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| 9. WORLD CQMUtJNISM to world opinion, dared to rebel, he was confined to his house. later Tito announced his "resignation." (For documentation on the Balkans, cf. Leon Dennen, Trouble Zone, N.Y., Ziff-Davis.) Greece has not yet been'taken over by the Communists, but only British intervention prevented a repetition of the bloody fatherland fronts. In Salonika alone, 5000 persons were liquidated by Elas in three weeks. In the civil war, thousands of hostages were shot, and thousands more perished from cold and hunger in the long trek through the mountains. In contrast to the Balkan practice elsewhere, when the British installed a regent, they promised and are prepared to hold under Allied supervision, really free elections. Only the Soviet Union will abstain from supervising these elections, since it does not T.lsh to interfere in the internal affairs of other nations. In each of these situations, the American Communist Party has supported the Soviet position. The most glaringly successful example of shrewd propa- ganda and American gullibility was the case of Greece. Subsequent impartial investigation established the facts mentioned above, yet in both Britain and the United States the storm against intervention was torrential. When Sir Walter Citrine and other British labor unionists who had clamored loudest .against Churchill visited Greece, they substantiated the Prime Minister's position completely. Most depressing was the finding that newspaper men covered the fighting from the security of their rooms in the Hotel Grande Bretagne, sending out Communist propaganda without independent investigation. (Time. Feb. 19, 1945, p. 41) In the United States, all the Communist fronts and dupes joined in the hue and cry. The Catholic publication, Wage Earner, discovered that the literature to be distributed at the Wayne County Industrial Council meeting had been printed before the outbreak took place. Among the foreign language publications supporting the Communist view- point and directed towards readers of Balkan extraction are: Bulgarian, Narodna Volya; possibly Rabotnicheska Prosveta; Czechoslovakian, Nova Doba, L'Uodovy •Dennik, and Pravda; possibly Vek Rozumu; Greek, Hellenoamerikanikon Vima; Hungarian, Magyar Jovo; Rumanian, Romanul American; possibly Foaia Poporului; and Yugoslav, Narodni Glasnik and Slobdna Rec. The most prominent front organizations are the American Slav Congress, American Committee for Yugoslav Relief, and the United Council of South Slavic Americans. The leaders of this group include: Leo Krzycki, Louis Adamic, Zlato Balokovic, George Pirinsky, and Steve Krall. All are quite close to Avram (Al) Landy, who directs foreign language group infiltration for the Communist Party. Also important is the American Rumanian Jewish Organization, fostered by Mary Himoff, who handles Jewish affairs for the Party. For Hungarians, there is the Hungarian American Council for Democracy, headed by Moses Simon (editor of the Hungarian Information Bulletin) and Bela Lugosi, of Hollywood. Dr. John Geyetvay is also prominent. This group has seriously infiltrated Hungarian War Relief. They support Count Michael Karolyi for President of Hungary, since he is content to front for the Comintern agent Matyas Rakosi. Also active is the National Council of Hungarian American Trade Unionists, headed by Julius Emspak and James Lustig, two members of the United Electrical Workers Union who aid in giving it its pro-Communist taint. Finally, there is the Greek American Council, with branches in New York, Chicago, San Fran- cisco, Philadelphia, and Haverhill and Lynn, Mass. |