fellow-travelers and frontiers for COM
munist organizations" the report says. ut
has been clearly established that the N. G.
P.A.C. is the major front organization of the
movement. 1t represents the communist
party's supreme bid for power. 1t is clear
that the major objective of the Hillman-
Browder-C1O axis is the gaining of a dofni-
nant position in the councils OF the demo
cratic party. The genius OF the communist
front organization is to secure the services
of distinguished persons whose very names
aid in concealing the real nature of the or
ganization.
Concerning communist front organizations,
the Attorney General (Biddle) made the fol-
lowing observations: Testimony showed they
were represented to the public for some le-
Ultimate reform objective, but actually used
by the communist party to carry on its ac-
tivities pending the time when the comml-
nists believe they can seize power through
revolution"
The report then relates that Biddle circu-
lated among department heads o. the ex-
ecutive branch of the government memoranda
naming Is organizations as subversive and
communist. The committee found that 81 of
al members of Hillman's N. c. P. A. c. had
been associated with those Is groups.
Prof. Schlesinger is listed as - signer of
a petition to discontinue the Dies Committee,
sponsored by the American COMMITTEE for
Democracy and Intellectual Freedom.
1.-THE committee is a communist front oper-
ating among college teachers and professors, =
the report to Congress stated. The committee
was strongly preoccupied with the defense of
communists. The committee issued the call
for a so-called citizens committee to defend
free public education, the real object of which
is to Willy and obstruct the New York legisla-
tive committee invetigating subversive activ-
tiles in the public schools. A long list of
teachers was exposed by this
Qegislative) committee and they were subse-
quently dropped"
The report names Prof. Schlesinger as a
member of the American Friends Of Spanish
Democracy. 1t says the communists consider
ed aid to the loyalist (~communis) side in
Spain to be of first Importance.
Prof. Schlesinger was named as a signer o.
a letter to President Roosevelt asking an
amendment to the neutrality law, adopted to
guard against involvement Of this country in
foreign wars, so that the American commun-
lists might openly ship arms to the so-called
loyalists. This was d communist party project
at the time, but a number of prominent Ameri-
cans, never suspected Of p-ro-communist senti-
ments, signed the letter.
Prof. Schlesinger is named as an affiliate
Of the American Student Union. The report
says this union was a merger of the National
Student League communist ana the Student
League for Industrial Democracy (soclalist)."
The merger was sn accord with the United
Front policy adopted by the communist interna-
tional in 1885 calling for joint action with So
cialist groups throughout the world" the re-
port continues. 1.-THE combined organization
was under communist control from its incep-
ton and followed the official detectives of the
communist party.
ION numerous occasions, The American Stu
dent Union exposed it's connections with the
communist party and its loyal adherence to
the nartv line. Without exception the union
s,nnnrted defense of teachers and students
charged with communist activity"
The report named Prof. Schlesinger as 2
sponsor of the national emergency conference.
."The personnel of the sponsors OF the confer.
ence indicates clearly that it was a commun
ist front organization. says the report. "a
| check Of the index of this report will establish