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(UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum*

TO

FROM

subject:

Mr. DeLoach date: 2-27-62

D. C. MorrellS

Tolson _Belmont _

Mohr

Callahan .

Conrad

DeLoach .

EvansMaione —Rosen .

Sullivan

Tavel

Trotter

Tele. Room .

Ingram

Gandy .

By letter 2-20-62, captioned individual criticized the Directorfor attacking "100% patriotic societies such as ' The JohnjBirjeh.Society,','I etc. inhis article for the American Bar Association,wishing to put the few T,alert patriots back,General gave the speech to the Director.

ccuges the Director of

a" and inquires if the Attorneycloses with the statement that

the sole purpose of the new Frontier is "one world socialism Harvard Style. " Hesigns his name as a "disillusioned F. B. I. admirer.

"

Js nofeidentifiable in Bufiles. In view of his sarcasticremarks, his muddled thinking and his dogmatic views, it is not felt his lettershould be acknowledged.

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That letter not be acknowledged.

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\0l & 7 1962

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Ik^ ~ - OFFICE <JF DIRECTOR

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

UN iTED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Mr. To! son

Mr,

Mr.

Mr. Callahan

.

Mr. Conrad*

'Mr. DeLocpJf^!

Mr? Evans*_

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Mn. .Mai one

Mr. Rosen

Mr. Sull ivan _

Mr. Tavel

-Mr. Trotter

Mr. Jones

Tele. Room

Mr. Ingram

Miss Holmes—Miss Gandy

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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

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The attached C ^ J J/C^c 4l * has beenreceived in the Records Branch, appropriately initialed, and in-dicated for file. By use of ins*^ant transmittal memorandum, allnecessary recording and indexing will be accomplished. It is tobe noted this form is for internal use only within the RecordsBranch, principally by the Routing Unit where bulky material notaccompanied by memorandum is usually received.

The enclosure, if bulky and not usually filed with otherpapers in file, may be detached but this action should be clearlynoted under the word "Enclosure. "

. mOSOBB ATTACHED KEC- 42Enclosure NOT RECORPED

2S MAR 8 1962

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INDEX: John Birch Society

MAGAZINE: TimeFebruary 16, 1962

ARTICLE: "The Press:/Thunder on the Right"

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THE PRESSEnter the Observer~~0n["newsstands, tfiTnew Sunday paperhad a clean, uncluttered look (six columns'_tp_the _page instead of the customarveight)

, and it was certainly easy to carryhome (S oz. sj. the 4 lb. 2 oz. of the NewYork Times). The pictures were playedfor dramatic effect : a blast-off shot of Sat-urn, the U.S.'s largest rocket, soared ma-jestically the length of the page; a glower-ing portrait of Brigadier General WilliamB. Rosson, the U.S. Army's guerrilla war-fare expert, was brutally cropped to elim-inate part of the general's brow, all of hishair and his left ear^Even the paper oji

which the newcomer was printed seemedwhiter by several degrees than ordinaryf

ovster-grey newsprint.—as indeed it was.Thus last week, after a five-month gesta-tion

f wflf= 1™™ fiia National Observer.

the_U.S«'s first serious try at a nationalnewspaper.

Although billed as a Sunday paper, theObserver bore little resemblance to thelaminated bundle of news, features, sup-plements and qomics tnat characterize therest of the Sunday press. Vol. J, No. 1 ofthe Observer was a single section of'~3 2

^Qages^-haJi of it ads. Ut six Page Onestories, tour datelessly treated trends orevents Jong since dissected by other news-papers, e.g., a lengthy article on policecorruption that reprised a Chicago policedepartment scandal (1960) and a similardustup in Denver,No Detectable Plan, Inside, the Ob-

server scattered, according to no detect-able pattern, a clutch of articles, featurestories, puzzles, pictures, cartoons, weath-er maps and poetry (including all 60 linesof John Greenleaf Whittier's BarbaraFrietchie). Two stories on Pope JohnXXIII ran on separate pages (4 and 26);an obituary on Violinist Fritz Kreisler ap-peared on page 8, an obituary on FrenchArtist Andre Lhote on page 15. Readers,anxious to discover how the new paperwould deal with U.S. culture were soondisillusioned: the Observer begged thequestion. Theater and book reviews wereshot through with a rehash of newspaperand magazine critics, a technique reminis-cent of the defunct Literary Digest.Among the feature pieces, one quoted

an educational consultant's discovery thatsome Midwest grade school students can-not spell. Another story speculated forObserver readers'on what it would be likeif Algerian-style plastiqueurs were loose inNew York: "On any given Saturday nightin Times Square a car would pull up tothe curb and spray machinegun bulletsinto the crowds . , . A bomb would bethrown into New York's Carnegie Hall. . . Taxi drivers, bus drivers and mailmenwould be killed in every section of thecity, Crowded Harlem tenements wouldbe blown up on an average of one amonth."Wherever a column of print fell short

of pagcjength, the Observer dropper] inan Jtem whose only visible purpose was

FEBRUARY 16, 1962

to reach the bottom of the page* Sample:'

John £. Roberts, editor of Charity andCkildren

t via& eTec:ted presiden t of the

Bapt ist "Public Relations Asso c ia tion last

Prenatal Enthusiasm, By no accident,

the uoservervtzs aTifs journalistic best in

a brisk fact-filled summary, taking upabout half a page, of business trends. Its

! doting and wealthy parent is Dow Jones &\ Co/s'^ Wall Street Jountal (circ. 321401).I Qh^\TiT"strength of its own success, and

Jwith a national news organization ready at

^hand, the Journal last summer decided to

Wp^hsTTa national newspaperJwKos'e ^read-

worth of accounts anxious to get in on

the debut.

In charge of, the_edjtjg iaj^gn_e raturn are

Editor William Giles, 34. a longtime

(eleven years) Journal hand whose last

job was as a reporter in the /ttifrjy/'j

Washington bureau, and ^Iaija^YJg_Edit_or

D6^rTarTer744- Uiles prestdes~m the Ob-

server'sAVashington headquarters over an

editorial staff of 20, many of them rewrite

men. Until the paper has mustered a rep-

ortoriai staff of its own. it will rely largely

on contributions from some 40 part-time

U.S. correspondents and from freelance

reporters, does not intend to tap the par-

ent Journal's extensive editorial resources

except in emergencies.

