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Detail, map key from The Fifth Column Conspiracy in America, Authentic Map and Directory.

Detail of the map key from The Fifth Column Conspiracy in America, Authentic Map and Directory. A map of communist, Nazi, and Fascist headquarters in…

A broadside with the Attention in bold bubble letters at the top of the sheet. The item reads<br /><br />
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Attention citizens of Greenwood and surrounding area<br /><br />
The revolutionary forces at work in this area have begun a boycott of certain business establishments in the city of Greenwood.<br /><br />
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This useless troublemaking agitation is being sponsored by a group of draft card burning disloyal pro communist riffraff known as the Mississippi freedom Democratic Party it’s local prime mover is a nigger preacher who runs a shoe repair business on Johnson Street. JD Collins has prospered in Greenwood and he is repaying this town for its goodness to him by trying to destroy it<br /><br />
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We have the manpower and the willpower to remove the scum from the streets but we do not wish to bring this type of trouble to the good name of our fair city. We will not stoop to the level of the trash who seek to promote chaos in our city.<br /><br />
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There are several things which we ask all good citizens both white and colored to do to counteract these troublemakers.<br /><br />
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They picked the time of the year when business is generally slow so as to impress their gullible followers with the success of their efforts. We should all make a special effort to be on the streets of downtown Greenwood as much as possible so as to put the lie to their claims of success. Law-enforcement officials and responsible private citizens will be on hand to see to it that everyone is protected on our city streets.<br /><br />
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The primary object of this so-called boycott is the liberty cash grocery owned by Mr. Sam Killebrew. Mr. Killebrew has been more tolerant with the colored element of his trade and almost any other businessman in town and some of them are rewarding him by trying to destroy his business. Neither he nor in any other businessman can meet the impossible demands of this nefarious group. We should all make a special effort to do some of our grocery buying at the store.<br /><br />
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Any effort at intimidation by this sorry element against any citizen white or colored should be reported to the law or to any responsible citizen and appropriate action will be taken.<br /><br />
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This is communism in action the end justifies the means and they only succeed where ignorance and timidity prevail.<br /><br />
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We worn this group who is not only our enemy but the enemy of all good citizens of this area not to misinterpret our intentions. We are and will remain equipped and ready for any eventuality.<br /><br />
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You can help bust the boycott written printed distributed by a local Civic group

Flyer, Attention Citizens of Greenwood and Surrounding Area

Flyer accusing Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party of communist behavior.

Flyer, Current Communist Goals

Flyer published by the Patriotic American Youth that highlights the forty-five "current communist goals" taken from "Naked Communist" written by W.…

I am your flag<br /><br />
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I was born on June 14, 1777.<br /><br />
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I am more than just cloth shaped into a design.<br /><br />
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I am the refuge of the world’s oppressed people.<br /><br />
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I am the silent Sentinel of freedom.<br /><br />
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I am the emblem of the greatest sovereign nation on earth.<br /><br />
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I am the inspiration for which American patriots give their lives and fortunes.<br /><br />
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I have led your sons into battle from Valley Forge to the bloody ridges of Korea.<br /><br />
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I walk in silence with each of your honored dead, to their final resting place beneath the silent white crosses rows upon row.<br /><br />
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I have flown through peace and war, strife and prosperity, and amidst it all I have been respected.<br /><br />
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My red stripes… symbolize the blood spilled in defense of this glorious nation.<br /><br />
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My white stripes signify the burning tears shed by Americans who lost their sons.<br /><br />
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My blue field is indicative of god’s heaven under which I fly. <br /><br />
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My stars… clustered together, unify 50 states as one, for God and country.<br /><br />
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Old glory is my nickname, and proudly I wave on high.<br /><br />
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Honor me, respect me, defend me with your lives and your fortunes.<br /><br />
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Never let my enemies tear me down from my lofty position, lest I never return.<br /><br />
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Keep alight the fires of patriotism, strive earnestly for the spirit of your republic.<br /><br />
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Worship eternal God and keep his commandments, and I shall remain the bulwark of peace and freedom for all mankind.<br /><br />
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I am your flag.<br /><br />
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This is a public service of Patriotic American Youth PO Box 363, Jackson, MS<br /><br />
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Flyer, I Am Your Flag

The flyer "I am your flag" was distributed by the Patriotic American Youth, circa 1960s-1970s.

