Mask for Reaction. May 21, 1962, Report No. 2. "Carrying forward labor's tradition of dynamic opposition to Communism, Fascism and all other forms of totalitarianism, the LACFL (AFL-CIO) is currently engaged in a systematic program of examining and exposing to public scrutiny the activities of authoritarian extremist groups.."
Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, 1962. Newsletter. [8]p., two substantial alkaline leaves folded vertically in half to make an 11x8.5 inch pamphlet, unfastened but securely nested, bears two transverse foldlines for mailing and a bump to the lower left corner-tip, smudged with mild offset and an area of exposed toning, a generally good copy. Exhibits a half-hearted graphic of an African "mask"
"Of particular concern are the increasing number of businessmen who have lately come to believe that they can safely indulge their far-out political fancies under a newly discovered fool-proof disguise - an ostensible fight against the Communist danger as a cloak of espousing an equally evil and perilous ultra-right reaction" (from cover text). Contrasts Democratic Party social programs with Republican aversion to Social Security, old-age provisions, aid to schools, etc.
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