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ALTIMORE,- ‘SATU RDAY, SEPTEMBER. 20, 1947 Wallace And TaftAssail Administration: Policies Former Charges Campaign Of Terror’ By FBI; Latter Attacks ‘Planned. Inflation’ attacking what he called the “planned inflation.” , Wallace a “By HOWARD WARD NORTON [Sun Staff Correspondent] Philadelphia, Sept. 19-—Henry A. Wallace. charged here tonight. v |paign - of:: terror against ‘Yiberal” . :Government employés that is “reminiscent of the early days of]. Adolf Hitler.” . , i Warning-an audience of. more | rea 13,000 at Convention Hall that | Aniericans % ‘are in danger of losing! their political, liberties, the former | iVice: President- declared: “Old friends and co-workers from’ my: years: in Washington report to me: “that ‘agents ‘of the FBI are con- ducting” ‘aeampaign of terror un- qualled j in our-history.” “Awakened: At Night’ “They are . awakening liberal | Govérhment employés in. the mid- Gle\ 6f the: night and interrogating them at ‘great. length. ” These actions are being kept quiet, he continued. “We must demand an end’to this | silent reign of terror. We- must | return to American principles.” Wallace accused President Tru- man of fostering war hysteria in. ordering the immediate swe aring in ‘of James V. Forrestal as De- fense Secretary a .week ahead of schedule. . He repeated the charge he mide last. wéek: in Madison Square (ar- den that Wall street and the Aimy are running the country. He it- erathd the threat to organize a thir party if the Democratic party refiges to adopt “liberal” prin- ciplgs. = . Wallace spoke fonight under the auspices of the Eastern Pennsyl-. (Continued on on Page 9, Column 2)! rep that the FBI is conducting: a cam-'“{ jheral’ - Henry “A. Wallace and Senator Robert A. Taft (R., Ohioj—gesterday assailed policies of the Truman Ad- ministration, the former Vice President charging the _FBI is conducting a Hitler-like “campaign-of terror” against “liberal” Government- Administration’ s policy of WALLACE CHARGES VBI ‘TERROR’ DRIVE U.S. Emp oyes Waked At Night, Quizzed, He Says By HOWARD NORTON (Continued from Page 1) vania Chapter of the Progressive Citizens of America. — More than 9,000 tickets were sold ' in advance, at prices ranging from 60 cents to $3.60.,The proceeds, after paying for the hall, will go into the P.C.A. political war chest. Wallace talked on the eve of the departure from Philadelphia 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” liberties at home’ arid’ abroad “i the name of stopping communism ‘and defending democracy.” “The Americans most dominated by Moscow dre the monopoly sapitalists and their agents in the Administration and the Congress,” Wallace said. ‘They Fear Democracy’ “Thay are those who let any Russian action determine. a coun- terfiction regardless of its violation of fAmerican principles. , ‘They do not fear communism,” Wallace shouted, “They fear mocracy.’ Predicting it will be said he is giving ammunition to the Co imu- nists by criticizing the inconsiéten- cy of policies at home and abroad. the former Vice President added: sroepppennt tr i iyo ST, are undermining ci : employés-and the. Senator |. wi oR OE a p—_ ne cee oy} ewan Sat wee ' w CONTAINED ASSIFIED Wy 11 6/3 pt B&LFO . NEL ~ SLeateiteive ating hab istbOd jiu the sth they top bt the | criti- cism, but the criticized.” Wallace poi hon a finger at Mr. Truman as one of the chief breed-, ers of war hysteria. peeepeanins of the campaign to! reed ‘hysteria,’ he declaredf ‘I’ know of no recent incident quite as| Ra V32D shocking to me as President Yru- man’s instructions from the battle- 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- gericy,” Wallace continued: “T insist that if there is a genuine’ emergency the people -have the} right to an explanation. “If there is no emergency, this action ‘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- loving -people anywhere in the world.” , [Editor’s Note—The dispatch iwhich disclosed President’ Tru- | man’s order for the swearing ‘in of the new Secretary of Defense made no mention of the word “emer-, gency.” Mr. Truman's reason. for, the act was said to he the “general international -situation.”"] — Wallace predicted that another depression is now “almost in. evitable.” : To avoid it or cushion its effects. | he said. “we must return to the | necessary nuisance of rationing.” | He urged his audience to send’ ‘copies of their grocery bills to the , White House to held the President ‘understand the simple “bread-and- butter issue that is troubling most 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 ito the Army and Navy,” he said. “And I warn you,” he continued, “that the threatening depression | can mean war. Frightened and! greedy men, fearing the chaos fof |domestic depression, doubting dr, ability’ to have full productionf ahd “er {ull employment in peace, {imay. drive us to war on the sli test vas ‘insa ahod pr , & “It wilenot be a war of fre do but a war for the salvation of i trenched greed.”