Evening star., 1961-08-03

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a list of I'll instances of edu-
cation and propaganda activ-
tiles Of military personnel"
1t referred to Strategy for
Survival" conferences at Fort
Smith, Fayetteville and Little
Rock. Ark, April 14-15.
/ 1t quoted an unnamed lawyer
as saying Maj. Gen. William C,
Bullock. area commander, per-
suaded the Little Rock Cham
ber Of Commerce to sponsor a
meeting there and a Reserve
officer was placed on active
duty to promote it.
The memo added that the
program listed Charles D. Hen
ley. a brigadier general in the
Army Reserves, as State CO.
ordinator and that attendance
was pushed through the Ma
tional Guard and Reserve units.
The Arkansas programs, ac-
cording to the memo, were
dominated by talks from per-
sons who stressed the Commu-
mist menace in this country"
Among these speakers were
DR.. George s. Benson and DR..
Clifton L. GERMS, jr., of Hard
ing College, Searcy, Ark" the
memo said.
This college and it's affiliated
groups produced film, Com
munism on the Map under
the supervision Of one Glenn
Green, who has acknowledged
membership in the John Birch
Society,""
The John Birch Society is a
militantly conservative group
which has been critical of for
mer President Eisenhower,
Chief Justice Warren and other
American leaders.
The memo adds that one
Arkansan wrote of the Fort
Smith meeting: "'Dr. Clifton
L. GERMS, jr., vice president
and dean of the school OF
American studies at Harding
College, made the statement"
that Representative Trimble,
Democrat of Arkansas, "'had
voted 80 per cent Of the time
to aid and abet the Communist
Party" u-~r.s
The memo went on to say
that Robert Morris, former
counsel Of the Senate Internal
Security Subcommittee, now
president Of Dallas University
spoke at all three Arkansas
meetings, with the speech titles,
mo Wonder We Are Losing"
and I'VE Are Losing From
Within"
The memo referred to a
Chamber Of Commerce-spon-
Sored seminar last April at
Pittsburgh, in cooperation
with military organizations in
the area, on Communist sub
verSive efforts. Joseph D,
Hughes, described as civilian
aide to the Secretary of the
Army" was co-chairman, and
1t. Gen. Ridgely Gather,
commanding general of the I'd
Army, and Maj. Gen. Ralph C,
Cooper, commanding general,
XXI Army Corps, were listed
as cooperating.
! Attack on Advisers Noted
( 1t cited a newspaper story
quoting Chester Ward, a re-
tired rear admiral, as having
told the seminar that some
of the advisers now surround
ing the President have philoso-
phies regarding foreign af-
fairs" that would chill the
typical American.
The story went On to say Mr..
Ward referred to United Ma
tion's Ambassador Adlai E,
Stevenson and George P. Ken
nan, Ambassador to Yugoslavia,
by name. And it quoted Mr.
Ward as saying he fears a
national "sellout" of freedom
in order to buy peace"
Other instances of education
and propaganda activities OF
military personnel were cited
in the document as follows:
Il. In August, 1860, officially
franked Navy envelopes were
received by civilians in Glen
view, Ill, inclosing the follow
ing messages: The United
States Naval Air Station, Glen
view, Ill. presents: Education
for American Security
The announced purpose OF
the school was to motivate an
active force against moral de-
cay. political apathy, and spir-
itual bankruptcy, and to bring
an awareness of the ominou'
hammer and sickle that threat.
Ell the very life of our Nation
The subject matter of the
school will include a basic un.
derStanding of the principles o.
our American Government anc
the complete orientation of thu
philosophy of communism
The program included one
DIR. Fred Schwars, Herbert Phil
brick and Richard Arens.
The Bulletin published al
I MAS Glenview has urged or
ganizations to help thr House
Un-American Activities Com
mittee keep its appropriation
This publication states. undel
a masthead marked that it wa
printed on Government equip,
ment with appropriated funds,
. said 1t is the Communists
aim to have this committet
abolished. we must do every
) thing in our power to see tina
J it is not abolished
r. %. Sometime last year, tn,