"September 12, 1966
Dear Mr. Schwarz:
In your letter of August 31 you state that you wish to discuss two
statements made in my letter to Mr. Wayne Adams. The first such statement
is that CBS attorneys have nothing to do with what programs we carry. This
is a true statement. You may have misunderstood Bill Fox, who probably
said that we would consult our attorneys in the East in regard to selling
time to the Christian Anti-Communism Crusade and assumed he was referring
to CBS attorneys.
In response to the
second item of my letter which you wish to discuss, because it is so
complicated, it is difficult to explain in a few brief paragraphs. The
Fairness Doctrine of the Federal Communications Commission, as interpreted
by us, states that if a television station wishes to sell time to action
groups to express views on any controversial issue of public importance in
which the groups are interested, a station may or may not do so based upon
its interpretation of broadcasting "in the public interest,
convenience and necessity." Once the stations sells time to such an
action group, it no longer can pick and choose which action group it will
sell to. Therefore, were we to sell time to Christian Anti-Communism
Crusade, we would be obligated to sell time to other action or pressure
groups under our interpretation of the FCC’s Fairness Doctrine. Thus, we
would essentially be turning over to others the determination of what is
broadcast on our facilities.
In declining to
broadcast the Christian Anti-Communism Crusade programs in question we
were in no way passing judgement on the merits or the patriotism of the
organization involved.
Knowing your interest
in fairness, I assume you will distribute this letter in the same manner
as my letter of August 16 to Mr. Wayne Adams.
Sincerely,
George Whitney
Vice-Pres. and Gen. Mgr."
My reply was as follows:
Dear Mr Whitney:
I thank you for your letter clarifying the policy of your television
station. I regret confusing your East Coast attorneys with the CBS
attorneys.
Your explanation for your statement that you
would be compelled to sell approximately an equal amount of time to an
individual or group advocating communism if you were to sell air time to our
anti-communism school, seems to me to indicate misunderstanding of the
nature of the Christian Anti-Communism Crusade and its program.
You discuss the consequences of selling time
to an "action group." Since the Crusade is not and never has been
an "action group," the entire argument is irrelevant.
The Christian Anti-Communism Crusade is an
educational organization. Its purpose is to teach the philosophy, morality,
organizational structure, strategy, tactics, and objectives of communism.
The Government has classified the Crusade as an educational organization and
granted it tax-deductible privileges as such.
Educational programs on the nature of
communism appear on many television stations. I have yet to hear of any
station being compelled by the F.C.C. to sell time to groups advocating
communism.
Since your conclusions were based upon a
false premise, I hope you will reconsider your decision and accept future
programs that may be offered.
Yours very sincerely,
Fred Schwarz
A SIGN OF THE TIMES?
The abilityof Pete Seeger to star in both the
communist and religious worlds is illustrated by advertisements in the
communist "National Guardian" of September 10, 1966, (see
reproduction to the left) and the "TV Guide" of September 24,
1966, which reads as follows:
"The
second of folksinger PETE SINGER’S broadcasts from the Shaker Museum in
Old Chatham, N.Y., will be on the Nov. 20 Lamp unto My Feet on
CBS."
A most
effective form of protest is to assist those singers who inspire to
patriotism and devotion to freedom. This can be done by writing to
Television and Radio personalities urging them to use the records of such
singers and to invite them as guests on their programs.
We have ample supplies of the record "Up
With People" and the records of Janet Greene.
It will be a great day when a network
features Janet in a nationwide program. She certainly has the voice,
appearance, personality, and message to merit this.
Why not give records of patriotic and
anti-communist songs as Christmas gifts?
Guardian Add
"Where will you be next week?
"At the 9th Annual National Guardian Picnic (of course) At
Arrow Park
"Sat., Sept. 17, All Day
"Admission: Adults $2.50; Students and Children $1.50
"Join the open-air protest discussions beginning at 11 a.m. on . . .
