SUBVERSION , NOT SUGAR , CUBA'S TOP EXPORT

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• Publication Date: November 7, 1963
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Through resolutions adopted by our
Miami Reach national convention in Sep-
tember, the American Legion has pledged
its support and that of its members to as-
sist the law enforcement agencies of the
land whenever and wherever they can be of
help.
Basically, I believe the American people
to be patriotic, law-abiding citizens. - Yet,
as sometimes happens in our zeal to protect
our homes and families from the elements
of lawlessness, there is ever the tendency to
take the law into our own hands.
This is not the type of help I mean when
I invite you to call upon Legionnaires to
assist you.
When I say use them, I mean in the ca-
pacity that you would seek the assistance of
any good citizen who can be of help to you
in your work. The American Legion is not,
and dyes not propose to become an investi-
gative body. . This is the work of the
trained, professional officer, which is as it
should be, and as the American Legion views
it. ,
I have mentioned the fact that the Amer-
ican Legion believes extremism to be unde-
sirable, yet in the. very field in which you
men labor there appears to be extremes of
opinion as to how we may best cope with
the problems of lawlessness.
These range from the apparent trend in
some communities to be over sympathetic
to the cause of the criminal, to the opinion
expressed in some circles that the FBI should
be converted into a national police force, or
that a new agency be created as a national
police force.
Again, may I say I believe it would be a
mistake to go overboard In either direction.
As a practicing attorney, I believe the pun-
ishment should At the crime, and that jus-
tice should be administered fairly and im-
partially,
I believe that justice should be admin-
istered with logic and with reason, and tak-
ing note of the alarming increase in major
crimes committed by youngsters under the
age of 18, I believe there is a pressing need
for more effective programs of rehabilitation
of youngsters who have .gone astray.
To be sure, there are the incorrigibles
among' the younger criminal element. On
the other hand, there are those who made a
mistake and who, with proper guidance,
could become useful members of society. I
do not propose to excuse a criminal act be-
cause of the age of the offender. I do say
that every effort should be made to save that
which is salvageable.
As a Citizen, I concur with Director
Hoover's view that a national police force
is neither necessary nor desirable. I believe
that such an agency could conceivably con-
stitute, a dangerous encroachment by the
Federal Government.
The responsibility for proper law enforce-
ment is primarily that of local agencies and
of local citizens, and there the responsibility
should remain. The FBI certainly has
proved its capabilities for enforcing those
Federal laws which fall within its jurisdic-
tion, and the cooperative effort they provide
to local and State enforcement agencies leads
me to believe we already have the machinery
to do the job.
You men of this graduating class from the
FBI National Academy have a rare oppor-
tunity and a significant challenge facing you
as you return to your respective departments
across this land in foreign countries. Yours
is the opportunity to help raise the stand-
ards of performance of your fellow officers by
imparting to them the knowledge you have
gained here. Yours is the challenge of in-
suring that law and order shall prevail in
your respective. communities.
On behalf of the American Legion I wish
you Godspeed in the vital mission you are
about to assume.
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ADDRESS OF MR. ROBERT E. FausHER,
OICLAHOMA HIGHWAY PATROL
Mr. Hoover, Mr. McCormack, Mr. Foley,
Mr. Clark, Dr. Elson, distinguished guests,
fellow classmates, ladies and gentlemen, "It
has been said that a man who works with his
hands is a laborer, a 'man who works with
his hands and his head is a craftsman, a man
who works with his hands, his head and his
heart is an artist."
This was a quote which one of our class-
mates Caine across during the extensive re-
search which We performed in the last 12
weeks. It Is, I think, quite appropriate for
this occasion.
Some of us arrived here as laborers, others
as craftsmen. Perhaps a few even ap-
proached the status of artist. But none had
the knowledge and training necessary to be
fully competent as laborer, craftsman or
artist in the law enforcement profession.
This was one of the first lessons we learned.
So we renewed our determination to gain as
much knowledge as possible during the 3
months ahead of us.
With graduation, we are beginning to re-
alize and appreciate what these 3 months
have meant to us. We have learned that
hands and head are not enough to make us
truly professional law enforcement officers-
we must put our hearts into our work also.
