NEW PUBLICATION: BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF THE LEFT

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• Publication Date: July 22, 1968
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MEMORANDUM FOR Director of Central Intelligence
or1eA.e4wde.
SUBJECT : New Publication: Biographical Dictionary
S 0 of the Left
1. This memorandum is for information only to invite your
attention to a pamphlet entitled Biographical Dictionary of the Left
(Preview". eries, Volume One, 1968), a supplementary issuance to
American Opinion. the monthly publica'L: of the John Birch Society.
Fifteen volumes of this Dictionary are scheduled to appear in this
pamphlet form, containing about 3000 names, and, when completed,
they will be re-issued in several hard cover volumes. The Dicti onary
is being prepared by Dr. Francis X. Gannon, head of the Research
Department of the John Birch Society.
2. In his introduction, Dr. Gannon states
"In the immediate circumstances surrounding
World War II, the leftist sought his niche in ... the
Office of Strategic Services ... . Later, the leftist
was found in the Central Intelligence Agency ... ."
3. The "A's" open with Dean Acheson and include George V.
Allen, the Alsops, Frank Altschul (whose role in the National Committee
for a Free Europe is not mentioned), Max Ascoli and Harry Ashmore.
4. Among the "B's" one finds George Ball, and Ambassadors
Beam, Bohlen, Bowles, Bruce and Bunker. Former Budget Bureau Bell
is included along with Eugene Black. Of Bohlen it is noted that he is "one
of the most outrageous apologists for Communists perfidy." Bowles is
characterized as "America's most inadequate diplomat." Bruce's role
in OSS is listed but not his former membership on the President's Foreign
Intelligence Advisory Board. Mac Bundy is included, partly because, as
Dean of Harvard, he "placed himself squarely in opposition to federal
security" and the government's security program. Brother Bill makes
the list with emphasis on the fact that he was "a prime target" of Senator
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quet, as distinguished from last order, c by Henry Kissin-
t'lernbers years, seemed more definitely right spiracy eng'
Iirch wing. Last. year, much of Welch's ger and his masters. . ?"
commenting on Stanley's
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I criticism of then-Pres
? C + M. Nixon could have been uttered by remarks, told the crowd, 'til'e have
,Cht~~'1~ liberals. just begun fight" against the al-
Stanley's speech, starting things off, leged conspiracy.
BY K ;`EIH REICH set the mood. Rousselot, whose speech followed,
"As we sit here tonight, what re- j said the Birch target must be to con-
Time political Writw
' mains of anti-Communist intelligence vert the 85 million working people of
Last year at the annual John Birch operations under the CIA and FBI the United States.
xiety council dinner at the Century are-under fire by witch-hunt commit- "We say, at the federal level, let's
laza, there 'were anti-Nixon slogans tees headed by Nelson Rockefeller abolish the personal income tax, flat
n the the tables and.when society head I? federal personal income tax, making out," he said. "Poll don't get the old
:obert Welch delivered anti-Nixon: Social Security a voluntary program argument that you used to,'How will
omrnents in his speech, there s. and scrapping the Occupational Safe- we defend ourselves. You just .a
narirrg applause. , . I ty and Health Administration, i 'We aren't anyway. 1"
This year, the society, judging from (OSHA),: the Interstate Commerce : Going on to describe Social Security, biggest Los Angeles banquet of Commission and the Federal Drug as "a giant rip-off and fraud". ity , the
~P year, is back in : more .traditional Administration.
John T. Grady an American Southern California congressman said
t
D
ommunist conspiracy--which, the
-ead speaker contended, had done Mr'.
Nixon in last year-
A of speeches delivered by
ber of Birch political candi-
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Congress u ,... ~.
dates and officials in
:Plaza banquet Saturday night shows and Frank Church" Stanley began.
these highlights: g edi "(J. Edgar) Hoover is dead under
--Scott Stanley Jr, managinb
for of the society's American opinion suspicious circumstances the FBI is 1
magazine and Review of the News, much as an autopsy dutiful- liberal
accused Secretary of State Henry' being run by a
Kissinger of working with "his (Com- 1 bureaucrat (Clarence Kelley) under a
ntunist} masters" to maneuver the'' radical attorney general (Edward
former President out of office. He Levi); he went on.
said Kissinger is trying to insure an'. "In another day, even two years
amalgamation of the American and ago" Stanley asserted, "the American
S+oviet so~'ernmcnts in the lOSOs people might have looked for help to
_introl
pL,'elch. 75, who served as a.mas- the Subversive Activities Co
.ter of ceremonies for the event, at- Board or the Internal Security Divi-
sion or the
tended by about 2,000 persons, said at H
ousef the Just e on epartm n Securi-
ane point. "By 'left win,: Im specifi-
?cally including Gerald Ford and Nel- ty
on Rockefeller" "But all are now gone, gone in two
-Rep. John H. Rousselot (R-San years ... crushed in a sweeping cam-
Narinol called for abolition of the ! paign to destroy all anti-Communist
r,
--
Party candidate for the U.S. Senate he felt the issue of moving agains
from Florida last year, who got compulsory features is ripe .. ? "Wc
enough votes to prevent the Republi- can engender a prairie fire across this
.. .,
gram to elect 50 tliren memuCla knows he's been had; he said.
he added, ".Theres lots of re-
And
,
gulatory agencies we can abolish. We
can abolish OSHA. ICC.. FDA . - -
How absolutely ridiculous most of
those regulatory agencies are. They
don't protect anybody. They are a to-
tal menace to society
Several speakers concluded the
program by telling of the troubles or
confronting anti-Birch irrun,cnts in_
running for public office.
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AUG ~1 1966
i2d -Birch
:Aide Quits.
In Illinois
CHICAGO (UPI) - A see-
iond high-ranking member of
the John Birch Society has
announced his resignation
from the right-wing organiza-
tion.
Slohadan Draskovich of
Dr
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':Chicago said he has left the
;Birch group and predicted
'that "other members of the
olicy-making 26-man Biroli
p
Cou'neil may call it quits'
i Earlier, Revilo P. Oliver, a,
University of Illinois profes-,
or who helped found the So
said in Champaign, 111.0
ciet
y
, 1~e was quitting 'because' he-
temain a members ::s gay;
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NBC-TV's oc a devotes 00~
nmutes stto the J!L o n $irch-- oclety
ext 'u sda M
'A one-hour film showing a meet-,,
ing by the Bayside Birch chapter,
will be followed by a 30-minute;
debate. Participants are: John
Rousselot, public relations direc-;,
tor of,the Birch Society, and an-j
,other Birch press .agent, Tom;
Davis vdrsus Benjamin Epstein,-
national .director of the Anti De-,
tfamation League of B'nai B'rith
and fits.lawyer, - Arnold,, Forster
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The Truth May Surprise Youl
This week we are celebrating our seventh an- 'government, less individual responsibility, and'
niveisary. We are glad. to take the occasion an amoral world. And on the plane of action,
therefore, to give as much of an answer to the until the Communists can be stopped from
above question as space will permit, for those completing their subjugation of the whole world,
who really want to know. So-- .. there will be no opportunity for us to move for- i
ward at all towards our permanent goals.
1. Let's Start At The Beginning We have undertaken,. therefore, to play a
The. John Birch Society was founded in leading role in slowing down,- stopping, and
Indianapolis, on December 9, 1958. It was char-' . eventually routing the Communist conspiracy.
tered under the General Laws of Massachusetts We realize that the one thing no conspiracy can,
as a non-profit educational organization. We. 'jwithstand is the light of day on its activities. The
have lived up meticulously to those specifications ionly danger to their gigantic conspiracy which
(including not making any profit I) for'seven the Communists fear is exposure. For this rea-'
years. son, we do all that we can to bring to. our fellow '
During these seven years we have sought to citizens more. knowledge and a better under-'
bring into The John Birch Society only men standing of the methods, the progress, and the
and women of good character,. humane con- menace of the Communist machine. In this un-
'sciences, and religious ideals. For we are striving _ dertaking we have become a new form of op-
to set an example, by dedication, integrity, and position to the Communists which they have
purpose -- in word and deed -- which our . never faced before in any of the vast areas they
children's children may follow without hesita- have already taken over.
tion. So the Communists, grasping this fact very
Members of the Society are of all races, colors, early, set out in 1961 to destroy us. The most,
and creeds. We are of all social, economic, and 'official Communist publication in the United'
educational levels. We are indyidualists who States is The Worker, in which the line is laid
disagree among ourselves about many things. down for the faithful. During the last six months
But we are firmly united in devotion to those' of 1961 there was, we believe, only one issue of
beliefs, principles, and purposes which we do this weekly paper which did not contain an
hold in common. For we have voluntarily attack somewhere in'.iti pages on The John,
joined together: Birch Society; and a number of issues contained.'
(1) To combat more effectively the evil as many as six or seven separate attacks on us;
forcel which now threaten our freedom, our at that many different places. The.- Comsymps'
lives, our country,- and our civilization; got the point, and have been carrying.-out the
(2) To prevail upon our fellow citizens to, indicated program with increasing furor ever.
start pulling out of the deepening morass of '.since.
collectivism, and then climb up the mountain Of course the Communists follow Lenin's
to higher levels of individual freedom and re- basic strategy of advancing Communism by
sponsibility than man has ever achieved before; J. non-Communist hands. They could never im-
(3) To . restore, with brighter lustre and pose the tyrannical rule of some three percent
deeper conviction, the faith-inspired morality, of a population over the whole population
the spiritual sense of values, and the ennobling which they repeatedly do in one country after
aspirations, on which our, western civilization another --, unless they. could inveigle enough;
has been built. The longrange objective of the + non-Communists ' aand even anti-Communists
Society has been summarized as less govern- among that othe'r' ninety-seven percent into
meet, more responsibility, and a better world, doing their dirty work for them. Deceptively ap- ;
pealing, for instance, to every motivation in:
It. So We Collide With Communism 1 human character, from sordid selfishness to
These, purposes bring us immediately into "practical politics" to, misguided idealism, they
conflict with the Communists, on two levels...i have gradually beguiled a lot of very. good
For on the ideological plane the Communists Americans into joining- the'attack o'n'us. Until
leek always and everywhere to bring about more the maligning of The John Birch Society has :
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now probably exceeded, in intensiveness and now generated against us is the deliberate,and
extensiveness, that faced by any other organiza- ; widespread attempt to associate The John Birch
tion in all American history. And in general our, society in the public mind with the Communist
defamers do not even try to refute the facts on Party, the Ku Klux Klan, .and other so-called
which we focus attention. They merely call U51- "extremists of the left and of the right." Our
names for bringing these facts to light. approach to the problems of today is to different
from the viewpoint of the Klans that we have
III. And Stir Up The Politicians never knowingly admitted a member of any
The John Birch Society is in no sense apoll-. , Klan into- the. Society. We estimate that about
tical organization. We try to give our members forty percFpt-of our total membership is, Cath-,
information, understanding, and -- we hope olic. Many of our finest Chapter Leaders are
Jewish. And we'are very proud of our small but
even inspiration, which will make them better J growing number of Negro members, who are
Citizens. As good citizens they may take an, Svorking so hard--and so courageously - with
active part in politics. But each member does so us to show our fellow citizens, both white and
entirely on his own, working in the party of his 11 colored, how the Negroes are being used today choice, for the candidate of his choice, exactly
by the Communists
do members of the American Legion or of to serve Communist pur-
the Knights of Columbus or of the Rotary Club 1' posts.
.; So we have no similarity or sympathy what-
or a Baptist Church. soever with the Klans. While the so-called Amer-
F orweregard-education as the means, and.
political action as only the mechanics, for bring- ;' .. ican Nazi Party, according to r. Edgar Hoover,
ing about improvements in government. The has less than one hundred members. And it is
mechanics will automatically be used when suE- visibly given immense publicity by some media
ficient education has prepared the way. We for the very purpose of using it, by utterly false
mean it quite literally, therefore, when we say ~ association, to discredit The John Birch Society.
Nor is this campaign intended to serve simply
that education is our total strategy, and truth is the purpose of -a vague and general discrediting
} our only weapon. Or, as made clear throughout t
the Blue Book and emphasized on its last page, of the Society; or of merely discouraging our
our gigantic task is simply to create understand- mcrnbcrs and prospective members. There are
plotters behind it who are obviously working
mg.
Members of The John Birch Society, however, towards a more specific, goal. They wish to estab-
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are extremely hard working, highly respected I lish in the public mind, and then to formalize,
in their local communities, and always earnestly the concept that since the Communists and Ku
determined on behalf of any cause or candidate Kluxcrs and John Birchers are' all "just alike,"
and since the Communists and Ku Kluxers are
that they support. When circumstances bring
any appreciable number together behind any visibly "subversive," then, The John Birch So- .
particular candidate, their weight is out of all ciety is "subversive" too. We believe it is to this
proportion to their numbers. And that weight end, at least in part, that so many high ranking
is usually felt, of course, on the side of the Con; politicians have hecn'seduced into speaking out
servatives-of either party. So the Liberals of both against us.
parties naturally raise all the clamor they can I IV. What Have We Accomplished?
against. Birchers in politics. As the stranglehold
of the Liberals on both parties now steadily in. We have established a,nationwide educational,
creases, even Conservative politicians feel un- .I ' army. It has a fully paid field staff. This army is,
ceasing pressures to "improve their images" by fighting with facts as its only weapons. And the
?;.,joining the chorus of attack on..The John Birch whole army knows that to be,better informed f
r ; Society. Very few of them indeed have ever I t is to be better, armed..
realized the extent to which they were running For help tgtiyards, informing ourselves first,
interference for the Communists. and then others, we established a publishing
A related part of,,the mammoth and many I~? division. It is now'turning out books and pam-
faceted campaign ,which the Communists have '' phlets with a retail-value of about four millign,
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,videspread.speaking engagements, has been an
dollars per year. We also serve as very sizable important part of this service to our country.
distributors of the Conservative books and re-
`
Wt have helped mightily to offset the emo='
prints of approximately one hundred other pub- ? + .
fishers. And our members now operate some tional and extravagant tendencies of the preju-..,
350 "reading rooms that sell books," scattered I diced and the poorly infotined to blame Com-
throughout the country - most of them under !' munism on any one group or race or organiza-
the name of American Opinion Libraries., tion. The historical facts clearly reveal that the
international Communist conspiracy reaches
of thousands of through every con feivable body it can utilize in
store, anh d strengthlen, in helped
any way to promote its ends. And we have in- .?:i
. ? Americana, the three great basic human loyal- sisted from the beginning that we are fighting
ties: Loyalty to God, loyalty to country, and
loyalty to family. The Communists know that the-Communists -- and nobody else.
they 'simply must destroy all three of these The ,Factfinding Subcommittee of the Cal-
:' foundations. of our civilization. For they 'can ifornia Senate ended the twenty-five thousand
never rule "peacefully"-that is, without con- word report of its two-yeah investigation with
I these paragraphs:
stant resistance---in any place or at any time .~We believe that the rcasen the John Birch
where there is loyalty to anything except to the
Communist state. Society has attracted so many members is that ;
We were the first organization in the United ' it simply appeared to them'to be the most ef-
States to start calling widespread attention to fective, indeed the onlyi -organization through
the world-wide Communist plot to discredit, 1 ' which they could join in a national movement
demoralize, and destroy local police forces.. Our' i' to learn the truth about the Communist menace
members have distributed in leaflet form literal- and then take some positive concerted action to
ly millions of our messages explaining what the prevent its spread.
Communists were doing in this area, and why. "Our investigation and study was requested
As a result, our Support Your Local Police drive by the society, which had been publicly charged
has now won tremendous backing from patriotic with being a secret, fascist, subversive, un-Amer-
citizens everywhere. ,? lean, anti-Semitic organization. We have not
We are engaged in an entirely proper and found any of th se 'accusations to be supported
constitutional movement to bring about the im- by the peachment of the Chief Justice of the Supreme What we have, accomplished, above all else,
Court. As only one result of our educational is to keep The John Birch Society alive and
efforts in support of that movement, we have growing, as a rallying point for the increasing .
awakened hundreds of thousands of our fellow number of informed and patriotic anti-Com-
citizens to the vital differences between a repub- munists. Our members have achieved this-result,
li.c and a democracy. Many of them have come through staggering labor and sacrifice, despite
6 to realize the lengths to which our Founding I: . unceasing harassments, and distortions of their
Fathers went in order to give us a republic (not actions, and pressures amounting in many in-
a democracy) -,if we could keep id And a stances to serious persecution. And we intend to
growing number now understand how im- keep on growing. For we believe the incredibly
portant it is to the Communists to convert this ? vicious and massive attacks on the Society have
republic into a democracy as ra idl as they can. been due, in any final"analysis, not to our'mit-
Thprough the distribution by p our y _ members of toes and our failures, but to our successes and
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huge quantities of books and pamphlets, we our progress.
have brought a sizable'and increasing fractions
of the American people to recognize the high ~'. V. Which Do You Choose?
degree of Communist planning, influence, con- We cannot give you here the full basis for that
', trol, and purposes involved in the "civil rights' C.. choice. Buc'let's put down a few point by point
movement. Our increasing ability to get able, ., comparisons of the Society with its Communist
informed, and' patriotic Negroes to join us. in enemie&
this efFort, especially. through continuous and ; (1) 'The Con nunisra seek unlimited power,
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John Birch Society does not want any power at sky, and many other leaders - openly preach
all over anybody, either now or in the future. that "men must learn to hate," and that only
Agreeing with Lord Acton that "power tends through spreading sufficient hatred can the
to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely," Communists succeed in ruling the World. The
the Society seeks to make progress towards its ' John Birch Society hates nobody, not even the
goals only by education and persuasion. Communists, but only the evil which they do.
