Union Calendar 5To. 605 AMERICA's MAOISTS
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House Report No. 92-1166 AMERICA'S MAOISTS THE REVOLUTIONARY UNION THE VENCEREMOS ORGANIZATION REPORT BY THE COMMITTEE ON INTERNAL SECURITY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS SECOND SESSION UNE 22, 1972.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Prepared and released by the Committee on Internal Security U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. % b Union Cale 5 o, 605 92d Congress, 2d Session - - ~eport No. 92-1166 AMERICA'S MAOISTS -THE REVOLUTIONARY UNION THE VENCEREMOS ORGANIZATION REPORT BY THE COMMITTEE ON INTERNAL SECURITY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS SECOND SESSION JUNE 22, 1972.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Prepared and released by the Committee on Internal Security U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 76-877 0 WASHINGTON : 1972 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.'S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C., 20402- Price $1. COMMITTEE ON INTERNAL SECURITY UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RICHARD H. ICHORD, Missouri, Chairman CLAUDE PEPPER, Florida JOHN M. ASHBROOK, Ohio RICHARDSON PREYER, North Carolina ROGER H. ZION, Indiana ROBERT F. DRINAN, Massachusetts FLETCHER THOMPSON, Georgia MENDEL J. DAVIS, South Carolina JOHN G. SCHMITZ, California DONALD G. SANDERS, Chic] Counsel RICHARD L. SCHULTZ, Associate Chic] Counsel ALFRED l~. NITTLE, Legislative Co~asel JOHN F. LEWIS, Coordinating Editor ROBERT 3I. HORNER, Chie] Investigator WILLIA~f G. SHAW, Research Director DEWITT WHITE, Minority Legal Counsel HERBERT RO~IEBSTEIN, Minority Chief Investigator (n) LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES~ CO3[)[1TTEE ON INTEI~NAL SECURITY_', Hon. CARL ALBERT, Wcls/li?t,(/tO?~; D.C..../~l?l.e 2•. )9'7~.+. Spea]cer, U.S. House of li),epre,~.e,ntatice;~. Wa~hingto~, D.C. " I)nhr~ ~I1~. SI'nAKEI~: Pursuant to I-louse Resolution 5, 9'2d Congress, first session, and by direction of the committee, I her(nvith transmit .t report entitled "America's Mnoists: The Rcvolutiomn.y Union~ The Vencercmos Organization." Sincerely you rs, R[CIIAR|) H. I(J|[ORD, C]~airn~aJ~, (-/onz'mittee on I~ternal ~'ec't~:ity. CONTENTS Page FOREWORD ........................ -2"..................................... IX SECTION A: THE REVOLUTIONARY UNION CHAPTER I--The Public Image ........................................ 1 America's Maoists; the Revolutionary Union surfaces; identifies itself as Marxist-Leninist-Maoist organization; publication of "The Red Papers" alleging necessity for violent revolution; roots in "Penin- sula Red Guard"; influence in Students for a Democratic Society; national expansion ; pilgrimage to Red China ; RU newspapers ; the RU ill industry ; 1972 statement of purposes. CIIAPTER II--From the Inside ........................................ 26 Testimony of former members Lawrence and Betty Sue Goff: smnmary of their affiliation with Revolutionary Union and RU reaction to their testimony; its ideology; the Five Ideological Principles. CHAPTEI¢ III--Organizational Structure ............................... 37 Goffs' testimony: workers, student, and community collectives; con- trol by central committee and political cnmnfittee; the secret apparatus. CIIAPTER IV--Recruiting, Training, and Discipline ..................... 47 Goff's testimony : how lnembers are recruited, trained, disciplined, and lwoteete(l from inliltrators ; sources of income. CHAPTER V--Acquiring Revolutionary Tools and Skills ................. 59 Goffs' testimony: collection of firearms and explosives; demonstra- tions, confrontatious, violence, thoughts on sabotage. CHAPTEI¢ VI--Spreading the Word .................................... 76 Goffs' testimony: propaganda efforts: propagandiziug the Armed Forces; front activities; employment in industry; relations with Black I':lnther Party and other organizations. SECTION B: VENCEREMOS CIIAPTER VII--The Impatient Revolutionaries ......................... 87 Goffs' testimony: Paper A and Paper B controversy--guerrilla war- fare now?: defection led by Professor H. Bruce Franklin. ('It,xl~'nR VIII--"We Wilt Win"_ ...................................... 93 Merger of Franklin faction with Mexican-American Veneeremos orga- nization; Vencel'enms College; whites in the third worhl struggle: Principles of Unity; acquisition of firearms; Venceremos arsenal seized : further defections. ('nAP'fElt /X---Venceremos in Action .................................. 117 ~V, wking through I'alo Alto Tenants Union, l'alo Altans Ag~dnst tilt, V~'ar, Mid-l?eninsula Free I'nivcrsity; h,g:d defense; work in high schools; its newspaper, Ptlmoja I'('l/t'cr('ll/os (Swahili and Spall- ish words me:lning: T,~gelher We Will Win); in the onmcils of govermnent : Venceremos ,rod tire irllled Forces. CnAP'rl.:l¢ X--Analysis and Conclusions ................................ 