The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-24
Comment On
World Events

INtleIlleSS TtllBfOuS piOocthb1i'
ordered by the Kremlin to remove
the remaining resistance force to
absolute Communist control over
their European satellites has arous-
ed moral indignation which is
growing with each new attack.
This final outrage is probably pre-
liminary to integrating the sate-
lite countries into the USSR, thus
completing the conquest of these
peoples.
This conquest of nations began
with occupation by Soviet armies
during the war and was facilitated
by Moscow tactics to delay treaties
at the end of the war until Com
munist agents were ready to take
over the governments of the sub
jugated countries.
Likewise the great Communist
victory in China was facilitated by
Communist deceit and treachery in
using the equipment surrendered
by the japanese armies in addition
to Lend-Lease equipment to arm
Communist rebels against efforts
to organize national Chinese
government. The China victory
opens up the rich resources of Asia
to Communist conquest which
would end the hope of self-govern-
ment for Asian peoples.
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Western democracy cannot stand
"planless" before this growing
threat of Communist world aggres-
sion. Communist leaders have pub
licly declared world conquest as
their ultimate objective and have
directed all their activities to that
end. We have been docile and in
effective both because we thought
the purpose to be too reactionary
to be realized in our existing civil
ization and because it required so
much deceit and perverted think
| ing on the part of so many persons.
| Organized labor has always been
the first target of the Moscow
agents. The unions in the United
States turned on them and prevent
ed them from getting control of
A F l. organizations. Communist
agents tried again in the Thirties,
during the period of rapid union
organization, with more success.
But the newer unions also sensed
their danger and are driving the
Moscow agents out.
4 I. X
Since the war we have within
our limited resources aided in the
revival of free trade unions in
Western Europe. Our nation has
aided in the restoration of the
European economy to be supple
mented by the North Atlantic de
ifense alliance.
But this is not enough. We must
devise and operate defense against
cold war tactics to prevent further
aggression and to enable these
countries to defend or regain their
freedom. There is urgent need toI
enlarge our concepts of offense
against freedom and peace This is
essentially a technical problem in
volving protection against Moscow
agents operating as secret or open
members of the Communist Party
and the espionage conducted under
cover of diplomatic and consular
privileges. 1t involves safeguard |
ing education and the press against
those who would make them sub
servient to control of the Kremlin. |
1t necessitates an alert and inform
ed citizenry able to detect Com
munist tactics and operations, sup
plemented by legal provisions to
deal with their efforts. =
Common danger requires cooper
alton of democratic nations to
work out the tactics of defense as
well as world cooperation in de-
fense of human freedom against
the cold war. Danger to one is men,
ace to all. We can bring nations
and peoples to the bar of justice
| for offenses in a cold war as we did
in a fighting war. But most of all
we should mobilize the growing
moral indignation into crusade
against religious persecution and
human torture.