(2) The Communists believe that any means ; . The Society believes that love for one's neighbor
and good will
may be used to attain their ends. The Society ; towards all men should be a
believes that improper means are never justified . fundamental motivation in all human relation-:
by even the noblest of aims, and that means are ships. f a e
~,. as important as ends in any worthwhile civiliza-
tion. The Communists also pretend to believe --
(3) The Communists always. accuse their, and some of them undoubtedly do believe-that
enemies - such as The John Birch Society - of Communism is "the wave of the future." We
exactly those crimes which the Communists believe, instead, that the whole world is now
themselves are committing. We do not bear false tired of so much strife and bestiality, treason..
?- witness against anybody, about anything. and immorality, cruelty and confusion, blasphe-
(4) The Communists believe that words my and destructiveness, bitterness and fear,
should be used to conceal thoughts, and that doubt and despair that always go hand in hand
promises are made to be broken. The John Birch with Communism. We believe that mankind
Society believes that simple truth is the very., may be about ready to arise, shake off this Com
core of morality; and that when we can persuade' munist tyranny and terror, and move forward
enough people to make truth the prerequisite to' again towards a more enlightened and humane
all statements and the accepted guide to all 1 existence. We are doing everything in our pow.
action, at least half of the world's problems will er, by all honorable means, to create the under
rapidly disappear. standing that will produce this result.
(5) The Communists operate in secrecy and If you have what it takes, in character and
darkness. We follow the preponderant custom, courage, then by all means join us now in our
among all American voluntary associations, of epic undertaking. With-the added effort of peo-,
not publishing the list of our members. With ple like yourself, and with God's help - when
J,-,that exception, The John Birch Society has ab- and because we have deserved- it - we shall,
solutely no secrets of any kind. break up this immense criminal conspiracy, and:.
(6) The Communists seek to break' down return a world gone crazy to sanity once again.'.
all morality, all tradition, and to destroy the
whole spiritual and esthetic sense of values which IF YOU WANT 1TO KNOW MORI
we have inherited. The Society believes that a I.00
reverent continuity in human affairs is of ex- Introductory Packet
treme importance; and that even the most de- Special Packet 5.00
sirable change should be made cautiously, in (A thorough introduction to the Society.)
order to be sure that it constitutes improvement. ONE DOZEN CANDLES 3.00
(Twelve famous books, in paperbound editions.'
(7) The Communists believe that man is which give you a thorough introduction to the
just a material combination of atoms, with no workings of the Communist conspiracy.)
j. other purpose than satisfaction of the desires of ONE DOZEN TRUMPETS .. 50.00
the physical entity thus assembled. The John (Twelve albums, of two full length records each,
Birch Society believes that a Divine Creator has to be played in numbered sequence, which give
survey of all the subject
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en purpose an matter of this advertisement.)
reach" which are far superior to, and frequently All prices postpaid. For the above materials, or
prompt a willing sacrifice of, the desires and' : simply to have somebody'-from the Society get In
needs of the individual himself. much with you, write to the address given below.
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to a full page advertisement in yester-
;lay's News-Press, the John Birch Society
::alled attention to its seventh. anniversary
end set out to answer its own rhetorical
uestion, "What Is the John Birch So-
ciety'" '
A subtitle to the article said: "The Truth
May Surprise You."
The News-Press is inclined to agree
.with the subtitle.
For one thing, the "truth" as reflected
in this official statement, seems to be that
the society has no connection with a Rob-
ert Welch who founded an organization of
the same name, and authored a publica-
tion that named as "Communist agents,
dupes, servants or sympathizers" such dis-
tinguished Americans as Presidents Roose-
yelt, Truman - senhower, Secretary of
State Dulles ; ,,k FDirector Allen Dulles,
Chief Justice L~TI` "ad?othenir-^
officials of our government.
We are surprised that the name of
Welch does not appear once in the full page
of type, for we had not heard of his being
deposed as authoritarian head of the John
Birch Society which he created.
The extravagant charges against great
Americans that he made in his pamphlet
"Tu,e Politician" were watered down some-
what when this document was issued as a
book; and have been worded more cautious-
ly in the official Blue Book and monthly
bulletins of the society. But the sense and
intent remain as the guiding thought-lines
for chapters and members.
Surprising to the moderate-conservative-
progressive Republicans of California must
be the alleged "truth" that it is the Com-
munists who have "beguiled a lot of very
good Americans into joining the attack on
us" (the John Birch Society). Apparently
the California Republican League, which
recently resolved that membership in "ex-
tremist groups such as the John Birch So-
ciety" is incompatible with.membership in
the Republican Party, has been hoodwinked
by the Reds into doing their bidding.
The ad,states: "The John Birch Society
is by no means a political organization."
This must be surprising to the non-Gold-
water Republicans who watched or partici-
pated in the Republican National Conven-
tion in San Francisco in 1964.
The ad states: "We have insisted from
the beginning that we are fighting the Com-
munists - and nobody else."
This must be surprising to the Chief
Justice of the United States, and the other
members of the High Court; surprising, too,
to Sen. Kuchel, Gov. Rockefeller, Gov.
Romney, and all the moderate, progressive
and liberal leaders of both the Democratic
and Republican Parties in this state and the
nation. They have been laboring under the
delusion that the John Birch Society was
fighting the income tax, the health and
welfare programs, the war on poverty, ;e
civil rights measures, democracy itself,
and a lot of things that cannot be designat-
ed as "communism" by any- literate per-
son.
If the full page ad is telling the sur.
prising "truth" about the John Birch So-
ciety on its seventh anniversary, then there
has been an internal revolution within the
society that Robert Welch started back in
December, 1958. Before rejoicing over this
prospect, however, rational Republicans,
Democrats and independents should check
with the nearest American Opinion Library
maintained by the society, to see whether
the notorious works that cry "betrayal,"
"treason" and "Red conspiracy" against
distinguished and patriotic leaders of this
country have been r e m o v e d from the
shelves.
It may be that this full page of "truth"
is not, after all, "the whole truth, and noth-
ing but the truth."
Rational Americans do not need the
Birchers to teach them' the facts of life
about the dangers of Communist aggres-
sion, infiltration and subversion. Nor do
they need the Communists to teach them the
facts of life about the anti-democratic, anti-
liberal and anti-progressive purposes of the
John Birch Society - as established by
Robert Welch.
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WORKING quietly In.the
background, , right-wing Re.
Strahgely, Bliss's statement
was submitted in advance to ,
Tony Smith, Goldwater's old'
press secretary. Smith and
f o r m e r Goldwater speech-
writer Karl Hess are now
'partners in Research Scrv-
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All cc
Accordingly, in prospect is $" a few other private clients.',
other bitter battle be- v F Nevertheless, Smith w a s
a
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publican Coordinating Com- a ices, inc., an outfit that does
re Dec 13 research for Goldwater and
itt h
publicans are trying to sink
the anti-John Birch Society
resolution before it's even
t the high-level Re-
fl t d
the liberal-to?moder- asked by Bliss to approve
tween
ate Republicans and the Novak Evans ,.the text. He recommended
.conservative Goldwaterites, :, several changes and sent it
over the same issue that . since the disastrous' Gold- back to Bliss.
water defeat last year.. On As finally delivered, the
split the convention in, San O
,Francisco in 1964. Sept. 29, he said he would Bliss text singled.out Welch,'
Whether. Goldwater him- push an anti-Birch resolution ''? rather than the Birch So-
self knows it, his closest' at the Dec. 13 Coordinating ciety itself. Generally, it fell
-political friends are ' quietly , Committed meeting. far short of the blanket con-''
passing the word: Following Morton In al- demnation that the Smiley
Since almost all the top' most ritualistic succession, Romney moderates want.
party brass have come out just about every Republican THUS, THE suspicion
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individually against the John leader-including Goldwater among moderates is that
Birch Society (and most par- himself-came out with sep-. 'Bliss's statement was moo':
ticularly its leader, Robert- ; ?,arate blasts of their own at, ' itored by the conservatives
Welch), there is just no rea- Welch-style extremism (cou- 'in such a way that it would
'son for the 28-member Co pled with attacks on left, not be offensive' to the right-'
ordinating Committee to; -:.wing extremism), ;.wing but would go far,,
deal with the' question. ..) Morton now says his reso?`enough to void any formal' .
In fact, it is now widely lution may not be necessary . Party -resolution,
believed by Republican mod- ? at the Coordinating Commit- . The reason the conserva- ,
erates - who desperately tee meeting. He adds, how- Lives will fight tooth-and-?;
want the RCC to go on rec- .. ever, that if a demand dc-4'.., nail against a formal resolu
ord against extremists-that; velops, he'll' go along. tion is that it might cut off .i
the right wing *encouraged.., But there ig quite -another ",'.contributions from right-
National Chairman Ray Bliss viewpoint among other mem-,` .-:'wing fat-cats. The reason
to make his uncharacteristic bers of the Coordinating ;Bliss himself is not eager
'Ideological attack on "radl-' Committee, . including pro-. for a formal Party statement
cal organizations" early last; . gressive Governors Robert is that it might Infuriate
month.' I Smiley of Idaho, George genuine Republican conserv
Their reasoning is politi ' -Romney of Michigan and atives, who view the anti-
,cally subtle. With Bliss ` . the Eastern liberals. They . Birch resolution as directed
((who speaks for the entire - insist on a formal Party 'de- by the liberals at the con
Republican Party) committed nunciation of the Birch So-' servatives.
against "extremism," a for-, ciety with more vehemence' But most rank-and-file Re-,;
mal Coordinating- Commit- today than 'at -1 a s t year's publican politicians w h o?
,tee resolution becomes su- 'national convention. have to run for election',
perfluous. The background of Bliss's. next year want a strong j
Thruston B. -antiextremism statement in ?' anti-Birch resolution adopted.'
EVEN, highly , Al uquerque e'arly' last ? -unanimously if possible.
Morton . of Sen. Kentucky,
Morton' Chairman month offers an insight into The reason: According to
respected'
an Cam- 4 the right-wing strategy to ' all the signs, the Democratic
s n at e e eo Republican of hthe ighly
Fl e n Committee, is now dispose of the whole issue..;. Party's main camp a i g n~!
without a. Party declaration: strategy will be to tie the
o- :eutral about having the Co- ?.,?iW.t,right-wing albatross around d
candidates.
ordinating Committee; pass
all Republican
'
an anti-Birch resolution.
Ironically, it was Morton
who struck the first, blow ,
,-against the Society to come
4 from,' any. top Partyz.,>jigurq;;
A strong anti-Birch state-
Y'meat now would rip this
Democratic is t,r ate g y. to
shreds
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By Don Ross "We respect our members' privacy and we'don't want
them to be bothered by crazy letters." Mr. Davis said.
of The Herald Trlbuhe Stag k "But there is nothing about the society that Is secret.
Robert Welch, founder and leader of the extremist, Members are generally well known in their communities.
John Birch Society, insists that there is nothing secret This is the only way we get new members-by members
or sinister about his flock. When Sen. Thruston B. Morton., telling non-members that they belong to the John Birch
Society and inviting them to meetings." 1
R., Ky., former Republican national chairman, denounced
the society recently as a "clandestine" organization and The reporter. pointed out that the refusal to give names
compared It, in at least this respect, to the Ku Klux Klan might be interpreted as a desire on the part of the society
ltrate
and the Communist party, Mr. Welch heatedly denied the ato make nd taket easier
organizations. Republican rCongressional
charge. leaders have accused the society of trying to seize and
Stanford is a city of 100,000 In Fairfield County, subvert the Republican party. (Mr. Welch has denied that
Connt where the membership in Stamford fdrd society addressed vby the society ever tried to Infiltrate political groups and has-
so be large. Pedlic meetings society have drawn n big big crowds. s. said the society is not interested in political parties and.
speakers affiliated with the have c cares only about educating the people about the Com-.
An American Opinion Library, brarryy, , which distributes literature munist menace.)
approved by Mr. Welch, is on one Of Stamford 's main After being rebuffed by Mr. Davis, the reporter turned
business streets. to the next most likely source-Stamford Republican
P'ers than County !e spthe some to country have with more the rch Birch. leaders who are fearful that the Bigchera, are trying to
chapters than any other parts a , Texas e run away with their party and therefore have an interest
ce of retA n ri southern
Opini Cal on in Texas and Norwalk and Florida. There e In identifying Birchers. These leaders were asked if they
a
are Amerman Opinion Libraries ?' would give the names of known members of the society or % in addition to the one. in Stamford. of those suspected of being members.
A number of prominent Stamford citizens, both Re- "They work in secret like the Communists," said-one.i"
publicans and Democrats, are so disturbed about the in- They are termites who won't come out of the woodwork,"
roads of the John Birch Society and other extreme right- said another.
wing groups that they are forming a non-partisan com- "You don't know who they are so it's like shadow-
Th
mittee e committee fight extremism both the right and the left. boxing," said Robert Bromley, an attorney who is president
The committtee ee will be announced ed this month.
I It seemed, then, that Stamford would be a good place of the Stamford Young Republican Club.
All the Republicans knew the name of one undoubted
for the Herald Tribune to test Mr. Welch's statement John Birch member. She is Mrs. Roseanne Guinta, a voluble.
that the John Birch Society is not secret and has nothing forceful, sharp young registered nurse who claims that she ?'i
to hide. So this s reporter spent four days In Sthat he has read all the works of Karl Marx Nicola! Lenin. Josef
them sh ch with
and th Betsociety some members idea of so their Stalin, Nikita Khrushchev and William Z. Foster, who was
trying interview in touch
,could intr back- he b once leader of the American Communist party.'
nds
grounds, beliefs and activities. Mrs. Guinta also regularly reads, she says, the New
people At and the checking this ay clue, period talking to found dozens of only York Herald Tribune, The New York'FImes. the New York
nkin ng every their this reporter membership in n the society. Journal-American, the New York Daily News, the Worker,
six people willing to admit the National Review, the Congretsional Record, and. occa-
The rest, whether 10 or 500 in number, remained out of
sight despite the fact that the reporter made it known to atonally, the Washington Post, and she displays an almost
the society's officials that he was trying to test Mr. Welch's encyclopedic knowledge of dozens of books from the Amer-
ican Opinion Library which warn that the Communist con-
contention. spiracy has subverted every Institution in the country, with
A PUBLIC RELATIONS MAN the possible exception of motherhood.
' "I am proud to be a member of the John Birch So-
First, the enquiring reporter got in touch with Thomas clety,"? Mrs. Guinta said In an Interview as she sat in her
J. Davis, the John Birch public relations man for the East living room under a big picture of the Signing of the Decia-
whose office in White Plains, N. Y. Mr. Davis lives in ration of Independence or the Constitution. the reporter
Stamford. wasn't quite sure which.
Mr. Davis said that the society never gives out the It Is Roseanne Guinta, with her cohorts, say the Re-
names of its members. Mr. Welch promises-each recruit, s publican leaders, who is trying to take over the Young
Nit turned out, that the society will never disclose his name. Republican Club. The cohorts, the Republicans complain, .
Mr. Davis,refused even to tsay how many members the ? conceal their membership in the society.
society has in Stamford. (Mr. Welch has claimed that the I "We have no interest In taking over the Young Repub-
"T'haYe Just a figment of Bob
society, noqq~~ nuineu the I t o a big, recruiting ~drive, has leans," Mrs. Guinta said.
