The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-07-05
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However, this doesn't explain thos
who follow and form the membership
that Overcast co-ordinates in Mon
tana and Wyoming. The membership
gains neither status nor money. /
does receive something however, mucl
more bstantial-security in worlt
full of chaos and insecurity and tn,
from world, political and personal
in which security has been lost il
their view, because of liberal anC
democratic political policies and pro
grams.
The America they must recapture
is the America before the advent
of such phenomena as the income
tax, FDR, fIuoridation, collectives
translated, organized labor, So.
cial security, co-operatives, and
any farm group other than the
Farm Bureau), NWACP, NATO,
Nations.
History teaches US that the in
secure require scapegoat. Vic Over
cash and his mentor, now Robert
Welch, once Senator Joseph McCar-
thy, provide those who hunger for
scapegoats with whole array of
them.
In addition, the Society provides
a sanctity and a podium enshrined
by virtue of the qualifications and
Overcast told the as
sembled audience that not everyone
is acceptable as a member. A person
must, he repeated several times. be
very religious and highly moral in
order to qualify. Beyond this, he
said, prospective members must rec
ognize that the United States has for
saken the very values and ideas from
which our greatness as nation
stemmed.
Rounding out this prototype of a
qualified member. Overcast added
hat it was only this type of highly
moral and religious person that could
DIN the Society in their crusade to
id the United States of those per-
ons, groups and ideas that have
aused our moral, ethical and political |
Iecline.
An additional remark that to me
was perhaps the most arrogant and
contemptuous statement by Over
cash during the evening was when
he said that Catholic, Protestant,
Jew Moslem who Joined the
Society would by virtue of that act
become a better Catholic, Protest
ant, Jew or MosIem than he was
before.
Only then, according to the So
iety's plan, can the rebuilding begin.
he architects of the new society, of
purse, will be men like Robert WEIGH
nd Vic Overcast who, according to
lemselves, epitomize the moral and !,
eligious values that are in short sup
" today. !
One felt that real closed meeting
the Society would contain more
'ecific charges of treason, immoral
Y and comysmpery than was dis
aged at Cut Bank. Overcast re-
satedly observed that neither he nor
e Society was in the business of
nding individuals who were Com
unlsts. However, as one of the
'ung students asked, with great
al of insight, how could the John
rch Society function in its role to 5,
id and restore" our lost civilization :
the word was not spread that this !,
an, that political proram, this poll =
al party, or that institution (the :
preme Court, for example) was !.
mmunist, Communist duped, or just 3
sguided liberals, or just inspired by :,
sguided liberalism, thereby open !, !.
: the way for Communist takeover; -
d, of course, setting the stage for =,
elch and Overcast to heroically and -
5hout any rewards, save Americans !,
the process?
OF course, the answer is obvious. sr
ii those who disagree with the ns
'hn Birch Society are ipso facto 6F
one of the foregoing categories co
treasonous activities. re
The further question remains as to be