HOUSE GROUP MOVING TO PROBE BIRCH SOCIETY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP70-00058R000200150098-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 15, 1999
• Sequence Number: 98
• Publication Date: March 30, 1961
• Content Type: NSPR

~ ~ 6tar etstt wti4f . ~?., ... '..
. ~ Chkirman Walter of tlw
House Un-American Aoti4iLies
' Coaamlttee said tndgy he has
_ ord~erc~' . prelirninui-ryr ic-yeatl..
,Qatfon of the actlvl~.fea of the
John ~11'ch society, the. oon-
Wovcrsfel anti-Cohimuniat or-
ganization.
' The invettigation. was rt-
- ~ quested earlier today 4Y ~ iteA`
resentatlve Hi~stnnd, Reptlb=
in~ulrY ~eould dtepel' chnraeey
[hat the soclcty 1s a "dictatorial;
Fascist" organieaWoti, ~ .
Mr. Walter s9~id the purpose
'" ~ of the prcliminaiy lhveatiga-.
tion was to determine ,whether
his comtnittce has ~urlsdiation,
Noting that its legfslatlve char-
ter hntits its iuqulrlea to the
ditfusion of propaganda attaCk~
s ~ ink the principle or ~brm pi thq
~ Ut:ited States Cioverhhlent;'Mr:
Wnltcr said, "! don't see frpra
'the Press ;sports anything thin
i society has done that would
brh~g it u~itliiu Lhe purvievV o;
ruse Bucks inautrr ;
f. ~tepresentatlve'lieu~??DBtY~
crat .of Wlscorisln, said_ today
.vestigatlon as S result. 01.:?..nu+.
mcrous letters he-;said he' rah
He reported that mpng:,;l?!:!1'ic0'
but usually did nbt ldentltY?+~1>
i writers as erlembers Q!-tha dotal
I.. ,.4
' 131rch tlociety. ?
In a letter to CI'uiritlan ~al~
I the letters he has received offa-
l inated with the 6ociety. He said
!propaganda orQanitations? k-ave
? ,.r.r..",. .. ,
~~:it~=2;t ?:;
~C~?u5~ ra~1.~ ,
Ta Prabe B~~r~~ ~a~ciet
.. 'y:.~ a'; xY:T1.~. ~1.' ... .
to 1.`-st `li~obi
~?old trotlred ~~.
lutabtttrer ~bo touuded tt1A
otS !ti 186~b. had ohett~ttl.
th;4t' ~Iormer President $11Aet-?"
howl', Chief Justiop ? Wsf~s,
+ IQtnspr 6~ tart' Of 8tl,t! J4ht><
c: Yi ' - ~ and CIA .
s rerere ,secret
~c ta.or glgpaLM
~~zlt? aalleae?
'Yttbtltrrtfel" snd ? also
alociety rvN tlafailerow
. ~p ; eeinotdacy beoatise , it oon-
.. _: 21,a~n caaaa n~
t.,; 4ttictala~ .aiz6 privatfe
. ;wSth whose dews it~cW ;
Of the Rt rea _bie anQ,~1n~
s; most, ponseCVative
>ti !n the,Qo111ttty"
^?t2sins the'Demoaratlo leader-~
:.the ? Irreat p)tl~ , interest acid .
conoerq: with `droop."
1 gagretiaute~ttV! ' Utt. snothgr f
na to Cogaresa""and athp.' S.'o'~la, se,id">i~n~ an interat~w
e taotfcs f .?,r ?. ,.=a o........,.~.. _,.._.. ~..._.
Callfotnfa>z.blagZed ~t,he ".'Welch !>} ~,'~ out .p~ oor>~erct.', They ,name Lropi s; h7-Yeas-old Bap- !
:i far. Lhe Cangres8loris~ ,lord `,vet,9 add fry th4 founder fA~, . fist misei6nerrY' from C3eorgia
,,~'rt$at fs rimpl7 not a~~?` 1N, acme ago, bel',ore ,who was a_n,~`~rmy intelUQence
~tlie 'l~,e~aty wtoundet~. Ott R o1LllCer ~A,:7,D+a=$~'. ~t during'
. , Mr. Aiestand declin - tb - ,,. I
~'~ identify the #ienatar of whom y ~~` 1ie ~ a8 nOj'i'br World-.W1tt',.~ &nd was killed
' ~ he~~opoke. SenatorMUton . 1 az4d was I~bY the Ctilneae Commun~ats io''
4edrir- R.anublican ? of Nor :~ ~!' ctdrfidential ." ~ f days after V-J Day. ~- -_ -? _ - -
$ Cli EsoCYEiar'r, '?~+`?~:tp~ Aestroy~thp orpanisation fn recently it has been the target,
i' . , -,~. - ... .- +??L+d ~itilio opinion. "'When an anti- S, of erltteiaui ft;,otn conaer~ ntive
ipg ~; ,~.a Q , ? !iltica bre+ecl d1;~trust.of; Ametu~n ?
-enator ~qunt ~ 1Q'today h0; ~institntions and dpt