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PART TWO - THE POLITICS OF CANCER THERAPY
CHAPTER THIRTEEN - CARTELS - ESCAPE FROM COMPETITION
"A review of the science of cancer therapy; a summary of the politics of 
cancer therapy; the early history of the I.G. Farben chemical and 
pharmaceutical cartel; the cartel's early success in the United States; and 
its 'marriage' with DuPont, Standard Oil, and Ford" (p. 177).
Griffin's research found that before World War II, there developed "an 
international cartel, centered in Germany, that dominated the world's 
chemical and drug industries" (p. 180). It involved ninety-three countries 
including many U.S. corporations. This cartel was known as I.G. Farben. It 
began in the dye business, where modern chemistry originated. But it had 
grown to include "the entire field of chemistry, including munitions and 
drugs.. The basic ingredient for almost all chemicals - including those that 
wound as well as those that heal - is coal tar or crude oil. With the advent 
of the internal combustion engine, the value of these raw materials as the 
precursor of gasoline has given those who control their chemical conversions 
a degree of power over the affairs of the world that is frightening to 
contemplate. In other words, the present movement of civilization is driven 
by the engine of chemistry. But the fuel of chemistry is oil" (p. 180).
A "marriage" took place between John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil and the 
I.G. Farben cartel. Why? "The goal of each simply was to remove all 
marketplace competition between themselves and assure that each had a secure 
guarantee of future growth and profit," (p. 185) writes Griffin. What is the 
purpose of a cartel? According to the author, "a cartel is a means of 
escaping the rigors of competition in the open free-enterprise market. The 
result always is higher prices and fewer products from which to choose. 
Cartels and monopolies, therefore, are not the result of free enterprise, 
but the escape from it" (p. 187). (emphasis his.) Griffin explains how 
cartels and collectivist governments work together and why cartels love big 
government with strict regulations on products.
CHAPER FOURTEEN - THE ULTIMATE MONOPOLY
"Early examples of cartel support for totalitarian regimes; I.G. Farben's 
role in lifting Hitler out of political oblivion and converting the Nazi 
state into an instrument of cartel power" (p. 193).
Griffin writes
It follows, also that if big government is good for cartels, then bigger 
government is better, and total government is best. It is for this reason 
that, throughout their entire history, cartels have been found to be the 
behind-the-scenes promoters of every conceivable form of totalitarianism. 
They supported the Nazis in Germany; they embraced the Fascists in Italy; 
they financed the Bolsheviks in Russia..the "super rich" so often are found 
in support of socialism or socialist measures..there is no competition and 
there is no free enterprise (p. 194). (emphasis his.)
.government becomes the tool of the very forces that, supposedly, it is 
regulating. The regulations, upon close examination, almost always turn out 
to be what the cartels have agreed upon beforehand, except that now they 
have the police power of the state to enforce them (pp. 195-196).
In the early 1930s, the I.G. Farben cartel began to donate great sums to 
support the man it believed would best suit its purposes, Adolf Hitler. The 
power of the cartel used the media to create the impression that Hitler had 
great popularity.
CHAPTER FIFTEEN - WAR GAMES
"Germany's industrial preparations for World War II; the continued support 
by American industrialists given to Farben and to the Nazi regime during 
this period; and the profitable role played by Ford and ITT in war 
production for both Nazi Germany and the United States" (p. 203).
Something that shows the cartel's power occurred during the Allied bombing 
raids on Frankfurt during World War II. Americans were told not to destroy 
the building that was the headquarters of I.G. Farben. Although it was the 
"backbone of the Nazi war machine" (p. 239), it was not bombed while 
everything around it was severely damaged by Allied firepower.
CHAPTER SIXTEEN - CONSPIRACY
"Efforts to camouflage Farben ownership of firms in America; the assistance 
rendered by Rockefeller interests; penetration into the U.S. government by 
agents of the cartel; and the final disposition of the Farben case" (p. 
211).
Griffin answers the questions that may be in the minds of the readers at 
this point. What does a study of the I.G. Farben cartel have to do with 
cancer therapy? Understanding history sheds light on why and how the 
pharmaceutical industry has been "influenced by factors other than simple 
product development and scientific truth" (p. 211) and why there is 
organized opposition to nonpharmaceutical cancer treatments.
When the Nazis were ready to wage war in Europe, "Farben had obtained 
control over a major segment of American's pharmaceutical industry. 
