He asked us what we thought about it, and we said that we thought it was pretty radical. Then he told us what it was.
We subsequently learned that the American Party in Florida at that time was the John Birch Society. We learned a great deal, and as time goes on, I find that the JBS made a lot of sense.
We have not been part of the JBS since that time, but without it, we might never have learned that we have freedoms that are being trampled on.
Carolyn
"What, exactly, did Mr. Welch and the JBS mean when they repeatedly referred to "Communist influence and control"?"
Well, if the question were to be asked today, the answer would be self-evident, unless you in that number who do not recognize that the Democrat party has been the tool for changing our Republic into a liberal, socialistic democracy.
Even back then when the question was asked, it was evident to many. The only difference between then and today is that today the commies in government brag openly of their agenda to socialize the nation -- and one half of the population is more than willing to live the life of a couch potato while allowing government to forcibly make the other half of the population pay for their couches and potatoes.
Here are some facts on just one of the disparaged Americans, Matt Cvetic.
Matt Cvetic had knowledge of the Slav languages. In the early 1940s when he was contacted by the FBI that was a big plus because that meant he was well qualified to infiltrate the higher echelon of the Soviet apparatus in the U.S.
Mr. Cvetic could not get into the armed services at just 5'4" according to his friend George Putnam. The service he was to perform for his country would be unpaid the FBI told him until he reached the goal of becoming a Communist Party member. His personal sacrifice for America would be as great as most uniformed service members in terms of putting everything behind including his family. He kept his employment at the United States Employment Service in Pittsburgh.
As the 1940s passed Mr. Cvetic paid a heavy price in terms of being under constant watch by CPUSA and becoming despised by Americans for being a CPUSA member. (His family and friends weren't in the self-described "intellectual" class, they were Americans, they didn't "understand" how harmless and good Uncle Joe Stalin was.) Described by some as "a hard-drinking lout" but unlike the fat drunk, pickled-brained Ted Kennedy super rich liberals of America Mr. Cvetic's drinking disqualifies his accomplishments because he is "on the wrong side." That's the spin.
He was never a FBI agent. Over time he provided tons of information on the CPUSA and its members. Thus he is an enemy of America's chattering class and their fringe elements.
His major crime, beyond being anti-communist, was being the inspiration for radio and movie dramas. A no-no, reaches too many people. Bad for the silly twits and self-described "intellectuals."
Americans like Herb Philbrick and Mr. Cvetic, real-life volunteer undercover agents for America's FBI throughout most of the forties, had an inside view of characters straight out of a Monty Python movie swooning over Uncle Joe Stalin. Yes, people love Uncle Joe's quest for a workers' paradise to this day. As silly as they are some of them are dangerous.
"...so as to derive monetary gain from her..."
"...she was "financially ambitious" (i.e. prospects for speaking tours, articles for a national publication, or book, etc)"
It sounds like whoever wrote this has some kind of problem with capitalism.
Julia claimed that the NAACP was "badly infiltrated" by Communists
This is the only charge made by any of these anti-communists that is addressed. The rest is pure ad hominem.
Bond blasts Bush, anti-terrorism, & "J. Edgar Ashcroft" at NAACP convention (Major barf alert) - - "The FBI tried to disrupt the civil rights movement. They wanted to smear Martin Luther King Jr. They not only wanted him discredited, they wanted him dead, threatening him with the release of damaging information if he did not commit suicide. We thought we had put a stop to Hoover's program of spies and lies in the 1970s after its abuses were exposed. Now under the guise of fighting terrorism, the FBI is going back to spying on abating citizens." - Veteran "civil rights" leader Julian BondKING'S “DREAM” BECOMES A NIGHTMARE - Billy Thye of the American Indian Movement said the real terrorist in the world was the U.S. government, while Obi Egbuna of the Pan African Liberation Organization praised black racist Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and urged the lifting of the economic embargo of communist Cuba. He said, “We must stand behind Mugabe,” whose policies are starving half of his population. On the other hand, he branded U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell “a murderer.”
The NAACP is a commie front. They are friends of Fidel. They get fat off of making sure that blacks in America stay "immiserated."