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a eee ee oe cee eee BALTIMORE, SATU RDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1947 | | oe eee eee ssail | ~Wallace And Taft Assa Administration Policies, | ce ee A ae ee oe Former Charges ‘Campaign Of Terror’ By FBI; Latter Attacks ‘Planned Inflation’ ; ‘Henry A. Wallace and Senator Robert A. Taft (RL | Ohioj—westerday assailed policies of the Truman Ad- . ' ministration, the former Vice President charging the _FBI is conducting a Hitler-like “carpaigaof terror” against “liberal” Government employés and the Senator attacking what he called the Administration’s 3 policy of _ “planned inflation.” Wallace > WALL [BI TERROR’ DRIVE | By HOWARD ,WARD NORTON {Sun Staff Correspondent] Philadelphia, Sept. 19—Henry ‘Liberal’ U.S. Employes Waked At Night, Quizzed, He Says |; A. Wallace charged here tonight that the FBI is conducting a cam- paign of terror against ‘‘liberal” ‘Government employés that is “reminiscent of the early days of Adolf Hitler.” Warning an audience of more than 13,000 at Convention Hall that Americans are in danger of losing | their political, liberties, the former iVice President declared: “Qld friends and co-workers from my years in Washington report to me that agents of the FBI are con- ducting a campaign of terror un. equalled in our-history.” ‘Awakened At Night’ “They are. awakening liberal Government employés in the mid- Gle of the night and interrogating them at great length.” These actions are being kept quiet. he continued, : : _ “We must demand an end‘to this jlent reign of terror. We. must}j return to American principles.” Wallace accused President Tru- man of fostering war hysteria in orderirig the: immediate swearing in of James V. Forrestal as De- fense Secretary a week ahead of! schedule, He repeated the charge he m te last week in Madison Square den that Wall street and the are running the country. He it erated the threat to organize | They do not fear communism,” third party if the Democratic party lace Shouted. “They fear ot "or mocracy.” wip . ° a adopt pera! Prin- aiereticting it will be said is a ition e - _Mallace spoke tonight under the Fists by criticizing the inconsiéten- cy of policies at home and abroad, (Continued on Page 9, Column 2) ee By HOWARD. NORTON (Continued from Page 1) ania Chapter of the Progressive | | itizens of America. More than 9,000 tickets were sold | n advance, at prices ranging from 60 cents to $3.60.,The proceeds, after paying for the hall, will £0; into the P.C.A, political war chest.: Wallace talked on the eve of the departure from Philade!phia of the Freedom Train, which has been on exhibit here for the last three days. and he took as his. theme “The: Encroachments On Our Fundamen- tal Political Liberty.” . He charged that the “monopoly capitalists” are undermining civil, ,liberties at home+and abroad *“in ‘the name of stopping communism ‘and defending democracy.” “The Americans most dominated by Moscow dre the monopoly F capitalists and their agents in the Administration and the Congress,” Wallace said. . ‘They Fear Democracy’ ““Thsy are those who let any Rugsian action determine a coun- Ihe ction regardless of its violation lot | merican principles. ‘ the former Vice President added: THE BALTIMORE SUN, SEPT. g aia ——— A pret OE idalal | | ive, if ae EATION CONTAINED UNCLASSIFIED -* Shotit-we citar amatAstoa the at the tops bt the criti: Reopg) cism, but the criticized.” Wallace pointed a finger at Mr. Truman as one of the chief breed-' ers of war hysteria. bree peaking of the campaig to; ree ysteria,” he declared “q! know of no recent incident quit? as ol a g. 3 2 shocking to me as President fru- man's instructions from the hattle- ship Missouri that James Forrestal, be sworn in immediately as De-! fense Secretary because of an inter-! national emergency.” | ‘Method Of Breeding War’ Pointing out that the President’ refused to discuss the ‘“emer-: gency,” Wallace continued: i “I insist that if there is a genuine’ emergency the people have the| right to an explanation. { “If there ‘is no emergency, this: actién rates as the very lowest method of breeding fear. “It is not a technique which will melt Russian stubbornness. It will certainly not endear us to peace- loting people anywhere in the world.” . [Editor's Note—The dispatch m which disclosed President Tru- ‘man’s order for the swearing in of ete new Secretary of Defense made no mention of the word “emer-, gency.” Mr. Truman’s reason for, athe act was said to he the “general ¥ international - situation.” ] Wallace predicted that another depression is now “almost in-, ’ evitable.” — i To avoid it or cushion its effects.! he said. “we must return to the) (necessary nuisance of rationing.” He urged his audience to send RT TT ‘copies of their grocery bills to the . White House to held the President underStand the simple “bread-and-~ butter issue that is troubling Tost | Americans.” Assails Congress: _ He accused Cofgress of failing: to attack any fundamental prob- lems in the past session. . “It contented itself with framing. measures to sap the strength of} the trade-unions, to. weaken rent| controls and to appropriate billions to the arm y and Navy, * he said. “An warn you,” he continued, i “that the threatening depression cart can mean war. Frightened and 4) Z greedy men, fearing the chaos phe domestic depression, doubting, < ability’ to have full productio a7 full employment in peace. drive us to war on the sli ee peras “It wilPmot be a war of wed ldo but a war for the salvation of pos, trenched greed.” 1947, PAGE 1 qd? 4 da EMBER £0,