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#3. Should read as the 3Cs for Maryland Democrats - Crazy, Crooked, Communist. The Soviet’s had Rep. Parren Mitchell (D-Md) as their “Transfer Amendement” disarmament proponent in the House and he had a suspicious tie to identified Soviet spy Victor Perlo during a Jt. House Senate Hearing on Economic policies. See www.keywiki.org, search under “Parren Mitchell” - the information should be there (what little of it there was).

I tangled with Mitchell at a public forum and he was a hardcore communist sympathizer, esp. re the Viet Cong. Nasty piece of work.

Oh, by the way, just FYI, a post-retirement party was given to Mitchell when he left Congress and as I recall, some of the sponsors (who may have bought tickets or made donations to it) include (Sen) Ben Cardin, Barbara Mikulski and possibly Steny Hoyer. I have to find my poor copy of that flier because it has not been found elsewhere so far.

Interestingly the sponsoring group for this affair “Tribute to Honor Parren Mitchell” or something like that, was headed by Les Bayless, the chairman of the Communist Party of Baltimore/Maryland. Surprise, surprise.

Here's the KeyWiki entry for Mitchell: Parren Mitchell. A few items to add: in 1978, as chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, Mitchell spoke at a press conference representing the Coalition for a New Foreign and Military Policy (CNFMP), an umbrella organization cofounded by the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) with member organizations including the National Lawyers Guild, the International Longshoremen's Union, the United Electrial, Radio, and Machine Workers and featuring on its speakers bureau Terry Provance, U.S. delegate to the Soviet-controlled World Peace Council. In 1983, Mitchell endorsed a demonstration against Reagan's Cental American policy called the People's Anti-War Mobilization, organized by the Workers World Party. in 1984, Mitchell was one of the Congressmen supporting an economic program advanced by Gar Alperovitz, a founding fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies. Mitchell requested budget studies from IPS in 1978 and 1982.