FOREWORD At the outset of the work of the Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, the committee and the staff were clearly aware that the Communist Party, USA, was a conspiracy of considerable magnitude which had as its avowed object the violent overthrow and destruction of the constitutional government of the United States. We also knew that this malignant force counted among its members, past and present, some few who had articulated this object, and that the Communist "classics" recorded the statements of these Communist leaders. It was consequently a source of some amazement to my colleagues and myself to find, as the work of the subcommittee went forward, that this awareness was not common knowledge and that there was not readily available a compendium of proof to this effect. Accordingly, I deemed it desirable and proper to inquire into the possibility of printing a document like this one, and made inquiry of Mr. J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as shown in the preface. This booklet is the result. I hope it will enable many Americans to recognize, once and for all, the unilateral, evil, and illegal aims of our enemy, international communism, of which the Communist Party, USA, is one tentacle. PAT MCCARRAN, Chairman. III Hon. J. EDGAR HOOVER, PREFACE UNITED STATES SENATE, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. June 21, 1952. MY DEAR MR. HOOVER: As chairman of the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, I am desirous of causing to be compiled for general distribution to the public documentary proof that the Communist Party in the United States is dedicated to the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force and violence. Realizing that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has actively participated in the development of the cases against the Communist leaders who were convicted of a conspiracy to overthrow the Government of the United States by force and violence, I am writing to inquire if you have available a compendium of such documentary proof which I could cause to be published. My kindest regards and best wishes to you. PAT MCCARRAN, Chairman. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Hon. PAT MCCARRAN, United States Senate, Washington, D. C. MY DEAR SENATOR: I wish to acknowledge your communication of June 21, advising of your interest in compiling for general distribution information reflecting documentary proof that the Communist Party in the United States is dedicated to the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force and violence. It so happens the Bureau recently compiled a monograph on this subject based primarily on the writings of Communist leaders. While this compilation was initially classified as confidential this is primarily pursuant to established policies and there will be no objection to your committee issuing this compilation. A copy of the monograph is enclosed. Sincerely, J. EDGAR HOOVER. |