‘BLACK POWER AND WHITE ALLIANCES’: Paul Boutelle, SWP candidate; Ivanhoe
Donaldson, SNCC; James Haughton, Harlem Unemployment Center; Attorney Conrad
Lynn; Jose Ristoruuci, W.E.B. Du Bois Clubs, and other participants.
‘THE ELECTORAL PROCESS AND POLITICAL CHANGE’: Candidates Herber Aptheker,
David Frost, Leslie Silberman; non-candidate Ricky Eisenberg and other
participants.
‘DIRECT ACTION VS. THE CONSENSUS’: Bob Gottlieg, SDS; Allen Krebs, Free
University; Keith Lampe, Veterans and Reservists Against the War in Vietnam;
Rick Rhoads, Progressive Labor Party; Mariene Samas, Ft. Hood 3 Defense
Committee; Dan Shafarman, Anti-Draft Union; Walter Teague, Committee to Aid
the NFL; Jose Stevens, W.E.B. Du Bois Clubs, and other participants.
‘Folk dancing with Edith Segal; social dancing with "THE HAIRY
THINGS," all types of outdoor activities and an afternoon concert with
Pete Seeger and his guitar-playing friends.
Throughout the day outdoor gourmet delights, including Arrow Park’s
home-made specialty, stuffed cabbage; also chicken, hamburgers, franks,
potato salad, fresh corn. ALL AT MODEST PRICES AND SERVED WITH NO DELAY.
This is your last chance to order admission and bus tickets in advance.
Note: we’ll send a map if you’re driving.
THOUSANDS RALLY IN
VIRGINIA BEACH
In early September, Herbert Philbrick, Janet
Greene, and I invaded the Tidewater Area of Virginia. This visit was one of
the most exciting and fruitful of our recent experience. The Tidewater Area
lies of the coast of Virginia, north of the border with North Carolina and
includes the cities of Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Hampton,
Chesapeake, and Newport News.
The news media were most interested, and a
number of articles appeared in both major newspapers prior to our coming. We
had many engagements on radio and television during the visit.
The rally was held in the civic auditorium of
Virginia Beach, and an overflow crowd of nearly 2500 jammed the auditorium
while 500 were turned away.
The success was due in great measure to the
intelligent, energetic activity of a young man, John Arthur. He had attended
an anti-communism school in San Diego in 1960. He is a Chief Petty Officer
and the Navy transferred him to the Tidewater Area two years ago. Without
funds or social prestige, he set to work and organized a bipartisan
sponsoring committee of the highest caliber and invited us to come.
We hope to follow up our initial success in
Virginia with a school of anti-communism before too long.
"The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, Virginia. Saturday Afternoon, September
3, 1966
‘Enthusiasm High, But Cash Low
"By Wayne Woodlief
"VIRGINIA BEACH – The anti-communism rally was over the offering was
in and Dr. Fred C Schwarz was musing over whether his message really got
through.
"‘I just don’t know how many really
see that the Communists didn’t CREATE these forces of division, but that
they USE them,’ said the head of the Christian Anti-Communism Crusade.
"Schwarz had told a standing-room-only
crowd of more than 2,000 at the Virginia Beach Dome on Friday night that the
Communists are using racism and nationalism to demoralize the United States.
"‘Whenever you have people of
different nationality and of different color residing in quantity and in
close proximity anywhere in the world, you have the potential for trouble,’
Schwarz declared.
"‘This is a force deeply buried in
human nature, and the rabble-rouser, the "patriot," call him what
you will, can exploit these things.
"‘Now the Communists didn’t create
the troubles in our country. They’re real, they exist. But the Communists
are using them, and if they’re successful, it will be the blackest day in
history for the Negroes and the whites.’
"He said the greatest Communist threat
to the United States today is ‘the demoralization of the United States and
the breakdown of law and order that is spreading across this country.’ The
Dome rocked with applause.