We realize we are just beginning to learn
about our chosen profession. To conclude
that we are now totally enlightened with re-
spect to law enforcement would be a betrayal
of Mr. Hoover and all the people connected
with the FBI National Academy. We have
learned much, but the most important lesson
taught us is that we must continue to study
and work to advance ourselves and our pro-
fession.
I take great pleasure and pride in serving
as the spokesman for this class to thank you,
Mr. Hoover, for having had the foresight to
create this Academy to benefit all law en-
forcement officers. Its excellent influence
on law enforcement has been tremendous
and is growing steadily. I doubt that there
is an officer in the United States who has not
heard about the FBI National Academy.
Many of them hope, as we did, to attend it.
A number of us have been closely associated
with officers who previously attended the
Academy and have benefited from the knowl-
edge they obtained here. But not until we
became a part of the fellowship we have en-
joyed in and out of class and spent the many
long nights together in study did we fully
appreciate the meaning of this Academy,
This is one of the largest classes ever to
be graduated. We have had the privilege
and honor of having 18 officers from 13 for-
eign countries in this class, It has been en-
couraging to learn that our fellow officers
from other parts of the world are dedicated
to the same principles we hold, and that they
are striving as we are to improve their status
and stature through proper training. We
enjoyed working with these men and feel
we have established new and valued-friend-
ships which will help advance the cause of
good law enforcement around the world. We
also are proud of the members of our class
who shot perfect scores on the practical pistol
course.
We are deeply indebted to the special
agent counselors, to each member of the
Academy training staff, to the visiting lec-
turers and to all other members of the FBI
who have given of their time, knowledge, and
years of experience to make this Academy a
success.
We cannot forget the ones who were left
behind during our stay in Washington-our
wives and children. Without their love and
faith, it would not have been possible to
attend or complete this course.
We assure you, Mr. Hoover, and the ad-
ministrators of our departments, that we will
share our knowledge with other officers and
will strive to make law enforcement a better
profession for ourselves and those who fol-
low. We return home knowing that the
knowledge obtained here will enable us to
better use our hands, our heads, and our
hearts, and to teach others to do the same
so that we all may become artists in our
profession.
SUBVERSION, NOT SUGAR, CUBA'S
TOP EXPORT
(Mr. SELDEN (at the request of Mr.
TUTEN) was granted permission to ex-
tend his remarks. at this' point in the
- RECORD and to include extraneous
matter.)
Mr. SELDEN. Mr. Speaker, we ob-
served last month the first anniversary of
a crisis which brought the world to the
threshold of nuclear disaster. A year ago,
our people recognized that the risk in
Cuba was great, but so were the stakes.
Our action was hailed by our friends,
and our firm resolve at a time of supreme
crisis gained for us new confidence from
our hemispheric neighbors. The initia-
tive we gained last fall in this area has
since slipped from our grasp. Fidel Cas-
tro and his Kremlin-supported govern-
ment remain the unfinished business of
the hemisphere. Today we are again on
the defensive in Latin America, where
gnawing Castro-Communist subversive
activities are increasing.
Hearings conducted by the Subcom-
mittee on Inter-American Affairs earlier
this year indicated the scope of Commu-
nist subversive activities emanating from
Cuba. A' recent three-part newspaper
article by Mr. Charles Keely of the Cop-
ley News Service not only substantiates
the findings of the subcommittee but
reveals that Communist subversion in
the Latin American area is being stepped
up, Mr. Keely's articles follow:
COMMUNISM IN LATIN AMERICA
(By Charles Keely)
(First of three articles)
WASHINGTON. -A year ago Russia took one
step backward and withdrew missiles from
Cuba. Since then, the Communists have
taken a dozen important 'steps forward to-
ward their goal of a Red takeover of Latin
America.
The steps are documented. They reveal
that Premier Fidel Castro's Cuba is a
launching pad for subversion of the West-
ern Hemisphere.
Today, 10 schools of guerrilla warfare and
subversion are operating at full capacity in
Cuba. Last year, according to Central In-
telli ence A enc Director John -A 2c,
a n Americans received such training
in Cuba. More schools are being built.
Intelligence sources estimate 20,000 secret
Red agents can be trained this year in
Cuba's subversion centers.
