Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-10-07 | Page 6 | Prevailing Opinions

I L Prevailing Opinions I Comment of the American Press The Hie Peoples People's Front Frontin in The USA U.S.A. i If It an American citizen should I obtain a copy of the July number of ot the ski International International Inter Inter- national the official journal of the Moscow Kremlins Kremlin's organization to promote world revolution he would probably be astonished to find that Moscow Is interested in creating a 80 peoples people's front in America The facts revealed in the article show the thO extraordinary ability of the to carry carry out its in inimical in- in policies in in- in foreign countries countries countries coun coun- tries especially in those such as the United States State where the great majority of ot tho the population have neit er use nor liking for communist communist com corn doctrines According to the cheski International in America there are two great fronts facIng facIng fac fac- fac- fac ing each other On one side is the front of the bankers the in industrialists in- in the newspapers of Hearst and the conservative trade unions which are represented by the Republican party This party according to the Communist International International International In In- In- In wants nothing less than fascism and war for Amer Anmer- ica lea On the other front are arrayed arrayed ar ar- arrayed ar- ar rayed the small farmers workers workers work work- ers ens and officials and the radical trade unions who are partly represented represented represented rep rep- resented by the Democratic party which is led by Roosevelt The article goes into considerable considerable considerable consid consid- erable detail explaining how the tho communists in America are planning planning plan plan- ning fling to organize a peoples people's front movement such as they have succeeded succeeded suc sue in forming in hi France In Minnesota continues the journal there is an influential Farmer- Farmer L Labor bor party which in reality is not a party but a loosely knit organization organization organization or or- or- or which represents the so called interests of the farmers and workers This Labor Farmer-Labor party has been extending its in influence influence in- in fluence to other states in the American union and the communist communist communist party now intends to utilize the Labor Farmer party part to carr carry out its aims and program and and gradually to convert it into a peoples people's peoples people's peo pea ples pies front organization AccordIng AccordIng Accord- Accord According Ing to the journal at present the ther r reds ds are playing the of ot a useful and active min minority rity in this party The program of ot the party has been very cleverly compiled complied It contains nothing that the average American citizen could not subscribe subscribe subscribe sub sub- scribe to It talks much about peace protection of ot the rights of citizens about the right to possess possess pos pos- sess property about social welfare measures the freedom of ot the nation nation nation na na- na- na tion American traditions etc Therefore In America we have havethe havethe havethe the same picture as in France The communist wolf has dressed himself in the sheepskin of the American citizen and is depending depending depending depend depend- ing upon the ignorance and na na- na- na ivete of the average man that he will n not t bo be be recognized Rig Rig Rig- asche che Riga Latvia Munitions and Motives Cynics will say that Hitler knows very well what he is about when he nurtures the red menace in Soviet Russia Dictators find menaces indispensable in in- their business They ride into power by rescuing their nations from froman an internal menace as Mussolini says he saved Italy from bolshevism bolshevism bol- bol in 1922 and Hitler saved Germany from bolshevism in 1933 Once in power dictators find a good foreign menace essential to retaining a firm seat on the necks of ot their own people The munitions makers too have been accused of using menaces menaces menaces men men- aces In their business First they sell seU a big bill of ot military goods to A And then make another sale to B who is As A's hereditary j enemy enemy enemy en en- emy and must not remain defenseless defense defense- defenseless less against the menace of ot As A's new a armaments aments But at least the arms manufacturers do not call their customers harsh names They do not sell seU guns and shells sheIls and airplanes to enemies of mankind mankind man man- kind and of ot tion On the contrary they so claim to minister to the most ele ele- elementary ele- ele of ot human rights nights the law v of ot self Munitions makers sell arms for defensive purposes exclusively New New York Times