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  John Birch Society

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  Approx. 20 items: collection of materials from LAT, The Christian Century, and the John Birch Society, related to the beliefs and activities of the Society. Some of the major items: spiral-bound book, The Blue Book of the John Birch Society, 4th printing, 1961; booklet, The John Birch Society - Bulletin, 4/1/1961 ; booklet, Editorial Research Reports, 5/10/1961, "Secret societies and political action....Secrecy aspects of John Birch Society" (by Helen B. Shaffer) ; etc.

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  John Birch Society - Newspaper Industry Correspondence

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  Approx. 30 items. Subjects include: correspondence between Williams and other U.S. editors; memo (June 15, 1964) describing tactics of John Rousselot in dealing with anti-JBS members of a Monrovia audience; Robert Notson, Editor of The Oregonian, wrote to Williams, "Otis Chandler's statement (condemning JBS) was forthright and courageous....I thought I would not see the day when conservatives attacked the Times." The letters filed here show strong support for The Times stance.

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  John Birch Society - Editorial Background

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  Approx. 90 items. In a 2 pp. cover letter, related to submission of a series of articles and a front page editorial (1961) on the John Birch Society, Williams refers to the doctrines of the Birch Society as "shallow fanaticism," and "a subversive attack upon the spirit as well as the Constitution." Other items include: a tally of reader responses to The Times' stand; various communications from those on both sides of the JBS question; complaints and subscription cancellation letters; bulletin of JBS for November 1964, titled "Now Will You Join the John Birch Society?" In this time frame, reader reaction to the newspaper's stance on JBS showed opposition to be slightly in the majority.

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  Libel Cases - Greenberg, Carl - John Birch Society

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  Approx. 15 items. Material includes: a small, spiral-bound notebook with notes & quotes; newspaper clippings; memos and letters; an Oct. 15, 1962, news release from Committee to Re-elect Governor Brown. A representative of the John Birch Society demanded a retraction for publication by LAT of a statement of Gov. Edmund. Brown regarding the JBS. There seems to be at least two Greenberg stories mentioned here that JBS took exception to.

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  Departments - Circulation - Subscriber comments

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  2 items: letter, 1/13/1919, from Lina Grey (and husband Zane Grey) to Gordon Ray Young, LAT columnist, praising his work for the paper; letter, 10/17/1978, from Cary Grant to Gordon Phillips, LAT Public relations, complaint about condition in which his LAT arrived on his driveway.

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  John Birch Society

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  A two page item regarding the series of articles that were published in the Los Angeles Times about the John Birch Society.

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