Investment in both the arts of wounding and healing always have been a 
dominant feature of cartel development, for the profit potential is greater 
in these respective fields than in any other" (p. 212), writes Griffin. In 
1939 the directors of American I.G., wanting to distance itself from its 
European counterpart, said it had been restructured and its name changed to 
General Analine and Film Corporation. This chapter deals with the influence 
of the cartel in American politics.
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - THE ROCKEFELLER GROUP
"A biographical sketch of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., and his crusade against 
free-enterprise; the beginning of Standard Oil; the entry of the 
Rockefellers into investment banking; their influence in the pharmaceutical 
industry and international politics" (p. 227).
The largest group within the cartel is the Rockefeller group located in New 
York City. Interestingly, William Avery Rockefeller, father of John D. Sr., 
had been a "snake oil" salesman, hawking his cure for cancer. It is 
suspected that his unscrupulous methods of doing business were passed down 
to his son, who created Standard Oil, a gigantic monopoly. John D. hated 
competition. Even when the Supreme Court ordered the monopoly broken, the 
resulting companies were run behind the scenes by Rockefeller and his men.
"What influence the Rockefellers exert through their oil cartel, as 
impressive as it is, is peanuts compared to what they have accomplished in 
later years through the magic of international finance and investment 
banking" (p. 230). Cartels gain their true wealth through "profits of 
control," that is, those who control the enterprise make the greatest gains, 
not the owners of it.
"The profit potential in drugs is enormous. The very nature of the product 
lends itself to monopoly and cartel manipulation" (p. 236). Griffin explains 
that "cartels . have completely dominated the chemical industry for decades. 
The pharmaceutical industry, far from being exempt from this influence, has 
been at the center of it from the beginning. We are travelling this long 
path of historical inquiry for the reason that one simply cannot evaluate 
the broad opposition to vitamin therapy without an awareness of this cartel" 
(p. 237).
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN - THE CHARITY PRESCRIPTION
"The drug cartel's influence over the nation's medical schools; the 
drug-oriented training given to medical students; and the use of 
philanthropic foundations to obtain control over educational institutions" 
(p. 247).
CHAPTER NINETEEN - HE WHO PAYS THE PIPER
"The low state of medical education in the U.S. prior to 1910; the role of 
the Flexner Report in dramatizing the need for reform; the role played by 
the Rockefeller and Carnegie foundations in implementing the Flexner Report; 
and the use of foundation funding as a means of gaining control over 
American medical schools" (p. 261).
To be succinct, a quote from page 245 identifying the photo of Abraham 
Flexner says it all:
Flexner, author of the famous Flexner Report of 1910, led the crusade for 
upgrading the medical schools of America. All the while, he was in the 
employ of Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller who had set up tax-exempt 
foundations for that purpose. The result was that America's medical schools 
became oriented toward drugs and drug research, for it was through the 
increased sale of these drugs that the donors realized a profit on their 
"philanthropy."
Further, Griffin explains
And so it has come to pass that the teaching staffs of our medical schools 
are a special breed. In the selection and training process, emphasis has 
been put on finding individuals who, because of temperament or special 
interest, have been attracted by the field of research, and especially by 
research in pharmacology. This has resulted in loading the staffs of our 
medical schools with men and women who, by preference and by training, are 
ideal propagators of the drug-oriented science that has come to dominate 
American medicine. And the irony of it is that neither they nor their 
students are even remotely aware that they are products of a selection 
process geared to hidden commercial objectives (p. 267).
Wealthy foundations pour money exclusively into schools who research and 
teach the "approved" drug-oriented curriculum, not to schools who want to 
emphasize nutrition or "alternative" medicine.
CHAPTER TWENTY - HE WHO CALLS THE TUNE
"AMA influence over the practice of medicine in America; how the leadership 
of the AMA keeps control away from its members; AMA funding by the drug 
industry; and examples of interlock between the two" (p. 269).
The American Medical Association and the Rockefeller and Carnegie interests 
"climbed into bed" together early in the twentieth century.
The relationship between the AMA Journal (the money-maker for the AMA) and 
the Pharmaceutical Manufacturer's Association is obvious in the millions of 
dollars of advertising revenue collected by the Journal. In addition, the 
AMA has put millions of the organization's retirement fund into drug 
companies. ".the success of the AMA and those who direct it depends on the 
prosperity and good will of the pharmaceutical industry" (p. 274).
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE - THE PROTECTION RACKET
"Cartel agents in the FDA and other agencies of government; the CFR as a 
control structure over U.S. foreign policy; scientific ineptitude at the 
FDA; and the growth of FDA's power" (p. 277).