"The rally drew the full house that
Schwarz and rally sponsors hoped for, but, according to Schwarz, fell about
$1,000 short of the $3,000 ‘offering,’ he had said would ‘encourage’
the Crusade to return for a week-long course in anti-Communism.
"‘I wouldn’t say that is the major
factor in determining whether we will return,’ Schwarz said today. ‘We
also would require the proper sponsorship and support and a suitable
location for the anti-Communism school.
"‘We must be very careful that the
school is held purely for education on Communism and not to serve some
secondary interests of any group. We must have no association with the
promotion of racism or anti-semitism.’ He indicated he had encountered
some people here who haven’t grasped that point.
"He has made no decision yet on whether
to return, but said if the Crusade does hold anti-Communism schools in
Tidewater, it would take about six months to make the arrangements.
"Schwarz struck hard last night during a
question and answer session when a portly, bass-voiced man asked him about a
‘link’ between international and internal ‘financiers’ of Communism.
"‘I think I know what you want me to
say,’ Schwarz replied. ‘And I’m not going to say it, because I don’t
believe there is a Jewish cartel of international financiers behind
Communism. That is false and delusive.’ Schwarz is a Baptist, but his
father was Jewish.
"Schwarz also attacked the Black Muslims
‘as well as the people in the white race who turn to violence and hate.
The Communists can use this.’
"The audience – which also heard
former FBI uncercover man Herbert Philbrick speak for more than an hour–was
well-dressed and predominantly adult. Several people had Bibles with them.
"Schwarz made several frank appeals to
the audience to contribute generously in the ‘offering’ and to buy
Crusade books and recording so that an anti-Communism school in Tidewater
‘will be possible.’
"If Communism should conquer the United
States by ‘demoralization and surrender,’ he warned, ‘The genocide of
Hitler would be dwarfed by the classoside of the Communists.’ He said ‘no
price is too high’ to preserve freedom.
"‘If you want to be a hit with the
teen-agers,’ he told his listeners, ‘Just buy yourselves a set of Janet’s
records and give them to your youngsters.’
"Janet Greene is the petite black-haired
crusade folk-singer who satirized liberal protest singers and ‘coexistence.’
She drew her heaviest applause when she sang, ‘I’m just a poor
left-winger . . . duped by a bearded singer.’"
WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING IN
RED CHINA?
To attempt to describe the state of affairs
which exists in Communist China is somewhat like attempting to describe the
conditions of temperature and pressure that exist at the center of the sun
or one of the stars. By observing condition on the surface and applying the
laws of nature, it is possible to describe the internal conditions of the
stars with considerable accuracy. This accuracy is proved when predictions
based on the internal conditions are shown to be correct.
By observing the external manifestations of
the "great cultural revolution" that is taking place in Red China
and by applying the laws of communist conduct contained in the theory of
Marxism-Leninism along with a study of the lessons provided by the history
of the Communist Regime in Russia, it is possible to describe and interpret
what is taking place at the heart of Communist China and to predict certain
future events. The accuracy of these predictions will indicate if the
observed phenomena have been correctly understood and interpreted.
The external phenomena consist of such border
events as the flight of the French nuns, who are driven from China by raging
youthful mobs, into the sanctuary of Hong Kong; the reports of observers who
have been in Red China; and the reports published by the Chinese Communists
in such magazines as the "Peking Review."
We place special emphasis on the official
Chinese Communist literature through which they instruct their worldwide
followers on what is taking place.
From returning travelers we read of enormous
mobs of uniformed Chinese teen-agers storming through the streets attacking
all individuals who show sings of what they consider western or bourgeois
influence. They attack individuals wearing western-style clothes; they
attack shops selling western-style products such as cosmetics; they attack
institutions such as churches, schools, and orphanages; they describe
cemeteries where westerners are buried; and they are reported to have
attacked various Communist Party headquarters and personnel.
There is no way of knowing how many they have
killed, but the number is undoubtedly substantial. A wave of suicide is
reported sweeping the country.
