The Beasts of the Apocalypse

427 Pages·1958·2.85 MB·English

by  Olivia Maria O'Grady

The Beasts
of the
Apocalypse
A commentary based on events in the warp and woof of
two thousand years of history, bringing into focus the
pattern of contemporary movements to establish a world
government.
By
OLIVIA MARIE O'GRADY
1959
O'GRADY PUBLICATIONS
BENICIA, CALIFORNIA
“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteous
ness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”
St. Matthew 6:33
“We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are
created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with
certain unalienable rights: that among these are life, liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness.”
The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776.
I believe in the United States of America as a government
of the people, by the people, for the people: whose just
powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a
democracy in a republic; a sovereign nation of many
sovereign states; a perfect union, one and inseparable;
established upon those principles of freedom, equality,
justice, and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed
their lives and fortunes. I therefore believe it is my duty
to my Country to love it; to support its Constitution; to
obey its laws; to respect its Flag; and to defend it against
all enemies.
“Menaced by dictators abroad and by collectivist trends
at home, we must seek revival of our strength in its
spiritual foundations which are the bedrock of our republic.
Democracy is the outgrowth of the religious conviction of
the sacredness of every human life. On the religious side,
its highest embodiment is the Bible; on the political, the
Constitution. As has been said so well, ‘The Constitution is
the civil book of Americans’. Next to the Bible, the best book
on the Constitution should be in every home, school, library
and parish hall.”
Herbert C. Hoover, Alfred E. Smith, James M. Cox,
John W. Davis, Alfred M. Landon, Mrs. William H.
Taft, Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, Mrs. Benjamin Harrison,
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Mrs. Thomas J. Preston, Jr.
(Mrs. Grover Cleveland.)
PREFACE
“For by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.”
—REVELATIONS 18:23
In 1775 North Carolina declared its independence from Great
Britain. Of the colonies under the despotic heel of a tyrant three
thousand miles away, North Carolina was the first to throw down
the gauntlet of freedom. On May 31st a committee representing
the militia companies of Mecklenburg County passed a series of
resolutions declaring that the “royal commissions” in the several
colonies were null and void, that the Constitution of each colony
was suspended, and that the legislative and executive powers of
each colony were vested in its provincial Congress subject to the
direction of the Continental Congress. The Mecklenburg Declara
tion of Independence (May 20, 1775 by act of the North Carolina
legislature) electrified free men throughout the colonies and sup
plied the spark that kindled a fundamental element in Americanism.
One hundred and sixty-six years later the General Assembly
of the sovereign State of North Carolina was to pass another
resolution. On March 13, 1941, with the endorsement of Governor
J. M. Broughton, the legislature of this proud old state adopted
the so-called “Humber” resolution, calling for world government!
This retreat to tyranny was written and sponsored by one Robert
Lee Humber of Greenville.
“There exists an international community,” declared the law
makers of North Carolina. This international community en
compasses the entire world. “All human beings,” they continued,
“are citizens of this world community, which requires laws and
not treaties for its government.” And, so declared the Legislature,
“The Treaty of Peace must be written in terms of the Constitution
of the Federation of the World”!
What had happened to North Carolina in one hundred and
sixty-six years? What had become of that sublime sense of
freedom and independence that had written and adopted the Meck
lenburg resolutions? Whence had fled the courage of the men of
May 20, 1861 who voted to secede from the Union it had helped form
rather than surrender the sovereignty and independence it had
fought for and died for? Where now the uncompromising spirit
of North Carolina’s Vances who fought the Union on the one hand
and Jeff Davis on the other to secure the right to sovereignty
and independence? Where, where, indeed!
Quietly, unobtrusively, and without the benefit of disturbing
publicity, the California State Legislature in 1949 adopted a reso
lution more baffling and shocking than the Humber resolution of
—5—
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North Carolina. Unanimous in the Assembly, and with but eight
dissenting votes in the Senate, the resolution passed. Its sponsors
spoke of “peace”, and every member of the Legislature was
enthusiastically in favor of “peace”. No one questioned; few
read the proposal. Eight senators read, understood, and, true to
their oaths of office, voted “no”. The resolution memorialized
Congress, under authority of Article V of the Constitution of the
United States to call a Constitutional Convention for the purpose
of amending the United States Constitution to expedite and insure
United States participation in a World Federal Government!
The “One World Resolution” immediately became known as the
“California Plan”, and the advocates of “World Government” were
enabled to move from state to state influencing other legislatures
to adopt the “plan”. The prestige of California was impressive,
and well meaning, but uninformed legislators were persuaded to
sponsor the resolution in their own bodies. Connecticut, Florida,
Maine, New Jersey, and, of course, North Carolina, followed the
precedent set by California.
