Dear Friend:
The above remarkable statement is in a letter from Mr. George Whitney,
General Manager of KFMB-TV Channel 8, San Diego, California to Mr Wayne
Adams of Roswell, New Mexico. Here is the full text of the letter.
"August 16, 1966
"Mr. Wayne Adams
1110 South Main
Roswell, New Mexico
"Dear Mr Adams:
Thank you for your letter regarding the Dr. Schwarz’s School on
Anti-Communism programs.
"You state in
your letter that you understand we wanted to run the program, but that our
CBS attorneys in New York would not permit it.
"Please be
advised that (1) At no time did we plan to carry the programs, and (2) CBS
attorneys have nothing to do with the selection of what programs we carry.
"This station
has long had a policy not to sell facilities or time on the air to persons
or organizations who advocate a political philosophy except during
election time when the candidate for office or political philosophy is
well-defined as the sponsor of the program. If we were to sell air time to
an anti-communism school, such as Dr. Schwarz’s, we would be obligated
by the Federal Communications Commission’s Fairness Doctrine to sell
approximately an equal amount of time to an individual or group advocating
communism. Therefore, because of that obligation imposed upon us by the
FCC as broadcast licenses, we do not choose to sell time to persons or
groups advocating any political philosophy.
"I hope this
explains our position and please keep watching Channel 8 as we value you
as a viewer.
"Cordially,
George Whitney
Vice-Pres. and Gen. Mgr."
I have replied to Mr Whitney:
"I have read the copy of your
letter to Mr. Wayne Adams, which you graciously sent to me, with utter
bewilderment. I wish to discuss two statements you make:
1) CBS
attorneys have nothing to do with the selection of what programs we
carry.
Two Crusade representatives, Rev. James
Colbert and Mr. John Fielding, submitted our application to purchase
time on your station to your Station Manager, Mr. Bill Fox. He viewed a
video tape of a program featuring ex-Congressman Dr. Walter Judd as the
principal speaker. He professed to be impressed and sympathetic to our
application. He gave a statement of the costs of the program and the
available times. He said that before he could make a firm contract he
would need to discuss the matter with the CBS attorneys. He said he
would inform us of the decision after he had contacted them.
We called several
times and were told that no reply had yet been received from the
attorneys. Finally we were informed that the attorneys had advised
against accepting our program.
If, as you state, CBS attorneys have nothing to do with the selection of
your programs, why were we submitted to this time-consuming and
expensive procedure?
2) If we were to sell air time to an anti-communism school, such as
Dr. Schwarz’s, we would be obligated by the Federal Communications
Commission’s Fairness Doctrine to sell approximately an equal amount
of time to an individual or group advocating communism.
This is a unique interpretation of the Federal Communications Commission’s
Fairness Doctrine. I would be interested to know if this is your
personal interpretation or the interpretation given by the CBS
attorneys. It seems to ignore the nature of communism as defined by law.
An Act of Congress has classified the American Communist Party as an
action group of an international communist conspiracy seeking to
overthrow constitutional government within the United States. If your
station provides a program against crime, is it necessary to sell an
equal amount of time to a criminal syndicate?
In his address
"An Effective Foreign Policy," Dr. Walter Judd was highly
critical of the plans of Communist China. Are we to assume that it would
be necessary to sell an equal amount of time to a spokesman for
Communist China?
Serafin Menocal
described the deceitful techniques by which Castro imposed communist
dictatorship on Cuba. Would it be necessary to provide equal time for
Fidel Castro to rebut his statements? Surely such an interpretation
scales the summit of the ridiculous.
I suggest that you
ask the Federal Communications Commission for a ruling on these specific
matters."
It is difficult to
believe that responsible executives continue to see communism as merely
a political philosophy in legitimate competition with the philosophy of
the Republican and Democratic Parties. The history of nearly fifty
years, the writing of the communist leaders, the legislation of the
United States Congress, the million of pitiful refugees, and the war
dead of Korea and Vietnam cry aloud against this delusion.
Communism is a
worldwide pseudoreligion with military, political, and subversive
agencies, which is waging war against limited constitutional government
and individual liberty, everywhere in the world. It is built on the
doctrines of atheism, materialism, class warfare, class dictatorship and
class extermination. It should not be treated as a constitutional
political party.
COMMUNISM’S
INSOLUBLE DILEMMA
The communists are impaled upon the horns of a
dilemma of their own creation. They are compelled to believe simultaneously
two mutually contradictory things. The attempt to do this must impose
tremendous mental and emotional stress.
The two contradictory
beliefs are:
1) The Communist Party is the ultimate
possessor of wisdom and truth. Its judgements are absolute and infallible.
2) The Communist Party has made a series of hideous mistakes.
