Fraternity-Testvériség, 1950 (28. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1950-09-01 / 9. szám
6 TESTVÉRISÉG Communism and How to Combat It TWO ARTICLES in the current issue of The Junior American are timely. One says that the Committee on Un-American Activities of the House of Representatives has established in House Report No. 209, from documentary sources, that from its beginning in September, 1919, to the present day, the Communist movement of the United States may be properly characterized as— 1. An organization operating under centralized discipline subordinated to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the single and ruling party of that country. 2. A section of a World Communist Party, controlled by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. 3. An organization whose basic aim, whether open or concealed, is the abolition of our present economic system and democratic form of government and the establishment of a Soviet dictatorship in its place. \ ,M Hont Sell Me Insurance S Don’t sell me insurance! ! \ Sell me freedom from doubt ; \ That my family will manage !■ < When I’m not about. ; > Don’t sell me insurance! < Sell me clothing instead, ; I And a home for my family, '• 1 And butter and bread. !; ? Don’t sell me insurance! ; s Sell me those college years > I That will give to my children < l The chance that is theirs. ? > Don’t sell me insurance! \ I Sell me fish pole and gun | < So I’ll spend my old age j > Not at work but at fun. j < Don’t sell me insurance! I > Please, don’t even try! < I But of all of the others > I I’m anxiouus to buy. < \ (Atantic Currents) \ 4. An organization resorting to deception, evasion, illegal methods, violence and civil war, methods implicit in its revolutionary purpose. The other article was on the subject, “How to Combat Communism,” quoting 12 specific steps from a recent address by Harold Stassen, as follows: 1. Expose thoroughly the identity of all known Communists, and fellow travelers. Give the exact evidence of their connection. 2. Insist that they stand up and be counted and speak out in their genuine capacity, that they do not hide behind false names, or false issues. 3. Prosecute them vigorously for their violations of law with the effective cooperation of federal, state, and local governments, making certain that the people understand the nature of the violations so that they are not made martyrs. 4. Have basic faith in the American working people and keep them fully informed of the facts. 5. Meet squarely, through frank discussion on the merits, the issues the Communists raise. 6. Move continually to correct deficiencies, maladjustments, or evils which they point out in our American social, economic, or political rights. 7. Expose the unsound and disruptive proposals that they make. 8. Urge our fellow citizens to refuse to associate with them in organizations, insisting that the Communists either be expelled or else that the citizens who do not wish to follow their line withdraw and label the organization as a definite front. 9. Do not lightly use the charge of “Communist” against anyone unless we are certain of the evidence, but when positive present the evidence with the charge. 10. Ban them from public payrolls, federal, state or local. 11. See to it that the members of labor organizations have a chance to vote by secret ballot on their own officers so that the workers can remove union officials who are exposed and proven to be Communists. 12. Take all these actions with complete respect for civil liberties and for legal rights. (Fraternal Age)