80,000 meizdr 'a' r 4AC@A0"flfi1t3 : h.~I -WIMM11 14606M00b60fieftf he sees anybody sip
Continued
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and white titles by the end of 1967. Primary;
outlets will be the 350 or so American Opinion:
Libraries, run by the Society and scattered'
alaout the country, plus bookstores. The books
are $L each, are reprints of hardcover, works,
wiOi substance of political nature, frankly ook~
ing the next two years, or a shelf of 100 blue,
books are to be issued this year, 40 each dur-,,
Sorge 'Spy, Ring," by Charles A. Willoughby; ;
and "Sacco-Vanzetti: The Murder and the
Myth," by Robert Montgomery. Leslie Smith,
and very attractive they are, too-its -first book
came out last summer, the next four the? other,
ness under the name of The Americanist Li-
brary, and behind this lies the John Birch
Add
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BAY OF PIGS FAULT
Critic.izes Kennedy Tactic
During Invasion of Cuba-
BY THOMAS P. RONAN.
Former President Dwight D.
Eisenhower indirectly, criticized
yesterday President Kennedy's
handling of the Bay of 'pigs
invasion of Cuba in April,
11961.
Without mentioning Mr. Ken-
' ?nedy by name or going into de-
.,tails, General Eisenhower said
that if he "had gone into any
movement like that" he would
have made sure it was a sue-
cess.
The Invasion by Cuban ref-
;ogees at the Bay of Pigs had
United States support that was
at first intended to be clan-
destine, but soon became ob-
vious. Critics of '[r. Kenneqy
have argued that if he had al-
it would have made the attack
a success;
President Kennedy canceled
an air strike planned for the
day of the raid when some of
his advisers argued' that it
.would have damaged the coun-
try's image in world and par-
ticularly Latin-American. opin-
ion.
Guatemala Incident
General Eisenhower recalled,
that he had faced a somewhat)
similar situation ' in his first)
term when the United States,
supported an invasion of Gua
temala to oust a left-wing re-
He said that when a plane
was lost and some supply ships
were sunk some of his advisers
had argued that this country
should not send planes to help
.the invaders. They maintained
that it would.alarni all of South
,America and that the. United
Sates would lose all its friends
there.
The general said he told them
there was no way to conceal]
the role played by the United
States and that therefore this
county had. "better be a win-
net.'
He also argued the South
Americans would despise this*
country as a loser if it ran
away from.what it had under-.'
taken only because, it . was
`afraid of public .ppinion.- Thei
planes were sent, he added.
He told 'a news conference at
the Hotel Biltmore that when
a country ."such as ours" ap-
pealed to force, it had to be
successful.
The conference was held on
the eve of the general's 75th
birthday to mark the publica-
tion by Doubleday today of his
book "Waging Peace."
The book covers the period
from the general's decision in
1956 to seek a second term
until the inauguration of Presi-
dent Iiennedy in 1961'1 It is the
second and final volume of his
memoirs entitled "The White
House Years."
Pink-cheeked and affable, the
general answered a series of
questions readily and volubly.
He showed only slight signs of
the speech impediment that has
bothered him since his stroke
in November, 1957.
Deterioration Deplored
He opened the news con-
ference by cheerfully disclaim-
ing "any pretense of being an
author." Asserting that every-
thing that he had written; had
been "reporting," the general
said he had never made any!
attempt to develop a style and,
observed that unquestionably he:
was a hack.
Again and again he deplored
the evidence he had seen of a
deterioration of public and' pri-'
vate standards of. morality and
decency.
He said he was especially up-',
set by;; the attitude.-of vouths;
who thought so little of their'
country that they resisted at-1
tempts to get them into the
armed services.
He saw as the greatest poten-
tial step toward peace a reali-
zation by the Soviet Union
that it was not necessary for it
"to keep a closed society."
This, he said, would encour-
age world confidence and stim-
ulate efforts to achieve a world
without violence.
When asked about the right-
wing John Birch Society, Gen-
eral Eisenhower said that Rob-
ert H. W. Welch Jr., its leader,
had made so many "outlandish,
unwarranted and false state-
ments" he could not . see how
anyone would belong to the or-
ganization.
"I think Mr. Welch has done,
a great disservice to the United)
States," he said.
The Republican party intends
to mark the general's birthday
today with fund-raising dinners
in 19 cities.
The general plans. a. quiet
family celebration at his son's
home. in Phoenixville. Pa.
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A""?--"--~ r-._ A-~---- A nn AIMtD -llill~/~f"Ar'fXA'9 SAN."C 'i".'f/1n GA~n~w 'G 1'
Tlio Washington Herry-Go-Round
..k VS s a ing job at the State De rt g
a'
conservatives p
mented privately: "When the over a baited field in Chatom,
while claiming, ment to one of the late Sen. Justice Department ?tc Ala.
Joe McCarthy's henchmen, peed
to aim at the on the toes of the country's More recently, Sipes has
Scott McLeod, who, after
Communists. fourth largest bank (Mann- been leading the battle against
This column hunting in all the cracks and 1 facturers Hanover), the roar the bill, introduced by Sen,
has seen the corners in the State Depart-ment, admitted to a Senate let out by Wall Street was Thomas Dodd (D-Conn.), to.
confidential heard in every congressional stop the unrestricted traffic in
minutes of a committee that he. had been
unable to find a single Com-district. The bank's lawyers foreign made and military-sir;;
typical J o h n munist, didn't even file a motion for plus firearms.
Birch meeting, i appeal. Instead
they rushed Testif
in
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,
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g
e
ore
at
the
at which ritu Relief for Banks to Congress for this extreme Senate and house hcaririg -`
al "denunciations of the Com- and unprecedented relief." Sikes accused ['resident John-
munists were heard. But the This column reported re son and Sen. Dodd of
most scathing attack was ccntly on the efforts of Rep. Firearn1 Chani )io11 going
made not upon the Commu- Thomas Ashley (D-Ohio) tk, gu "half cocked" am their
nists but upon the conserv- ram through special legisla- I opponents One of the most ou gun proposals and warned that
atives, who refuse .to swallow tion that would virtually ex of the Do tspoken dd. bill, their legislaltion would violate
extremist John Birch doe- empt banks from antitrust which would restrict the free states' rights.
trine. Ilaws. sale of firearms to criminals, However, the Senate report
I .;Ui.9- featured speaker was: His bill would 'grant retro-
Scott Stanley editor of Amci -(active immunity to three big
can (Spinion the Society's of-1 b a n k combines, including
mental patients and juveniles,
has been Rep.. Robert L. F.
Sikes (D-Fla.).
ue ,~ .,ice? ..
i
part-t
ne
the ion as a spellbinder_ oil-of New York City, wno won nis stars
whose fighting for Army appropria-
the
r was declared illegal
"The stupidity," he s a I d, last March by a U.S. District
of the conservative majority Court.
being pushed around by, the Ashley managed to force a
liberals is beyond my cdm- hearing on his bill over the.
"
,
ov-
prehension.
opposition of House Banking Ilernment regulation. A few
Then. he lashed into former Chairman Wright Patman (D- Iweeks before President Ken-
President Eisenhower, whom Tex). ~nedy was gunned dawn, Sikes
he accused of removing "`less Voting with Ashley were, actually tacked an amend-
than 150 security risks" fro
R
p
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m
e
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cans Brock (Tenn.). ' ment to the Arms Control Act,
the State Department. , C l a w s o n (Calif.), Dwyer, *prohibiting any interference
Most of these, he declared (N.J.), Fino (N.J.), Halpern with "the acquisition, posses-
contemptuously, w e r c rc- I (N.Y.), Harvey, (Mich.), John- sion, or use of firearms by an
instated in their old jobs orison, (Pa.), Mize, (Kan.), Stan- (individual for the lawful pur-
transferred to other positions.I ton, (Ohio), Talcott, (Calif.) pose of personal defense,
on gun legislation, still in con-
fidential draft form, points out
that state laws are inadequate
to curb the underworld gun
traffic.
"The Massachusetts State,
Police," declared the- Senate
report, "have traced 87 per
cent . of the concealable fire-
arms used in crimes in Massa-
chusetts to out-of-state pur
chases," i
The confidential report also
discloses: "In gun murders in-
volving emotional provocation
,
it is apparent that if the gun
were not available on the
spur of the moment, many
such murders could well have
ended in assault,."
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pioning the right of everyone,
fools and imbeciles included,
to buy weapons
free of G
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Waahlnaton Post Staff Writer
-private -leaders from Atlantic Goldwater book, "A Choice
Community nations that meets I'Tot an Echo," last year in a
;twice a year to discuss -world chapter titled "Who are the'
problems. Sponsored by Prince secret kingmakers?" She;
Bernhard of the Netherlands called the group an ' example'
In 1954, it took its name from of "a little clique. of powerful;
ts first meeting place, the men (who) meet secretly and;
;Bilderberg. Hotel in Ooster- plan events- that appear. to?
Beek, Holland. It met last.year'Just happen."' ` ? 'I
at Williamsburg, Va. Ford had some Bilderberg)
"You don't really belong," literature, which showed that)
said Ford. "You get invited to those attending its discussions;
attend by the Prince." He have included Christian A.'
said he has gone to two of the Herter, Dean Rusk, Gen. Al-'
13 three-day'conferences. fred Gruenther, Gen. Lyman
."It's , secret to the extent Lemnitzer, Paul-Henri Spaak,i
..that they don't put out any Guy Mollet, Hugh Gaitskell
releases," said Ford. But he and Per Jacobsson.
said they don't do anything Until redistricting, Ford rep-j
but talk. They make no de- resented Holland; Micli., often,
'cisions, cast no votes, have no visited by Prince Bernhard,!
'power or standing, he said. ' ? and his district is still about!
"I'm also a 33d ' degree 60 per 'cent Dutch descent, ..
'M on n"A n -1+e.. n4 11..1+. UT.- __- .__ .. .. .. .
changing group of public .and the Bilderbergers in her pro-
p
.Birch Society and a former Re- some time ago, and it pops
'California publican congressman, said in up frequently in their litera-
.that the Bilderberg ture as an example of what
group is a secret organiza- they see as One-World Eastern
tion and Ford should be asked Establishment groups working
} behind the scenes to sell out
about it. . America.
Ford said it is an unofficial, Phyllis Schlafly discussed
is this: House Republican. leader Gerald R. Ford is a
"Bilderberger." ?
Was ist cin Bilderberger? is a senior honorary society at
the University of Michigan.
John Rousselot, a national Right wing organizations got
public relations director of the on to the Bilderberg, grou
Pte, -1 (FL~ >
UPI
The John Birch Society's answer to attacks by Re-
publican leaders on the secret, far right organization
;and Michigamua--all secret and -1--don-'It,
don't care what else you;
societies,' he sa14 ' ' The;-,.cast say, about it,'! he said. ;t
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of their 'strength. It lia
been manifested in superior?
organization, by. people whop
willing to work harder,!
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stay up later and yell loud
or than anyone else. n H61t, );'art of their strength lies;
in their power to intimP
date. it is a wnrk of mii7J
spite the rather unctuoutl
By William Sumner public approach of the i
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presen
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IT IS GOING to take more than voices from the 1."-John Rousellot what.
ours
p
, Republican 'congressional ? leadership to drive the John out is pure, hate. Few hav91
IN-the Republican Party. They are late with their indict.
"merit, and it is plain that they have' yet to realize fully ,
the means being used by a dedicated, fanatical minorit ! , ~11IA IS so difficult for
to capture.tiae basic machinery. y ,n?any to o understand is the:
But. these new indictments - from Sew, Thurston ;gi l~~ W e 1 c h has on the'
. 1- 8ofsomanywhoare.
. Mortan and Everett M. Dirksen and 'Gerald Ford, house ' in ` fact,' quite decent .indl-'
i
rit
I
m
no
y leader.=will
no doubt give heart to those who iduals. It. is there that the'
b
ttli
h
'
are
a
ng t
is,thing out on precinct, district and state
levels. Perhaps some. day they will be honored for the
wounds they have received In, this ' bloody struggle for.
control.
THE FACT may have dawned suddenly that while'
these zealots of the Far ? Right certainly have demon.
strated their assets in organization, doorbell ringing and
street-corner exhortation-all of the things, incidentally,
'.the GOP has neglected in the past-their presence, as
Republicans, is repugnant to a majority Of the voters.
years have really sunk in. For too. long there was the
'myth that the Bircher in Chief, Robert Welch, was merely
leading 'a group of little old ladies in tennis shoes. There
':were school. board members, librarians and newspaper:
writers who could have offered different testimony, hav-
1 ing locked horns with these button-down extremists.
But just. as there should be little surprise in. what
the Communists do, their intentions having been made
cesses ' of the John Birch society at Republican precinct
fornia and in the South with.a corps of dedicated followers if its president, its secre?-'seem to cast doubts on;
who are fully convinced that everything bad that has ,' tary of state and the headl Welch's self-proclaimed at+
speech, Welch; outlined some of his plans. to capture the How could this n a t1 o.n do make a rather spectacu+
precincts clearly and specifically. i:.have possibly avoided be.!lar roundup in Welch's waif
,
,
e
In his ' "Blue Book, a 'transcription of a two-day ciety. I Justice Warren and the rest
central r~tglirg q ,tribute
;happened to this country,, very reversal .suffered, Iof the of having a nose for
every `.agency were "A "a palt of th ei'Com munists: If one Could
step this nation has taken toward socialism-and 'it has not bplinvn him ft ? sued
Welch was s
e-
'
p
made glanf
stridas-~is~ a result 'o# a three-stage'Commu-~ "Th '
cific in
44 The Politician in
`
fist con
ac to' t le the world. ; Y ; denouncing President Eisen,
?
utes to organize a telephone
~``~ bi 1gade aimed at some hapi
GrouD less wretch of a s e h o 0
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'ers should begin their worki'i
along with a great many.
,conservative Republican,
congressmen who have pre-;l
viously lacked the stomach-1
for it.
-:On this subject, it is as
:,,difficult and time consum
ing to, track down e v e r y
wild assertion made ' by
Welch and the great horde
Societymembergt , `cal
__
this a fabrication at first
until Welch admitted writ4
lecturers - many of whom, I THE TACK now is to .de-
rncr counterspies for the'b ion expressed in .a personal'
'
):
BI - as are the claims of otter (of wh Ic h, several
"faith healers and, f k y i n a thousand copies - w e r e
saucer watchers. made) wh;bh in'no way re-I
There is, however, one, fleets the opinions of socie-
group of questions which, if. " ty members who, in t h e'
repeated ' and repeated 1 main, don't agree with itl
aright get under the skins of feither. !1
the otherwise reasonable'" But saying they don't
men and women who be~"hgree with it, and respect
long to the John Birch so.I ing them for it
Ike
Chi
f
score, ' how?could, be possi
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all
1 1. Sioux I+'alls Argus-Leader continues as its.leader. He is the man
Members of the John Birch Society - who insinuated that President Eisen-I.,
area-are as a rule men and women of that his brother, Milton, was his superior
probity and good purpose. in this group. He said that Allen Dulles,
' Many.of them have been notably sue- head of the ~,14, aided the Communists,
j ccssful in their businesses and prof es- He made the same charge in respect to
lions. In a broad sense they are among John Foster Dulles while he 'was secre- ?'i
Pend money in, the promotion of that Still tolerated as a member of the
which they deem worth while. Birch Society's top advisory council of.
They are among the most loyal of .all ' 30 men is Dr. Revilo P. Oliver, of the .
!Americans, cherishing deeply the princi- University of Illinois. It was Oliver who
.They appreciate the virtue of our free- assassinated because he. wasn't proceed-
,doms and recognize the fact that their. . lag as rapidly as the Communists felt
r In joining ane supporting they Birch That comment by Oliver was printed
Society they are motivated by the good in the American Opinion, an orgaA of
Americianism that has been through the the Birch Society.
years a vital part of their lives. ABOUT VIET NAM
They seek to promote the laudable Much more .could be said based upon. ..,i
stated goals of th
Bi
h
e
rc
organization. comments of Welch and those appearing
These are, as officially summarized
less in American
,
initin.
government, more individual responsibil-
Let me cite just one, the following
{
ity, a better world and the "stopping and allusion in American Opinion to Viet
1
routing of the international Communist Nam. "As for Viet Nam, one thing is '
conspiracy,." certain: no action really detrimental to' , ,
COMMUNISTS ARE HELPED the Communists s conceivable or even
But-and this is'a sad and unhappy re- possible so long as Rusk, 'McNamara
Election upon their acti
it
d K
th
v
y -
ey are, an
atzenbach remain in power."
playing into the hands
f th
C
o
e
ommu- WHAT BIRCHERS COULD DO
fists.
They are among the best .friends, un- ? All of this is profoundly distressing
b
ecause the country so sorely needs a
w;ttingly, of the Communist organization.'
unit of force in the battle against not
In truth the Communists could well ai- Y
The reason for this is that-the Birchers the encroaching tide of Marxism in this
have accepted a leadership and a pro- . country. .
gram so absurdly radical that they are Yet a group that could be powerful is i
! ing the abusive condemnation of many cause it is following so naively the im-
fine American spokesmen, they pro- plorings of men such as Welch and
rooted a destructive distrust of constru- Oliver.
tive and useful national institutions: This is written not so much in criticism
Because so many Birchers are sub. as in sorrow-sorrow because so much.
stantial citizens, their words have car- ` energy and spirit are being dissi
at
d
p
e
.
