The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-09-01
American Way
HOW TO BEAT COMMUNISM
By
DIR. NORMAN VINCENT PEALE

There was book written re-
Gently called, "You Can Change
the World" by James Keller. The
author has founded an organiza-
ton known as the "Christopher"
it is a Catholic Organization.
We need it's equivalent in the
Protestant church, and I am all
for starting it. The word Chris
topher" means Christ bearer"
You join the christopher" and
you automatically have a job.
A Communist, for example,
went to work in an office in
New York City. Within three
weeks he succeeded in complete
ly disrupting this office by pitting
people against each other. There
was a little Stenographer in that
office, who said to herself, II am
going to see what Iacan do by
disseminating the spirit of Christ
in this office" She started to
pray and say nice things about
people. Gradually she won one,
and thell another, until after
while the whole atmosphere of
the office changed When the
Communist tried by devious
tricks to throw the office into
conflict again, he was met with
a resistance that amazed and be-
wildered him.
The technique of the "Christo-
pher" is to go into a social group,
and if anyone starts talking in an
unkind manner against other
people, his duty is to inject ideas
of love and kindliness by word
and by prayer.
The "Christophers" realize that
the way to control people is to
control their ideas. If you can
control the ideas of man you
can control the man himself. That
is exactly what the Communists
are trying to do, to control our
ideas. They enunciate great hu-
manitarian ideals to cover de-
structive and vicious procedures.
They attempt to confuse our
minds so that we begin to have
doubt about God, about demo-
cracy, about fr d O m, about
goodness and about decency.
wish that every reader of this
column would pledge himself to
go into every group, beginning
with his own family, and think
Jesus Christ, talk Jesus Christ,
pray Jesus Christ-then move
into the labor unions and think,
talk and pray Jesus Christ, then
enter into every industrial es-
tablishment in the land and
think, talk and pray Jesus Christ;
move into every place in society,
to destroy everything this coun-
try is filled with the spirit of
Jesus Christ. Then we will drive
Communism so far from these
shores that we will never hear
of it again. 1t is the only way to
do it. 1t is the only way to es-
tablish a world in which we can
have confidence.
We are a great, tolerant, Won
derful people, but we have to put
against the virus of the Commu-
nists' ideas of destruction, the
health and ideas which are in
Jesus Christ.
Do not think l am trying to
drag a "red herring" into this
article. The "red herring" bust
ness has been greatly overwork-
ed. Communism is very weak in
the United States at the present
time, but it can become stronger;
never forget that. But against it
we still have the great power of
the ideas of Christ, so that we
can develop a confidence in the
future.
The best blueprint for conf
dent living is to put ones prob
lens in the hands of God, rest
them there, and trust Him to give
the answer. Then never for one
moment hold any other idea in
the mind than that you can help
develop for yourself and for your
children a great. free land and a