Page Ten A Legionnaire Talks on Subversive Activities In America (Continued from Page Eight) spread of his Gospel, had to a great extent been placed in a cat egory of methods too dirty, too inhuman, and too barbarous to be used by modern civilization even in warfare. Communists and Nazis try to paint a picture for the consump tion of the peoples of the world who are not in Germany or Rus sia, to see the true conditions, a picture which glows with honeyed phrases and sugar sweet refrains, but it is these same people who if given a chance, would just as soon knife you and me in the back and think no more of it than they would in catching a fish. And be lieve me. my friends, we of the United States are not more than fish if we let them get away with it. The American Legion has felt that the destructive programs of Communism and Nazism in Amer ica might best be counteracted by the promotion of an intensive pro gram of constructive American ac tivities. But the Legion also be lieves that it is highly important that all Americans be informed of the many ways that subversive elements bore from within. Our people are entitled to knowledge of the many subsidiary and coop erating organizations working with foreign-inspired groups. We believe that when American cit izens have these facts, they will cooperate with the American Le gion to stamp out these destruc tive alien isms. Therefore, in an attempt to give nationwide distribution to factual evidence that the foreign-inspired isms are gaining headway in our ; land, the Legion at its New York national convention in 1937, re quested the creation of a Con gressional committee to investi gate un-American activities. Such a committee was created by the Congress early in 1938, and is known as the Dies Committee. During the first year of the ex istence of the Dies Committee at tempts were made by radicals, and some not so radical, to sabotage its work. The communist press— the DAILY WORKER, the NEW MASSES MAGAZINE, the DAI LY RECORD, and many others, attempted to ridicule the work of the Dies Committee. The Ameri can Legion led in a public defense of the work of Martin Dies and his colleagues. Time will not permit a complete ' review of all of the many groups found by the Dies Committee to be linked with subversive groups in America. It is important, I be lieve, to review briefly some of the more active organizations. The Communist party in Amer ica was organized in 1919. It open ly admits its allegiance to the Communist International at Mos cow. Its objectives are the aboli tion of all forms of religion; de struction of the right of private property: social and racial equali ty: revolution to be led by the Communist International: to cause strikes, riots, bloodshed, and civil war: destruction of freedom of speech, of the press, and of as semblage: and to establish a dic tatorship in America under the direction of the Communist In ternational. And who travels and associates with the communists in the pro motion of such a program? Here are a few. taken from the record of the Dies Committee and only a few since there are hundreds of these so-called front organizations. In considering front organiza tions. it is proper to discuss them with respect to their importance. BEACH LIMBER & SUPPLY CO. 3rd Street and Pablo Ave. Telephone 67 Lumber and Building Material “Everything to Build Anything” Jacksonville Beach, Fla. The one group which has hit the front pages of our newspapers and which is placed as the largest of the communist front movements by the Dies Committee is the American League for Peace and Democracy. Formerly it was the American League against War and Fascism. This group was organ- ! ized originally by a French Com munist, Henri Barbusse. Second in size and importance from a communist front stand point, according to the Dies Com mittee, is an organization known as the Workers’ Alliance. It is headed by Herbert Benjamin, who makes no secret of his membership in the communist party. Benjamin admitted publicly in a meeting in Indianapolis several years ago, in answer to the question put to him by the director of the Legion’s Americanism Commission, that he was a member of the Communist party of the United States. His membership in that party demands his allegiance to the Sov- : iet Union. In connection with the j Workers’ Alliance, Earl Browder, in his book, The People’s Front, says: “We communists were the pioneers in this and in many other j fields. It was the communists who raised the slogan of national uni fication, fought for it consistent ly, and finally brought about the merger of all into the W’orkers’ Alliance.” And this is the organi zation which has been demanding additional relief measures from , the United States government, the government which the communists are attempting to undermine and overthrow. One of the most dangerous groups, and I say dangerous be cause they are dealing with the i youth of America, is the front or ganization called the American Student Union. It is a section of a world student association and is the result of a United front gathering of young socialists and young communists in America. It is operating now on many of the campuses of American colleges and universities. Now it is only natural to ask "What does The American Legion intend to do about all of this?” I The answer is found in the Amer icanism Resolutions adopted at the 1939 Chicago National conven tion. First, the convention com- i mended the work of the Dies Com mittee and asked that it be con tinued and that sufficient funds be provided again to finance its j work. Our organization took this | stand because it felt that the work of the Dies Committee was far from complete and that its con tinuous expose of the activities of these groups would lead to leg islation to correct the situation. , Our legion convention also adop ted a resolution asking that the communist party be barred from the ballot in this country. This i stand was taken since the com munist group cannot be termed a legal American political party —for it takes its orders from the Communist International in the Soviet Union. And we believe that individuals and organizations attempting to ridicule and subvert the American constitutional form of government should be prosecuted. We are urging national legisla tion to punish American citizens who advocate the overthrow of our government by force, fraud, or violence, and the deportation of aliens who are motivated by simi lar aims. There is no need to become hys terical about these various subver sive activities. But the Legion does ask each and every one of you true Americans to keep your eyes and ears open. When you learn of some influence or activity in your own area, report it to your nearest American Legion Post. We. the Legion of Americans, will do the rest. Stop at the . . . CASA IRENA COTTAGES Ph. 9194 Jax Beach .-' ■ - - THE SOUTHERN JEWISH WEEKLY Enjoy Jacksonville’s Beaches 1 <♦> .w. ' , '5K' : $ RADIO SERVICE K Phone 9107 901 N. Ist St. $ | f CLAYTON’S $ * RADIO SHOP % y. 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