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Franco, Francisco,
15
,
18–19
,
135
Gabler, Mel and Norma,
27–28
,
29
; and Educational Research Analysts,
27
Goldberg, Michelle,
205
Goldberg, Robert Alan,
145
Goldwag, Arthur,
42–43
Goldwater, Barry: and CASE ad,
46
; Stillwell Conner view of,
95–96
; JBS view of,
62
,
69
,
117
,
138–39
; as 1960 presidential candidate,
62–63
; as 1964 presidential candidate,
123–24
,
137–44
; and 1964 presidential election loss,
144–46
,
148
,
150
; on
The Politician
,
52
,
57
; on race,
120
; on the UN,
84
. See also
The Conscience of a Conservative
(Goldwater)
Griffin, John Howard,
75–76
Grigg, William Norman,
213–14
Hardisty, Jean,
206
Hersey, John,
91
Hiroshima
(Hersey),
91
How Should We Then Live?
(Francis Schaeffer),
176
Insiders: Bill Clinton as member of,
207
; description of,
47
,
210
;
The Insiders
(JBS publication),
36
; in
None Dare Call It Conspiracy
,
36
; and principle of reversal,
91
; in Republican Party,
160
,
193
,
210–11
Institutes of Biblical Law
(Rushdoony),
135–36
John Birch Society (JBS): benefitting from Goldwater loss,
150
; and William F. Buckley Jr.,
122–24
,
151
; and Bush administration prosecution of Iraq War,
211–12
; campaign to get US out of the UN,
82–83
,
213–14
; campaign to impeach Earl Warren,
77–79
; and campaign to oust Robert Welch,
70
,
151
; on Bill Clinton,
194
,
206–7
; criticism of,
117
; on Dwight Eisenhower,
77
; FBI investigation of,
57
; founding of, ix,
32
; and Barry Goldwater,
62
,
124
,
138–39
,
145–46
; growth of,
45
,
47–48
,
146
,
150
,
207
; and homosexuality,
205
; on Illuminati and New World Order,
35–36
; influence on modern right-wing organizations, xi; on Insiders,
36
,
91
,
193
,
207
,
210–11
; on John F. Kennedy,
2
,
110
,
115
,
116
; and Kennedy assassination,
2–3
; on Martin Luther King Jr.,
106
,
110
; and Fred Koch,
50
;
Life
article on,
66–67
,
72
; and Larry McDonald,
185
; and John McManus,
194
; media coverage of,
68–69
,
72
; and MOTOREDE,
157
; National Council of,
48–49
,
50
,
185
; and Revilo Oliver,
41–43
; and William Pierce,
195
;
The Politician
scandal, x,
54–57
,
61
,
64
; on racial integration,
77–78
,
101–4
,
110
; and Ronald Reagan,
182–83
,
185
; rebirth of, ix,
219
; recruitment of Stillwell Conner,
33
; and Republican Party, x,
124
; on saving Christmas,
47
; and John Schmitz,
160
,
166
; Southern chapters,
101
; summer youth camps,
207
; on US summit with Soviet Union,
45–46
; on Vietnam War,
151–52
,
159
; and Edwin Walker,
73
,
116
; and George Wallace,
153–54
.
See also
Conner, Stillwell and Laurene; Welch, Robert
John Birch Society Monthly Bulletin
,
109–11
,
152
,
156
,
177
; on anti-JBS press coverage,
64
; on Bill Clinton election,
194
; Stillwell Conner obituary in,
190
; drop in subscriptions,
184
; on 1960 presidential election,
62
,
63
; on 1968 presidential election,
153
; on plot to oust Robert Welch,
70
; on Ronald Reagan election,
182
; on sex education,
157
Johnson, Lyndon:
140
,
203
,
236
n6; and civil rights legislation,
117
; and “Daisy” ad,
143
; JBS view of,
63
,
151
; and Vietnam War,
147–48
,
159
Kendall, Willmoore,
122
,
125–29
,
131
,
139
Kennedy, John F.,
80
,
106
,
203
; assassination of,
2–3
,
113–16
; Stillwell Conner opinion of,
5
,
50–51
,
74
; and Cuban Missile Crisis,
92–95
; Dallas reaction to 1963 visit of,
112–13
; funeral of,
4
; JBS opinion of,
87
,
95
,
110
; election of,
62
,
63
; Ronald Reagan opinion of,
88
; and school desegregation,
102
,
104
; and Edwin Walker,
73
,
102
; and “Wanted for Treason” poster/handbill,
1–2
,
115
. See also
The Assassination Story
;
Cuban Missile Crisis
; Warren Commission Report
Kerner, Otto,
98–99
King, Martin Luther, Jr.,
104–5
; in
John Birch Society Bulletin
,
110
Kleinknecht, William,
181–82
Koch, Charles and David, xi,
50
Khrushchev, Nikita,
43
,
151
; and Cuban Missile Crisis,
90
,
94–95
; Barry Goldwater view of,
139
; summit with Dwight Eisenhower,
45–46
Ku Klux Klan, x,
191
LeMay, Curtis,
153
Letourneau, Mary Kay,
167
.
