THERE ARE NEVER ANY SHORTAGE OF "USEFUL DIOTS" FOR PROMOTING COMMUNISM
Mr. KuNziG. What do you consider the aims of the Communist in- filtration of religion?
Mr. GiTLow. I think all the aims of the Communist conspiracy in religion will become clear when the complete record of this conspiracy is exposed. I would like at this time to point out one of its central aims which is almost totally ignored.
Mr. KuNziG. What do you consider the aims of the Communist in- fdtration of religion?
Mr. GiTLow. I think all the aims of the Communist conspiracy in religion will become clear when the complete record of this con- spiracy is exposed. I would like at this time to point out one of its central aims which is almost totally ignored.
Mr. KrNziG. Will you tell us what that is?
Mr. Gitlow. Communist infiltration of the religious field aims to undermine faith in the American system. It seeks to subvert the religious spirit on the basis of social-economic creeds and seditious politics. It strives to poison the minds of a religious people with a destructive, atheistic ideology cloaked in the name of social action and religious interpretations based upon the Bible...There were many officials of the Methodist Federation who held important posts in the American League Against War and Fascism. One of them was the Reverend Charles C. Webber, an instructor in the Union Theological Seminary and co-secretary of the Methodist Federation with Dr. Ward. During that period he was an instructor in the department of church and community. In the article "Christians and the Fight for Social Justice," Webber wrote
SO CALLED SOCIAL JUSTICE IS COMMUNISM
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