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| ADDENDA TO NOVEMBER iXEPOHT 146a Rev. John F» Cronin, S»S» Chapter IV, pp. 47-50: "Comaninisin^in Govern-gent." In this section, an ad- mittedly conservative line was followed, because of inadequate sources of information. Further information i:apels the writer to believe that the situation was urAd*rst/,ted. Thus, both Mr. Truman and Mr. Byrnes have shrwn themselves weak in resisting Co^omunist pressure, both at hciae and abroad. Dean Acheson has recently favored their policies in the State Department. His appointments are disconcerting to the right-wing group. Furthermore, the strategic position of the Budget Bureau was understated. Communist influence there led tt the curtailment of domestic subversive investiga- tions "by the Army, Navy, and Civil Service. All WAS concentrated in the Federal Bureau af Investigation. Then an attempt was made to tust Mr. Hoover and replace him with leftist Mr. Schwartzwalder, of the Budget Bureau. A final danger signal is the attempt to place Col. Frank McCormick at head of the proposed group to obtain information from foreign countries. McCcrmick has been amenable t« left pressure in the past. All this adds to a picture of increasing Communist influence in the present administration, aided by •pportunist ptliticians seeking TAG support in 1946 and 1948. Chapter I, World Communism. A reliable source informs us that Soviet gen- eral staff officers in Hungary discuss the following planst A Communist coup d'etat in France this Spring, followed by civil war in Spain, with the Soviet army in Hungary marching through French zones to intervene in Spain and plant the Soviet flag on the Atlantic. It is not known whether the plan has been approved in Moscow. In favor of its plausibility are recent moves to strengthen Soviet armies in Hungary far beyond the needs of occupation, so that they now number 1,200,000 soldiers, including 25 armored divisions, and crack troops, such as Don Cossacks, and Siberian sharpshooters, all with latest equipment, much of it lend-lease. Belligerent Soviet speeches recently indicate anything but a peaceful mentality. Yet, intervention in any country but Spain might be considered dangerous, at least at this moment. Chapter iTV. Comnunism in Labor. Some changes in detail might be made in Appendix TV. The International Woodworkers, listed on page 142 as disputed, have gone into the Conr.mnist wing. The National Marine Engineers' Benefi- cial Association, listed there as probably right-wing, has joined a six- union federation of marine workers and hence would probably be left-wing in the future. In addition, a seventh union, previously tinaffiliated but Gomrmnist-doninated (Marine Firemen, Oilers, Wipers, and Watertenders Association), will undoubtedly come into the C.I.f. as a result of this move, since it will join the new federation. Finally, the listirg of the Shipyard Workers as a problem union might still stand, but the recent con- vention was stampeded by a right-wing machine. Leftist react it n in the l»cals was sufficiently strong to leave the issue still somewhat clouded. Communist position on strikes is still unclear. In general, they have striven to intensify and aggravate every disturbed situation, but it would not be true to say that most important strikes are Communist-led or instigated. The best comparison would be with the stldier demonstrations, where Cfmmunists fanned the flames of a previously smouldering fire. |