Joseph J. Mereto

Joseph J. Mereto is the author of The Red Conspiracy (1920), a nonfiction work published by the National Historical Society and later preserved by Project Gutenberg, Open Library, and other digital archives. Library records also connect him with The Socialist Conspiracy Against Religion, suggesting that his known writing focused on attacks on socialism, communism, and related movements.

Very little biographical information about him appears to be widely available in major public reference sources today. What can be said with confidence is that his surviving work reflects the climate of post-World War I America, when fears about radical politics shaped many popular books and pamphlets.

For modern listeners, Mereto is most interesting as a historical voice from that moment rather than as a well-documented literary figure. His writing offers a window into the anxieties, arguments, and rhetoric of the First Red Scare.