Reaction to the Observer's first issue

Editors Giles & Carter with First Issue qf^Natiqnal Observer^It was easy to carry home.'

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WALTER REHtt ETT

ershirj^ would embrace not just business-men but "intelligent readers" everywhere.When word of the venture was release d,

prenatal public response was so enthusi-astic that the Journal had to scrub original

plans to print its offspring only in Wash-ington and limit the first press run to

200,000. Last week's Observer, the fruit

of twelve dummy issues and ot an inye'st-

ment of $1,000,000, was printed (QnTSat-

urday) in three otjLte^QuntaVs_ sevenprinting plants—Washington, Chicago andChicopeeFalls, Mass. Ut the initial pressrun of 422,000, some 290,000 copies (25^)were sold on newsstands or by home de-

livery. The other 132,000 reached mailsubscribers (?io a year) on Monday orTuesday* Eventually, the Observer hopesto distribute largely by newsstand or homedelivery so that most readers will get their

paper on Sunday.Response from advertisers has also been

encouraging. By policy, ads are limitedto 50% of available space. The Observernot only reached that 16-page limit in its

first issue but also turned down five pages'...

f ^ y;,-

ranged' from qualified approval to frankdisappointment. "A professional job withexcellent writing/ 1

said John Stanton,

,

managing editor oj ^ the Chicago Daily#ews^ *Hut1 1 appears to be just

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a little

too formalized." Said a high-ranking ed-

itor of the New York Times: "If the Na-tional Observer is worth 25^, the SundayTimes is worth $2.50. I expect the secondissue will be a lot different; they'll try to

change it while they still have time."

Thunder on the Riqh f

_._fhe John.

^I5j_Societv ^ejierally_ dis-

misses jts cnt ics a&_ Comrnun ists , Com-symps or, at best, Communist dupes* Lastweek a surprising new recruit turnedup in

tthe symp-dupe ranks: the ultra-

conservatiye National Review.Wte jteview, "ded iti" 1 gg 5 by WU-

\hmF~T(jod ancTMan atTYaTe ) Buckley

Jr., is an increasingly lively, literate

journal that is constantly goading the

''Liberal Establishment." But many a lib-

eral organ might have envied the Review'sdevastatin^^analysLs of the thinking of

the Birch Society^ founder, onetime Bos-

ltc^u^n^ma^er Robert Wekti.

The Review argued that Welch , far

from repentingS ' absurdities as his

1958 attack on Eisenhower as a Com-symp, is as loose a talker as ever* ToWelch, for instance, the Bay of Pigs was a

theatrical performance jointly sponsored

by Castro and "his friends in the U.S.

Government" in order to strengthen the

Communist hold on Cuba. Not only the

. ILS>_State_Department but also the £en'~

1

tral""~Iintel% is Communist-

1 riddlecL _

Ke¥ire3 Taffy Pul ler, Welch's wild as-

saults on reason, says the Review, menacethe solidarity of the entire conservative

movement. "He persists in distorting real-

ity . . . By the extravagance of his re-

marks, he repels rather than attracts a

great following . . . Can one endorse the

efforts of a man who, in one's judgment,

goes about bearing false witness?" TheReview says no: "Qur opinion js jhat

Robert Welch is damaging the cause ^ of

anti-Commun ism ,

"

Buckley _actually approves of the John

Birch Society ("I hope it thrives" ), but

has been mc^eand more^otherecl by its

founder's antics* Last April Buckley said

in print that there were "grave differ-

ences" between his own conservative creed

and that of retired Taffy-Puller Welch*

_ Besides, last week's Review edi torial wasbound to brew a^ojher of the ideological

storms on which Bucklel^^^seem _to thrive

Tuf-TufHng the Pope, The magazine's

brief life has been punctuated by thun-

derclaps of dissent. Recently, Buckley,

who is a Roman Catholic, challenged the

papal encyclical Mater et Magistra. This

letter from Pope John XXIII to his

bishops advocated a measure of "sociali-

zation/' Le.t

government planning and

welfare programs, and urged bishops to

accommodate to the trend. The Review

promptly took the Vatican to task, de-

scribing the encyclical as "a venture in

triviality."

flncklev's belligerence has manifestly

enhanced the fortunes of his roagazine

.

S5

n

ee late 1060, the Review's^j itula.tion

has grown from_i6Joop to a healthy

6 5 aaa*Advertising revenue has doubled

since mid-1960, and the magazine loses

only $100,000 a year—a state of affairs

that does not particularly bother BUI

Buckley. Rfcft ,frv inheritance (oil), he

h

a

s both the money and the will to keep

the magazine going indefinitely..

Last week's editorial even won praise

from Liberal Establishmentarian JamesRestore Washington bureau chief of the

New York Times, who thought the Re-

view's firm stand might encourage the

IRepublican Party to rusticate Welch and

! all other extremists of his breed* Such

\ recognition should compensate for the

I risks in c rit iua inc a n^m^hnse. flock

' ,i^ubtless_numbe_rs_ some subsc riber^Jpthe Natiotwl Review*

v Almost equal to the combined circulation of

its opposite numbers on the left, the ATea> Rc*

Public (47,617) and the Natioti (25,500).

TIME, FEBRUARY 16, 1962

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H. W. hoover, JR., President-Chairman, The Hoover Company

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TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (62-104401)

FROM: SAC, DENVER (62-1623)

OJOHN^IRCH SOCIETYINFORMATION CONCERNING(INTERNAL SECURITY)

ReBuairtel 2/20/62.

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On /fi? Mr.

and KENNETH BRIDENSTINEwas interviewed by SAS

Mr.