These teen-age mobsters carry in one hand a
copy of some of the writings of the communist leaders, Mao Tse-tung, who is
worshiped as a deity. "The thought of Mao Tse-tung" is the
theology of their new religion.
What is taking place includes the following:
1) An attempt to revive the
revolutionary fervor and zeal of the Chinese masses.
2) An purge to purify the Communist Party.
3) A fierce struggle for communist leadership.
4) A preparation for war.
Revive Revolutionary Fervor
Movements like men grow old. The energy, enthusiasm, and passion subside
and the revolutionary society tends to become set in its ways. A class of
officials, who earn their livelihood in the service of the regime, emerges
and these have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo. They don’t
want to rock the boat. They are the bureaucracy.
The communists have long been conscious of
the tendency of any organization to become bureaucratic. They need some
method to keep all the officials on their toes. In one sense this
"great cultural revolution" is a declaration of war on the
bureaucracy that has undoubtedly emerged during the 17 years communism has
held power on the Chinese mainland. It is an attempt to revive the
"first love" of the masses for the regime.
Purifying the Party
The communist leadership is aware that the Communist Party also tends to
become bureaucratic. The method devised to keep it is a state of constant
revival is the purge. Their slogan is, "A party grows strong through
purging itself." The membership is constantly called upon to show its
enthusiasm and devotion. Those who fail the test are cast aside. To be
purged from the Communist Party may mean imprisonment or death, or it may
simply mean public disgrace and starvation.
Intense competition develops to escape the
pruning knife of the purge. Complacency is the prelude to destruction.
Self-preservation becomes the incentive for communist devotion. During the
great purge of 1936 in Russia, Stalin allotted a quota to each city for
execution or imprisonment. Khrushchev tells how Stalin complained that some
cities were more than a year behind in fulfilling their quota.
It is important to note that this did not
lead to the destruction of communism by an internal revolution in Russia.
Stalin ruled supreme till the day of his death. While carrying out the
murder of millions of militant communists, Stalin continued to be idolized
by communists and dupes throughout the U.S.A.
Struggle for Leadership
It seems that a fierce struggle is taking place to determine who will be
the ruler of Chinese Communism after the death of Mao Tse-tung. There is an
interesting precedent in the struggle that took place among the Russian
Communists in the years, 1923 and 1924. Lenin was the acknowledged supreme
leader of communism. However, he was partially incapacitated by a stroke. A
fierce battle took place among his lieutenants for the succession. The
principal contestants were Stalin and Trotsky. Stalin represented the Party
apparatus, whereas Trotshy represented the Red Army and the youth.
The official "History of the Communist
Party of the Soviet Union (Bolshevik)" describes the situation thus:
"First of all the Trotskyites attacked the Party apparatus . . . The
opposition tried to undermine and destroy the Party apparatus, to set the
Party members against it, and the young members against the old stalwarts of
the Party. Trotsky played up to the students, the young Party members who
were not acquainted with the Party’s fight against Trotskyism. To win the
support of the students, Trotsky flatteringly referred to them as the ‘Party’s
surest barometer,’ declaring at the same time that the Leninist old guard
had degenerated." (Page 226, International Publishers Edition)
In this struggle, the man of the Party
apparatus, Stalin emerged victorious.
A similar situation appears to exist in
Communist China. The universally acclaimed leader, Mao Tse-tung, is reported
to be incapacitated. Those who have the supreme gullibility to believe the
report of his 9-mile swim in the Yangtze River at four times the established
world record may dispute this point. It is rumored that he has cancer of the
throat, and his recent appearance have been notable by his relative silence.
In the battle for leadership, one contestant
is the head of the Red Army, Lin Piao. His position corresponds to that of
Trotsky in the Russian conflict.
Who is the other principal contestant? This
has not been specifically stated, but is seems probable that it is the head
of the Communist State Liu Shao-chi. Liu is the chairman of The Peoples
Republic of China and a brilliant communist theorist. He is the author of
the book "How to be a Good Communist." For years his succession to
communist leadership was taken for granted.
