Director Hoover’s timely articles give emphasis to the great responsibility for everyone, particularly ministers of the Gospel, to be informed accurately as to the meaning and nature of the Communist conspiracy. Fortunately, there are today many excellent and reliable sources for such information.
The subject of communism will be confusing at first, particularly to the average Christian whose entire code of conduct, concept of morals, value of man, and belief in God are so utterly at variance with Communist mentality. It is impossible for anyone to grasp the meaning of communism by scanning fragmentary (and frequently contradictory) magazine and newspaper material, by reading a few books, or by traveling a few weeks behind the iron curtain.
Out of a wealth of available material, a “package” has been compiled which gives a well-rounded, basic picture of 1. Communism in action in the United States; 2. International communism; 3. Communist ideology, tactics, strategy and history; 4. Communism behind the “curtains”; and 5. Christianity and communism.
Included in the list are several volumes which now are out of print. However, they fill a particular illustrative function which other books do not, or they confirm and serve as check points for other parts of the whole. The reader is urged to obtain the books, either from public libraries or used book stores. By all means, he is urged to cover in his reading the four fields indicated here. One will have no real grasp of the subject if he examines communism only in the United States, for he needs to know the full significance of Soviet power today, what is going on behind the Iron Curtain, and what has happened to the victims and survivors of Communist totalitarianism. To appreciate the meaning of the Communist international network, Communist ideology, tactics, and motivations must be studied.
COMMUNIST ACTION IN THE UNITED STATES
BURNHAM, JAMES, The Web of Subversion. John Day Publishers, 248 pages, $5.
CHAMBERS, WHITAKER, Witness. Random House, 808 pages, $5.
DETOLEDANO AND LASKY, Seeds of Treason. Funk & Wagnalls, 270 pages, $3.50.
HOOVER, J. EDGAR, Masters of Deceit. Henry Holt, 374 pages, $5.
JORDAN, MAJOR R. C., Major Jordan’s Diaries. The Bookmailer, 284 pages, $2.
MORRIS, JUDGE ROBERT, No Wonder We Are Losing. The Bookmailer, 238 pages, $2.50.
WEYL, NATHANIEL, The Battle Against Disloyalty. Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 378 pages, $3.75.
Handbook For Americans. U. S. Government Printing Office, 100 pages, $.30.
Organized Communism in the U.S. U.S. Government Printing Office, 143 pages, $.45.
THE COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL IN ACTION
BIALOGUESKI, MICHAEL, The Case of Colonel Petrov. McGraw-Hill, 238 pages, $3.75.
BOUSCAREN, ANTHONY, Imperial Communism. Public Affairs Press, 256 pages, $3.75.
COOKRIDGE, E. H., The Net That Covers the World. Henry Holt, 314 pages, $3.95.
CRONYN, GEORGE WILLIAM, Primer on Communism. Dutton, 190 pages, $2.50,
DALLIN, DAVID, The New Soviet Empire. Yale University Press, 218 pages, $5.
DALLIN, DAVID, Soviet Espionage. Yale University Press, 558 pages, $5.75.
KIRKPATRICK, EVRON MAURICE, Target—The World. Macmillan Co., 362 pages, $5.
NOEL-BAKER, FRANCIS, The Spy Web. Vanguard Press, 242 pages, $3.75.
POSSONY, STEFAN, A Century of Conflict. Henry Regnery Co., 439 pages, $7.50.
WEDEMEYER, A. C., Wedemeyer Reports. Henry Holt, 497 pages, $6.
IDEOLOGY, TACTICS, STRATEGY, HISTORY
CALDWELL, JOHN COPE, Communism in Our World. John Day Co., 126 pages, $2.75.
FINEBERG, SOLOMON A., The Rosenberg Case, Fact and Fiction. Oceana Publications, 159 pages, $2.50.
GITLOW, BENJAMIN, The Whole of Their Lives. Chas. Scribner’s Sons, 387 pages, $3.50.
LEITES, NATHAN, The Operational Code of the Politburo. McGraw-Hill, 100 pages, $3.
MEERLOO, JOOST, A. M., The Rape of the Mind. World Publishing Co., 320 pages, $5.
MUNSON, LYLE, editor, For the Skeptic: Selected Readings on Communist Activity in the U.S.A. The Bookmailer, 194 pages, $3.
OVERSTREET, HARRY AND BONARO, What We Must Know About Communism. W. W. Norton & Co., 348 pages, $3.95.
SCHWARTZ, FREDERICK CHARLES, International Communism—The Communist Mind. U. S. Government Printing Office, $.15.
SKOUSEN, W. CLEON, The Naked Communist. Ensign Publishers, 343 pages, $6.
VON MISES, LUDWIG, The Anti-Capitalist Mentality. Princeton University Press, 114 pages, $3.75.
The Communist Conspiracy—Strategy and Tactics of World Communism (5 volumes). U. S. Government Printing Office, $5.60.
BEHIND THE CURTAINS
BERLE, JR., A. A., et al, Hungary Under Soviet Rule (3 volumes). American Friends of the Captive Nations.
DALLIN AND NICHOAEVSKY, Forced Labor in the Soviet Union. Yale University Press, 331 pages, $5.
FEHLING, HELMUT M., One Great Prison. Beacon Press, 175 pages, $2.75.
GOUZENKO, IGOR, The Fall of a Titan. W. W. Norton & Co., 629 pages, $2.50.
HUNTER, EDWARD, The Black Book on Red China. The Bookmailer, 172 pages, $2.
CHIANG, KAI-SHEK, Soviet Russia in China. Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, Inc., 392 pages, $5.
KHOKHLOV, NIKOLAI, In the Name of Conscience. David McKay Co., 365 pages, $4.50.
LIPPER, ELINOR, Eleven Years in Soviet Prison Camps. Henry Regnery Co., 310 pages, $3.50.
LYONS, EUGENE, Our Secret Allies. Duell, Sloan & Pearce, Inc., $4.50.
NOBLE, JOHN, I Found God in Soviet Russia. St. Martins, 192 pages, $2.95.
NOBLE, JOHN, I Was A Slave in Russia. Devin-Adair Co., 182 pages, $3.75.
SCHAKOVSKOY, ZINAIDA, The Privilege Was Mine. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 318 pages, $4.
YOUNG, GORDON, The House of Secrets. Duell, Sloan & Pearce, Inc., $3.75.
Slave Labor in Russia. Free Trade Union Committee, 104 pages, $.75.
CHRISTIANITY AND COMMUNISM
DEKOSTER, LESTER, All Ye That Labor. Eerdmans, 128 pages, $1.95.
LOWRY, CHARLES WESLEY, Communism and Christ. Morehouse-Gorham Co., 176 pages, $2.50.
PRICE, FRANK WILSON, Marx Meets Christ. Westminster Press, 176 pages, $3.50.
SHEEN, FULTON J., Communism and the Conscience of the West. McClelland, 279 pages, $3.
VAN RIESSEN, H., The Society of the Future. Presbyterian and Reformed, 320 pages, $4.95.
Samuel M. Shoemaker is the author of a number of popular books and the gifted Rector of Calvary Episcopal Church in Pittsburgh. He is known for his effective leadership of laymen and his deeply spiritual approach to all vital issues.
