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a Thay oan continue to be filled gntil wat eee — ial . t =o - rd - -*He wrote us for in.c i.ion and we prepared a e. )on the communist -affiliations of Mr, .ughes, along with copies o. some of his "poetry," This pastor was able to engage in newspaper exposes warning his townse- - people as to whom Hr. Hughes actually represented, The newspaper, as they sometimes do, sided with the radioal, and refused to publish Hughes! “Goodbye Christ," so that the people could judge for themselves as to ‘the charecter of the person scheduled to speak to their ohildren in high school. A Congregetional preacher went out of his way to praise Hughes’ publioly, This is not surprising when we realize that there — are somewhere around 8,000 clergymen paying dues to the Communist Party in the U.S.A, according to former top communists themselves, | We hope ? nt oe oo ees v + — mot at at a ee eee ee. ee ee he & omee Een Olen es a rere ams SVvVEa~e20U Ge eviilil Us Wid Slibsi G SU Y 244 GLAS LATO 4M Oe i P4 44,0 3) & March 12, the front page of a Detroit newspaper oarried an account of the aid which the Lutheran Research Society gave to the State Legise lature Committee Investigating Communist activity in Michigan, ‘ye have been in conference with memters of this official committee which is vorking with Governor Sigler and have helped provide primary source material waerever it was needed . ' 4). Our Society has heen asked to coone'ratea with the United states wen S ase SS See See Fe Se es —= vo wt FS Government Committee Investigating Un-American Activities and we have pledged our support most wholeheartedly, This committee and the Federal Bureau of Investigation receive copies of every piece of iiterature that we mail out. ; Oo ° 5). When a semieofficial magazine of the Lutheran Church began to pratse oomhunist-sympathizers and other unsavory anti-Christian characters, a report was prepared for a district pastoral conference and action is now being taken to correct the situation. (You will receive more details on this in the near future, ) 6) Our files and resources are being used to aid various projects which aim to protect, with God's help, Christian Americanism, The information Wan means Tae ma amt A oe tl BE met min antiaes matiantian af tia ME wtldion JF wie 6 Vweius,y ANWR EL Twa Wah M40 WML OWE 2INLAGUUSE presv 40 a ws MW4lD We Foe & Oe Production Administration which contained a copy of our letter to Presi-~ dent Truman, is already bearing fruite Some of our country's noted Senators and Representatives have become concérned and are looking into the matter, according to letters they have sent to our office. ‘'e havs received sundry information that ssme officials of the COA intend to xeep fundamentalist churches from building as much as possible, our efforts, with your help, aiong with that of thousands of other wide- avake Christians in the United States can stop such evil practices on the part of avil men in a government bureau. ae 7) "ith the help of other Christian, American groups We are successfully circulating petitions asking President Truman to take the necessary step: to cutlaw communisa,. not only in name and identity, but in actuality. only when communism, which definitely pledges itself to destroy our governsent, our freedoms, and our ehurchss, is outlawed, can it be - - rogarded as illegal, Then, and then only, will it be possible to eradi- cate communists from the posts in the governnent, in education, in in~- dustry, in the churches, ete. which. they now hold because the Communist _Party is a legal party. ‘Ye shall, God willing, watt typon President | - ‘ruman in a few weeks, bearing the petitions which gany of you helped to circulate, If anyone reading this would ofroulate a petition asking «=~ Truman to outlaw communism, write as and we shall mall ‘whatever: quantity wat nem eatdvaentanrannelu use ” enh natié¢tianm hee -etheane fae BF alanature V4 VE WAGNER VMAS Weve Sv .pe CS whee ee Spee Swe SE Seo So = - 7 By eh Se ee ee ie }. a. oe, aes Pe te BI fs Bt aeeg ct By eae are ST, red ated ged a SY eee a eee ee ae ACL, oe ao Me