AFSCA World Report - No 16

Magazine Overview

Title: AFSCA WORLD REPORT
Issue Date: July-August, 1960
Issue Number: 16
Publisher: AMALGAMATED FLYING SAUCER CLUBS OF AMERICA, Inc.
Price: 35c

This issue of the AFSCA World Report is heavily focused on the political aspirations of Gabriel Green, the Founder-President of AFSCA, who is presented as an "Independent Non-Partisan Write-In Candidate for President of the United States in 1960." The cover boldly proclaims, "AMERICA NEEDS A SPACE AGE PRESIDENT," and the lead article details Green's "Space Age Platform." The magazine also covers the proceedings of the Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs of America's Second National Convention.

Gabriel Green's "Space Age Platform"

The core of this issue is Gabriel Green's extensive platform, which he offers for consideration by the nation's citizens. It is presented as a solution for "her salvation" and aims to "insure world peace and a common bond of brotherhood," free people from "financial bondage," promote "domestic peace," and provide for "science and education."

Prior Choice Economics

Green advocates for a "Prior Choice Economic system" designed to meet the needs of the people in "chaotic times." Key advantages listed include:

• Automatic retirement without reduced living standards.
• Fair wages and just reward for service.
• Free permanent insurance.
• Abolition of taxes.
• Guaranteed profits.
• Increased production and abundance.
• 100% distribution of all produced goods.
• No decrease in purchasing power when sick or out of work.
• Elimination of poverty and starvation.
• Free medical and dental care.
• Free college education.
• Cradle-to-grave economic security.
• Preservation of free enterprise and individual initiative, preventing Communism and Socialism.
• Facilitation of trade between "have" and "have not" nations.
• Emancipation from economic slavery.

Flying Saucers

The platform affirms the reality of flying saucers as spacecraft from other planets visiting Earth to impart beneficial information. It criticizes the government for withholding information on this subject.

Space

Green advocates for the U.S. to focus on building a "true energy-powered, man-carrying space ship" to travel to the moon and Mars. He proposes broadcasting a message of friendship to "Space People" and exchanging diplomats. He also calls for public investigation of "top secret files on the subject of flying saucers" held in the Pentagon.

Government Secrecy

A board of competent newsmen would be established to determine what information should be kept secret and what should be released to the public. This board would also declassify information that might be used to cover up "blunders, mistakes, incompetence and waste."

Education

Under Prior Choice Economics, schools would be financed and built, and teachers would receive fair compensation to return to the profession. Education would be free for all who wish to attend. Television would be used to bring "greatest minds in the world" into classrooms.

Other Platform Points

• Metric System: Advocated for scientific advancement.
• Labor: Favors repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act and the Landrum-Griffin Bill, believing they cripple labor unions. Proposes a system where labor and management do not oppose each other.
• Human Rights: Supports legislation to ensure all citizens enjoy the same human rights, regardless of race, creed, or color.
• Nuclear Bomb Tests: Favors discontinuation, citing information from "friends from Space" that bombs are not clean and radiation is harmful.
• Public Works: Proposes government projects for highways, dams, and buildings to employ everyone.
• Science: Advocates for expanding existing science and establishing new research centers, with results disseminated to the public.
• Puerto Rican Statehood: Supports admission as the 51st state.
• Law: Recommends uniform laws to prevent discrimination.
• Penal Code: Suggests proven criminals serve full sentences.
• National Defense: Favors remaining militarily strong while preparing for peace by eliminating the causes of war.
• Foreign Policy: Promotes friendship with all nations, forming a confederation with free trade and exchange of ideas. Supports a board to explore disarmament and inspect nuclear bomb centers.
• Disarmament: Supports working towards total disarmament once the causes of war are eliminated.
• Connally Amendment: Opposed, believing the world court should protect people's rights globally.
• Farm Policy: Proposes giving government lands to homesteaders and reclaiming waste lands. Argues against destroying food.
• Foreign Aid: Favors giving technical aid and distributing surplus food to starving populations.
• Planned Parenthood and Population Control: Recommends making the latest scientific information available and initiating research into natural methods.
• Humane Treatment of Animals: Favors eliminating unnecessary torture and vivisection.
• Historical Shrines: Advocates for preservation of historical objects and buildings.
• Television: Suggests television programs could be supported by the Prior Choice Economic system, free from commercial sponsors.
• Department of Peace: Proposes a department to research avenues for establishing lasting peace.

AFSCA Second National Convention

The magazine details the "PROGRAM" for the Second National Convention of the Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs of America, held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, on August 13 and 14, 1960. The convention featured opening ceremonies, pledges of allegiance, national anthems, invocations, introductions, keynote speeches by Gabriel Green, and presentations by various speakers including Dr. Daniel W. Fry, Truman Bethurum, Kelvin Rowe, Elary J. Willsie, and others. The convention hostess was Daryle F. Nieman.

Books and Tapes

Page six lists an extensive catalog of "BOOKS ON FLYING SAUCERS AND RELATED SUBJECTS" available from AFSCA. This includes works by authors such as George Adamski, Charles Fort, Donald E. Keyhoe, Carl Jung, and many others, with prices ranging from $0.35 to $10.00. Page eight expands on this with "TAPE RECORDED MESSAGES FROM SPACE PEOPLE (SPACE TAPES) AVAILABLE FROM AFSCA," listing various series like the "ORIGINAL SERIES," "GALAXY SERIES," and "MASTERWORKS SERIES," with prices and playing times.

Membership and Ordering Information

An "AFSCA MEMBERSHIP, BOOK, AND SPACE TAPE ORDER FORM" is provided, detailing membership costs ($3.00 for 12 issues of AFSCA World Report) and prices for back issues and special combinations. It also lists prices for space tapes and books, with a note about California State Sales Tax. The form instructs readers to make checks and money orders payable to AFSCA at their Los Angeles address.

Political Advertisement

A significant portion of the magazine, particularly page seven, is a political advertisement from the "MIRROR NEWS" newspaper, dated July 22, 1960. It reiterates Gabriel Green's "SPACE AGE PRESIDENT" campaign, listing desired qualities such as "Progress instead of prattle," "Principles instead of personalities," and "Peace instead of pieces." It urges readers to "VOTE for GABRIEL GREEN YOUR WRITE-IN SPACE-AGE CANDIDATE" and provides details for his campaign clubs and a request for information on his "Prior Choice Economics" plan.

Recurring Themes and Editorial Stance

The recurring themes in this issue are the promotion of Gabriel Green's "Space Age" political platform, centered around "Prior Choice Economics," and the ongoing activities and offerings of the Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs of America. The editorial stance is strongly in favor of UFOs being real spacecraft, critical of government secrecy regarding these phenomena, and advocating for a radical restructuring of the economic and political systems of the United States, with a vision of global peace and prosperity influenced by extraterrestrial contact. The magazine actively promotes AFSCA membership and the purchase of related materials, positioning itself as a source of information and a platform for Green's political and philosophical ideas.