The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-05-15

his own ignorance"
General Dean
GEN. DEAN, courageous Allied
commander in the Korean war, /
was the featured and inspiring
speaker of the Hub 9th an
nual dinner of the real Ameri-
can organization of Catholics,
Professionals and Jews. Hard
hitting and plain spoken, the
General strongly warned this
nation that any intolerance at
home helps spread communism
abroad. True wisdom.
THIS ARMY Hero risked his
life on the line while (tO-day)
some politicians seek to dis
rupt Army morale to gain TV
arm chair fame CO. Dean
praised the American Army
men. He praised the efforts If
Army reforms, including inte-
grafton. He cited cOlOred Sgt.
Dudley, leader of a mixed unit
of the Nineth Regiment. Dean
cited much other progress. But
he said the Communists feed
upon and playful our faults.
And FOllieS.
PROPAGANDA fuel and aids
are given the Communists
abroad by our ignorant actions
(and laxity) at home, warned
the General speaking here in
Boston last Saturday. These
aids include atheiStic policies,
pictures, and print. Racial and
religious discrimination are
powerful aids, said Dean. Every
communist Schoolboy knows all /
about the prejudices against
Jews, Colored and the Oriental.
Some Asiatics lack faith in
the U. S. A."
SOME SOLDIERS lost faith.
Twenty whit &c. rs and three
colored stayed behind in Asia.
Of the colored trio, Clarence |
Adams, rs, is native of Ken
lucky who enlisted in 1947 and
served with the Regular Army
and much decorated oath In
fantry Regiment. Adams saw
plenty of bloody action from
the opening battles. Suffering a
frozen foot he was captured in
1850 during a December battle
with Red Chinese.
JIM CROW and other home
un-American treatment plus
other unhappy memories, had
embittered young Adams. Where
other cOlOred G. rs had with
stood the hammering, Adams
had cracked. Not in battle, but
against social bars. When the
other G. l. prisoners prepared
to leave for the States, Adams
gave this disturbing statement
for those who oppose Civil
Rights: 81 never got a break
in America. I might as well
stay over here.''
RACIAL discrimination was
the primary reason why the
other two Tan Yanks, Larry
Sullivan and Clarence White,
decided not to come home, Such
is the testimony in the recent
Army hearings. White is from
Arkansas and Sullivan from
Santa Barbara. Both had en-
listed in 1913. That these young
men lost faith is tragic. But
far more tragic is the fact that
our political leaders uphold the
conditions which make these few
men lose faith.
THESE THREE soldiers need
not have been lost to the United
States. With given CAPABILITIES
and the good medicine of de-
mocracy, they could have been
saved. 1t easy to condemn
them. 1t is easy to write them
off as bad risks. But remember,
these three we're not drafted;
were not coddled Adams of the
oath Infantry and Sullivan and
White of the 9th Infantry
fought the bloody chapters of
Korea. They weren't bad risks
thenl
MANY SENATOR'S and others /
of high rank have deserted the
posts" of democracy and gone
over to the enemy" by the
simple method of evading the
Civil Rights and other needed
social reforms. BY adopting un-
American policies they have
failed to measure up to the
duties they were elected to per-
form. Such is the calibre of men
who to-day "judge" American
soldiers and civilians. This is
the ignorance warned by Cen
eraI Dea@