J operating a series of gasoline servicestations, but at present is not devoting full-time to his

jbusiness, but rather is spending most of his time promotingland organizing local John Birch Society qhapters and study

/groups . He said their prime purpose is fighting Communismand main objective is the stamping out of Communism in theUnited States. 23 £^ //; / > •

[ ]was questioned about a statement, or statementsmade to the effect that "Although J. EDGAR HOOVER cannot of-ficially endorse this society, he definitely approves of itsaims and purposes." He said he could not recall making sucha statement, but admitted he has often talked to individualsland groups about how Mr. HOOVER is opposed to Communism and' is doing all in his power to fight Communism in the UnitedStates. He said he has pointed out that the John BirchSociety is likewise fighting Communism. He said he knowsthat Mr. HOOVER cannot officially endorse the John BirchSociety. He said, in speaking about Mr. HOOVER 1

s fightagainst Communism, some people may have miainte^refce^Ms ~

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remarks, and assumed that hewould approve of the aims and purposes of his society.

was saying Mr* HOOVER

Mr.

k>6

b7| stated he regretted that anyone had so

misinterpreted his remarks, and said he has the highest regardand the greatest respect for Mr* HOOVER, whom he considersa man of the highest integrity, and one who has consistentlyover the years shown so much foresight and dedication in his fightagainst crime and subversion* He said he regularly recommendsthe reading of Mr. HOOVER 1

s book "Masters of Deceit, ff and otherpublications of Mr. HOOVER, particularly those dealing withCommunism and internal security matters*

It was emphatically pointed out to Mr*|

|that Mr.

HOOVER does not endorse his society and anyone saying that hedoes so and that he approves of its aims and purposes is speaking

]without foundation and with utter disregard of facts,was severely admonished for making such statements as have beenattributed to him, or even indicating that Mr* HOOVER approvesof the aims and purposes of the John Birch Society* He was toldvehemently and definitely that he should refrain from making suchstatements in the future.

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INFORMATIVE NOTE

n&nvav inst-minted to interviewmember of

John Birch society, tor aneged statementhe made that "although J. Edgar Hoover b6cannot officially endorse the Society,he definitely approves oj£_iis_aims andpurposes." On interview

|| claims

statement misinterpreted as he has highregard -Pot tha Director. It was emphaticallypointed out l \ to refrain from makingany such future statements.

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Ir. Evans..

Mr. at alone

Mr. RosenTr. Sullivaii-

Mr. Tavel

Mr. Trotter™Vie. RoomIlss Holmes-Miss GaUdy—.

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DIRECTOR, FBI (62-104401)

SAC, LOS ANGELES (100-59001)

JOH^ilRCH SOCIETYINFORMATION CONCERNING

(INTERNAL SECURITY)

] one of the

/

of the^Effic'Tency Research Bureau, 800 SouthBrookhutW^r^hue';" Anaheim , CaliforrifaT"5~privateinvestigating agency, advised SA HENRY F. ALSTONon 3-9-62 that about. two month a previous he had beenhired by a|

| to obtain backgroundinformation concerning the John Birch Society. Theinvestigation encompassed a study and analysisof the Birch Society's membership, organizationalstructure and financing in the Southern Californiaarea and was completed in early March, 1962.

A •-

Aadvised that about a week aero >t& nnnf^nf.^ v>y

oneH who told him he had information concerning

v

the John Birch Society, also. I 1 allegedlystated he belonged to an organization devoted tothe cause of developing information against theanti-communists and that the co-ordinating councilOf this organlzatl nn was nomnoserl the fnl 1 nwl no-

individuals;anii

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0,7 Bureau' (REGISTERED - AM) (ENC 2) /I - Los /AngelVaA (-

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Approved:

Special Agent in ChargeSent

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LA 100-59001

stated TO did not know What organization I frepresents. The enclosed newspaper article from"The Register" Santa Ana, California, newspaper,issue of March 9, 1962 sets_ojiiL_almilar informationto that furnished above by

Lflja

.On V16-62 Mr.

I I

I I HCUA, advised he Had receivedInformation from Mr. I I concerning the investigation .

which had been conducted by the Efficiency Research b °

Bureau. Mr.| |

stated the Efficiency Research b7CBureau origlnany oegan an investigation' concerning theJohn Birch Society in the Orange County area for thepurpose of preparing an anti-Birch report, but asinvestigation progressed, the 'report turned out to bepro-Birch. During the course of the investigationthe investigators identified six individuals who attemptto remain secret who were opposed to the Birch Society. !

The investigators learned that the six individuals (see above)had been meeting secretly twice a month for the past18 months. Mr .

| |stated that the Efficiency

Research Bureau intends to hold a press conferenceon Wednesday, 3-21-62, at the Disneyland Hotel,Anaheim, California. Mr.

|

""[observed that in \fewof the wide spread interest in the press conferencehe expects it to be well attended by the news mediaand it is currently planned to televise the proceedingsover KCOP-TV, channel 13, Los Angeles.

The March 13, 19^2 issue of "The Register,"Santa, Ana, California, enclosed herewith, containedadditional information concerning the investigationof the John Birch Society by the Efficiency ResearchBureau. The article indicates that the Research Bureau

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was h-T-pftri hv bto make a study or the Birch activities*

In cc5ftdueting this investigation the article Indicatesthat the Investigator came across an anti-anti-communistgroup headquarters in Orange County with ties toSacramento and Washington. The article states thatthe Research Bureau indicates that their client isexpected to clear the release of names and documentswithin ten days.

The files of the Los. Angeles Office containno identifiable information concerning

The files of the Los Angeles Office reflectwas the victim of an

Thisthat in

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unknown' supjiecr exror-cion easel LA file 9-2612

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file indicatesToF

"Tfte News", a Garden Grove, caiirornia. newsnaner*|

]the Webster-Quimmley Society.lis the subject of a security matter

investigation, Bufile 100-390182 - LA 100-33597.Los Angeles report of SA ROBERT W. HOUSEAL, JR. dated11-4-52 In this cas e set forth available dataconcerning him. In| |

had contributedto the Civil Rights Congress Prisoners 1 Relief Fundin New York* More recently he has appeared as alecturer In the Anaheim^* -California, area and hasserved as vice-president of the Otfange County PdrHousing Practices Committee , a committee formed topromote sale or rental of property to minority groups.

files indicate is an

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In answer to an announcementretained as attorneys for the American.Union, he said that in the onlyinvolving the ACLU

Ihad been

Civil Libertiessuitf

State Bar againstdated 8-31 -61 to theCalifornia School offt-panfmri-hfcflfl i-ictr nl.i nni nrx refleofclngf

th"e Californialetteraulu .

