Evening star., 1948-01-31
Advocates Of ERP
Should Stress Need
For Curbing Anarchy
Europeon Aid Plan Aims
To Help Stricken stotes
Fioht Off Red Menace
nDarofhv Thompson

uordsr whether, in presenting
the European Eeco'e - ,oaSe ths
wa M have not tended TO MAKE tne
wrong w emphasis? POSSIBLY TINS mas
go due to the belief 'oI ERPs
or-ers Deen in Congress that Ameri-
ps eu would not make the necessary
canS am;eces unless they felt they were
Immediately H@r[ threatened. But I think
~ tra ~smnhasis has given many Amer
;csns the impression that the United
states is trying to stem Com
nnunist food by bribing the Euro
pean people to give up something
the broad masses" would otherwise
be rushing to accept. The Russians
and the Cominfornn are making the
most Of this, by describing ERP as
American interference with the in
dependence of European peoples.
Actually, it is the international
Communist Party that is trying to
prevent the European states from
building the sort Of societies the
masses. of their peoples desire.
Communism is a state-destroying
idea, and every intelligent Euro
pean knows it. The new democ-
racies" are not, in reality, states at
all, but colonies ruled by Russian
governors. .'
Meanest Form of War.
The process of destroying long
established civilizations cannot be
accomplished peaceably, as Europe
knows. Even If, as in Eastern Eu-
rope, overwhelming armed force OF,
their borders or in occupation has
compelled the people to accept with
out open resistance q condition
amounting to REIMBURSEMENT OF
every autonomy, a civil war never
theless occurs, though 1t Is a one
sided war against helpless citizens
In the form of terror. Terror Is
war, the meanest form of war. The
communication Of even little Bull
garia most pro-Russian OF the
Balkan countries -- under a terrible
woman, one Of those devils grand
mothers" whom communism pro-
duces, Tsola Dragoitcheva, led inn
mediately to 1000 open executions
Even after Communist lead
ers are extirpated, the reign OF
terror is unending. Triumphant
communism does not wait for overt
acts but eliminates persons on mere
suspicion. Europeans, longing above
all for tranquility, know that COM
munism means a "red massacre. y
European Communists admit 1t.
Communism never has come to
complete power by means of a free
vote. Roosevelt knew that. Hence
the strings attached in the form
of "free and unfettered elections
without, however, any plans for con-
trolling them. International COM
munism also has frankly admitted
this In its congresses. To win an
election, Communists must control
1t. Hence the insistence in all coali-
tions of control over police forces.
The presupposition for winning by
vote is police control. The presup-
position for seizure of power is chaos
and despair
The negative power of commu-
nism to wreck all constructive meas
ures is enormous, even when they
are small minorities - as one self
willed, obstreperous child can upset
classroom. Their hope lies in
creating a condition where people
resign out of hopelessness, and So
ciety breaks up by each member
trying to save himself alone.
Must Stop Anarchy.
That Europe can return to any
degree of normalcy without outside
aid Is impossible, and that her final
economic and social collapse would
hand the power to the only force
capable Of exploiting collapse, also
Is unquestionable. All other parties
require faith, hope, and a degree
If social tranquility to succeed. Com
munism requires despair, defeat, and
ruin The precedent condition for
communism is anarchy - the break
down Of all forces of order. If
anarchy can be prevented, commu-
nism can be averted.
I wish, therefore, instead of pro-
claiming that we were going to
stop communism" we had said that
we intended to avert anarchy, by
aiding the forces of order and con-
struction. The modern Communist
leaders are neither idealists, reform
ers, nor even revolutionaries. They
are trained tacticians of the tech
nique of the coup d'etat.
And what is at stake is not the
private capitalist system of produc-
ton, but European civilization itself
in terms of order and peace.
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