What is the FDA really doing today? Chapter Twenty-One illustrates how it is 
doing three things:
First, it is providing a means whereby key individuals on its payroll are 
able to obtain power and wealth through granting special favors to 
politically influential groups that are subject to its regulations. This 
activity is similar to the "protection racket" of organized crime; for a 
price, one can induce FDA administrators to provide "protection" from the 
FDA itself.
Secondly, as a result of this political favoritism, the FDA has become a 
primary factor in that formula whereby cartel-oriented companies in the 
food-and-drug industry are able to use the police powers of the government 
to harass or destroy their competitors.
And thirdly, the FDA occasionally does some genuine public good if that does 
not interfere with serving the vested interest of its first two activities 
(p. 277).
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO - THE ARSENAL OF COMPLIANCE
"Government harassment of the nutrition and vitamin industry; the role 
played by the media in discrediting Laetrile in the public mind; and a 
comparison of the cost of Laetrile therapy with that of orthodox cancer 
treatments" (p. 293).
That the "mainstream" media is also "in bed" with the AMA, the 
pharmaceutical companies, and the FDA is obvious in those rare reports they 
issue on vitamins or nutrition. Each "objective" report ends in a caution to 
"consult your physician." What is the drug-trained physician going to say 
about vitamin therapy? The answer goes without saying.
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE - THE DOUBLE STANDARD
"An analysis of the FDA's double standard in which harmless non-drug 
materials such as vitamins and food supplements are burdened with 
restrictions in excess of those applied to toxic and dangerous drugs" (p. 
303).
Despite the thousands of deaths caused annually by drugs prescribed and 
taken correctly, the FDA continues to promote and protect pharmaceuticals 
while waging war on nontoxic vitamins and food supplements. [Note: the 
author of this review had successfully ordered and received vitamin B17 from 
a pharmacy in Midwestern state. Then a sad letter of regret arrived from the 
pharmacy stating that it would no longer be selling vitamin B17 due to a 
raid by the FDA. The author wonders what the FDA is so afraid of that it 
will take such drastic steps to stop sales of a mere vitamin.]
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR - TO WALK THE HIGHEST WIRE
"How doctors are intimidated into not using Laetrile; why the pharmaceutical 
industry seeks a patentable substitute for Laetrile; and the courageous 
stand against the FDA and AMA by Laetrile doctors" (p. 315).
While the FDA allows public information about vitamin B17, it "has allocated 
a large portion of its resources to harassing or destroying those who 
produce, distribute, or administer vitamin B17 for the control of cancer. 
Doctors are particularly singled out for strong action.." (p. 315). This 
chapter covers gives anecdotal evidence of FDA harassment of doctors.
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE - A QUESTION OF MOTIVES
"What has motivated opposition to Laetrile therapy; the 'limited' vs. 'total' 
conspiracy theories; and the grass-roots backlash as a force for change" (p. 
329).
In the politics of cancer therapy, anything that gets in the way of those in 
power gaining yet more power and wealth must be destroyed. Griffin sums it 
up this way:
Laetrile got in the way. First, the nutritional concept upon which it rests 
is anathema to the drug industry. Second, the fact that it is a product of 
free-enterprise was a affront to the bureaucracy of big government. Third, 
the final solution to the cancer problem surely will terminate the gigantic 
cancer-research industry, most of the radio-therapy industry, and much of 
the surgery now being performed. Loss of revenue in these fields would be 
catastrophic to thousands of professional fund-raisers, researchers, and 
technicians. And fourth, the elimination of cancer from the national medical 
bill would reduce the dose of medical care each year so drastically that 
much of the current political pressure for socialized medicine would 
evaporate (p. 344).
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX - A WORLD WITHOUT CANCER
"Areas of need for further research with vitamin B17; how the Laetrile 
controversy differs from medical controversies of the past; and analogy of 
biological and political cancer; and a scenario in which both will be 
conquered together" (p. 349).
Griffin says
Considering the lack of beneficial results obtained by orthodox medicine, it 
has been said that voodoo witchcraft would be just as effective - and 
perhaps even more so - for at least then the patient would be spared the 
deadly side effects of radiation and chemical poisoning. Just as we are 
amused today at the primitive medical practices of history, future 
generations surely will look back at our own era and cringe at the senseless 
cutting, burning, and poisoning that now passes for medical science (p. 
349).
And God said: Behold I have given you every herb-bearing seed upon the 
earth, and all trees that have in themselves seed of their own kind, to be 
your meat. (Genesis 1:29)
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