The carefully documented story of America's retreat from victory NONE DARE CALL IT treason by John A. Stormer 1964 is a year of crisis and deci­ sion. Will Ameri­ ca continue to aid the commu­ nist enemy, to disarm in the face of danger, to bow before communist dicta­ tors in every cor- ner of the earth? L The decision is I yours! NONE DARE CALL IT TREASON A Liberty Bell Book To Holly, May her future be as bright as mine was at age 5. © 1964 by John A. Stormer All rights reserved First Printing, February, 1964—100,000 Second Printing, April, 1964—100,000 Third Printing, April, 1964—100,000 Fourth Printing, May, 1964—100,000 Fifth Printing, May, 1964—100,000 Sixth Printing, June, 1964—100,000 Seventh Printing, June, 1964—100,000 Eighth Printing, June, 1964—100,000 Ninth Printing, July, 1964—100,000 Tenth Printing, July, 1964—100,000 Eleventh Printing, July, 1964—400,000 Twelfth Printing, July, 1964—400,000 Hardcover Edition, July, 1964 Thirteenth Printing, August, 1964—400,000 Fourteenth Printing, August, 1964—400,000 Fifteenth Printing, August, 1964—800,000 Liberty Bell Books are published by THE LIBERTY BELL PRESS P. O. Box32 Florissant, Missouri Printed in The United States of America NONE DARE CALL IT TREASON By John . AStormer i LIBERTY BELL PRESS P. O. Box 32 Florissant, Missouri ABOUT THE AUTHOR John Stormer is, like most young Americans who grew up during the Depression, the product of a conservative 1 home and a liberal education. In the late 1950’s he grad­ ually came to realize that the political candidates and philosophies he was asked to support in the voting booth did not reflect the standards and principles he tried to apply in his business and personal life. He started an intensive study of communism about four years ago, and since then has lectured on college campuses, addressed hundreds of church, civic, political and service organizations, and appeared frequently on radio and television programs. A frequent visitor to Washington, D. C., he has been a regular participant in conferences and meetings on the inroads made by communism and socialism in America. In 1962, he left a successful career as editor and gen­ eral manager of a leading electrical magazine to devote full time to conservative anti-communist activities. He is chaimlan of the Missouri Federation of Young Re­ publicans and a member of the Republican State Com­ mittee of Missouri. A native of Altoona, Pennsylvania, he attended the Pennsylvania State University and graduated from Cali­ fornia’s San Jose State College in 1954 after Korean War service as an Air Force historian. He is a member of Sigma Delta Chi, the professional journalism society, attends a fundamental Christian Church, and has received awards for anti-communism educational activities from Rotary, the Knights of Colum­ bus, and other civic groups. CONTENTS 1 Have We Gone Crazy?................................................................... 7 2 The Origin of World Communism.............................................. 15 3 The Growth of World Communism............................................ 27 4 Words vs. Action .......................................................................... 54 5 How Has It Happened?................................................................. 93 .6 Education ...................................................................................... 99 7 Subverting Our Religious Heritage .......................................... 124 8 The Press, Radio and TV............................................................ 135 9 Mental Health ............................................................................. 155 10 The Organized Labor Movement ............................................. 167 11 The Tax-Exempt Foundations.................................................... 173 12 Economics and Government ...................................................... 182 13 Internationalism.......................................................................... 200 14 What Can You Do?..................................................................... 228 References .............................................................................................. 238 Index........................................................................................................ 249 Recommended Reading......................................................................... 