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...greatness. What is needed is a renaissance of men and women who want to think with the constructive thinkers of the past, who relish intellectual clarity and who want to practice the two concepts that have helped to make all great civilizations, contemplation and discipline. Thus, The John Birch Society seeks to recruit Americans who will not divorce spiritual ideals from the public life, but will weld them to the affairs of state, business, recreation, the arts, and education...
...been said that The John Birch Society is constantly tearing down, always "anti," never "pro." But nothing could be further from the truth. What we are for is more important than what we are against. It is because of our spirited desire for less government and a better world that we are fighting the Communists so fiercely. We are named for Captain John Birch, who "personified everything that the Communists hate...He lived and worked and fought and died, always literally giving the best that was in him, to strengthen those principles and beliefs which had brought human evolution...
...John Birch Society is not just another action group against the Communists. It is truly a movement to restore decency, with something to offer the American people that is solid and lasting. In imitation of its namesake, its members have a philosophy that promotes morality and sound thinking, builds character, and encourages noble deeds. We want 400,000 members who believe in exactly these qualities...
...debate until after the Democratic National Convention next month, is given little chance of enactment this year. Yet the committee's action adds fuel to what has become a bitterly fought ideological, economic and political issue that is certain to spill over into the presidential campaign. Says Senator Birch Bayh, Democrat of Indiana and the bill's chief sponsor: "If there is one symbol of the Establishment ripping off the people, it is the oil companies." The companies, which have suffered a series of blows in recent years, including nationalization of many of the foreign oilfields they developed...
Other possibilities: Indiana Senator Birch Bayh, who is a liberal-labor favorite, but showed himself a shallow, inept candidate in the primaries; Jackson, who would draw Jewish support but was even more deadly on the stump than Bayh; and Maine's Senator Ed Muskie, who is a tested leader, but is seen as a failed candidate since his 1972 flop. Two men unlikely to be considered are Congressman Mo Udall, who pointedly pricked the usually controlled Carter temper the last couple of months, and California Governor Jerry Brown, who Carter staffers say has been flatly ruled...