Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0375-011
Materials in this folder concern communism and include letters regarding the interception by the United States Post Office of communist propaganda sent from abroad, and a possible public education program on communism by the Advertising Council of America. Of note is a letter to Press Secretary Pierre Salinger from the entertainer Steve Allen regarding a proposal to use entertainers in the fight against communism. Also included in this folder is an issue of the magazine The Improvement Era containing an article by Ezra Taft Benson titled, “Communist Threat to the Americas.”