EXTREMISM IN PUBLIC POLICY - THE JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200750002-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 22, 1999
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: July 17, 1961
• Content Type: OPEN

L ;~ t JUL It 1961
Sanitized - Approved For ReleasAA-2D
Extremism in Public Policy-The John
Birch Society
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
or
HON. JACOB K. JAVITS
yrd ton of the churches, and bas hlmse1 ;r
citizens who tend impetus to oommtmisrn ommended Flungya notorious bpgk "Ogl1
through Inept attemnta to tli&ht tit. 1n.twt.... _
goes on to any: "Above all, however, Is the ttnfounded' charges of communist [nit f..
danger of irresponsible counteraction 1, i
e.pRl~ Vl w. u.oar sitr'erne S{gI1. -,rE.,
tion's foremost authotitites on this Cott[
munist - tat pattern that is missing from WeltSti
menace and how to meet it. quotes
Wmitism, and identifying the Communist' ?-=
rift which the Communists are ezploitin$, conspiracy with a Jewish plot to win world
Unfortunatel. this invo,-es ..
across [the country who engage In reckless ...move, .an .a 1D an assoctatlon at hat
charges against one another- The 1.1 -1 ,,, remove, and I am far from claiming tbt;tV7
the majority. Those whose lives arq not led interpret any. all aucnor world d events qents society I tnat tf-s*'to
?Mlr. JAVITS. Mr. President, the ac- according to what one segment of society In terms otiAcret
minds us that the principles or a free quently challenged as Reds. - "?"'. vor .,,yvat tnere is,
The founder and present hertd of the t a Communist Conspiracy, Or,$hat it In deny'
society can be eroded from the extreme Birch Society has denied r ead O ibilit for gerous, or that it must be h10 is lit vigorously.
right as well as the extreme left. Jeop- certain much-publicized reckless ch rges, ove at
I am protesting against this his li charge gele-anbycltiainnd r ardizing the confIderice of Americans made in his so-called private letter, , that moves Che-wo-
g
11i their tried and proved en- ttesting hat ovea In the, unthinking n I am raved leaders, is a titled "The Politician." At this privately p
serious way to undermine the very foun- circulated work he accused President Dwight would against
shudder er tw fe from omnmist dict eta-
dations of our Clpvernment. D. Eisenhower, his brothtr, Milton Eisen- would away from Communist
and Pa a-.
d man-'
This warning is contained in an ad- di
bower, and Allen Dulles. Director of the dictactators. Into I the am protesting .r pFngagainst anthe e man
dress by Representative PAUL A. FIND, C1A, of being either conscious or unconscious
ner In which the
g
i
se react
a
onary societies
ents of the Communist Party. He claims
.delivered at the commander's banquet that, since he made these accusations pri- attack, by slander and Innuendo, by smear
during the 31st Annual Convention of vately. and before the fornintion of .his and sneer, any and every attempt to form orj
the Department of New York. Jewish society, the society cannot be saddled with maintain alliances with foreign countries, to
War Veterans, June 10, 1961. 1 ask the anus of whatever slander ? may be alleviate distress or to spread employment'
unanimou consent that his remarks be- lnvulred. ,. and proslierity among our own people, or to
fore' the Jewish War Veterans, the Na- But the accusations are of n piece with build up the financial and military strength;!
the consistent attitude and behavior of the of the Amerlcan'Qovernment. ?
(ion's oldest active war veterans organ- John Birch Society. "Attributing every Many magazines and newspapers have pub-t .'
lzation, be printed in the Appendix of adversity to communism is not only irra- fished thoughtful articles and editorials die-i
the RECORD. tiom,l," says J. Edgar Hoover, "but corrtrib- cussing the John Birch Society. Many ,Mem-?
There being no objection, the address ales to ,hysteria and fosters groundless hers of? Congress, In each House, have made:
was ordered to be printed in the REcot:i. fears." The Blue Book of the John Birch statements and speeches about the drgnnl as follows: - society, And all other writings of Robert ration and Its activities. Each ha s some-':
thi
tt'
t
ng to contribute, and I strongly recom-
(Speech delivered b guest seich, and publications of the society, are
by, speaker. Con- hill of similar accusations of men and or t n- mend that you veterans make a thorough
?
gresernast Patalf. A. IP`INO, of New York. on g ? June 10, 1961, at the department coat- lvsitlonR. Mr. Welch Is particularly fond of study of what has been said in favor of the
mender's banquet) the type of accusation that goer like this: society and'!ts aims and methods, as well as.
"So-and-so, whether he knows it or not, is what had been-said in opposition. It is tape -"-
Mr. Chairman. Cornle Schneider, National helping the Communist conspiracy to take
Commander Isidore Feuer American way to hear and listen to both ,
_ Irh v,mt 1. ?atair
-_ _
aid
der H
stdea
. --y politacah party and most pa-h.avwever, r have heard both aides: I have ?
Bertha Krause. Rabb! t3drdon,
of the minor ones-all tone under the same read the'Blue nook; I have read many of the',"
guished guests and ladles. said gentiemsay condemunton. In the Blue Book., for ex- monthly bulletins of the John Birch Society., `
It 1s Indeed an honor and A privilege to at{?4? ample, he says of Americans for Democratic I have heard and read statements In favor
dress the 31st?Annual Convention of the Ik)-1 Action: "The ADA, whether a lot of its of the society on the fiooit of the House of
paruncnt of New York, Jewish War Veterac ,netnberh know It or not, is the seine as an Representatives and on the radio, ill the
t look upon you as men of triod and true p-J- arm of the Cummdrtlat Party. Its weight newspapers and the CONGRESSIONAL F-scoaD.
tllotlrm, formed and disciplined by militl can be thrown and Is thrown, time after r am convinced that the just verdict on the
tratnine. and tested In the fire. of batU- _. ...
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1.1 k
inCn reared in the Jewish tradition oi,
-` ' -- - ti `s. It ' -t h e ' b1e of -u-??- --- - - subj is Issued in the reso-
Communist objectives. It has he beenefit lotion on the e subject issued last month by
tellectual skepticism and moral conviction, of the direction of a nerve system of that the board of directors of Freedom H+,use.
wok to you to discriminate carefully and et body which runs all the way to the top." This resolution was reprinted in the CoN-
fect:rely b'stween'thyse organizations whoa This i~ it typical smear. Welch talks a GR?S5IONAL Rtcosn of May 8, 1981 t un
pp.
worl3 and actions are calculated to promo lot about the smear technique, objecting to 7084-7085), and I hope that every inc of
tb" ?:afety and well-being of our country, all its use by liberals, and advocating Its use by you will get hold of this statement and read it
th