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Show 1 Bruckarts Washington Digest Investigation of Activities in U. S. Bearing Fruit Un-Americ- Tot Will Enjoy I,ei Antarctic Snow Cruiser Goes for Trial Spin Three-Piec- e Knit Sul WHOS an as luA NEWS Gives New Perspective on Foreign Influences at Work In Our Midst ; Shows How Our Citizens Are Used To Promote Ends of Dictatorship. .rid THIS 3fR0 J M orli D WEEK aunts tins a! Irenes By WILLIAM BRUCKART BNU Service, National Press Bldg., Washington, D. C. and sometimes wearisome, .investigation by the special house committee on activities, headed by Rep Martin Dies of Texas, has begun to bear fruit. It is not yet clear whether all of the fruit will be good But there surely is reason to believe that, even with some of that fruit slightly decayed, a great deal has been accomplished that will be helpful in retaining America for Americans. I have a feeling that when the committees work finally is brought to a close, most of us will have a new perspective on the foreign influences that have been at work in our midst We will know more about the "isms that have been transported to our shores and spread among us under organization names that are designed wholly to conceal the purposes of a controlling clique which gains its strength and its money, to a considerable extent, from foreign lands. For another thing, it Is now evident that whatever else the Dies committee has done, it has disclosed how thoroughly easy it is for a few scheming foreigners to feed upon American resources and use our citizens to promote the ends of dictatorship Moreover, the testimony thus far taken has shown how these weasels operate, the methods they use The testimony has brought out the fact again that one of the simplest things m the world is io "organize Americans. Some vague promises, delivered with oratorical fervor; citation of some wrongs and theories for correcting them, stated only in generalities, and a group of active organizers, working for pay that is what you have to have to "organize In the United States. And the tragedy of it is that thousands of individuals will part with coin "for this great movement, or that one, without knowing that the leaders are using the membership only for whatever crooked purposes will serve their own interests. WASHINGTON. The long, ordinary horse sense ought to have shown him and his committee that only a comparatively small number It of those people were "guilty. would have been so easy to have rooted out the real crooks and r.o one could have had sympathy for them. But the others were just victims and ought to have been treated British Disasters Bring Check on fense against and Naval Plans planes marines as dissub-O- Thousands of persons gathered in Chicagos Grant park recently to view the snow cruiser, a huge glacial huge dreadnaught built for Admiral Richard E. Byrds expedition to the Antarctic. In an experimental trip the feet long, the gigantic machine is built to carry wheels. Fifty-fiv- e Ice buggy traveled 15 miles per hour on its an airplane on its top. Steering levers control the wheels in pairs, although any one wheel may be turned separately. Two 150 horsepower Diesel motors supply power for the cruiser. 10-fo-ot May Head Englands Rightful German Government But how did the Russian "Comintern operate to get into these various organizations and promote its nefarious schemes toward world revolution in a intelligent race of people here The processes, according to the testimony by Browder and others before the committee, were very simple. The American Communist party sends delegates to the Communist Internationale in Moscow. Decisions are made by the Moscow Browder explained that the group delegates came back with these decisions and policies but he described them as 'only "voluntary agreements" between the Americans and Russians. The Americans were not "compelled to observe the Russian-mad- e rules or followRussian-mad- e orders, according to Browder. But the in this country was squeezed into a corner by committee questions and finally exActivities of Nazis and plained that it was "customary for of the party to Communists in U. S. Revealed American memberswith the group "part company" The committee has been attacked, when they failed or refused to agree threatened. Even President Roose- with the imported schemes. And velt characterized some of its operthus voluntary action was forced acations as a "a sordid procedure." tion, directed from Moscow, as far Members of the groups whose his- as I can understand words. tory and purposes have been laid American "Fuehrer" Kuhn, of the bare have shouted their heads oS German-America- n bund, appears to " and about "unfairness, "injustice