Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-02

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ress Administration. Agricultural
Adjustment Administration, and Ma
tional Recovery Administration, dur
ing the years 1885. The Federal
Art Project, Federal Writers PROF.
ect, Federal Theatre Project, and
such organizations introduced them
in large numbers. Within few
years, Communist lawyers, account
ants. executives, and scientists were
solidly entrenched in Washington in
various Government departments.
Who let them do 1t?
You. The voting public is the
real power of government in this
country. Public indifference to the
realities of Communism in past
years caused indifference on the
part of governmental officials.
How about writing?
Communists slipped their propa-
ganda into the WPA writers pro-
gram of State Guides series of
supposedly historical and descrip-
tive studies of the 48 States.
How about the art project?
Same story. In numerous COM
munities, after post offices and
other Federal buildings had been
decorated at considerable expense
to the taxpayers, paintings were
covered over or removed on public
demand. Communist-corrupted art
work, however, can still be found in
many public places to this day.
What was the idea of all this?
The Communists try to tilt public
sentiment their way by propaganda
in art, literature, and music. The
chance to carry on such campaign
at the taxpayers expense was
stroke of fortune they naturally
would not overlook. But it was
only a sideline to their main job.
What was that?
The same it remains today.
Espionage.
How did they set up this spy
system?
Naturally, it is impossible for any
outsider to know the full story, but
the main outlines are clear. Some
time in the 1905 the Party planted
secret operatives high in the United
States executive branch and began
to place around them corps Of
skilled agents.
= Have any of them been identified?
Some extremely important officials
have been accused by witnesses be-
fore this committee as either Com
munists or fellow travellers.
How about Communism in Federal
employe unions?
The United Public Workers OF
America (CIO) is deep into Federal
service and it is Communist con-
trolled. The UPWA has $4,000 men,
bers in the highly strategic Panama
Canal Zone and the United States
District Attorney there has openly
declared this situation public dan
ger.
How about the Army. Navy. ETC.?
Communists are in there, too. How
many we don't know.
How about atomic energy?
The best indication is the fact
that the Atomic Energy Commission
this fall of 1913 had to withdraw
of certain unions be-
cause the unions officers would not
sign nom Communist affidavits. The
Acc has now ruled that for "se-
curity reasons" the officers OF all
unions with which it deals must
be put through Federal loyalty
whether the employees
are working for the Government
or tor some contractor with Acc.
Do Communists ever try to fix
elections?
As in every other field, they lay
poisonous hand on the ballot box.
They sometimes run candidates in
the open under the Communist
label. More often they enter intoi
corrupt bargains to back their
stooges under cover. For example,
in the 1910 presidential election year,
this committee made a special in
quiry into Communist voting tactics.
6uTyeysin Maryland. West Virginia,
Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Ohio
all unearthed wholesale frauds. More
than 100 indictments were brought
on the basis of evidence the COM
mittee disclosed and between so and
go convictions followed. But that
did not end the problem. Commu-
nists still try to corrupt the ballot
box at every opportunity. Commu-
mist candidates circulate petitions
for nominations and obtain sigma