Show ECONOMIC highlights that affect the future of lvery every individual national ind and a I 1 tents lems inseparable front local welfare the T e problem of whether in ili a free fice society we should niage mem barship in in the community comm unit st party illegal clearly involves involved deep questions of principal many non om coni ts feel that it would i tal lish ish a pic of great potential danger many others foil io strongly that communism at honic home is is as great gloat a i menace as glisn abroad and cannot be tolerate d an extremely interesting cor coll trib ution to tills this controversy lias has been provided by justice flobell 11 II jackson of tile the supreme court louit it is is found in in an opinion w ittel by y him in in a test caso case before the court concerning the constitutional validity of that provision of the tait aalt hartley act which requires that th it officers of if a labor laboi union union file an affidavit that they arc aie no members of the party part mi air jack jackson opened d hi 0 ofir i n i ion with these thebe words if tlc tl alc e statute lieffie us required labor laboi union union officers to forswear meah asli i p in in tile the Ite republican publican party the demo cratie party or the socialist par baity ty I 1 suppose all agree that it would he be unconstitutional hut but why if it it is is valid as to the communist party baity 7 the iho answer for foi me is is in in the decisive differences differ encee between tile the communist om party and every other party of any importance in in the long experience c peri ence of the united states with party government the justice then went on to point out five distinguishing character of the communist party which 1 place I 1 ae e it in in a unique position in each case he elaborated at length on these points which in very brief form aim me are as follows 1 tile the poal goal of the communist anity is is to seize seize powers of government by and for it a minority rather than to acquire power powei through the vote oto of a free fice electorate itt 2 tile the communist party alone among Anie rican parties past or 01 present is is dominated and controlled conti oiled by a foreign government 1 violent and undemocratic means are the calculated and indis pen sable methods to attain the communist bartys goal 1 t alie tile communist party has sought to gain this leverage and told on the american population by acquiring acquit ing control of the labor movement 1 I every member of the communist party is an agent to execute the communist program I 1 mr jackson of course was dealing with a specific provision of one law not with the proposition of whether tile the communist party could be 10 declared declai ed illegal however the points he laid down are in general those which have caused many thou thoughtful g it fit I 1 P people c ople to conclude that american communism with its foreign allegiances is too great a danger to the nation to be permitted to exist tile the evidence is now overwhelming that eliat its sole purpose is to destroy this government and that the kremlin calls the tutie tune to which it lances dances |