Evening star., 1950-12-24


in Manchuria actually crushed
Japan's power of resistance. We
assisted this auto-suggestion when.
at Yalta, we made wide conces-
sions to Russia's Imperialism in
exchange for her promise to send
troops into Manchuria within 80
days after the German surrender.
People Finally Awaken
The Politburo has convinced
itself that America will make ges-
lures and noises, but is no longer
capable of fighting a real and pro-
longed war.
Waves of Communists and SYM
pathizers infiltrated Americas
life during and after the war.
Willingly or not, they worked for
Moscow. The majority of labor
unions were packed with Reds or
pinkos. Secrets of production and
military activity poured into the
files of the Russian espionage net
work during and after the war.
}, The good hearted and confident
American people for some time re-
jected any thought that nation
which had fought on our side
and fought well-and which we
had helped with billions of dol
lars worth of military equipment,
would actually turn against US.
Hence, there was resentment
among the American people
against any suggestion that the
Russians would double-cross us.
It was only in the last two years
when the Kremlin began to drop
its mask-that the most naive
people began to see the actual
face of the Kremlin conspirators.
The people of this country began
to wake up. The Red dictators,
however, did not slow their pace.
This was due either to the fact
that they did not believe that their
work in the American labor unions
and particularly those in the
sensitive industries-was bringing
results Or that it no longer mat
tered whether America woke up.
But the open aggressions of the
Soviets through their puppets in
China have had a stronger effect
on Americans than did the Japa-
nese sneak attack on Pearl Har-
Dor. There is unity of purpose in
the country today, regardless of
what politicians say. Our Govern
ment until recently may have been
influenced by timidity to some de-
gree. Not so the American people.
Kremlin Skeptical
There has been more thorough,
voluntary purge of subversives in
the ranks of labor, which has to
manufacture the implements of
war, than there has been in some
Government departments.
When President Truman and
Prime Minister Attlee issued their
communique at the end of their
four-day conference. the White
House, State Department and Con-
gresS were sWamped with letters
and kilograms from ordinary citi-
zens-includlng families of men
fighting in Korea-against even a
vague attempt at appeasement.
These people were fully aware
that we might take a severe lick
ing at the hands of the Chinese
Communists. But they insisted,
in their message to the highest
authorities in Washington, that
there shall be no appeasement of
the Reds, either in Asia or Europe.
All reports from the armed
forces across the Pacific show the
same determination to fight to
the bitter end. Men don't like to
die prematurely. They like still
less the idea of becoming perpet-
ual prisoners of the Reds and
spending the rest of their days,
like millions of German and Japa-
nese prisoners of war, in labor
camps in Siberia or other parts of
Russia. They prefer to take their
chances rather than submit to a
humiliating peace.
This is the national unity pro-
voked by the Russians themselves.
Yet the Kremlin still seems to ig-
more this important weather vane.
They, like the Japanese imperial
lists of the '30S, cannot conceive
that a country which has every
thing it wishes, and enjoys more
comforts of life than any other
nation in history, will be aroused
because an ideal is at stake. The
Kremlin cannot understand that
all the material blessings enjoyed
by the $50 million Americans are
the result of their freedom and
that they are willing to fight to
safeguard that freedom, which is
the real source of their material
well-being.