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Show Character Assasins At Work I The Many Moods oj Will Lucas z Who Dares Call It Reason? Birthday A Coincidence? by Will Lucas Its a little belated but I feel Its so Important that It must be mentioned. October has been set aside as National Will Lucas Month. . .and October 22 Is National Will Lucas Day. Thats the day set aside group in support of some poliby presidential proclamation not tical candidate or another?? . .but the Pre(well, yet. The lntesity o fthecampalns sident has been so bury lately obviously Its Just a matter of maked It mandltory that you time till my request gets to the join something to support one in top of the file and is party and violently oppose the other. approved) for all - spirited Goldwater has organized the citizens to celebrate my birthSyrian and -- Lebanese Ameriday. cans for Goldwater and M lller. The John Birch Society celebrates by birthday every Johnson has lined up scienyear by phoning me at 3 A. M. tists and engineers for Johnson and Humphrey. So waht about and again at 4 A.M. to deliver their singing telegrams. . .to you?? How about you joining the the tune of Ill Be Glad When Youre Red, You Rascal, Lilly of the Valley and A fit can Violet Flower Clubs You. When my birthday rolls Ernie Wilkinson?" Or Owners around youll undoubtedly be of 1952 Chevrolets for Frank Moss?? Or Organlzation for very mucx aware of It. . . Building a Replica of Saltalr black banners In the huge newspapers, news bulletins on behind the State Capital for Mellch?" Or Main Street radio and television and special ladles teas. . .posslbley Merchants for Tansfer of Brigham Young Monument to State (but I doubt It. . .the only man capable of running the Street In Exchange For The political campalng off the front Eagle Gate Monument for pages is J. Bracken Lee. . . Rampton? Theres just all kinds of and this, In a year when hes not running!!!) Amazing! possibilities to add fuel to your burning desire to stand SITGNED UP? None Dare Call It Treason by John Stormer has of in the court on our trial public opinion. Serious government put its is warranted consideration by Impact. Several Republicans of Goldwater. Senator to advance election the promote it The book The evidence for Stormers accusations wouldnt be accepted in any court except that of public opinion and yet many are willing to accept his conclusions at face value. This book must be answered because it has won widespread interest in Salt Lake. Its supporters claim authenticity because of thorough documentation. Todays issue of the Rocky Mountain Review reprints the full text of a report by the National Committee for Civic Responsibility which debunks the documentation claim. We urge any fair minded person who has read or heard about None Dare Call It Treason to read this report as well. The people of this state have traditionally shunned the sensational for the rational. Our heritage is one of justice and intellectual fairness. Why, then, the enchantment with this sensational diatribe? Its vain attempt to extract treason from the slimmest evidence is unjust and intellectually shallow. We are repelled by None Dare Call It Treason because: conduct of our It selects random faults of the post-w- ar a of web communist into them subervision, government, spins completely ignoring the single largest effort and expense of developing an effective arsenal posed against the communist threat. It is possible to report the faults of any person, organization or institution, consider them alone, exagerate and distort them and paint a picture of pure evil. By such a tactic we could show that any man who occasionally argues with his wife is a scoundrel, and with enough isolated incidents document the claim. 1.) A 2.- ) The documentation is misleading, often untruthful or out of or invented as shown in the context, and occasionally Civic Responsibility Committees report. non-exist- Stormer accuses many of being communist or socialist the basis of hearsay, partial reports, suppositions, association and deduction. 3.