Arizona sun., 1961-04-20
FANTASTIC HISTORIAN

persons the hotel
It urgent crowd than had expected
middle class, quite DID, many mid
die aged young adults few teenagers and very few
children, who seemed to be with their parents
This normal imagine, such occasions There were
great who looked like solid citizens and ntelectua
many who like myself came to see the crowd and TO
listen quite critically the speaker could certainly not tell
by Birch Society books sold like hotcake
in the foyer.
From the program was apparent presentation
was but series by Arizonans for America
whose goals editoray before includes
setting the u out of the U and the u S.
repeating amendment stripping the fed
u S. Supreme Court of legal right to
interfere in state governments, ETC.
Future speakers Edgar Bundy whom the Phoe
quite well from former and recent
visit stirred the hyseria that re-
the National Council of Churches
as communistic.
meeting opened with prayer by the Rev Leroy Thorn
as of Baptist Consevave) The audi
ence the Flag ExSupreme Court
Phelps head of Arizonans For America in
speaker Judge Phelps informed that he has
the j. B. Society since first organized
of his membership and had confidence
the leadership of the who organized it. The audience
including and the speaker loud and long
applause.
Mr. began by repeating published that
his statement calling dedicated
a personal letter a supposed FRIEND that
taken out of context and he had been double
conservative Republicans He wants
the letter to fade out of the argument and to be forgotten
you evident that of those
en shared his wish Personally think that as long as people
The Politician auhored by Robert Wech this condem
nation of president of the U. S will not be forgotten
He that there "great danger of
communist control of nation within few that the
far that only Federal government
but state have communists in
important posts and the three cent of communists in Amer
sufficient proportion to deliver nation to Russia
He included among the effects of communist domination
of the the distortion of graphic musical
lack of morality and flight to amoraity He did not specify
instances that modern and rock roll and
our atonal music are the cuprlts.
Then came the fantastic explanation of the enous" COM
munist trick The Principle of Reversal which Robert
Wech assured has been the which Communists
have seized stronger stronger hold the guibe
vulnerable American people (Wonder if that all of
who have not joined the John Birch Society,"
told every conquest over
nation liberation when what they actually did bring
these liberated people to slavery ruthless autocracy
This buy. buy of even
highest gubity been convinced into
Interpreting Russias anything
savement We led by and journalists to
believe that Castro was attempting t berae ba from e
known dictatorship of the Batsa regime.
than stupid believe that including
local papers, who built days
onary hero communists that Intelligence De-
partment anything but asleep that We
back and that the last administration asleep
that and so evidently Robert Wech heard of
the John Birch Society in all its far flung chapters while Castro
the hero of the revolution aerng that Castro
communist Why did the Society "duped' when
all the time Robert Welch understood this
versal which Mr. Wech knows all about his story
Tas defeat the Republican
His whole argument built his assumption that if
mated Mr. Taft would surely have
lists knew this Think of how millions
the defeat of Mr. Taft loyal Anyway
the Russians with their trick of reversal
ting slogan which the Russians devised 1--WE Bob
Taft but he just can't VIM Would believe always
believed that the Republicans
ated another really thought that Taft right
How terrible to find this date were all
communist "dupes' wasn't for him 1 justa
guilty as the other communist dupes.
Having read Mr. Wechs statement in the (Bble
of the Society that civil rights Negroes today comun
st slogan expected him this argument
versa principle but he have thought wouldn't 90
we'll in Phoenix AS matter of fact are
many conservatives Phoenix who
and who would never to win political election South
Carolina and equate conservatism
the conservative dupes in South that they had better
vote for the Republican candidate for
hold to segregation Negroes their
votes.
Yes sat aghast to that this applaud
ideas his statement that Protest
ant ministers young who persuaded college
their communist professors to to seminary and then
their into the protestant ministry just as
fantastlc. w. A. Robinson