The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 4, 1957 Page: 3 of 6
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Thursday, April 4, 1957
The Aspermont Star, Aspermont, Texas
Page Thre*
COMMUNIST DANGER
INCREASING!
Not many people in the
United States ever have come
face to face with a person who
proclaims: "I'm a Communist.
I'm an enemy of the United
States. I am working to under-
mine this nation's strength and
overthrow it, and establish a
Communist dictatorship backed
by the Red Artny." No, the
Communists in America don't
openly declare their true mis-
sion. And they are not like the
classic picture of the radical,
with beard, shaggy hair, tat-
tered clothes and a bomb held
poised in the right hand.
Most of the top people in
Washington were shocked when
Alger Hiss, a young "liberal"
with aristocratic bearing and ex-
cellent social connections, was
exposed as a Communist. And
yet the truly important Com-
munists in America today have
built up just such a false char-
acter of respectability around
themselves. It is difficult to
identify them as Communists.
They have wormed themselves
into positions of trust in every
phase of our American society.
They wield great power. And
yet many American citizens
simply will not accept this fact.
"20 Combat Divisions"
"Anyone who thinks that
Communism in the United
States no longer constitutes a
serious menace should consider
that at this moment on Ameri-
can soil are the equivalent of
20 combat divisions of enemy
troops engaging in propaganda,
espionage, subversion — a n d i
loyal only to the Soviet Union."
This statement is an excerpt
from the annual report of the
House Committee on Un-Ameri-
can Activities, one of our Gov-
ernment's best informed agen-
cies combatting Communist sub-
vesion.
"The danger of Communism
is increasing, not receding,"
emphasized the Committee, com-
posed of five Democrat and
four Republican Congressmen.
"The United States remains the
major target of Soviet aggres-
sion; indifference to the Krem-
lin's avowed program of global
conquest can lead only to the
inevitable destruction of our
free institutions, and our-
selves as a free nation." This
new report, of the Committee's
1956 work, its findings, and its
recommendations for strengthen-
ing the nation's security can
be obtained by writing your
Congressman.
Using Good Citizens
The strategy of the "20 com-
bat divisions of enemy troops"
is the indirect attack. The Red
master-minds found long ago
they could not entice enough
Americans with their undiluted
Socialist economics and anti-
God philosophy. So they quit
their soap-box oratory and, in
the thousandsl infiltrated every
activity of our economic, gov-
ernmental and social life. They
became influential "progressive"
citizens, not advocating Com-
munism or Socialism but gently
guiding unsuspecting groups of
'oyal Americans into actions un-
VETERANS* WIDOWS FAIL
TO APPLY FOR PAYMENTS
DALLAS, March 30. — Three
out of every five widows of
veterans who have died of ser-
vice-connected causes before
January 1, 1957, have failed to
apply for the new increased de-
pendents' compensation pay-
ments, the Veterans Administra-
tion has announced.
The Servicemen's and Veter-
ans' Survivor Benefits Act,
which authorizes the new pay-
ments, became effective Janu-
ary 1, 1957.
Widows of veterans who died
of service-connected causes be-
fore January 1, 1957 may elect
to receive the new payments or
to continue under the old death
compensation, whichever is the
higher.
In most cases, VA saiH, the
new act provides for higher
we invite you to come in
for all your
DRUG NEEDS
PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED
ALL HOURS!
AT
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> Drugs and fountain service
GEO. C. KENADY
Legally Registered Pharmacist
Phone 321 1 Aspermont
the strength of our
dermining
nation.
The Un-American Activities
Committee annual report said
that it had uncovered "a mam-
moth nationwide campaign of
political subversion designed to
paralyze the security programs
of the executive and legislative
branches of the United States
Government." One of the key
security agencies is the Sub-
versive Activities Control Board
which has the power to desig-
nate any Communist-front or-
ganization as subversive, when
sufficient evidence is collected,
and thus render it useless to the
Reds.