In essence, McCone told Congress last
February, "Castro - tells revolutionaries
* * * 'Come to Cuba; we will pay your
way, we will train you in underground or-
ganization techniques, in guerrilla warfare,
in sabotage and in terrorism.. We will see
that you get back to your homeland.' "
Travel bans have not hurt Cuba's subver-
sion school attendance, an Organization of
American States security committee reports.
"Despite limited means of transportation
to Cuba today," the OAS said, "Trips to that
country have been increasing in number
during the current year."
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 was subjected to the most vitriolic criticism
of many of our supposely leading newspapers.
Yet, fearlessly, he went forward and carried
through to success the necessary legislation
that would enable the Government of the
United States to curtall and to combat such
forces. He likewise has aimed himself very
forcefully with the legislation being sought
by the various Attorneys General over the re-
cent years to combat the underworld activ-
ities and, particularly now, the activities of
the Cosa Nostra. A man like him is seldom
found to have reached so many years and to
have accomplished ~spp much and we are
Indeed privileged to ou, Mr. Speaker, this
morning for having yo with us.
ADDRESS BY DANIEL P FOLEY, NATIONAL
COMMANDER, THE A ERICAN LEGION
It is with great pride aid pleasurethat I
come before you on this casion which I
know is a most significant ev t In the lives
of you officers who are gradua from this
72d session of the FBI National cademy.
While none can foretell the to I impact
that these past 12 weeks of intensi train-
ing may have upon your lives and ca rs, it
is safe to assume that each of you will ave
benefited substantially from the train' g
I am confident also, that your respective
departments, your fellow officers, and your
communities will reap abundant rewards for
your having been here. There is no other
place in America where you may acquire the
professional skills taught here, and I'm sure
there is no place where you will find a staff
of more experienced and expert instructors
in the various phases of law enforcement.
You may take justifiable pride in the fact
you were selected to attend this Academy for
you were selected on the recommendation of
your superiors, and with the endorsement of
Director J. Edger Hoover under whose leader-
ship this Academy was conceived and de-
veloped to its present high state of efficiency.
Naturally, the training in law enforcement
work will be the greatest single asset you will
carry with you from the FBI Academy.
There are, however, certain Intangibles asso-
ciated with this experience that will serve
you well in the years ahead.
Important among these Intangibles Is the
comradeship established as you worked and
studied with men from 37 States and 13 for-
eign countries-men whose chosen profes-
sion and ultimate objectives are the same as
yours.
You have cultivated friendships and de-
veloped an understanding of personalities
and backgrounds entirely different from
those which you encounter in your daily
work at home. Your associations here have
provided you with an understanding and
lems are universal. I would urge you /to
maintain the friendships and understanc$ng
tionship, developed during wartime gillitary
service to our Nation, which led to the
Another, and equally important tangible
Is the espirit de corps which you/must feel
None can be closely associated th the FBI
without being Inspired by the irit of this
every member of the FBI d, as a result,
this great organization has n lifted above
the norm and into the r lm of excellence.
members of the Am&lcan Legion are Imbued
with this same spirit and pride in the work
which they seek to accomplish.
The American Legion is comprised of men
and women from all walks of life, of widely
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national security is a natural area of concern
for our organization. We have asked, and
we continue to ask that our Nation main-
tain defensive forces, both in men and ma-
terial. superior to those of any potential
enemy. We ask that these forces be main-
tained in the hope that they need never be
employed-but we of the Legion believe that
preparedness is the key to the maintenance
of freedom, and we believe that our best
defense Is a military potential unmatched
throughout the world, and strongly backed
by the patriotic and moral resources of a
freedom-loving citizenry.
We believe our Nation should always be
prepared to speak from a position of strength
to those who understand no other language.
The validity of our position has been pain-
fully proved. After World War I our Na-
tion's military strength was dissipated. We
were gravely unprepared to defend ourselves
as was shown so forcefully at the time of
the attack upon Pearl Harbor.
Again in Korea America's citizen soldiers
responded, and acquitted themselves nobly-
under the slogs
Child." Since
ance
ditto
diversified backgrounds and Interests. They
have a common goal, however. Each Is dedi-
cated to keeping this great Nation strong and
free.
All Legionnaires are personally aware of
the rigors of wartime service. Many of our
members carry visible reminders of the
armed conflict, which America has been
forced to fight. Yet, those of us who remain
share a common and sacred trust to perpet-
uate the high cause of freedom which so
many fought and died to preserve.
