Evening star., 1950-09-10
Praises Ex-RudicuIs
For Red Disclosures
Writer Credits Revelation Of
Communist Plot to Them
By Fronk K. Kent

The now known and proven facts
concerning Communist infiltration into
the Federal Government and also into
the CIO labor movement, with which
the Democratic administration has been
closely. linked since its inception, reveal
aS never before the gullibility of the
American people and the absurd ease
with which we can be bamboozled.
Today it is too clear to dispute that
from the beginning of Mr.. Roosevelt's
New Deal in 1888 this COMMUNISTS per-
meation was a coldly calculated conspir.
acy skillfully directed from Moscow. the
primary purpose of which was to I'LL the
Key Government posts with Soviet agents
ana propel us toward economic chaos,
Yet, IN those early New Deal days
ana later-men who ventured to present
tnese 1acts were denounced as Red
oaiters." Roosevelt haters," witch
hunters" enemies Of labor" ETC., etc.
A terrific journalistic clatter was set up
at the mere suggestion that Communist
influences were potent in the admins
tratlon and in our politics. There still
Is some Of this.
But the old violent and vituperative
outoursts at the mere allegation that
all members OF the Roosevelt Truman
administrations were not loyal Ameri-
cans rarely occur. In the light Of recent
disclosures they have become silly. Push
ing Senator Mccarthy wholly aside, it
is impossible longer to sustain that at
tltuoe. Unquestionably. the truth AZ
we now know 1t would never have been
revealed but for the testimony of three
former ommuniSts-Whittaker Cham
oers, Louis Budenz and Lee Pressman.
one OF these-Mr. Chambers ad-
mltteoly. himself Soviet agent Scoffed
at and d1sregarded when he first took
his story to Government officials, later
largely due to the persistence Of Rep
resentative Nixon Of California, now Re-
publican candidate for the Senate
against the extremely radical Mrs. Helen
Gahagan Douglas. Mr.. Chambers sub
stantlated his charges In such a way a
TO result IN the conviction Of Alger Hiss
and the shocking revelation of the theft
OF State Department. documents for
transmission to Moscow. In one of the
few public utterances he has made since
the Hiss conviction. Mr.. Chambers last
Monday asserted that his testimony
against Hiss had revealed only small
part OF big conspiracy"
n
1nasmuch as Mr.. Chambers previous
assertions have been proven truthful and
no one has ever suggested q plausible
motive why he should commit perjury.
1t Is reasonable to suppose he has not
yet told the full story. The same can
oe said OF both Mr.. Budenz and Mr..
Pressman. The former is now on thu
faculty OF Catholic Fordham University
ana has been used as Government wit
ness in five cases against Communists
charged with conspiracy. In each case
his testimony has been substantiated.
AS to Mr.. Pressman. his Identification
OF John j. Abt. Nathan Witt and Charles
Kramer as members with him Of q Com
mun1st group sustained two charges that
used to be vehemently denied: ID That
the C1O was at one time (and parts of
1t still are) saturated with and controlled
oy Communists; Cd that the Commu-
nlsts did hold numerous key positions
In the Roosevelt administration.
Add all this to the fact that MFR.
Pressman was for years general counsel
ana dominating figure in the CIO;
That he was ousted only after public
sentiment was aroused over his connec-
tions; that obviously Messrs. Abt.
witt ana Kramer are not the only
comrades he had in public Office add
all this up and. considering our present
relations with Russia, you have a situa-
tion that can no longer be swept aside
oy name-calling or claiming it is "just
politics" Nor, under the circumstances.
will many doubt Mr.. Chambers state.
ment that MIR. Hiss was only q small
part OF big conspiracy" In brief,
we have by no means cleaned the Com
munists out OF either the Government
or the labor movement. And we would
not have known they were there at all
II 1t had not been for the three reformed
Communists above mentioned.