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Show Page 7 UTAH INDEPENDENT May 28,1971 JOHN Society in which it stated, We do not disavow any of the findings we made in our 1963 report. ... OTHER GOVERNMENT SOURCES On February 19, 1965, Assist- ant U. S. Attorney General J. Walter Yeagley stated in a letter on the John Birch Society: . .it does not seek to alter the form of government of the United States by unconstitutional means , but rather it favors our constitutional form of government Neither does the organization advocate or approve the commission of acts offorce or violence to deny others their rights under the Constitution of the United States. . . .you may be interested to know that at a press conference at his office in Washington on November 18, 1964, Mr.J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, was reported by the press to have stated, We have never investi- WELCH gated die Society. Our investigations are limited to subversive sions stated: Our investigation and study activities. was requested by the society , The Pacific Edition of Stars We believe that the reason the which had been publicly charged And Stripes newspaper carried John Birch Society has attracted with being a secret, fascist, the following dispatch on May 6, so many members is that it simply , appeared to them to be the most organization. We 1967: have not found any of these effective , indeed the only, organiWASHINGTON (UPI)-Uni- ted zation through which they could accusations to be supported by ' States defense officials at the join in a national movement to ' the evidence. Pentagon said in effect Wednelearn the truth about the CommuTwo years later, in 1965, the sday that persons in the U.S. nist menace and then take some armed services may belong to the positive concerted action to Subcommittee published another, briefer, report on the John Birch Society. ... prevent its spread. MR. ROBERT sub-versi- ve un-Americ- . anti-Semit- ic Asked what is the official policy toward such membership, an official made this statement: We know of no reason why membership in the John Birch Society would adversely affect a service man s military career. ... FRIENDS growing list of very knowledgable (former FBI agents, counterspies, intelligence and security officers) and former anti-Communi- sts Communists who have supported, endorsed, or joined the John Birch Society. Here are a few: DR. BELLA DODD lawyer, former member of the National Committee of the Communist Party. Probably our government's top witness on Communism in education. Authored the book, School Of Darkness. She said before she died that The Communist leaders look upon the stamping out of the John Birch Society as a matter of life and death for the Party. GENERAL CHARLES A WILLOUGHBY former Chief of Intelligence for General MacArthur in Japan. Author of the book, Shanghai Conspiracy. - DR. MEDFORD EVANS -former Chief of Security Training for the Atomic Energy Commission. Author of the book, The Secret War For The b. - Chai- Dies the House Committee' Committee on Un-Americ- MODEL 7K161 IT DIAG. TV HOME ENTERTAINMENT CENTER BLACK A WHITE COMBINATION. 212 Sewn ImIni. MM State FMAMFM Starw Radio. 10 Ssaakar Sound Syrton. Saparata Audio Syitom lor Toiwiiiou. Mum Stano Record Chooser. Contawporan Styliof. 6aouino Walaut Vanwrc. DHnaneiom: MODEL i" . NT WeSEVHe ir 0. - MODERN ELECTRONICS DAN SMOOT (And numerous other former FBI Agents) Author of the book, The Invisible ENEMIES J. Edgar Hoover has stated that The best yardstick of the effectiveness of the fight against communism is the fury of the smear attacks against the fighter launched and conducted by the Reds. On that basis, there is probably nomortal organization that can compare to The John Birch Society, because the Society has been subjected to the most vicious and extensive attack in the Communist press, and through the Communist transmission belt, of any other comparable organization. While the Communists are arch liars, they do have to tell the truth once in awhile, particularly when they are talking to each other. Otherwise, they would get totally confused. Here are just two quotes from official monthly issues of the Communist Party's theoretical journal, Political Affairs: First, from an August, 1961 article by Party official Gus Hall: In the opinion of the Communist Party, there can be no question but that the threat from the extreme Right is serious. For one thing. . .the present movement is taking the form of a MEMBERSHIP organization. . . .The spearhead, the John Birch Society, is such an organization. . 99 an Activities. Shop in your own neighborhood for the best bargains . Friendly service with a smile of the Society. Government. One yardstick to use in judging the nature of an organization is the friends it wins compared with the enemies it earns. There is a MARTIN DIES, SR. rman of the famous GRADUATION SALE informants for' the FBL .Their testimony has been published and distributed by the Congressional Committees before which they appeared. All three are members Second, from the September, is 1966 issue: The ultra-Riggrowing in the number of organizations springing up in all comers of. the land. . . .But most ht JULIA BROWN, LOLA BELLE HOLMES, and GERALD KIRK Negroes who served within the Communist Party as DO MART 2511 So. State St. Salt Lake City, Utah 1 Phone: Continued from page 9 Carpel Cleaninq MLet us Clean your Carpet the Modern Way1 SPECIAL SPRINGTIME DISCOUNT 487-271- 369 0 IMATES. REASONABLE. GUARANTEED SERVICE ON ALL WORK MAST UTOPIA AVE.. PH. SALT-LAK- E CITY. 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