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los AngeiusBureau captioned SouthernAnti-Communism (LA 62-4580)

letter contained inof April , 1961 beforeCalifornia.

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the Director'sLaw Enforcement Bulletinschool board in Fullerton,

The above is furnished for the informationof the Bureau. Any additional informationreceived will be promptly furnished.

For the additional information of the BureauLos Angeles files also reflect that [

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was one of the subjects of an Unauthorized Publicationor Use of Communications case in 1959 in Los Angeles*Bufile 13Q-87Q. Los jftngfllps fn1» 1^a.Atft [

andTiQfi An,

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[admit be a -one mstaJ-iing or a microphonein Buena Park, California. Prosecution was declined inthis case, On

made a complaint on a subversivematroer vo zne sariMna Resident Agencv t

- Los Angeles filesalso reflectof the SUb.1e6c;a xn an lmueraona-siori

Tas Angeles f1 la 217-6QQ8.

in 1957 , was oneConspiracy case,

,then a member of the

jand aI was believed by the victim to have represented

himself as a U. S. Government Investigator, however,neither I I or the other subject gave any specifictitle for their supposed employment. Prosecution wasdeclined in this matter.

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\ Director, mi

1 - Mr. Rozamus

arch 27* 1963

(XKTBRHAL SECURITY)lHATIQJf COBCSBHIKG

Enclosed are two copies of a letter datedarch 22, 1982, received from the Internal SecurityDivision of tae Department; two copies of a letterdated march 5, 1962 y addressed to J. falter Yeagley,Department of Justice, by captioned individual; and twocopies of a letter dated march 22 v 1962, addressed tocaptioned individual by J. Walter Yeagley, assistantAttorney General.

withinformation Identifiable

The first paragraph on page three of captionedindividual's letter states: **we have devoted Communists laour country right now; unfortunately I have the presenceof knowing one, a young person, who lives up the street

It isests that[

_ . j*b letter to]adwlse the KM office at

Philadelphia of the identity of the "young person* togetherwith evidence establishing his Communist Party membership.You are requested to review your office files to determineif captioned ladlvidual has furnished your office theIdentity of the Hyoung person" mentioned in his letter.In the event he has not, you should have him promptlycontacted to ascertain the identity and obtain all pertinentInformation in his possession concerning the "young person."-In. view of the tenor of his letter to Br. Yeagley, theAgent should be most circumspect during the Interview.

..-16* 'J ivC?i- The results of the Contact and/or your fileconcerning .m subject of I Hlotter should

ToJsonBelmont _

Callahan .

Conrad

DeLoach .

be furnished promptly to thethe subject with reference,

"

under the caption ofto this letter.

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NOTE ON YELLOW:

[ letter to Yeagley refers to a previousletter of Yeagley T s and states that although he,does/Rj£ree fully with Robert Welch, founder of the JohnBirch Society, there is considerable evidence of communismwithin this country At one point he states that ifYftftgiw ftft.nnftt. answer "yes" to nine questions presented by

1 then he, Yeagley, has found his first communist -himself. Yeagley f s letter to

I \ in addition tosuggesting that the identity of the unknown subject befurnished to the FBI with pertinent information, statesthat a sizable number of prosecutions involving CommunistParty members has been undertaken.

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UNITED STATES GO«|NMENT

Memorandumto : The Director

Federal Bureau of Investigationdate:

J. Walter Yeagley, Assistant AttorneyGeneral, Internal Security Division

subject: Letter fromPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania

March 22 1962

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Enclosed for your information is a copy

of a self-explanatory letter to me dated March 5,

1962, from the captioned subject, together withK

a copy of my reply.

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INFORMATION CONCERNING

Mrs.

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~~I sent a letter ISalJe^

3/7/fcz to the RA in Missoula, Montana, in which she states inpart as follows: Her husband is[~

] and she isf

JAn unnamed woman m xne t;own is iujli 01 txrst-

hand FBI material and has deemed it hqr duty to inform peopleof the dire danger of membership in thffiAmerican^LegdLojL,Their Legion Post has past members of the^John Birch Societyincluded in the membership.

\

]she is receivingThe. unnamed woman has convinced Mrs

.

from a Bureau Agent small bits of information. The Agerft stoppedat their office after he had completed an investigation %o tellthem they had/SSffipletely cleared of all suspicion*. Theinvestigation was conducted because their names were turned intothe FBI by the John Birch Society as supposedly Communists.The Agent disclosed the cost of investigations already handledin the valley as $1,000.

*

The unnamed woman then became beside herself with the duty" oftelling people how needlessly- their money was being spentespecially on people like her and her husband. Also the membersof the Legion who were known to be Birch Society members were /.£taking over.

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S^ S her concern is n°t what is being said but the factthat it actually seems this information is being given out bythe FBI. She asks if she can be assured this is not beingdone .

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On 3/12/62 Mrs.| |

was contacted by SA

ana who isconvinced mrs, [

jinnamed woman she referred to } is Mrs

.

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-, IMrs*

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J is receiving information from anis

FBI. . 0 -QJAgent who is a personal friend of the

[_them once every -jpwQ wftekfi or kq. The visits reportedly areand who visits

at the office of Mrsstatements since May, 1961 she reporfe3TFhas obtained fro:

has been making

saidthis Agent. It was about this time that Mrs. aa.J.yJ.

1800 persons in the Bitterroot Valley were cleared of beingCommunists by the FBI and it had cost $1,000 to make these800 clearances.

fl 0 WT,Mrs . | ]was advised that there was no Kr>^-i a i Agent of the

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FBI talking with Mrs.

[

information from our four investigations.

,and givingxies or information obtained through

Butte indices indicate that on 2/12/62 telephonically7 , 7,— ~ .— w" «/ v« ueiepnonicaj.1contacted the Missoula RA to obtain a sneafei^ fnr the 2/26/62

He said thatmeeting of the American Legion in, , 0<ulAt

they had been having considerable difficulty and hard feelingsrecently concerning actions of the John Birch Society as variouspeople were accusing others of being members of the society.They were having trouble collecting dues from some members as

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hey. asserted there were John Birch Society members attending^CtiaCRjriAmerxcan^Legion meetings and they wanted nothing to do with

them.|

|wanted a member of the FBI to speak on Communismand the John Birch Soceity so the members could be properlvadvised of both. hO^'V*

Iwas advised that it would not be possible for the FBI

Ito furnish a speaker to discuss either Communism or theJohn Birch Society; that information in FBI files was consideredconfidential in accordance with la regulation of the Department>f Justice, that the FBI was a fact gathering agency and itsjurisdiction and responsibilities did not extend to furnishingevaluations or comments concerning the character or integrity

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of any individual, publication or organization. His* requestwas respectfully declined.

