The midland journal., 1946-10-11
OUR DANGERS FROM WITHIN
Rv j. E. Jones

DIV u. Es jules
Washington d. c., October 2
Must loyal Americans get ready to
cstand up and be counted?"
j. Edgar Hoover, Director of the
Federal Bureau, of Investigation and
popularly referred to as ''the Ma
tion's greatest policeman" told the
American Legion at the San Francis
co Conference that ''in our vaunted
tolerance of all people, the Commu-
nists have found our Achilles Heel. )"
He warned Legionnaires that it
would be a mistake to believe that
tke Communist Party in the United
States was limited to 100000, and
he declared that the Communists
themselves boast that for every party
member there are ten others ready
to do the partys work.
"These include their satellites,
their fellow travellers, and their So
called progressive and phony liberal
allies" Mr.. Hoover said. "They have
unanswered themselves into positions
where few Communists control the
destiiens of hundreds who are either
willing to be led or have been duped
into obeying the dictates of others" ="
The Legion's National Commander
John Stelle told the Convention at
the same session that there exists
real peril to the American system"
in the present-day thinking of thou
sands Of Americans, and lie warned:
Some of them are dyed-in-the-wool
Communists, but many others, in
Guiding labor leaders, teachers and
professional men and women, have
swallowed a Socialistic applesauce
and have not looked into mirror to
see how red they have turned"
The session of the Legion received
message from President Truman
congratulating the organization, in
which he said: LAS the Legion grows
in numbers and Importance, it also
increases in responsibility and obli-
cations to the Nation. Il have COM
plete faith in our organization.
General Carl Spaatz, Commander
of the Army Air Forces made an in
teresting prophecy when he told
15O, 900 Legionnaires that if another
war developed, eve are, in fact, wide
open at the top, because the Arctic is
logical lane of attack"
Admiral Chester w. Nimitz appeal
ed to the Legion to preserve the
Army and Navy forces to protect the
World against another war, and he
said that wkile there was an under
standable desire for economy" that
the strength of our military forces
must be kept at a logical high point.
Assistant Secretary of State John
II. Hilldring urged the Convention to
make sure that the main objective for
whic whe fought World War; II is
achieved He specified:
j ''The eradication of fascism, the
| elimination of intolerance, the estab-
| lisEment of an enduring peace
these are the objectives for which we
fought, and this is the part of the
conflict which must be won, if it is
wen at all, by the people themselves
under intelligent and forceful civilian
! leadership
The American Legion represents
undoubted sanity, strength and pow
er in our civilian life-and no one in
Washington disputes the high and
patriotic work it is accomplishing.
! There are hundreds of men on Capt.
tol Hill who expressed their com
plete faith in Our Organization. y
The Legion goes right on to the point
and that's why ]. Edgar Hoover was
one of their outstanding guest speak
ers They knew he would tell them
TIE cold facts about Communism and
other dangerous groups. The Legion
always stresses the Importance of
protecting our country against the
growing menace" of Communism
If it comes to a showdown, as indica-
ted by Hover, our loyal Americans
will all be willing to stand up and
be counted"