The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-05-09

| Washington, d. C.-Republican lead
ers in the house of representatives
are blocking publication of the first
full-length book on fascism ever writ
ten by an agency of the U. S. govern
ment.
The 325-page manuscript, "Fascism
in Action" was prepared by the legis-
lative reference service Of the library
of congress, at the specific request
is now seeking to force congression-
al subcommittee to report out his
resolution, HR SO, authorizing publica
ton of the document
Rep. Karl M. LaCompte (R, Iowa.,
and Rep. Robert J. Corbett (R., PENN
are keeping the resolution bottled up
in committee. Patman,s who has al
ready exposed native fascist organiza-
tions like Frank E. Gannetts Commit
tee for Constitutional Government, and
similar groups, and has urged the I'M
American committee to investigate ma
tive fascist outfits has stated that he
would force publication of the docu-
ment "even it means reading it into
the Congressional Record, page by
page"
Patman Seeks To Make Book Public
Patman said the manuscript is the
first full-length study of fascism ever
written by an official government ag
ency. The only previous official work
on the subject was the educational ma
terial issued by the War department
which described the nature of fascism
in an orientation bulletin and o. John
Rogge's report on native fascism and
Nazi penetration in the u. S.
''Reactionaries in the congress at
tackled the War department for issuing
it's facts on fascism, and Rogge's re-
port was suppressed by the Justice
Patman said. 1--WE al
ready written to Reps. Corbett and to
LaCompte and if I don't get favorable
action on my resolution to have this
manuscript printed, I'll begin a fight
on that subject that will end, I'm sure,
with the publication of the document.
''The same fascism that was fabri-
Gated in Italy and finished in Germany
is now being peddled in America he
said "It is being sponsored by some
exceedingly powerful groups who are
far stronger than those trying to sell
us communism. If we are to protect
our American way of life from Ameri
can fascism, we must bring it to light,
expose its techniques, educate the
people as to what it is, where it is,
and how it operates. l hope this book
will go far toward pointing out these
dangers by examining how well the
nazi technique worked in Germany"
The idea for the manuscript, he said |
came after Rep. Everett M. Dirksen |
Of Illinois had the same agency pre-
pare a book Communism in Action"
100000 copies of which were printed
1t government expense. Patman said
le had no quarrel with Dirksen's &C
ion, but felt that both sides of the
picture should be given the public.
The congress took only four days to
approve Dirksen's request that his doc
lment be made public document, and
said he saw no reason for
,reater delay on the fascist expose.
''There are some people who would
ike to regard 'subversive' activity {
My in terms of communism" he said,
but think the fascist side is just as
One of the many reasons behind the {
republican move to prevent publica- {
ion of the book is the fact that Franco {
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+ermany, Mussolini's Italy, Japan !