Evening star., 1948-12-23

Trona, Calf, and in Connecticut
brass factories, all were led out by
the Communists.
What could the American Com
munications Association do in case
Of war?
This outfit is in our cable Offices
and in the radio control rooms of
our merchant ships and commercial
airfields. They could garble mes
sages so as to sink ships, wreck
planes, tap intelligence channels and
Isolate us from the rest of the world
Would the international Long
shoremen's and Warehousemens q
Union give us anything to worry
about?
This has 5000 members. They
have effective control of many ports
in the United States of America and
more than once have used it to
paralyze shipping. Communist DOM
ination of this union in wartime
could wreck the whole United States
fighting power.
What could the Transport Work
ers' Union do:
Paralyze bus, subway and trolley
transportation in some of our largest
cities. Without transportation, life
in these cities would come to a
standstill. This union, which claims
100 900 members, could also tie up
some Of our most important air lines.
How about the United Electrical.
Radio, and Machine Workers of
America?
The leading electrical and machine
plants, manufacturing important
parts for guns, tanks, torpedoes,
range finders, sound detectors, alti-
meters, horoscopes, aerial cameras,
motors, and other vital equipment,
are at its mercy. The union, which
claims 600, 900 members. is banned
from representing our Nations
atomic workers.
Surely the United Public Workers
Of America would not be q menace
would It?
There are $4,000 members Of this
union in the Panama Canal Zone,
alone Many of the other 71.000
members are stationed at navy
yards, arsenals. experimental sta
tions. the State Department. and
throughout our Government agencies.
Do you hold the rank and file Of
these unions responsible for the
actions Of q few individuals?
The rank and file allow such men
to command them.
OF course. we do not indict an the
members OF any alnion as cosnrnu-
nistic just on that account, but we
do call their attention TO the things
that are being done in their name.
The responsibility for cleaning up
their unions rests primarily upon
them and with courageous, patriotic
action they can always throw the
Communists out.
Just the same, isn't communism
working -class movement?
Absolutely not. 1t is revolution
ary movement.
A working -class movement seeks
to betterthe state of labor. This
revolutionary movement seeks to
destroy things as they are. with the
aim to seize power and put 1t in the
hands of one political party-the
Communist Party.
Where do Communists come from
In America?
Contrary to what you may have
heard, the record shows that rela-
lively few Communists spring di-
rectly from the people who work at
hard labor. Mainly, Communists
come from the so-called middle
class" ss"-doctors, lawyers, teachers,
actors, writer's, accountants, other
white-collar workers, and even at
times among the clergy.
Most Communists have never
worked with their hands, except
where and when directed by the
party. This Is the case not only
in the United States, but all over
the world
What's q good program for an
American union man against COM
munism?
Here is one given by James B.
Carey, secretary-treasurer OF the
CIo:
Full exposure Of the Communists,
plus a strong progressive policy far