The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-26
As Pegler Sees 1t
(Couyrieht by King Features Syndicate, Il
Nv WEsTBROOK PEGLER

ed On a fraud.
Eisler is described by J. Edgar Hoover as
the representative of the cOmintern in the
United States with the duty OF directing the
communist conspiracy.
When Franklin D Roosevelt decided that
Russia was trustworthy in Nov. 1888, there
was implicit in the agreement an admission
that prior to that time the Soviet government,
through its international communist organiza-
ton, had committed hostil acts. In an ex-
change of letters, Maxim Litvinoff. assured
Roosevelt that it would be Russia's policy to
respect serupulously the indisputable right OF
the United States to order its own life and to
refrain from interfering in the internal affairs
of the United States, its territories and pos
sessions
Russia further promised to RESTRAIN all per-
sons and organizations of the government or
under it's direct or indirect control from any
act, overt or covert liable to injure the tran
q%uillity, prosperity, order or security OF any
part of the United States"
If Russia had observed that pledge, Eisler
would not have been sent here and this ma
ton would have been spared most of the riot
Gus terror of the CLOS organizing strikes OF
1886, the sabotage strikes in the war indus
tries between Sept. 1899, and June, 1914 and
the internal disunity and suspicion of the years
since.
Russia further agreed not to permit any or
ganization to exist in Russia purporting to be
the legal or ''people's'' government of the Unit
ed States. To date, that provision has not been
violated openly although the communist propa-
ganda has argued that Alaska is Russian ter
ritory because the cars government, which
sold it in 1857, had no right to sell. it. That
claim may be agitated with renewed clamor
momentarily in view of the military import
ance of Alaska in the event of war with Rus
STA. Meanwhile a group of pseudo-Alas kans
might conveniently be set up by Stain s gov
eminent to represent itself as the ''people's''
government of Alaska.
Russia used this stratagem in the case Of
Finland. Russia invaded Finland on Nov. 80.
1899, and the next day set up a Soviet Of
Finnish traitors on captured territory The
new, synthetic government of the democratic
government OF Finland" asked Russia to help
"liquidate" the former government and
Russia said she wasn't at war with Finland at
all but was helping the legitimate government
to throw out the usurpers.
AS soon after Russia's pledge Of Aug. 1885,
the United States had to protest against
communist activities here under direction of
the communist International.
The international had resolved to ''creste
the broadest united front against militarism
and armaments' in the capitalist countries.
including this one. This conspiracy expressed
Itself later in the opposition in some CLIO.
unions and all other communist fronts 10 the
draft and to armament and war construction
programs. Pickets in Washington and New
YORK, chanted the slogan 'the Yanks aren't
coming" One Of their songs said Roosevelt
was willing to ''plow every third boy UNDER
Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt later gave aid
comfort and prestige to such as Joseph Cur
ran, the president of the National Maritime
Union, who was to write that the war did not
cease 10 be an lmperlalist war of capitalist
aggressors which he opposed and become a
nnNnIp'S uTor ,uhioh H. .~~ra,.J --L., ry,,
attacked Russia.
Curran's demarcation between the c~apitalis.
tic and popular phases of the war precisely
concerned to the formula by which Elmer
Davis, the chief of the Office of War Informa-
ton, identified communists. Davis, himself,
suffered many communists to be hired by the
O.W However. including the communist min
slrels VINO mad sung the derisive song, the
communists were allowed to drive off the air
IN American radio stations individuals
who would not go so far in the interests of
unity" as to abandon their distrust of Soviet
Russia, by now SO alarmingly justified. !
In 1913, the Soviet government sent out a
misleading and fraudulent announcement
which many Americans carelessly construed
to mean that the international organization
for treason and sedition had been dissolved.
It was not dissolved and on careful examina-
ton, 1t was determined that the elaborate Ian
guage OF the announcement did not even saw
it was.
Throughout these uneasy relations, the
American government has timidly refrained
1Iom enforcing our own laws against conspira-
tors such as Eisler. The reason during the
war was a queasy desire to avoid offending
Stain. When Earl BroWder was sent to pri-
son Tor a passport fraud, a euphemism and a
device, Roosevelt let him out in the interests
OF national unity" as though loyal Ameri-
cans would go at one another's threats be-
cause a Moscow pilgrim had been locked up
Tor a crime. BroWder's wife was ordered de-
ported, but the record was faxed to conceal
her activities and she was allowed to 60 to
Canada. re-enter the country and become an
American, as every intelligent citizen knew
she would.
Meanwhile, New York and Washington have
sWarmed with avoWed and covert traitors. On
~ recently have CLIO unions moved to de-
pose communists from authority, but not from
membership. And some American courts have
gratultously given communists additional pro-
tectlcn by holding that it is Ibelous to identify
a communist as such by proving his associa-
lions and activities unless proof can be shown
mat ne holds a party ticket or he admits it.
IhlS being an oath bound, secret society.
whose members have multiple names, these
decisions put the patriot in peril and protect
the traitor. On the other hand, Felix Frank
furter held that it was mere repartee and
harmless to call a man a fascist, meaning a
disciple OF Mussolini and traitor The Ameri-
cans are harboring a vicious conspiracy d-
fecteo by a VIGOROUSLY tres cherous and alb
solutely INSCRIPTIONS enemy by protecting its
agents, wining, dining and consulting them and
encouraging the vilification of all individuals
who do oppose them.
Russia simply is not a friendly power.