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Lack of Religion
Underlies Russia's
Duplicity Strategy
Supremacy of the State
Is Substituted for
Morality as Guide
By Comtantino Brown
It is a source of constant wonder
and amazement to the layman, not
highly versed in the Intricate ide
ological bases of communism, how
a nation like Russia—powerful,
and responsible for the future of
nearly 200,000,000 Russians as
well as more than 100,000,000
satellite peoples—can carry on its
political life with such crass dis
regard for moral obligations, to
say nothing of its pledged word.
The answer goes deeply into the
tlieoretical foundations of the
movement which stems from
Marx and Engels and their so
cialistic writing in the last cen
tury. Basic behind the Soviet Un
ion’s unconcern for its obligations
is the total absence of any religious
element in the ideology of commu
nism.
Founded as it is on a total lack
of religious character—which is
so deeply present in our demo
cratic form of life—communism of
necessity has made religion its
enemy and is committed to a
struggle to the death against this
pjJJar of strength of true democ
racy.
JJot only the Christian religion
but Judaism. Islam and nearly
other form of religious wor
contains somewhere in it the
of morality and ethics. These
two phases of restraint on human
behavior^ are the foundation
stones on which civilization has
been built, and even the Russians
will see, if they examine their
history, that it was the church,
with its code of behavior toward
persons and institutions, which
brought Russia out of the dark
ness of barbarism to the light of
civilized life.
Only Loyalty Is to 8tate.
In communism, however, mor
ality and ethics are non-existent
as we know them. There is no
such thing as obligation to live
a good Christian or a good Jew
ish life. The only obligation is
to live a good Communist life,
and that kind of existence not
only countenances but encourages
every form of betrayal of one’s
fellow beings to the state.
The only loyalty in communism
Is to the state, and the only ob
ligation anyone has in the Com
munist state is toward the state.
If one is a good provider for his
family and a good parent to his
children it is because he is loyal
to the state. If he is loyal to
the state it is not because he is
heeding the injunction "Render
unto Caesar that which is Cae
sar,’f.” but because the state im
poses its will on him by force or
threats of force, and he fears that
force.
In other words, the state in
tha. Communist world has taken
the place of Qod in the non-Com
munist world.
What are the implications in
Russia’s international conduct of
this great underlying character
istic of communism? We know
that Communists are taught to
lie, to cheat and to use every
kind of base behavior in doing
the work of the party and the
state. We know that they have
done all these things and freely
admit them.
West Coldly Skeptical.
Because a nation’s International
conduct is no more than a re
flection of the composite character
of its people and leaders, this
same lack of principle inevitably
dominates Russia’s relations with
other nations. We have seen
throughout the history of West
ern relations with Soviet com
munism that the signed treaty
or pledged word have no binding
force on the Soviet masters when
they are in pursuit of their ob
jectives, which are expansion of
Soviet power to cover the world.
That is why in the recent dis
cussions of the Berlin blockade
and the future of Germany, West
ern leaders adopted a wait-and
cee K attitude toward the Soviet
Union’s professions of intention
to get along with its wartime
allies. That is why it was de
manded that Russia give deeds,
not words, as evidence of its good
faith.
The Russians may wonder over
thif cold skepticism of the West
toward their overtures, but to find
tbc answer they do not have to
lodk farther than their own faith
—-Communism.
This lack of religion, morality
and ethics in the Soviet system
U the fatal defect which in the
end will destroy it Just as surely
as Nazi Germany’s duplicity de-i
stroyed it._
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' Analyses indicate it is on a par
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Fourth of July Thought
Tories of Every Age in American History
Afraid of Too Much Democracy
By Thomas L. Stokes
Perhaps a subject worthy of
a bit of contemplation today
is the present status of civil lib
erties that we acquire along with
our freedom as
an Independent
nation.
The battle to
preserve them
gets mixed up
today, as it has
all through our
history, with the
battle of the
forces of econ
omic privilege
against real
democracy. The
former — Tories
they called
them In 1776— Tt>«n». l. stoke,
recurrently build up scarecrows,
when their special privileges are
threatened, to try to frighten
officials against passing laws In
the Interest of the public and to
stop too much free talk and free
thinking, which means, of course,
our civil liberties.
