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Television
The television programs were excellent. The production was of the
highest quality and the response from the viewing public was magnificent.
The station is affiliated with the NBC network, and this augurs well for the
future. The service given by this station and its employees was exemplary.
The major speeches on
television were made by Herbert Philbrick, ex-Congressman Dr. Walter Judd,
Serafin Menocal, and Dr. Fred Schwarz. The programs were so arranged that
they can be presented by television stations in other cities throughout the
nation. We have purchased video tapes of these programs and hope to present
them in many other cities. The first such presentation will be in Chicago
over Television Station WCIU - 26, from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m., Monday, May 30,
until Thursday, June 2.
One practical project
that may commend itself to our readers is to arrange for the presentation of
these programs over television in their city. Initiative taken on these
lines will be deeply appreciated and will meet maximum cooperation from the
Crusade. The problems are to persuade a television station to show the
programs and to secure the money to pay for them. An alternative method of
finance is to secure a local commercial sponsor.
The Debate
One exciting feature of the school was a debate on the subject of
"The American Presence in Vietnam" between Dr. Joost Sluis and the
Rev. James Lawson before the student body of Christian Brothers College. The
Rev. Lawson is a Methodist minister affiliated with the Methodist Foundation
of Social Action and a member of "Clergy Concerned About Vietnam."
He had visited Vietnam in 1965. Dr. Joost Sluis is Vice President of the
Christian Anti-Communism Crusade and Assistant Professor of Orthopedic
Surgery at the University of California and Berkeley. He recently spent two
months in Vietnam as a civilian surgeon.
Dr. Sluis argued that
the American presence in Vietnam was both necessary and just while the Rev.
Lawson argued that the American presence was immoral and self-defeating.
Our fine friend, George
Westcott, M.D., surgeon of Ypsilanti, Michigan, made his usual sacrifice and
closed his practice and came to Memphis to record all messages. He recorded
the debate and the tape recording is available.
I attended the debate
and listened carefully. I may be accused of being prejudiced, but my
personal verdict is that Dr. Sluis won the debate beyond question.
Dr. Sluis began with a
carefully documented statement expressing concern about the 61,000 village
leaders kidnapped or assassinated by the Vietcong; the announced communist
intention to kill all believers in the United States should the Americans
leave; the admitted North Vietnamese communist control of the National
Liberation Front in South Vietnam; and the announced communist Chinese
intention of using the conquest of South Vietnam as a stepping stone to the
conquest of all Southeast Asia and finally of the United States.
The Rev. Lawson
contended that the American presence was immoral and would prove
ineffective. He had no hesitation in claiming that his judgement on issues
of law was superior to that of the American Bar Association and his opinion
on military matters superior to that of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The Rev. Lawson brushed
off the specific statements of the communists concerning their intentions in
Vietnam with the argument that communist doctrines were wrong, therefore we
need not pay attention to what they say about their programs. While I agree
that the communist doctrines are very wrong, it does not follow that the
programs they base on these erroneus doctrines will be ineffective and can
be ignored. Hitler’s doctrines on racism were very wrong, but his program
to eliminate the Jews was hideously effective. To advise the Jews to ignore
his programs because his doctrines were wrong would seem the ultimate in
foolishness. You could hardly say to the victims as they were herded into
the gas chambers, "Breathe deeply; you are not in danger; the doctrines
are wrong."
The Rev. Lawson was
unable to offer any alternative to the American presence in Vietnam.
Pickets
The evening sessions were honored by the presence of pickets
representing "The New Left." Two of the signs carried by the
pickets are worthy of comment. One sign read, "I do not believe in God.
Does this make me a communist?"
It certainly helps!
Communism is built on atheism. The entire edifice of communist doctrine
rests on the assumption that there is no God and that matter in motion is
the totality of being. When one has renounced belief in God, he has climbed
the first rung of the ladder that leads to communism.
All atheists are not
communists, but no one can believe the communist doctrine without being an
atheist. Communist doctrine, however, permits communist atheists to pretend
to be religious believers in order to exploit religious groups. It also
allows them to recruit religious believers for many purposes.
It even allows them to
recruit believers into the Party itself with the expectation that the
training they receive within the Party will soon destroy their religious
faith.
Another placard read,
"Christianity teaches brotherhood and love–so does communism."
This statement reveals woeful ignorance concerning the teaching of
communism. Communism teaches atheism, materialism, class warfare, class
guilt, violent revolution, the dictatorship of the proletariat, and the
liquidation of the bourgeoisie. Thus, communism teaches hatred, conflict,
dictatorship, and mass murder. This is a far cry from brotherhood and love.
