Word: yaf
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...record of individuals involved in the Rightist movement, according to conservative journalist Alan Crawford in his book Thunder on the Right, is not sparkling clean. Crawford's book reports that Roger Stone (later to become National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC) treasurer, as well as Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) chairman), while employed in the office of Herbert L. Porter at the Committee to Re-Elect the President in 1972, was involved in a "dirty tricks" campaign. A White House aide assigned Stone to make a donation to California Congressman Pete McCloskey, then a presidential primary candidate, "on behalf...
...methodology for fund raising is closely linked to the specific groups, and many of these committees solicit funds through mass mailings. From the NCPAC and YAF to conservative religious affiliations like the Moral Majority (chaired by Jerry Falwell, host of "Old Time Gospel Hour"), letters that address the receiver as "Dear Friend" are sent by the millions, attacking single issues such as abortion, busing, gay rights, pornography, ERA, and even certain textbooks. Other letters take a more propagandistic approach, publishing general views on defense spending, and fundamentalist notions of the traditional family life in America. Regardless of the content these...
Brian Tocco, YAF's Pennsylvania coordinator and a senior at Penn State, held the meeting as part of a tour of Northeastern colleges following Ronald Reagan's victory last week...
Tocco predicted registration in the organization, which attracted national attention by staging counter-demonstrations against antiwar protesters in the 1960s, would increase by 30 to 50 per cent in the wake of the Republican victory. At Harvard, where YAF has 12 registered members, "It may be a little bit harder to organize," Tocco said...
James E. Higgins '83, Harvard chairman of YAF, agreed, saying, "I don't expect to convert a lot of people." He added that the purpose of the organization will be "to let people know that there are conservatives on campus...