"This case involves a cancer in our body politic. It is a measure of the disease which afflicts us. Army surveillance, like Army regimentation, is at war with the principles of the First Amendment. Those who already walk submissively will say there is no cause for alarm. But submissiveness is not our heritage. The First Amendment was designed to allow rebellion to remain as our heritage. The Constitution was designed to keep the government off the backs of the people. The Bill of Rights was added to keep the precincts of belief and expression, of the press, of political and social activities free from surveillance. The Bill of Rights was designed to keep agents of government and official eavesdroppers away from assemblies of people. The aim was to allow men to be free and independent and to assert their rights against government. There can be no influence more paralyzing of that objective than Army surveillance. When an intelligence officer looks over every nonconformist's shoulder in the library, or walks invisibly by his side in a picket line, or infiltrates his club, the America once extolled as the voice of liberty heard around the world no longer is cast in the image which Jefferson and Madison designed, but more in the Russian image, ..." Laird v. Tatum, 408 U.S. 1, pp. 28 and 29.

If you are a person who even remotely follows the national media, you probably understand that the major portion of the United States' defense spending is justified by the never ending cliche "We must prevent communism from spreading over the world." Ever since World War II there has been a so called 'cold war' against communism, as well as several police actions (i.e., Korea and Vietnam) based on the same ideal - the prevention of communism abroad.

The question posed here is, have the American people been so busy preventing communism abroad that they have failed to recognize it in their own governmental institutions? The shocked reader's first reaction, as was my own, is to deny any such thing could possibly have happened, and to stand, think and speak in defense of his beloved country. But what if it were true? What if your government has institutions in line with the communist plan; would you then be defending communism?

I hold a love for my country as well as the next man, this is why I would fight the enemies of its original institutions no matter whether the enemy be a foreign government or domestic persons creating and establishing communist doctrine and institutions in our own government.

Remember one thing, the easiest way to deter us from looking at communism in America is to make us believe that all communist enemies are in another country, no matter which country that might be, but never even hint that communism flourishes in the United States with little or no resistance.

So let's take a serious look at what is happening to the institutions of Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness, upon which this country's government was formed. Let us also take a look at how those institutions might be undermined before an unknowing people.

"We the People" established a government for the protection of "ourselves and our posterity."

"WE THE PEOPLE of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." Preamble of the United States Constitution, 1787.

"We the People" were clearly one Nation, one race:

"NATION -- 1. A body of people inhabiting the same country, or united under the same sovereign or government; * * *. Nation, as its etymology imports, originally denoted a family or race of men,* * *." An American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster (1828), reprinted by Foundation for American Christian Education (1967).

And, as stated in our Pledge of Allegiance, an 'indivisible' nation:

"INDIVISIBLE -- That cannot be divided, separated or broken; not separable into parts. * * *." An American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster (1828), reprinted by Foundation for American Christian Education (1967).

It seems, then, that the fastest way to undermine a nation is to make it divisible - "A house divided cannot stand," (Abraham Lincoln). Lincoln knew this, and in perpetuating the Civil War, he destroyed the sovereignty of the posterity who formed this nation, turning the United States into an international body.

In order to answer the initial question posed, we must first define what communism is so that we can readily recognize its elements at play.

Let us first look at the institution of the largest communist block in the world, the USSR:

"* * * The principle applied in the USSR is that of Socialism: ..." Art. 12, Constitution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), December 5, 1936 as amended.

Webster's further defines communism as:

"communism -- 1 b: a system or condition real or imagined in which goods are owned commonly rather than privately and are available as needed to each one in a unified group, sometimes inclusive, and often composed of members living and working together: * * * 2 a: a social and political doctrine or movement based upon revolutionary Marxian socialism that interprets history as a relentless class war eventually to result everywhere in the victory of the proletariat and the social ownership of the means of production with relative social and economic equality of all and ultimately to lead to a classless society b: BOLSHEVISM c: a totalitarian system of government in which the State as owner of the major industries and acting through the medium of a single authoritarian party controls in large measure the economic, social and cultural life of the society." Webster's Third International Dictionary, 1966.

We can see that the term "communism" denotes a sacrifice of all personal property and rights for the good of the whole number, based on the ideals of socialism, thus resulting in the destruction of the individual character of man by consolidating that character into one artificial being, the State.

The communist constitution claims a basis of 'socialism' for government.

"socialism -- 2 a: a system or condition of society or group of living in which there is no private property b: a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the State c: a stage of society that in Marxist theory is transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and payments to individuals according to their work." Webster's Third World Dictionary, 1966.

