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- Communist Goals (1963)
- Congressional Record--Appendix, pp. A34-A35
- January 10, 1963
- Current Communist Goals
- EXTENSION OF REMARKS OF HON. A. S. HERLONG,
JR. OF FLORIDA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- Thursday, January 10, 1963
- Mr. HERLONG. Mr. Speaker, Mrs. Patricia Nordman
of De Land, Fla., is an ardent and articulate opponent of communism,
and until recently published the De Land Courier, which she dedicated
to the purpose of alerting the public to the dangers of communism
in America.
- At Mrs. Nordman's request, I include in the RECORD,
under unanimous consent, the following "Current Communist
Goals," which she identifies as an excerpt from "The
Naked Communist," by Cleon Skousen:
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[From "The Naked Communist,"
by Cleon Skousen]
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COMMUNIST GOALS:
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- 1. U.S. acceptance of coexistence as the only
alternative to atomic war.
- 2. U.S. willingness to capitulate in preference
to engaging in atomic war.
3. Develop the illusion that total disarmament [by] the United
States would be a demonstration of moral strength.
4. Permit free trade between all nations regardless of Communist
affiliation and regardless of whether or not items could be used
for war.
5. Extension of long-term loans to Russia and Soviet satellites.
6. Provide American aid to all nations regardless of Communist
domination.
7. Grant recognition of Red China. Admission of Red China to the
U.N.
8. Set up East and West Germany as separate states in spite of
Khrushchev's promise in 1955 to settle the German question by
free elections under supervision of the U.N.
9. Prolong the conferences to ban atomic tests because the United
States has agreed to suspend tests as long as negotiations are
in progress.
10. Allow all Soviet satellites individual representation in the
U.N.
11. Promote the U.N. as the only hope for mankind. If its charter
is rewritten, demand that it be set up as a one-world government
with its own independent armed forces. (Some Communist leaders
believe the world can be taken over as easily by the U.N. as by
Moscow. Sometimes these two centers compete with each other as
they are now doing in the Congo.)
12. Resist any attempt to outlaw the Communist Party.
13. Do away with all loyalty oaths.
14. Continue giving Russia access to the U.S. Patent Office.
15. Capture one, or both, of the political parties in the
United States.
16. Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic
American institutions by claiming their activities violate
civil rights.
17. Get
control of the schools.
Use them as transmission belts for socialism and current Communist
propaganda. Soften the curriculum. Get control of teachers'
associations. Put the party line in textbooks.
18. Gain control of all student newspapers.
19. Use student riots to foment public protests against programs
or organizations which are under Communist attack.
20. Infiltrate the press. Get control of book-review
assignments, editorial writing, policymaking positions.
21. Gain control of key positions in radio, TV, and motion
pictures.
22. Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all forms
of artistic expression. An American Communist cell was told to
"eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings, substitute
shapeless, awkward and meaningless forms."
23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. "Our
plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art."
24. Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them "censorship"
and a violation of free speech and free press.
25. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting
pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures,
radio, and TV.
26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as
"normal, natural, healthy."
27. Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with
"social" religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize
the need for intellectual maturity which does not need a "religious
crutch."
28. Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression
in the schools on the ground that it violates the principle of
"separation of church and state."
29. Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate,
old-fashioned, out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation
between nations on a worldwide basis.
30. Discredit the American Founding Fathers. Present them
as selfish aristocrats who had no concern for the "common
man."
31. Belittle all forms of American culture and discourage the
teaching of American history on the ground that it was only a
minor part of the "big picture." Give more emphasis
to Russian history since the Communists took over.
32. Support any socialist movement to give centralized control
over any part of the culture -- education, social agencies, welfare
programs, mental health clinics, etcetera.
33. Eliminate all laws or procedures which interfere with the
operation of the Communist apparatus.
34. Eliminate the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
35. Discredit, and eventually dismantle, the FBI.
36. Infiltrate and gain control of more unions.
37. Infiltrate and gain control of big business.
38. Transfer some of the powers of arrest from the police to social
agencies. Treat all behavioral problems as psychiatric disorders
which no one but psychiatrists can understand [or treat].
39. Dominate the psychiatric profession and use mental health
laws as a means of gaining coercive control over those who oppose
Communist goals.
40. Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity
and easy divorce.
41. Emphasize the need to raise children away from the negative
influence of parents. Attribute prejudices, mental blocks and
retarding of children to suppressive influence of parents.
42. Create the impression that violence and insurrection are legitimate
aspects of the American tradition; that students and special-interest
groups should rise up and use ["]united force["] to
solve economic, political or social problems.
43. Overthrow all colonial governments before native populations
are ready for self-government.
44. Internationalize the Panama Canal.
45. Repeal the Connally reservation so the United States cannot
prevent the World Court from seizing jurisdiction [over domestic
problems. Give the World Court jurisdiction] over nations and
individuals alike.
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Congressional Record, Vol. 109
- 88th Congress, 1st Session
- Appendix Pages A1-A2842
- Jan. 9-May 7, 1963
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