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yEZ TFT BEO

Hmly and gafully sand fo you - gafl fo

paos such as you - humld y th magnd of th ask fo us

spak o you as a fllow ctzn of th Und as of

mca dply concnd ao h wlfa of o

lovd couny.

I am no h o ckl yo as - o ntan yo wll alk o yo fankly and honstly Th mssag ng

s no a happy on t s th uh and tm s always

on h sd of th s h Gman phlosoph Goh

sad "Tuh mst patd agan and agan caus

o s consanly ng pachd ound ao

alz ha h a of ad nws s always unpoplas a popl w lov swtnss and lgh -- spcally

swnss alph Waldo Emson sad ha vy mnd mst mak a choc twn th and pos Thos who wll lan nohng fom hsoy a condmnd o pa Ths w a dong n th m cas oday

Gog Washngon sad Tuth wll ulmaly pval wh h a pans akn o ng o lgh To ng h h o lgh s o challng -- hs day and vy day

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so -caed prosperous weath and poweru America

We hve moved a ong wa - and are now moving urtherand more rapid down the souldestroing road o so

cialism The evidence is cear -- shocing clear --

o r all to see

With our national prestige at an embarrassing a-time

low we continue to weaen our domestic econom b unsound iscal economic and oreign aid policies which corrupt our national currenc Ever inc reasing cenraiza

tion o power in the edera government in Washington

C is reducing our oca and state governments tovirtual edera ied oices while weaening individual

initiative enterprise and character

With the crass unconstitutiona usurpation o powers bthe Executive Branch o the ederal government anti

spiritua decisions o the Supreme Court -- all apparent

approved b a wea submissive rubber-stamp congress-- the das ahead are ominous rightening

Surel -- certain -- it behoves patrioic citizensuch as ou - to meet together to serious consider

present conditions in our beoved nation t is imperativethat American citizens become aerted and inormed re

garding the threat to our weare happiness and reedom

No American is worth citizenship in this great landwho reuses to tae an active interest in these matters

Al we hold dear as a great Christian nation is at stae

In leaving or Europe two ears ago I coud not hep butee a ver deep sense o anxiet or this great and o

America which had just passed through a terribe crisis

To have the President o the United States suddenl torn

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rom hs hgh oce b the volent hand o an assassn was

an nsdous and dastardl at whh struc at the veroundaton o our Republc

Al o us elt the mpact o t All o us caught the omnous

sprt o traged and sorrow whh accompaned t Eacho u sensed n a ver personal wa the heartbrea whchhad come to the Kenned aml

But ater the servces and bural were over we als0 realzed somethng els e There was the cold star realt

that the assas sns murder o Presdent Kenned was just

one more monstrous treacher n the long lst o rmesaganst humant whch have been nspred down throughthe ears b the Godless phlosoph o Communsm

It was Communsm that sowed the seeds o treason n the mnd o Presdent Kenneds assassn Ths s somethng whch must not be orgotten

Now two ears and one month later I am appalled at theshortness o our memores When the events surroundng

Presdent Kenned' s assassnaton were remembered last December practcall no menton was made o Oswaldscommunst alatons nor the present communst threat

to our socet Have we so soon orgotten that ommunsmsowed the seeds o hate that destroed our Presdent and

that communsm ontnuall sees to subvert and destroour omplete wa o le

The assassnaton o Presdent Kenned the dal slaughter o our bos n Vet Nam the communst control o the

Berele rots and communst nspred demonstratonsrom coast to coast shod serve as a sho therap to

that segment o our populaton who le to call thems elveslbe rals " Ame ra s bg enough to mae room or man derent nds o thnng but man lberals have

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clamed to see vrtues n socalsm and communsm whch or one have not een ale to nd To promote ther

deas Amercan lerals have ecome a hgh organzed

hard-core estalshment n the Unted States and the

have een excusng ther appeasement and coddlng ocommunsm on the ground that the were eng "tolerant

roadmnded and worng or peace

But the assassnaton o Presdent Kenned should havejolted them nto a realzaton that the have een pamperng protectng and promotng the ver nest o serpents

whch produced Lee Harve Oswald The daolcal sprt

o murder and volence whch struc down the Presdents that same sprt o Communst volence whch has een

allowed to spread ts terror nto the heart o ever contnent on the ace o the earth Perhaps those who have

een apologsts or ths conquerng Marxst SocalstCom munst movement mght now agree to reconsder the atal

deson the have een ollowng.