, ried much weight and they have tended The rank and file of the Birchers could
i 'tom blunt the swords of impressive lead- be . a powerful force in the struggle
l ers in the practical struggle to maintain against subversive' elements here and
Americanism: I abroad today.
- WHAT RECORDS SHOW And it isn't too late for a reconstruc
It. may be said -= and it will be said -- tion-for a revision of the Birch leader-
that this criticism of the Birch Society ship on a solid and a sensible basis. Let
is without validity and that the facts are the Birchers 'reflect and realize that it
;being tortured. is they, not everybody else, who are
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By Rowland Evans and Robert Novak. was 'one of the oldest (founded in 1927) but least 'effec-l
:
The ever-diligent right-wing has concocted a new """L""?'LC n'[ULF7r ,"""`L, proprietor of nnvu's perry,
scheme for peddling propaganda among American colleg"efarm in Orange County, Calif., and generous benefactor .
of right-wing causes, took a personal interest. Fueled unde ,,youth
y indirect subsidy from none other than by Knott'
s ample funds
the league surged forward
r
,
. ,
the Fedetreas
ral
ur
'Last Monday It displayed its' new zeal by mailing`'
;`
The Federal subsidy stems from the fact that an . obscure right-wing organization in Inglewood
'' . out a fund appeal for the Stormer book project in a) .
' Calif
,
.,
letter signed, by ex-FBI counterspy Herbert A. Philbrick,
called the Americanism Educational League,, enjoys a "who now makes his living as a right-wing lecturer:
'Federal tax exemption as an "educational" organization." Philbrick's letter, expressing a desire 'lee-tu stimulate Contributors to A. E. L. can claim their eontributions.'' millions of students into reading and' discussing Inv.
as a Federal income tax deduction. portant books on. individual liberty and freedom," seems i
The league is- now soliciting tax-deductible' con innocuous enough 'to' the uninitiated What the
wouldn't4
y
,. tributions to finance the distribution on college campuses'-"
about is the John Birch Society link. 3 -
' of it
f h
lf
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o
a
a m
on cop
es. None Dare Call It Treason
For instance, it Is not coincidental that the Septem.
,by John Stormer. An extremist Birchite warning of an ''e ber 'national bulletin of the Birch Society reveals that
imminent Communist take-over in the U. S., this book each Birch chapter Is being issued 25 copies of "None was bought by the'n'iillions by right-wing backers of , Dare Call It Tr
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itself ? in pushing "None Dare Call It Treason" among The John Birch Society has reason. to love 'one
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t, !"Until recently, the AtnerlmmisintduCational ?O~establishdd national" organizations"-such as the Jot'p
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rch Society. He even lists the Society's mailing addressi
In fact, Stormer occasionally lectures for the Birch-;
sponsored American Opinion Speakers Bureau.
The irony for U. S. taxpayers Is that the 'tax-exempt,;
status, of the Americanism Educational League is 1-teing; .
used to' reinforce the Society's campaign to put "None'*
C. Dare Call It Treason" Into the hands of college students. 't
,c Philbrick's letter emphasizes the. tax-deductible fea.1
ture. He urges: "Please use the enclosed postage paid'
return envelope today to 'speed your maximum tax de-j
ductible contribution toward this worthy project." The,,
1 ?
_:enclosed envelope stresses: "All contributions are tax;
It: Other rightist "educational" organizations have lostt
their tax-exempt status on the solid grounds that a sub-'
"s ? stantiai portion of their activities is political, not educa-)
tional.. Accordingly, the Americanism Educational League'
may be endangering its own tax exemption by peddlinga'
product so.?blatantly non-educational as .Stormer's .book."
But even if the government this very day brine
~? proceedings against the League aimed at stri
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its , tax exemption, the entire process would consume
"six months to..two years. (exclusive'of court appeals)!
Moreover,;' this could have no effect whatever on'
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(AP)-Robert Welch said today he wants to see the reports and
the John Birch Society which he check them before commenting.
heads had doubled its member- The society wants its mem-
Ship since President John F. bers to "get in th PTA and;
Kennedy was assassinated. become influential-and take
There are now between 60,000
over Welch said. Now, he
:and 100,000 members, Welch ... ,
added, political liberals are
rtold reporters as he arrived for
active in the ,parent-teacher
a dinner in his honor. associations.
The nation's greates threat While the John Birch Society,
`still is posed by internal subver-
sion, he said, adding: "It's in is accused of ti ctuall 11 hatred, l
everything." Welch said, i t a actuy is the
Communists who try. to forment}
Walrh said tha TT S nrass had L-L.. ?
writers, advertising agencies ` > 4a
ne,believes tnere, are^commu~ I "We hate the forces U.evil.",~`
,.communists in -strategic, not
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.and so on."
Welch said: "I don't think
!Communists have 1 percent of?
the American press."
Of government employes, he
said he believes that 98 percent
illare think perfectly c (the loyal-I don't
have 2 percent."
Welch reserved comment on
the political campaign of Actor
Ronald . Reagan, who has said,
he does;,not. ant support of the
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The vital difference between "pro-Communist in
By WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY JR. effect," and "pro-Communist In intention," it once. ,,
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HAVE LABORED to find the answer to the ques- again does not cross Mr. Brophy's mind to mention.
:,i;, tion:does the typical member of the John Birch. When J. Edgar Hoover, by relaxing his vigilance, per.
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Society wince when the leadership makes spectacular, matted several convicted members of the Communist
remarks imputing pro-communism to the highest. Party to slip oft to Mexico, the result was pro-Com-7
;officials of government? I have received 200 (and ' .. rnunist in effect; but hardly by design.
years are so obvious that I find It hard to believe
Q~iIl ~Il~~ that you wo Id fi
they continue to pour in) letters since. I quoted In'
YL, L] ? VU U?lil ALUM an arsicie in ;no
current issue of Mr. Welch's maga-
:.ine, American Opinion. Of . those
200 correspondents, only two joined. ?
me in deploring the article's excesses.
I quoted some typical reactions
in an intermediate column. Today I
quote from Frank Cullen Brophy, of
I Phoenix, Arizona, whose distin-
} gashed : career as Y a gentleman,
,banker,.rancher, and writer is well
t known in thn en?rH,,, ~E v? , -
(the John Birch Society. Let us see - BUCKLEY
how his mine reacts on the questions at issue.
I quoted from the American Opinion arttcle the
following sentence: "The attention of the American - . *, * '
people was first drawn to the real problem of mental WHY ARE SUCi-I elementary distinctions lost on
'.h +:f
ealth on Oct. 1, 1962, when, in obedience ' to the Mr. Brophy? And on other members of the National , j
I specific demands of the Communist Party, a gang - C o u n c i l of the John Birch Society? Hasn't their, A
,under the direction of Nicholas Katzenbach (now At- position, to judge from Mr. Brophy's.analysis, clearly
torney General of the U.S.) kidnaped General Edwin.: come down to the. following propositions. 1) Things ;
!A. Walker in,Oxford, Mississippi.'are going poorly for the United States 'these days.:`
Whereupon Mr. Brophy writes me:. "General ? 2) The reason why is -because the people who are._,'
Walker.was kidnaped, or at least seized unlawfully, running things are Communists and Coininunis, ;
confined in .a mental Institution'or' prison without .sympathizers. 3) Anyone' who believes in Proposition
proper medical examination, and after some days re- ;1) yet cavils at the derivative Proposition 2) is either.;i
+.leased due to the patriotic pressures of -thousands of a) naive, or b) irrelevant; and in any event, c) a clear,
:,.outraged Americans. The oddest thing about this is and present nuisance.
that you think it odd that the John Birch Society In the absence of public disavowals of this reason
takes a dim view of such totalitarian from of Birch'.' late." Society., one must henceforward conclude that the
Here is a specimen of the utter hopelessness of minority who object to imputing pro-communism to
communication with anyone suffering from advanced such attorney General Katzenbach, and to Justices.
;Birchitis. I happen 'to agree with every syllable of ? Warren, Black, Douglas and Brennan,' are overruled:
Mr. Brophy's dismay at what was done to General t that. the majority of the members of the Society
'Walker, and am abundantly on record to that effect. sanction the imputation of treasonable motives to
But the operative words In the.Birch 'article were `such men as these:, not to mention Dean Rusk, Allen
that Walker was detained !'in -obedience to the Dulles, Robert McNamara, etc., etc, ,? .
'speeifia demands of the Communist Party"-words. is the h"ewle, se ltrtlCd~$Ird i bodety";?. tulg:',:t,n~~.+ryt4i
political figure, Stephen Shad- most scurrilous attack on the paign direr or
,egg, : who served as Mr. Cold- President of the United States ship. in the John Birch Society, "I think from a political
water's manager in''the Oregon which could possibly be made. it remained, a well-kept secret standpoint, they were probably
and .later . , e other - It contains charges, based en- through last year's, campaign, right (in banning Birch. So-
pr[mary tirely upon- inference, which I when Democrats were seeking ciety members]. Goldwater suf. %
'Western" states. ' : r ~ ` 1 lam reasonably certain the repeatedly to link the Republi- fered tremendously from people
th 1 tp fal'-'14 ht on who lmfairly criticized trim fed
the Presidential campaign, titled after .ne women - that .,If the general cam-
The key paragraph of the let- Goldwa er, Judge 'Phelps and day
"What - Happened to . ,Cold- ter read: others. paign director had been a mem-
water?" "In my opinion,'this document Although Mr. Goldwater was ber of the John Birch Society,
The author is another Arizona "The Politician"] embodies the resumably aware. of his cam- I think it''s strange they had
( p t ' brief member- th is rule",-However, he added: i,
had principal responsibility for'
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is too great. . y war anu nauun-a"n"a oyo"v?a, - r-
-Went is comdarable to. the rejection of
"eu q"a"va, Nu" a uV ?V" uv+n..c vu?. w"
tiv!ty of the society is directed toward that only cosmopolitan and Progressive
- ,- iLL .....a ... attitudes can save from destruction:?Ac-
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organization. I favor. the preservation , organ
of constitutional government in the Uni- . Finally I must cite the society's out-
a..._.t . tentettnnfe! nniieipst in a world
Having read some rather uiogicai ae- _?? """-"- ____
lenses of the J o h n Birch Society, I ! of Edgar C. Bundy who, claims that the. ?s '
would like to offer my criticism of that ' .' Girl Scouts of America Is a subversive
a.
1 tion ,
sycopa is I Igoe
` . trouble, like eating an indigestible piece
dltor, of the Press Herald: of meat. ." "The colored races have';;,
~.. ganged up on the white races."
lowing order:, a. ziomsm, : . ia.
Birch Society Termed USSR.'. "Minorities who cannot or will.4
P th A d B t d not assimilate into the race do make for,
ran and John F. Kennedy as Commu- Right" In Which ,the John Birch ooulfl;
s or Communist sympathizers. Welch_,
feeeiveits dud'
Yfias said that Americans received the 1? . ,,~~ 111,%, 'i!i-i,ert iClyetaateln hi
beled F. D. Roosevelt, H. S. man, ? versive Organizations and,Publications.
D. Eisenhower, J. F. Dulles, ,VIA~,direc- My only regret is t h a 1l .there is no .
for Allen Dulles, Chief Justice r1 War- , ??G id to the Absurd L,ctremism to the ~
rnent, business, and organized religion. ''1e a''CAG"y n r"`" "`? ""'""" _ .__ _ r
Society' founder Robert Welch has la- have had in my possession for three
D years the government's Guide to Subs- t
tinual irresponsible and unproved ac- Lne }/t,i,Ll4ALa V& ,u"wu. -- r"?^'- -- -
cusations-the farcical ailegatl o n a of equality, and that rejection to exactiY%l
Communist activity and Influence in -4. wTnt ineinaB teal i-oblf ated to inform
dangerous:" 'U.S. participation in tile, ?U.N., the World Health Organization,
tional Labor Relations, Act, Social Sr,-i;
urban renewal, fluoridation, tho,
curity
,
Federal Reserve System, the 'mental.'i
health racket," federal aid to housing,,
all for.,;)
F . n reci
rocal trade agreements
p
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hotbed ofJbigotry-a Congenital discasory
{ found In all extreme rightist movements.
There exists an Interlocking directory
{between society leaders and leaders of
I anti,Somlxto._--anti-Catholic, and.. anti-'
iNegro hate groups.-Billy James Hargis,
(and Carl McIntire are notorious hate-A
imongers who have been prominent in
I movements supported by the society and 1
;Welch. Both of these men have beeh'l
praised in articles published ? by the,,1 I
Forum Publishing Company of Boston,
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BELMONT; Mass . .-Whe n Robert Wetch, far aresirient at the same hotje'"here.-He ri"'
founder and leader of the ultra right-wing sometimes ''seems quick to anger, and hie `.1
I John Birch Society, took time off recently , hands gesture wildly to emphasize some point .1
about Communist Infiltrations.
from fighting communism for a 10-day golf- The Birch Society's founder reports he
ing holiday In Hawaii, rain 'prevented his spends Ks days personally answering letter.4
1 going on the links more than twice. While from members in all 60 states, reading co!s'~'
.most people similarly inconvenienced would fidential reports from his 70 or so full-time
blame" the weatherman,- Mr. Welch tells a coordinators in the field, chatting with Visit-
Ing Birchers and reading Communist litera?
visitor 'to his 'office in this sleepy Boston ture. "I read all the Communist. books end'
suburb the rain was "probably a` Communist literature," he says. "Its the best way I know
conspiracy against me.", ? I:. ? to find out what they're doing or planning.",.
He was being facetious, of course, butt Visitors end' phone calls leave little un??
usually the 65?year-old: former Candy sales',,"' interrupted time during the day,' and Mr?
man Is deadly serious ;, ?,, {; Welch relies on night hours for. writing. He
'threat. He believes, 'r but a-typewriter to writa and rewrite speech.
Communists have
lotted to subvert es ana the Society's bulletin, which runs be-
p the 'a, r ;
?? _____ _, _ {;) r^?~ ?t;r~ _ i tween 8,000 and 15,000 words a month. Thee
Russian Revolution
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k. and unless thwarted
will have full control
of this country by
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Scholarly Youth .a ?? v- ..
1975, through the help Such a heavy load of reading and writ-
of alleged Commu? ti ? Ing may reflect. Mr. Welch's early back-,
mists or "Comsymps" ground more than his long career, in the
:.,gesting Communist el + ? Edenton, N.C., In 18.99. By they. age of seven
sympathizers) such he had waded through nine voluRes of Rid-r
as " former President ,;;r path's ,"History of the World." He enrolled
Eisenhower, his brother Milton and Supreme; ,at the. University of North Carolina at the
Court Chief Justice Earl Warren. age of 12 and graduated at, 17, He also.,
Mr. Welch is out to stop such a takeover,,. briefly attended the U.S, Naval Academy and"
Harvard Law School before joining the
,,and has been not unsuccessful In selling his. James 0. Welch Candy Co. 'which was then
;brand brand of anti-communism. His society Is soil; ' owned 'by his brother and. Is now a wholly
,,far from the proclaimed goal. of one million- owned subsidiary of National Biscuit Co.
members but enrollment has risen fast erode \
';the November elections. It's now estimated .
at about 100,000-double the number of
,.year ago. Thus a closer look at the man's
c aims, methods and the way he lives Is -
.particularly timely.
Mr. Welch's copious current writings con- ~?
tern such Birch' Society positions as oppo?
sition to the ' civil rights movement, which
the Society labels part of a' Communist plot
to drive a wedge between Americans and
to establish "a Negro Soviet $epublic? in the
.Southeastern 'United States." It also, op-
poses: U.S. Membership in. the "United Na-
ness in 1957, Mrs Welch started to spend full. r tions, reciprocal trade agreements, the North'
time selling his doctrine. Today he spends 18 . ;; 'Atlantic Treaty Organization, defense spend- S
,,to 20 hours.a day on Society chores, and oftpnIng, foreign aid, diplomatic relations' with 4
:feels it necessary to spend alternate nights, Communist nations, Social. Security, the Fed?:?.,
,in his' office though he lives only a ten.''t eral/Reserve System, , fluoridation' of water
minute,walk from the Society's two-story rod and the graduated income tax. It'favors Int.'.,
'brick headquarters. On these nights he usu. peachment of Justice Warren for failing tp,.
