Evening star., 1947-03-21

ganizations, constantly mouthing the
word liberal" were saturated If no'
dominated by the Communists, were
indicted as Roosevelt haters." Those
who asserted that many Communists
were holding jobs in various Gov.
ernment departments were treated
as If they had said something trea-
sonable.
Has Changed Now.
The mildest thing they were called
was scared reactionaries." But that
has ell changed now. The scared
reactionaries" no longer have to in
sist on the menace of communism
The left-wing columnists, the pro-
fessionaI liberals and even some o1
the CIO leaders themselves Gin q
panied way are doing the insist
ing. Conceding the inflltration o1
that organization and declaring that
Is per cent of its unions are Com
munist dominated, they are openly
battling to keep from being sub
merged. The so-called Red bait.
ing" comes from all sides. Every
body Is doing 1t now-and there Il
no denial Of the charges.
Indictment Of the CIO as Com.
munist-dominated, they are openly
by the AFL and admitted by CIC
spokesmen. Fresh testimony o1
Communist activity on the Gov.
ernment pay rolls is offered before
q House committee. In addition, g
high Government official, Secretary
Of Labor Schwellenbach himself 6
liberal" and CIO indorsed, shor1
time ago asked Congress to abolish
the Communist Party in this country
by enacting law to make its exist
ence illegal. Apparently, Mr.. Schwel-
lenbach had the support OF At
torney General Clark in this request
and it Is not likely he would have
made 1t without President Truman't
knowledge and approval.
Outlawing Protested.
In addition, one of the new Glib
eral' divisions, the Americans for
Democratic Action, has publicly
banned Communists from member
ship. There were immediate pro-
tests from the CIO and the Com
munists to the proposal to outlaw
the Communist Party, and objec-
tions were raised by others that
the proposal is not wise on two
grounds-(D that delicate dealings
with Russia might be upset; (O
that to outlaw the party might
merely drive the movement under
ground. Nevertheless, the idea has
strong support and the 1912 words
Of former Attorney General Biddle
are recalled when he described the
Communist Party here as an or
ganization that believes in, advises,
advocates and teaches the over
throw by force and violence Of the
Government of the United States.
True, Mr.. Biddle was liberal"
but, 50 far as this issue was con-
cerned, he was lonely one and
his statement neither diminished
the Communist activity in the CIO
nor weakened their political sup
port Of the administration of which
he was a member-quite the con-
trary. OF course, If Mr.. Biddle was
right then and the Messrs. Schwel-
lenbach and Clark are right now
the Communist Party is, in fact, g
criminal conspiracy under existing
Federal law.
Sample of Situation.
As to the effect on negotiations
with Russia of public agitation anc
action to halt the spread of com.
munism here, it may reasonably be
asked what is the sense of sending
millions In money and material tc
Greece and Turkey to prevent Com
munist domination of those coun-
tries while entirely ignoring its
spread in our own?
That seems idiotic. Certainly, Il
Is not the way to win Russian re-
spect or confidence. It is a sure way
to confirm the view that we are a
Nation of incurable saps.
AS a sample of what goes or
here, take this quotation from the
extremely left-wing New York Eve.
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