When a small group of veterans of the
American Expeditionary Force met in Paris,
France, in 1919, to form what is now the
American Legion, they Immediately defined
the principles and purposes for which this
great organization would stand through the
years, and which included:
1. The creation of a fraternity based on a
firm comradeship born of wartime service,
and dedicated to the cause of equal treat-
ment for all veterans. particularly the dis-
abled, their wld )we, and orphans.
2. A system of national defense for Amer-
ica, including a program of universal mili-
tary training which would keep this Nation
strong and serve as a deterrent to future
would-be aggressors.
3. The promotion of patriotism and th
shall
n Le-
rues.
for the chil-
veterans was
Square Deal for Every
the Legion and its
through the
alertness to
e and guid-
social con-
r our child
the
but were we really ready? America finally
adopted a form of universal military train-
ing--a program long advocated by the
American Legion-and that program was
strengthened with the enactment in 1965 of
the national security training law. We shall
continue to speak up on behalf of adequate
and modern weapons and well-trained men
as a deterrent to aggression.
The greatest military machine In the world
cannot prevail if America is permitted to de-
cay from within. Crime and delinquency
have an adverse influence upon our commu-
nities, and must be eliminated. Further-
more, there are powerful influences at work
In America today intent upon destroying our
moral strength and our dedication to the
principles of freedom. I speak of the Com-
munist Party, U.S.A., and its various front
groups.
The Legion, is mild always has been, a de-
termined foe .df communism. While the
struggle witi}.dommuniam has cost many lives
as been bloodless but no less treach-
in the effort to Influence Americans toward
their viewpoint, and strive constantly to
dull Americans' sense of appreciation for
the freedoms they enjoy and to weaken their
will 'to fight to preserve them.
Almost daily we read or hear of Commu-
nist efforts to infiltrate our Government
and steal our defense secrets. The Commu-
nists are bent on Imposing their will upon
us, and we must be as dedicated In our ef-
forts to resist the encroachments of com-
munism ' as they are to foster their false
ideologies.
If our freedoms fall, that of the remainder
of the free world will fall with us for this
Nation is the last major barrier to the Red
goal of world conquest.
It is our contention, and again history has
proved the accuracy of our stand, that the
course of extremism, either to the right or
to the left, Is the course of failure. To fol-
low such a course has brought about the
downfall of many men, of many govern-
ments, yes, even of entire civilizations.
It is the view of the Legion that a strong
program of positive Americanism, strength-
ening our basic belief In our principles and
ideals, is the best answer to atheistic com-
munism. Through Legion-sponsored Amer-
icanism programs, more than three-quarters
of a million American youngsters each year
are exposed to activities designed to give
them a greater appreciation of our form of
government and our way of life.
Our Boys State and Boys Nation programs
teach better citizenship to more than 27,000
boys each year. More than 122,000 young-
a nsored Boy Scout units. Some 355,000
hl school l students annually learn the
me ing of our Constitution and Bill of
Rlgh through preparation for the Legion's
nation high school oratorical contest, and
a qua, of a million youngsters learn the
rules oft game of life while playing Amer-
ican Legio asebalt each year.
Through ese programs we hope to help
our young p Is grow to responsible adult
cittzenship-to develop strong minds in
sound bodies, a d to stem the tide of de-
linquency which produces all too many
The scope of or nized crime in these
United States has n made alarmingly
clear to Americans in ent weeks, and Mr.
Hoover has wisely warn that law enforce-
ment cannot achieve totiq victory over the
elements of lawfulness without the cooper-
ation and assistance of the honest citizens
of each community, individually and col-
lectively.
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Many of the students reach Cuba by slip-
ping across the British Honduran border in-
to. Mexico, the Cuban Student Directorate
(DRE) has revealed. From islands off the
Yucatan Peninsula, they are taken in small
boats to a sea rendezvous with Castro's
"fishing fleet."
The Latins are then taken to the port of
La Coloma, in Cuba's Pinar del Rio Prov-
ince, and transported to the different train-
ing camps. Others fly or sail into Cuba from
tri
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coun
es.
