lot merely to support their ab solutely false and hollow claim that the Party is a legitimate political organ iza tion on the American scene. Make no mistake about the communists in this country. They represent a conspiracy of inter national treachery and deceit — one which is totally and unapolo- getically subservient to the dic tates o f Moscow. Today, we face the challenge of two international camps of communism which dominate near ly one third of the earth’s people. One of these facetiously speaks of “ peaceful coexistence” while loud ly rattling the sword of nuclear destruction. The other — more boisterous and crude — profanely plays the part o f a Twentieth Century Genghis Khan. Both are vehemently anti- American ; and, despite widely dramatized differences, they con tinue to cast but one shadow across the earth. It is the shadow o f death and destruction in Viet nam; the shadow of blackmail and intimidation in West Berlin; the shadow of subversion and guerrilla tactics in Latin America and other noncommunist regions of the world. To the communist aggressor in Vietnam and to his Red Fascist counterparts elsewhere around the earth, I would commend the brilliant prophecy of Thomas Jeff erson when he wrote in 1821, “ . . . the flames kindled on the 4th of July, 1776, have spread over too much of the globe to be extinguished by the feeble en gines of despotism; on the con trary, they will consume these engines and all who work them.” The flames of freedom which were lighted across this great land of ours in Jefferson’s day have continued to bum with an intense and magnetic light for nearly 200 years. They have been fed by the spiritual fuel which abounds only in a land where an abiding faith in God and recogni tion o f Him as the true Author of Liberty prevail. Qy
the public officials responsible for their unwarranted release! There is a growing body of ex pert opinion today that the “ for gotten man” in the halls of jus tice is the so-called “ ordinary” citizen. In the words of one wide ly respected Federal Judge, “ . . . our system of law, in recent prac tice, seems to neglect the interests of the public and the victims of crimes. . . . The pendulum has swung too far to the side o f the accused.” This trend is fraught with peril. It has, to quote a leading newspaper of our nation’s capi tal, created a phenomenon of “ un equal justice under law.” In a democracy such as ours, respect for law and order is one of the highest expressions of pa triotism. Freedom cannot long survive where defiance and con tempt are tolerated or condoned. That is why our country can ill afford the binge o f so-called “ civil disobedience” which has erupted on the streets of major cities and across the campuses o f many col leges and universities. I use the term “ so-called” be cause, in the view o f many legal authorities, willful violations of law — be they draft card burn ings or raucous demonstrations— are not “ civil.” Rather, they con stitute criminal acts o f disobedi ence. In establishing legal channels to redress grievances and to seek remedies for injustice, our fore fathers had a specific purpose in mind. They recognized that no one benefits from the breakdown of law and order—nor from mas sive defiance and rioting — other than the enemies of society. None of these enemies is more cunning or determined than the Communist Party, USA, a corps of traitorous turncoats who bask in the rights and privileges of life in the United States while relent lessly conspiring to destroy our heritage of liberty and justice under God. Never has a stronger spirit of optimism prevailed w ith in the
communist movement than exists today. This optimism is based not on wishful thinking but on actual trends and developments which the communists interpret as strengthening their ability to un dermine America’s security and freedom. Foremost among these is the Party’s continued success in thwarting the law and circum venting iu s tice in the United States — a success which has prompted Gus Hall and other communist leaders recently to boast of their continuing victories against antisubversive laws and regulations. Another factor contributing to confidence and optimism in com munist ranks is the growing suc cess achieved in certain key pro grams of the Party — particular ly those designed to corrupt the minds and win the support of American youth. ONLY THIS What I am I give to Thee, Faithful to Thy blessed call. I ask no other thing for me Than Thy kind word— "He gave his all." — John MacArthur, Jr. In this day when communist speakers are cordially invited to spew their venom on the cam puses of American colleges and universities, it is indeed a trav esty that we in the FBI find our legitimate efforts to carry opt duties assigned by the Congress, the President and the Attorney General of the United States un der severe attack by groups of faculty and students. The Party is making elaborate plans to run communist candi dates for public office in forth coming local, state and national elections. Naturally, they have little hope of winning any of these campaigns — for the communists have been markedly unsuccessful in gaining a majority vote here or elsewhere in the free world at an honest election. Rather, they would place candidates on the bal
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