- ) This is hardly the traditional American way. Stormer, like many extremists, assumes that anyone who disagrees with him is guilty until proven innocent. The same tactic will be used by extremists against the Civic Responsibility Committees report, they will attack the association and the motives of the committees leaders rather than the substance of the report. in so far as being intellectual Stormer is is being fair and examining both sides of an issue. His research is sloppy, he overworks the sensational lie and twists evidence to lead to his fanatic conclusions. anti-intellect- ual To quote the report To the average reader, his documentation seems impressive and few will take the time to discover for themmost cursory examination. selves that it cannot withstand even-the Literary character assassination is not the exclusive property of the right. Democratic State headquarters distribute Fred Cooks We object to the Barry Goldwater, Extremist on the Right. technique wherever it occurs, but believe because of the greater circulation of Stormers book it deserves primary attention. We' do not object to Stormers right to publish his book or to the right of any bookstore to sell it. We are deeply distressed by its apparent ready acceptance, and its use as an unofficial tool in this campaign. Letters To The Editor Why One And Not The Other? Dear Sir Im st a loss to understand rlvnat the motivation of your editorial writer was when under the heading, Campaign mears Flood Book Racks" he discusses Before You Decide , Read Analysis Of Controversial Book ant on the book, None Dare Call It Treason," the most fully authenticated book on communism In our time, the book, A Texan Looks At Lyndon", written by the "most noted living Southwestern historian", J. E vetts Halen, whom Dr. Herbert E. Bolton, the great CalBqrnla historian, spoke of as "Americans finest historical writer", and the book, A Choice NotanEcho", by Phyllis Schlafly, who holds a masters degree In PollUcal Science and was chosen as W oman of Achievement In Public Affairs, but falls to mention such books as," Gold-wat- er Made Simple", "Portrait Of Goldwater" put out bu "The New Republic" whose first editor was Walter early president of the Harvard chapter of the Intercollegiate Socialist Society, and other books on the news stands of similar 11k. Senior Citizens Say Thank You We certainly appreciate the spread In your paper, and weve already had quite a few Inquiries about the Center stemming from your article. Needless to say, the coverage was more than wed even hoped for - thanks very much. Will keep you Informed as we come up with some new activities, and again, thanks for your interest. Cordially, Llp-pma- nn, Very truly yours. Wilford A. Hlnkson 4648 Nathan Circle Salt Lake City 17, Utah (Continued from Page 2) Church on record as one of the earliest denominations In opposition to communism and We were, but nofascism. body had ever said that before, and I wanted It In a clear resolution. From 1936 -- and Im not sure I saw Professor Ward even then Ive seen Professor Ward once-- -I know since 1936--- I think probably since 1932. then,, he was an Inspirational teacher, to whom I owe very, very much. He was a dear personal friend. When he shifted his view, as I believe, I had to break with Professor Ward. He understood It. I can bring for the committee, if It wishes, the letters that I wrote to him back at that time Indicating a complete break In the matter of what he was standing for and what I believed we should stand Now for. E. Stormer, page 58, paraWeapons and am graph 3: munition were supplied to the In Cuba by underground the CIA In such a way as to insure that they could never be used. His documentation for this charge Is a column written by Edith Roosevelt in the Shreveport Journal, September 15, 1962. If Edith Roosevelt, a frankly partisan right wing writer had made such a charge, It would not necessarily have been an accurate statement. But the fact Is that she said no such thing. Edith Roosevelt writes that CIA dropped caches of weapons and ammunition at random freedom fighter depots In the expectation that the underground would be able to mount a coordinated attack in which ammunition and weapons would be properly disShe quarrels with tributed. this concept and points out that this resulted In some weaponry not having pi . r ammunition. At no time does she say or even Imply that this was done to Insure that they could never be used. F. Stormer, page 168, paragraph 1: Despite exposure of the Communist control of the CIO by congressional In the vestlgations In 1938-3Communists remained In open control for at least 7 more years. (Ref. 7, ch. lfc CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Sept., 22, 1950, p.A6831.) There Is simply no mention whatever In the reference which Stormer cites as to how long the CIO remained under Communist Influence subsequent to the congressional Investigation, or whether It remained so at all.. This is a ' spurious reference. G. Stormer, page 32, paragraph 6: Gen. James Van Fleet, another Korean commander told Congress; My own conviction is that there . Dear Sin Marian Petersen Senior Citizens Recreation Center 237 South 10th East Salt Lake City To Mrs. EDITORS NOTE: Petersen we say thanks, Its nice to be appreciated. To M r. Hlnkson we reccommend one editorial, one article and one report in this Issue. (Continued on Page 7) Book Report With A Twist method and the books principal fault. This is Stormers 4.