Arrangements being made for immediate interview of Mrs

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and Burecontainhusband.

and Bureau will be furnished details. It is noted Butte filescontain no information identifiable with Mrs*

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Mr.rTolsoiu

*Mr. -B*imont„j^'v

Mr. CallahaiwJL

|jMr. Conrad —

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Mr. Rosen,

DIRECTOR, FBI

SAC, BUTTE

INFORMATION CONCERNING M BIRCH SdCf ^T/Re Butte airtel to Btiraan, 3/13/62 summarizing a letter

from and an interview of Myg: | i i

\ J[pjajbjuaa^

Two autostat copies each oFTIrs^results of interview with her by SA

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Mrs. lleged Mrs.Montana, was obtaining unauthorized information irom an jcjbi Agentwhose identity was not known to Mrs.[

[1960 census.

] has a population of| |

people as of the

The following investigation was conductedon 3/14/62 by SAs

13-information:

Mrs. _^wife of

and JOHN R.

was interviewed in the presence"df'h^r^Kusband in his

j She furnished the following

si

The only FBI Agent she had ever met prior to the inter-view was SA I I who called at their officeduring December, 1959 . or January. 1960, in connection with abankruptcy matter MrJ I was then handling. She emphaticallydenied that any FBI Agent had ever furnished her information orthat she had ever indicated to anyone that she h%d receivedinformation from a^FBI Agent.

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that she had received

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At this point MrJ 1 added that other than SA

] the only FBI Agent he had ever talked to was HENRYA, BLASTIC, formerly assign£d_at Missoula, but who left Missoulanearly 10 years ago. Mr. 1 \

denied that any FBI Agent fur-nished him information or that he had ever indicated to anyone,including his wife, that he had ever received information froman FBI Agent.

Mrs . | I immediately assumed that her recent con-versation with Mrs. [

her. She has known Mrs.was the reason Agents had contacted

and Mrs.

[andTBoth are extremely active in Jbegion worK, recruixmg new memoerfeand getting lapsed members paid up. She has always been friendlywith Mrs

.

I Itogether , but they

have had vfl*her gtrnncr differences of opinion about poli-

"Hr7 is aand amember

tics. Mrs.member of the

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of the American Legion, Unit she has never joined tne Auxiliary,although promising to do so for many years, but always puttingit off for one reason or another*.*^ Db

tLV>LU b7CIn late January or early February of this year Mrs.

called at the office and asked her to join the Auxiliary.She told her she would not jqin hftaa.nsfi she had recently readin the local paper that Mrs.

nfTY5u"J

}the local Auxiliary. She^told Mrs.appointed her, whajL_arp you trying to do, defy people in thecommunity?' 1 Mrs. I I did not like this. „ — . , , - •

Mrs. I Iexplained that in the fall of I960 Mrs,]had been invited to a meeting

She did not attend, but from what she heard later she reachedthe conclusion that it was a JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY (JBS) organiza-tional meeting. From that time on she was of the opinion andstill is that Mrs. I tis a member of the JBS.

Her remark to MrsJ l ied them to a discuss isaL_QfJBS* Mrs. I I commented that she and her husbandJ

'

] were concerned about people in the community saying thatthe

y>many JBS members were also members of the local American Legion.Mrs.

| |said, {

it and He has]are going to get to the bottom of

contacted the FBI about it."

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This led the two of them into a discussion of therumor which "went all over the valley last summer" that theJBS had a list of several hundred Communists which they hadturned over to the FBI and the FBI had cleared everyone on thelist after working over 1,000 hours on it* She has heardvarious numbers concerning the list, . all the way from 700 to900 persons. (It is noted Mrs. I I refers to 1,000 hoursof investigation whereas Mrs*

I l in her comments referredto investigations costing $1,000*)

Mrs* said that she had no idea as to the originalIt was just a general rumor all over thesource of this rumor.

Valley* She said that there was only one person who supposedlysaw the actual list of names. This person told her that she(the unnamed person) and her hn shanfl were on the list, as was

]and presumably Mrs*

oi names with Mrs. [1

In talking about_fchisMr*lisif they were in fact on the list she supposed Mr*have been contacted about it after, thpv were clepred*

\ she said she told Mrs ] thatwould

She said thisis many peoplelist was somewhat of a joke around

would comment they knew they were not Communists because theyhad all been cleared. ^

hjiMJ^Mrs. eventually, named the one person who sup-

posedly saw the list asle ong

resident*

Mrs. |said she feels certain/her mind that shemade no comment that an FBI Agent had furnished her any informa-tion* The only time the FBI was mentioned was in connectionwith this list of names supposedly turned over to the FBI bythe JBS* She recalled that she did say to Mrs.

||that such

an investigation, consuming 1,000 hours, was an awful wasteof the FBI's time.

Mrs .| |

said she assumed until the time of thisinterview that there was some truth to this rumor and that theFBI had in fact spent 1,000 hours investigating the allegedlist of names* She said she believed this rumor even thoughshe had never met anyone in the entire community who had everbeen contacted by the FBI during such an alleged investigation,

wncMrs

she had saiddid sftv. how^v^jL

,

(Mrs.

i

was reeontacted and she confirmed whaten interviewed on 3/12/62 by SA

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ever, "It is possible I misunderstood what shesaid about an Agent giving her information."

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Re: Mrs.

