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Show LABOR VS . . COMMUNISM COl\fl\IUNIS1\:1 COl fl IUNIS1 :1 1 \ \ \ : . I II I No immediate menace of communism conununism threatens the UniteStates United UnitedStates UnitedStates States , in the opinion of Congressman Fish of New York , 'hair hair chair- chair chairman { ' chaiiman . - man of the House committee whichInvestigated which investigated activities of ofcommumsts ofcommunists ccommunists commumsts communists in this countiy counily country . He states , however , that it is in'portant inportant 1m Im- Im Important ' . - pOl.tant pOltant portant . for the government to keep informed mformed conceimng concelnmg conceining what the theReds theReds thReds Reds are doing , so as to be piepaied plepaled to meet any situation sltu tIon whicmay W111Ch which W111Chmay whichmay ] may arise . In a recent speech Mr 1\ir 1 ir \ . Fish took occasion to pay a tribute of ofpraise ofpraise opraise praise to American labor leaders and members of labor unions totheir for fortheir fortheir their stand on communism . He said : "The The " most potent force against the extension of revolutIonary revolutIonarycommunism revolutionarycommunism revolutionarycommunism communism in the United States is the American Fedeiation Fedelation oLabor of ofLabor ofLabor Labor , and the patriotic l leadership 1dership of both Samuel Gompers and andVllham andWilliam an anWilliam < " \ William \Vllham Vllham Green has stood boldly against the attempts of commun- commun communIsts communists communists - - Ists to undermine undermme the faith of our wage-earners wage earners - - in our form o of ofgovernment ofgovernment : government and in our il fiee ee institutions mstItutIons . The entire AmericaTl American AmericaTlpeople Americarpeople people owe a debt of gratitude to the American Federation FcderatioTl t.Labor tLabor c ( cL cLabor L . ; I ' ILabor Labor for not compromising compromlsmg with communism and for waging a J . jielentless .1 1 i . e- e elentless elentless - lentless war against agamst it wherever it shows its vicious and disloyalfangs dIsloyal dIsloyalfangs disloyafangs fangs . " While communists in the United States are relatively fe-wthey fe wthey few fewthey fewthey - they are very active , and lose no opportunity to foster class hatred hatredwith , wIth the object of ultimately fomenting fomentmg a civil war wheieby wheleby whereby thehope they theyhope theyhope } hope to destroy our foirn form fOl m of government . In this they ' will 'will hardly succeed , but they can make a lot of oftrouble oftrouble ojtrouble trouble and for that leason reason should be closely watched . |