Now that we have a firm definition of what communism is, we will endeavor to make some comparisons between communism and institutions which have developed in the United States. To do this we will further reference the constitution of the USSR.

I don't know if you have noticed, but the rights of the individual are becoming more and more restricted every day in the United States. For instance, the most basic rights of Life and Liberty depend upon a right we all hold very dear. The right to work. Try to get a job without a social security number, or ask your employer if you can work without one. I have seen enough evidence to know without a number, you will be deprived of the right to work.

What kind of scheme is social security that it can have such a devastating effect on our lives? Black's Law Dictionary calls it 'social insurance'.

Social Insurance. A comprehensive welfare plan established by law, generally compulsory in nature, and based on a program which spreads the cost of benefits among the entire population rather than on individual recipients. The federal government began to use insurance programs in 1935 with the passage of the Social Security Act. The basic federal and state approaches to social insurance presently in use are: Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (i.e. social security); Medicare and Medicaid; unemployment insurance; and worker's compensation. Black's Law Dict. 5Ed. @ p 724.

Arthur J. Altmeyer, the author of the Social Security Act of 1935, in speaking of Social Security says:

"* * * child's being issued an 'insurance policy' on the day he was born [is] to protect him against all major economic misfortunes which might befall him during his lifetime. This is the reason that he [Altmeyer] displayed some irritation when Lord Beveridge was hailed in 1942 as the originator of the idea of 'cradle to the grave' insurance when he made his famous report, 'Social Insurance and Allied Services'.

"* * * * * Strangely enough, while throughout the rest of the world there is the tendency to use 'social security' in an expansive sense, we in this country are inclined to use it more restrictively as the synonym for only one form of social insurance, namely, our federal old age, survivors', and disability insurance system." The Formative Years of Social Security, by Arthur J. Altmeyer, p. 5.

The Social Security Act itself says that it is social insurance:

"Sec. 702. The Board shall perform the duties imposed upon it by this Act and shall also have the duty of studying and making recommendations as to the most effective methods of providing economic security through social insurance, and as to legislation and matters of administrative policy concerning old-age pensions, unemployment compensation, accident compensation, and related subjects." Social Security Act, 49 STAT 620 at 636 (1935).

Further, this scheme requires mandatory contributions through FICA and the personal income tax. Where do these funds go? They are distributed to non-productive persons who have neglected to provide for their future security.

What does the communist constitution provide for?

"The jurisdiction of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, as represented by its highest organs of state power and organs of state administration, embraces: (o) Organization of state insurance." Art 14, Const. of the USSR.

And for what purpose?

"* * * provision of a wide network of sanatoria, rest homes...." Art 119, Const. of the USSR.

"... right to maintenance in old age and also in case of sickness or disability. This right is ensured by the extensive development of social insurance...." Art 120, Const. of the USSR.

The Social Security Act of 1935 provides for: (1) Disability compensation - Title V part 4; (2) Old age assistance and benefits - Title I and II; and, (3) Unemployment compensation - Title III. All of this in a comprehensive plan of social insurance that you are being compelled to join, or starve to death because no one will let you work without the Social Security number. Is this a protection of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness?

Just who's constitution was this plan formed under, that of the USA or that of the USSR?

Let's make another comparison. Have you ever thought of teaching your children at home because you didn't like what they're taught in public school? The first thought that comes to most people's minds is that they will have their children taken away by the State because they aren't in school. In fact, this has happened many times in this country; you may have heard it in the news. Compulsory education is a good thing, right...?

"... universal and compulsory education; by free education up to and including the seventh grade; * * *" Art 121, Const. of the USSR.

The USSR thought so, but where did we get the idea?

How about letting women have the right to vote in a country founded upon family government (i.e., the head of the household casting the vote for the family)?

"Women in the USSR are accorded equal rights with men in all spheres of economic, government, cultural, political and other public activity. * * *" Art 122, Const. of the USSR.

"Women have the right to elect and be elected on equal terms with men." Art 137, Const. of the USSR.

The family is supposed to be a singular unit. Throughout history, the man of the species has played the dominant roll. Okay, let's make men and women equal; but remember that a house divided will not stand. Look what this has done to the American family (e.g., the national divorce rate). Again, it seems that we have followed communist (anti-christ) doctrine in amending our constitution.

"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." 19th Amendment to the U.S. Const.

We have secret elections in the United States today. "The Life of John Marshall," by A.J. Beveridge, shows that originally elections weren't secret because your vote was cast out loud; this insured that the vote was properly recorded, plus everybody knew where his neighbor stood.