Liu Shao-chi has not yet been specifically
attacked as far as is known. However, he has been downgraded from second to
seventh place in the hierarchy of communist power. He is conspicuously
absent from certain celebrations. The Red Guard met in a great mass rally of
one million on August the 10th in Peking’s Red Square. Chairman
Mao was present and thus conferred his blessing. Speeches were made by Lin
Piao and Chou En-lai, the Premier of Communist China. Liu Shao-chi was
conspicuous by his absense.
It may be that I am placing too much
significance on the absence of Liu Shao-chi, but the situation is certainly
well worth watching.
The present situation in Communist China
certainly bears great similarity to the situation in Russia in 1923 and 1924
with this major difference: It is Trotsky and not Stalin who appears to be
winning.
Lin Piao has a position and program
remarkably similar to that of Trotsky. He is the head of the Red Army, and
he, too, regards the students as the "Party’s surest barometer."
He has mobilized them into the Red Guard and sent them forth to purge and
purify Red China.
The Red Guard movement is certainly organized
and directed from above. They wear uniforms and must be supplied with food
and orders. They were honored by both Mao and Lin in the great rally in
Peking. The official magazine "The Peking Review" is carrying a
series of statements by one detachment of the Red Guard. One statement is
published in "The Peking Review," of September 9, pages 20 and 21,
under the title "Long Live the Revolutionary Rebel Spirit of the
Proletariat." It is by the Red Guards Middle School Attached to
Tsinghua University:
"Revolution is rebellion and rebellion is the soul of Mao Tse-tung’s
thought. . . Not to rebel is revisionism, pure and simple!
"Revisionism has been in control of
the school for 17 years." (Revisionism is the name given to the
policy of the Soviet Union.)
"Since we want rebellion, the matter
has been taken out of your hands! We are going to make the air thick
with the pungent smell of explosives. Toss them over, grenades and stick
bombs together, and start a big fight. ‘Sympathy,’ ‘all
sidedness,’ out of the way!"
Here is a
specific boast that the Red Guards are going to use grenades and bombs
against their own school authorities or the Old Guard of Chinese Communists.
The significance is obvious.
Since this statement is published officially,
it obviously has the approval of Lin Piao and presumably of Mao Tse-tung.
Many have wondered what would have happened
if Trotsky had been victorious in Russia in 1924. History may be about to
provide the answer.
Preparation for War
All this is taking place in a climate of war hysteria where every action
is designed to prepare the people for the war believed to be coming. Their
theory teaches them that an attack by the World Imperialist Powers is
inevitable. Their theory likewise teaches them that communist victory is
inevitable but that superhuman sacrifices may be necessary to make the
inevitable happen. They see themselves more and more isolated as their
former allies forsake them one by one. They claim that the Soviet Union has
entered into a partnership with American Imperialism to rule the world. They
see an imperialist, a revisionist, or a bourgeois everywhere. Their
determination is to transform every individual in Red China into a soldier
to fight the war to inevitable communist victory. Everyone suspected of the
slightest doubt of the wisdom of the communist leaders must be destroyed.
Better the death of a thousand innocents than the escape of a guilty one.
The "thought of Mao Tse-tung"
teaches them that political power "grows out of the mouth of a
gun," and they see the establishment of World Communism as the result
of a victorious war.
The danger to mankind from these doctrines is
clear. It is also clear that Communist China must not be permitted to climb
to world political power by any war whether it be a Peoples’ War in
Vietnam or a thermonuclear war.
"A LITTLE LEARNING IS
A DANGEROUS THING"
A too frequently I receive a letter in which
the writer informs me that he is fully alert and informed concerning
communism and therefore suggests that we cease sending our newsletter and
give it to someone who needs the information.
I am always amazed by such an attitude. There
is a big difference between awareness of the communist conspiracy and
knowledge of the latest communist techniques and projects. No one is fully
informed concerning communism. Constant study of communist programs and
tactics is necessary for the most alert and informed individual.
