Reader Ad Slot
Reader Ad Slot placeholder
If you would like to support SpookStack without paying out of pocket, please consider allowing advertising cookies. It helps cover hosting costs and keeps the archive free to browse. You can change this choice at any time.
Taylor Caldwell — Part 9
Page 8
8 / 16
Saar re eeeneeemneeetataenel
September 3, 1964...
4
Saree Dee Als
’ Dear Sir:
; Two weeks ago I was @ guest-speaker at the Tarleton Club at Pike,
New flamspire. They have impartial speakers every day, to address the .
guests,
One of the speakers was the notorious New York City Communist,
Kuntzler. (He is a lawyer and has been identified numerous times by people ~ :
once Communists, as a Communtst. No doubt even the local office of the
FBI has a file on him. ile now "represents" the open Communist parents.
of one of the “Mississippi Mart yrs" who were probably murdered - for propa- a
ganda reasons ~ by Communists, themselves. He knew a hell of a lot about
those “Martyrs” which has not appeared in the newspapers !)
. Llis topic was "racists and the Negro Revolution.” He threatened
his audience that tt the American colored people "were not granted all their
rights at once, and special privilege, " Ve'd seen carnage and murder and
riot and bloodshed in every American city,” - after the elections, of course.
According to him, Pinericans were governed by Fascists and other “enemtes
of the people.” Over and over, he repeated his threats of bloodshed and
lic had his audtence dithering with terror. He also
rfot “after November.”
asserted that our colored Americans were descended " from a great and noble at
" which ts a lie, of course. They are descended from
tribes called the Bantus and Kikuyus. Some resolute
ce ~ including a Chinese musician from Free China,
repeated his threats against America. I also challenged
his background, and called him
~ which he refused to do.
Myrican civilization,
the bush-and-jungle
young men in the audien
challenged him, and he
him on the platform, told him I knew all about
altar. 1! challenged him to reveal his background
However, [ did.
A few minutes later he insisted on being photographed with me. ‘| -
don't know why I permitted it. Anyway, I have his photograph, embracing me.
You can have it, if you wish.
The next day I spoke against Communism to the same New Yorkers. _ eS
I was violently hissed and booed! Except for about one-third of the audience,
who angrily and furiously came to my assistance. [ was derided as a Catholic, ™
and shouted cpithets against the Church came from most of the audience.
some of them ~ the “Hberals" - told me contemptuously that they were
Later §
“ghad" Mr. Kennedy had buen murdered! (Whew | hud ancationed hts name
sech | saw only mocking faces, except for a very few.)
during my spt
Incidentally, the speech l gave was the exact one I had given in. :
June at Marquette University in Milwaukee, alter which | was given theif 9 2 0
Meldltgett Medal “for publi: service and integrity Jf The Milwaukee audience .°- *
was enthustastic over my speooh, and qaves me an ovation, ra _
- Shrcercly yy ed fa
[00 §3 6 (Miss) fry fas Cn tit Cn.
.. BNCLOSURR™
trem angampatnentne
A Mane eg RA gree = .
aa Tn a Pie = ote” “ ge tan,
_ ee eee ae we STE, a TTT aes ney .
a . pir ewe 8a tae weer ™.
ts
Community corrections
No user corrections yet.
Comments
No comments on this document yet.
Bottom Reader Ad Slot
Bottom Reader Ad Slot placeholder
If you would like to support SpookStack without paying out of pocket, please consider allowing advertising cookies. It helps cover hosting costs and keeps the archive free to browse. You can change this choice at any time.
Continue Exploring
Agency Collection
Explore This Archive Cluster
Broad Topic Hub
Topic Hub
letter
bureau
Related subtopics
Subtopic
Subtopic
Subtopic
Subtopic
Subtopic
Subtopic