The Tories of that other age
were afraid of too much democ
racy. So are the Tories of today.
Soon Had Successors.
The most influential Tories of
the Revolutionary era fled the
country. But they soon had their
successors who. In the early days
of jour struggling democracy, got
terribly wrought up by the French
Revolution and, In 1790 in the
John Adams administration, got
the Alien and Sedition Laws on
the books to protect our folks
against infiltration of "French
ideas’’ and threw into jail editors
and others who spoke out.
We survived that.
After the first World War there
was another foreign "Idea” ready
for exploitation—the Russian
revolution and communism. And,
sure enough, the Tories of that
day moved in, according to sched
ule, waving before them the fiend
ish figure of the "Bolshevik,” with
his whiskers and the sizzling bomb
in his elaw fingers. There were
the "Red raids" of the early post
war period ordered by a panicky
Attorney General. Also, there was
the Ku Klux Klan, which spread
from the 8outh eventually Into
national politics.
We survived that, too.
The second World War brought
another repeat performance —
more "communism” scares, more
Ku Klux Klan. The hooded order
seems localized in the South thus
far, and decent people and offi
cials seem aroused to squelch it
there before It spreads.
But the communism fright is
much worse this time than before.
Then the vigilante forces were
open, noisy, blatant and rough.
This is more Insidious, like a
paralysis creeping into men’s
minds, and the alien and sedition
laws are moving forward in Con
gress, potent enough to restrict
our liberties and invade our pri
vate lives.
People’s Instinct Sore.
When the 1946 Congressional
elections came around the Tories
whipped up communism into a
frenzied issue to win the election
and thus assure the end of reform
threats. President Truman lost
the election. That seemed a sure
sign that he would lose the White
House in 1948. The people re
fused to swallow the scare stories
in the 1948 campaign. Their in
stinct was sure, as always in the
final test.
Inauguration of the “Pair Deal”
with his second term aroused the
President’s enemies to another
frenzy. We are in the midst of
that, with the ghastly circus
whirling to a climax in a proposed
investigation of text books by the
Un-American Activities Commit
tee, which comes dangerously close
to the Nazism that we fought
only so recently.
This is a good day to re-assert
ourselves lor our basic freedoms.
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—By Harry Hanan
Hd
Can Both Be Right?
Baruch-Truman Dispute Seen Based
On Whether Hill Draft Was a Plan
By Doris Fleeson
It Is perhaps possible to prove
that President Truman and Ber
nard M. Baruch both are right in
their dispute c
National Secur
ity Resources
Board submit
ted a war mobi
lization plan to
the White House
which the Pres
ident rejected.
Arthur M.'
Hill, the board’s
former chair
man, did hand
to Dr. John R.
Steelman, pres
idential assist
ant, certain pro
posals which Dori* rw>B
were designed to make the board
a co-ordinator of military and In
dustrial policy in time of peace
as well as war. The White House
states that these did not consti
tute a war mobilization plan, were
not approved by the seven Cabinet
members who are on the board
and were neither formally re
ceived nor disapproved by the
President.
Mr. Baruch obviously feels the
Hill draft did constitute a war
mobilization plan. He also says
that all but one board member
concurred In It and that Mr. Hill
received a letter from Dr. Steel
man announcing the President’s
disapproval. Mr. Baruch has a
notoriously good memory. He also
has had long close personal rela
tions with Mr. Hill and Ferdinand
Eberstadt, Who helped frame the
Hill proposals” and who seems to
be the chief unofficial military ex
pert In these parts.
To Decide Boas ot Next War.
Noticeably Mr. Hill keeps quiet.
Probably he realizes that he was
caught In the middle of a struggle
for tremendous power In the event
of war. Last year that struggle
was the more acute because war
seemed more Imminent.
A resources board mobilization
plan. If and when approved by the
President, will In effect decide
who’s boss of the next war. It
needs only the vaguest recollec
tions of the bitter civilian versus
military battles In the last War
Production Board—In one of
which Mr. Eberstadt lost out to
Donald Nelson—to realize all that
is at stake.