Where do secret elections come from? You guessed it -

"Voting at elections of deputies is secret." Art. 140, Const. of the USSR.

"* * * Deputies--are chosen by the electors on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot." Art. 134, Const. of the USSR.

In the counties in Oregon, and many other States, Deputy District Attorneys are appointed, not elected, even when Oregon's constitution requires otherwise:

"Prosecuting attorneys. There shall be elected by districts comprised of one, or more counties, a sufficient number of prosecuting Attorneys, who shall be the law officers of the State, and of the counties within their respective districts, and shall perform such duties pertaining to the administration of Law, and general police as the Legislative Assembly may direct.--" Art. VII (original) Sec 17, Oregon Constitution, 1857.

But forget the Oregon Constitution; in Oregon, the Constitution of the USSR supplies the proper method:

"Area, district, and city procurators are appointed by the Procurators of the Union Republics,..." Art 116, Const. of the USSR.

Note that deputy district attorneys in Oregon are appointed and not elected as per Oregon's Constitution, which says as many as needed shall be elected.

But we are one of the most progressed nations in the world! We let anyone be a citizen regardless of race, color or creed and regardless of the Preamble of the United States Constitution which declares that the constitution was made for the protection of the posterity of the white race that formed it. That is what the Civil War was fought over. Unfortunately, not only did the South lose but the Constitution of the United States lost also.

"Equality of rights of citizens of the USSR, irrespective of their nationality or race, in all spheres of economic, government, cultural, political and other public activity, is an indefeasible law.

"Any direct or indirect restriction of the rights of, or, conversely, the establishment of any direct or indirect privileges for, citizens on account of their race or nationality, as well as any advocacy of racial or national exclusiveness or hatred and contempt, is punishable by law." Art 123, Const. of the USSR.

Now compare this to the first section of the Fourteenth Amendment:

"Sec 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, 1868.

"Sec. 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, 1870.

But we couldn't possibly affect the institutions of liberty, upon which our country was formed, by allowing millions of alien non-whites that previously lived under communist rule to come to our country, become citizens and a part of our government as officials - or could we?

The Supreme Court appears to have ruled that anything from atheism to devil worship is a religion protected under the First Article of the Bill of Rights, when this country was founded by Christian men. Where did the Supreme Court get this great idea?

"... Freedom of religious worship and freedom of anti-religious propaganda is recognized for all citizens." Art 124, Const. of the USSR.

Could this be where the idea came from?

Let's take a look at our courts. I have been told, and observed (or heard) others being told, by judges, when they were using their rights as a defense, that the law says what it says and that the judges have to follow it regardless of rights or constitutional protections claimed by the party.

"Judges are independent and subject only to the law." Art 112, Const. of the USSR.

Bound only to the law? What happened to a man's rights, or did he give them up for the good of the whole?

What about some of our other basic rights, like our right to travel? No, you don't have that right either!

"481.095 Privilege of motorist to use highways. Subject to a compliance with the motor vehicle law of this state, owners and operators of motor vehicles are granted the privilege of using the highways of this state." ORS 481.095.

Maybe the right to ownership of property, keeping in mind that the free use of it is part of ownership. What's the point of owning property if you can't use it whenever, and in the way, you want as long as you don't harm or endanger anyone while doing so.

We can build a house, if we can get a "permit" (permission from the State). We can use our cars if we license ourselves first and then license, register and insure our cars, pass D.E.Q., and go once around the mulberry bush (sorry, once around the mulberry bush hasn't been added yet). We can install a wood stove, a furnace, wiring or remodel our homes, but not without permission (a building permit).

But if we are hungry, because we haven't been able to find work in an economy destroyed by the Federal Reserve Banks, we can go out and bring home a fish or game animal so we don't have to go on welfare. We had better not try it, or we'll be pinched for poaching if we didn't ask the State for the privilege (license-permit). If we don't have the money for a license, then we will have to starve or get a Social Security number and go on welfare.

We wouldn't want to take what God gave us when we have the opportunity to go to the State so the State can tell us how to live when we receive benefits. Whose land is this, anyway, and who claims ownership? Maybe this will give you some idea.

"Socialist property in the USSR exists either in the form of state property...." Art 5 Const. of the USSR.

"The land, its mineral wealth, waters, forests, mills, factories, mines, rail, water and air transport, banks, communications, large state-organized agricultural enterprises (state farms, machine and tractor stations, and the like), as well as municipal enterprises and the bulk of the dwelling houses in the cities and industrial localities, are state property, that is, belong to the whole people." Art 6 Const. of the USSR.