Two addtonal thngs happened n connecton wth thstraged whch are worth o comment

Frst was the speed wth whch the Communst leadersspread the word that the slang o the Presdent must

have een the wor o Amercan conservatves Moscow

has conducted a ve ear propaganda campagn to maeAmercan conservatves loo le hs tercal anatcs Ithas called them rghtsts extremsts and evenascsts Wthn an hour ater the assassnaton and e

ore Oswald was captured, Moscow was assurng the world

that ths crme was a product o the rghtst movement

n the Unted States.

The second thng whch happened was the amazng rapdt wth whch Amercan lerals too up the Moscow lneTe too were quc to x the lame even though there

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hadnt been the slghtest hnt as to who had ontted the

rme wonder what wod have happened Oswald had

not been aptured and dented as an atve Communst who was n dret ontat wth Part headquarters n New

Yor Ct Undoubtedl the lberal element would be

blamng ths traged on ons ervat ve Amerans to thsda

And even ater Oswald was aptured and dented s aMosowassoated Communst there were those who nssted that an who had opposed the Presdent durng hs

term o hgh oe was gult o that same sprt o hate"

as that whh led to the Presdents death Ths lne othnng was expressed b a number o promnent personsthrough the press rado and TV To me t wasnomprehensble.

To equate swald's hate and homdal btterness wthpatrot Amerans who happened to oppose s oe o the

poleso the Pres dent s admnstraton was the heght

o dstorted and allaous thnng The Ae ran people

an respet ther Predent pra or ther Presdent

even have a strong aeton or hm and stll have anhonest derene o opnon as to the merts o s oe o

hs program

Another reent development has been the all or natonal

unt I beleve there needs to be a unt n our land Butt must not be blnd senseless rresponsble unt It

should not be unt just or the sae o unt It needs to be a unt bult on sound prnples

We Amerans have straed ar rom sound prnples morall Consttutonall and hstorall. It has been

gettng us nto a quagmre o trouble all over the worldand espeall here at hoe

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Americans at the grass roots level have sensed that their wa of life is being threatened During the last several

ears there has been a rising tide of resistance to the pre

vailing political trend Compromises with Communismabroad and flirtations with socialism at hoe have stirred

up opposition in both politica parties If this has led todisunit then b all means let u return to a program ofsound Constitutional principles on which we can unite

There would be no virtue in caling for unit to supportcertain legislation if the majorit of Americans are op

posed to it And the fact that both Democrats and Repub

licans in Congress have at times resisted certain legislation shows that the Executive branch of the government

ma get out of step th the people

I believe the American people now what the want It would appear that the people want their ciil rights safeguarded but not a destruction of States Rights.

The farmers want opportunit for reasonable incomesecurit but not agricultural ditatorship securit

Parents want better schools for their children but not a

federal subsid leading to control of the teachings and

textboos as well as the idealogies of the children

People want sound pa-as -ou-go spending with a balanced

budget not recless spending and tax cuts with an un

balanced budget

If there is a need for urban renewal people want it under local direction not under the red tape of Washington

bureaus armed with confis ca tor powers over propert

People want the development of power dams but not thestrangulation of privatelowned power companies which

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have prove ar more ece ad ecoomca haues ru b he goverme

oher words here are some egmae ucos adservces whch he Federa Goverme ca ad shoud pro

vde bu hos e who wa he edera power o exceed heauhor deegaed o b he Cosuo w be re

ssed boh b Democras ad Repubcas Ths s whas appeg some med areas oda

Ad aoe who res o equae hs ove o Cosuoaprcpes as meag hared o our aoa eaders s

usg Goebbes-sed decepo Hsor has areaddemosraed ha coservave opposo o aoa

eaders was o hae bu a aemp o do hem a avor

Le me gve ou some exampes:

Was hae whe Geera Aber C Wedemeerpeaded wh Geera Marsha ad Presde Truma oreverse her poc beore he os Cha

Was hae whe Whaer Chambers red o war Presde Rooseve 939 ha Ager Hss had

bee gvg he Sove o more es poage daa ha aoher member o he Washgo sp ewor

Was hae whe Edgar Hoover red o warPresde Truma ha Harr Dexer Whe was a member

o he Sove sp apparaus ad was dog grea dager o

he ao as Asa-Secrear o he TreasurWas hae whe we o he Secrear o Sae

uder Presde Esehower ad peaded wh hm o o

suppor he Commus Fe Cas ro

Was hae whe urged he Presde o he

Ued Saes o go o he ad o he brave reedom ghers

Hugar

Was hae whe he Democrac Seaor romCoeccu Thomas Dodd peaded or wo ears wh

he Presde o o suppor he Ued Naos boodbah

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agans he ree peope o Ka anga

s hae when dsngushed mar leaders advse ha an all-ou eor oud end he Ve Nam sruggle

overngh?

Ths s o as b wel-meanng zens who wan and waned o preven her Pres dens rom mang serous

msaes oud be exended a engh Bu he woud allllusrae he same pon Hsor wll show ha man

errble msaes ourred beause he adve o hese wel normed and wellmeanng zens was no heeded

Thereore repea hs nd o ressane o a naona leader s rooed n ove and res pe no hae R egard

less o whh polal par s n power ou do no wan

o see our Presden mae a serous blunder You don

wan hm o lose Chna You don wan hm o alow he

enem agens o mae oos o us You don wan hm o

lose Cuba Y ou don wan hm o suer he humaon

o a Ba o Pgs dsaser or alow a Sove Gbralar o be bul 90 mes rom our shores

Ever one o hes e evens whh have been sa dsasrousand whh have desroed reedom or hundreds o mlonso our aes oud have been prevened And he voeso hose who red o warn Washngon o wha was omng

anno be arbued o hae has been ou o e oveor our ounr and res pe or our eaders ha he voeo warnng has been rased

Wha auses one o wonder s wh hese warnngs were no areull onsdered and aed upon Wh s ha

men n hgh paes n governmen regarless o par

have been deeved am onvned ha a major par o

he ause an be jus ad a he door o he Soals

Communs Conspra whh s ed b masers o dee

who deeve he ver ee Edgar Hoover pu well

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whn h said woud hav no ars i mor Amricans

possssd th za th rvor th prsistnc and thindustr to arn about this mnac o Rd ascism. do

ar or th ibra and progrssiv who hav bn hood

wind and dupd into joining with th Communists

Thror t thos who ca or unit and th imination

o hat b sur th ar not mr tring to sinc thrinds o rdom Ths ar th who rspct thir

adrs and rsist thm on whn it is t th ar hadd

or a catastroph. What patriotic Amrican woud wish to

stand sint i h saw his Prsidnt vrging on a bundr

bcaus o bad advic or a mistan judgmnt o th acts

biv on o th most srious mistas a Prsidnt

coud ma woud b to wan th Constitution

From th tim was a sma bo was taught that thAmrican Constitution is an ins pird documnt. was

aso taught that th da wi co whn th Constitution

wi b ndangrd and hang as it wr b a sing thrad was taught that w shoud stud th Constitution pr

srv its princips and dnd it against an who wouddstro it To th bst o m abiit hav awas trid

to do this. xpct to continu m orts to hp protctand saguard our inspird Constitution

Som two ars ago howvr a critic rom Washingtoncaimd that a prson who srvs in a church capacit

shoud not commnt on such mattrs. H chargd that

th sparation o church and stat rquirs that churchoicias rstrict thir attntion to th aairs o thChurch

I o cours aso biv that th institutions o churchand stat shoud b sparatd but I aso do not agr that

spiritua adrs cannot commnt on basic issus which

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nvo ve the very foundaton of Aercan berty