I feel a new era of
Schools of Anti-Communism has dawned. Cities in which we hope to hold
similar schools soon are: Chicago, Los Angeles, Indianapolis, St. Louis,
Philadelphia, and Boston. If you would like a school in your city, please
write.
REVIEWING THE
FUNDAMENTALS
The second lecture of the series "What is
Communism" is printed in this issue under the title "The Communist
Doctrines of Class and Class Warfare."
This series contains
fourteen lectures. They are available on long-playing records and on tapes.
The subjects covered are:
1. What is Communism?
2. The Communist Doctrines of Class and Class Warfare
3. The Communist Doctrines of Class Morality and Class Guilt
4. The Communist Party
5. Communist Recruitment
6. Communist Training
7. Communist Activity
8. Communist Fronts
9. The Dictatorship of the Proletariat
10. Communist Monopoly
11. Communist Strategy to Conquer the U.S.A.
12. The Sino-Soviet Conflict
13. The Communist Dialectic
14. What You Can Do
The
response from the academic community has been electrifying. Many campus
radio stations are broadcasting the series. Many high schools have purchased
the records or tapes for student use.
Why not donate a set
of these lectures to your local high school? Most schools are delighted to
receive them. A preliminary inquiry would soon determine whether they
would prefer tapes or records.
Along with the
lectures, the records and tapes contain 8 anti-communist songs sung by Janet
Greene.
Records – $3.00 each
or $10.00 per set of 4.
Tapes – $5.00 each or
$15.00 per set of 3.
A FISH STORY
A good fisherman selects a bait or lure
suitable for the fish he desires to catch, and he tries to fish the waters
where these fish abound.
The recent book
"The New Program of the Communist Party U.S.A." is attractive bait
designed to conceal the hook of dictatorship and monopoly tyranny. It is
most significant that the term, Dictatorship of the Proletariat, which is
the Leninist touchstone of genuine socialism, does not appear in this book.
The fist the communists
consider particularly susceptible are students, and the sea in which they
swim is the college and university.
The way this bait is
used is described in an article published in "The Worker," May 1,
entitled "Salesman of Lively Book Enlivens the Middle West." It
describes the vacation activities of Joseph Brandt, Business Manager of
"The Worker."
"‘And what does
a business man do on his vacation?’ Joe asked. ‘He does business. This
time I tried out some modern methods of bookselling. I sure had a modern
book to sell, the Draft Program of the Communist Party.’
"‘I went out to
Cleveland, Oberlin, Chicago, the Twin Cities, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Madison,
Detroit, Ann Arbor.’
"‘Fifty
bookstores in 10 cities were visited,’ said Joe. ‘Twenty-five took the
Draft Program booklet at once. The others took order blanks. There was no
feeling of fear or hostility. Everybody was for free discussion of what the
Communist Party had to say, about jobs, civil rights, peace.’
"‘All major
campus stores in the midwest now have the book on their shelves. Taking the
book were big stores like Schroeder’s in Cleveland, the Post Office News
and Books in Chicago, the bookstore section that occupies an entire floor at
the Dayton Department Store in Minneapolis.’
"College
professors saw the textbook possibilities of the Draft Program.
"Here Joe told me
what a young woman in Chicago related to him.
"This young woman,
a student at the Chicago Junior College, was sitting in the college lounge
reading the Draft Program when two students approached her and asked her
where they could get copies. She told them, and then she suggested they put
it up to their professor of political science to use it in class. They did
that, it was included in the readings, and 30 copies were sold.
"In N.Y. alone,
Joe pointed out, 50 bookstores in college vicinities sell the booklet.
"One professor in
a Catholic midwest university agreed to recommend the Draft Program as a
textbook for his sociology and history courses, together with other Marxist
texts, for a study of Communism."
Who will volunteer to
do likewise with the book "You Can Trust the Communists (to be
Communists)" now reprinted for schools under the title "Communism–The
Deceitful Tyranny"?
BRITISH GUIANA – (What
Might Have Been)
British Guiana is to become independent on May
26, 1966. This historic occasion can be contemplated with equanimity and
satisfaction. The independent government will be formed from the two
political parties, The People’s National Congress and The United Force.
The Prime Minister will be Forbes Burnham. This government is opposed to
communist subversion in the Western Hemisphere.
How different the
situation would have been if independence had been granted with the
government controlled by the communist, Cheddi Jagan. In these circumstances
British Guiana would have become a potential military base for communist
aggression. It would have become a second "Cuba" on the mainland
of South America. Soviet troops could have been introduced, Soviet missile
bases and missiles similar to those now in Cuba could have been installed,
and schools of interhemispheric sabotage could have been established.
