APPENDIX C NOTE: This is submitted as one example of legislative action. The ABA Committee does not recommend or endorse any form of legislation, nor take a position as to whether legislation is necessary or desirable. Decisions on these matters must be made at the state level. FLORIDA STATUTE Chapter 61-77 House Bill No. 26 AN ACT making a Legislative finding of fact relating to Communism, requiring the teaching of a course of study in the public schools entitled "Americanism versus Communism;" providing a minimum number of hours of instruction; requiring the State Board of Education and the State Textbook Committee of the State of Florida to provide textual materials and setting up standards for the selection of such materials; prohibiting the presentation of Communism as preferable to the system of constitutional government of the United States of America; repealing all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith, and providing for an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. The Legislature of the State of Florida hereby finds it to be a fact that (a) the political ideology commonly known and referred to as Communism is in conflict with and contrary to the principles of constitutional government of the United States of America as epitomized in its National Constitution, (b) the successful exploitation and manipulation of youth and student groups throughout the world today are a major challenge which free world forces must meet and defeat, and (c) the best method of meeting this challenge is to have the youth of the state and nation thoroughly and completely informed as to the evils, dangers and fallacies of Communism by giving them a thorough understanding of the entire Communist Movement, including its history, doctrines, objectives and techniques. Section 2. The public high schools shall each teach a complete course of not less than thirty (30) hours, to all students enrolled in said public high schools entitled "Americanism versus Communism." Section 3. The course shall provide adequate instruction in the history, doctrines, objectives and techniques of Communism and shall be for the primary purpose of instilling in the minds of the students a Appendix C (Continued) greater appreciation of democratic processes, freedom under law, and the will to preserve that freedom. Section 4. The course shall be one of orientation in comparative governments and shall emphasize the free-enterprise-competitive economy of the United States of America as the one which produces higher wages, higher standards of living, greater personal freedom and liberty than any other system of economics on earth. Section 5. The course shall lay particular emphasis upon the dangers of Communism, the ways to fight Communism, the evils of Communism, the fallacies of Communism, and the false doctrines of Communism. Section 6. The State Textbook Committee and the State Board of Education shall take such action as may be necessary and appropriate to prescribe suitable textbook and instructional material as provided by state law, using as one of its guides the official reports of the House Committee on Un-American Activities and the Senate Internal Security Sub-Committee of the United States Congress. Section 7. No teacher or textual material assigned to this course shall present Communism as preferable to the system of constitutional government and the free-enterprise-competitive economy indigenous to the United States of America. Section 8. All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Section 9. The course of study hereinabove provided for shall be taught in all of the public high schools of the state no later than the school year commencing in September 1962. Approved by the Governor May 27, 1961. Filed in Office Secretary of State May 27, 1961. APPENDIX D I. BIBLIOGRAPHY (The books and publications listed below have been selected after a review of various available bibliographies in this field. This is not a complete listing, and the inclusion of a book or publication herein does not indicate approval or endorsement thereof by the ABA. Each school or organization using this bibliography should make its own evaluation of the materials listed.) BOOKS Almond, G. A., The Appeals of Communism. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1954. Caldwell, John C., Communism in Our World. New York: John Day Company, 1956. Campbell, Robert W., Soviet Economic Power. Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1960.1 Chambers, Whittaker, Witness. New York: Random House, 1952. Colegrove, Kenneth, Democracy Versus Communism. 2nd ed. New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., 1961.1 Cronyn, George W., A Primer on Communism. rev. ed. by Howard Oiseth. New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, Inc., 1960.1 Crossman, Richard, (ed.), The God That Failed. New York: Bantam, n.d.2 Dallin, David J., The Changing World of Soviet Russia. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1956. Djlas, Milovan, The New Class. New York: Praeger, 1957.1 Ebenstein, William, Today's Isms: Communism, Fascism, Socialism, Capitalism. 3rd ed. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1961.2 Fairchild, Fred R. and Thomas J. Shelly, Understanding Our Free Economy: An Introduction to Economics. 2nd ed. New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., 1956. Fisher, Marguerite J., (ed.), Communist Doctrine and the Free World. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1952. Golob, Eugene O., The "Isms:" A History and Evaluation. New York: Harper and Bros., 1954. Hahn, Walter F. and John C. Neff, American Strategy for the Nuclear Age. New York: Doubleday, 1960.2 Hoover, J. Edgar, Masters of Deceit. New York: Holt, 1958.1 Hunt, Robert N. Carew, Marxism: Past and Present. New York: Macmillan, 1955. 1Available in paperback edition. 2Available only in paperback edition. Appendix D (Continued) Kennan, George F., Russia and the West Under Lenin and Stalin. Boston: Little, Brown, 1961. Ketchum, Richard M., (ed.), What Is Communism? New York: Dutton, 1955. Kintner, William R., The Front Is Everywhere: Militant Communism in Action. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1954. Kulski, W. W., The Soviet Regime: Communism in Practice. 3rd ed. Syracuse: Syracuse University, 1958. Lippmann, Walter, The Communist World and Ours. Boston: Little, Brown, 1959. Marx, Karl, Capital and Other Writings. New York: Modern Library, n.d. Mayo, Henry B., An Introduction to Democratic Theory. New York: Oxford University Press, 1960.1 Meyer, Alfred G., Communism. New York: Studies in Political Science, Random House, 1960.2 Miller, Raymond W., Can Capitalism Compete? New York: Ronald Press, 1959. Moorehead, Allan, The Russian Revolution. New York: Harper and Bros., 1958.1 Orwell, George, Animal Farm. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1954.1 Orwell, George, Nineteen Eighty-Four. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1949.1 Overstreet, Harry A. and Bonaro, The War Called Peace: Khrushchev's Communism. New York: Norton, 1961. Overstreet, Harry A. and Bonaro, What We Must Know About Communism. New York: Norton, 1958.1 Rostow, W. W. and others, The Dynamics of Soviet Society. New York: Mentor, n.d.2 Salvadori, Massimo, Economics of Freedom: American Capitalism Today. New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1959. Salvadori, Massimo, The Rise of Modern Communism. New York: Holt, 1952.1 Schapiro, Leonard, The Communist Party of the Soviet Union. New York: Random House, 1960. Schumpter, Joseph A., Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy. 3rd ed. New York: Harper and Bros., 1950. Schwartz, Harry, Russia's Soviet Economy. 2nd ed. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1954.1 Seton-Watson, Hugh, From Lenin to Khrushchev: The History of World Communism. New York: Praeger, 1960.1 Shub, David, Lenin. New York: North American Library, Mentor, n.d.2 Strausz-Hupe, Kintner, Dougherty and Cottrell, Protracted Conflict, a Foreign Policy Research Institute Book. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1959. 1Available in paperback edition. 2Available only in paperback edition. APPENDIX D BIBLIOGRAPHY (The books and publications listed below have been selected after I. BOOKS Almond, G. A., The Appeals of Communism. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1954. Caldwell, John C., Communism in Our World. New York: John Day Company, 1956. Campbell, Robert W., Soviet Economic Power. Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1960.1 Chambers, Whittaker, Witness. New York: Random House, 1952. Colegrove, Kenneth, Democracy Versus Communism. 2nd ed. New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., 1961.1 Cronyn, George W., A Primer on Communism. rev. ed. by Howard Oiseth. New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, Inc., 1960.1 Crossman, Richard, (ed.), The God That Failed. New York: Bantam, n.d.2 Dallin, David J., The Changing World of Soviet Russia. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1956. Djlas, Milovan, The New Class. New York: Praeger, 1957.1 Ebenstein, William, Today's Isms: Communism, Fascism, Socialism, Capitalism. 3rd ed. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1961.2 Fairchild, Fred R. and Thomas J. Shelly, Understanding Our Free Economy: An Introduction to Economics. 2nd ed. New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., 1956. Fisher, Marguerite J., (ed.), Communist Doctrine and the Free World. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1952. Golob, Eugene O., The “Isms:” A History and Evaluation. New York: Harper and Bros., 1954. Hahn, Walter F. and John C. Neff, American Strategy for the Nuclear Age. New York: Doubleday, 1960.2 Hoover, J. Edgar, Masters of Deceit. New York: Holt, 1958.1 Hunt, Robert N. Carew, Marxism: Past and Present. New York: Macmillan, 1955. 1Available in paperback edition. 2Available only in paperback edition. |