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The John Birch Society and the American Right
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Item Title The John Birch Society and the American Right
Guest Schomp, Gerald
Guest Koltypin, Peter
Host Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925-2008)
Date CreatedMarch 02, 1971
Description

The question before the house is whether the John Birch Society does more harm than good to the anti-Communist cause. Although no consensus is, or could be, reached, Mr. Schomp provides solid analysis, and the fencing match is worth the price of admission. PK: "Dr. Christian Rokovsky ... testified to the same fact: there is a conspiracy-" WFB: "Well, everybody knows there's a conspiracy." PK: "-who is financing and supporting the Communist cause. Now, these facts you cannot get-" WFB: "Let me ask you this: Do you know any American-that I know of; I mean, don't say the guy next door-who does not believe there's a conspiracy?" PK: "Oh yes." WFB: "Who?" PK: "I think there are people who are saying that the Communists are making only-" WFB: "Who? Who? I mean, let's take the most liberal guy we can think of-ohhh, Harold Taylor. Now Harold Taylor would believe there is a conspiracy, in the sense that people actually concert together in order to achieve a common purpose. I don't think Harold Taylor or even, say, Ramsey Clark ... would say it's inconceivable that Soviet money was spent for the election of Allende."

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Country of Origin
Place RecordedNew York City, New York, United States
DimensionsDuration: 60 minutes
FormatText
Medium television programs
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Color
color
Soundtrack
sound
Hoover IDProgram 237
Record Number80040.238
NotesVideo available through special order.
RightsCopyright held by Stanford University. This copy is provided for educational and research purposes only. No publication, further reproduction, or reuse of copies, beyond fair use, may be made without the express written permission of the Hoover Institution Library & Archives on behalf of Stanford University.

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