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tive. He gave up his job to head the
Society. ..
The goal of the organization which
already has members in every state
and active chapters in half the states
is one million members.
The Society was founded in De-
cember, 1858, in Indianapolis and
named for John Birch, captain in
the U. S. Army allegedly murdered
in cold blood by Chinese Communists
10 days after VI Day.
Welch was educated at the Uni
versity of North Carolina, had two
years at the U. S. Naval Academy
and two years at Harvard law school.
He was director of the National AS
ISOLATION of Manufacturers for seven
years. Wealthy conservative business
men support the John Birch Society.
Three former presidents of the NAM
are listed as members of the "coun-
ciP' of the society.
The Chicago Daily News story
said, "the organization is 'monolith-
ic' or, to use another word which
Welch himself introduced, Dictator
ial". Welch describes himself as the
absolute and unquestioned head, the
''hard boiled, dictatorial and dynamic
boss" needed to run such an organi-
cation.
ATTACKS" EISENHOWER
II II
the John Birch 'Americanists'-as
they call themselves-might seem
a tiresome, comic opera joke, the
TIME article says, and adds, "But
already the society admits to cells
in 35 states, and its partisans have
made their anonymous and un-
settling presence felt in scores of
u. S. communities.
Welch has written a voluminous
book entitled "The Politician. in
tended for secret distribution only
to the leaders of the society, in which
he accuses former President Eisen-
hover of treason, and flatly calls |
him communist The CDN reporter
who secured copy of the book. says
Welch took some 302 pages attempt
ing to document the charges.
In speaking about this book TIME
says, "Welch's Mein Kampf is a
masterpiece of invective'' and says
,he book is now being withdrawn
from circulation, largely because its
judgments on contemporary leaders
,epelled more people. than they at
,racted".
New members of the organization
10 not know about the book, and
hey must become qualified" before
hey can read it.
WEIGH is described as "a per-
suasive speaker and many respon-
sible people are attracted by the
lofty aims expressed by WEIGH and
"co-ordinators'' who lead local
groups.
In booklet given to new members
he statement Welch made to the
ounders is repeated:
Democracy is merely a deceptive i
hrase, weapon of demagoguery,
nd a perennial fraud.
INCREDIBLE AND FANTASTIC
The incredible and fantastic pro- i
ouncements in the secret manual {
'hich members have to qualify to 6
cad says:
"While / too think that Milton q
Eisenhower is a communist, and
has been for 80 years, this opin- c
ion is based largely on general
circumstances of his conduct. +
But my belief that Dwight Eisen- l
hover is dedicated conscious
agent of the Communist con-
spiracy is based on an accumu- T.
lation of detailed evidence so
extensive and so palpable that s.
it seems to me to put this convic-
tion beyond any reasonable 81
doubt. 81
The book says of the man who
as President of the United States,
f. there is only one possible word n
describe his purpose and action.
lat word is treason
The VOICE feels much like the B