This is a memo from Earl Johnston Junior the director of the Mississippi state cut sovereignty commission, to honorable Paul B Johnson, governor and Carol Garten, lieutenant governor. It is dated May 5, 1964, and is on Mississippi state sovereignty commission letterhead. The report is about A D Biettel, Tougaloo college.<br /><br />
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Our pipeline information from Tugaloo says the trustees gave as their reason for dismissal of Dr. Beittel that he was in efficient. This will certainly work to our advantage. Had Dr. Beittel been asked to resign because of racial agitation or collaboration with communist front organizations, he could have made a martyr out of himself. As it is, he can say nothing because the trustees would naturally answer any statement he made by stating he was discharge for inefficiency. And it efficiency rating is difficult for any professor to overcome in seeking new employment.<br /><br />
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We also have been informed that the bill we proposed in the legislature two separate authority of the Mississippi a credit in commission from the southern association is a weapon very much feared by Tugaloo authorities. If Mississippi accreditation is taken away they stand to lose considerable money which otherwise would be available from certain foundations. This bill, SB1794, it’s now all the Senate calendar, and we recommend that it be speedily past and signed into law.<br /><br />
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We also are informed that during the weekend, the SNCC office on Lynch Street in Jackson had on display a big picture of Kruschev with this caption “our man in Moscow.“ We have pass this information onto local press for a possible news picture if the photograph is still on display.<br /><br />
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We have had no direct contact with the Tugaloo trustees since the announcement about Dr. Beittel <br /><br />
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We will keep you informed as to future developments.<br /><br />
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Signed Earl Johnston Junior.<br /><br />
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CC: Honorable Shelby Rogers

Letter from Erle Johnston, Jr. to Paul B. Johnson and Carroll Gartin, May 5, 1964.

Letter written to L. E. Faulkner from GB denham on December 13, 1945. The letter is written on Faulkner concrete pipe company letterhead based in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.<br /><br />
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The letter written on December 13, 1945 reads:<br /><br />
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Mr. LE Faulkner, vice president, Mississippi central railroad Hattiesburg, Mississippi.<br /><br />
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Dear Mr. Faulkner:<br /><br />
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There is no basis at all for the article in the Hattiesburg Merrick and of December 11 in titled, “principal denies weekly is read“. Neither Mr. Wallace nor Mr. Blair would permit the teaching of communism or socialistic doctrine in the school.<br /><br />
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The basis of a name citizen subjection seems to have been a biographical sketch of senator Wagner and some other socialistic communistic person whose name I do not recall. Such articles appear in all news weeklies at all news dailies, and very often in the Hattiesburg American. I think it is another case of Andy harm in having popped off without justification. I sometimes think Andy’s main object in life is to stir up strife in the community.<br /><br />
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The board of trustees would not permit on American doctrines to be taught in the schools. We do not, however attempt to review are any course of instruction, because we do not feel competent to do so.<br /><br />
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I am asking Mr. Blair to give you the date requested in your letter, and I am sure he will do so in the near future.<br /><br />
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Sincerely,<br /><br />
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GB Denham<br />

Letter from G.B. Denham to L.E. Faulkner, December 13, 1945.

Letter from John the Rankin to L. e. Faulkner on letterhead from the house of representatives, committee on veterans affairs<br /><br />
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81st Congress<br /><br />
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John E. Rankin, chairman<br /><br />
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House of representatives, U. S.<br /><br />
Committee on veterans affairs<br /><br />
Washington, D. See.<br /><br />
August 30, 1950<br /><br />
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Mr. L. E. Faulkner, president,<br /><br />
Mississippi central railroad company,<br /><br />
Hattiesburg,<br /><br />
MIssissippi.<br /><br />
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Dear Mr. Faulkner: -<br /><br />
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The copy of your letter to honorable John S Wood, chairman of the committee on un-American activities, has just been received.<br /><br />
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Let me say to you that if this country is saved from distraction at the hands of the enemies within our gates, the communist tools of foreign agents, the committee on un-American activities will be due more credit than any other agency others his government.<br /><br />
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It was my amendment to the rules in 1945 that saves the committee, or I might say created it as a standing committee of the house. I also gave it the power to report legislation, which power a special committee did not have.<br /><br />
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On yesterday, we passed a bill that would probably do more to stop the growth and activities of communism in this country than anything else that has ever been done<br />

Letter from Mississippi Congressman John E. Rankin to L. E. Faulkner about Rankin's influence on making the House Un-American Activities Committee a standing committee.

