Evening star., 1950-04-02

The confusion which exists [
leans is not hard to understand
They hear that the Government
and particularly the most SEN
sitive branches of the administra.
tion-is packed with persons whit
either are Of questionable loyalt!
or perverts.
They hear from the lips Of tht
Secretary of Defense the state
ment-echoed by the Commando
in Chief-that at no time durins
peace have we been better pre-
pared militarily than we are today
Then they hear men of higt
caliper and great responsibility
such as Air Force Secretary Sym.
ington and Gen. Eisenhower
state publicly that our defense
forces are below the safe point.
In the last few weeks they have
heard over the radio and read in
the papers charges by Senator
Mccarthy that the State Depart
ment is filled with disloyal char
acters and persons who, in some
cases, are outright agents OF
Russia.
Perverts Poor Risks
The public does not know much
about the complexities of the
work Of the Federal Bureau OF
Investigation and wonders why
this agency, which is more trusted
than any other in the Govern
ment, does not "go after those
guys" What the public does
not know Is that the FBI merely
investigates and puts all the evi-
dence received in secret files
which cannot be made available
unless the President orders it. II
cannot 60 after any one in q 10y
atty case unless it receives the
green light from the Chief Ex-
ecutive.
The trial Of Alger Hiss showed
clearly that the FBI knew all
about him for years before his
Communist connections were un-
covered by an investigation of the
House Committee on Un-Ameri-
can Activities. But it had to keep
silent until an actual case was
developed in the law courts and
the evidence gathered by the
G-men had to be presented In
court.
The Unexpectedly large number
Of perverts dismissed from the
State Department also worries
the public, 1t appears from the
mail which the lawmakers are
receiving daily. Such persons are
the worst kind Of security risk.
After We day American in
telligence officers discovered the
secret files of German espionage
headquarters, which had been
headed by Admiral Canaris. This
German officer, who was tortured
before being executed in 1914 fo1
his part in the attempt to as
sassinate Hitler, was considered
by the heads Of American, Brit
ish and French intelligence to be
the ablest worker in the field OF
espionage.
Admiral Canaris' files showed
that he had carefully catalogued
all the homosexuals in Govern
ment positions in enemy countries
Opposite their names were nota-
tions as to whether they were
addicted to narcotics or alcohol
vices which often accompany SEX
ual perversion.
All such persons potentially are
prime material as espionage agents
Once enmeShed in any kind OF
espionage they cannot get out for
fear of being exposed. The Soviet
intelligence system. which fol
many years was patterned after
the German system, is believed
to have accurate files of perverts
in the American Government and
has used them successfully for q
number of years. AS a matter OF
fact, the Nazi and Russian espio-
mage systems worked together in
the United States until June, 1941
when Hitler attacked Russia.
Public Blames Policies
The average citizen went on q
spree of optimism after World
War II. He wants to have ex-
planned to him how 1t happened
that after vast sacrifices in lives
and money to win spectacularly
the most devastating war in his
tory. we appear actually to have
lost it.
He knows that we are now on
the defensive. He sees that the
United Nations, on which Ameri-
can citizenry placed all its hopes
for lasting peace. now is running
on three cylinders. He Is being told
that the Soviet leaders are wagine
a successful cold war all over the
world and that Americans do not
like any kind Of war. He still fails
to understand why, after contrib
uting so lavishly to victory
against the Axis. we are faced
with the possibility Of another
war with Russia.
The American man-in-the-
street also knows that we have
not been stingy. either during the
war or after its end. in handing
over our wealth to our Allies.
Many Americans have come to
the conclusion that our policies
are wrong. Even moderately
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