This
dilemma is clearly revealed by one the final speeches Nikita Khrushchev made
as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet union and Chairman
of the U.S.S.R. Council of Ministers. The address was delivered to a Plenary
Meeting of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
held in Moscow, June 18-21, 1963. The full text has been published as
"Soviet Bookley No. 112" by Soviet Booklets, 3 Rosary Gardens,
London, S.W. 7. The booklet was purchased from the Communist Party Bookstore
in Sydney, Australia.
Khrushchev’s speech
constantly stresses the glorious and supreme qualities of the Communist
Party and also gives detailed record of hideous mistakes made by the Party.
He describes the Communist Party thus: "The people’s attitude to the
party is sacred, the party is the highest and greatest truth, the
brain and conscience of the people, the leader of the people, the organiser
of the people." (Page 19)
The Party elected
Stalin and Malenkov to its highest offices. If the Party is as Khrushchev
claims, these must have been wise decisions. How did Stalin and Malenkov
behave? Khrushchev tells the Central Committee and us:
"You
remember the film The Kuban Cossacks. As soon as it was shown we
told Stalin that the life of the collective farmers was portrayed
untruthfully in that film. It showed complete abundance. Stalin liked it
when the screen showed every collective farmer seated at a festive table,
putting a whole turkey away by himself. I told Stalin then that those
turkeys had been bought by Minister of Cinematography Bolshakov, and that
actors, and not collective farmers, were eating them. That did not happen
in real life; the countryside at that time was experiencing great
difficulties.
"You remember
that it was not only in films that eye-wash appeared. Malenkov’s report
to the 19th Party Congress, where he said that the grain
problem had been solved, that there was plenty of grain, was a fraud,
deceiving the party and the people.
"Thousands of
letters poured in from all parts of the country after the 19th
Congress. People wrote that if the grain problem had been solved then why
wasn’t there enough grain? Then Stalin raised the question and
practically made short shrift of the leaders of some regions, because
letters coming from there drawing attention to the shortage of grain had
reached him." (Page 18)
Khrushchev’s
blunt statement that Stalin "practically made short shrift of the
leaders of some regions" means that he either had them executed or sent
to concentration camps. He was acting as the representative of the Communist
Party with its full authority. His actions were the actions of the Communist
Party. He was both ignorant and cruel so the Party was behaving in an
ignorant and cruel manner.
The processes by which
Khrushchev retains his complete faith that the Party is the highest and
greatest truth, while he details the actions of the Party based on ignorance
and cruelty, would make an interesting study for a psychiatrist.
"Let Them Eat Cake"
Khrushchev continues: "At that time, during a discussion in the
central committee, I said: ‘Comrade Stalin, the Ukrainians are extremely
dissatisfied with not being supplied with white bread.’ It was said at the
party congress that the grain problem had been solved, whereas the
Ukrainians, who had always eaten white bread, no longer had it. Stalin
replied: ‘White bread must be given to the Ukrainians.’ It was almost as
bad as in the story about the French Queen who, when told that the people
were without bread, said if they were without bread they should eat
cake." (Page 18)
The Biological Yield
Khrushchev reveals the remarkable methods by which Malenkov calculated
the Soviet harvest and announced "that there was plenty of grain."
"Malenkov used
figures on the so-called biological yield. Now, how was that biological
yield determined? The number of ears was counted per square meter of the
sown area, then all the grains of one ear were counted and weighed and the
figures obtained for this square meter were multiplied by the sown area.
This is what was called the biological yield. But neither pies nor pancakes
can be baked out of the biological yield. Bread and pancakes are made out of
the actual harvest in the granaries." (Pages 18 and 19)
It is interesting to
note that the communists were not trying to provide false statistics to
deceive the outside world. This is the method by which the Party secured its
own information concerning the Soviet harvest. How can this be reconciled
with the statement that the Party is the highest and greatest truth?
It would be wise to
regard all statistics provided by the communists with profound reservations.
The Role of the Party
In spite of this, Khrushchev argues that the Party is entitled to make
judgements on the most complex matters and that these judgements are the
highest truth and should be absolutely binding on all communists. He states:
"Our
party stands at the head of the people and guides the people, and has
given direction to and will continue to direct ideological activities; it
has waged a struggle and will continue to fight against all manifestations
of bourgeois ideology.
"We are using
every opportunity we have to ensure that all ideological work is developed
in the necessary direction, in the spirit of communist theology."
(Pages 21 and 22)
Art and Culture
He gives instructions concerning the attitude to be adopted by writers
and artists:
"It
would be a good thing if each writer and each art worker began by
realising that his activities should strengthen and not weaken the
positions of communism. . . . . One may ask: ‘And who is the judge who
will determine whether ideological work is being conducted in the correct
direction?’ The party is the judge, the party and the people; all
ideological activities, every work of literature and art, should serve
their interests, should serve the cause of communism.
