Red Scare Propaganda Booklet

United States: [The American Legion?], 1925. Fair. Lacking original wrappers and title page. Dust soiled with some minor short tears, staining.. The present booklet was published for the general public, most likely by the American Legion, in a bid to establish communism as an insidious threat to the American way of life and democracy. Includes a foreword by Garland W. Powell, National Director of the Americanism Commission of the American Legion. The foreword establishes the booklet's strict anti-Communist point of view as a means to save American democracy: "The government of the United States was ordained by the people to establish domestic tranquility and to insure to the citizens their rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness..." The remainder of the booklet includes reproductions of photos of chaos purportedly wrought by communists and revolutionaries, as well as newspaper clippings with captions such as, "Hundreds of thousands of agitators are at work in this country". Features a reproduction of a 1923 cartoon by Herbert Johnson, depicting a strapping sailor ("American Labor") aboard a ship ("American Industry") being attached by pirates ("Communist", "Red", "Revolutionist"). 8vo (9.25" by 6"), pp. 16 with in-text illustrations, lacking original wrappers and possibly title page.