Commun
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Castro's clumsy and unsuccessful efforts McCone told Representative ARMISTEAO discovered monthly by Panama's customs
Carib- SEI,DE~s, Democrat, of Alabama, Foreign Af- authorities, according to Centeral Intelli-
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to invade an
bean countries during his first 9 months in fairs Subcommittee on Latin America that Benee Agenav.Director John McCone. An-
power have been given professional guid- more than 200 Venezuelans received training other 10 tons comes into Costa Rica.
ance by trained "technicians" from the So- in Cuba in 1962. He said the number, is "Castro is strengthening his position" in
viet bloc. increasing this year. the wake of last October's missile crisis, says
The State Department's Sterling Cottrell The 1,500 Latin Americans who were Costa Rican President Francisco Orlich.
says that Reds from satellite nations today trained in Cuba last year, according to Mc- "I expect continuous, increased attempts at
outnumber Russians in Cuba. Cottrell, Cone, took courses ranging from 4 weeks to agitation here."
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America, told Congress August 13 that They include "intensive training in sabo- goras Fuentes charged last February that
"Czechs, Rumanians, Bulgarians, and others" tage, espionage, or psychological warfare." since late 1959 Russian submarines have
are in Cuba to train.Latin Americans in the No country In the Western Hemisphere is been reaching the Central American Pacific
arts of modern guerrilla warfare and sub- immune to the cancer of Castro-inspired ter- and Atlantic coasts to unload men and
version. The threat to the United States of rorism. On November' 17, 1962, the Federal arms.
Soviet troops in Cuba is secondary to the Bureau of Investigation in New York City Cuba has clearly become an open flood-
use of the island as a base to export revolu- smashed a Castro-Communist plot to launch gate for a torrent of terrorists. They flood
tion, said Cottrell, a series of terrorist attacks on department a politically parched Latin America, sowing
"Today the. Cuban effort is far more so- stores. The FBI reported that members of seeds of subversion.
phisticated, more covert, and more deadly," Cuba's United Nations delegation, were When Castro can't finance them, they turn
CIA's McCone explained. "In its profes- training "a corps of Cuban Communists in to other sources of income.
s ona radecraft it shows guidance and the use of explosives." Peruvian guerrillas, teamed with "ordi-
training by experienced Communist advis- The United. States and Its Latin neighbors nary criminals," robbed a Lima bank last
ers from the Soviet bloc including veteran have met the Communist challenge with year of $100,000 and split the loot 50-50, Mc-
Spanish Communists." limited success. Cone told a congressional subcommittee sev-
One Selden subcommittee recommended to eral months ago,
One Spanish Communist, Gen. Alberto President Kennedy that the United States Venezuelan pro-Castro terrorists robbed
Bayo, created dos for r Latin the America" Revolutionary (CRAL) to Commann "should be prepared to act with military a bank last February of $25,000.
dos insurrections against orce" to help any nation in danger of being The principle that guerrillas must be
their r governments. inseernmenntsts. . To o strengthen ains CRAL, t overthrown by Communist subversive ag- self-sustaining his obviously been applied to
th DRE claims, Soviet Col. Jarslav Valensky in- gression. finances," McCone explained.
stituted an International Military Command The Organization of American States But he added at there are also involved
to control the widespread net of Commu- (OAS) has passed numerous resolutions bank transfers by which Cuban money even-
nist front groups in Latin America. dealing with means to counter the Castro tually reaches Latin American Communist-
A "supreme command" for Latin American offensive. front groups. ;
guerrillas has been set up in Cuba by the Yet, day by day the Cuban-trained terror- One such example was outlined here sev-
Soviet Ministry of Defense, according to ex- fists nibble away at this false front of anti- eral weeks ago by British Guianese Sen. Anne
Ile intelligence sources. Its headquarters Castro hemispheric unity. Jardim, who revealed documents showing the
are in Santiago de Cuba where guerrilla op- "These wolves in sheep's clothing are the transfer of $1 million from Russia through
erations throughout the hemisphere are greatest danger ever to threaten the country," Cuba to Prime Minister Cheddi Jagan, the
masterminded and coordinated. explained Colombian President Guillermo Communists' best friend in South America.
Enrique Lister, another Spaniard, runs Leon Valencia on September 25. Castro sounded the keynote for Cuban sub-
the Minas del Frio subversion school in On October 2 Radio Havana warned the version on July 26, 1960.