". . . . The
party congress and the central committee it elects determine what is in
the best interests of the party, of the people, and what is harmful to
them. And those who refute partisanship and collective leadership want to
decide everything on their own. Such an author, let us say, writes a book
or an artist paints a canvas as declares: ‘This is it: no one has the
right to contradict me, I am my own judge!’ Who should determine the
artistic value and the ideological trend of such works? According to their
authors they themselves should do this. They demand that their works be
published, that they be provided with printshops, printer’s ink,
newsprint, that they be provided with everything. No, the party will never
agree to this!" (Page 22)
The Orthodox Marxist-Leninist
Khrushchev has been widely regarded as one of the mildest communists and
as symptomatic of the mellowing that is taking place within Russian
Communism.
There is no evidence in
his speech to support this. It is an example of pure Marxist-Leninist
orthodoxy. He outlines the world situation in the following words:
"Yes,
comrades, a grim class struggle is in progress in the international arena.
Enemies are attacking our Marxist-Leninist ideology and are trying to
corrupt the souls and minds of the people. . . A fight is a fight.
"Those who leave
our camp of builders of communism for the other camp will sooner or later
be held responsible before our people. NikolaiVasilyevich Gogol described
masterfully how Taras Bulba killed his son Andrei for deserting to the
enemy. Such is the logic of struggle.
"A still more
bitter struggle is now going on between the forces of imperialism, which
is prepared to do anything to preserve its domination, and the forces of
communism and socialism. Taras Bulba waged a national struggle and we are
waging a class struggle, a struggle more severe and relentless. The
oppressed are not confined to any one nationality. This struggle knows
no ties of kinship or family." (Page 8)
One wonders
if Khrushchev retained his conviction that "the Party is the highest
and greatest truth, the brain and conscience of the people" after it
repudiated him.
It is no exaggeration
to say that the inherent contradictions and inconsistencies within the
doctrines and programs of communism cross the borders of rationality into
the realms of mental alienation.
The irrationality of
communism does not diminish its dangerous nature. Constant vigilance is
imperative for survival.
WHAT IS COMMUNISM?
Lecture 4–The Communist Party
The inventor of the Communist Party was Lenin, not Marx. Marx developed the
doctrines of class warfare and predicted the triumph of the proletarian
class, but he was content to leave this triumph to the operation of the
forces of history as he believed that the productive process set in motion a
train of events leading to inevitable proletarian victory. Lenin became the
disciple of Marx who formed the Communist Party to translate the ideas of
Marx into reality.
Lenin was born of
middle-class Russian parents. He was a very brilliant student. Russia had a
long tradition of revolution, though Marxism was relatively new within
Russia. Lenin’s older brother was engaged in a plot to assassinate the
Czar, was arrested and executed, and bitterness and hatred of Czarist
authority entered into the heart and mind of young Lenin. He identified
himself with the new revolutionary movement within Russia, Marxism, which
concentrated on the primary role to be played in the revolution by the
workers in the cities rather than the peasants on the farms. He became a
member of the Marxists. However, he conceived the idea that the revolution
should not be spontaneous but that a party of professional revolutionary
soldiers should be formed and that this party should become the instrument
of history leading to the overthrow of the established capitalist system and
the institution of dictatorship.
Lenin attended a
congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party that was held in
Brussels, Belgium, in 1903. The Russian Social Democratic Labor Party was
the Marxist Party created in Russia under the leadership of the
intellectual, Plekhanov. It was made up largely of idealistic
revolutionaries most of whom live in exile after getting into trouble with
the police in Russia.
Lenin came to this
congress in Belgium with the idea of the formation of a special party
burning in his mind. It is interesting to note that the police in Belgium
didn’t like this gang of revolutionaries in their fair city so they
expelled them and they went across to London, England, which has been the
historic haven of refugees. Lenin split the congress with his motion that
the party of the Marxists, the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party, should
be a small disciplined party of professional revolutionaries. He wanted a
party that could be tightly controlled so he wanted to keep the number small
and make it a party of the elite. His opponents thought he was too rigid in
this, and they preferred the party to be a little more flexible. When the
matter came to a vote, Lenin secured a majority for his point of view. The
Russian word for majority is akin to Bolshevik, so the party of Lenin became
known as the majority segment of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party
of the Bolsheviks. The Russian word for minority is akin to Menshevik and so
the opponents of Lenin, led by a man called Martov, became known as the
minority group of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party or the
Mensheviks.
Lenin had just a tine
handful supporting him at this congress in 1903. The figure had been given
variously from 17 to 25. The Bolshevik segment of the Russian Social
Democratic Labor Party was a tiny fragment of humanity at its birth in 1903;
yet that is the seed from which the entire world communist movement has
grown.
