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American Communists Said
Still a Threatening Menace
Thursday, February 7, 1137
MEDFOHD (OREOOK) MAIL TRIBUNE 1YOTX
Editor', not.: This ts the wroni of
thr. 4lipatch?f on th Communist
Pxtj In the Lniud Stawi.
Br ROBERT E. JACKSON
United Press Correspondent'
New York UP, Is the Com
munist party in the United Statei
till menace? s
Many people ask the question
In seriousness pday. The subject
of Communists. America, once
In bannerlines evry hour, has
ceased to be a big story, election
Issues or source of fear. The
"scare" is over, o O
Blows Eras Threat
There are those who nay that
the pulverising blows t.en by
the party on de-Stalinization and
Hungary and the effective counter-action
of the FBI have erased
ny threat to security.
But others, including FBI Chief
J. Edgar Hoover, fear the danger
is still there in a new form.
In the late 1940s n early
50s. spurred by the sensational
trials of Alger Hissj the Rosen
bergs and top Communists, a
"crash" program turned up Reds
In the government, in unions, in
Hollywood, inthe armed forces
nd in some places where there
were none. A few men seized on
the cold-war time rush to "can
out the Reds"Oto frighten the
daylights out of tjf$ American
public. CSome innocent victims
were caught up.
Partly Outlawed
The entire country now is tak
ing a sober second glance at the
conscience-wrenching problem of
providing libly yet security, of
guaranteeing const 1 1 if t i o n a 1
rights without risking the safety
' nt tha rpnnhlir
President EPenhowr's Depart
ment of. Justice emphasizes that
despite -flie long dejays in board
and court actions affecting Com
munists, it prefers this to any
hasty infringement of civil lib
erties which would violate the
Constitution.
While It did not make mem
bership in the paty a crime, the
Communist Control Act of Au
gust 1954, in effect outlawed the
Communist party. The Subver
sive Activities Control Board
ruled in J 953 that the Commu
nists are puppets" of tre Soviet
Union. The control act required
the Reds, as "agents of a foreign
power," to register their mem
bership and sources of funds. It
denied them passports and cut
! off government labor negotiation
! machinery to Red-led unions.
Yet it is 1957, and the party
' still has not complied with the
; law to register. Chiefly because
I of delays caused by repudiation
of testimony by "turnabout"
I witnesses, the issue is still in
the courts.
Still Doing Business
Five top Communists released
from jail terms which they ser
ved for advocating a conspiracy
were rearrested immediately on
charges of being members of a
Optimism Told in
Airline Strike Threat
Washington (U.R) A federal
mediator said vjday he was op
timistic (that a contract settle
ment between Pan American
Airways n$ l.00 of its pilots
would b reached within several
days.
The Airline PUpts Association
Tuesday night' called off a threat
net,strike and agreed, to nego
tlateurther at the request of
fedejKiI mediators.
Officials ftf both sides met
Wednesday with the mediators.
Thetalks were scheduled to con
tino today.
LeyerettsrEdwaeds, a member
of tt Federal Mediation Board
whojnet with both sides, said
he Jtyatight a ettlemnt could be
ag?er upori. J3ut he indicated
.gjrreral dajs ojL bard bargaining
Stitt layhead "
The Afrline filots Association
has threatened it can immediate
ly call sP strike If negotiations
stall again.
Bulletin Explains
Various Elements
In Rural Residence
Corvallis City dwellers eye
ing a spot in the country rural
residence, part-time or full-time
farm can check points to con
sider in a new bulletin just pub
lished by the Oregon State col
lege extension service.
Country living, transportation,
services and utilities, the land,
and ways to finance the venture
are. among points examined in
the bulletin, "Do You Want to
Live in the Country?" Copies
are available to Oregon residents
through local county extension
offices or the OSC bulletin
clerk, Corvallis.
Notes Various Aspects
The bulletin points out the
importance of studying all as
pects of rural living and then
making a "family decision." For
example, the extra living space
may require extra work by the
entire family.
Often overlooked items In
clude flow of water from a do
mestic system. The bulletin gives
requirements for house use and
the added need for lawn and
garden. Yearly round-trip costs
to jobs and schools are charted
for various distances. Other han
dy reference charts include a
list of labor requirements and
estimated production costs per
acre for various crops suited to
small acreages.
Tips Offered
Tips for evaluating tha land
soil, irrigation source, drainage,
and serious weed problems are
offered along with suggestions
for appraised building and
equipment needs.
Opportunities to gain added
Income from farm forestry, fruit
and vegetable crops, specialty
crops, and animals are reviewed
briefly. A handy section of the
bulletin is a buyer"s checklist
for judging country properties
and homesites to help think
through the proposed move.
One Out of Three
Workers is Woman
Washington U.R) The Labor
Department reported today that
nearly one out of every three
American workers is a woman.
The department said a record
average of nearly 21 million
women held jobs last year out
of total average 65 million em
ployed persons.
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group dedicated to the over
throw of the government. But
they are free on bail and doing
business as before.
The administration opposed
the control act, objected to out
lawing the party and won't tele
graph its next punches.
In this calmer atmosphere,
many Americans have forgotten
that there are still Communists
among them.
There aren't as many as be
fore. Membership down two
thirds In 10 years, has fallen
from 80,000 to a mere 20,000.
Sympathizers have diminished
from 600,000 to under 200,000.
The Daily Worker has suffered
a "catastrophic" loss of ads and
a dip in circulation from 38,000
to 10,000.
Treasury In the Red
The party's treasury Is as red
as its emblem. It spent SI. 5 mil
lion on bail and legal fees in
the trials. It says it is running
at a $200,000 annual loss. The
government raided its key of
fices last year, charging the
party with owing back taxes.
The party's grip on trade un
ions, once a source of funds, is
slipping. The Reds say they led
one-fifth of the unions in the
United States in 1942. Today,
they say, it is only three per
cent.
What danger is there from
this? Says Hoover:
As Deadly as Before
"The Communist conspiracy
is as deadly now as it was be
fore . . . We relax our vigil
at our peril . . . The American
public must not be lulled into
complacency by the" new Com
munist propaganda line . . . The
current Communist tactics do
not change the basic goals of
Communist conquest."
Hoover noted that 10,000
Communists in China grew to
six million and conquered a na
tion of half a billion. Italy's
Communists dwindled to 20,000
to increase again to two million.
Observing the cataclysms
caused by the Nazi-Soviet pact,
a New York newspaper ran a
series called "The Collapse of
American Communism." That
was in 1939.
In tomorrow's article, las! In
the series, Jackson says that Am
erican Communists are looking
to American Negroes, inflation
and a sharp shift In tactics to
spark a comeback.
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