Evening star., 1952-03-30

ltCKMkE EhEty IN Ii ldNUI@ VI aEuk44'
lmunism. This IS an even tougher
ljoh than selling the socialism non.
tsense. but the Republicans All
desperate. 50 they are MAKING Z
TRY at Ii.
OF course. We have spent biIlions
lot dollars to build up our defenses
against communism: we have Gre.
lated an alliance Of free nations
against communism; we are help.
ling them to arm against COM
imunisn1; we have met and halted
communism In Greece and Turkey
land Berlin and Austria and Itals
land Iran, and most importantly
lin Korea. We have fought com
Imunisra abroad, and We have
fought 1t at home. we have IL
lFBI and q Central Intelligence
Agency defending US against spies
land saboteurs. The Federal loy-
|alty program keeps Communist
Iout Of Government.
That's the record, and how "a
the Republicans propose to get
tarOund 1t? Here's the technique
They 60 to the voters and say
Did you know the Government
was full Of Communists" And
1.-THE voters say, mo. What makes
you say that2" And then the RE-
lpublicans, explain that somebody
named Joe Doakes works for tie
Government. and he has i cousin
who sells shoe laces, and this cou-
lsin has q wife who wrote an arti-
|cle, before he married her. that
was printed In q magazine that
Ealso printed an article in favor
Eof the Chinese e Communists and
so on. This may sound very siliy
l-and II is. But some political
takers spend alI fheir time tryine
Ito pull the wool over peoples eyes
with this sort of nonsense.
The real test Of anti-commun-
ism Is whether We are willing &c
devote our resources and ou,
strength to stopping Communists
aggression and saving free people
from its horrible tyranny. Thai
kind Of anti-communism takes
money and courage mot Just talk
And the next time you hear some
lof this loud anti-C Communist tall
from our Republican friends, ash
them how they have voted--on aid
70 Greece, on the Marshall Plan
on the Mutual Security Program
The chances are they voted to cut
or cripple these all-importani
measures against communism.
say to you in all seriousness
beware Of those who pretend to be
so violently anti Communist in this
country, and at the same time vote
to appease communism abroad. II
my book, that is talking out 81
both sides Of the mouth at once.
and ] don't think the American
people are going to be taken in by
lit. s''
Morality I'm Government.
The next part Of the Republican
white is black" campaign is tc
TRY to fool the voters into tl1inkina
that the Democratic Party is dis.
honest-that the Government Il
fun Of grafters and thieves and ali
kinds Of assorted crooks. To hear
them talk you wouldn' t think there
was an honest man in Washington
Now, I want to say something
very important to you about this
issue OF morality in government.
! stand for honest government
] have worked for 1t. / have prob
ably done more than any Other
President to reorganize the Gov
ernment on efficient lines, and tf
extend the civil service merit sys.
item.
I hate corruption not only be.
cause it is bad Ia itself, but also
because it is the deadly snelnvsoi
lall things the Democratic Party
has been doing all these years. j
hate corruption anywhere, hut
hate 1t most Of all in a Democrati,
ceholder. because it is q be.
ltrayal of all the Democratic Party
Stands for.
Here is the reason. To me
morality In Government mean
more than a mere absence O
wrongdoing. It means q Govern
Iment that is fair to all. I thinl