The split between the
Bolsheviks and Mensheviks grew and developed between 1903 and 1917. In
February, 1917, the Russian Revolution broke out. Russia was in the throes
of the first World War. Czarest authority was overthrown. A provisional
government was established with the objective of setting up a constitutional
democratic republic. Lenin returned in April, 1917, and he renamed the
Bolshevik segment of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party, the
Communist Party of Russia (Bolshevik). From this small party of 1917, the
World Communist Movement of today has grown. Its triumph has been largely
due to the organization, the efficiency, and the discipline of this small
party which Lenin created.
The concept of the
Communist Party is that it should be a party of the elite, not a party of
the masses. The communists call it the vanguard of the proletariat. It is
small and disciplined. Just as the body has one set of cells called the
brain which control the entire body, so the Communist Party consists of
members of the proletariat set aside to control the entire proletariat.
The paradox is that the
leaders of the Communist Party were not members of the working class; they
were middle class intellectuals. Their background was bourgeois.
The working class has
been contemptuous of communism from its inception. The leadership has almost
invariably come from the intellectual class. Most were recruited as
students. However, they claim to be proletarians and to represent the
proletariat.
Lenin created a small
party with a single mind and a single will. It could advance or retreat as a
unit; it could go underground or operate in the open as desired. The form of
organization established for this party was called–Democratic Centralism.
Democratic Centralism
Every Communist Party throughout the world is organized in accordance
with the so-called principles of Democratic Centralism. The organization is
something like this: At the community level, a small communist group is
formed. It may be a group that meets in a home, in a neighborhood, in a
school, in a factory, or even in a church. This is the basic unit of the
Communist Party. It may be called the cell, the club, the group, or any
chosen name.
A number of these units
are controlled by a district council and each unit elects their
representative to the district council. The important thing about their
representative is this–he cannot be instructed by the group that elects
him as to how he will vote on a given proposition. He must be totally
uninstructed. The district council meets, it discusses a problem, a vote is
taken, and the majority vote prevails. Before this vote is taken, open
debate is encouraged. Once the vote is taken, it becomes unanimously binding
on every member of the committee. As a united group, they go back to the
units which elected them to give them the decision of the higher committee.
Actually, the democratic part is that you elect your representative to bring
you back your orders from the higher committee. This process continues
throughout the structure of the Communist Party.
The district committees
elect representatives to a higher committee embracing a number of district
committees. Decisions made at the higher committee are unanimously binding
on every member of that committee and unanimously binding everywhere below
it. This structure continues until the final committee or the Central
Committee is reached.
The Central Committee
Theoretically, the Central Committee is the final authority, but since a
large committee needs an executive, there is invariably an executive of the
Central Committee which is in frequent session. In Russia in the days of
Stalin, it was called the Politburo. It was then renamed, the Presidium. It
has now taken the name of the Politburo once again. This is the final
authority and the decisions reached at the Politburo are unanimously binding
on every member. These decisions are presented to the Central Committee. The
Central Committee approves them unanimously. From the Central Committee the
decisions go to the next committee level where the same process takes place.
Ultimately the decisions reach all party members. The decision of the
Politburo are binding on every loyal Communist Party member.
By the nature of the
process, one man almost always emerges in dominant control of the Politburo
and so communism produces the dictatorship of one man. Communism operates
through personal dictatorship of which Joseph Stalin is the prime example,
or the dictatorship of a few which they call collective leadership.
The Communist Party has
been the agency of revolution and dictatorship which has been responsible
for so much of the progress that communism has made throughout the world.
This organizational
form is, of course, not unique, and has been copied by others. Hitler, for
example, copied it when he formed the Nazi Party. Mussolini copied it when
he formed the Fascist Party of Italy. The Leninist idea of the disciplined
party today operates in every country throughout the world.
CONCLUSION
Sometimes one letter stands out vividly among
the many encouraging letters received. Such is the following: "I am the
father of sixteen children. I would not like to see them grow up in a
communist world. I can ill afford the enclosed check but consider I can less
afford not to support your work." Sacramento, California
This letter to Janet
Greene speaks for itself: "Having been using your music in teaching and
must say that I have had very good results. The students, after hearing one
of your numbers and then listening to a comparable selection in the modern
manner, much prefer your music. They so readily note the fine quality. I
have also played your music for patients at the Toledo State Hospital and
have had avid response." Toledo, Ohio
Also: "I received
a copy of ‘Communism–the Deceitful Tyranny’ for our Superintendent of
Education here in Washington. My intention, before sending it off, was
merely to leaf through it and read a few pages at random. I ended up utterly
enthralled by the information contained. I’ve been reading about communism
for over a year but have never, despite all my varied sources, come across
the information you have in this book. It is excellent." Kettle Falls,
Washington
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