In fact f ths were true we would ave to trow away asubstanta part of the Bble Speang out aganst

ora or unust actons of poltca eaders has been the

burden of prophets and ds cples of God fro te emora It was for ths very reason tat any of the were persecuted Some of the were stoned soe ofthem were burned many were prsoned Nevertheless

t was ther Godgven tas as watchen on the towers

to spea up

It s certay no dfferent today

To Moses God sad: " procla lberty throughout all

the land unto all te nhabtants tereof. (Lev 2 5 )

For God nows fu wel that te Gospe -- s pan forthe bessng of Hs chldren can prosper only n an ato

sphere of freedo

To odern men God as sad te Consttuton shoud be antaned for the rgts and protecton of a fesh

(Doctrne and Covenants 7)

Is the Consttuton beng antaned or t n eopardy

Senator Wla Fubrght of Aransas says the Aercan Consttuton s nothng ore than a product of teEghteenth Century agraran socety It s now obsoete

he cams Senator osep S Car of Pennsyvana saysthe separaton of powers wt ts cecs and balances ust be curtaed because they eep the Presdent fro

ang quc and decsve decsons Gus al head of

the Counst Party SA agrees wt tese two Senators

and deands that there shoud be a new federa cartere mnatng States Rgts Amerca s natonal soveregnty

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of the Stte Deprtent Poy Pnnng ord He hsody dended n end of ntonhood s t hs een hstory defned Quoted n the extenson of rerks

y Sentor Stro hurond Congres son Reord une

6 963 pp A3662-3

hese re soe of the se en ho see gret rtue n

oetzed soed soety hey nt st poersonentrted n Wshngton Sue Ads of the Found

ng Fthers sd ths s the ery thng Consttutonl go

ernent s desgned to preent

Arthur M Shesnger r s nother poerful nfluene

n Wshngton nd forer Presdentl dsor e notony dotes sos for the Unted Sttes ut e

ees tht e oud eentuy for pernent neth Couns e sys ths od e heed y

h ng Aer oe to the eft he the Couns ts

oe to the rght We oud then eet t the t enter

of the sosteft he Aern Consttuton of

ourse oud utoty e dsrded

Arthur Shesnger nd hs ssotes re so opposed tothe erton of the pte ntons een f these ntonsdo t y thes e es hese en do not ook upon Cou

ns s n eney hey onsder Counst eders to

e oer -zeous es ho eo herefore they

eee n ontnng Couns t otherse supportng t not thrtng t hey further reoend ththereer Counsts or Sosts reges re ops

ng e shoud prop the up feed the trde ththe grnt the ons on ng ter redts

Fro redng the dy pper you kno tht the des

of these en he nfortuntey redy een dopted y Wshngton s the off poy of the Unted Sttes

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No I oud sy tht n gret free ountry ke ours fthese en dote these sud nd often tresone

dotrnes shoudn' t eery ptrot Aern e free tos pek out gnst the ?

At ths prtur ent n hs tory the Unted SttesCons ttuton s defntey thretened nd eery tzen

shoud kno out t. he rnng of ths hour shoud resound through the orrdors of eery Aern nsttuton - shoos hurhes the hs of Congress press rdo

nd V nd so fr s I onerned t resound th Gods hep

Our Repu nd Consttuton re eng destroyed hethe enees of freedo re eng ded Ho? In ten

ys

By dpot reognton nd d trde nd negot-

tons th the Cunsts

2 By dsrent of our try defenses

3 By destruton of our seurty s nd the proo-

ton of thes y desons of the Supree Court

4 By oss of soeregnty nd soeny through nter-

nton tents nd eershp n ordorgnztons.

5. By undernng of o enforeent genes ndCongres son nestgtng ttees

6 By usurptons y the Exeute nd ud rnhes

of our Feder Goernent

7 By essnes s n the ne of rghts

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8 y sggerng non de h nfon nd or

rupon of he urreny.

9 y ulply of exeuve orders nd feder progrs hh grely eken lol nd se governens.