British Guiana would have become a sanctuary for aggressive forces attacking
the neighboring countries of Venezuala and Brazil and a danger to the
freedom of all nations and individuals of this hemisphere.
All this has not been
averted. Cheddi Jagan is out of power. His own party, the People’s
Progressive Party, is showing signs of disintegration, and his hold on the
workers is weakening. A recent report states:
"Dr. Jagan
returned to British Guiana last month, and he is trying to stir up trouble
among the workers. So far he has failed because not even the sugar workers
supported him when he called for mass protests against the budget that was
tabled and passed in the House of Assembly last week."
The short-range outlook
is good. The immediate objective of the prevention of communist power has
been achieved. This is truly cause for rejoicing.
The long-range
political prognosis remains gloomy. Communist leaders, Cheddi and Janet
Jagan, still retain a base of power. The major force they have used, are
using, and will use is Indian nationalism. This force is growing. British
Guiana remains racially divided. As an Indian, Jagan appeals to the large
segment of the Guianese population which is of Indian origin. This
percentage is increasing and the Indians will soon constitute an absolute
majority due to their higher birthrate.
Depressed economic
conditions provide a fertile field of communist agitation.
As help was given to
British Guiana to prevent communist conquest, continued help is needed in
the economic, educational, and moral realms to prevent a communist comeback.
The contribution of the
Christian Anti-Communism Crusade was substantial in the educational realm.
The role of Dr. Sluis in informing the people of the nature and plans of
communism at the critical time was vital. The educational program is being
carried on by national workers who must be supported.
This is the time for
rejoicing but not complacency.
AMERICA TO THE RESCUE?
Indonesia is on the verge of breaking
diplomatic relations with Communist China. Peking Review, April 22, states:
"The Indonesian Government is pushing relations between the two
countries to the verge of a complete break."
Will the current
campaign to persuade the United States to establish diplomatic relations
with Communist China succeed?
THE COMMUNIST DOCTRINES
OF CLASS AND CLASS WARFARE
There are 43 million communists in the world.
These communists control and enslave more than one billion people. Everyone
of them claims to be a Marxist-Leninist. They claim to be practitioners of
the science of Marxism-Leninism.
The two men who have
been most influential in forming the doctrines of communism and organizing
the conquests of communism were Marx and Lenin. Lenin defined Marxism as the
doctrine of Class Warfare plus the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.
Class
To understand the doctrine of class warfare, we need to understand the
Marxist doctrine of class. To understand the Marxist doctrine of class, we
need to understand the Marxist view of man and society and nature. We need
to understand Marxist Materialism.
Karl Marx was an
atheist and a materialist, and he built the doctrines of communism from
atheism and materialism. Marxism is meaningless without atheism. Marx
states, "Religion is the opiate of the masses." Lenin said,
"Atheism is a natural and inseparable portion of Marxism, of the theory
and practice of scientific socialism." When Earl Browder was the leader
of the American Communist Party he said, "We communists are against all
religion." Not so long ago Nikita Khrushchev was asked by the French
socialists, "Must you be an atheist to be a communist?" He
replied, "Yes, you must be an atheist;" but then he added this
interesting corollary, "Some of the comrades are atheists in the Party
but believers at home." The significance of this remark will become
clear when we discuss the science of Marxism-Leninism and the manner in
which the communists believe that it is their duty and responsibility to
exploit scientifically the existing social forces of the community of which
religion is one. Therefore, although they are atheists, it is legitimate for
them, under necessary circumstances, to pretend that they are believers in
the service of communism. Nevertheless, atheism is essential to communist
doctrine.
Marx was not merely as
atheist, he was a materialist. His great follower, Mao Tse-tung, defined
materialism, "There is nothing in the universe except matter in
motion." Accepting this, man is nothing more than matter in
motion. From this materialistic basis, Marx derived his doctrine of man and
human nature.
According to this
Marxist doctrine, man is a material machine. The machinery is very complex;
it is called the brain. The machinery of the brain is responsible for the
totality of the activities, thoughts, and emotions of man. The movement of
brain particles and impulses is the totality of human being. Marx believed
that the structure of the human brain was formed by the experiences provided
by the environment, particularly the environment of babyhood and early
childhood. Since the environment was concerned with the production of the
necessities of life–the productive processes that gave people food,
clothing, shelter, and transportation–it was primarily economic. The
economic environment provided the experiences. These experiences accumulated
within the brain, formed brain structure, and from this brain structure
there emerged the finished adult product–the thinking, speaking, acting
individual.