Several California senators attempted to rescind the 1949 reso
lution in that same session of the legislature, but they were able
to secure but one vote for passage in the senate committee that
considered the proposal. Their efforts, however, served to publicize
the issue, and patriotic organizations were aroused to indignant
action. Foremost in the California struggle to rescind were the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Daughters of the American Revo
lution, and many women’s civic and patriotic organizations. The
few embattled senators who failed to rescind the resolution in
the 1949 session made a further attempt at a special session called
later that year by the Governor. While this effort also failed, the
rescinding resolution received two committee votes, which was
at least encouraging.
On March 6, 1950 Senate Joint Resolution No. 1 was introduced
in the California Senate. The resolution was entitled: “Relative
to withdrawing the application to Congress made by Assembly
Joint Resolution No. 26 of the 1949 Regular Session, to propose
a constitutional amendment for American participation in a World
Federal Government,” and reads as follows:
“WHEREAS, Assembly Joint Resolution No. 26 was passed
at the 1949 Regular Session of the Legislature of the State
of California; and
“WHEREAS, That Assembly Joint Resolution urged an
amendment to the Constitution of the United States per
mitting this Country’s participation in a World Federal
Government; and
“WHEREAS, It has come to the attention of certain mem-
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bers of the Legislature that not all the pertinent facts
relating to that subject were available and presented when
this resolution was passed; and
“WHEREAS, Said resolution was not a mere memorial-
ization of the Congress but an application by the Legis
lature of this State, pursuant to Article V of the Constitu
tion of the United States that the Congress of the United
States call a convention for the sole purpose of proposing an
amendment to the United States Constitution to expedite
and insure the participation of the United States in a
World Federal Government; and
“WHEREAS, If similar application to the Congress is
made by the legislatures of two-thirds of the states, the
Congress shall have no choice but to call a convention for
for such purpose; and
“WHEREAS, Said resolution, if acted upon and fulfilled
by the Government of the United States, would entail the
surrender of our national sovereignty, nullify our Con
stitution, bring into being a form of law whereby American
citizens would be tried by citizens of other countries and
imprisoned in foreign jails; and
“WHEREAS, In order to provide financial support for this
world government it would be necessary to give such
government the power of taxation or to require contribu
tions from member nations, and in either event the prin
cipal source of funds required for the support of such-
government would of necessity be the United States, with
a resulting heavy burden on the American Taxpayer and
lowering the American standard of living; and
“WHEREAS, The establishment of such World Federal
Government would require the creation of a world army
to maintain peace, and such army would be composed in
a large part of soldiers from other nations, and would be
subject to the control of a world legislature, with the result
that the American people would be in danger of losing
their liberties, their free institutions, and their freedom
of action; and
“WHEREAS, The creation of such a world army would
result in the abolition of the independent military establish
ment of the United States and the surrender of the Panama
Canal, with consequent imminent peril to our national
safety; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT
“RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AND THE ASSEMBLY
OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, JOINTLY, That the
proposal in said Assembly Joint Resolution No. 26 be
withdrawn; and be it further
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“RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the Senate is hereby
requested to transmit copies of this resolution to the
Senate and House of Representatives of the Congress, to
the Members of the Senate and House of Representatives
from this State, and to the presiding officer of each of the
legislatures of the several states.”
The struggle that ensued for the passage of the rescinding reso
lution was long and difficult. Members of an organization known
as UNITED WORLD FEDERALISTS, INC. made their first appear
ance in the corridors of the State Capitol. One Alan Cranston,
later to become President of UNITED WORLD FEDERALISTS,
INC., was active throughout, attempting to hold the members of
the legislature in line. At crucial moments, however, the Capitol
was filled with patriots from every part of the State, and deter
mined, grim-faced women worked incessantly with members, who,
either from a sense of stubbornness or fear of looking foolish,
refused to retreat from their former position and admit that they
had been deceived. After defeat on the floor of the Senate and
a motion to reconsider, the rescinding resolution passed the Senate
without a vote to spare. The fight continued in the Assembly
and finally was won with only two votes over the required
majority.
California had redeemed itself and the “world government”
resolution’s march to two-thirds of the states was suddenly halted.
“The flag was still there.” The long debate with its diversionary
arguments passed into history, but the UNITED WORLD FED
ERALISTS, INC. believed that it had only lost a battle, and that
the war was yet to be won, and that they would win it.
Mr. Robert Lee Humber, who humbled North Carolina, is a
Rhodes Scholar. He lived sixteen years in Europe, and returned
to the United States when the Nazis conquered France. He was a
Vice-President of UNITED WORLD FEDERALISTS, INC. Cecil
Rhodes established the scholarships that bear his name for the
purpose of bringing the United States back into the British Empire
through the education of Americans in England.
It may appear to be a far cry from North Carolina and the State
Capitols of the United States to the little town of Benicia, Cali
fornia, but in its picturesque peacefulness it is typical of thousands
of small communities scattered throughout the country. What
happens in the Benicias of America ultimately determines the
freedom of men and women everywhere.