0 y he srfe of Aern nhood y enggng nrs e ppreny hve no nenon of nnng

Wherever possle hve red o spek ou. I s for hs

very reson h ern peope n Wshngon hve ery

rzed e hey don' n people o her he essge errsses he he hngs hh re de

sroyng he Consuon re he hngs hey hve eenvong for hey re frd of her pol reers f

hese fs re poned ou hey herefore ry o seneny ho rry he es sge -- nyone ho l snd up

nd e ouned

u hese lerl pons re no he ony ones ho re

ryng o sene he rnng voe of Aern prosMos o s euly lred

I s n 960 hen he Cuns eders frs deded

o do sehng drs ou he rsng de of prosn he Uned Ses he oss of Cu o he Sove Unon

hd lered Aerns. Czens ere holdng sudy

groups senrs nd freedo shoos he ore heysuded he ore hey rezed ho fs Couns sdvnng on l frons hey ls0 erned o herzeen h Wshngon pons ere dong pr

y nohng ou In f n ny ses hey ere

dong hngs o prooe Couns So he proess egn o pour no he non pol fr every se n

he unon A over Aer here s n kenng

he Sove eders kne hs rend oud ree rss

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s rue asers of ece p 9)

We canno defea ommunsm wh socalsm nor wh

secularsm nor wh pacfsm nor wh appeasemen or

accomodaon We can onl defea ommunsm wh rue

Amercansm

Address Edgar Hooer Oc 992

So from he er egnnng of hs Moscow campagn o

sop he anommuns moemen n hs counr, was an mporan par of he ommuns sraeg o ge her leral Amercan frends o carr ou an aack

agans paroc organaons Of course he ommu

nss hae learned no o aack all paroc groups a

once her sraeg s o focus on us one or ganaonand make so deesale and ugl n he pulc mnd ha

he can hold up as sor of a ar a and hen use osmear all oher ndvduals or groups n he same caegor

was neresng o see us where he ommunss

would egn her dr work; whch organao woud esngled ou o ge he ar rush reamen could hae

een he Amercan arm ureau whch he ommunsshae conssenl denounced could hae een heAmercan Legon Veerans of oregn Wars he AR

or he Sons of he Amercan Reoluon Thes e hae een faore ommuns arges n he pas as had Edgar

Hooer and he

As urned ou was none of hese nsead he munss chose o focus her aack on a farl new organ

aon whch er few people had heard aou ncludngmsef he decded o leel praccall her enre

arsenal on he ohn rch Soce or he nonpolcal

rch Soce had wn oh he polc he programand he pers onnel o elp defea he ons prac n hs

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counr. And he 1uniss knew i for he had seen

is resuls.

On Feruar 5 6 he official 1unis paper in

alifornia he PEOPLES WORL cae ou wih he

opening las I said here is a new secre fascis socie which is seing up cells" all oer he Unied Saeshe said i was he 1s serious hrea o he Aerican

wa of life

ha was he signal for he loc of A1erican lierals o

ake up he orch and he did Oernigh he parioic

capaign agains 1unis1 was al1s c1pleel forgoen as he lieral vigilanes heroicall rode ou in full

force o sae he counr fro1 he "errile Birchers

o onl he ulra -lieral forces rallied o he ale u

1e of he 1s respeced conseraie press ook uphe hue and cr and an pro1inen highl respeced

A1ericans als fell for he decepie line

he uniss had inended o confuse he A1erican

people and he did he ar rush acics seared hei1age of he new s1all u rapidl growing ohn Birch

Socie o he poin where an people hough i 1us ea group of neo - ais or a reial of he Ku Klu Kan

Se proinen highl respeced en were so deceied ha he declared ha he infilraion of he ohn irch

Socie was equall as ad as he infilraion of he odles sunis ons pirac.

ro1 he eginning of his aack he on Birch Socie

pleaded for e kind of official inesigaion so he ruhaou he could e gien o he pulic he elieed

his was he onl wa he could counerac he idal waeof false propaganda which was eing heaped upon he