Oriente Province. Lister, a graduate of the Nicaraguan Government "to take care." "We promise to continue making Cuba
Soviet's Fruntze Military Academy, is as- Broadcasting from Cuba, a woman identified the example that can convert the Cordillera
sisted by former Guatemalan President Col. as Blanca Sandino, daughter of the late Nic- of the. Andes into the Sierra Maestra of the
Jacobo Arbenz. araguan rebel bandit, regularly incites American continent," he said,
At the Julio Antonio Melia School near Nicaraguans to rebel and join pro-Castro He has restated this goal on countless
Havana, Communists are training Latin la- guerrillas whom she says already are oper- occasions, with the full blessing of Moscow
bor leaders. Military personnel receive in- ating in the country, and Peiping.
struction at the El Cortijo School In Pinar The Cuban Student Directorate in Exile Intelligence sources say Castro's subver-
del Rio, the Citizens Committee for a Free claims that 100 instructors, trained in Cuba, give pipeline to Latin America today is his
Cuba reports. , The San Lorenzo School in have organized a Colombian guerrilla force growing "fishing fleet."
Oriente specializes in guerrilla training, of more than 1,600, broken into 13 groups in With the help of the Japanese, Castro has
Subversion centers are spread across the 5 territorial areas. built an estimated 169 fishing vessels, though
island. Tony Varona, former Cuban foreign minis- Hurricane Flora reportedly sunk 39. These
ter and leader of the Cuban Revolutionary vessels carry their subversive cargoes be-
CoMMuNIsM IN LATIN AMERICA Council, told Congress that the international tween Cuba and Latin America. .
(By Charles Keely) Communist movement is enlisting volunteers An Organization of American States (OAS)
in all 19 Latin countries. The objective, he
(Second of three articles)
s security committee has reported that this
aid
is to build
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WASHINGTON.-Cuban Maj. Maximo Can-
ales left San Julien Air Base in Cuba with
five Venezuelan terrorists trained in Pre-
mier Fidel Castro's guerrilla warfare schools,
and flew over the San Andres Islands off the
coast of Panama.
The men parachuted into the water and
were picked up by a small fishing boat which
took them to Maracaibo; Venezuela.. Later
they joined a guerrilla force of the pro-
Castro FALN organization to -wage war
against President Romulo Betancourt.
Subversion has replaced sugar as Cuba's
top export.
Many of the thousands of Latin Americans
receiving training in Cuba today are being
parachuted back into their homelands.
Others return to Mexico in "shrimp boats,"
and then go home.
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According to Central Intelligence Agency Ing that this would be, the last financial
Director John McCo , Fidel Castro tells support he would get if his terrorists did not
ese trained subversives, "We will keep in accomplish a decisive operation against the
touch, with you, give you propaganda sup- Government.;
port, 'send you propaganda materials * * * Colombian Interior Minister Aurelio Ca-
secret communications methods, and per- macho Rueda said Castro is openly interven-
haps funds and specialized demolition ing in Colombia by "sending arms and money
equipment." from Cuba to the bandits and the offering
Venezuela, says McCone, is Castro's "No. 1" of scholarships to. Colombian students to
target and FALN's sabotage "is the work of study guerrilla warfare and terrorist tech-
"
experts (using) advanced types of explo- niques in Havana.
sives." Twelve tons of Communist propaganda is
,
a p
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s army o
,
Communist advance in the Western Hemi-
men, 100,000 women, and 200,000 reserves to sphere is due mainly to the lack of Informa-
tion regarding its true aims.
COMMUNISM IN LATIN AMERICA Col. Jose Luis Cruz Salazar, Guatemalan
(By Charles Keely) politician and soldier, told Congress February
27 that the Communist menace is not specu-
him for $250,000 ransom.
During the 6.days he spent in the insur-
gents,', camp before his rescue by army troops,
Mejia said a Cuban plane flew over the area
and dropped weapons, propaganda and other
material to Premier Fidel Castro's look-alike
guerrilla leader Federico Arango Fonnegra.
The bearded Arango told Mejia that Castro
recently had sent him $20,000 with a warn-
THE CASE AGAINST JESSICA MIT-
FORD, HER SUPPORTERS AND AD-
MIRERS
The SPEAKER. Under previous order
of the House, the gentleman from Cali-
fornia [Mr. UTT] is recognized. for 45
minutes.