Trickery and Deceit
I n underhand, roundabout
ways, the Communists have been
trying to destroy the Subvers-
ive Activities Control Board. The
Communist Party itself openly
challenged the constitutionality
of the Board. Then it began to
swing its hundreds of "fronts"
into action, drawing thousands
of non-Communists into the agi-
tation against the Board. One
of the instruments which the
Reds used in an attempt to
sway the Supreme Court jus-
tices was an "amici curiae"
(friend of the court) brief filed
with the Court.
The lawyer who filed the
brief told the Court that the pe-
titioners who signed it comprise
"a group of prominent Ameri-
can citizens, none of whom is a
Communist". The Un-American
i Activities Committee investigated
ind exposed this statement as
"a de'iberate attempt to deceive
the Court". The Committee
found that 26 of the signers had
been identified in sworn testi-
mony as secret Communists, that
most of tfi? other signers had
extensive Communist front af-
filiations. But the most impor-
tant fact is that among the
signers were indeed many promi-
nent American citizens who are
not Communists — permitting
themselves to be used to tear
down our security measures
against the Communist con-
spiracy!
payments to these widows than
were granted under previous
laws.
Any of these widows who wish
to receive the higher benefit
must apply for the new com-
pensation payments, even though
they already are on VA rolls.
Application cards have been
sent to 114,000 of these widows
who may be eligible for in-
creased payments, VA added.
If a widow is eligible for an
increased monthly payment un-
der the new law, VA said, such
payments will be made retro-
active to January 1, 1957, pro-
vided she applies by July 1,
1957.
With certain exceptions, ap-
plications received after July 1
will be effective as of the day
they are received, VA empha-
sized.
The benefit will be paid at
er i the monthly rate of $112 plus
— | 12 per cent of the basic monthly
pay now being received by a
serviceman whose rank and years
of service are the same as those
of the deceased veteran, the
VA pointed out.
Computing the benefit on the
current military pay avoids in-
equities in the case of widows of
veterans who died are were
separated when military pay
scales were lower than they are
at presant, VA explained.
Widows who make aoplication
for the new benofit, but who |
would receive more under old I *
laws, will be advised by VA |
against the wrong choice of pay- :
ment. j
However, if a widow fails to j
apply for the new benefit, she
will continue to receive death
compensation at the same rate
as in the past, even though she
might be eligible for increased
payments under the Survivor
Benefits Act, VA said.
Advice about applying for the
new benefit is available at any
Veterans Administration office.
vet's news-
questions and answers
Q.—I am a disabled Korea
veteran and I would like to take
vocational rehabilitation train-
ing in a European college? Is
this possible?
a.—Under the law, it would
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not be possible. Vocational re-
habilitation is not available in
foreign countries, except in the
Philippines for eligible U.S. citi-
zens liying there.
Q.—I have just come but Of
military service. Will the VA
find me a job?
A.—Finding employment for
veterans is not one of VA's
functions, under the law. What
you should do is apply at your
nearest public employment of-
fice.
Q.—My World War II perma-
nent GI insurance lapsed, and
VA automatically continued it
in force under extended term
insurance. I want to reinstate
my permanent policy. Will I
have to take a physical exami-
nation?
A.—If you reinstate within
five years of the date the ex-
tended insurance would expire,
you will not need a medical ex-
amination or any medical evi-
dence of good health. If you
reinstate after that time limit,
you will be required to take an
examination.
Q.—If a school was approved
to train veterans under the
World War II GI Bill, will it
also be considered approved to
train Korea veterans?
A.—Not necessaily. World
War II GI Bill approval does
not carry over. The school's
courses must be approved spe-
cifically for Korea veterans.
o
It is warmer to wear two thia
-'arments than one thick one be-
"ce the air between them
serves as insulation.
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Welch, Lowell C. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 4, 1957, newspaper, April 4, 1957; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth200358/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stonewall County Library.