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...first time since his semisecret John Birch Society became an open issue. Founder Robert Welch last week went on public display to tell California audiences about his far-right organization that labels even Dwight Eisenhower "a conscious agent of the Communist conspiracy...
Despite favorable weather and an abundance of signs, picketers were conspicuous by their absence Saturday in front of the John Birch Society headquarters. Spunky Karen M. Smith led a line of only five or sometimes six students in protest against the "methods" used by the Communist hunting Birch Society...
While CRAP (Committee to Repress Anti-Pickets) declined to appear, Jon Harrington '63 staged a one-man "maverick" picket apparently in support of the Birch group, but then "not really...
Although "very disappointed" with the small turnout, Miss Smith vowed not "to leave the thing up in the air." She hopes to interview Birch leader Robert Welch and stage another picket "with organized support...
Anti-Birchite Smith, who plans to attend Sarah Lawrence or Smith to study Anthropology, said she did not object to anti-Communism, but rather to the methods used by the Birch Society. "I oppose the indiscriminate labeling of people as Communists...