Bu he inesigaion was so long in c1ing ha he

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puposs of h munis-lial coaliion w com

lly accomplishd. will poaly a long im fo h official po on Th ohn Bich Sociy gs an

hons haing This insigaion was conducd y

aind insigaos who w woking fo h alifonia

Sna Facfinding Sucommi on UnAmicanAciiis. Th insigaion ook wo yas Swon affidais w oaind fom scos of popl Th aacks

on h Sociy w sudid. niws w conducd wih dacos and suppos of h Sociy. Undcd

insigaos andd Bich ings Th Sna Facinding po was issud in un, 963

Bu n his po was clssly disod y som of h lial pss sois. hfo oaind a copy of

h po myslf so could s wha was in i. Th

po is sixywo pags long, was signd y all mmsof h ommi, and was issud y h Psidn PoT of h alifonia Sna, Snao Hugh . Buns, aDmoca

H a a fw quos fom h po

Th Sociy had n pulicly chagd wih ing asc, fas cis, susi, n -A ican, aniSmiic

oganiaion W ha no found any of hs accusaions o suppod y h idnc. "

And a fuh quo fom h po.

W li ha h ason h ohn Bich Sociyhas aacd so many mms is ha i simply appad o hm o h mos ffci, indd h only

oganizaion hough which hy cod oin a naional

omn o lan h uh aou h ommunis nac and hn ak som posii, concd acion o

pn is spad.

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T po ao go on o vfy wa I av aady od yo, namy, a aak agan T Jon B

oy ommnd w an a n PEOPEWORD, Cafona Commn pap

Now n g of wa I av j ad, yo w ndand my fng wn pop wod ak ow I fao T Jon B oy Ba of amazngy

ffv popaganda agan m, a n vy npopa o dfnd gop I an mm wn wa npopa o dfnd my own C Nv,

a oon a I and wa Commn and a

w dong o T Jon B oy, I f a dp ndgnaon a od appn o any nonpoa,pao gop of Aman zn I f wa d on, mmoa and a ypo y I f away.

On a Cong man aakd oy amng

wa "on o o O nna a ad y ojd o oy mod " If wa on o o Cafona na Fa-ndng nvga o odn dov

om of fn and nfomd Aman I know av ndod oy and pogam ndng a nm of fom FBI agn and offa, on py,

ngn and y off, Many naonay

pomnn pao Aman v wo pay on Coni A o mod po d oy a a dy gop oganzaon dgnd o f an fa ao Commnm and n mpmn a knowdg w ffv and pon aon " p. 7Wa wong w mod a I a Com

mn and Aman a wo ojd o mod a y w ffv Ty nd

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no faul wh.

Evn n my own chuch found a can amoun of confuson had popl say ha h LDS Chuch was opposd

o Th John Bch Socy Ths may com, n pa a

las as h su of a samn mad y h Fs Psdny h yas ago Howv, whn Psdn McKaydscovd ha hs samn was ng msnpd

and can popl w quong o pov h LDSChuch was opposng Th John Bch Socy, h auho

zd a cafyng samn Ths samn appad n h offcal Chuch nwspap fo Mach 9, and

says "Th Chuh s no opposng Th John Bch Socyo any oh oganzaon of lk nau And ha mms of h Chuch a f o on an-Communsoganzaons Th samn also says ha only on

man Psdn avd O Mcay, spaks fo h Chuchof Jsus Chs of La -day Sans on mas of poly

Jus as a ma of ns you may lk o know n a fw wods wha Th John Bh Socy s and wha sands fo so ha you wll av a ll da why som ofus hav sn o s dfns cually wha would

fo you o do wod o ad som of h la

u fo yous lf Evyhng h Bch Socy pulshs

s avaal o mm and non-mm alk and hhadquas a Blmon Massachuss 0278 wll

happy o povd hs lau ncludng som oh f noducoy maal

Th Soy aks s nam fom on of h gas hos

of Wod Wa Capan John Bch, who was mudd

y h Chns Communss n days af h wa.

Th Socy amps hough an duaonal and monhlyacon pogam o us vy lgal and moal mans pac al o psv ou nspd Consuon Ths

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ogam ha had a al imac again h ConiacyTh aiou ogam a uly uggi and h

mm a cauiond n o do anyhing ha goconay o hi concinc and judgmn

Th Sociy i no a oliical oganizaion i n

ndo candida no coniu o candida I

ncouag i mm, whh hy Dmoca,

Rulican o Indndn o udy h iu nd candida in h ligh of ou Coniuion, and h ha o i, and hn gon hm l accodingly

mong oh hing h Sociy i fo a alancd udg, fo h Mono Docin and fo ling h a ol hi own olm. I i again foign aid o h Com muni, again h Maxi gaduad incom ax andagain h Fdal Gonmn coming wih ax ay

ing f ni In a nnc, Th John BichSociy li in l cnalizd gonmn, mo

onal oniiliy and a wold.