Pally grabs catnaps on the tan leather conch uphold the Constitution. ' , ?
i
n one end of tits office Hitfftk
.s sa socs a The popularity of such a creed 'among
portable refrigerator with fruit juices and 6 some Americans is evident not only in swell-
sandwiches for nocturn
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Ing .Birch Society membership, but in Mr.
On one recent 'morning after an all night' t Welch's ability' to' collect lecture. fens of
session, Mr. Welch greeted, a- visitor In beds 1 $1,000 per appearance. He says the fee is
,'a short stubble. His five?foot?30dnch.frame'. discourage groups finny'` inviting nte." He
,seems slight, '.but with enough
hea Inesays he plans to .make Abottt'five paid lecli..-rabout the
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t is the statement by Dr. ,711o Oliver, a elassies scholar
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INDEPENDENT MONTHLY FOR AN AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE-DEDICATED TO THE ERADICATION OF ALL RESTRICTIONS ON THOUGHT
Exclusive:
WHERE DID THE SHOTS
THAT FELLED JOHN F.
KENNEDY COME FROM?
Fifty-one Witnesses:
THE GRASSY KNOLL
by Harold Feldman
THE HEAD HUNTERS
by Mike Newberry
NUCLEAR PLANTS
AND PUBLIC SAFETY
by Ned Lehac
THE JUNTA
ON THE DEFENSIVE
by M. S. Arnoni
THE BATTLE OF BERKELEY
by Barbara Gullahorn
and Jerry Rubin
POEMS by Eveline
Storm De Hirsch,
Bates,
Mary Graham Lund
and Stuart McCarrell
EDITORIALS:
Nelson Hold
No One
Fully
d peace demonstrator at U.S. naval base at Holy Loch, Scotland
The Thaw: Phase II
Despite the war activities and foreign
interventions which are now going on in
the countries of former Indo-China and
in the Congo, and despite the ominous
tensions between Indonesia and Malaysia,
the overall international situation appears
in 1965 to be calmer and securer than in
any previous period of the Cold War. This
improvement has been achieved primarily
through a measured relaxation of Big Power
tensions in Europe; and it found expression
in the partial nuclear test ban treaty.
the specific ban provisions as would not
durably eliminate the problems of nuclear
arming as a source of political crises. The
presumed accident, which, on January 15,
1964, caused the escape of some radioactive
debris during a Soviet underground A-test,
should serve as an ominous reminder of
grim possibilities left open by the inadequate
test ban treaty. It was fortunate that that
accident happened at a time when the United
States had no reason to take an irreconcil-
able view of it. The same "innocent" acci-
Significant as has been this change, noth- dent, had it happened against a different
ing has yet happened to give permanency diplomatic background, could easily place
to the relative thaw in the Cold War. The the super-Powers in a military contest.
relaxation is a fortunate caprice, one which The Soviet accident also proved other
may disappear faster than it took to make
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the relative relaxation makes people un-, the Soviet Union. Thus, the question of'
to Hire in Vietn
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BE ,' `MS CIA T MEW CASTRO WAS COMMUNIST
GUESTS: Thomas J. Davis, Public Relations man for John
Birch Society in the East
Edward Costickien, lawyer
Justin Feldman,, lawyer
J. Dudley Devine, former leader of Young Ropublioans
Club is New York
George Harried Senior editor of Look magazine
Sava Blumenfeld, president of Coleridge Press
SUBJEC': T ho John Birch Society
BAR ME GRAY: " Tr . Blumen a ld . !1
BLUI I- D.- "To clear up the question of treason, of course,
you knot' the Constitution dofinos treason as, aid and Comfort,
giving aid and oomf'ort to the - enemy in time of war.
"Now, of 'courso, it can be easily established that we have
boon at war with Communism, :t mean we ve got a 50 billion dollar
defense bui got because of that. - Now, I don't wane to got into
that technicality'. of whether..."
COSTICKIEN: --"I think your. teehniealltyv s a little off,"
BLOTTO '"ELD: "Yes
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' OLIV,rR: I relieu priniarit OLIVER: That is .ri ht. He
Ly?J.htiiLS S. LEWIS on the in+erview giver.' by Cap, g
Spec ai Press Correspon:dent ~ tain Clny to the Jackson. (Miss. isaid re din .,esseand were in a state of
had just finished
Prof. Revile P. Oliver, whnC1 rion-Ledger. la funeral rehearsal because
startled the nation by stating JENNER: Do you have aithgre was grave concern for
tha; President John F. Kcnne-copy of that? iPrrsident Hoover's health."
dy'a "memory will be cherished. OLIVER: On the 21st of'P'eb- Oliver said he made no effort
?;ith distaste" was the next--ruarv 1964. (Oliver presented~to? check on the person who
to-las( person to he called by a clipping). wrote him the letter containing
the Warren Conmmission. information about the funeral,
Albert E..Jenner, Jr., Chicago' RENNER: I have marked as but that he did ascertain there
attorney and assistant connsel;Oliver Exhibit No. a a photo-;.was a Captain Cloy:
for the Commission; `,said the'static reprint of an article head Among the major sources list.
Jltned "A Lot to Rememb-r? M'. pA b Oli Frank Ca All
ver a
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'Kennedy were planning c.. a '
another show to bamboozle lie t
American suckers just held e
the election next November."
What is your source, if any,
for the state.mett that Khru=h-
'chev and Kennedy were pl,,-
-ning, as you put It, anoth^r
show?
OLIVER: The. frequent re-
ports of preparations 11w- an Ii-
vasion of Cuba planned, it would
seem, to substitute for Castro
less well-known Communist.
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university of 111rnois professoi. y
was "cooperat.ive but didn't sun- Comb Army Officer Big Part. in''publisher of a periodical called JENNER: Here again this
port his extremist statements," Kennedy Funeral" by Kenneth, the Herald of Freedom, of Stat- was a statement of deduction
.let;ner took Oliver'S'tcstil}iany Tolliver. en Island. Capcll "serves as ,on your part?
a rese consultant for me, OLIVER: Yes.
on Sept, rt . , almost a year after OLIVER: This is a reprnduc-i . arch
Oliver said. ? JENNER: From newspaper
the as,sa5~in ti.on. Jt appears on!tion of the clipping
Pages 709 io 744 in Volume 15, .IENNER: Would %ou chow, Another source was right-wing accounts and radio broadcasts
of the zf voiume Warren Cnm.. New Orleans ptiblisher K e n t and general information t h a t
mission Report, the last vb1- me where in that clipping it'Courtney. !was abroad?
Says in any respect that Cap-; T
nine to deal with testimony. Most of . Oliver s remarks' OLIVER: General informs-
lain Cloy made the statement -
Oliver had asserted in a John that he and his unit were re'-.a b o u t the assassination ap- tion, rumors you pick up, what
Birch Society magazine that Air. henrsing for the funeral of Pres-??eared in a two-part series en- you are told by various analysts ti
Kenucq was "'executed by the ddent. Kennedy a week in ad; titled "Marxmanship in Dallas" and so on.
:
Communist conspiracy becauselv1rite of 'the assassination? in American Opinion, a publi- JENNER: On Page 26 on
he was planning to turn Ameri cation of the John Birch So- Mate: "One writer has recently
OLIVER: My first knowledge. ciety,
can. jof. the rehearsal came from a1 The conclusion of the article suggested that it was the CIA
Till!: COMMISSION, Jennertiletter I received from someone was that Mr. Kennedy "war, 'that arranged the assas:- ion
sr,id, wanted to find out if 'an yin Arlington, or Alexandria, in of President Kennedy. .~nw,
executed by the Communist con- of no evidence to support that'
of Oliver 's sources could posse-foorming me that the Army had spiracy because he was plan, ~, inion. But obviously Mr. Dul-
(bly help them get the full storyirehearsed the funeral more thanlning to turn American. A see- s'
behind the assassination. Ia week before the funeral.- tion of the hearings reads: files CIA is open to suspicion.",
Oliver, 'Jenner said, "had na Who is the writer to which
,' JENNER` But you had thei JENNER: What was y n u r you have reference?
!h. sis for many of his state- clipping to our s eech''source for that statement?
menu except cli^pings he said prior your OLIVER: I do not recall. I
at the Santa Ana Valley OLIVER: Well, as I have in- . wrote this of course, in Decem-
he had seen or comments on dicated, what. I called there the .
School? ber. I wouldn't want to recall ,
television that he said he
thought he had heard. 'OLIVER: Oh yes, quite sinecomforting hypothesis that one r. 'who said A. I have the impres-:
The classics. orofessctr is na,'tlme ;o;fore that. heard so frequently since Kcn- t1 sion it was in some one of the
tior,ci councilor for the .iohn JEttNEti: And t..fare youinody s inauguration, and which innumerable magazine articles
Bi-ch Society and stated in Les- prepared the speech? lone still hears, that he bad in about the assassination but I l
This mind a secret plats, that would not want, to say which'
simony that he was present OLIVER: That is right. Andiltis policies and the people with one.
when the society was formed that a funeral had been re-; e
whom he surrounded himself in
Dec. 9, 1958, in Indianapolis. hearsed. the opening years of his ad-
One of Oliver's charges was JENNER:' Yes, but not Presi ministration were intended to
that an army unit had been re-: dent Kennedy's. provide a demonstration of their
hearsing Mr. Kennedy's funeral! OLIVE, R: But it turned out, fatuity and probably disloyalty
for a week before the assassina-' to be that. t---:the fatuity of the measures
Lion, Jenner said. ' JENNER: The only point I and the probable disloyalty of
Jenner's questioning of Oliver,, am making, doctor, is that vnu the many persons involved;
as it appears in thbofftcial re= will notice in the article that that he was planning to execute,
port: - what Captain Cloy says is not as I said here, a volte-face
JENNER: Upoh what soured. what you state in your speech and . ' - espouse a policy on
did you rely in making th,,~~!he said, but rather that heic(rejnational independence instead
statement that the special de- the assassination his specialiof "interdependence."
tachinent to which you refer! unit had been rehearsing fart :cl JENNER: You then say,
.began to rehearse for the fu' anticipated possible funeral rofj"Now it was generally suspected
neral a week before the assns-;President Hoover, who ,w lsjfor some time before the as-
i sination? I Wen ill ol~,r
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OCTOBER 1964
You have probably read in the papers, or heard over the air, of the
formation of the Larson Committee, more formally known as the
National Council for Civic Responsibility, described in newspaper head-
lines as the "Anti-Birch Council, " and with the stated purpose of telling
"the truth about The John Birch Society and related radical reactionary
groups. " But let's allow the New York Times to give you, on Page 12,
the world-shaking details, in a news article which began on their Page
1. 'And below you will find the news release on the same subject which
was issued immediately by John Rousselot.
Statement Given by John H. Rousselot to UPI, September 22, 1964
Re: UPI Release on Arthur Larson's Council for Civic Responsibilities
The following are observations of John H. Rousselot, National
Director of Public Relations for the John Birch Society, concerning
the announcement of the newly formed committee, the Council for
Civic Responsibilities headed by Dr. Arthur Larson
(1) The John Birch Society welcomes the so-called "exposure" of
its activities. The John Birch Society is proud of its record as a strong
pro-constitutional, anti-communist organization. The Society finds it-
self in sympathy with and cooperating with many other Americanist
groups who are effectively communicating the truth about the evil forces
of collectivism running. rampant in our country. The activities of. this
newly formed organization will present an opportunity for the American
people to see first-hand which organizations deal in truth and which
organizations deal in fiction.
(2) I will be happy to meet Arthur Larson on television or. in a
public forum and let the American people decide for themselves which
(3) The John Birch Society is delighted that the '"standards of pub "
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lic`discussion and responsible behavior" are to be opened to public
perusal because the purposes and programs of the John Birch Society
have proven to be right courses of action time and time again. The
John Birch Society is always pleased to have a chance to compare its
standards with the standards of any other organization -inc7,~iding this
newly formed committee because the Society's Beliefs and Principles
are based on the highest concepts of American Constitutional law, spiritual values, and human decency.
(4) It will be interesting to see if Dr. Larson and his committee
will be equally desirous of "exposing" the semi-secret activities of
the Council on Foreign Relations of which he is a leading member and
which organization has been privately guiding our American foreign
policy down the road to ruin for many years. The mistaken policies
of the Council on Foreign Relations are fully documented in a book
called The Invisible Government by Dan Smoot, (former Adminis-
trative Assistant to.J. Edgar Hoover.) Many members of the newly
formed committee headed by Dr. Larson are also members of the
semi-secret Council on Foreign Relations which in its own by-laws
does not permit representatives of the press to attend its meetings '
and does not allow council members to comment publicly on what they
have heard and/or discussed at council meetings.
(5) We are, extremely pleased that Dr. Larson and his group have
raised the issue concerning our American form of government. The
John Birch Society agrees wimeer President Harry S. Truman
A v d Mn
ab is issue idevthA r -Larson 'ObfO `~1-5.
VVV to
Continued
 (6) Some of the organizations named by Dr. Larson have been
affiliated or have cooperated with the John Birch Society in such a
way that the Society has openly and very proudly supported them in
their efforts to awaken the American people to, the internal dangers
of the communist criminal conspiracy and/or socialistic trends.
There are many other groups which the John Birch Society has sup-
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General's list of.subversive organizations nor have any of the offi,fers
this educational fight. I am sure that Dr. Larson has noted that none
porccu WALL. a ~,. -- -
dedicated patriotic, conservative organization which is engaged in
i ..'' leadership.
mw., r?t,r, nirch Society places great faith in the
s
tunity. And we recommend that all of the other group g
in this manifestation of "extremism" on the part of Mr. Larson, also
set the record straight. In this connection, let us remind our mem-
bers that all kinds of subtle efforts are being made to create discord
ply to state the truth, as we have above, wherever we have the oppor-
b. ,, attacked
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trying to tar them with the long gigantic smear unleashed against our-
. _ ___4 .._ 41.,4 c:4.,n4inn_ of cn"rse. is sim-?
All of which we are sure Mr. Larson knows-. But one of the obvious .
purposes of his committee is to stir up resentment against The.John 1 .1 . -- ...a ..,.na-.atinna. by
to paying our bills too promptly, or some similar crme.
any v,. LALU-
thing Mr. Larson wishes to try to pin on us -- from being too patriotic
a
.our i . uen
n
these groups, and probably of dozens of others. But none of that makes
Lore nanurcua v4..+~?...--, ------ --
Chicago Executives Club. (Which is quite a distance!) And some of
l members are also influential supporters of some of
fl t'
at meetings of some of these organizations,'as I nave also spo en
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sometimes buy and distribute some of our materials. I have kok n
ature of some of these organizac,vns, ~~a444r - -- -
. -- -----_4--.. .._ .._,,..r.a Some of them
forma y a
_ __ 1.. _....-., W. sometimes sell or distribute some of the liter-
Of course The John Birch Society has never been legally connected nor
ll ffiliated with any of the groups named, or with any.other
and honest manner.
e
Dr. Larson and his group present their views in an open, o sec v
educational progran? ,a -..-- __-----
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truth and can separate fact from fiction. All the Society asks is that .-
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hear argumn s or g
ity?of those arguments for themselves. The very heart of the Society's
_ ,.a n+ to know the
public. T e oc y
f and a ainst public policies and to judge the valid
e
American conccp4 yr
U S let trusts in the ability of the American people to
antic work for candidates of their choice, because Ot uL-aav,seu rc-
t e
under way o cr
candidates on the part of organized anti-Communist groups. And that
between Conservative organizations, just as extensive efforts are now
at. distrust of or dislike for, Conservative political
.Mr. Rousselot has already put his finger on the best course, which is
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the hands of the Liberals who planned it that way.
marks any such candidates may be prodded or beguiled into making
during the heat of a political campaign, would be to play exactly into
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backfire' on them in no uncertain terms. And fortunately for this, n?r-
a good offense. We need only to have, enough people learn the truth
about the Council on Foreign Relations, to which the-leading spirits of
Mr. Larson's committee belong, to have the whole intended smear
be ordered direct from Dan Smoot Reports, P, O, Box 9538, Lakewood
copies, $250. 00.' We sNL11 try to keep on adequate supply in our whole-
50 copies, $221,00;.,100 copies, -$4Q. 00; 500 copies;,: $175. 00; and 1000...
expensL?~e paperback edition, which sells t` the. following priceat Single
this be used as a spark to incite the interest of as many of our patriotic
fellow citizens as you can in buying. and reading Smoot's The'Invisible
Government. And if the activities of the Larson Committee should thus
happen to result. in making Dan Smoot's book as huge a seller as john
'Stormerts None Dare Call It Treason, we think that this could surely,-
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The
Ohfl
Birch
Society
CAPTAIN JOHN BIRCH
U.S. ARMY
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HAT HE LIVEI) FOR
oi!1J1g man
/fl/t to I/It 'Plaids Of c/t ila
?..Lu'av 47nerica.