Mrs* was questioned as to anyone else who hadever indicated to her that the FBI had any connection withthis alleged list of Tjaitieg that was the subject of so much

hadbeing

rumor. She said that| |

and his wife,£"refused to pay their Legion dues because of JB& members'in the American Legion and because this alleged list had beenturned over to the FBI. She was asked if there was anyoneelse She could name who had connected the FBI with this listAnn s:hQ said at^t 1.250Montana, last summer told her husband,names had been turned over to the FBI by the JBS. Mr.said his name was included on the list and he was going to suesomebody if he could find two people who had Seen his name onthe list. Hfr jjfrft »;VJ

in ] advised that she had heard about j L-1lLa list that was supposed to have been compiled by the JBS and -

that many residents of the Bitterroot Valley were on the list.She had never heard the FBI connected in any way whatsoeverwith the list.

said that in connection with operating hishe had heard for sometime talk about the JBS and the fact

xaat some local American Legion officers were reportedly membersof the JBS. About January 1, 1962,

.

their yearly American Legion dues from bothMr.

Hcame to coll££±_Mr. and Mrs.

refused to pay his dues and told|

|his reason wasnot like the JBS association with the American

Icame back ,tn hip home about six weeks ago andfinally paid fris dues, princi-

told him that there

becauseLegion.after a long discussionpally because he felt sorry forwas a list of 1,502 residents of the Bitterroot Valley who sup-posedly wp^_Xommunists, which list had been turned over tothe FBI.

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said he had never heard the FBI jnentioned inconnection wxxn this list with the exception ofit in their conversation.

mentioning

[ ]has never said anything about the FBI beingconnected in anyway with such a list.

Montana, said that ^ast summer he had heard of a list of 1

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Re : Mrs

Communists supposedly compiled by someone and supposedly he was#2 on this list* He has never seen such a list, has never toldanyone that the FBI confirmed this list or that this list wasturned over to the FBI. He has never heard the FBI mentionedin connection with the list.

i advised that last summer she was inapplying for a job as a schoolMr.

teacher. Mr.|

|was very upset at the time and referred

to a list of 1,502 residents of the Bitterroot Valley who werealleged to be Communists and that Mr. I I was included onthe list. She asked him who was on this list and he saideveryone of any prominence all up and down the Valley. Hethen slapped his hand on a piece of paper lying on his deskand she assumed that this was the list he was talking about.He never told her any specific names that were supposed tobe on the list with the exception of his own and he never toldher that he had such a list in his possession. She has neverheard the FBI mentioned in connection with this list and nevertold anyone that the FBI was in any way connected with the list,

Butte files do not indicate receipt of any list ofnames that could be identical with the alleged list describedherein. Information from Butte Communist Party informantsindicates there has been no Communist Party activity in theStevensville area for several years.

SA|

|advised on 2/14/62 that.

has ft definite rePQUpction of calling at the office of [

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in connection with the case entitled f

ET AL; NBA," (Bufile 49-14303), His recollectionis that this contact was during January, 1960. At no timeduring this contact did Mr. or Mrs*| [mention any list ofCommunists or any other information not pertinent to SA

I |inquiry.

In view of the fact that the original allegation inthis matter stemmed from a widely circulated rumor that hasbeen exaggerated and twisted with each telling and as no oneinterviewed ever personally observed the alleged list, nofurther action is being taken in this matter, UACB.

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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandumto : SAC BROMWELL (gO-W

from : S£

date: 3/12/62

subject:

TTOSMATIOM CONCERNING.

Reference letter of Mrs.Montane:, dated Ilarch 7, 1962, to F.B.I. Savings center tfuilding,fits soula , Mont ana

.

On 3/] 2/62, Mrs.Montana .

aame of the" person in[~~

was contacted at her home south ofone advised she intentionally omitted the

Montan* , who apparently hadinforms ti on first hand which she' w&s receiving from an Arent of theF.B. I« Mrs. I I st ated this individual ws Mrsu.

Montana. She related Mrs *\

off } Mont am;, and5 s the Vife

Mrs.| |

related that she is convinced thz.t Mrs.

WGs :rrec'eiVing information through an agent of the F.B.I. who-a* personal friend of the

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|knd wbqjnakes- occasional1&&ce every two weeks or so, This agent r&portedly stops in at \he*

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Mrs. was ddvised ttet Special Agents of the F.B. I,

were prohibited from disclosing information of an officialnature; tbtffcthe information^ our files is confidential rnd thatwe d<d not make clearances/ but only determined the facts r.nd

^reported same. She was advised further ttet we d^d not give ouropinions concerning matters.

fromMrs.

|

[related that *?he had understood this fromfetter received from Mr. HOOVER by her husbr.nd. Alsohiisbarid had bedn informed after contacting an agent inMontana, during February 1962.

awhr^t

Mi. ssoula,

her

Mrs. has been mc kingobtained fxnxi.

th,\t Mrs.

Mrs. related thats'nee May lyoi, which she had reportedly-F.3.I.H She rdded it \Tas about that timesome $00 persons ^n the Bitterroot had been clearedCommunists by tfhe F.3.I. She stated th^t firs,

had 'cost $1,000 to m-\ke these SOG ' clearances.

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1 - Mr. KleinkaufSAC, Kansas City (100-11488) April 2, 10C3

Director, H3I <62-104401) - /L J$

JCaiT BIKGI SOCIETYIEF0IUIATI0N CGECEKNIITS(IIITERI7AL SECURITY)

Keurlot 3/27/G2 enclosing 10 copies of alottorhead memorandum relative to a speech made oa3/21/C2 by Eobert Lovo on tho campus of the EacsasState University.

For your future guidance the Bureau doesnot desire information concerning captioned Societysubmitted in memorandum form inasmuch as we arc notinvestigating tho organization nor are wo disseminatingany information concerning it unless it is of anextremely pertinent and urgent nature, Therefore,unless future information is of such nature it shouldnot be submitted in letterhead memorandum force. Also,10 copies of a letterhead memorandum submitted to thoBureau is deemed excessive and you should follow thepolicy for the submission of reports in determiningtho number of copies of a lettorhead memorandum to bofurnished the Bureau.

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from: Y SAC, KANSAS CITY (100-11488) -C- b6

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MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATIONCONCERNING

Enclosed herewith are ten copies of a letterheadmemorandum, suitable for dissemination, relative to aspeech made on the campus of the Kansas State University,Manhattan, Kansas, on 3/21/62, by ROBERT LOVE, ¥ichita,Kansas, a supporter and admitted charter member of theJohn Birch Society.

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UjjfclD states DEPARTMENT OI^ISTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONKansas City, Missouri

In Reply, Please Refer to March 27, 1962File No.

