The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1947-06-04


disagree with the business of tchhunHng violently
ed ploried
persecution business This is certain weaken
destroy against Communists their PRACTICES
policies, and philosophy n the u 5. A.
Already wldeyed superpaO demand the enactment of leg
aon outlaw and suppress the Communist Party Congressman
Mississippi BILL which
Communist for office the Com
other ticket But this would not prevent Com
identity running for office the
Democratic Republican ticket The Bill further declares W to be
unlawful instruction teaching public
private school, college or university to advocate or express or convey
the impression of sympathy with approval of Communism or Com
munist theology"
But this Legislative superstition
teaching the inn
sympathy Checking teaching schools
university would require
and
bearable taxation
Congressman Harry r. sheppard introduced bill
make 1t unlawful to be member
of Communist organization known to seek te
government by force which
subject the direction of foreign government or
party country Five imprisonment and
ten Thousand dollars fine are the penalties provided Tor "c
the Congress ban the Com
Party follow the pattern
They will not achieve the purpose hoped Tor bS e
the abolition Communist movements and Influence in the
social life of America On the contrary
suppressng ouawing the Communist Party by
drive the Communists underground in
nefariou and notorious
and disrupte and destructive work without Identification Besides
policy suppresing minority political parties of
philosophy action followed by the
strategy Hitler
Germany Italy. dire
Constitution, the
American citizen right Communist socialist repub
just they don't
destroy the
ne To bar the advocacy of VARYING political economic
relating society
thinking national community the foundation and
is the competition of ideas the of
discussion which makes democracy preferable
Aboishing the right of the Communists to run or maintain
party threat the activities Communz
democratic traditions There can be no free
speech freedom of the press or assembly fo OF %
denied the rights The Constitution
provide that only republicans or democrats shall eno
Congress or administrative rights
them to others
in criminal acuVlues hey snou'u
be penazed other criminal IL ~.
country dealing with treason and sedluon a'
adequate for its protection But prosecution Is no.
we and social principles that have Deen
man is innocent proven guilty will be instutng
fascist methods that Communist propaganda since
where there yrannica suppression
of people, especially minorites and labor
President machinery provide for loyal
check executive departments OF the Federal
government Certainly no one who is disioyai 70 IN. s ~
be permitted to hold strategic and important position ~ @
thhe country where important
puoned for the benefit OF an alien
prevent persecution workers who may show
fighting for the protection of their own rights or the
rights of other the government
Now definitely Communists including their
principles and programs and philosophy we
opposed Communists for the following reasons:
One, opposed to democracy.
they committed the Soviet Russian toatarian state
the Soviet government bans freedom of assembly and
the basic democratic values.
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their to the
bar of public opinion freely without intimidation coercion or
under Communist state
state 1t is state of tyranny perse
all who dissent deviate or vary
line
Five opposed follow policies
whose historical back
life economic interests and problems are diff
believe that policy that
workers. and that
supposed their political economic and social
Americans and should
political situation
Six opposed change their