The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-23
Fair Enough
IS By wEsTBRooK PEGLER
copyright, 1916, BY King Features Syndicate.)

- By WESIBROOk PEGLEh
downright. 1916, By King Features Syndicate.)
WASHINGTON, JAM 22.-In two recent
speeches, J. Edgar Hoover, director OF the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, has 1dent-
| fed communism and the activities OF the
| American communists as moral and social
menace unusually vehement expressions from
him.. and an indication that the immunity
which the communists enjoyed under the
patronage of Franklin D. and Eleanor Roose-
welt no longer exists.
During Mr. Roosevelt's presidency, with the
exception of that brief time when Stain and
Hitler were allies against Poland, the foul
aggressor, the American communists and
their felloW-travelers were regarded as vic
TINS of error who nevertheless had right
to work for the violent overthrow of the Amer
lean government by such constitutional
means as sabotage. permeation OF the Wash
ington government and persecution OF en-
ployers and rank and file workers through
the Labor Relations Board, which they in
tested and dominated.
At the meeting of the International Asso-
citation of Chiefs of Police in Miami Beach,
Mr.. Hoover did recognize the existence OF a
postwar crime wave which police officials OF
the waning LaGuardia administration in New
York nevertheless denied even in the pres
ence of such an outburst of murderous thug
gerry that the law-abding went down to the
corner after dark only in peril OF death.
The press coverage of the Miami speech
generally seems to have neglected, whether
from innocent reasons or the design of mott
waited 1eftish reporters and desk-men, to give
due emphasis to his discussion of the COM
munists OF them he said: '"These panderers
OF dlabolic mistrust already concentrat-
ing their efforts to confuse and divide by APP
plying the fascist smear to police depart
ments, the F.BI. and other American insti-
tutions to conceal their own sinister purposes.
The goddess, truthless way of life that they
would force America can mean only tyran-
ny and oppression. They are against the lber-
ty which is America When they raise the
cry of Unity, remember that there can be no
unity with the enemies of our way of life.
The fascist-minded tyrant is no different from
the American con1munistic corruptonist who
uses the tricks Of the confidence man until
his forces are sufficiently strong to rise with
arms in revolt
Mr.. Hoover plainly was referring to the
communists of the unions who dominate many
large units Of the CLIO. and, in collaboration
with reckless and stupid non-communst boss
es of AT. of L. units have actually estab-
lished, in almost all tests of power, the right
to riot and intimidate by chains and clubs
American citizens bound on lawful errands
at struck premises. He reminded the chiefs
of police that "our first line of defense" is
the cop on the corner, who, in Stamford,
Conn.,, and Kearny, N. j., in recent weeks
flinched in the presence of naobs and refused
to uphold the citizens rights These, be it
remembered, were not strike-breakers, al
though the citizen does have a right to &C
cept a job that striker has quit and a
right to police protection.
1T behooves u.s. Mr. Hoover sad ''to be
on guard for an enemy that brazen1y has
advocated the corruption Of America, that
poses behind dozen fronts, that squirms
his way into those great American forces such
as the church, the schools and the ranks of
labor"
In the other address, on receiving the
champions award of the Catholic youth or
ganiZation in New York, Mr.. Hoover observed
that during the war arrests for prostitution
increased 375 per cent, for disorderly conduct
357 per cent and for drunkenness and driving
while intoxicated ia per cent among girls
under 10 years.
While he did not at this point charge the
communists with blame for these figures, his
citations recalled the revelations of Benjamin
Gitlow, the predecessor of Earl Browder in
command of the communist conspiracy who
wrote in his confessions that the debauchery
OF young girls was primary purpose of the
communist youth movement and a personal
delight of the male communist conspirators.
By his admission Hoover's figures would be a
comfort ana marx an unedTneQ 6, IN IOr the
communist cause.
Recalling that youth has ever been a revo-
lutionary force and Hitler's exploitation of
German youth Hoover said "In our country
we have seen another youth movement arise.
1t still flourishes. I refer to that high-sound-
ing idealistic title, American Youth for De-
mocracy,' which conceals the evils and cor
ruption of communism The name is a new
one for the Young Communist League"
This is true descendant of the very same
youth movement to which Mrs. Roosevelt Oft
en- gave solace and encouragement.
Quietly in those days, the FBI was calling
on the Dies Committee for factual information
regarding communist activities and Mr..
Hoover certainly has much greater knowl-
edge of this conspiracy and adherence for
the corruption than he revealed publicly while
| the organization thrived under White House
| patronage. His present denunciations speak
for themselves and by way of Interpretation
it is tempting to conclude that under Mr..
Truman he is no longer obliged to refrain
from attacking these late protegees of the
Roosevelt household and government
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