12S APPENDIX ~[ : Rev(,lutionnry Union and Velu.eremos memhers .................... 13.1. ReslumSl,S to committee h, tlers sent raider House rule XI. 27 (m) .... 156 Revoluti(~nary Union mailing addresses ........................... 171 (v) VI APPENDIX II : Page "The Split in SDS," I.S., September 1969, pages 51-52 .............. 173 combat newsletter, vol. 4, No. 2, January 15, 1972 .................. 177 Summary--The Red Papers, Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 50 internal Revolu- tionary Union documents furnished by I~twrence and Betty Sue GoiT .......................................................... 178 Article by Bill Evers, The Stanford Daily, January 4, 1971 ............ 197 Revolutionary Union document entitled, "Personal and Political Be- Imvior of Comrades"_ .......................................... 198 Article by Ed Kohn entitled, "Venceremos Stresses Action, Not Theory," Thc Stanford D~ily, February 22, 1971, and article by Kevin Smith entitled, "Venceremos Stresses Centralism," Thc Stanford Daily, November 10, 1971 .............................. 200 INDEX .............................................................. i VII The House Committee on Internal Security is a standing committee of the House of Representatives, constituted as such by the rules of the House, adopted pursuant to Article I, section 5, of the Constitution of the United States which authorizes the House to determine the rules of its proceedings. RULES ADOPTED BY THE 92D CONGRESS House Resolution 5, January 22, 1971. RESOLUTION Resolved, That the Rules of the House of Representatives of the Ninety-first Congress, together with alI applicable provisions of the Legislative Reorganiza- tion Act of 1946, as amended, and the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970, be, and they are hereby adopted as the Rules of the House of Representatives of the Ninety-second Congress * * * RULE X STANDING COMMITTEES 1. There shall be elected by the House, at the commencement of each Congress, (k) Committee on Internal Security, to consist of nine Members. * * * * * * * RULE XI POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMITTEES 11. Committee on Internal Security. (a) Communist and other subversive activities affecting the internal security of tlle United States. (b) The Committee oil Internal Security, acting "Is a whole or by subcommittee. is authorized to make investigations from time to time of (1) the extent, charac- ter, objectives, and activities within the United States of organizations or groups, whether of foreign or domestic origin, their members, agents, and affiliates, which seek to establish, or assist in the establishment of, a totalitarian dictatorship within the United States, or to overthrow or alter, or assist in the overthrow or alteration of, the form of government of the United States or of any State thereof. by force, violence, treachery, espionage, sabotage, insurrection, or any unlawful means, (2) the extent, character, objectives, and activities within the United States of organizations or groups, their members, agents, and affiliates, whi(.h incite or eml)loy acts of force, violence, terrorism, or lilly nnl.~lwful means, to obstruct or oppose the lawful authority of the Government of the United States in the execution of any law or l)olicy affecting the intermll security of the United States, and (3) all other questions, including the -'ldministrqtion and execution of any law of the United States, or any portion of law, relating to tlm foregoing tlmt would "lid tim Congress or any committee of the House in any necessary remedial legislation. The Committee on Internal Security shall report t(} the House (or to the Clerk of the House if the House is not in session) the results of any such investigation. together with such recommendations as it deems advisable. For the purpose of any such investigation, the Conunittee on Internal Seen- rity, or any subcommittee thereof, is authorized to sit and act at such times and places within the United States, whether the House is in session, has re- cessed, or has "ldjourned, to hold such hearings, and to require, by subpena or otlmrwise, the attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the production of snch books, records, correspondence, memorandunls, papers, find document. ~, as it deems necessary. Subpenas may be issued under the signature of the chairman of the committee or any subcommittee, or by any member designated by any such chairman, and may be served by any person desig~mted by any such ehairnmn or member. 28. (a) In order to