have had something of the same But I repeat, the Dies committee has system. lie nevertheless insisted served a useful purpose and the before the committee that his orthe that should remember public ganization had no connection with stuck pig squeals the loudest. the Nazi party leaders and was not Let us look back over the rec-Lrguided in any way by them. This It shows that the "German-Americastatement was made despite testia tool of the Bund" is mony, some from Kuhn, himself Nazi leadtrs, if not directly of the that he had many close contacts in German government. It shows that Berlin and that he had made reand are op- cent visits to communists have been Hitler. Adolph erating m countless "cells in the There has been considerable susUnited States, and because of the record A e committee made, Earl picion that both Browder and Kuhn have many men and women in their Browder, the boss communist in the United Slates, is under indictment organization who can be described as racketeers. That is to charged with having forged pass- only have numerous "workers" say, who ports that enabled him to make they are fully aware of the general purto the Russia without frequent trips poses but who are willing to engage facts being known. It shows also In the "movement solely because that there are numerous organizawell paying jobs within tions in this country which are sim- they have the ranks which, in my opinion, ply the catspaw of the communist rates them as completely dirty party of Russia. crooks It appears there is more scandal, more evidence of violation of law, Confidential Information yet to come. Largely, because of the Available to Foreigners committees's exposures there probBut to get back to the Dies comably will be prosecutions of various mittee list of alleged communists, foreigners or officials of American organizations because or fellow travelers, within the govthey have failed to comply with our ernment itself Those of us who law. They have not registered with have beenjn constant contact with the department of state showing individuals in various official capactheir connections with foreign gov- ities recognize the dangers that are I, for inherent in their situations ernments or foreign groups. In addition to all of these, the one, am genuinely fearful of them. committee has made a ghastly ex- Any government worker comes into of highpose of commun sts within the of- possession of vast quantities information. confidential It is inly own of our fices government. It belongs to you and published the names of 5G3 persons, formation that on the government payroll, who are to me and to others, because we members of the American League are compelled by law to supply to for Peace and Democracy, with the the government all records and facts assertion that part of them, at least, which the government seeks were avowed communists. It Is not information that belongs to any one government employee or Publication of Names offici il and that person has no right to use it or disclose it to ethers, ex Considered Grave Mistake cept as the laws require. of offPubl cation the list stated I bilievc, thiri fore, it does not icial Washington. It was an action that was undoubtedly a grave mis-- t tike a vivid imagination to see how ike. became anyone can examine such inhumation can be used dethe list and find "victims of the structively by one nf the rats who racketeering organizers persons secretly owes allegiance to the Sowho wire misled, persons who bo-- 1 viet or the Nazis or to the Fascists, Amerua long has evtd they were serving a sincerely of Ialy i ,e M iny of them are purpose. upon faith If that faith is 1 l.cly to lose thur jobs in the gov-e- t breaihid between individuals, our nment minor cleiks, mcssenpi rs, liws and our courts are available ste nogra) he is because of their alfir correction, for d images, f ir enii pi d connection But what. I with an outfit forcing nt of rights whose motives, unknown to most of ask, are anv of us going to do whin, the members, wire designed to de- within the offices of the government list If. thire ate concralid men and stroy our form of government It was about this action that Pres-ldm- t womin who descend below the level Raise vc It spoke, although it of common thieves and secretly sup has bei n known fir months that he ply facts about our nation to for bad little rispeet for the Dies com- eigners whose purpose is to destiov mittee program. Chairman Dies un- US Who knows but thit this sort doubtedly deserves censure for pub- of thing goes on within our army lication of the entire hot. Common, and our nivy? i Volunteer Aerial Musketeers Don Fighting Togs ! i ? i 1 i t jvfd oi j jrov closed by British disasters. So