See also
Schmitz, John
Lewis, Anthony,
182
Macdonald, Andrew (William Pierce),
195
Manion, Clarence (Pat),
48
,
120
,
139
Manion Forum,
120
The Man Who Sold the World
(Kleinknecht),
181
Matt, Alphonse,
132
. See also
Wanderer
McCarthy, Joseph, ix,
9–10
,
29
,
184
,
194
McDonald, Larry P.,
184–85
,
187
,
206
McManus, John,
36
; on George W. Bush as Insider,
210
; on gays in the military,
205
; on JBS membership,
185
; as JBS president,
194
; on Ronald Reagan,
192–93
McVeigh, Timothy,
196
,
197–99
.
See also
Oklahoma City bombing
Mobilizing Resentment
(Hardisty),
206
MOTOREDE (Movement to Restore Decency),
157
National Review
: criticism of JBS,
151
; JBS criticism of,
70
; JBS support of,
122–23
; Revilo Oliver as contributor to,
41
,
122
; praise of Robert Welch,
150
; on race,
78
.
See also
Buckley, William F., Jr.
National Right to Life Committee,
172
,
176
,
178
New World Order, x,
5
; and George H. W. Bush,
193
; and George W. Bush,
210–11
; and Bill Clinton,
193–94
,
206
; and Illuminati,
34–36
; and international terrorism,
215
.
See also
Illuminati
Nilsson, Lennart,
172
Nixon, Richard: endorsement of Barry Goldwater,
142
; JBS criticism of,
62–63
,
153–54
,
156
,
159
; John Schmitz on,
160
; Southern strategy of,
145
None Dare Call It Conspiracy
(Allen),
36
Nossek, Max,
14
. See also
Black Beauty
Oklahoma City bombing,
191
,
196–99
Oliver, Revilo P.,
40–43
,
99
; and William F. Buckley Jr.,
122
; influence on right wing,
39
; influence on
The Turner Diaries
,
195
; as white supremacist,
191
Pierce, William,
195
Planned Parenthood,
179
The Politician
(Welch),
52
,
223
n5; accusing Dwight Eisenhower of being Communist,
55
,
69
,
77
; as
The Black Book
,
54
; conservative criticism of,
57
; effect of scandal on Stillwell and Laurene Conner,
57
; effect on JBS,
56
; Barry Goldwater on,
52
; media coverage of,
55–57
,
68
; as secret book,
53–55
,
57
,
69
,
122
The Politics of Rage
(Carter),
154
Proofs of a Conspiracy
,
35–36
Rand, Ayn,
137–38
Reagan, Ronald: on battle over Republican Party,
150
; election of,
180
,
182–83
; JBS criticism of,
183
,
185
,
192–93
; JBS as irrelevant during, administration,
207
; on John F. Kennedy,
88
; against Medicare,
87–89
; as president,
181–82
; and Southern strategy,
145
; “A Time of Choosing” speech,
143–44
; on Vietnam War,
147
Red Channels
(pamphlet),
13–14
Republican Party,
182
; and abortion rights,
176
; and Christian Right,
158
; and Barry Goldwater,
62–63
,
139–42
,
144–45
; internal civil war,
150
; JBS view of, as liberal,
62
,
160
,
207
; and Ronald Reagan,
150
,
180
,
182
; view of JBS as radical, x,
123–24
Roosevelt, Franklin, ix,
5
,
41
,
56
,
86
; as member of Illuminati,
35
Rosenberg, Julius and Ethel,
9
Ruby, Jack,
4
Rushdoony, Rousas John,
135–36
Schlafly, Fred,
28
Schlafly, Phyllis,
28–29
,
135
,
180
Schmitz, John,
160
; as American Party presidential nominee,
161–63
; family life of,
165–67
; removal from JBS National Council,
166
; return to politics,
166
Schoenwald, Jonathan,
31
,
73
,
102
,
224
n2
Shepard, Matthew,
204–5
Shippers, David,
207–8
Skull and Bones Society,
124
,
193
Soviet Union: and Cuban Missile Crisis,
90–93
; Barry Goldwater on,
139
; and Illuminati,
5
; JBS view of Nuclear Test Ban Treaty with,
109–10
; JBS view of, takeover of Europe,
8
,
82
; JBS view of, takeover of United States,
5–6
,
8
,
31
,
35
,
53
; Fred Koch view of,
49–50
; and Larry McDonald,
184–85
; and New World Order,
36
; and Pope John Paul II,
201
; and Ronald Reagan,
183
,
192–93
; and summit with Dwight Eisenhower,
45–46
. See also
Red Channels
Spanish Civil War,
15
,
18–19
.
See also
Franco, Francisco