Benicia, except for its colorful history, differs but little from
its sister cities throughout the United States. Once the capitol of
California, it stands on the north bank of Carquinez Straits, in
Solano County. Its past is closely woven with the history of the
men and women of California, who, with faith in God, carried the
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Cross and Christian civilization into the West. The County in
which Benicia nestles derived its name from the noted Franciscan
missionary, Father Francisco Solano, whose name was given in
baptism to an Indian Chief when the latter embraced Christianity.
Benicia was named after General Vallejo’s wife, Francisca Benicia.
Two great military installations in Solano have contributed to the
defense of the United States and the freedom of its people for over
a hundred years—the shipyard at Mare Island and the Arsenal
at Benicia. The bay, the inlets, the coves, the low-lying hills;
the tranquility of lapping waters; the yellow gold of strong sun
light, the amethyst of sunset; yes, and even the fogs from the
rivers and the bay that hide the twinkling myriad of stars—this
is the peace and beauty of Benicia. More important than its love
liness, more deeply ingrained by the gift of God than the serenity
of its moon-lit, diamond-encrusted nights, is the glory of the crimson
and white and the star-studded field of blue that keeps it free.
It was Niccolo Machiavelli who wrote that force alone rarely
suffices for the attainment of political objectives, whereas cunning
alone oftimes succeeds. It would appear that the advocates of
world domination and totalitarianism are masters of Machiavellian
philosophy, and are particularly adept in the art of cunning. The
UNITED WORLD FEDERALISTS had stealthily attempted to pass
its “world government” resolutions through the several legislatures
and failed. These great “advocates” of “democracy” might have
admitted that the people had spoken, dissolved their movement and
abided by the will of the majority, but it is not in their nature to
practice the alleged virtues of their own propaganda. Like the
Fabian socialists of England, they have time. What you cannot
push over with brute strength you may undermine so that it falls
of its own weight.
Where may political undermining be better rewarded than in
the schools?
In a small city, such as Benicia, the citizens are hospitable,
warm-hearted, and friendly. The teachers of its public schools
come from various educational institutions, and, in addition to
being allegedly qualified to teach, are assumed to be loyal Ameri
cans, steeped in the traditions of our basic freedoms and inde
pendence. And for the greater part, American teachers fulfill
most of these qualifications. But in the Benicias of the United
States there has been appearing a new sort of teacher. This modern
educator is a product of “progressive” education, and appears to
suffer from a great inner sense of inferiority, and, in addition to
indoctrination courses for the unsuspecting student, engages in
assorted extra-curricular activities, such as organizing inter-racial
groups and chapters of the UNITED WORLD FEDERALISTS.
Some of these teachers manifest an almost rabid repugnance for
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such things as committees for Americanism, and anti-communistic
groups. They are often heard to refer to such organizations as
“fascist”, “red-baiters”, and even “anti-Semitic”. Most of them
appear to be more concerned with the “integration” of the races
and aptitudes of collective living than they are with the old
fashioned ideas of reading, writing and arithmetic.
Benicia had such a teacher. She became very active in the com
munity life of the town. She became president of the EMPLOYED
WOMEN, and a member of the INTERRACIAL organization,
thereby proving that she was not any better than anyone else.
She was a great advocate of equality, fraternity and democracy.
There were those in Benicia, by the grace of God, who did not
quite agree with all of the “progressive” views of the teacher’s
INTERRACIALS, and though these good citizens were greatly in
the majority, they did not fall within the democratic philosohpy
as interpreted by Benicia’s new “progressive” teacher.
In June of 1949 the teacher appeared before the Benicia Chamber
of Commerce, requesting funds to finance a trip of a group of
students from the Benicia High School to Washington, D. C. in
order that they might take part in the WORLD FEDERALIST
PEACE MOVEMENT. The members of the Benicia Chamber of
Commerce, like most law-abiding citizens, are enthusiastic about
peace, and they were willing to stake thirty dollars on the efforts
of the High School group to secure a little of it. That is, they were
—until some one started asking questions. When some of the
answers started coming in, the members (proving they were better
qualified to legislate than those who acted for them in Sacramento)
adopted a resolution, which reads as follows:
“RESOLVED: That the Board of Directors of the Benicia
Chamber of Commerce declares itself unalterably opposed
to the organization known as ‘World Federalists’ and hereby
requests the Board of Trustees of the Benicia Unified School
District to take whatever action is necessary to eliminate
the teaching or participation in, by either the faculty or
students, in any organizations which have doubtful loyalty
to our American precepts.”
In spite of the protest of the members of the Benicia Chamber
of Commerce (merely a group of tax-payers) a chapter of the
UNITED WORLD FEDERALISTS was launched officially at the
Benicia High School, permission having been obtained to make the
chapter a regular school organization. Thirty students enrolled.
Lectures, films, and “one-world” propaganda followed. Panel dis
cussions on world government, conferences on UNESCO at Stan
ford University, and appearances before the local Kiwanis Club,
quickly “internationalized” Benicia interests. A scheduled panel
discussion before the Benicia’s Women’s Club was cancelled after
the passage of a resolution by the District FEDERATION OF WO-