Evening star., 1952-08-14
Reds Still Plot
Nation S Ruin,
u. 5. Charges
Justice Department
Urges Panel to Order
Registration of Party
By George Beveridqe e

Inc justice Department charged
today that the American Conn
munist Party has never aban.
doned during its 33-year history
its purpose ito destroy this Gov
ernment and set up the same
thing they have behind the Iron
Curtain"
William A. Paisley, speaking for
the department, made the charge
at the start of final arguments be-
fore a Subversive activities control
board panel on whether the Amer
ican Reds must register as part Of
a Soviet-dominated conspiracy.
In turn Joseph Forer, Washing.
ton counsel for the party. prompt
ly charged that the Government
had failed to produce any evidence
that the Communists were part
of conspiracy after passage Of
the Internal Security Act in Sep
tember, 1850.
Contends Proof Needed.
While Mr.. Forer attacked cred.
lbility of Mr.. Paisley's case, bear
ling on previous years, he stressed
that the Government had to come
up with specific proof bearing on
the last two years in order to
make its case stick.
"If Mr.. Paisley had no evidence,
as he did not, he should not have
filed the petition (for registra-
ton order)," he declared.
The two-member panel will
make a recommendation to the
full board, which is empowered
to order such a registration under
terms of the Security Act. The
panel members are Peter Campbell
Brown, chairman of the four
member board, and DR.. Kathryn
McHale.
Lengthy Court Fight Seen.
Registration would force the
Communist Party to open MEM
bership lists and other data to
the Justice Department. But an
attrmative registration order
would be sure to touch of q
lengthy court fight on consti.
tutionality Of the 1850 law.
Before today's arguments began,
there was sharp clash over
procedure between Mr.. Paisley
and Vito Marcantonio, chief coun.
sci for the Communists.
1t came about when Mr.. Paisley
offered to waive his opening argu-
ment. He contended that he al
ready had made his points clear
in brief filed with the panel and
said he would be satisfied to only
speak in rebuttal to Mr.. Marcan.
ltonio's argument.
Mr.. Marcantonio countered that
the proposal 1"is silly and an OBJ
jvious effort to reverse procedures.
He said Mr.. Brown had allotted
three hours argument to a side
and insisted that Mr.. Paisley make
the opening statement.
Agrees to Give Statement.
Mr.. Paisley. a tall, drawing
Tennessean, agreed. But he opened
his statement by saying he re-
iterated everything in the written
brief, and indicated his oral state
ment would be short.
One of the departments top
prosecutors, Mr.. Paisley traced the
party's link with the Communist !
International from its formation
in 1919 until it's World War II
withdrawal. Both the withdrawal
and the subsequent dissolution Of
the International was nothing
more than a tactical move in
international communism" he
argued.
THE party members" he added.
never have abandoned their pur-
poses to destroy this Government
and set up a totalitarian Dictator
ship"
Cites Soviet Policy.
During the .year-long panel
hearings. Mr.. Paisley said, party
witnesses never were able to show
one instance when the party
deviated from Soviet policy. "evefl
when it was in conflict with the
policies of what they said was
their own country"
One party witness. he said, car
ried this non-deviation up to the
present moment by saying that
she believed her Government was
dealing in germ warfare in
Korea" He added:
1T is nothing more than a sec
ton of the Communist Interna-
tional conspiracy to this day
nothing but a propaganda ma
chine for the Kremlin."
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