I do no long o Th John Bich Sociy, u I ha a way dfndd hi gou, ju a I do no long o u

ha dfndd h mican Fam Buau, h DR, h

mican Lgion, h Van of Foign Wa and anyoh aioic gou ying o al mican o h

SocialiCommuni ha I h alo dfndd JEdga Hoo and h FBI

Whn my on Rd wa inid o a a coodinao

fo Th John Bich Sociy, h akd m if h hould acc i. I had ad h Blu Book and oh aic maial of h Sociy I had m M Wlch and oh

lad and mm I hd ad M Wlch famou l whch ha inc n ulihd in ook fom n

ild THE OLITICIN. I knw Rd would nolling

in an unoula cau I alo knw h would ci a

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crain aoun o viliicaion i h ook his o Nvr

hlss old hi o go aha i h hough his was a os civ way o dnd h Consiuion and igh hSocialisCounis nac would hav givn hi

qual ncouragn i h had n considring h FB

or any o our naional parioic organizaions ddicad o h igh agains h Golss Conspiracy which

hrans all w hold dar

Whn h oind prssd y opinion ha was convincd ha h John Birch Sociy was h os civ

nonChurch organizaion in our igh agains crping s0-

cialis and Godlss counis also sad ha adird Rds courag and applaudd his dcision

So popl hav old his was no good sragy u

disagr l i is always good sragy o sand up or h righ, vn whn i is unpopular Prhaps shouldsay, ESPECLLY whn i is unpopular

had o ak his sa dcision all ovr again whn Prs

idn David O McKay rcivd an inviaion ro orrCongrssan John Rousslo, asking ha auhorizd

o gv a parioic spch a a sionial dinnr or

Ror Wlch Prsidn McKay ar carul considra

ion old should ak h alk and ha had his pr ission and lssing And so h inviaion was accpd

hs alk was givn a h Hollywood Paladi Sp

r rd 9 Narly 000 hard y alk ha nighand 4, 000 Kiwanians hard a siilar ssag h ollow

ing day whn spok a hir annual convnion

Boh alks dal wih h prsrvaion o h Consiuion

and h nd o rsis h Counis hra A hWlch Tsionial dinnr condd h John BirchSociy and ncouragd h o proc h principls o


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liy houghou ou ld

Of cou ll of you kow hi lk ough im mdi oucy fom om lil lm i Whig

o Th voc id h I Chuch officil hd

o ui pkig h Ro Wlch di Thyid i w mkig m coovi Pick Hy

d h Foudig Fh w coovil u

pio hv v Php hy did o iz h I hd filld hi ig wih h full pp ovl ofPid McKy Ad php hy d o liz h

Pid McKy h o hid o pk ou fo f

dom if om popl hv coidd uch pioim coovil Ad ih wil I hi. Th figh

o v h Coiuio i o m coovy o h

figh gi Commuim I fc i i w wih hdvil -- Chi vu i-Chi - d I m willig o

figh i. I i figh gi h g vil i hi wold - uhl powful godl copicy.

J Edg Hoov h wd h h cold w i l w d h h h i icig I g d u fouly w loig h w

I hik i i im fo vy pioic Amic o joi wih igho o udy h Coiuio d h Copicy

Suci o vl good pioic mgzi uch AMERICAN OPINION Buy fw ic ook uch MASTERS OF DECEIT d A STUDY OF COMMUNISM yJ Edg oov THE NAKED COMMUNIST y Clo

Skou commdd y Pid Dvid O McKy i

h Gl Cofc of h Chuch Oco Y OU

CAN TR UST THE COMMUNISTS y D Fd Schwzc Ad h pp o do om idpd hikigAd mm h h ogizd who hv pl d

ddicd hough hy fw will lwy df h my who o ogzd d who lck pl d ddicio

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Th Commuiss ow his d h po i s iou im h mos Amis lid i oo?