When President Truman first
began really to take a good look
at his responsibilities, he found
the board housed in the Pentagon
and playing, he thought, footsie
with the military. As Congress
had established it as a presi
dential arm, requiring it to report
only to the President, Mr. Tru
man promptly removed it to the
old State building across the street
from him, and in other ways as
serted his influence over it.
Later he accepted Mr. Hill’s
resignation and put Dr. Steelman
in charge. After that came his
fruitless attempt to make his old
pal, Mon Wallgren, chairman.
Supervised by Stowe.
The board is now functioning
under the supervision of David
Stowe, an administrative assist
ant to the President, with some
tactful chaperonage by Sidney
Souers, the Truman Intimate who
is secretary of the National Se
curity Council and the Presi
dent’s top military adviser.
There are political overtones to
the current quarrel. The White
House is beginning to get a little
tired of Mr. Eberstadt, who has
been allowed to conduct for the
reorganisation commission the
postmortems on his own earlier
unification plan which has not
worked well. They also question
the propriety of what they term
Mr. Baruch’s political attack on
the President at the Industrial
College of the Armed Forces.
Noting that Gen. Elsenhower was
prominently present, they are ask
ing if the Eisenhower in ’82 boom
is starting.
The President firmly Intends to
keep war policy under civilian
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McLemore—
'Wrinkle Resistant'
Found Empty Boast
By Henry McLemore
Notes scribbled on a skyrocket
that wouldn't go off: Has there
ever been a newspaper columnist
who, In realizing that he was
writing a col
umn that would
appear on a
holiday, didn’t
say something
like this to
himself?
"111 kick this
one out sorta
quick. After all,
it’s for a holi
day, half the
papers won’t be
publishing, and
people aren’t
going to be
reading much, **nrT *cL«“8r»
anyway.” I guess there are some
noble souls In the columnist bus
iness who never allowed them
selves to think along such wicked
lines, but they have yet to swim
Into my ken ....
Just what do clothing manu
facturers mean by a “wrinkle re
sistant” lult? I have one, and
the more I study it the more
puzzled I become. I have another
suit, one that has never claimed
to despise wrinkles, never boasted
about resisting wrinkles with every
ounce of strength it has in coat,
pants and vest, yet it doesn’t
wrinkle half as badly as the one
whose makers Intimate that it
will go down swinging before al
lowing a wrinkle to gain a foot
hold.
What’s a “Summer Cold?”
I suggest clothiers create a suit
which is friendly to wrinkles.
Then perhaps the wrinkles, know
ing they are not being bullied,
and can drop over and borrow a
cup of sugar or the lawn mower
without meeting stiff resistance,
will co-operate in keeping the
press in the suit ....
What is the difference between
a “summer” cold and any other
kind of cold? There must be a
difference, because half the people
I know now are speaking of their
“summer” colds, and I never heard
them so specific about their colds
before. I can’t remember anyone
ever saying to me that he had
a spring cold, or an Indian Sum
mer cold, or an autumn cold, or
a winter cold. Externally, 'summer
colds are the same as all others.
Sniffles, sneezes, stuffiness, and all
the other discomforts. Just like
to know, in case I catch one ....
With the vast brain which I
have at my disposal I am usually
able to figure out almost anything,
but the problem of why prizefight
champions attach such great im
portance to retiring undefeated
has me stumped. Consider the
case of Joe Louis, of whom you
might have heard at one time or
another. Joe, as one of the pro
moters of the Charles-Walcott al
fresco fiasco, shared in the $45,000
the promoters cut up, getting, I
would guess, no more than $20,000
if that. He could have fought
Charles and made more than that
in the time the referee was giving
them pre-battle instructions.
Even if he had been beaten
(which is as unlikely as Grandma
Moses taking the middleweight
title from Jake La Motta) ha
would have made enough of tha
beautiful little green rugs to keep
our new treasurer, Mrs. Georgia
Clark, signing her name for a
week.
My guess Is that Joe will sea
the light before too many months
pass and be back in there for a
shot at Charles, who, by the way,
fights as if he were an amber
light. Mighty cautious, I mean.
Think of all the ants who’ll go
to bed tonight with indigestion
from eating peanut butter sand
wiches and deviled eggs. Bet
that many of them are sorry that
Cornwallis didn’t win, or that
George Washington was ever
bom.
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