THE JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY

On March 21, 1962, at 4:00 p,m,*, one RobertN&ovespoke to a group of 250 to 300 persons at the Student XUnion Theater, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas*The advertised topic of this talk was "The John BirchSociety - A Menace to Whom?", Love was further billedas a Wichita, Kansas industrialist and founding memberof the John Birch Society, His talk lasted for aboutone hour, with a question and answer period of equallength following * His talk was sponsored by the StudentUnion Browsing Library Committee of Kansas State University*

Love set forth a ten point program of the Societydirected toward combatting the growth of Communism, whichwas apparently the general theme of his talk. He touchedupon the objective to the Society to cause the impeachmentof Chief Justice Earl Warren, indicating that JusticeWarren* s appointment was a political payoff and that hehad no judicial experience prior to his appointment.

Love urged his audience to keep informed of thethreat of Communism and to see that the circulation of"conservative" periodicals is expanded to insure that"left-wingers" and "liberals" do not gain control throughdefault.

There were no demonstrations at this meetingand it received a minimum of local publicity.

ECLAS SIFTCATI0N AUTHORITY DERIVED FROMFBI AUTOMATIC DECLASSIFICATION GUIDEDATE 01-23-2014F42M28K35

Legal Attache^

1 - Mr. Kleirtkauf

](105-2114) April 10, 1962

gECr^S Director, FBI (62.104401) ~

Mm BXBCH SOCIETY

[(INTKRHAL SKCUBIT?)

Beurlet 3/29/62.

Based on the inforoatioa set forth in relet,no references could be located in Butlies concerningthe John Birch Society's establishing branches inforeign countries or being in contact with!

I

Bureau indices were checked with negativeraattlta Briar references to I

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NOTE ON YELLOW :

Bufiles on the John Birch Society and former(116-165494), were reviewed and nothing

was located pertinent to the Legat*s request.^ \^

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Director, EBI date: 3/29/62

(105-2114) (?)

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: JlKPORMATIOH COUCERNINQ' (INTERNAL SECURITY)

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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 ;Jfc>

UNITED STATES GL

MemorandumTO

FROM

The Director

N. P. Callahan

date: MMdMXfo;

subject: The Congressional Record

y[ * Page 4478. The Senate received two resolutions from the Houseof Representatives of the State of Arizona. One resolutiqp commends Attorney^General Kennedy for his action in requesting Mr. Robertrwelch. to submitevidence of his allegation that a few thousand Communists are concentrated in

key departments of the Government. The other resolution requests the Congressto enact a bill to legalize the use of wiretapping evidence in courts. The first

resolution stated TTA letter was transmitted to Mr. Welch on December 8, 1981,and it was suggested therein that he produce his evidence to the Federal Bureau -

of Investigation so that they might take necessary measures to prosecute thosewho are in violation of our laws.' The action taken by the U. S. Attorney General!?p commendable and it is hoped that this initial action is followed up so that anyqvidence in possession of Mr. Welch becomes available for purposes of

prosecution of violators. n

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NOT RECORDED102 APR 12 1 962

In the original of a memorandum captioned and dated as above, the Congressional

Record for^^QjJ^ 0?J? I^f Lj%-*

was reviewed and pertinent items were

marked for the Director's a/tenrion. This form has been prepared in order that

portions of a cop-^M^tmp original memorandum may be clipped, mounted, and placed

in appropriate ju/cKise or subject matter files.

Fo:s InSo^sBiational 'Euzsposes Qnl"3

The originals removed from this file and replaced withduplicate copies of the original were accessioned to theNational Archives and Records Administration (NARA) pursuantto the JFK Records Collection Act of 1992. Provision of theJFK Act allowed for certain information to be postponed frompublic release until the year 2017; therefore, the pages haveNOT necessarily been released for public review in theirentirety.

Under the JFK Act/ originals to all material deemedassassination records must be accesssioned to NARA regardlessof whether the material is open in full or released withinformation postpone-d. -Therefore, any documents or pagesfrom FBI files accessioned to NARA pursuant to the JFK Actare no longer considered the possession of the FBI. Theduplicate pages have been inserted strictly for researchpurposes

.

The copies contained herein do not necessarily showthe most up-to-date classification.

* To attain a copy of the -publicly released version ofany materials maintained in the JFK Collection at the NARAfacility in College Park, MD, you may contact the JFK AccessStaff, at 301/713-6620.

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SAC, NEW ORLEANS (105-1499) (C)

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0JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY, INC. -INFORMATION CONCERNING(INTERNAL SECURITY)

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

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Enclosed are 9 copies for the Bureau of a letterheadmemorandum dated and captioned as above.

Nine copies are being furnished to the Bureau inview of the reference made in the enclosed letterhead memorandumconcerning anti-Castro organizations in New,.Orleans whichbrings this within the scope of Internal-Security-NationalisticTendency Matters*

The source referred to in the letterhead memorandum

A5y Bureau C3^LQ0 106786) (Ends. 9) (RM) - '

(The John Birch Society, . Inc.) / }(1-105-105899) wgjjp* (j\ yJ6(Cuban Antirf^Sfflfipnist Revolutionary Unity)\-/

. (L-105-107^4) / IffScopies maa^artfom Revolutionary Council, New Orleans, La.)

3-New _Qrleans-(l-105-1499) (The John Birch Society, Inc.)

> _____ —(1-105-1680) (Cuban Anti-Communist Revolutionaryfor revieu at IBIHQ oy Unity)K50AreJ/m2tre^s

nV(l-105-1698) (Cuban Revolutionary Council, New(SeeB^ilcf-3£-llr^0) Orleans, La.)

^CD/lameans, La.) , if /

10 APR .19 1g6_

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Special Agent in Charge

ORIGINAL DOCUMENT SENT TONATION&L ARCHIVES (JFKARCA)

ihc DATE52*?^ j___2_l

NO 105-1499/lam

The enclosed letterhead memorandum is classified"Confidential" as it contains information furnished by a ^source, the unauthorized disclosure of which could reasonablyresult in the identification of this source of continuing b7cvalue and affect his future usefulness. b7D

No active investigation is being conducted inthis matter as per prior Bureau instructions. HQHflJter, anyadditional information received voluntarily from

| Tor from any other source regarding the John Birch

eocxexy, Inc., or regarding the interest of any individualmember of the John Birch Society in assisting anti-Castroorganizations in New Orleans, will be reported to the Bureauin a form suitable for dissemination.