254 * Treason doth never prosperwhat's the reason? For if it prosperj none dare call it treason. — Sir John Harrington , 1561-1612 Chapter 1 Have We Gone Crazy ? As long as capitalism and socialism exist we can­ not live in peace; in the end, one or the other will triumph — a funeral dirge will be sung over either the Soviet Republics or over world cap­ italism. — V. I. Lenin1' THE COLD WAR is real war. It has already claimed more lives, enslaved more people, and cost more money than any “hot'5 war in history. Yet, most Americans refuse to admit that we are at war. That is why we are rapidly losing — why America has yet to win its first real victory in 18 years of “cold” war. Within the framework of the “cold” war there have been “hot” wars in China, Malaya, Indonesia, Algeria, the Congo, Cuba, Iraq, the Gaza Strip, Hungary, Korea, Angola, Burma, Tibet, and Egypt. In 1963, there was fighting in Laos, Viet Nam, and on the Indian-Chinese border, renewed skirmishing along the 38th parallel in Korea, and terrorist activity in Africa. The forces of freedom have lost or will lose them all. There has been no “big” war because the communists are winning without one. In 1945, the communists held 160-million Russians in slavery. They controlled a land area smaller than the Russia of the Czars. Soviet industry had been largely destroyed by the Nazi war machine. Communism was a third rate power, militarily, industrially, and economically. Today, after the United States has spent $600-billion to fight communism and sacrificed the lives of 50,000 of its youth to thwart Red aggression, the Kremlin has grown to become the absolute slavemasters of one-billion human beings. The communists openly control 25% of the earth’s land mass. Their puppet, Fidel Castro, has been installed in Cuba, just 90 miles from our shores. The hidden tentacles of the communist conspiracy exert unmeasured influence over the rest of the world. Where have we failed? 8 None Dare Call It Treason Almost unnoticed by most Americans, Congress while ap­ propriating billions for defense against communism, has at the same time given over $6-billion in direct military and eco­ nomic aid to the communists.2 Here are examples: Radar-equipped F-86 jet fighter planes worth over $300,000 each have been sold to the communist dictator of Yugoslavia for $10,000. This “sale” to Tito has been defended because both the Eisenhower and Kennedy Administrations approved it. The planes were said to be “obsolete.” Yet, during the Berlin crisis, reactivated U. S. Air National Guard units flew to possible battle against communists in Europe in even more obsolete F-84 jets .3 Nikita Khrushchev has said that peaceful coexistence in­ volves peaceful economic competition. Our leaders agree, and place great emphasis on this aspect of the cold war in urging disarmament. Why then has the United States ... ... supplied nuclear reactors to the communist government of Czechoslovakia, railway equipment to Bulgaria, chemical plants to Yugoslavia, and synthetic rubber plants to Soviet Russia? Why has America given Russia the machinery to pro­ duce the precision ball bearings used in the guided missiles they “rattle” during every international crisis?4 Why has America built the world’s most modern, most highly automated steel finishing plant for the communist govern­ ment of Poland? Constructed in Warren, Ohio, the plant was dedicated as the Lenin Steel Works by the U. S. Ambassador to Poland in July 1961. The American people “lent” the com­ munists $2.5-million to pay for it.5 The examples are endless. The failure of Russian agricul­ ture has historically been communism's weakest “link.” So, in 1961 ... ... officials in the U. S. Department of Agriculture and the Commerce Department agreed to sell surplus wheat to the Soviet Union for $.62 per bushel less than the baker who bakes your bread pays for it. Only quick action by an awaken­ ing public stopped this folly which would have supplied wheat to ease food shortages and the resultant unrest against the communists in the Soviet Union. The officials who initiated the program are still holding responsible government positions.6 Much American aid to communists is hidden in U. S. grants to the United Nations and its specialized agencies. For example, the United Nations Special Fund is giving Castro, the communist dictator of Cuba, funds to bolster his agri­ cultural programs. The American who heads the fund, Paul Hoffman, approved the grant, and the U. S. taxpayer is paying Have We Gone Crazy? 9 ■40% of the total bill of $ 1.6-million.7 The grant was made ■just after the attempted invasion of Cuba failed in April 1961. H Is it any wonder that Nikita Khrushchev predicted confi­ dently in a speech in Bucharest, Rumania on June 19, 1962 ;lthat: ' The United States will eventually fly the Communist Red I Flag... the American people will hoist it themselves. 1 The communists have sworn to bury us. We are digging lour own graves. ^ Does aid to communism make sense? If, during World 'War II, anyone had suggested sending food or industrial materials to Nazi Germany, they would have been tried for • treason, or carted off