- ) Have you joined yet?? I mean have you Joined some minority 9, must have been Information to the enemy from high diplomatic authorities that we would not attack his home bases across the Yalu." (Ref. 30. Ch. 3: Hearings Interlocking subversion In Government departments, SISS, 1954, pp. 1653 1708; 1733; 2019-204- has lumped this Stormer reference vious 1711 several preones, making It rather In with difficult to find. But when General Van Fleets pertinent testimony is discovered on page 2033, we find that Stormer has embroidered a bit although he Is purporting to quote General Van Fleet directly. The actual quote, as it appears In the record Is, My own conviction Is that there must have been Information to the enemy that we would not attack his home bases. Under questioning, the general affirms that this is a supposition and that he has no evidence to support It. The significance of this example Is that Stormer added words to an Item which he purported to be quoting. H. Stormer, page 205, paraIf U.S. proposals graph 4; for arms control and dlsarma ment are accepted, U.S. military forces will be transferred to the U.N. peace force, which is directed by the Under Secretary for Political and Security Council Affairs, who has always been a Communist. (No documentation.) Stormer does not document this statement , although he certainly could have. Dozens of rightwing organizations have circulated this myth, and, by quoting each other, have compiled an extensive file of meaningless document atlon. , In the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD of May 2, 1963, Senator THOMAS KUCHEL, Republican, of California, quotes the following paragraphs from the Long Beach, Calif., Independent, a metropolitan dally newspaper, of March 15, 1963, as follows: The U.S. Government Is trying to put all its Armed Forces under the command of a Russian general, John Rousselot told 600 persons In municipal auditorium Thursday night. Rousselot, John Birch Society district governor for six Western States and former Congressman from Californias 25th District, spoke on Dlsarma ment Blueprint for Surrender. This office (referring to Under Secretary for Security Council and Political Affairs) Is held by a Russian general, he said, and if the United States turns over Its Armed Forces to the U.N., the Russian general will command them. After quoting those para graphs, Senator KUCHEL went on to say, Those fantastic charges, Mr. President, are false -- - completely false. But when one, who was honored to be a Member of the Congress or even one for 2 years who writes for an undisguised hatesheet, utters such a cry, there are Americans who listen and believe. The Senator then said, There Is no Russian colonel, or general, or military or civilian Individual who Is Secretary of the United Nations or Secretary of the U.N. Security Council." Let the record be clear that there are 19 Under Secretar les of the Security Council, IS jg ew S ork Times says: books were placed on sale j in Utah Republican $: iI Headquarters after considerable l I 1 soul searching. 13 are filled by Amer icans or representatives of our allies and of which 2 are Soviet block nations. None of them has anything to do with the command of any Joint U.N. military operations. There is no world police force In the U.N. And, of course, no Soviet ever national gave Gen. Douglas MacArthur any The Senator then said, I sympathize with some of constituents who are my and bewildered honestly confused by the trash of the rightwing extremists. I even, feel sympathetic with those who have been taken Is as dupes. But I have nothing but seething contempt fox the originators of the hoaxes and swindles, from the ludicrous leaders of the Birch Society to the equally ludicrous director of the Cinema Educational Guild, Including any and all of the several hundred similar patriotic groups. They are anything but patriotic. Indeed, a good case can be made that they are unpatriotic, and downright For they are doing a devils work far better than Communists themselves could of which self-styl- ed do. 7. Documentation: The front cover of None Dare Call It Treason presents the claim that it Is the carefully documented story of retreat from The back cover of victory. the book calls It a careful of facts from compilation hundreds of congressional Investigations and dozens of authoritative books. The research committee of the National Committee for Civic Responsibility finds that It Is neither