Arizona sun., 1962-01-04
FEAR OF FEAR ITSELF

1t was inevitable that the situation Phoenix should become
valley After ALL people come here and
one Phoenix hours days to
feel the of the hystera that nfests this community
Strange to say the influence which believe started
all this identified with it. Many people right
here in heard of FOR AMERICA Even the
State head of FOR AMERICA or ARZONANS FOR AMERICA,
Judge Phelps with the John Birch Society that
with the other organizations which he heads in the state He
only of the B. s. When have been discuss
ing Valley asked whites and Negroes in
Phoenix they knew about FOR AMERICA and conervatve
said really believe that few any were
lying and can't understand this
1t three years ago when first became
acquainted with literature the naton by this
ganzaon and read with such goals these To get
the u s. of the u NJ and the u N out of the U. This
recall the second of five amazing statements of the
organizations goals which do not recall verbatim nor order
Another for guaranteeing stronger states rights and weaker
amendment Another for reducing the authority of the Supreme
Still another for creating almost complete isolation
literature expressed what could only deadly
influences that were destroying this nation
Is The literature the members the national boards and
the State heads At first knew only few of the from read
ing about the activities of these people in extremely far right
activities but later these associated in
places with other organizations recognize of them
OF these other and less sophisticated organizations had some of the
goals and different of the same
fears For instance FOR AMERICA for states rights Fo
Negroes in the south this would vote
segregation inferior education the and paid
jobs Whether FOR AMERICA interested anything
merely weakening the authority of the central not
evident On the other hand the Blue Book of the John Birch So
rights communist inspired afraid of big
Brchers afraid communists who
their leader tells tem behind the civil rights efforts Am
erica We The People of Harry Everngham and Billie Hargis
just plain southern white suprec organization They fear hav
ngt Negro people get uppy and Change of life in
America, which lis republic and not democracy and let's
keep that way n this FOR AMERICA CONCURS) The
really much afraid of communism They would
Cuba They the United Nations because
it Republicans Phoenix brand of
Goater their .high priest afraid of
things wrong about insisting that Kaanga not
seeeed Congo Goldwater himself
is
and other Kennedy ideas will fail succeed diff
decide they should succeed he has some
thing really to fear politically He for desegregaton in Arizona
be afraid that Republicans cannot win unless Con-
sevve Repubcanism defnatey states rights in the
gregahonst south.
for Negro Democrat afraid that all this
started by For America and afraid that the by the
groups that conservative conservative
more things than just UNCEF things like Metro
aroused fear among the For Americans that they have
tying with the unac fringe these
groups afraid of SOME of the things
Perhaps the regeable by the
people way behoden Americans
Republicans and talk and write the F. A. line
matter what their convictions
FEAR! FEAR! FEAR Where will it all stop?
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