Show J. J ASSIGNMENT AMERICA t 5 Term Communist Seems To B Be Used Too Loosely By KENNETH I L. L DIXON W WASHINGTON This ASHINGTON Is an open letter to certain speechmaking speechmaking speechmaking speech- speech making and name name calling calling congressmen con con- gressmen Gentlemen Naturally with the heavy press of DC legislative duties and the mental effort of composing and delivering all those orations you have little time left for ex extracurricular ex- ex extracurricular tra curricular research work So this is b purely a 1 patriotic effort to assist you Noting your frequent use of the words communist and communism when referring to various characters throughout the country I spent two minutes in Intensive re research earch to provide provide pro pro- vide you with definitions According to Websters Webster's collegiate collegiate collegiate col col- col- col dictionary a communist is f 1 one who believes in communism com com- 2 a 3 a member of or the Communist party especially In Soviet Rus Rus- ala sia According to the National encyclopedia communism is an extreme form of of socialism aimed at the pooling of property resources on a share alike b basis SIs However it differs in that the socialists hold that Marxism does not contemplate the use of violence In seizing power and therefore wish to use democratic democratic democratic demo demo- cratic methods in erecting the new system Cites Encyclopedia The communists the encyclopedia encyclopedia encyclopedia en en- cyclopedia continues believe that the inevitable decay of the capitalist system requires the organization of a small well well- tested and alert nucleus of ot class class- conscious workers whose purpose purpose purpose pur pur- pose must be to point out the faults of democracy under a capitalist regime that when the inevitable ble crisis com comes s due ue to o a glut or or to 10 the excesses excesses excesses ex ex- of DC warfare the well disciplined disciplined disciplined dis dis- dis- dis communist a minority should be in a position to wrest political power from the discredited discredited discredited dis dis- credited capitalist leadership its agents planted in the factories factorIes factories fac fac- tories and in the armies and navies will it is 15 hoped turn the military power against the exploiting class and that once power has been attained by the militant communist minority a dictatorship of the proletariat will be e established under which the tho essential means of production production production tion Including all material re resources resources resources re- re sources will be taken over by bythe bythe bythe the state under a military com com- But that Isn't quite all gentle gentle- men Heres Here's the kicker The communist leadership would moreover undertake the extermination of privileged classes Extermination Nasty word that Ive I've heard It somewhere before too Lets Let's see sec now now but but Im I'm digressing Your pardon gentlemen Definite Threat I am providing you with these definitions for two reasons The first is that I happen to believe that communism as defined is a definite and can become a deadly threat to our democracy So obviously I Iam Iam Iam am in savor favor of fighting it as effectively as possible with possible with education information and the use of Just plain plan ordina ordinary ha sense Which brings up the ie reason In order to fully fight any given you must know what hat he 1 toe roe like and where he m may be fa foe and how he will act In she be S Sunless unless you know the of communist and cc eo you are trying trying to wi war without weapons Apparently some of ot i 1 gentlemen don dOlt k know now t th definitions This Is why During recent weeks you hi ito hung the name innumerable individual obviously were nothing of of 1 sort r Some of ot those people v u WI merely your time old polio enemies Others happened disagree with you on rte roc tax labor or foreign poi But you lumped all your eril erst under the heading comm Two examples were the bra bru Ing lug of a rich and famous mo me actor and a millionaire Wes Vi ington publisher as u Na C Ci Want Vant to know t 11 people laughed Well Vell the movie actor tor h her hl reputation for never hw hay shared anything with any N except after court actio and instead of or trying to to along with the proletariat poor people as communists communism mands he Is an snob And as far tar as u creep into our military system IB la c he has successfully Vout k V kout kout out of it through two wan ware I during the last lut one he woul even give benefit perform for servicemen He may be many tid but hes he's no communist The Washington an entirely different type guy but its it's equally ludia to label him a communist V R his material resources I his millions hed he'd be one of first lads to be bo liquidated vi w the commie squad started shooting Distributed by News Service |