Evening star., 1948-05-19
Hines, AFLAide,
Blasts Richberq
AS Labor Foe
Citizenship Porley


ference almost ended in an uproar
this morning with a blast from
Lewis c. Hines, national legislative
representative of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, against the ap-
pearance on today's program OF
Donald r. Richberg, nationally
known attorney.
II object first to Mr.. Richberg's
appearance here today and secondly
to the use of his speech as anti
labor propaganda" said Mr.. Hines,
shaking his finger at DR.. Earle T.
Hawkins committee chairman, who
had just finished praising the work
of the conference.
Mr.. Richberg collaborates with
labors enemies on the Hill, and I
object to the use of good speech
as propaganda against organized
labor" he shouted.
Role Of Children Underemphasized.
Mr.. Richberg, Attorney General
Clark and the Very Rev. Lawrence
C. German, S. j.. president Of
Georgetown University, were at the
speakers table, in the Interior De-
partment Auditorium.
Mr.. Hines speech was followed by
a lecture from member of the
audience in behalf, she said, of the
Children's Educational Association.
Some of the delegates to this
conference are not good citizens"
she emphasized, and we haven't
stressed the role of children enough
in this conference. Children are
honest and not deceitful." The
woman, Mrs. Wally NJ Brandt, said
that children's citizenship groups
should be organized to guard
youngsters against Communist
propaganda.
Tat Speaks in Broadcast.
Mr.. Richberg, in his controver-
siah speech today, said that it is
more important today to revive the
faith of the American people in
government than it is to draft
them into armies.
He also brought in his ideas about
individual freedom and opposed leg
islation which would destroy these
freedoms.
In a broadcast over Americas
Town Meeting of the Air last night.
Senator Taft of Ohio was one of
several participants on the confer
ences' subject: How Should Democ-
racy Deal with Groups that Aim to
Destroy Democracy"
The Republican presidential as
pirant said I'VE cannot outlaw Com
munism" but should drive it into the
open and expose it.
Others on the program with him
were Thurman Arnold, former As
sistant Attorney General; Ralph
McGill, editor of the Atlanta Con-
stitution; Representative Nixon,
Republican. Of California, co-author
of the anti-Communist bill, and
Richard Ball, II, of Hawarden, Ohio,
a high school orator.
Should Beat Them at Polls.
The best way to cope with groups
aiming at destruction of the Gov
ernment is to beat them in a demo-
cratic way at the polls, Mr.. Arnold
said
Unfortunately" he added, there
are men in Congress. sincere and
conscientious, who think that
democracy can be protected only by
utilizing some of the methods Of the
police state"
Mr. McGill opposed outlaWing OF
the Communist party. and called
the House bill "unwise and un-
sound
The bill he helped draft is not
unconstitutional, Mr.. Nixon con-
tended. He said it is aimed not at
the Communist theology but at
"subversive activities"
Attorney General Speaks.
The high school student suggested
a fight against un-Americanism
through educating and informing
the American people and awaken
ing them" to their civic RESPONSE
bjlities.
Earlier, Attorney General Clark
declared he could conceive mo
greater joy than being an American
citizen"
But I can also conceive no great
er duty" he stressed Especially is
the latter brought home to us in
these anxious times when an aching
world is struggling to find a cure
for its battling ills