Show I i fM a IR ITHE 44 THE FBI REPORTS f sq d f i z ti Young Agitators r Agitate The FBI J By J. J EDGAR HOOVER This is a revolution which x will be fought everywhere and fore we will win loin because there are more of us than there are of them THE RALLYING cry of the Hungarian uprising of 1956 Not at all These words were shouted shout shout- ed d by a young agitator in December December December De De- De- De cember 1966 during riotous disorder on the campus of a at t large American university In Ina a t continuing series of events the academic community has been bombarded with ci civil vU disobedIence disobedience r fence assaults threats and riots of unprecedented magni magni- tude I think it is appropriate to quote two warnings from statements statements statements state state- ments which appeared here in October 1966 and February 1966 I THIS ACADEMIC year will undoubtedly see intensive Com Com- Party efforts to erect Its ts is newest facade the W WEB EB DuBois Clubs of America on the nations nation's campuses to draw I I young blood for the vampire which is international I October 1 I 1964 I The unvarnished truth is that the communist conspiracy is seizing this insurrectionary n a r y climate to captivate the thinking of rebellious-minded rebellious youth and coax them into the communist movement itself or at least agitate them into serving the communist cause Feb 1 I 1966 HAS THIS strategy paid off The answer unfortunately tun ate I y must be a definite yes Today the communist conspiracy is reaping large dividends from its persistent efforts to gain a toehold on college and uni university university ver- ver sity campuses and from its dogged dogged dogged dog dog- ged determination to disrupt through mass agitation the or orderly orderly orderly or- or derly processes of our educational educational educational systems The great majority of college students are proud of their American heritage and loyal to the traditions of democracy However it is basic communist strategy to further communist objectives with noncommunist hands and this is exactly what is happening on some college campuses campuses The idealism of many American students is be being being being be- be ing cynically exploited for communist communist com com- purposes youthful exuberance exuberance erance is being channeled Into unlawful riotous conduct mocking mocking mocking mock mock- ing disdain for democratic processes processes processes pro pro- and moral values Is being fed to inquisitive young minds all under the guise of seeking equal justice or some other noble cause AT THE CORE of these campus campus campus cam cam- pus disorders and often below the surface we find agitator personnel from organizations such as the communist WE WEB B. B DuBols DuBois Clubs of America and their comrades in the Students for a Democratic Society a so-called so New Left group members of the Progressive Labor Party a Red pro-Red Chinese group and individuals associated ed with organizations under the control of the subversive So Socialist Socialist Socialist So- So Workers Party and similar similar similar simi simi- lar groups There is no place in the academic academic academic aca aca- demic world where unencumbered unencumbered unencumbered Inquiry is essential for fora a riot leaders leader's recently voiced blackjack threat of if Rif they do donot donot donot not accede to our demands i we well we'll 11 close down their great and I profitable university This is no calm deliberate search for I truth This is the way of the to totalitarIan totalitarian totalitarian to- to seeking to enslave through force THE UNIVERSITY graduate I of today will tomorrow guide the destiny of this nation We want our young people to be able to think for themselves and to be active participants in community community community life but we also want them to realize that freedom and justice justice justice jus jus- tice are secured by law and or order order order or- or der that lasting rights and prIvileges privileges privileges are possible only by ac ac- ac I of responsibilities and obligations By the same token the de demand demand demand de- de mand of the hour is for educators educators educators tors with courage dedicated to the supremacy of law unafraid to support A American merican principles and determIned that the communIst mu- mu conspiracy shall not dictate the policies of free institutions |