A medical analogy may help clarify the
situation. A few years ago bacterial disease was rampant and methods for
treating it were largely ineffective. The word "Pneumonia" was
spoken with dread. 25 per cent of those who contracted it died. Many of the
victims were young. The family of the patient waited agonizingly for the
crisis to come and go.
Research discovered the sulphonamide drugs
which destroyed the germ which caused the most common form of pneumonia, and
a great medical victory was won. However, the germ world fought back, as it
were, and developed varieties which were immune to these drugs. It was
imperative to continue research to discover new drugs which would be
effective against the new bacteria.
When a method is discovered to effectively
combat one communist program, they develop another. If they are thwarted in
Labor, they turn to the Civil Rights Movement; if they are defeated in their
efforts to infiltrate one organization, they attack another. Constant
research is necessary to recognize the new communist methods and programs
and to devise effective treatment.
Basic to this whole question is the study of
the Pathology of Communism. No one seriously concerned about the communist
danger and who desires to preserve human freedom can escape this
responsibility.
Study Groups
A study groups is of great value to those desiring to learn the
pathology of communism. Many of these groups have been effective in the
past, but some have been disappointing. Frequent reasons for this
disappointment have been:
1) The complexity of available study
materials. For example, the tapes have been too long and the books too
many.
2) The difficulty of keeping discussion on the track.
3) Dissipation of interest and enthusiasm.
Many have
hesitated to form a study group because they have felt incompetent to direct
it.
We now have available a workbook for study
groups which overcomes these problems. The material for study is simple and
pertinent. It is the book "You Can Trust the Communists (to be
Communists)" and the recorded lecture series "What is
Communism?" An outline for 11 study groups is provided using one
chapter of the book and one or two recorded lectures for each session. A
list of questions is provided to test if the material has been understood.
The correct answers to these questions are also printed in the workbook.
These is not difficulty in conducting a study
group if equipped with this book. Each program is limited to one hour in
duration and the cost is minimal. Everyone who completes the course will
build a strong foundation of knowledge of the essential elements of
communist pathology.
The workbook is very suitable for school use.
It costs $1.
Our immediate objective is the formation of
1,000 study groups. The number participating in a group can vary from 2 to
20. Who will volunteer to form one?
CONCLUSION
Our present projects include:
1) An Educational program in Thailand
on the Pathology of communism. America has established large military
bases in Thailand and these are manned by 25,000 American servicemen. Our
program will supplement the military and economic programs already in
operation. If successful, it could prevent military conflict and save many
lives. It will be directed by Joost Sluis, M.D. who did such successful
work in British Guiana.
2) Special schools of anti-communism for students in Washington, D.C.
and on the West Coast during the summer of 1967. We plan to train more
than 1,000 college students so that they can effectively defend freedom on
their campuses.
3) To supply every serviceman in Vietnam with a copy of the book "You
Can Trust the Communists (to be Communists)."
4) Televised schools of anti-communism. Such a school has been
arranged in Indianapolis, Indiana. It will commence on November 14, with a
televised rally at which the featured speaker will be Dr. Walter Judd. The
school will run continuously from Monday, November 28 to Friday, December
2. One hour each evening will be televised live over WTTV, Channel 4, from
9:00 to 10:00 p.m. During the day the faculty will address meetings in the
colleges, seminaries, and high schools of the area. The faculty will
include: Herbert Philbrick, Dr. Walter Judd, Dr. John Drakeford, The Rev.
Daniel Lyons, S.J., Serafin Menocal, Raymond Joseph, Joost Sluis, M.D.,
and Dr. Fred Schwarz.
5) The maintenance of our work with the United States and in 21 other
countries. The finest programs will fail without the financial support
needed to nourish them. We urgently need an extra $50,000. Will you
contribute generously and cheerfully? The Lord loveth a cheerful giver.
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