Thus, man is the
product of his economic environment; human nature is the product of its
economic environment. As a recent Soviet statement puts it, "There is
no such thing as human nature. Human nature is formed in the mold of its
environment. Change the mold and you change the man." The materialistic
doctrines of Marx lead to the conclusion that man is an
economically-conditioned machine.
Marx stated that the
productive system known as capitalism provided two environments into which
babies were born, and in each of these environments they received similar
experiences. These similar experiences accumulated within their brain and
created similar brain structures in the babies born into these environments.
Now these similar brain structures produced similar adults–adults who
thought alike, who felt alike, who had common emotions, common moral codes.
They were similar thinking and feeling individuals. This group of people,
who were formed so that they thought and felt alike because of the
similarities of their environment, Marx called a class. People were,
therefore, members of a class which was produced by the economic forces
within society. Marx stated that the two environments provided by the
capitalists economic system were those of ownership of the means of
production and of industrial labor. Thus, the two classes were created.
The Bourgeoisie
There was a small segment of people who owned the factories, the
machinery, the tools with which the goods of society were produced. These
individuals had one set of experiences. The children born to these people
had a similar set of experiences. The name that Marx gave to this class of
ownership of the means of production was the Bourgeoisie.
The Proletariat
On the other hand, Marx contended that there was a much larger group of
people who worked in the factories and sold their labor power for wages.
This group of people has similar experiences, therefore similar ideas were
developed within their minds. They shared common emotions, and they pursued
common objectives. They constituted a class. The name that Marx gave to the
class of industrial labor was the Proletariat.
Class War
Marx contended that capitalist society was divided into these two
classes. He traces previous historic periods of primitive communism,
slavery, and feudalism where there were different class divisions, but he
claimed the dominant class division of the age of capitalism was the
division into bourgeoisie and proletariat. He then proceeded to state that
there was a fundamental conflict of interest between these two classes. The
bourgeoisie was concerned with extracting as much profit as possible from
their machines and the labor of their workers. The proletariat was concerned
with receiving as much in wages as they possibly could for their labor.
Profit and wages were in conflict. Therefore, between these two classes
there was a basic conflict which Marx called the class war. These doctrines
of class and class warfare are fundamental to communism.
Peace
They believe that the proletarian class is historically ordained to
overthrow the bourgeoisie, to establish dictatorship and ultimately to
dominate the whole world. This will bring peace.
The Communist Party
The instrument for the establishment of dictatorship is the Communist
Party which was the brainchild of the great Marxist, Lenin.
Class Morality
Since morality and ideas are determined by the class to which one
belongs, there is a great division throughout the world in the field of
morality and, in fact, in every field. The communists would say there is no
such thing as good and no such thing as evil. There is class good and class
evil. That which is good for the bourgeoisie is evil for the proletariat.
That which is good for the proletariat is evil for the bourgeoisie.
Therefore, there is proletarian good and bourgeois good. There is
proletarian evil and bourgeoisie evil. Morality is thus divided.
The communists believe
they are identified with the interests of the proletariat and must direct
its progress to revolution and ultimately to the assumption of total power.
Within communism, there
is this concept of inevitable revolution and every act which advances the
prospect of revolution is to the communists a good act. If we desire to
avoid revolution and its horrors, we must reject communist doctrines and
defeat communist programs.
PROJECT VIETNAM
While patriotic Americans can and should
differ on many things, all must agree that the American boys risking their
lives in Vietnam deserve the full and unqualified support of those American
citizens who continue to enjoy the security and abundance of their homeland.
The servicemen deserve
the best weapons, the best medical attention, and the best information
concerning the necessity and the virtue of their sacrifice.
The government is
providing the weapons and medical attention; we can help by providing an
added insight into the nature of their communist enemy.
Many argue that the
bitter experience of communism gained in life and death struggle with it,
makes any theoretical exposition of the doctrines, methods, and purposes of
communism redundant. This argument is not sound.
It is possible to
suffer excruciatingly at the hands of communists and yet remain ignorant of
the errors of communist doctrine and the subtlety of communist techniques.
The bitter experience of being knocked down and mangled by an automobile
does not necessarily make a good automotive engineer.
The servicemen will
return to the mainland after their tour of duty. If they can relate only
their war experiences, they will not be very effective educators of the
people on the nature of communism.
If they have
theoretical knowledge combined with their practical experience, their
effectiveness will be magnified.
The book "You Can
Trust the Communists (to be Communists)" is most suitable to provide
theoretical knowledge, build present morale, and preserve future freedom.
Help us give it.
Please keep the lists
of names and checks coming. We will keep the books going.
Unless we are doing all
we can, it is hypocrisy to criticize the failure of others. "Bear ye
one another’s burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ."
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