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Show News Jx by PaulMmlon j' Released by Western Newspaper Union. OPEN LETTER TO NEW DIES COMMITTEE Washington, D. C. Hon. Karl Mundt, Member House Committee to Investigate Un-American Activities: Dear Mr. Mundt: You have asked me, among others, to give you some recommendations recom-mendations as to the scope and standard of your proposed investigation investiga-tion of un-American activities. Well, there are un-American activities in the United States as the newspapers and the patriotic organizations or-ganizations have frequently noted and more than have been noted. It seems to me the Dies committee com-mittee only scratched the surface sur-face of them, and provided our people with what really amounted amount-ed only to a suspicion of them rather than a thorough and complete com-plete understanding of methods and operations. For a rather obvious example, no one, not even American labor leaders, lead-ers, has an accurate, agreed knowledge knowl-edge today of the extent to which communists have influenced and continue to influence the American labor movement At the recent CIO convention in Chicago, I noticed the known communists com-munists were held quietly in the background; at least when the pictures pic-tures were taken they were. ' But how much headway did their intentions gain in the decisions made by the convention? To what extent was their influence reflected in the decisions of the convention? How many are there in CIO? How do they work? Get at Real Bottom. The AFL and other non-CIO union leaders have denounced communism. com-munism. It would seem from the CIO pretenses and the AFL stand that labor leaders themselves might be interested in going right to the bottom of the matter at long last, not for political reasons or from a standpoint of raising a counter propaganda but for finding out definitely defi-nitely what the facts are. In short, the committee might well drop both the whitewash brush and the red paint brush in favor of a judicial and complete com-plete search for all the facts. To what extent are racial sores being rubbed in this nation for un-American un-American purposes? So far we have been moving along the line of making mak-ing corrections of claimed injustices and this of course is only right and fair. But it cannot be forgotten that the basic original scheme of the communist, com-munist, and I think most other revolutionary revo-lutionary ideologies which have worked their way into this country from abroad, is to quietly foment racial uprisings, and to play always toward developing racial competition. competi-tion. Psychologically we are at a disadvantage with foreign revolutionaries revo-lutionaries in these and similar public matters covering the whole of diplomacy and politics. We operate openly and above board, discuss all our ills in public. Anti-American as well as all foreign for-eign interests well know this and join our discussions, not necessarily neces-sarily openly, (for this would defeat their purpose) but in subtle ways to influence our judgment. Our plays, movies, Literature and art have seemed to me often to reflect these propaganda . subtleties, playing adroitly upon the political emotions of our people, taking advantage of their democratic feelings. Deep-Rooted Schemes. Without any direct knowledge, but judging only from the results I see, I would say there is evidence of many deep-rooted schemes developed de-veloped through many years in many ways to play upon our heartstrings heart-strings for un-American interests. 1 Now if the postwar world is going to be what Mr. Roosevelt is planning plan-ning that it should be, so much the more must we need to know the whole truth about these hidden streams of influence. The totalitarian way of life Is not going to be extinguished by this war. Attempts to influence American judgment are not going go-ing to stop with the peace. These streams will not be dried up by the treaty. The totalitarians do not operate openly and above board, do not let their people weigh two sides or more of any matter. Sincerely, PAUL MALLON. You would think that un-American activities would be the first sub- ' ject congress would want to investi- ' gate in war times, but the Dies' investigation, largely of the communists com-munists and their activity within the CIO and New Deal, had been so bit-I bit-I terly opposed, that the idea even of i a new fair investigation seems to have become repugnant to those forces, fresh from what they considered con-sidered an election victory. Rankin, however, forced a roll call , In which the names of those voting j tfould be known to their constituents. |