Posted on 07/06/2005 9:44:01 AM PDT by Calpernia
"Where does it come from?"
That is a good question, as I said, I wonder if Skousen mentions that in his book. He may or may not, but it surely would be very interesting to get hold of the original documents, and see what they say exactly.
I haven't verified the particular report cited here, but the source cited in the post is the Congressional Record (most likely quoting an FBI report to HUAC, I'd infer), which can be accessed online for certain dates, though unfortunately this record is old enough you'd have to physically check a Federal Depository Library to obtain a copy:
Thomas Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
3. For what time periods does THOMAS have legislative information? THOMAS has the Congressional Record and full text of legislation available from 1989 (101st Congress) to the present. In addition, THOMAS has summaries (not full text) of legislation are available back to 1973 (93rd Congress). A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates 1774-1875 provides a century's worth of congressional proceedings, statutes, and other information. Legislative texts and documents prior to 1989 may be found in print form at Federal Depository Libraries. You can locate a library at this site by either state or area code. Legislation is eventually codified in the U.S. Code, which may be found in several locations other than the one given here.
One other place that type of information can be obtained is from the annual reports archived here:
Records of the United States House of Representatives
233.25 RECORDS OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON INTERNAL SECURITY AND ITS PREDECESSORS 1938-75 2,301 lin. ft.
233.25.1 Records of the Special Committee on Un-American Activities (1938-45)
233.25.2 Records of the House Committee on Un-American Activities (1945-69) and the House Committee on Internal Security (1969-75)
Annual reports on Communist activity were also filed with the state equivalents of HUAC and SISS--for example, a few are online here:
Online Archive of California: Texts > Free Speech Movement Archives > Government Documents
The Lusk Report's second volume appendix is also a good resource for primary source documents summarizing Communist Party goals:
Speaking of that, a couple other items I should add. The FBI seized some internal Communist documents from a meeting in Bridgman, Michigan in 1922; these are cited in R.M. Whitney's 1924 book Reds in America, which has been reprinted a few times. Also, CP papers such as The Daily Worker are available in microfilm collection:
Newspapers of the American Communist Party
A virtually complete set of the official newspapers of the American Communist Party from 1919 through today’s editions is now available. The retrospective set includes People’s Daily World and its predecessors—The Daily Worker, The Ohio Socialist, The Toiler, The Worker, The Midweek Worker, and The Southern Worker. An annual subscription to People’s Weekly World (two reels annually) keeps coverage current.
A portion of the FBI's files on The Daily Worker are on the FBI's FOIA site and on CD-ROM:
Federal Bureau of Investigation: Freedom of Information/Privacy Act Section: Daily Worker
Maybe you should open an inn in Vermont.
Any wacko congresscritter can put anything they want in "extended remarks" (where I suspect this came from. Skousen seems like a better source but, as a I said, I would expect even the greatest historian to back up claims with a reference to primary sources. What was the *specific* source for the Goals and where can it be obtained?
W. Cleon Skousen, The Naked Communist
Otherwise the individual goals listed could be cross-referenced against other sources such as those I mentioned. Some of the goals there are consistent with what I've seen elsewhere; other goals I'd have to verify. I'd add that IMO goal lists such as this should be read in historical context. Communists do have some generic long-term goals derived from the general aims of Marxism, but in the short term they tend to adjust these goals and the corresponding tactics as situations change. For instance, goal #8 from Skousen's list reflects an outdated situation and would no longer be applicable in its original form: "8. 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."
Big bump
Homosexual Agenda Ping.
Here we go again - this is the stepping stone to hatespeech. Where's freedom of association? I guess it disappeared along with property rights and religious freedom.
What are conservatives going to do? Go underground? Give up? All go to a group of contiguous states and start our own country?
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Also known as "The Big Plan".
bump!
bookmarking
Thanks for the ping!
'Nuff said.
Just of interest.
Found a letter:
http://www.house.gov/frank/sorosletter.pdf
Rep. B. Frank inviting Soros to Capitol Hill to speak.
In that letter, Rep. Frank expressed concern over 'the McCarthyite attacks that have been made by politicians. He said the attacks went beyond reasonable bounds of civil discourse in an effort to discredit Soros.
From a purely capitialist point of view, "job performance" should be the main deciding factor in hiring, promotions and keeping people employed.
Very true.
Thank you. Most people tend to forget this when they get into issues like in the above article.
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