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c ‘ ca a Ear ST ee ar a i ee Ae “How Dangerous Are U.S. Commies? ~" i We can measure gasoline by gallons, diamonds by ats and noise aby decibels. How measure danger? There ® way. - . The Commie apparatus in America haga 8-pronged attack: (1) It can propagandize against the government. ' and for itself. (2) It can try to overthrow the government. “ (3) It can epy on the government, , Propaganda has been tried. In the darkest bottom of. > the depression Communism made little headway even among the most distressed part of the population. Failing in that, there was no chance to overthrow the government. No danger that America can be converted to Com-- | munism. No danger Reds can overthrow the government. . “ Red spying? That is a present and a future danger, But No Spy Cases Canie Before the Court - ' In the recent cases the Court reversed, none snvolved { espionage. In the past, when Communist spies have been mvicted, the Court has never reversed the verdict, The? eath sentence in the Rosenberg case was an example. The’, ' (proof against them was clear. The verdict waa just. ‘The ;, wourt did not interfere. ; | -dythe recent cases upset by the Court; the defendants | Were accused of filing false affidavits, of preaching revolu- tion but not attempting revolution, ‘of questionable a880- | clations, of refusing to answer questions.< ~~ - a » A good many of theni admitted “propagating” Com 8 muniat ideas. ~ eg ee Phony ‘Ideas Are Not Criminal . ee Communist beliefs, to most of us, are « undesivabie dis- .. | tasteful and phony. But under the Bill of Rights it is not | . @ crime to hold unpopular mat and to express them. . 2 « When the Founders, many years ago in Our Town, *: Prcstwe th the right of free speech, it was a bold step—- i | use they lived dn a world where ‘oppression was the. L sea ae aCe ra bday, with half the world atill- oppressed, the Su- @ Court goes back to the basis of American liberty, F t says, in effect: We must not use the methods of Com. munism to fight Communism. We must be nust be bold, not fear wt _ i? ful WTS, wt Hows uamvincd Gina ae ny oe ee