carefully documented nor factual and that the word authoritative does not apply to manyofStorraers sources. Americas In support of these conclus. Ions, the National Committee for Civic Responsibility research committee presents the following examples: A. (1) In 32 instances, Stor-m- er uses as his authority Human Events. This publication Is an admittedly biased rightwing publication which the Anti Defamation League has referred to as an extremely rightist Washington newsletter. (Crosss- - Cur p. 145, Forster and EpsThe John Birch Society ( p. 81, the Blue Book) says, Human Events not only feels also that we complement each other well, but for this reason Is willing to join us In offering bulk subscriptions to the two periodicals together at a reduced price. (2) In 12 Instances, Stormer cites as his authority books which comprise the John Birch One Dozen Society packet rents, tein.) Candidates." In at least 35 other (3) Instances Stormer has used as his authority such documentaDan Smoot tion as the the National Report, Education Program, the bulletin of the John Birch Society, and Americas Future, other biased rightwing publications. Such publications can, In no sense, be considered authoritative. They cannot do much more than attest to the fact that someone else In right wing circles shares Stormers views. B. In 66 instances, Stormer gives as his authority hearbefore congressional ings committees, and in most instances gives no Indication as to who Is testifying. This Is no documentation at all since many persons testify with opposing viewpoints and, In fact, this Is the purpose of hearings. To cite testimony given at hearings as being somehow or official authoritative Is unjustified. C. In 65 Instances Stormer cites the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD as his authority. As Is the case with congressional hearings, Stormer often falls to Identify the person Inserting these things Into the RECORD. The CONGRESSIONAL RECORD contains all views and opinions of all Congressmen and much other material as well. The only thing official about the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Is that It Is a re- cord of everything that goes on In the Congress and whatever other material Congressman choose to Insert. Certainly no case can be made for using the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD as an auth orlty upon which to document anything, for by doing this, one could prove his case cm either side of any controversial issue or on both. D. Stormers sometimes vague, incomplete or otherwise, faulty citations make research of his material flcult. Some examples: (1) Reference 60 of chapter 3 refers simply to Consul General for Yugoslavia versus Artukovlc. without mention of where, when, or by whom such a hearing was conducted. (2) Reference 32 of Chapter 2 refers to House Document 227, page 4. Without any In- formation as to the date or session of Cong4ess in which this document Is Issued, it is virtually Impossible to find. (3) Reference 13 of chapter 4 I tah GOP Chairman says: k VI it e do not carr and points to Democratic transgressions. 9 refers to A Draft Act Covering Hospitalization of the Mentally 111, and then a says that Majority of have mental health States laws based on It. He does not the source of the Identify draft act nor those States which supposedly based their laws upon It. Perhaps the best single example of Stormers combined use of distortion and faulty documentation to prove his point Is contained on page 216. Stormer seeks to show that the United States Is deliber Communist keeping ately countries from collapsing. To answer the question of why this Is allegedly taking plac& The ansfY Stormer says: was provided by another Dr . Lincoln P. member, Bloomfield, In an official study entitled A World Effectively Controlled by the United Nations. It was prepared on a contract with the State and Defense Departments In 1962. In It, Dr. Bloomfield discloses perhaps unwittingly U.S. planners consistently aid world communism. He says, .1. If the Communist dynamic was greatly abated, the West might lose whatever Incentive It has for world government. That is the answer. If American aid were stopped, the Communist empire would likely collapse.' Here Stormer first pre- pares the reader to believe that the views expressed In the E. report represents the thinking of our Government by terming the report official and pointing out that It was writ- ten under contract with the State and Defense Depart ments. The title page of ' : ; ; : I : J J document, however, bears. following clear disclaimer: The Judgments expressed j In the study memorandum areJ (Continued on Page 8) |