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President Pusey and ex-President James B. Conant '14 have joined the National Council for Civic Responsibility, an organization formed last month to "expose and correct" the activities of the John Birch Society and "related reactionary groups...

Author: By Martin S. Levine, | Title: Pusey, J.B. Conant Join Group Fighting Extremism | 10/19/1964 | See Source »

Claiming they had suffered "embarrassment and mental agony," Robert Welch, 64, president of the John Birch Society, two aides and the society itself sued NBC in Fort Worth for $8,000,000 in damages. A May 20 broadcast by Chet Huntley and David Brinkley, said the plaintiffs, falsely reported that the FBI had arrested "parties engaged in selling arms to the society." Said their lawyer: "More than likely, the broadcast went out all over the U.S., and we could have sued almost anywhere, but we wanted a more favorable climate, as distinguished from a climate that is ultraliberal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Oct. 16, 1964 | 10/16/1964 | See Source »

...Council said that the John Birch Society and other groups were spending $20 million a year to "re-write American history...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 5 on Faculty Sign Ad Blasting 'Extremists' | 10/9/1964 | See Source »

...prominent "moderate" Milwaukee Republican declares that two of the metropolitan area's Republican clubs (including the state's largest, with more than 5000 members) are controlled by Birch elements or Birch sympathizers. He says that the state's "radical right" is well financed, and then ticks off a number of important industrialists who give their full support to the movement. In addition, he claims that "the party is dependent on these people for big contributions...

Author: By Robert J. Samuelson, | Title: The Conservatives In Wisconsin: Dedication Not To Be Dismissed | 10/2/1964 | See Source »

...Fair. Steve Young, noted for his dyspeptic letters to constituents,* is aware that his only hope for survival lies in trying to tag Taft as one of Barry's boys. "Goldwaterism, Taft Juniorism and extremism are all the same commodity," he charges. "I am against Birch, Barry and Bob." While that kind of pitch may prove effective, Young also bears a heavy handicap: many Ohio voters fail even to recognize him when he meets them in the street. Taft, on the other hand, is forever being introduced as "Senator Taft" before he makes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ohio: Son of Mr. Republican | 10/2/1964 | See Source »

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