He came
i .1$ /`t Chinese People
xJ"J'Jll way of Cite.
loiln Birch was his
missionary - Caught
. .= ;in. His career inter-
% , alnt-.*k;i o-roun_ He lived and
t =.;3>u=?h enemy lines. he
ri ',anity where he could.
ilinese Army. gaining
disguised often as a
ed General Chen-
was the bravest man
icntlral Charles B.
Birch. over a Period
i ailliost continually
'h[2 4h? v l)riiriitive conditions
~c .ti lYity to the enemy.
uC- -,..
ai Chennault
Chermaali.
lerii lrcxrt Getreruf.
r ."`.
targets directed air strik, al;uinsr the .lapmre.w rr. nacho
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WHAT HE LIVED FUR
"mil young man
came to the plains of China
from far- away America.
He came
to teach Chinese people
of the Christian way of life."
John Birch was his
name - 22 years old - a Baptist missionary - caught
in the midst of the war with Japan. His career inter-
rupted, on July 4, 1942. he joined General Chen-
nault's American Volunteer group. He lived and
worked and fought with the Chinese Army, gaining
their respect - preaching Christianity where he could.
Walking hundreds of miles through enemy lines, he
became the eyes and ears of America's 14th Air
Force. Speaking Chinese and disguised often as a
coolie, he became a legend in his own time. "Where
brave men were common, John was the bravest man
I knew," said a comrade in arms.
General Charles B.
Stone was more specific, `... Birch, over a period
of two years, during which he was almost continually
in the field, living under the'most primitive conditions
and constantly in close proximity to the enemy,
achieved phenomenal success."
General Chennault
expressed the love and admiration of all who knew
him, "I have always felt towards him as a father
might feel towards a son."
JOHN.
B_IRC-1,)H
A- T. John Birch taught Chinese children at Hangchow, conducted services with Chinese ministers.
Captain Birch while in sight of targets directed air strikes against the Japanese by radio.
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Burial of Captain Birch, with full military honors, on a hillside on the outskirts of Hsuchow.
F71-40"
WHAT HE
DIED FOR
During the long war Captain Birch never lost sight of his spiritual goal.
On August 13, 1.945, he wrote in the last letter of his life, "Yesterday, Sunday morning, I held a service
especially thanking God for bringing us to the eve of victory ... Father, do not worry about my `turning
back in the furrow.' As it pleases God to use my voice for preaching His Gospel, I expect to be doing that."
Twelve days later John lay dead in a ditch near the town of Hsuchow-
shot and cruelly bayonetted by "our Chinese Communist allies." His death was known and mourned all
over China, for he had become a symbol of Christianity, of true brotherhood and humility, and of the
goodness and strength of America. The cruel murder of Captain Birch was a grim warning by the Red
Chinese to all who would oppose their 20th century barbarism.
On November 16, 1945, Adeline Gray, who was herself a newspaper
woman as well as former instructor at Nankai, wrote John's parents that "Had not the truth been sup-
pressed, Capain Birch's death would have headlined every newspaper in the United States." But the
news reached America only through private sources.
The fact that Communism's powerful friends in Washington could hide
the truth. of his death was a minor evidence of the domination of foreign policy which could smother in
the same year the on-the-spot report by Patrick Hurley (our Ambassador to China) of China's betrayal;
could completely suppress the official China report of General Wedemeyer; could stop the flow of all
military supplies to Chiang Kai-shek, and with raw gall broadcast that. Chinese Communists were
agrarian reformers and truly democratic. Senator William F. Knowland stated that if the story of John
Birch could have been known and understood, it could have made a huge difference in our attitude
and the circumstances that led to our engagement in Korea.
It is a testimony to the active Christian faith which John Birch preached
that his story is today known and that the symbol of his life, which the Communists tried to stamp out,
now guides the society that bears his name.
"Ile died at the hands
of* the Red Chinese
- first victim
in a long, long war.
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(IrE
1
IN,i OLVLD,
Recrntly a young woman was
knifed to death on the streets of Ncvk York. The assailant made
three separate attacks spaced over a period of thirty minutes.
The killine was clearly witnessed by thirty-eight people from
the safety of their homes. Anyone or them could have saved
her by simply calling the police . . nut no one did. When
,ouestioned by the police they answered. -"1 didn't want to get
Mv('hed." Sonic watched with curiosity as Katherine Genovese
pleaded for her life. Others tound the scene frightening and
pulled dow.wn the curtain.
is ti,ere a mural breakdown in
our country today? Have become so callous that we do
not care if another being lives or dies:'
f-How are we reacting to the
realities of our world? What do we think of the steady gain
of Comm unism - of the millions killed, tortured and enslaved
by this criminal conspiracy? Do we still laugh at Khrushchevs
claim that our children will live tinder Communism? Do we
shrug oft Cuba.' Will we shrug oft 141exico.' Are ~%e concerned
:;bout the certain. documented, real influence Communism
cyerciscs in Washington? Do vie watch ~mth curiosity? Do we
null down the curtain on these disturbina thoughts? Do we
draw the warm covers of apathy around our necks?
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The goals of The John Birch Society
may be summarized as: less government, more individual responsi-
bility, and a better world. The immediate purpose of the Society is to
play a leading role in stopping and routing the international Com-
munist conspiracy.
Under Lenin the Communists adopted
a three-step strategy for conquest of the world. They have not de-
parted from it since. The plan can be paraphrased as follows:
1. Take Eastern Europe. Except for Greece and the city of
Istanbul, this was completed by 1950.
2. Gain control of the mass and masses of Asia. Today this is
more than 80% accomplished.
3. Encirclement and infiltration of the United States. Now more
than 50% accomplished.
The Communist program requires the
breakdown of existing governments, destruction of law and order,
and the creation of chaos. Riots are one tool of Communist take-over.
Assassination is another. Communists glorify violence ... it is their
most persuasive weapon, and the American people are seeing it at
work now in our own country.
Communists work for the gradual but
complete destruction of the three great human loyalties - to God, to
family and to country. Today you are seeing widespread and tragic
results of the insidious forces at work to that end. For the Communists
simply cannot. permit any lasting loyalty except to themselves.
The John Birch Society realizes that
Communism will not be stopped by a half-hearted or left-handed
effort. For this reason its members are dedicated and completely
committed. They demand of themselves more sacrifice and more
work than they have ever put into any organization. This, combined
with a unity of purpose and a common understanding that Commu-
nism is completely counter to the "upward reach" in man - the realiza-
tion of man created in God's image - gives The John Birch Society
its strength and ever increasing influence.
Members of The John Birch Society
realize the grim truth that all of us are involved whether we like it
or not. The Communists leave us no choice.
E
ARE
INVOLVED
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 HE HAS STIRRED
THE SLUMBERING
SPIRIT
The Founder of The John Birch Society
is Robert Welch. In the candy manufacturing
Association of Manufac-
turers life, he served as aDirector of the National and historian, Mr.
turers for seven years. An author, philosopher
Welch gave up most of his business responsibilities in 1957 to devote
practically all of his time and energy to the study of communism. He
formed the first working chapters of The John Birch Society in 1959
and serves today as its leader without Welh has stated in The Blue Book,
"It is my fervent hope that The John Birch Society will last for hun-
hose temporal good
dreds of years, and exert an increasing influence for the
and the spiritual enoblement of mankind throughout t Mr. Welch's writings have created wide-y to
him when
spread comment - some critical. Few take ovders by C Castro in Cuba
he warned of the impending Communist
with eventsprov-
his iW Indonesia.
Ben Bella in Algeria, and Sukarno
are nov~tclosely scrutinized
ing him correct again and again,
by all serious students of anti-Communism.
"There is 'no question," as National Re-
view pointed out, "that he has stirred the slumbering spirit of patriotism
facts and changed
in thousands of Americans, roused them from he lethargy,
commu-
their apathy into a deep desire to first learn
nism and then implement that knowledge with effective and responsible
action."
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MEN OF HONOR
DEDICATED TO LIBERTY
The top advisory body in matters of organization and policy for The John Birch Society is the COUNCIL. The members are shown below :
DR. N. E. ADAMSON, JR. Belmont,
Mass. Fellow: American College of
Surgeons.
MR. F. GANO CHANCE. Centralia,
Mo. President, A. B. Chance Com-
MR. A. G. HEINSOHN, is. Knox-
ville, Tenn. President, Cherokee Mills.
MR. ROBERT H. MONTGOMERY.
Cambridge, Mass. Attorney. Senior
Partner, Powers. Hall, Montgomery
& Weston.
MR. THOMAS J. ANDERSON. Nash-
rUle, Tenn. Editor and Publisher
FARM AND RANCH
MR. S. J. CoNNRS. Chicago, in.
President, Modern Sleep Products Co.
MR. FRED C. KOCH. Wichita, Kan.
President, Rock Island Oil and Re-
fining Company.
How, T. COLEMAN ANDREWS. Rich-
mond, Va. Former Federal Commis-
stoner of Internal Revenue.
ML RALPH E. DAVIS. Los Angeles,
Cal. Former President, General Plant
Protection Corp.
MR. JOHN T. BROWN. Racine. Wise.
Vice President, Falk Corporation.
FATHER FRANCES E. PENTON. Bridge-
port, Conn. Priest.
MR. ROBERT D. LovE. Wichita. sr?^^ ?.'??~^?~ ?????.?_.? --.'--
Kan. President, Love Box Contpany. Bend, Ind. Former Dean, Notre Dame man, Ala. President, H. T. Smith
COL. LA USENCE. E. BUNKER. Boston.
Mass. Aide to General Douglas Mac-
Arthur for 614 years.
MR. WM. J. GREDE. Elm Grove.
Wisc. President. Grede Foundries,
Inc. Former President N.A.M.
Mo. President. Hussman Refriger-
afor Company.
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DR. Revco P. OLIVES. Urbana. ML Louts RUTHENEURO. Evans- enw. ? ?- -? -
Ill. Professor, Classical Languages vine, Ind. Chairman of the Board, cester, Mass. President, Wyman-Gor- 1U. Los Angeles. Cal- U.SA.F. (Re- Falls, So. Dak. President, Midwest-
and Literature, University of Illinois. Serves, Inc. don Company. Bred) Beach Co.
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MR. FRANK CULLEN BROPHY. Phoe-
nix, Ariz. Author, Philanthropist,,
Banker.
DR. S. M. DRASKOVICH. Chicago.
Ill. Author. Editor & Publisher.
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THE ORGANIZATION
OPEN AND ABOVEBOARD...
But Structured To Withstand Planned Attacks
The organization of the.Society is simple. A Local Chap-
ter, which has between 10 and 20 members, is led by a
Chapter Leader. Usually a Chapter is formed by someone
in the neighborhood who is concerned about Communism
and who invites his friends to join with him to hold an
introductory meeting. A full time Coordinator gives
assistance and direction to the Chapters.
A meeting of California Major
Coordinator D. Richard Pine
and Coordinators
Former Congressman John H. Rousselot (right) is National Direc-
tor of Public Relations for the Society and Publisher of American
Opinion Magazine. He is shown with (L to R) Willard S. Voit,
American Opinion Libraries Representative, and Donald Harper,
Administrative Assistant to Mr. Rousselot.
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WELCOME!
Anyone sincerely seeking information about the Society is welcome at a Chapter meeting.
Meetings are held once a month, usually in a member's home. '
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lications of The John Birch Society~iJS well to note again that no mem-
ber is ever obliged to carry out any action or project the fulfillment of
which would be contrary to his conscience."
ACTION PROGRAMS
The impact of the Society's action programs is due to the fact that the mem-
bers are well informed and act in unison. The effectiveness of each individual
member is multiplied many thousand times by this concerted effort.
BASE
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The American Opinion Speakers' Bureau provides speakers for small Circulation of petitions on important action such as the impeachment of Earl Warren*
and large audiences all over the United States. Here Jose Norman, a
Cuban exile, speaks on Cuba.
*Impeachment is a proper legal procedure provided for by the Constitution. It is the only legal
means of removing from office the members of the Supreme Court who are appointed by the
President for life. Thomas Jefferson set in motion an action to bring about impeachment of As-
sociate Justice Samuel Chase of Maryland. Jefferson wrote in 1821, "It has long been my
opinion ... that the germ of the dissolution of our Federal Government is in the Constitution of
the Federal Judiciary." The Jdhr, Birch Society sees that dissolutadti'df our government in the
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American Opinion Magazine, published
monthly, contains articles of current,
John Birch Society
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THE.
COMMUNIST
ATTACK
In the fall of 1960 The John Birch Society learned
that the Communist Party, U.S.A. was working for the passage of a bill that would
take away funds of the House Committee on Un-American Activities so it could
not investigate the Communist Party. For a while it appeared they might succeed.
Then the Society (and other patriotic groups) began an all-out campaign to defeat
this bill. The result was an overwhelming defeat for the Communists in the House
of Representatives in 1961, -- 412 to 6.
This was perhaps the first tangible evidence of the
effective strength of the newly formed John Birch Society, and the Communists de-
cided it must be destroyed. A directive for the destruction of such anti-Communist
groups went out from Moscow on December 6, 1960.
The opening official attack against the Society came
on February 25, 1961, in People's World, an official Communist newspaper pub-
lished in San Francisco, California. It said there was a new, secret, fascist group
which was setting up "cells" all over the United States. The succeeding Communist
attacks pulled all the stops out, charging the Society with everything that was evil -
hate group, racist, anti-Semitic, Hitlerite, terrorist, ad infinitum. Much of the press
picked up the chant, spreading the falsehoods across the nation in a few short weeks.
The intensity and virulent nature of the attacks con-
fused many good people. Some were thoroughly brain-washed. The Communists had
used certain trigger words and many Americans reacted in Pavlovian fashion; "hate
peddler," "radical," and "extremist" were parroted by people who began to dislike
the Society without knowing anything about it.
To disprove the charges leveled against The John Birch
Society, Robert Welch requested a thorough investigation be made by an official
government body.
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THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE
TWELFTH REPORT OF THE SENATE
FACTFINDING SUBCOMMITTEE ON
UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES
Yin CF.i,.wc t0.c.u.dl
SENATOR J. HOWARD WILLIAMS SENATOR AARON QUICK
SENATOR HUGH A4 SURHS, Ch.P,,...
R. E. COMBS, C.amd
PmbIhb.d by IS.
SENATE
OF THE STATE OF CAIIFOPNIA
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR GLENN A. ANDERSON
h.W&W .04. S-0.
HUGH M. RLMNS JOSEPH A. REEK
P,U.AU. P. T.mp,. Sn d.ry
Additional Note:
The Senate report also covers Mr. Welch's widely
criticized statements concerning the Truman and
Eisenhower administrations. The statements were
contained in lengthy letters in which Mr. Welch
queried his friends as to the reasons for the rise of
Soviet power in the face of United States suprem-
acy following World War II. These letters, not in-
tended for publication, were written at the time the
Eisenhower administration was following some of
the liberal positions toward world Communism,
examples of which were the failure to remove left
wing influences from the State Department, the
U.S. moratorium on nuclear testing, and accepting
Castro as "the Abraham Lincoln of Cuba."
To answer the critics Mr. Welch expanded, slightly
revised the letters, and published them in book
form in 1963. In the published book, called The
Politician, Mr. Welch states that the reader can
reasonably conclude that President Eisenhower had
been deceived by the Communists.
Although Mr. Welch severely condemns the Tru-
man administration's loss of China and the dis-
missal of General MacArthur, he is just as critical
of President Eisenhower for continuing some of
the mistaken policies .of his predecessors in regard
to Communism. Mr. Welch's concern is under-
standable.
It is important to note that this book is not litera-
ture of The John Birch Society. In fact, at the
formation of The John Birch Society on December
CALIFORNIA SENATE
INVESTIGATION
A thorough investigation of The John Birch Society
was conducted by the Senate Fact-Finding Subcommittee on Un-American Activities
of the State of California under the chairmanship of Senator Hugh Burns (Dem.).
Two years in the making, it was released in June of 1963. Quotations follow:
"The attack against The John Birch Society com-
menced with an article in the People's World, California Communist paper, in Feb-
ruary, 1961 ..."
"Our investigation and study was requested by the
Society, which had been publicly charged with being a secret, fascist, subversive,
un-American, anti-Semitic organization. We have not found any of these accusations
to be supported by the evidence."
"We find The John Birch Society to be a :Right, anti-
Communist, fundamentalist organization. It was conceived, organized, and is domi-
nated by Mr. Robert Welch, who runs the Society with the aid of a National Council
and Advisory Committee."