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(Mr. UTT asked and was given permis-
sion to revise and extend his remarks
and Include extraneous matter.)
Mr. UTT. A few weeks ago I inserted
some remarks in the CONGRESSIONAL RLC-
ORD with reference to Jessica Mitford-
CONGR'ESSIONAL RECORD, October 15. 1963,
page A6429. These remarks brought
forth a hail of condemnation from the
lethal left which quickly sprang to her
defense with all kinds of maudlin apolo-
gies. I wasnot surprised to see the edi-
torial in the New York Times of Octo-
ber 21, 1963, which indicated that no
one without congressional immunity
would dare make such a statement. The
statementswhich I made have been pub-
lished in many periodicals which do not
have congressional Immunity, so that
dodge is pure hogwash.
In assessing the New York Times, it
should be remembered that It was most
laudatory in its praises of Communist
Castro, and one of its reporters, Herbert
Matthews, was most instrumental in
working with our State Department en-
voys in establishing the Communist Cas-
tro government, and even last week Cas-
tro praised Herbert Matthews of the
New York Times, who is now visiting
Cuba with his wife. I am wondering
how Matthews got his passport validated
to visit Cuba, while the State Depart-
ment has been refusing permission to
students to visit Cuba.
It was not my purpose then, nor is it
now, to defend the abuses which un-
doubtedly exist in the funeral business.
These same abuses can be charged to
many American businesses. In fact, ev-
ery time I buy a new automobile I am
persuaded to include some extras which
are very nice, but not absolutely neces-
sary. Some of these extras cost more
than the average funeral, but I did not
have to buy them. My real purpose for
my original remarks was that I felt that
when CBS In its so-called documentary,
"The Great American Funeral," was go-
ing to bring an identified Communist
into several million American homes, the
public was entitled to know the identity
of the author in order to evaluate the
subject matter. Surely, if I wrote a book
on the theory of relativity, the public
would be entitled to know that I am
neither a physicist nor a mathematician,
and that slight credence should be given
to me in this field.
At this point, Mr. Speaker, I should
mention that the rumor was broadcast
throughout the Nation that I or my fam-
ily owned an interest in the Fair Haven
Cemetery at Santa Ana, Calif. I wish
to emphatically state that neither I nor
any of my family now has nor ever had
any financial interest in any cemetery
whatsoever. I assume this rumor started
because I was a trustee of Orange County
Cemetery District No. 1, a public, munici-
pal, tax-supported district, organized to
take over and restore two abandoned
cemeteries in which hundreds of Califor-
nia pioneers were buried. I was a trustee,
appointed by the Orange County Board
of Supervisors, over a period of 20 years,
and served without salary or expenses.
The apologists for Jessica Mitford, also
known as Decca Treuhaft, continue to re-
mind the public that she wrote a "smash-
ing hit," even though she makes the ex-
ception appear to be the rule. May I say,
Mr. Speaker, that there was another
author who wrote a smashing hit. His
name was Karl Marx, whose works today
rank second only to the Bible in annual
sales. The burden of his book was. an
attack on the capitalistic free enterprise
system and on religion, but today no one
but Communists and Socialists rise to his
defense. The burden of "The American
Way of Death" Is likewise a two-pronged
attack: First, against the free enterprise
capitalistic system enjoyed by Ameri-
cans; second, against the funeral service
which is basically a religious service, for
those who have an Immutable belief in
the immortality of the soul.
As Rev. Dr. Edgar N. Jackson, a Meth-
odist minister, of Mamaroneck, N.Y.,
said :
A funeral faces the reality of, death. It
does not avoid it.
A funeral provides a setting wherein the
religious needs of the bereaved may be
satisfied. -
A funeral provides faith to sustain spirit.
A funeral helps free one from guilt or self-
condemnation.
A funeral helps express one's feelings.
A funeral directs one beyond the death of
a loved one to the responsibilities of life.
A funeral, In a personal way, helps one
face a. crisis with dignity and courage.
