Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-22
Disclosing Cold War
Legion Commander
Tells Educators
BY the ASseeiated Press

BY the A1Soeiaied Press
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21.-Na-
tional Commander Lewis K.
Cough Of the American Legion
said tonight. I'VE are losing the
cold war;" and saw the posi-
bility that all future wars will be
cold ones.
In an address on Education
for Citizenship" prepared for
delivery before the 1853 con-
vention Of the National Asso-
citation Of Secondary School
Principals. the Legion leader
declared:
For the first time our entire
way Of life-our civilization-has
collided with an alien-an Ash
atic.Mongol-concept Of human
society. We are now involved
in q hot and cold war with
Stalin's world Of slavery. The
hot war is in Korea, where we
are at q military Stalemate.
THE cold war is at the thres-
holds Of our homes. We are
losing the cold war"
Struggle for Minds Of Men.
The cold war" Mr.. Cough
said, lis psychological warfare,
the titanic struggle for the
minds of men throughout what
Is left of the free world.
THE progress of military sci
ence has developed such ire
mendous weapons of mass de-
struction that it is not beyond
the pale of possibilities that all
future wars will be cold wars,
struggles for the capture Of the
tmaginationS of men.
Soviet Russia through her
master spy system and with the
aid Of American traitors has
stolen our innermost national
security secrets and with the
aid Of impressed scientists from
its occupied countries has
matched our progress in military
science.
1T has set the stage for
ban on future wars through the
consent Of mutual terror.
Through its insidiouS infiltration
1t has effectively Unanswered to
condition. then to control the
precious minds of youth. That
leaves only the cold war tech
n1que for the settling of future
international conflicts"
Education Primary Target.
Mr.. Cough declared that tons
Of testimony, a veritable noun
tain Of facts" show that Ameri.
can education is a primary tar
get Of the Communists. Urging
q fortnight. intelligent stand,
he told the educators:
Your job, your over -riding re-
sponsibility as patriotic Ameri-
cans, is to recognize your priority
as a target objective and reso-
lutely and courageously meet the
threat which exists while you
still can handle it expeditiouslys
by the very force Of your numbers
and patriotic character. Set up
your controls, watch for the party
lire, be alert for the printed
Gnares."
Mr.. Cough said the overwhelm-
ing majority Of American teach
ers today are patriotic but added:
You cannot shrug off the charge
Of the Senate Internal Security
Subcommittee, made only on
January IL Of this year. that
many hundreds Of American
teachers are Communists.
Called Glittering Phrase.
"You cannot hide behind any
defense Of an invasion of your
academic freedom. That is simply
evasion Of documented facts.
Academic freedom is a glittering
phrase as loaded with destruction
Of mental and moral fibre as any
A-bomb.
Here the radical Schoolman
takes his perch, or perhaps he
flits to another position, seen
quite a bit lately, where you will
find him using the clever phrase.
the climate Of fear
Let you, as champions Of one
Of the most precious heritages of
the stiu-free world-American
education-light the way toward
an America still gloriously free,
guaranteeing a free future for
our children"