"Communists are trained to obey a directive or a party
assignment, whether they agree with it or not. Members of the Society are constantly
told not to follow any program or directive unless they agree with it, as may be seen
in many of the monthly bulletins sent to .the members. When the policies and actions
of the Society are no longer supported by a member, he may resign and get a pro-
portional rebate of his annual dues."
"We believe that the reason the John Birch Society
has attracted so many members is that it simply appeared to them to be the most
effective, indeed the only, organization through which they could join in a national
movement to learn the truth about the Communist menace and then take some posi-.
tive concerted action to prevent its spread."
"The organization is open to people of all religions,
"From all sources, we found that there was little more
secrecy about the society than any other private organization; indeed, that since there
had been so much publicity about this movement, in papers and magazines and gen-
eral circulation, that it is now probably less secret than the Elks Club, Moose Club,
or other private group that accepts members by vote or invitation and does not open
its meetings to the general public."
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LEADERS
SAY:
STROM THURMOND, United States
Senator
"I'm not a member of The John
Birch Society or any of those or-
ganizations. I understand they're
against Communism, and I'm for
any group that's against it (Com-
munism)."
Greenfield News, Greenfield, South Caro-
Iina, February 2, 1962
REVEREND J. L. WARD, Minister,
Nashville, Tennessee
"The John Birch Society is one
of the greatest organizations in
the world today. It is not sub-
versive. Its concern is with justice
for all and the 'peace and dignity
of everyone."
J. EDGAR HOOVER, Director of
Federal Bureau of Investigation
"I would have no fears if more
Americans possessed the zeal, the
fervor, the persistence, and the
industry to learn about the men-
ace of Red fascism. I do fear for
the liberal and progressive who
have been hoodwinked and duped
into joining with the Commun-
ists."
Statement before Committee on Un-Ameri-
can Activities, United States House of
Representatives, March 26, 1947
W. CLEON SKOUSEN, Former
FBI Agent and Chief of Police,
Salt Lake City
"I certainly would have no quar-
rel with anyone who wishes to
disagree with some idea promul-
gated by The John Birch Society.
In a Republic this should be ex-
pected. However, no American
should stand by and see a legiti-
mate group of American citizens
dishonestly ridiculed and smeared
at the instigation of the interna-
tional Communist conspiracy."
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EZRA TAFT BENSON, United
States Secretary of Agriculture,
1953-1960
"When he (son Reed) joined I
expressed my opinion that I was
convinced that The John Birch
Society was the most effective
non-church organization in our
fight against creeping socialism
and Godless Communism. I also
stated that I admire Reed's cour-
age and applauded his decision."
Address Delivered December 19, 1963,
Boise, Idaho
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, For-
mer President of the United
States
"The John Birch Society is a
good, patriotic society. I don't
agree with what its founder said
about me but that does not de-
tract from the fact that its mem-
bership is comprised of many
fine Americans dedicated to the
preservation of our libertarian
Republic."
Column by George Todt in Los Angeles
Herald-Examiner, March 23, 1964
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 WHY HAVE SO MANY JOIN FAD?..
In the words of the California State Senate report ...
John Birch Society has attracted so many members is that
could join
"We believe that the reason the through which they
appeared to them to be the most effective, indeed the only
Cflmmunist menace and then take some posi-
the
in as a national movement to learn spread." truth about
tive concerted action to prevent P
In the words of a member ...
I have been growing more and more concerned with the Wway in which our nation seemed
hen The Jolm Birch Society
"For some time, children might expect.
to be heading and as to what kind of a future my le I have met
resented to me, I knew at once that this was what I had been looking for. The pe P
wasp to meet.
through John Birch are the finest
el, California.
Mrs. Beth Cleminson, San
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n the
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"Merely being patriotic or anti-Communist is not sufficient qualification for me
now and in the future, only men and women o membership. We must have associated with us,
of good will, good conscienc?e
an example, , and religious ideals. For we are striving.,
by dedication, integrity and purpose - in word and
hesitation." ROBERT BERT WELCH deed - which our children's children may follow without
Men and women of integrity and purpose building rededication to God, to
fami
OU'r to country, and to strong moral principles.
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.,,.14' a*ueu caeu-j bodies of the Christian Crusade
`_-
light-Wing mates the Incomes of 30 slectd and' the American Economic
right-wing groups ranging across, c,M,?,
Conde McGinley's C o rn m-o n contributed in 1961 and 1962 to
C,.. o.~IliO.aUo ! Sense." as well aS cnnvontinti. 1 the American' Econnmi'. Fniin-
organizations such as the Amert dation, America's Future, Fred
'can Economic Foundation, the :Schwarz's Christian Anti-Com-
International Councils of C ii
A Washington Correspondent mates that +un- tian Churches. kris-i
d'328,700. It estimates
or the Post-Dispatch published income and other, or-y The report named these other
-A-#;- ''ring th
'total t
. _. - - - - -
e
o
~au,uuu,uuu a year, nent In a pattern of "interlock' -
RIGHT-WI GROUPS In he Heading the list for 1963 are, lug support" of 20 selected; right-1
United States have tripled their ,
octal income, in the last five the Twentieth Century Re~orma- wing operations;
tion Hour, with an income of The Barb Colman Co
~
a
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a
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., a
ye
rs, a pr
vate rese
ed
h organ, $1,718,000. This is a daily radio;
zation reported today. machine toes Yirm of Rockford;
i? program by the Rev. Carl Mc-1 Ill.; Harry L. Bradley, -board
It estimated the current total Intire,. heard on more, than 600chairma~i of Allen-Bradt ey Co.,
stations
McIntire attacked the
at 530
000000
.
,
.
, of Milwaukee; Donaldson Brown,
Probably two thirds of the total Roman Catholic church in the, a retired DuPont Corp: and'Cen-
1940s as the greatest enemy of; eral Motors executive; ';Ro.bert
is aided by. the exemption and freedom and liberty that thd" Dresser, a Providence, R.I.,at-
donation provisions of the federal?ilworld has had to face today."', torney; Robert Donner of Colo-
ncom
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i
d
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e
ax
aws,
t sai
.
Chance, chairman of the A. B. 11 'The Jdhn Birch Society, in
Chance Co. of Centralia, Mo., as second place, has climbed from
a figure in the "interlocking sup- $129,900 in 1959 to $1,088,000 in
port" of right-wing groups. It 1963, the report. says.
says that Chance, Chance, a member of
t the national council of the John
Birch Society, has contributed to,:
11 right-wing organizations an4
is is affiliated with three others. -:,'
t' The report is the work,~of
Group Research, Inc., of Wish-.,
ington, D.C., which gathers in?I'
['formation on right-wing and con..-.
servative economic and political
lobbies and organizations. IT SELLS a news letter and'`a
loose-leaf reporting service. It
was founded' and is headed by; Christian Nationalist Crusade,
Wesley McCune, a former Wash- $288,700 and the newspaper and
ington reporter for Newsweek, pamphleteering operation of
Time and Changing Times and a r Kent and Phoebe Courtn
of
ey
r former si'aff member of the Dem-' New Orleans $281 000 - '
i' thq National Farmers' Herbert. C. ; ,Stockham, general
? Chance, in addition to his office, "maneer.of Stockham Valves an
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Committee, a sponsor of the Man.
'on FOrutn:`and on th ? advisory.
rado Springs, Colo., a ' retired
steel executive; farmer Gov,
Charles Edison of New Jersey,
former, chairman of the Mc-
Graw-Edison Co.' ?
Also Robert M. Gaylord, chair-
man of ingersoll Milling Ma.j!
chine Co. of Rockford, Ill.; Wit-
liam Grede, head of a Milwaukee
foundry; . Walter Harnischfeger,
chairman of the Harnischfeger
Corp., of Milwaukee; A. G.
Heinsohn Jr,, head of Cherokee
ers and 'publishe'rs of 1 'ea
hr's Digest; Edwin L. Wiegand,
chairman of a Pittsburgh elec-
trical heating equipment firm 'of
that name, and Robert E. Wood,,
retired chairman of Sears, Roe-
buck & Co.
The report observed that many
of the groups have broad support
but value large contributions as
assuring them an operating base.
Among groups not listed be-'
cause Group Research could'not'
obtain enough information about
them was the leading organiza-
tion advocating repeal of the in-
come tax, the Liberty. Amend.
ment Committee of the U.S.A.
Its promotional material last
year spoke of a $300,000 annual,
budget.
Group Research observed that
its report showed. that the right-
wing was not a recent develop-
ment. All but seven of the 30 list-
ed operations dated back at least
to 1955. Eleven have existed
since the 1940s or earlier.
In contrast to the right-wing,
Group, Research noted that. the
Federl Government has estimat-
ed the United States Communist
party's total income in 1951 at
less than $392,000, and its mem-'
bership in that year at about`
31,600. At its peak, total. party
membership was about 80,000;,
and. income presumably was less'
than $1,000,000 a year, the re-.
Mort said.
"'The John Birch Society: had
topped that by the fifth'year of I
Its,. existence ' the report ob.",
served
T.s
ctile Mills- and Spindale Mills;
the late Charles Hook, head of
Armco Steel;. Eli Lilly, $onor%?
'ary ch.kitman of the Indlanapolis?
drug firm; Philip M. McKenna.
president 6t Kennametal, Inc.;.,-
the Milliken family and Deering
Milliken Research Coop.,. - of,
Spartanburg, S. C.
t ocratic National Committee and THE REPORT 'said ' thgt. of the Sun Oil Co. of Pittsburg
nist" Protestant church leaders.'
NEXT iI' ORDER of the 1963
p 10 are Life Line, a radio pro-
`'gram and news letter supervised
by H.. L. Hunt, the Texas oil
billionaire
$1
088
000; American
,
,
,
Economic Foundation, $953,100; I
Human Events,. $927,500; Free
doors Foundation at Valley Forge, ti
$711,800; 'the Rev. Billy James'
Hargis's Christian Crusade,'
$677,200; Dan Smoot's radio
commentary and news, letter,
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DePugh Says He Quit Birchites'
Over Rift With Robert Welch
Asserts Leader of Group Accused Him
of Takeover Attempt
By ROBERT H. COLLINS filtrate and take over the John
would
iety.
Birch Soc
Of the Post-Dispatch Staff
Robert B. DePugh, national appear a d vantageous I told him to it both of
leader of the Minutemen, said to- I us to have no further connec
tions between the two organiza-
day that he quit the John Birch
tions. This was tantamount to my
Society after "Robert Welch
resignation , and I made it clear
accused me of trying to infiltrate
that it was.
and take over his organization."
I think Welch personally is
"The principal difference be-
well meaning, and he is an intel
tween me and Welch is that I am
ligent individual, but he has in
interested in everybody's free-
sulated himse3lf from the mem
dom," DePugh commented.
bership by a number of assist
? Welch, founder of the John ants
who don't measure up to hi
'Birch Society, says in a current caliber."
"
of the organization that
Welch ha
DePugh said that
almost from the time th
"DePugh began steering the known
Minutemen into becoming an un-
Minutemen were organized tha
they were to be an undergroun
derground armed-guerrilla organ-
armed guerilla organization."
ization, which caused us to drop
"I never had any intention o
him from our membership."
a
,it is worth noting that for
t
about two years Mr. DePugh had
w
made the most continuous and
t
determined effort to bring about
"
extensive collaboration of the
z
Minutemen with the John Birch
Society that we have experienced
with any other group," Welch
u
said in the bulletin.
Refund of Dues
i
"We have our canceled check
i
of April 7; 19G4, made out to
Robert B. DePugh, and indorsed
by Robert B.DePugh, for the
refund of the pro rata part of
his dues paid in advance."
e
DePugh's resignation from th
2
society was disclosed June 2
by the Past-Dispatch. "My'feel
o
ings are liberal compared t
some members of the John Birch
Society," he said at that time.
DePugh, of Norbarne, Mo.
was in the St. Louis area over
h
the weekend . conferring with
leaders of his organization here
about membership and training.
"Contrary to the impression
I
Welch has tried to create that
was kicked out of the John Birch
Society, the fact is that I quit,
DePugh told this reporter.
"I made it clear in a telephone
conversation with Welch that a
friction between the two organi-
-
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to s,m the whole matter dropped any
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mbition of trying to take over
he John Birch' Society, and it
ould be ridiculous for anyone
o imply thalt," DePugh said,
but we do have Welch's organi-
ation well infiltrated."
'No Ulterior Reason'
DePugh said that there are "no
lterior reasons. We just like to
keep abreast of all their activ-
ties and know what they are do-.
ng and what they plan to do,
but apparently Weilch thought we
were trying to recruit some of
his best people."
DePugh said 'there are two
sources of friction between the{
two organizations. "One is a na-,
tural competition. for me:mbee-
ship, and the other is that. the
John Birch Society believes it
can accomplish its goals through
political `means. The Minutemen
believe it is too late for that."
In a preface to his comments:
on DePugh, Welch wrote that
the John Birch Society had "fol-
lowed a determined policy, from
the very beginning, of never at-
tacking any other anti-Commu-
nist nist group, even when we dis-
agreed strongly with some of
their principles or methods."
He indicated that DePugh's
previous remarks about the ter-
mination of his Birch Society
P *a 091
truth simply to defend ourselves
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a Yard Deep
1 Mr? Wplrh ctartlarl ma at nna
g
~' . communist conspiracy. If you.. spills off A he edge. But the "
leave off the ,first six words,: whole Geographical Truth Socle- he isn't. That's just another .of
you're quoting ~ out of context. ty episode was a. shameful blot, f those smears. I gather. -I must
See?. and I'm soryy I mentioned it: confess Ihadnt heard' it.
By TOM DONNELLY. gcvuy, Trc ug ULU WV uvu L
lenged Mr. Welch on what Mr.. know everything." That r e p 1 y
ROBERT WELCH,' the lovable Spivak regards as specific came in response to a question
founder and president of The smears, in context, Mr. Welch as to why the John Birch So-John Birch Society, said on met the challenge by saying that ciety doesn't publish its mem-
"Meet the Press" Sunday that You had to consider the sur bership list. The rest of the can- 7
it's -no wonder a Gallup poll offered roundingtomreadaterial. three-minute Welch text was to the effect. that or
shows only .8 per cent of the ganizations like the A.C.L.U:: ;
American people have ' a fa- statement. Mr. Spivak indicated and the N.A.A.C.P don't publish.
vorable opinion of his organiza- that would 'take up too much membership lists either, and h
tion. Mr. Welch said he's sur- air time. I feel a great o
PPor that context helps you with "We ,
prised the, percentage is that hlnity was lost here. I never figure we don't know ever y
high, considering all the smears dreamed Mr. Welch could pro- thing," you're welcome to it.
his grout{ is up against. ., duce a three-minute context.
? How about Sen. Barry. Gold-
Mr. Welch said some people
The .press panel wanted, to hpve been trying to blacken the~ water's analysis of Mr. Welch
know If opl Welch hadn't ,tbhn Birch Society by blacken-' as "intemperate and unwise?"
smeared people like Mr. Eisen- Mr.' Welch said in reply that he
ing Mr. Welch. If this is true,
bower and John Foster Dulles, didn't think Barry would delib-
ii's certainly not the American
and other leading Americans. way. Or at least it's not what:, erately smear him. I'm not cer- i
Mr. Welch said the press was we like to think of as the Amer- lain whether Mr. Welch meant J:
only naming maybe half a dozen. icon way. There have been. itI he couldn't believe Barry ever.1
people "out of thousands." He said such a thing, or whether-.:
didn't go on to say"* "out of he felt Barry may have gotten y
thousands I've called communist must be conceded, a few ugly "words out of whack again.
episodes in the past. C e r t a i n a
agents " So I .:don't know if
;:. that's what he meant. He did voices; were raised in derision Mr. Welch offered an interest-
say the press was quoting out against. the members of the ing ndicddefinition f his own. He
of 'context. Mr. Welch has used Joshua Dunbuncle Geographical people who get
Truth Society in 1872, merely his whole context may not know
that phrase I
believe ahe" has before, ever but I dissuedon't a j because- Joshua announced that what he means by "treason."
he had secret documents prov- For example, he said there are
directive to the, members of his ing the world was flat. Only a People in Washington so loyal
society explaining what it handful of persons said that to the One World ideal that
means, just because the founder of a they might commit acts Mr.
Well, Birchers, it's like this. society has a peculiar central Welch would consider treason
Take the sentence: "Certain idea, that doesn't mean that his able to the U. S., but ? which
kooks go around saying that ,I followers have to follow him all he wouldn't consider treason-
Dwight D. Eisenhower is a :dedi- `the way down the line, to the able to World Government. Lest
cited conscious agent of the place where. the Pacific ocean . You might think from this that
he said
Mr Welch is mellowin
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POLITICIANS In b o t h Birch Society., commercial product that I'm
camps have been saying that He told his audience that selling, the Federal Trade
k this autumn's campaign i5 president Kennedy's assas- Commission can stop me,
By :Bi11 Cold'
DISTRICT LINE ?