Are we operating on this for the good of the whole theory? Speaking of the Federal Reserve Banks that issues every "paper" dollar (military script) in circulation, where did Congress get the idea to put the power to issue paper as money?

"The economic foundation of the USSR is the socialist system of economy...." Art 4 Const. of the USSR.

"Administration of the banks...." Art 14(l) Const. of the USSR.

"Direction of the monetary and credit system." Art 14(n) Const. of the USSR.

But our government is able to grant farm loans (by which many farmers have been thrown into default by a manipulating economy), V.A. loans and housing loans to help our people. There is something good in that, isn't there?!

"Contracting and granting loans." Art 14(p) Const. of the USSR.

Remember, one of the principle concepts of communism is consolidation of ownership of property in the hands of the State. What better way than to lend money against property, manipulate the economy into a blunder buss and foreclose the loans. Ask the Veterans Administration and the Housing Administration how many houses have been repossessed lately for resale.

Ladies and gentlemen the list is so long it is becoming tedious, but, we have much to think about if we intend to secure a future of liberty instead of communist slavery. Have we unknowingly adopted communist doctrine and institutions domestically while being distracted by communism abroad? How could we have let this happen? No one could have devised a plan so subtle that it could be implemented right under our very noses. But, some one did a long time ago.

Karl Marx, considered the father of communism, wrote his so-called "Communist Manifesto." Most people think it was a plan to implement communism in the USSR, but the truth is that it's a plan to undermine free governments. It seems impossible, but take a look and judge for yourself.

To have a full understanding of how communism is nurtured to flourish in America, we must consult the Communist Manifesto. The Communist Manifesto is a ten plank plan for reforming free governments into communist governments. When all planks become a fact in any given society, communism is fully in place. In other words, the Communist Manifesto is a means to the end of spreading communism throughout the world.

Let us see how successfully communism is implemented in United States law, government and society.

PLANK NUMBER 1: Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.

Ownership of land in the United States is, for the most part, impossible today. How was this accomplished? Two methods are employed to accomplish this end: usury and taxation, usury being the main tool. Today, with exception of a few tracts of land, all land is encumbered by debt. These debts bear interest, payment of which is required, prior to any reduction of the principal debt. The encumbrances last from 30 years to life and beyond with most land passing to the heirs with the debt attached. The interest enslaves the persons on the land to the debt holder. If he is a bad slave, he forfeits his land to the financial institution; if he is a good slave and produces sufficiently to unjustly enrich the debt-holder by paying the interest, he is allowed to remain on the land in debt slavery.

Also, much of the land is heavily taxed as well. Since the land is not owned and patented, but subject to debt which backs debt notes (Federal Reserve Notes), and bank credit, it can be taxed, and in many cases, is taxed heavily enough to cause the land to be confiscated by the State for public purposes. As well, because the land backs notes and credits that circulate as public money, the land owner can be required to get building permits, follow land use planning regulations, and even in some cases, depending on the nature of the debt contract, be told what crops to plant and how much of each crop to plant, if any.

Thus, property (land), in truth, is non-existent because no one has the control incident to full ownership.

Examples of some of the agencies that have aided in making the first plank of the Communist Manifesto reality in the United States are:

a. Farm and Home Loan Administration. b. Veterans Loan Administration. c. Federal Reserve Bank(s). d. Banking institutions in general. e. Land Use Planning agencies. f. Federal Land Bank.

PLANK NUMBER 2: A heavy progressive and graduated income tax.

The middle class has always been the strong-hold of a nation's economy. When the economy is healthy, the people cannot be coerced to change principles of government.

It takes no genius to see that we have a heavy and progressive income tax in the United States, and we all know that it impacts the middle class above all people. Also, through exemptions, allowances, deductions, credits and other manipulating devices, the personal income tax is not only a tax but influences people and business to control the economy to operate unnaturally.

Finally, a progressive tax based on income makes it impossible for the middle class individual to better his economic circumstances, unless he allows the taxing authority to control his affairs. That is, unless he manipulates his affairs to give him a tax break.

As we all know, the principal agencies that impose and enforce this Communist tax are:

a. The Internal Revenue Service. b. The Social Security Administration. c. All businesses that follow regulations of the IRS and SSA and give information to them. d. And other agencies which assuredly are involved that are not here mentioned.

PLANK NUMBER 3: Abolition of all right of inheritance.

The right of inheritance has not been abolished as a whole, yet. But there are factors that have severely reduced the right of inheritance in this generation. A contrived depression in 1929, resulting from the creation of the Federal Reserve and its money manipulations, placed a great deal of the middle class wealth in the hands of the bankers, thereby depriving the subsequent generations of their inheritance.

