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916 UN-AMERICAN PROPAGANDA ACTIVITIES Mr. Tuomas. My point is, that we are taking the same step ig ’ this country that they took in some of those other countriea, aad think the public should know it. The Cuamman. That is wandering Mr. Tuomas. I believe such steps are un-American, and I ghoglg | like to hear the answer to the question. Mr. Srarnes. I think the question in its present form is improper, because it is entirely too general. If you want to name names— Mr. THomas (interposing). All right; I will name names. Mr. Srarves. And specifie acts—— Mr. Tomas. I will name specific acts. Mr. Starnes. It will be a different proposition, of course; and then I think the committee should pass upon the wisdom of wd uestion. The committee does not want to lay itself open to th charge that it is injecting partisanship into its hearings. Mr. Taomas. I agree with that, Mr, Chairman; but inasmuch » you have asked me to name names and specific acts, I wili do 90. Mr. Starnes. I said if you did name names and specific acts, would present it in a different light, and then the committee could on it, as to whether it is in line with our inquiry. Mr. Tuomas. Ali right; let me word i Mr. Matthews, do you not think that the many steps taken by of Government in the last few years, such as the recommendations of te Suppeieedsaurt packing bill and the reorganization bill—and the are two specine cases—which have been made, do not constitute prelude to dictatorship in this country? Mr, Starnes. I think that question is entirely improper. It is the judgment of the Chair—and if the committee wants to overrule & that is their province—that it is injecting partisanship into the hearing. The Cuarrman. The Chair is entirely correct in that, and the chairman agrees entirely in the ruling. Mr. Starnes. If the gentleman wishes to overrule the Chair, is at liberty to do so. ’ Mr. Tuom’s. No; I have not got a chance. Mr. Srarnes. All right; proceed. Mr. Marruews. Point No. 2: In understanding the work of tle Communist,Party’s united front, it is necessary to distinguish beiwes maneuvep’and principle, between transitional slogans and ultumel objectives, he principle to which communism has always adhered and sil adheres is “the dictatorship of the proletariat.”. The current mat far afield, that pes e question iz way. 4 tact? fF. ry tné (WEStiON i a cierent Lhe Current fae ver adopted by the Communist Party is to speak everywhere, in saat and out of season, of the need to “defend democracy.’ — _Or again, the principle which is unalterable in communism is Chad — ney taka tha offonciva gainst the ba sinla a 7 FIGIENCEe, if which Communists tanks Th GILeNsive aPainst geois, is necessary for the setting up of the dictatorship of te proletariat. ; ; And I can buttress that by endless quotations from the Jiteratum The current maneuver of the Communist Party is to try to impees 2 ge ee aadeaee Fe SERERUUTaist Eat the gullible with the belief that the party is in favor of wholly past ful methods of bringing communism. UN-AMERICAN PROPAGANDA ACTIVITIES Or again, the principle, stated again and again in Communist tare, is that the so-called reformist trade-unions musi be e1 dsroyed. The current maneuver of the Communist Party is to sealant eco came tracanni +h AID OO OPER LE at mind a deep and genuine interest in building up Georgi Dimitroff, in his much-publicized speech at the S World Congress of the Communist International, explicitly sitention to the need for what he described as “transitional slog: propaganda devices to he used in the period preceding the dictat of the proletariat. “The defense of democracy,” “Peace,” “The of fellowship extended to Catholic brothers,” and “Building the anions,” are all transitional slogans which, it is assumed, are disearded when the moment arrives to seek openly the attainm smmunism’s objectives. Third. Lenin said: “Our task is to utilize every manifestat discontent, and to collect and utilize every grain of even rudim protest.” The united front is communism’s method + apit: spon any current discontent, no matter how slight o1 .dim if there is current sentiment for peace as ordinary folk unde the word, it is the business of the Communist Party to utiliz entiment for its own ultimate objectives. If there is current ¢ in tiw economic affairs of the country, it is the business of the munist Party to utilize that distress for its own ulterior pu If there is even rudimentary protest against the curtailment bberties anywhere (outside the Soviet Union), it is the busi whe 7 anict Darty t ide ths Communist Party to organize and utilize that protest for ng up itsown movement. All this is the major strategy in the munist science of revolution. It can be stated, I think, without fear of successful contrac that the Communist Party had no interest in peace, or job se e civil liberties, as most. Americans understand these things. wre simply the temporary ideas and ideals which the Com Party utilizes for its objective of bringing class war, almost un mecurity, and the complete abolition of civil liberties. Fourth point. Tt is relatively easy to identify the profe snited fronters or stooges who are doing the cover-up ~ork - Communist Party in the united-front maneuvers. per thia class is almost certain to bob up at a nemit> oi places "hole maneuver-—as I have shown you, I bobbet" up in 20 myself, and no intelligent American could possibly be excuse: knowing that IJ was functioning as a united-front leader j mimunist Party. sake, Tor example, Mr. William P. Mangold, who is one editors of the New Republic. . The Cuainsran. Is he the one who visited Spain not long ag Mr. Marruews. Yes, sir. y ‘ The Crarmean, Thad he represenc nimse tngressional mission ? Mr. Marrnews. I do not know. He went to Spain on be the North American Committee to Aid Spansh Democracy, » a Communist. united-front organization. He then came bac ome of you will recall, perhaps, that he went around the Hoi Senate Office Buildings and signed up 60 Congressmen and Sates Senators to a statement to send greetings to the I ernment of Spain.