far as we can learn, there are in impending some possible changes and check a and general personnel, overhauling of work on new ships to date, but nothing revolutionary. It is indicated that there will be intensive studies and training in coordination of shins, planes and sub- marines. At the highest peak of American naval construction in peace- with Pattern jl 192 6312 nca Mother or big sister! Knit three-piece- r. Its mainly m inette stitch and the skirt is lad ted to give the effect of pieatsk It s a suit that gives smart af year-roun- d wear. Pattern iliers S ged s't contains instructions for make the suit in 6, 8 and see illustrations of it and of stitcnes materials needed. To obtain this pattern send , cents in coins to The Sewing Ce cle, Household Arts Dept., 253 GEN. DANIEL VAN assigned to the supreme command in the Panama Canal Zone, is an officer up from the ranks MAJ. has been Our Gold Guard.who entrusted with Now Gets Canal many critically 14th St., New York, N. Y. Please write your name, ac dress and pattern number pla.nl- whos p, se and tonai team, Car is ate non ar time history. Rear Admiral Alexander Hamilton Van Keuren is made chief of the bureau of construction and repair. That puts him right in the wheel-houof the navy efficiency drive, as this is the bureau for fighting ships, and it bears the responsibility for their being sound and fit, structurally and in design. Defects have been found, and are being remecruis died in several 10,000-to- n ers. Admiral Van Keuren, a navy technician for 36 years, is one of the most highly rated specialists in naval construction. He smokes a drop-steinpipe, carries on easily and formally, and marshals engineering data with a precise mastery of detail. His previous post has been that of Industrial manager at the Philadelphia navy yard. He is a dependable safeguard against pitted or pithy armor plate, such as we heard of years ago. He is a native of Michigan, graduated from Annapolis in 1903. His predecessor in the bureau. Rear Admiral W. G. Du Bose, becomes commander of the new model basin at Carderock, Md. I the s infs ootball does .there F -- Jy te ca - Strange Facts Odd Court Rulings Freaks for Speed, Minnous, Whales ! During recent years, cour j ; law in various states have he that railroad cars are build up asses are cattle, bicycles are an mals, dentists are mechanic: death by lynching is an acc den and baseball is labor, not a gac or sport. Even the Supreme con of the United States ruled in that the airplane is not a seif p pelled vehicle. Many characters in animate movie cartoons are drawn w only three fingers and a thumr each hand because the omis$ is rarely observed and saves doi siderable time and labor. The chief feature of a sports festival m Germany w chariot race in which motorejeli took the place of horses. Eac quartet of riderless cycles ws held upright and apart from ft ban 10 another by crossbars and stew been i from the chariot by rems atta fccj "ams. to their handle bars. The seeds of some flowers, sn as certain species of petunias begonias, sell for 10 or more t m' their weight m gold. .Tiring There are approximately five submarines in commission in ti never navies of the world today, range player. in size from the giant Fra: Mime t "Surcouf with a surface displac plajer ment of 2,830 tons down to the of ti tie Finnish "Saukko of onlj lit pi tons. Colliers, rating, the past among them the guardianship of the bulk of the nations $17,' 000,000,000 gold reserve, at Fort Knox, Ky. The fact of his selection is evidence of the crucial importance of the canal defenses, in the eyes of the high command. From Zanesville, Ohio, he enlisted in the Tenth Pennsylvania infantry in 1898 and won a commission as second lieutenant in the Philippine insurrection. He is the army specialist in mechanized defense and attack, and just now the canal is a concentration of swift mechanization. Useless Wisdom In the World war, he was ft at Brest, and holds the If wisdom were offered me Service medal, condition that I should keen Distinguished the Navy Cross, the Silver Star close and not communicate it and the Legion of Honor decorawould refuse the gift. Seneca. t n t brings college .back tl ur m d I tint P acid-testi- Should Great Britain set up a "rightful German government (similar to the Polish government now seated in Paris) as is rumored internationally, these three men would undoubtedly head it. They are: Dr. Rudolf Breitscheid, left, former social democrat, who would be foreign minister; Dr. Hermann Rauschning, Nazi president of the Danzig senate, who would be chancellor, and Dr. Joseph Wirth, right, center, one-tiformer German chancellor, who would be finance minister. The three men are all