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How
close are liberal agendas to those of
communists? It is a sobering
eye-opener to look at the following 45
communist goals inserted into the
Congressional Record in 1963 and see how
many of them have actually occurred:
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
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:
[From
"The Naked Communist," by Cleon
Skousen]
CURRENT
COMMUNIST GOALS
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, etc.
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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