The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-10-22
THE SPECTATOR
BY ELLIOTT j. PIEZE
COMMUNISTS CONVICTION
SHOULD BE PRAISED


top Communist leaders by a feder-
al jury in New York should and Will
receive the praise of all of the
people of the United States, with the
exception of the extreme leftist, the
Communists themselves and the Eel
low Travellers. The sentences for
criminal contempt imposed on the
defense attorneys by Federal Judge
Harold r. Medina, because of their
actions in the court room during the
nine-month long trial, will also find
special qualification throughout the
country, with, of course, the usual
above stated exceptions.
The. Communist. leaders. were
found guilty of plotting armed in
surrection to bring about "dicta-
torship of the preletariat." In other
words, they were found guilty of
plotting an armed insurrection to
bring about the overthrow of the
United States government. .... -.
The eleven defendants were Off
GERS of the Communist Party. The
actions for which they were indict-
ed were performed i'm accordance
with the duties If their offices in
their party.
I'm effect, the verdict declares that
the Communist Party is not pc.
liticaI party at all, but instead it is
subversive organization, designed
to overthrow the government Of
the United States.
Those of you who have found time
to read the various jottings which 7
have attempted to offer week after
week, are undoubtedly aware of the
in my mind on the matter of just
what does the Communist Party
stand for. 1 have said so many
times, and ! have attempted to dis
courage some of our ill-advised
young people from following in the
paths of left wingers. 1t is no Sec
ret that here, in the Negro section
of the city of Miami, many of our
finest young people are being mis-
led by SO called champions of JUS
tice." mostly from the other race,
whose ultimate objective is to indoc-
trinate their minds into the Com
munist slant of seeing things and in
general make COmmies of the en-
tire group.
An unfortunate blow to the Ne
grOes of this country is the fact
that included in the group of con-
victed Communists were two Ne
srOes, one wildly known and at one
time well respected. and among at
torneys for defense was another
Negro, whom / happen to know per-
sonally.
The plight of the Negro in the
United States will not be enhanced
by such actions on the part Of GER
tain Negroes. It Is regretful that
some Of us are included in a group
now officially labeled as a subver-
sive movement, designed to over
throw this government.
But there was some qualification
resulting from the trial TO which
Negroes i'm the main can point with
pride. The foreman Of the. jury
which convicted. the. Communists
was q Negro Woman, and there
were other Negroes on the jury.
That at least lends some credence
to the fact that all Negroes are not
of the thought and mind of those in
the convicted group and many
other similar thinkers throughout
this country.
In my opinion, the conviction of
eleven Communists and the senten-
cling for contempt of the defense at
torneys was not only fair and just,
but it represented one of the great
est strokes ever marked in the his
tory of American Jurisprudence.
The judga and jury deserve all the
praise that can be heaped upon
them for the task that they perform
ed. 1t was a long drawn-out tire
some task one purposely drawn
out by the usual Communist tech
nique but it was we'll conducted
by the judge, and most effectively,
efficiently and unbiasedly handled
by the jury. It's high praise for the
judge and jury, and much deserved
puniShments for the defendants and