1. On May 19, l942, pressured by Communist union officials of the American Communications Association, CIO, the executive branch of our government issued
the first official order to sabotage the security system which the American people, through their duly elected Congress, had established for the protection of their Armed Forces. On that day, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, in his office, informed Rear Admiral Adolphus Staton that Communist radio operators were not to be removed from their ships.
Less than half a year before, Congress, with the one dissenting vote of Communist favorite Vito Marcantonio had enacted Public Law 351, which authorized the Secretary of the Navy to have all radio operators with a subversive background taken off their ships.
Rear Admiral Staton, recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, headed the administrative board which assisted the Secretary in executing the law. Attending
to his duty, the Admiral had recommended the removal of a number of Communists.
Now, in the presence of the Assistant Secretary, Ralph A. Bard, Vice- Admiral F. J. Horne, Rear Admiral T. S. Wilkinson, Rear Admiral S. C. Hooper, Captain J. B. W. Waller,
Lieutenant Commander F. C. B. Jordan, Lieutenant Commander F. G. Caskey, and Lieutenant K. Baarslag, the Secretary of the Navy instructed Rear Admiral Staton "that, in the opinion of the President, membership or suspected membership in the Communist Party was not sufficient to deprive a radio operator of his job."
Major Hamilton A. Long, America's Tradgedy-Today, (NY
ost Printing), pp.
15-25.
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2. "Major Hamilton Long, of New York, an air force combat intelligence officer in World War II, has told the amazing story of the communist grip on the War and Navy Departments in his fully documented pamphlet, "America's Tragedy-Today."
Commander Floyd G. Caskey, wartime head of the communist section of the navy's counter-intelligence service, known as the "Red desk," told Major Long that his files contained 100,000 cards on known and suspected Communists and fellow travelers when he left late in 1943 to attend an advanced intelligence school. When he returned in the spring of 1944 the cards had been destroyed. His assistant, a lieutenant commander who had been left in charge, reported that he had received orders from "higher authority" to destroy the cards."
Chesly Manly, "The Twenty Year Revolution," p. 106
3. On May 18, 1944, news of the destruction of records of communists reached Senator Bridges (R., N. H.), a member of the Military Affairs Committee. The Senator learned that the War Department had ordered the destruction of all of the records of subversive activities, and met with Secretary of War, Henry L. Stimson, who called in Chief of Staff General George Marshall, McNarney, Deputy Chief of Staff, and others. The officers bridled at Bridges' questions, and Bridges is quoted as saying "I could forgive an officer who makes a mistake and loses a battle, but an officer who betrays his country's security should be taken out and shot." The Yalta Betrayal - Best Resource on FDR
a. McNarney finally admitted that his office had issued the order on "higher authority." Since Marshall and Stimson had denied any knowledge of the order, the only "higher authority" was the Franklin Roosevelt White House.
Manly, "The Twenty Year Revolution," p. 106
On whose orders, and why, would the White House order the destruction of documents relevant to Soviet subversion?
the first official order to sabotage the security system which the American people, through their duly elected Congress, had established for the protection of their Armed Forces. On that day, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, in his office, informed Rear Admiral Adolphus Staton that Communist radio operators were not to be removed from their ships.
Less than half a year before, Congress, with the one dissenting vote of Communist favorite Vito Marcantonio had enacted Public Law 351, which authorized the Secretary of the Navy to have all radio operators with a subversive background taken off their ships.
Rear Admiral Staton, recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, headed the administrative board which assisted the Secretary in executing the law. Attending
to his duty, the Admiral had recommended the removal of a number of Communists.
Now, in the presence of the Assistant Secretary, Ralph A. Bard, Vice- Admiral F. J. Horne, Rear Admiral T. S. Wilkinson, Rear Admiral S. C. Hooper, Captain J. B. W. Waller,
Lieutenant Commander F. C. B. Jordan, Lieutenant Commander F. G. Caskey, and Lieutenant K. Baarslag, the Secretary of the Navy instructed Rear Admiral Staton "that, in the opinion of the President, membership or suspected membership in the Communist Party was not sufficient to deprive a radio operator of his job."
Major Hamilton A. Long, America's Tradgedy-Today, (NY
ost Printing), pp.15-25.
The Yalta Betrayal - Best Resource on FDR
2. "Major Hamilton Long, of New York, an air force combat intelligence officer in World War II, has told the amazing story of the communist grip on the War and Navy Departments in his fully documented pamphlet, "America's Tragedy-Today."
Commander Floyd G. Caskey, wartime head of the communist section of the navy's counter-intelligence service, known as the "Red desk," told Major Long that his files contained 100,000 cards on known and suspected Communists and fellow travelers when he left late in 1943 to attend an advanced intelligence school. When he returned in the spring of 1944 the cards had been destroyed. His assistant, a lieutenant commander who had been left in charge, reported that he had received orders from "higher authority" to destroy the cards."
Chesly Manly, "The Twenty Year Revolution," p. 106
3. On May 18, 1944, news of the destruction of records of communists reached Senator Bridges (R., N. H.), a member of the Military Affairs Committee. The Senator learned that the War Department had ordered the destruction of all of the records of subversive activities, and met with Secretary of War, Henry L. Stimson, who called in Chief of Staff General George Marshall, McNarney, Deputy Chief of Staff, and others. The officers bridled at Bridges' questions, and Bridges is quoted as saying "I could forgive an officer who makes a mistake and loses a battle, but an officer who betrays his country's security should be taken out and shot." The Yalta Betrayal - Best Resource on FDR
a. McNarney finally admitted that his office had issued the order on "higher authority." Since Marshall and Stimson had denied any knowledge of the order, the only "higher authority" was the Franklin Roosevelt White House.
Manly, "The Twenty Year Revolution," p. 106
On whose orders, and why, would the White House order the destruction of documents relevant to Soviet subversion?