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File No.

UhaTED STATES DEPARTMENT 03b JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY, INC. -INFORMATION CONCERNING

CONFIDENTIAL

. .On April 16 p 1962, a sonar©© who ha® furnished reliable

information in the past voluntarily £famished the following • b7Cinformations- b 7 D

Ita reported to have donated $50*00to a campaign held in New Orleans during the months ofDecember, 1961 and January, 1962 which campaign was knownas the "Crusade to Free Cuba" . This campaign was originallysponsored by the now defunct Frente Revoludonario Democratleo(FRD) ( Democratic Revolutionary front) which was headquartered b6in Miami 0 The campaign was actually run by prominent citizens

;of Hew Orleans and was opened by a proclamation by MayorVictor M« Schiro in December t 1961* The campaign was alsobacked by both the Cuban Revolutionary Council in Mew Orleansand the Cuban Anti-Communist Revolutionary Unity 0

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8, W5L5fi^??1_^ak,lr *» 'Msar waie*; who decried

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S^^S!^.^f?^:ndatl0L^ by **» that people*

•noaltf theraelves tate« an active part in opposition to cosaenisntl ;ji2

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?fS^i!hai Blrch shSttid striveto talk to people about eonsaunlsa to awaken them to, its danger.

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CONFIDENTIAL

BBS JOHIf BIRCH SOCIBDfp

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CONFIDENTIAL

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OFFICE OF DIRECTOR

•FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTtVVON

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Mr. To! son -

Mr. Belmont

Mr. Mohr

Mr. Callahan

Mr. Conrad t

Mr. De^hr^—-Mr. Evans.

Mr. Mai one

Mr. Rosen

Mr. Sull i van

Mr. Tavel

Mr. Trotter

Mr. Jones

Tele. Room

Miss Holmes

Mrs. Metcalf

Miss Gandy

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Date: 4/2V62

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TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (62-104401)

PROM: SAC, EOS ANGELES (100-59001)

JOH3TB3RE: BIRCH SOCIETYINFORMATION CONCERNING

Enclosed herewith for the Bureau is one copyof a full page advertisement which appeared in the LosAngeles "Examiner," 4/23/62, entitled "Welcome HCUA,"ifhich advertisement is sponsored by the John Birch Society,BSlmont 78, Massachusetts.

This advertisement contains a reprint of themajor part of "Communist Target-Youth. " This advertise-ment also states that this message is printed as a publicinformation service, as well as a welcome to the dedicatedlegislatures who make up the HCUA, by the greater LosAngeles chapters of the John Birch Society, and containsa listing of numerous chapters of this organization inthe Los Angeles area.

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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10

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Memorandum4

TO : DIRECTOR, FBI

FRO] SAC, CHICAGO

subject: ROBERT WELCHjohnLbirch SOCIETY^FORMlTTOSTCOlSfCERNING

date: 4/25/62

I received an invitation fromof the

Speaker's Table Committee of the Executives' t^i,Club of Chicago, inviting me to sit at theSpeaker's Table on the occasion of an addressby ROBERp4rSLCH, founder of the John Birch .

Society, which will take place in Chicago on'

Friday, May 4, 1962, at the Sherman House.

that becauseI advised Mr.of prior commitments, it will be impossible forme to be present on this occasion.

The above is being furnished forthe information of the Bureau.

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so article- irom in* May toonst-af Bts£fe*£ Digest entitle *<th® 2»sS&ous*^

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loo o& ikeJtim£$m^JM£^^&Qt otter £5fe&dsfc $y$as*sati3Bs- tbaft toodUiiiaad the antl^Commtmlst. stoaftte for ttais<slvc& But he I© pmiomMsdictarbefl by ito present caoujalsn sg&tefc SJ^C^m-BaJat aiteeaiam becmiss sfi&o tendency t&fosqpaU active oapresstoBS of aatlca^mitats^a t^foarrodsr thelabsl 'c^teomist *l* Hsv Ztedd advtecd tt«t Mr* £eh2c&ter*& arttete "takes tfco

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in ajoorcipriate Bureau case or subject matter files.

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MIAMI, FLORIDASi**,* Zo ^rrw

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; INQUIRY 'REGARDING POLITICAL Jr'"U "A. '^^^^b 6

ADVERTISEMENT FOR CLAUDE PEPPER; ;ii^^^^£^ v,ft^r^ X

•Rv lptfpr dnj-Pfj 4-18-62 Mrs.

issue of "The Miami News" which carrj

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forwarded a paid political advertisement from the 4-17-62\.......

. ea(jmg "Birchites Are Behind_TJi£__*

who identified herself as the

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Smear Against Claude P^ppm- . " Mrsof the Biscayne Gardens civic Association, observed that the

use oi me uirector's name in this ad did not "smack" of good Americanism andrequested an expression from the Director on this matter. The statement regardingthe Director was as follows: "We ask that you join with President Kennedy, J. Edga.<Hoover, editors of our local newspapers and all responsible citizens in a rejection ojthe smear tactics of these irresponsible fanatics who are the major internal enemies ssof our country. " o ,^ /<f ^^ ^ ~:

HOT ^^^©1313? -J'-»njtel dated 4-20-62 the Miami Office was i^tajj$£eg togggrsonally

contact MrsJ__| orally acknowledge her letter and advise*nlr that the Director fc,

* had nothing to do with the advertisement and that, as a matter t^y^g^stais

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jj.policy, the FBI does not involve itself in political matters. The Miami Office was jLadvised for its information of the fact that Pepper, Juring his tenure as Senator, was 1|

associated as a sponsor, speaker,.or_mem6er of as many as 32 organizations cited §( <either by tfae Attorney Generator by the House Committee on Un-American Activities.0

By airtel dated 4-25-62, the Miami Office advised that Mrs..felt highly pleased that she had been contacted personally concerning; this matter. Shefelt Mr<» Hoover had nothing to do with this advertisement but wanted him to know hisname was mentioned in it.

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