O of ou mos sious polms is h ifioiy om

plx whih popl fl wh hy o ifomd d o

gid Thy d o m disio o hs ilissus. Thy l oh pop hi fo hm Thy

suml oud i h middl of h od yig o oid

ig "oosil d g hi y ffi goig ohwys

o h pios sy his: T h log l loo.

Sd up fo fdom o m wh h os

hlp o s you soul - d my you ouy

This is hoi ld . hoi o ll ohsBlssd y h Almighy ou os md d

p i so will oiu o ld of fdom d

liy s log s w l o d i h ligh ofsoud d duig piipls of igh. To sifi suhpiipls fo momy xpdiy -- of slfishly

moid -- is o dg o ol hig d is u wohy of his g Ami popl

Wih ll my h lo his g io. h lidd ld od jus ough o m m ppih fully w w h h To m his is o jusoh io. is o us o of fmily of ios.

This is io h g missio o pfom fo h f d lssig of liy-loig popl ywh. is my fim oiio h h Cosiuio of his ldws slishd y m whom h God of h isd upuo his y pupos This is p of my ligious fih

Th dys hd soig d hllgig d will d

md h fih pys d loyly of y Ami

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As h ancin Aposl dclad

h nigh is fa s pn h da is a hand; l us hfo cas off h woks of daknss and l us pu

on h amou of ligh (omans )

Ma God giv us h wisdom o cogniz h dangs of

complacnc h ha o ou fdom and h sngh o m his dang couagousl

Ou challng is o kp Amica song and fsong sociall song conomicall and aov all

song spiiuall if ou wa of lif is o ndu h

is no oh wa Onl in his cous s h saf foou naion.

n his migh suggl ach of ou has a pa Evpson on h ah oda chos h igh sd duing h

wa in havn on h igh sid now. Sand up and

cound f ou g dis couagd mm h wods

of Edwad Ev Hal whn h said am onl on u am on can do vyhing u can do somhing

Wha can do ha ough o do

And wha ough o do h gac of God shall do!

And his is m pa fo ou his da Ma God lssall of ou ach and v on.


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EZA TAFT BENSN


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A bout the Authorby

Reverend Francis E. Fenton

A RESTORATION of God to Hi right and just place of honor

and supremacy in our American republic demands leader whowill not fear to tand on the side of God and religion and morait,

leaders who have he courage to proclaim and defend the right ofGod in defiance of those who seek to dethrone Him and to uurp

His authority in the aairs of men; leaders who fully reaize thateective opposition to, and ultimate conquest of, the criminalconspiracy of atheistc Communism and the manifold evils asociated wih this diabolical menace demand not merely a profesionof allegiance to God but uncompromising proof of that allegiancein daily life There are some uch, yes, but their number eempitifully few.

One is Ezra Taft Benson, prominent member of the MormonChurch Council of the Twelve and, for eight years, Secretary ofAgricuture in the Eisenhower Administration Mr Benson-whoderives his convicion that America is a land, "choice above alother lands, from the tenets of hi Mormon faithhas been therecipient of many honors and awards, including fourteen honora

ry doctorates from universities all over America But while EzraTaft Benon's numerous published books and his man pubicaddresses reveal unquestionably that he is a scholar and a patrio,he is primarily a man of God

Wih this man the practice of religion is no mere formality,no empty "going through the motion, no vain lip service With

him there i no double tandard of morality whereby somethingmorall wrong on Sunday becomes right and acceptabe, becauseexpedient or popular, te rest of the week His God, hi religiousconvictions, his moral standards are a part of hi being and per


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sona and as suh pemeae hs ouook and pofound nfuene hs wods and deeds e s boh a man of God and a pubsevanand poves no on ha he wo posons ae no mu

ua exusve bu ha hs pe of unon of huh and sae fou w in the individual person, s somehng despeae needed

n hose who oup posons of eadeshp n ou naona febe he pub oas o pvae zens

I was Benjamn Fankn who deaed befoe he Consuona Convenon n Phadepha n 1787:


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