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bh AMEPICAN FRIES SESVICE COMMITTEE Communism is a topic we all have strong feelings and opinions about, but more often than not we find our convictions lodged in emotion rather than knowledge. Fear of Communism we see expressed daily in the papers an Tattead GAtatac tanternal ans artearnsl affoatreae What 4s the "real" neture of Communism we wonder, and how best do we deal with it? These are only a few questions, a few problems that the "spectre" of Communism stimulates. You have others, as do our foreign policy experts, our teachers, Ering them with you to our Forum where you will have a chance to listen to and discuss with specialists and peers with conflicting ideas. Wo are sendine vou the enclosed study material se OE ee bead ed ed Pa in a whe enclosed ha whan Lhe A ee 1a everyone attending will have some commen base for discussions. Some have been recowmended by the resource leaders. It inciudes conflicting views and interpretations of certain facts, so read it critically. Dr. Charels Malik, “Is it too late to win against Communism?" A reprint of e 1960 speech by a former President of the UN General Assembly from Lebanon arguing the West is losing in the struggle against Communism, that we must change our approach and attitudes toward the nature of the conflict. Fred Warner Neal, "Soviet Ideology." Views the Soviet claim that the United States "will fall?” not as a result of Soviet aggression but from inevitable capitalistic internal decay, and that Soviet foreign policy and Soviet relations must be understood in this light. The Worker. The official organ of the Communist Party, USA. This pre-election issue furnishes much information about the Party's political interests. Dorothy Healey, "A Communist Talks to Students,” This pamphlet gives a brief summary of a Communist view, Being brief it is necessarily superficial. Try to formulate questions about things it says which you think are wrong or over=-simplified or brush over important facts. ~Be .. Se ee en ee eg es Me ey cet