In this letter, Mississippi congressman John E. Rankin writes to Mississippi Central Railroad president L. E. Faulkner about how Rankin's amendment…

Letter from William Colmer to L. E. Faulkner on Congress of the United States letterhead<br /><br />
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The letterhead reads Congress of the United States, house of representatives, special committee on post war economic policy and planning, Washington, D. C. January 25, 1945<br /><br />
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Mr. L. E. Faulkner,<br /><br />
Hattiesburg , Mississippi<br /><br />
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Dear Lou:<br /><br />
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I appreciate copy of your letter of the 22nd to congressman Rankin.<br /><br />
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Of course you know that I voted for the continuation of the un-American activities committee, as well as having been one of the five that was responsible for setting this committee up in the first instance.<br /><br />
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With kindest personal regards, I am<br /><br />
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Sincerely yours,<br /><br />
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Bill

Letter from Mississippi Congressman William Colmer to L. E. Faulkner about Colmer's involvement in forming the House on Un-American Activities Committee.

Letter from Samuel W. Silverman, the president of The Allied Veterans Political Association of America, to Members of the United States Senate linking anti-Theodore Bilbo sentiments to communism.

This 4-page letter from the national president of The Allied Veterans Political Association of America defending Senator Theodore Bilbo against…

A letter from L. Eat. Faulkner to Honorable Harold Beech. Velde. Space the letter is dated March 11, 1953.<br /><br />
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March 11, 1953<br /><br />
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Honorable Harold H. Velde, chairman<br /><br />
Committee on un-American activities<br /><br />
House of representative<br /><br />
Washington, DC.<br /><br />
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Dear congressman Velde:<br /><br />
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Please refer to my letter to you February 23, 1953, in which I requested information about the files of your committee regarding the following named persons, and kindly inform me if this information will be furnished:<br /><br />
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Dr. Cameron P. HALL<br /><br />
Luther a. WEIGLE, Yale University, 1929<br /><br />
Julius a. BEWER, union theological seminary, 1930<br /><br />
Henry J. Cadbury, Harvard University, 1930<br /><br />
Edgar J. Goodspeed, University of Chicago, 1930<br /><br />
James Moffett, union theological seminary, 1934 to 1944 (deceased)<br /><br />
William R. Taylor, University of Toronto, 1931 to 1951 (deceased)<br /><br />
Walter Russell Bowie, union theological seminary, 1937<br /><br />
George Dahl, Yale University, 1937<br /><br />
Frederick C. Grant, union theological seminary, 1937<br /><br />
William a. Erwin, University of Chicago, 1937<br /><br />
William L. Sperry , Harvard university, 1937<br /><br />
Leroy Waterman, University of Michigan, 1937<br /><br />
Millar Burrows, Yale University, 1938<br /><br />
Clarence T. Craig, Oberlin graduate school of theology, 1938<br /><br />
Ardel R. Wentz, Lutheran theological seminary, Gettysburg, 1938<br /><br />
Kyle M. Yates, Southern Baptist theological seminary, 1938<br /><br />
William F. Albright, Johns Hopkins university, 1945<br /><br />
J. Philip Hyatt, Vanderbilt University, 1945<br /><br />
Herbert G. May, Oberlin graduate school of theology, 1945<br /><br />
James Muilenburg, union theological seminary, 1945<br /><br />
Harry M. 0RLINSKY, Jewish Institute of religion, New York, 1945<br /><br />
Fleming James, university of the south, 1947<br /><br />
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I requested the same information from Mr. Thomas W Beale, senior., Clerk of your committee, under date of February 2, and I have no reply to my letter.<br /><br />
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Thanking you and with best wishes, I am<br /><br />
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Sincerely,<br /><br />
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Here there is a red stamp with the words copy (signed) L. E. Faulkner<br /><br />
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BCC: honor roll WM Colmee – I may need your help in securing the information I requested in my letter of February 23 to congressman Velde. For your personal information, I am enclosing a copy of my letter of February 23.<br /><br />
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Letter to Congressman Harold H. Velde from L.E. Faulkner, March 11, 1953.

A letter from L.E. Faulkner to Congressman Harold H. Velde asking for the Committee on Un-American Activities files on a list of professors from…

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