At that time, their interest shifts over to preventing what they call a reversion of life in the United States to what it was prior to 1914, when World War I broke out. At that point, they come to the conclusion that, to prevent a reversion, we must control education in the United States. And they realize that is a pretty big task. To them it is too big for them alone.

So they approach the Rockefeller Foundation with a suggestion: that portion of education which could be considered domestic should be handled by the Rockefeller Foundation, and that portion which is international should be handled by the Endowment.

They then decide that the key to the success of these two operations lay in the alteration of the teaching of American History. So, they approach four of the then most prominent teachers of American History in the country -- people like Charles and Mary Byrd. Their suggestion to them is this, “Will they alter the manner in which they present their subject”” And, they get turned down, flatly.

So, they then decide that it is necessary for them to do as they say, i.e. “build our own stable of historians." Then, they approach the Guggenheim Foundation, which specializes in fellowships, and say” “When we find young men in the process of studying for doctorates in the field of American History, and we feel that they are the right caliber, will you grant them fellowships on our say so? And the answer is, “Yes.”

So, under that condition, eventually they assemble twenty (20), and they take these twenty potential teachers of American History to London. There, they are briefed in what is expected of them -- when, as, and if they secure appointments in keeping with the doctorates they will have earned.

That group of twenty historians ultimately becomes the nucleus of the American Historical Association. And then, toward the end of the 1920's, the Endowment grants to the American Historical Association four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) for a study of our history in a manner which points to what this country look forward to, in the future.

That culminates in a seven-volume study, the last volume of which is, of course, in essence, a summary of the contents of the other six. The essence of the last volume is this: the future of this country belongs to collectivism, administered with characteristic American efficiency.

That is the story that ultimately grew out of, and of course, was what could have been presented by the members of, this Congressional Committee, and the Congress as a whole, for just exactly what it said. But, they never got to that point!

Griffin: This is the story that emerged from the minutes at the Carnegie Foundation?

Dodd: That's right.

Upon arrival, after a few amenities, Mr. Gaither said, "Mr. Dodd, we have asked you to come up here today, because we thought that, possibly, off the record, you would tell us why the Congress is interested in the activities of foundations such as ourselves."

And, before I could think of how I would reply to that statement, Mr. Gaither then went on, and voluntarily stated, "Mr. Dodd, all of us who have a hand in the making of policies here, have had experience either with the OSS during the war, or with European economic administration after the war. We have had experience operating under directives. The directives emanate, and did emanate, from the White House. Now, we still operate under just such directives. Would you like to know what the substance of these directives is?"

I said, “Yes, Mr. Gaither, I would like very much to know.” Whereupon, he made this statement to me, "Mr. Dodd, we are here to operate in response to similar directives, the substance of which is that we shall use our grant-making power so to alter life in the United States, that it can be comfortably merged with the Soviet Union."

Well, parenthetically, Mr. Griffin, I nearly fell off the chair. I, of course, didn't, but my response to Mr. Gaither then was, “Oh, Mr. Gaither, I can now answer your first question. You've forced the Congress of the United States to spend a hundred and fifty thousand dollars to find our what you have just told me.” I said, “Of course, legally, you're entitled to make grants for this purpose. But, I don't think you're entitled to withhold that information from the People of this country, to whom you're indebted for your tax exemption. So why don't you tell the People of the country just what you told me?” And his answer was, “We would not think of doing any such thing." So, then I said, “Well, Mr. Gaither, obviously, you forced the Congress to spend this money, in order to find out what you just told me.”

If you go back, Marx had his followers in the United States even as far back as the Civil War. It's just that the nation had (much) bigger fish to fry for that couple of decades and so it retarded the push for the Marxist philosophy in the United States. What many don't know is that it was United States Marxists who paid for the revolutionaries to travel to Russia and resulted in the Bolshevik revolution.

Thank you for sharing that story. I've seen the same thing, even against me on FB. I rarely go there anymore unless to wish a friend or relative Happy Birthday. Most of the hateful or anti-American types I've blocked from commenting on any of my stuff, but getting rid of FB altogether would probably be the right thing to do.

The Neo Communists are counting on the stupidity of the useful idiots to pull off what they want. An American school system that graduates kids that can paraphrase Karl Marx and quote the latest woke bromides, but can't balance a checkbook is exactly what the commies want - and they're getting it!

"The soviets play chess. Most in us government have a skill set suited to checkers." Ha, yes! In the past I've had leftist friends and family members get upset with me when I used to say Putin plays international chess, while Obama can't do checkers. Add Xi with Putin and change Obama to Biden and we have the same thing today.

Trump understood chess.

What do you mean by 'bailing-out' the USSR?

Thanks. Very informative and scary as hell!
A senile old fool as POTUS with 3 years yet to go is the perfect storm both Russia and China (not to mention Iran) has been waiting for.

Very thoughtful perspective, Doc, thank you. I agree with the possible scenario if the US didn't get involved in WWI.

[Side note 1] Although Woody Willy was my great grandmother's cousin, I can report his thinking doesn't run in the family. We're from the dirt poor side of the family and actually had to work (farm or factory) for a living, LOL.

[Side note 2] One of my siblings married into a Ukrainian family whose grandparents escaped from Stalin in the '30s. That family generation is all gone now, but the stories passed on describe the hell communism really was. Strangely, some of the younger members of that side of the family don't get the memo and are going left. Sadly, some recent family gatherings can get rather heated.

Never heard of it. I'll look for it. What venue is it on?

The person who introduced this series to me said, "That my few of world history would never be the same.'