BAN ON COMMUNISM

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 71, 25 March 1931, Page 11

BAN ON COMMUNISM

THE UNITED STATES

A DRASTIC PROGRAMME

(From "The Post's" Representative.)

NEW YOEK, 4th February.

The most unrepentant English Tory; could not hope for a more sweeping attack on Communism than is planned ia the United States. Eepresentative Fish, Chairman of the recent. National .Commission that investigated the activities of Communism in' every walk of life in the United States,. in his report to Congress, recommends legislation' ;to' stamp out the first and last vestige of Moscow propaganda.- ' • It is proposed:— ; (1) To enlarge the authority of the. Department of Justice to investigate revolutionary propaganda of. Communists. . '~'■.',..; (2) Prevent admission of Goniinunist*. and provide for immediate deportation. (3) Increase appropriations'for handling deportation cases. ' ::■ -.'. ' (4) Forbid naturalisation of Cqmiuunists. ...■■.■'•■ (5) Can&el United> States, citizenship already legally obtained by; Communists. * . ■..'.:. (0) Deny re-entry to'the United States of any alien who ■ has visited Russia to secure training in Communistic doctrines. • •. (7) Forbid the United States mail* to all newspapers, magazines, pamphlets, circulars, etc., advocating reyolutionary Communism. (8) Amend the Interstate Commerce Act to prohibit transport of Communist literature. (9) Prosecute Communists or other persons, organisations, newspapers,1 etc., in the spreading of false Tumours for the purpose of causing runs on banks. (Runs on several banks, some of which suspended payment, were traced, directly to Communist telephone messages and whispering campaign.) . ". . ; (10) Restriction or elimination of secret code or cipher with any Government with which the United States has no diplomatic relations, and its agencies. (This is aimed at the big Russiaa trading organisation in New York, known as Amtorg, which, in American official opinion, is directly carrying out Moscow official propaganda in the United States.) (11) That permission be requested of the Soviet that United States investigators examine Russian lumber camps to see whether the product exported to the United States is convict-produced or fabricated by forced labour} In default, prohibition of import of. lunrtei; from Russia. (12) A similar request to the abOTa in regard to the production, of <J€h'ei; articles and commodities in, Russia. (13) Prohibition of import of Russian manganese forthwith. . (14) That the Communist Party o.f the United States be declared illegal, and that each State be advised of its .revolutionary principles. :