The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-09-16
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~ GEORGE S. BENSON
<gA PresideEi--Hahdixs College
Seang. Arkansas
No Iron Curtain

The Communistic attitude is get
ting to be pretty well known te
Americans. Even the Iron Curtain
has not been able to hold behind its
barriers the ideas and thoughts Of
men. We have come to understand
what the Russian Communists
think by watching the actions OF
: their American comrades. Every.
body knows that the Communist
party in this country watches Mos
COW closely. We can believe thai
Moscow keeps them in line, too.
Everybody knows also that the
Communist party in the United
States is not very powerful. Ir
terms of what it can do legally as q
party, the average American gives
it very little attention. However,
what the party would do if ii
thought it could get away with it
that is another thing In this re
spect, home grown Communist
opinion is very enlightening.
Outside the Law
Recently, William z. Foster, TOP
man for the Communists in Amer.
lea, told the Senate his party would
not support the nation in event Of
war with Russia. He was testifyina
before the Judiciary Committee or
the Mundt-Nixon bill, which would
put strict controls on Communists.
Foster defiantly told the commit.
tee that if the bill should become
law the party would not register
with the Department of Justice as
required.
Foster shouted that Russia would
never attack the United States. His
reason: Russia is not an imperial.
istic nation. At the same time, he
said that America has embarked
upon IN imperialistic program, the
greatest in history: Imperialism
means the practice of seeking con.
troll or dominion over other lands
and peoples.) Way the American
Communists have the situation sized
up bears nj kinship to the plain
truth in international affairs.
Who's Imperialistic?
Any school boy knows thai
America has no ambitions for the
control and domination of other
countries. On the other hand, what
Russia is doing in eastern Europe
looks like the most obvious kind OF
taking over" It is this same Viii.
liam z. Foster who once wrote that
the Communist party would take
over the United States government
and liquidate the free enterprise
system, along with the Republican
and Democratic parties and our re.
ligious institutions.
The rankest kind of imperialism
known today may be seen in the
Communist Internationale, to which
all world Communists are respon.
sible. This world organization exists
for the purpose of satisfying the
imperialistic ambitions of Russia's
political rulers. 1t uses Communists
wherever they are. It plots the
overthrow of other governments by
force. 1t incites revolutions wher-
ever Communists stand to gain.
Watch Their Tactics
Communists will continue to do
everything possible, by whatever
methods, to hamper domestic peace
and prosperity. They seek to set
worker against employer, to create
costly strikes and walkouts that
cost the American public and work.
ers billions of dollars.
The Communists did these things
during the recent war. No good
may be expected from them, either
in time of war or peace. AS good
American citizens we must study
their tactics, so that when we see
the fruits of Communistic skuldug-
gerry we can identify the tree from
whence it came. AS Communist
tactics and ideas are made clear,
every one of us will have more ap-
probation for our own way of life.