Evening star., 1948-04-25

ken in Berlin and BerchteSgadens
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lies. It has only obedient stooges,
the same eagerness as the republics
behind the iron curtain.
These attempts to establish Rus
sian totalitarianism In South
America also are aimed at the
United States. Hitler and Musso-
lini considered this country only
as q potential enemy and would
have avoided armed conflict with
us. To the Tokyo imperialists, We
were the real enemy. None of the
secret documents turned up in
Berlin, Rome and Tokyo indicates
that before 1899 there had been any
agreement between European die
tators to join in an attack by Japan
against the United States. What
these three relationships might
have done If they had succeeded in
conquering Europe is matter for
conjecture.
u, S, Is Last Barrier
As far as the Russian dictators
are concerned we know today from
their own words and deeds that they
regard the United States as the
only remaining barrier to their plans
for world domination. Hence.
America Is regarded by Moscow a
the No. / enemy which must be de-
stroyed.
The Politburo must realize that
this cannot be accomplished with
the same ease as destruction OF the
Western European states. To make
such a program feasible we must
be isolated and surrounded by coun-
tries which obey Moscow's orders
without argument.
The South American revolts are
aimed consequently to surround and
isolate the United States. Unlike
the period before World War II, the
Russians now have bored into the
United States. The Germans had
their silly bunds, goose-stepping and
giving the Naz salute in public
places, but they had relatively
small following and certainly never
penetrated into any Of our impor-
tant labor organizations, churches
and schools.
Russia Had to Be Sold
The totalitarian idea never has
appealed to the American people.
In the case of Russia the situation
is different. For four long years
the U. S. s. r. has been oflcially
our ally. The administration felt
bound to exercise all kinds Of meth
ods to make the American people
overcome their distaste for what
used to be called a government Of
murderers.
The official atheism of the Rus
sian state and the massacre OF
millions simply because they were
potential political opponents OF the
new political and economic system
set up by the Soviet leaders, made
Russia highly unpopular
AS our new ally in the war we had
to show greater friendship for them.
Between 1912 and 1945 the Govern
ment thought it's powerful means
of wartime propaganda had sold"
Russia to the American people, who
few years before wanted no part
of the Asiatic totalitarianism.
Thousands of agents in Moscow's
service entered this country freely
and began to work on the American
people. But unlike the Nazis and
Fascists, they did not concentrate
so much on the American middle
classes, which they considered hope
less for their purposes. They con-
centrated on organized labor. whose
ranks they infiltrated successfully.
Appealed to Intellisentsia
| The Russians also appealed to
certain groups of the American in
telligentsia, who found no fault with
the theoretical ideologies of Marx
ism and Leninism, but failed to real
lie that Russia was after world
domination.
Whatever doubts existed in the
minds of many in these groups
were dissipated by the more than
benevolent attitude of our own gov
ernment, which did its best to stif1e
all criticism of Russia, in order to
keep that doubtful ALLY" in the
war. This country was never told
that as early as the summer OF
l943, the Soviet government threat
ened to rejoin Hitler, unless we
agreed to hand over all the terri
tories of Eastern Europe and OF the
Balkans.
I Thus Stain succeeded where
Hitler had failed. Circumstances
we're in his favor We had fought
the Germans in World, War I and
the memory of that conflict still
lived in the minds OF our people
We had been Allies of the Russians
in the same war and felt good
deal of sympathy for these peo-
pie, who had been forced to accept
dictatorship.
Russia was attacked by Germany
and this had an emotional appeal
It was not difficult to induce many
Americans to believe that after SO
many years the Soviet government
was actually representative OF It'd
people.
Soviet propaganda had an easy
time switching American public
opinion, particularly in wartime
when all opinions expressing doubt
about the aims of the Moscow gov
ernment were denounced as German
propaganda.