COMMUNIST: One party meets list of goals

On Jan. 10, 1963, a list of “Current Communist Goals” was entered into the Congressional Record by Rep. A.S. Herlong Jr. of Florida, alerting the public to the dangers of communism in America.

Of the 45 listed goals presented in the record, I have listed here only a portion.

“Capture one or both political parties in the United States”

“Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic American institutions”

“Get control of the schools”

“Infiltrate the press”

“Gain control of key positions in radio, TV and motion pictures”

“Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books,. magazines, motion pictures. radio and TV”

“Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate and out of step with modern needs”

“Discredit the American founding fathers”

“Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as “normal nature, 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 schools”

“Emphasize the need to raise children away from the negative influence of parents”

“Transfer some of the powers of arrest from the police to social agencies”

“Discredit the family as an institution”

“Do away with all loyalty oaths”

Now, which of the two main political parties in the United States has embraced these ideals?

KEITH FRANKLIN

Coeur d’Alene