A funeral above all provides an environ-
ment where loving friends and relatives can
give the help needed to face the future with
strength and courage,
The above-referred-to editorial in the
New York Times indicated that Jessica
Mitford's association with Communist
activities was in the dim and distant
past. Let us look at the record. Jessica
Mitford, also known as Decca Treuhaft,
was identified as a member of the Com-
munist Party in hearings before the
Committee on Un-American Activities,
as follows:
By Dickson P. Hill, an undercover agent of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation during
his membership in the Communist Party
(1944-49), 'Investigation of Communist Ac-
tivities In the San Francisco Area, part 2,"
December 2, 1953, page 3227.
By Dr. Jack (Beverly Mikeli) Patten, a
former member of the Communist Party
(1938-40 and 1946-48), "Hearings Held in
San Francisco, Calif., June 18-21, 1957, part
1," June 10, 1957, page 1 168.
By Dorothy M. Jeffers, an undercover agent
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation during
her membership in the Communist Party
(1943-52), "Bearings Held in San Francisco,
Calif., June 18-21, 1957, part II." June 21,
1957, page 1295.
Her stint before the California Senate
Fact-Finding Committee on -Un-Ameri-
can Activities was related in my previous
remarks, and appears on pages 260-262 of
that committee's report to the 1953
regular California Legislature.
We are told that leading clergymen
of all faiths endorse the so-called exposd.
That may be true, but do not forget that
many of our leaders of all faiths are
collectivists and most of them oppose the
House Committee on Un-American Ac-
tivities, so they are running true to form.
It is interesting to note, Mr. Speaker,
that one of these leaders who appeared
on the CBS program, "The Great Ameri-
can Funeral," Rev. Stephen Fritchman,
has been cited by the Committee on Un-
American Activities for his Communist-
front affiliations and, of course, he took
the fifth amendment. Again, I say,
"strange bedfellows." Reverend Fritch-
man was also a contributor to the Com-
munist People's World of September
7, 1963.
The commercial sponsor for the CBS
colossal, "The Great American Funeral,"
was the Travelers' Insurance Co. of
America, which is engaged in selling in-
surance for all contingencies, including
death. It must have grated the Travel-
ers' agents to watch the door-to-door
salesmen castigated. There Is no busi-
ness in America that engages more
heavily in telephone solicitation and
door-to-door selling than do the various
Insurance companies of America. If the
capitalistic free enterprise system is de-
stroyed in America, Its demise is being
gratuitously aided by the American busi-
ness community which sponsors such
programs.
It might be well, Mr. Speaker, at this
time, to examine another book of Jessi-
ca Mitford, "Daughters and Rebels,"
which is an autobiography, in which she
refers to her father, who was an out-
standing British citizen, as the missing
link between ape and homo sapiens.
She also admits that she was a shop-
lifter, a "bill jumper," and that she
bought volumes of Communist literature
and "rigged up some homemade hammer
and sickle flags." This book was written
In 1960. As late as 1963, she was invited
to be a special guest at the 25th anni-
versary celebration of the Communist
People's World in San Francisco. This
is according to People's World-the
January 19, 1963, issue. Whether she
attended or not, I do not know.
In her book, "Daughters and Rebels,"
on page 12 in referring to her govern-
esses, she says:
She was soon followed by Miss Bunting,
whose main contribution to our education
was to teach a little mild shoplifting . ^ s
Miss Bunting In her governessy beige coat
and gloves, Boud (Jessica's sister) and I In
matching panama straw hats, would strut
haughtily past the deferential salespeople
to seek the safety of Fuller's Tea Room,
where we would gleefully take stock of the
day's haul over cups of steaming hot choc-
olate.
In referring to her father on page 29,
she writes:
I developed the theory that he was a
throwback to an earlier state of mankind, a
missing link between the apes and homo
sapiens (man).
On page 68 she speaks of her enthu-
siasm for communism:
In fact, this declaration was something
more than a mere automatic taking of op-
posite sides to Boud: the little I knew about
the Fascists repelled me-their racism, super-
militarism, brutality. I took out a sub-
scription to the Daily Worker, bought vol-
umes of Communist literature and litera-
ture that I supposed to be Communist,
rigged up some homemade hammer and
sickle -flags.
She refers to her first husband, Es-
mond Romilly, on page 98 as follows:
Esmond's abrupt conversion to Communist
ideas had come about In a way very similar
to my own.
On page 190 she expresses her lack of
knowledge of economics by stating:
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