You are about to read a list of 45 goals that found their way to the halls of Congress back in 1963.
As you read this, you should be shocked by the many events listed here that have already happened or are beginning to happen.
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:[From “The Naked Communist,” by Cleon Skousen] 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:
[From “The Naked Communist,” by Cleon Skousen]
CURRENT COMMUNIST GOALS
- U.S. acceptance of coexistence as the only alternative to atomic war.
- U.S. willingness to capitulate in preference to engaging in atomic war.
- Develop the illusion that total disarmament [by] the United States would be a demonstration of
moral strength. - Permit free trade between all nations regardless of Communist affiliation and regardless of whether
or not items could be used for war. - Extension of long-term loans to Russia and Soviet satellites.
- Provide American aid to all nations regardless of Communist domination.
- Grant recognition of Red China. Admission of Red China to the U.N.
- 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. - Prolong the conferences to ban atomic tests because the United States has agreed to suspend tests as
long as negotiations are in progress. - Allow all Soviet satellites individual representation in the U.N.
- 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. - Resist any attempt to outlaw the Communist Party.
- Do away with all loyalty oaths.
- Continue giving Russia access to the U.S. Patent Office.
- Capture one or both of the political parties in the United States.
- Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic American institutions by claiming their
activities violate civil rights. - 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. - Gain control of all student newspapers.
- Use student riots to foment public protests against programs or organizations which are under
Communist attack. - Infiltrate the press. Get control of book-review assignments, editorial writing, policymaking
positions. - Gain control of key positions in radio, TV, and motion pictures.
- Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all forms of artistic expression.
- Control art critics and directors of art museums.
- Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them “censorship” and a violation of free speech
and free press. - Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books,
magazines, motion pictures, radio, and TV. - Present homosexuality, degeneracy, and promiscuity as “normal, natural, healthy.”
- 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.” - 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.” - Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate, old-fashioned, and out of step with
modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation between nations on a worldwide basis. - Discredit the American Founding Fathers. Present them as selfish aristocrats who had no concern
for the “common man.” - 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. - Support any socialist movement to give centralized control over any part of the culture–education,
social agencies, welfare programs, mental health clinics, etc. - Eliminate all laws or procedures which interfere with the operation of the Communist apparatus.
- Eliminate the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
- Discredit and eventually dismantle the FBI.
- Infiltrate and gain control of more unions.
- Infiltrate and gain control of big business.
- 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]. - Dominate the psychiatric profession and use mental health laws as a means of gaining coercive
control over those who oppose Communist goals. - Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity and easy divorce.
- 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. - 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. - Overthrow all colonial governments before native populations are ready for self-government.
- Internationalize the Panama Canal.
- 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.