.
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We Sure Need Some ' ' of the Univerri'ty of Illinois. cheese? You can't? Then it
Prof. Oliver is a member of must be so.
Pure Feud Laws the council of the John If I lie to you about a 1
h o t h a t Intelligence A g e n c y, and aches and `pains the Food
p e
paigns give Mule 411a[ it Weer. UUAUle
are ~~ f ;
t h e Nation the funeral:' Ile indicated
that our CI-A-was working
its best op-
hand-in-glove with Soviet
flection. It is a blow to the that speech, and many of,
democratic process when them probably believe what;,
blind partisanship puts rea- they heard. The man said i12
son to rout. and nobody refuted it, so it;
The first danger in a ? must be so. And, as a John
.!dirty campaign is that Ac- Birch member wrote to me,
f'tory may go to the more in- son time 'ago, "Can you
temperate candidate rather prove that Oswald acted on.,
than to the one better,quali- his own and-that the CIA,
fied for office. The second ._was' not involved?"
'ways some minds in which
campaign falsehoods , t a k e ., ??
firm root.
The campaign ends, but
the dirt'.remainrs and be-
(comes a breeding ground,
;';for increased bitterness and
!partisanship.
'.; In Sunday's editions of
{this newspaper, staff report-
yer Julius Duscha; told about'
Ordinarily, irf -I were toS
announce that the moon is'
made of green cheese, ita
would be up to me to offer',
proof of the statement,
rather than up to a doubter's
to disprove it. i
But in politics, the bur
den of proof somehow gets]
disprove the charge it must',
be so. a
moon Is not' made of greens:
there Is no effective bar
against wild statements=
made In the political arena,
and that seems a' pity_
eponsib a way for 9 'damn-?
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By Julius Duscha Then, in mocking tones,
SANTA ANA, Calif.,: Aug who are too lazy, too stupid,
29-Outside the night air too savage ' to work for
themselves." His listeners
twas cool and refreshing. In- ,laughed and cheered.
side it was stuffy and fright.. .I Foreign Aid Ripped
erring. Oliver solemnly warned
Thirteen hundred men and his audience against hccom-
women filled the auditorium , Ong entangled in such pro-
of the Santa ?,; { grams as foreign aid, assist-
,Ana Valley :,, f"' ''~?
~>':. born frvr' nnrirrrlovPlnnod
High School
to hear Prof.
? Revilo P. 01-
University of
Illinois speak
for more
there were a
Dusolia
few pickets.
His speech Included such
phrases as "the Warren
gang," "Bobby Socks Kenne=
dy," "a hole called Harvard
University," and "the su-
preme directorate of con-
spiracy, -whoever they may
,. be."
But the speech' by Oliver
(whose first name is his last
name spelled backward) oc-
casioned few comments In
California's Orange County.
Solid-Looking Audience
ears
er
"I don't. know," Obvert
said, "whether Oswald was,;
paid by the CIA or by the
Soviet secret police-and it's:'
I just a matter of bookkeep..,
lug anyway."
Oliver also said that un-.
der orders from Secretary;
of Defense Robert S. Me
Namara the Army "began to
rehearse for the funeral
more than a week before
the funeral," and there.,
'civil rights.
~ ~ rya nr~uc.~y~ia
Oliver, a professor of'
classics at Illinois, is a large:
Oliver's words was that man who speaks with a flat'
white .'.Americans are a, Midwestern accent. ...
fiuper-race and that other
peorsles are inferior.
1 At one point he spoke of
the "profound biological dif?
ferences between -human
races." . 11
He also was openly anti-
;-Semitic. He read, for exam-
ple, in a mocking Yiddish
' accent, a letter of criticism
that he had received.
There was no question,
though, that his audience
responded best to his sug-
week In the Los Angeles tI cessful only because they
:, area, of .which Orange Counp had worked hard and that
ty is the southernmost part,
t anyone who was not success-
right-wing extremists are ha-
ranguing well dressed audi- ful was simply lazy and In-
ences Made up of middle- ferior and, in Mr. Doolitle's
class businessmen and their words in "My Fair Lady,"
stylishly dressed wives.
amoii "the undeservin
? These are not little old l:
ladies in tennis shoes from. poor."
F- Pasadena. They, are not
,1F Pasadena:.
faddists, religious la. Kennedy's Assassination
,,.
?.natics or some other, kind Most of Oliver's speech
of cultists. They, are solid was devoted to a rehashing
middle-class Americans. of charges he made last,
Oliver, i3 member of the ; winter in the Birch Society'
council.,of the John Birch society, -got his greatest re- magazine, American Opin-
t sponse during his address ion, that President-Ken.,
on Fridsiy night when he nedy's assassination was part
praised the energy and, in- of a Communist plot and.
telligence of the American I engineered with the help of
s
people. f Y ' 1t^ , the Central lntelli
en
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Ile has become one of the:
star attractions on the right -f
wing speaking circuit, and, a?
profitable circuit it is. 11
In addition to the spec. ch,i
delivered in a dark auditor-:
ium from. a bright -lighted:
stage on which a hpge Amer
ican flag had been pinned!
as a backdrop, each listener!
got a ticket stub telling hirn
how he could obtain, more a
Information-about the Joh ti -
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Pape Page Pogo
Date: AU G 2 5 1964,
;ohn Birch Society
,'lo the Editor, Evening Post:
How do you explain the 'sul-
cide of the West? Is it stupid
ity? How did Communism con-.
:.quer and fortify the Island of
Cuba right beneath our noses?I
'.Do you know? If you don't
know, do you have a theory? Robert Welch did when he
founded the John Birch Society;
r,in 1958. It must have been a'
pretty good theory, too, because
he out-guessed the entire CTA,,
and
U. S. State Depart em n't,;
about Fidel Castro, Sukarno,
Tito, and a few other interest-.
ing people who have taken our
money, and made' fools of Uncle'
Sap.
Do you want to sample that
,theory for yourself, first-hand?'-'
Do you have the patience to ]is-
1'r ten through three reels of film,'
while your mind busily ties to-.4
'gether half-forgotten facts? Aft-,'
kerwards,?do you have the-curs-
fosity to fire questions at Bill`!
L Highsmith,' major coordinator of,,
`the society, to straighten out
the details? y
If you do and are determined;!
to know "the other side" and
Lsome truth, too; come to Mem-f
nger Auditorium on Thurs-a
Ey, Aug. 27 at 7:30 p.m: Listen,
,,ask, and, meet some local,mem- .
bets of the society. '
M. I , LEL0 1
harlest_.. -.. .Y,; ..?, k++
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Tire ' three civil rights work-
ers killed in the Deep South this
summer were "cockroaches who
crawled into the State of Mis-
sissippi to incite violence," Dr.
Revilo P. Oliver said here last
night.
The professor of. classics at
the University of Illinois and na-
tional council member of the
John Birch Society told a Tuc-
son Press Club forum:
"I'll) truly astonished at the
amount of exeltement this has
occasioned. I noticed 1n Wash-
while praying, in her home.
"'.church, but f don't hear one
peep of indignation. from the,
"l'in: not ..sure who ' killed
those people 'iii' Mississippi, ' he
added. "1 strongly suspect that
the murder may have followed
a coi imon Communist' pattern.
l They either do the work them-
selves or get someone else to do
it for their.
"THOSE PEOPLE are not
entitled to one-tenth of the con-
sideration o'r sympathy. they
have aroused,"
He described the John Birch
Society as "a patriotic organi-
7.ation whose principal function
Is to educate the Amexican
peo-ple we are trying to dis-
tribute information that is not
getting out in other channels.
"We are t'rying to call peo-
ple's attention to significant
events of which they have never
heard," he added, "as well as-
those they have heard.but.for-
gotten."
Oliver quoted a newspaper re-
4V d C, , VV 0 rke
f , 77 -
cc.aroacnes
~uhwV~r.A:nS,rw, the answer to the continuing en-
sites followed a heated denounce- ;sF
croachments on the, .liberties of
affiliation and even documented
its proof with evidence that the
bearded revolutionist was a
working Communist as far back
as 1948.
Raises Treason Question
"I ask you," Stanley said, "is
it error or is it treason for the
State department to provide aid
even though they know their
aid is going to the Communists?
Surely no reasonable, decent
man can say if it isn't error it
can be nothing but treason."
Stanley, in h I s 90-minute
speech on foreign `aid, said,
Communists of six areas have
been givers bill 14A J Ibl
He e listed, 1id~r''44ffii'' `C0 ,
Venezuela, Algeria; Bolivia,' In-
donesia,,and Africa.
wormer where the .:two. metvailing In the State department)
doesn't it?
and other areas of government
Algerian Aid Cited . ! The program,. the first of its
Stanley also' cited the State kind to be sponsored by a group
department's a s s i s t a n c e to calling itself ? the American
Ahmed Ben Bella, Algerian pre; Opinion Forum, was delayed
mier. Ben Bella has been a t;om- about one' hour while the audi-
munist worker since his teen-age erce watched Senator Goldwa-
years. Stanley said. ter's acceptance speech on tele-
"Ren Bella. was taken to a place. vision.
of'honnr,atop the- tomb of Lenin The newly organized forum's
for hl;(,' day ceremonies" Stanley; chairman, Dick Lyons, said the
acid. "He watched the uornmunist organization will try to bring
troops pass.. anti-Communist'speakera to the
M
"Or. etober 15 of 1462 hi-was
troustito this' aountry,: given a,prea
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JUL 6 1964
Rousselot to
,Head Birch
Press Office .
Former Rep. John, H.
Rouusselot.(R-Cal.) has been
named national, director o
public relations for the John
Birch Society, Robert Welch,
founder and president of the
ultra-conservative organiza-
tion, announced Sunday.
Rousselot, present west-
ern district governor for the
society, will maintain an of-
fice in San Marino, but will
spend a portion of his time in
Belmont., Mass., the an-
nouncement said.
Rousselot will be respon-
sible for the general public
relations program of the.
John Birch S o c i e.t y
throughout the country. He,
w i I 1 especially , maintain
direct relations with the na-1
tion's communications ne-
dia, Welch said. 1
The announcement said'
,.oU.hca? public relations offices
will he npen,ed 'in Chicago,
and.Houutt.
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B ?ch Society Names Rousselot
"National Publicity D c,
By JOI$1J IL FENTON
';pccial to The New Ypr Times
Birch Society appointed 'a na-
tional director of pubic relax
tions today. Within 15 minutes,
BOSTON, July 2-The Johnlnront, Mass:,_Ot.her public rela-
of civil rights, asserted:
"Racial imbalance is a phrase
worked up by a bunch of agita-
tors."
n
Rousse o o a ?1
was waved to the microphones V"'elch wasa engaged in a debate
at a press conference after Mr. On politics.
Welch. in a heated discussion; But the leader of the ultra-
t'
tiuns offices are planned in
Chicago and Houton.
The new ~lirtector's duties
he was hard at work giving were described by Mr. Welch as
his boss, Robert H. W. Welch "especially to maintain direct
Jr., a chance to regain his com- relations with the nation's com-
posure., j trunications media"
The new officer, John It. As soon as the session was
Marino Calif thrown open for questions, Mr.
1 t f a
conservative organrza on fused to be drawn into any en-
dorsement of any candidate.
From there, the conference
swnng into a panel discussion
wave of his hand, Sa#i* n civil rights. Mr. Welch as
"You take over, John, i ha.diserted that "there is no such
Better stay out of this." thing as suppression of the
Nero."
tiusand 1]ollars."
A single man, wearing black tie and stickpin, stood.
"One thousand dollars?" Billy James asked.
This was a more popular appeal. Three rose.
"Now $500. Don't hestitate. God's watching."
[n one hour and 11 minutes, 79 men and women
cry. ttriliuted $38,870. Billy James Hargis was on the air.,f
Tomorrow: The Religious Crusaders.
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mo. t ?-r o t O l U
One Man's. 'American Opinion'
.Palindr
me at Best
By TOM KELLY
DR. REVILO P. OLIVER has a distinction among both
classical philologists and political extremists-his name is
a palindrome.
(A palindrome is an oddity of spelling, a word, a phrase or
a sentence that reads the same backwards as forwards: "Lewd
I Did Live & Evil Did I Dwel.")
He is also, rather suddenly, the loudest voice in the Birch
wood. He has an unproved explanation of the assassination of
John F. Kennedy which embraces all details, impugns almost
everyone's character, and suggests that Dr. Oliver, like his
name, has stepped thru a looking glass.
NOT FIRED
The Doctor is Professor of Classics at the University of Illi-
nois and last week was something of an academic
ue
ti
n
q
.
s
o
The University Board declined to fire him, as suggested, tho
the members did deplore his off-campus capers. On campus,
they noted, he confines his pronouncements to philology.
His assassination thesis is that (A) President Kennedy was
a communist or a quasi-communist and (B) he was killed by
the communists because it was politically expedient.
He has propounded this in articles in the John Birch Society
Magazine, American Opinion, and in "The Aftermath of the
Assassination", a speech sponsored by a rightist lecture group
in Decatur, Ill.
Students of the literature of the extreme right find them
surprisingly clearly written.
They also contain what a philologist might call internal. evi-
dence of Dr. Oliver's state of mind.
DR. REVILO P. OLIVER
was arrested as a suspect, but was released thru the personal
intervention of R
b
t F
K
o
er
.
ennedy ...
In a scholarly footnote, Revilo gives the source of this ex-
traordinary bit of nonsense, "The Councilor," of Shreveport, La.,
issue of Dec. 20, 1963. The Councilor is published by the White
Citizens Council and it gives as its source for the story the
Deutsches National Zeitung, a right-wing paper in West Ger-
many, Deutsches National Zeitung in turn gives no source but
merely says "it was reported to us."
INDIGNANT
When Revilo was challenged on the truth of the wild tale,
he replied with indignation that he had not presented it as an
absolute fact but had said, carefully, that it had been neither
confirmed nor denied,
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Contfr ue~
The Aftermath of the Assassination shows an enchantment
IN with certain words: "vermin," "spat", "spittle," "puking,"
IM,
"purulent pus," ".vicious," "depraved," "spattered," "squirt-
? " " "sewers," ~ ed, rats, scuttling,'! "bestial," "rotting" and
"puke-machines," Some occur once, some many.times. As
many as six occur in a single paragraph. It gives the article
a certain air, tho not an attractive one.
TECHNIQUE
1/111 The article also shows Revilo as,a practitioner of a striking
dialectic technique which allows him to play the scholar and
the demagogue simultaneously: The mingling of absurb alle-
gations with careful qualifications.
~.f
? For example he has written: "In April of 1963, he (Os- r:
i wald) was sent to Dallas, where he tried to murder General'
9 Edwin Walker ... according to a story tl"iat has been neither
` confirmed nor denied officially at the time that I write, Oswald
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DECATUR Ill 1 .1. 1 1. f -
~erviee ~V"4an`Killcz
ennedy s memory would be
cherished, "With distaste."
Oliver said in the article that.
Kennedy' was assassinated be-'
cause he fell behind in. a. Com
munist timetable; for the take-(
over of America.
(UPI) - Prof.isicist also said information,aboutlwhere authorities found the rifle}
:Revilo P. Oliver, a John Birchi the Kennedy assassination was of Kennedy's accused assassin,
Society leader. who stirred up a being kept from the public-by
furor-with an a ttacik on the late the, Warren Commission
Oswald.
! Oliver Secret'
believed in is wide tore He that said he in a "' community ]ec? .had may have been slain in the?Tex-l that the body of a Secret Service conclusive ot been able
as Book Depository in Dallas.' agent was found m.the book de. lion" about the alleged Incident.
The University of Illinois.clas ipository . behind some . boxes Oliver said American "should
_-_-:not accept" the statement of
,Chief Justice Earl Warren that
soine,aspects of the Kennedy as-
sassination' :would not be re-
vealed.
"We need to know'-and we need
to, know now, :because this is a
matter 'that vitally. affects. our
national security," Oliver said.
Oliver,, a 'Member -of the, Na-
tional Council. of the Birch So-
ciety, said the society is. "The
principal, target of the barrage
of purulent fuss that is spewed
on all anti-Communists."
The society represents "the
finest Americans in our coup=
try," he said. ?
The University of ' Illinois
Board of Trustees 'Tuesday voted
to take no action against Oliver
for his article in a Birch Society
publication that said President
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DECATUR, 111, -- Prof. Revilo P. Oliver unleashed leis'
Peculiar brand of thunder on the ri ht Wednesday night, and
;tinned Decatur,
Oliver charged that the Warren commission' investigating
hc. assassination of President Kennedy is plotting to conceal
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