Milford chronicle., 1950-12-01
"0ANG
STARTS PROCEEDINGS
AGAINST COMMUNISTS

The United States government has taken
the first legal step to compel the Communist
party to register with the Department of
Justice and list all it's members in this cOun-
try Such registration was the main pur-
pose of the Internal Security Act of 1850,
which Congress passed in September over
President Iruman's veto. So far the Com
munists have blandly refused to register
The step taken by Attorney General Nc
Grath was to file petition with the Sub
versive Activities Control Board charging
that the American Communist party els
substantially dominated and controlled by
the government and Communist party of the
Soviet Union and by the foreign Organiza-
tiOn (COminfOFm) controlling the world
Communist movement" McGrath traced
the record of the American Communists,
showing how they have always fought those
facets of American foreign policy which they
regarded as disadvantageOus to Russia
such policies as the Marshall Plan, the North
Atlantic Pact and the defense of South Korea.
''In the event of a war between the Soviet
Union and the United States" he said, ''the
Communists in the United States have OBJ
ligated themselves to act to defeat the mill
tary efforts of the United States and to aid
and support the Soviet Union" through
sabotage, espionage and other means. The
Control Board to hold public hearings. After
that, the matter will be subject to court re-
view; so the process may drag on for several
years. Meanwhile, the Communist party is
expected to go underground to an even great
er extent than it already is.
This litigation will probably drag through
our Federal Courts for many years but
court rulings must be had if the cOmmieS
are to be controlled. In the meantime, W.
should be ON our guard against any activi
ties of this subversive group.
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STUPID AND DANGEROUS"
A while ago, the Federal Security Ad
ministratOr said that the people who ar
opposed to the Federal compulsory healt
insurance scheme are Stupid and danger
Ous." If that is true, the category "stupi
and dangerous" is certainly a distinguishe
one. AS the Fort Smith Times Record sal
editOrially, "SOme very famed scientists
whose contributions to health and cOmfo1
are beyond estimation, are opposed to tn
Administrations Federal medicine plar
Some famed liberal leaders, both in Cor
gress and out, are opposed to the plan. Som
noted SOciOlOgists, whose business is the i'm
prOvement OF mankind's lot are opposed I
1t. And deuce of a lot of Joe, Jim, job
and George Does, who still retain a measu1
of independence and prefer to paddle the
own canoes rather than such at the breast
of a benevolent government are opposed
it. Are all those men stupid and DANCE
GUS?
Since that was written, we have had g
election, in which the present administratiC
took harsh setback from the voters, and
which lot of men who favored gOvernme
medicine and the rest of the welfare sta
schemes were returned to private life. {
the electorate must be Stupid and DANCE
Gus" too. Come to think of it, who is real
! Stupid and dangerous" those who belle,
in individual freedom, independence and sci
reliance-Or those who want to give Il
government life and death power over ever
one and everything?