exiles from Germany. The rumor adds that Britain would loan the "government 2,000,000 pounds sterling to .defray expenses. estgn . se Operations Are Directed From Moscow and Berlin 01 jfUy duced by new probiems of de- - as such. In other words, this bad mistake by the Dies committee has done much to nullify the good it has done, otheiwise. I am hopeful that the department of justice will be forced into the position where the real leaders, behind the scenes, will be kicked out of their government jobs from which they have been promoting destruction. But leniency is called for with respect to those other stupid, but sincere, individuals who make up the majority of the list. Their only blame is that they were so gullible that they did not attempt to find out who was behind the "great movement. colle This department YORK. lN flushes a swarm of rumors about drastic changes in our naval building plans, said to have been X JEW rat-eye- t pubh By LEMUEL F. PARTON d , 1 chicf-of-sta- e in hers ai t pieke a proci of ase anee of is wi ente tions. Tl is Former British and American championship golfer, Pam Barton, now docs all her driving from behind the wheel of an ambulance. With thousands of British women, Pam volunteered for ambulance service and is now in training. TN HIS new book, "The Defense of 1 Britain, Capt. Liddell Hart, the British military expert, says, "Our chief risk of losing a war lies in try- to win the Britain , s Danger ing war His gen. Is in Trying to eral finding is " Revealing Death Men may live fools, but they cannot die. Young. Bound for an observation flight over enemy territory, these three British musketeers of the air head for their bombing plane. Equipment includes oxygen masks, telephone apparatus, parachutes and machine In to addition the guns. gunners, the plane carries a pilot, and photographer. Convicted Pastor Fights for Life supported In the style to which it has been accustomed, and observes that "War will only be ended when the power-lustinnations recognize its futility. The growing power of modem defense is bringing that prospect in sight. In his preceding book, "Europe In f k col t"d s most It s ber OUk- JUST A Dash male. in feathers - BUCK liAMC 60 MUCH "fe e that by m WTO hrg( All It er te HOTEL mn (itch Hi wha Sate S H "er i Hi Fears that Ham J Rev. Balter Dworeikl, Camden, N. J., preacher, sentenced to die In former grand mufti of Jeru- the electric chair, is gelling another chance to prove lus innocence. The salem who recently escaped from pastor will appeal his sentence, given him when he was found guilty of h new a start the of his murder exile, may plotting daughter, Banda, who was slam by a stranterrorist campaign were expressed gle r who testified Dworeokl hired him to commit the crime. He is shown by government officials. The mufti, receiving a final embrace from his daughter, Mildred. The appeal autoli vv it! Iraq, is held responsible for matically postponed the execution dale, originally scheoulid for the week the Arabs campaign of terrorism. of November 12. Amin I I Ilusse-In- i, anti-Biitls- ' Feature WMJ Servlc I nlial f A ec ( pfl 'sted t Jl A this ho s 'are i rtfui panding torrent sjstem, and his reputation was well on its way before the war ended. He has scolded many of the main panjandrums of the big war, in the post-wa- r years, apparently with public approval, judging from the sale of his books He was a war buddy of Lawrence of Arabia and insisted tiiat this human cryptogram knew more about war than all the genitals put together (Consolidatid dop mall e 't of wi though they grow It d menacingly. they took him into their counsils. He invented a lot of new trhk plans, iniluding the "inilirei t approach and the "ex- V ea. "s Salt Lakes NEWEST captain and a war correspondent, he gave the generals a lacing to the limit of the censorship, and, al- pro-ctodi- d li the In the Borld war, a stripling just out of Cambridge, a 1 C a consultant. If tin s g Arms, published in August, 1937, he thought there was hope of war in the limitations of theending military mind. Fat headed generals would cling to gaudy mass attack and make war so stupid and ridiculous that anybody surviving would just forget it. But the trouble with a war expert is that you cant bottle him up, and other nations in the past have used him as a military relea wrenc modern Win, Says Hart war cannot be co-pil- ot Flees Exile Dr. Fierce's Favorite Presoriptior romis tonic which has been helping wn be kn Ai of all ages for nearly 70 years. t writ I 'is, mg Hotel TEMPLE SQUARE Opposite Mormon Highly kecomminm-1Rates $1 50 fo $3 00 Its mark of distinction f i tW at tins beautiful nsJeiT RUNES r C. kOSslU -SGw- , lll nali and (ill ha hs n I Ul |