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persuade loyal Americans 20 DC
their work for them. In the
course Of the Senate debate
shall demonstrate that the Wat
kins committee has done the
work Of the Communist Party,
that it not only co-operated in
the achievement Of Communist
goals, but that In writing its
report it initiated Communist
methods that 1t distorted. mis-
represented and omitted in its
effort to manufacture q plausible
naturalization for advising the
Senate to accede to the clamor
for my scalp.
But perhaps more important
than explaining how the Wat
kins committee did the work Of
the Communist Party Is the job
Of alerting the American people
to the fact that this vast con-
spiracy possesses the power to
turn their most trusted servants
into its attorneys-in-fact.
Mustn't Underestimate Enemy.
We must not underestimate
our enemy.
Who, in the light Of the small
membership of the Communist
Party. would have supposed
that an American President
could be persuaded to turn over
the fruits Of q VICTORIOUS war to
international communism and
to condemn with one stroke Of
his pen literally millions Of
Europeans and Asians to Soviet
domination? Yet at Yalta,
through the efforts of Alger
Hiss, and perhaps others we
know not Of, Franklin RooSe-
welt was persuaded to do this.
Who would have supposed
that this small group of con-
spirators had the power and
strategic location to persuade
our Departments Of State and
Defense to sacrifice the only
militant anti Communist re-
gime on the Asian mainland
and pave the way for the
ascendancy Of the Chinese
Communists? But the foul deed
was done.
Who would have thought
that an American Secretary OF
State could be brought to
affirm his undying comradeshiu
with a convicted traitor? Yet
Dean Acheson did this when he
said, II will not turn my back
on Alger Hiss"
Says Dies Was ''Pilloried."
Who would have thought that
Americas intellectual Leadership
could be modified almost to 9
man In a campaign to villify and
pillory the gallant congressionaI
committee that during the late
sos and early '40s sought te
warn America against the Com.
munist fifth column? Yet the
Dies Committee was so villifieo
and pilloried, and Martin Die.
himself, who in my opinion viii
60 down in history as a heroic
voice crying in the wilderness
was damned and Inundated anC
driven from public life.
Whatever any one may say o1
the motives of those involved
can there be any doubt that
Franklin Roosevelt and Dear
AcheSon and those who ruined
Martin Dies were doing the work
Of the Communist Party?
One Of the obstacles to an ade-
quate appreciation of Communist
strength is the almost uniform
habit Of those who have beer
dupes of denying their error
Of trying to rationalize theil
conduct by the press Of the times
and circumstances.
Now and then, however, q
former dupe has the courage tc
admit his error. Such . man il
John j. O'Connor, a former
Congressman from the State oi
New York. In 1910 Representa-
tive O'Connor admitted that hi
had, In effect, unknowingly done
the work Of the Communist
Party in helping to pillory Mar.
tin Dies. His confession con.
tanned an important lesson fol
us today.
Recalls "Ridiculing" of Writ.
But let me give you the back.
ground Of this story. Back ir
1884 Representative O'Connol
was a member of the so-calleC
Bulwinkle Committee. That
committee. some of you may re.
call, heard DR.. william A. Wirt
disclose his personal knowledge
Of traitors high in Government
circles. DR.. Writ had no persona.
axe to grind. A selfless man, hi
was trying only to alert Con.
gresS and the Nation to the ex.
istence Of treason in high places
But his story was greeted with
contempt and derision. He wa.
treated by the Bulwinkle Com.
mittee as though he were thu
culprit. He was ridiculed anc
held up to public scorn. Tht
committee refused even to heal
the witnesses he promised woult
fully corroborate his story. Hi,
reputation sineared by the left.
wing press, his spirit broken, DR.
Writ shortly afterwards died, 1
j discredited man.
/ Listen now, as Representative
| OConnor relates his own role II
that unsavory performance By