Through usury, (i.e., interest loans on property) most of today's generations inherit more debt than anything else, and we are again deprived. Probate and inheritance taxes reduce inheritance substantially, as well.

Finally, if there are any disputes as to who the lawful heirs are, lawyers obtain a major portion of the inheritance in many cases. From these factors and others which may exist, while the right of inheritance has not yet been abolished, this right has been greatly reduced to meet the ends of the third plank of the Communist Manifesto.

PLANK NUMBER 4: Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.

This plank is made manifest by means, that on the surface, don't seem to be confiscatory. When immigrants come into the United States and apply for citizenship, or even when they don't or can't apply for citizenship, almost without fail they apply for and get a Social Security number because without it they cannot work.

A person's membership in Social Security allows the heavy and progressive income tax to be imposed on them to confiscate their property. This is simply shown by the fact that a Social Security number must be placed on all income tax forms filed with the IRS. In fact, the form is invalid without this number. The personal income tax is a tax for the privilege of citizenship.

As to confiscation of property of all rebels, who are considered rebels under the Communist Manifesto? Obviously, those persons rebelling against communist proliferation and ideals. We have already seen that a heavy and progressive income tax is a communist ideal, so what happens to the property of a person who fights against the income tax and the IRS? We have all seen the results in the national media. The IRS issues a notice of lien, then levies property of the person (as defined in the Social Security Act) considered to be in rebellion. In most cases, the property is confiscated without a trial or any due process known under the original United States Constitution or its Bill of Rights.

This may not be the only example of plank 4 in effect, but it is certainly a very good example of its use in the United States of America.

PLANK NUMBER 5: Centralization of credit in the hands of the State, by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly.

The Federal Reserve has been established as a central bank which controls all issuance of money. The Federal Reserve is a private and exclusive monopoly. Members of this monopoly are allowed to create money at will and to monetize property to increase their liquid reserves. Basically, this institution controls all credit and in issuing credit, creates so-called 'money' out of thin air by encumbering the property of the country which lies in usurious indebtedness.

Because no labor or production created this so-called 'money' (Federal Reserve Notes and Credits), inflation results due to the larger medium of exchange without an increase in production of material goods. This in turn helps to abolish ownership of property and rights of inheritance which we readily see in our day-to-day lives.

This plank of the Communist Manifesto has been in place in the United States for 70 years, dating back prior to the communist take-over of Russia.

I could go on to the other five planks, but instead, I will only list them so that your mind will wonder, determine and think of how, when and where the rest has been done.

PLANK NUMBER 6: Centralization of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State.

PLANK NUMBER 7: Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the State; the bringing into cultivation of waste lands, and improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.

PLANK NUMBER 8: Equal liability of all to labor. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.

PLANK NUMBER 9: Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of the distinction between town and country, by a more equitable distribution of the population over the country.

PLANK NUMBER 10: Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children's factory labor in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production, etc.

In conclusion, I believe that we have been so busy trying to keep our heads above water in a manipulated economy, trying to swim up that economic waterfall, that we have forgotten to take a hard look at the source of the water. The television and the newspapers reveal our loss of liberty to us every day, but because we've been desensitized to what liberty really is, we cannot even see what we are losing.

We have been convinced by a bunch of soothsayers that there is a good reason for every license; permit; confiscation of property; tax; war; police action; piece of legislation, etc., and all in the name of public safety, health and welfare (the good of the whole). All of this at the sacrifice of individual rights to the extent that we are almost completely enslaved today.

I ask you, when all individual liberty is gone, and it almost is (watch for the road block on Christmas or New Years, and then comes the day that they just leave them up), how will the whole people fare as slaves? Remember, the easiest way to keep a man in slavery is to let him think he is free.

Out of which side of the mouth is government talking to you, communist or Christian? Ask your favorite bureaucrat, and send him a copy of this pamphlet.

I implore you to find out what are the true principles of liberty upon which this country was founded so that we don't lose our liberty. One hint - you won't find it on television or in the newspapers.

If we are going to be card-carrying communists, we had better admit it and stop spending billions of dollars in defense against communism, to the destruction of our people. If we are going to maintain the free Republic that our forefathers created, let's spend whatever it takes to push the destroyers of liberty out of our governmental and economic institutions. I leave the ultimate question to you - Are we not in fact, as members of Social Security, card-carrying communists, living in the (USSA) United Socialist States of America?

I pray that our people come out of the Whore of this Babylonian system before it's too late. "Come out my people, come out," is the cry of our savior Jesus, the Christ!

In the name of Jesus, the Christ, our Lord and Savior

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