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| ill INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY organized or closely federated. But they represent a potential threat. Finally, as was noted by Pope Pius XI in several of his social encyclicals, the many social tensions and injustices which have not been eradicated from modern life constitute real problems. An instance of this would be the substandard life of the Negro population, and this not necessarily in the South, since conditions in many Northern cities are pitiful. Because of the great complexity of the troubles which beset America, the writer has attempted to introduce elements of evaluation and perspective, in ad- dition to factual reporting. This will be particularly the case in the summary which follows. Summary of the Report. The first chapter of the Report sets a tone for the rest. There it is noted that American Communism is primarily a menace because it is a branch of world Communism. The American Party is a ^lavish tool of Soviet imperialism. To_document this thesis, it was fifsT^ "shown that the Party implicitly follows the Moscow line, and secondly that" it has special front organizations and a controlled press to influence tne American public towards the Soviet point or viewTTnus, in the cases of Poland and the Baltic States, the Balkans, Western Europe, South America, the Near East, and Asia, there are organized campaigns to deceive the American public. The maximum objective is support for the Communist program, and the minimum is the creation of confusion and uncertainty, and a con- sequent weakening of American foreign policy. As a result, there is a real danger that Communism may be imposed by force of arms over extensive and heavily populated areas. It is evident that»the Soviet aim is enforced Communism in most of Europe and Asia, with the rest of the world weakened by propaganda and domestic fifth columns. This point is summarized on page 15. The second chapter treats of the organization and functioning of the American Communist Party. A distinction is made between Communists, fellow-travelers, opportunists, and dupes. National Communist strength is. given as 75,000 members, and a breakdown of important concentrations by dioceses is given on page 18. There follows a brief study of the Communist press and the current Party Line. The technique of the front organization is analyzed. Finally, specific front organizations and programs among the foreign-born, the Negro, the Jews, youth, and miscellaneous groups are treated. A brief summary is offered on page 30, Chapter III deals with the Communist infiltration of the labor movement. The Party1s aims and tactics are first discussed, and then the degree of penetration within the American Federation of Labor is noted. Next a more extensive study of Communism within the Congress of Industrial Organizations is given. Special attention is paid to the Political Action Committee, C.I.O. and the World Federation of Trade Unions. The'chapter concludes with a breakdown of the members unions of the C.I.O. in terms of Communist influence. This analysis, on pages 43 and following, led to startling conclusions. The extent of infiltration and control was greater than.this writer had previously realized. In Chapter IV, some of the remaining Communist activities were dis- cussed. It was stated that Communists are as opposed to religion as they always were, but that in the United States, attacks are usually made through |