The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-02-08

ca. In CIarist Russia the polics
used to say that Communism
came from Germany. while in Ger
many the police used TO cry II came
from Russia"
Il does not matter to Americans
where England or CEarist Russia or
Germany said Communism came
from. What does matter IL that q
systematic. insidious. undercoyer
campaign is being waged against
J. Edgar Hoover. against the r. b.
l.. against all the er1ective agencies
In this country for national de-
fense and security against an alien
conspiracy designed to destroy our
way OF life, our political, social
and economic institutions.
Mark what this same editorial
has to say on this subject:
Communist parties. organising
the people for the establishment OF
higher social system. Socialism
defend every democratic liberty
and every economic measure bene-
fetal to the people. They arise
wherever there is poverty and ex-
ploitation. -"
This is said OF the United States
OF America. the country which.
after two wars in a quarter of q
century. still has the highest stand.
ard OF living on earth. whose peo-
Pile live in freedom under the law.
protected by free press. and pos
sessing savings OF $l63, ,00o, ,000, 900
which is their own. to do with as
they choose, without government
interference. This is the country
that gave to Europe and Asia as =
gift 100000, 900, 900 in lend.lease.
including s1o,S00, 100000 to Soviet
Russia. a poverty stricken country.
SO backward that It still employs
slave labor.
"The Daily Worker, existing In
the freedom OF America, publishes
this denunciation, using the words,
poverty and exploitation. as a vile
comparison in a fight against j.
Edgar Hoover and the F.B.I. They
hate the F.BI. because 1t alone of
intelligence agencies rejected Com
munists during the war They got
into the State Department and the
Army and while some were shield
ed by the secrecy Of actual mem
bership, others disclosed their affil.
iations and were even defended BY
their superiors In such an agency
as the O.S.S. The F.B.l. kept them
out because II Is a permanent bull
wark OF national security.
We are all accustomed to the
kind OF war that Is associated with
the armies and navies. with air.
planes, submarines and bombs. But
most of use do not recognize the
insidious and prolonged warfare
that undermines a country as ter
mites eat away the sills OF farm.
house. 1t is a warfare that goes
into the schools and colleges, that
make labor unproductive, that dis
sipates national energy in intcrne-
cine strife, that cultivates bitter
ness between majority and minor
ity groups, that breaks down ma.
tional unity by making the entire
nation class and group conscious.
II is a warfare that goes on day
and night. enlisting sentimental
people as aids over particular Is
, sues but soon engulfing them In Its
destructive program. II Is a war
fare that corrupted France before
the Nazis conquered her, that has
resulted in puppetizing a large
number of nations In Europe.
"A nation should protect itself
from this warfare as from foreign
armies and navies. II should fight
It by every means at its disposal
Only a cowardly people avoid this
fight. Only a cowardly people re-
fuse to see 1t when II Is so ap.
parent and obvious. For the first
time in American history. there is
an open and active Communist bloc
in the House of Representatives
and 1t is seeking recruits in the
next election.
Is the F.B.I. essential? II seems
to me that the F.B.I should receive
from Congress the largest appro.
priation in its history-so large
that Il can really serve America
competently IN this fight.
Copyright. 1946. for Ypsilanu
Daily Press)