| 1958 | Dec 9, 1958 - On Dec. 9, 1958, in Indianapolis, Welch founded the John Birch Society. In a speech to 11 invited guests, later published as "The Blue Book of the John Birch Society," Welch called for the establishment of "Americanist" book stores and reading rooms, the ...On Dec. 9, 1958, in Indianapolis, Welch founded the John Birch Society. In a speech to 11 invited guests, later published as "The Blue Book of the John Birch Society," Welch called for the establishment of "Americanist" book stores and reading rooms, the creation of a conservative speakers' bureau and the encouragement of such conservative broadcasters as Fulton Lewis Jr. and Clarence Manion. He said the society should put its "weight onto the political scales" quickly ... Show more Show lesspqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/64362764.html?dids=64362764:64362764&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS: FT&type=current&date=Jan+08%2C...Birch+Society%2C...at...
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| 1961 | Apr 5, 1961 - The vicious, prolonged attacks upon Robert Welch, national head of the John Birch society, evidence an utter confusion. Herrin, M11., April 2-The vicious. prolonged attacks. Welch. Robert Welch, national head of the John Birch society. evidence an ut i ter ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/574456472.html?dids=574456472:574456472&FMT=ABS& FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Apr...pub...JOHN+BIRCH+SOCIETY...
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| 1962 | Mar 25, 1962 - DENVER (AP) -- John M. Bailey, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, called the American Medical Association Saturday "an ally of the John Birch Society in a surgical mask." He made the remark in a slate-1 ment released while in Denver! for a (nesting with Democratic county ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/925221262.html?dids=925221262:925221262&FMT=ABS&FMTS= ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+25%2C...Of+John+Birch+Society...
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| 1963 | Feb 24, 1963 - National leaders of the John Birch Society denied here Saturday that their membership is working as a cohesive force to take over the Republican ... Hall, former Kansas gov- ernor and supreme court jus- tice of that state, assailed the John Birch Society last week as being "the closest ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/490271262.html?dids=490271262:490271262&FMT=ABS&FMTS= ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Feb+24%2C+1963&author...Birch...
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| 1964 | Oct 3, 1964 - One wondered, upon reading the John Birch Society rotogravure* section in last Sunday's Times, whether the gentle wisdom exuding from the pages, the tempered restraint and throat-throb-. Reaction to John Birch' Society Advertisement. Ore , upon reading the John Birch Society ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/470705162.html?dids=470705162:470705162&FMT=ABS&FMTS= ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Oct+03%2C+1964...John+Birch+Society...
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| 1965 | Dec 15, 1965 - Here is one of the key stories behind the Republican Party's latest failure to condemn the rightwing John Birch Society by name. ... reporters had reached the public relations director for the John Birch Society, for- mer Rep. John Rousselot of California. He said the society was ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/501334122.html?dids=501334122:501334122&FMT=ABS&FMTS= ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Dec+15%2C+1965&author=&pub...
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| 1966 | Jan 10, 1966 - Ronald Reagan, actor-turnedpolitician, today said a Washington investigation of the John Birch society would clear the air on the controversial group. ... "Two investigations in this state, under a Democratic ad- ministration, also found nothing subversive about the John Birch society. ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/586895322.html?dids=586895322:586895322&FMT=ABS& FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jan...pub...BIRCH+SOCIETY...
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| 1983 | Mar 14, 1983 - Robert Welch Resigns as. Head of John Birch Society. By TED THACKREY JR. Robert Welch, founder-president of the John Birch Society, has resigned after 25 years at the helm of that ultraconservative organiza- tion, a spokesman revealed Sunday. Herb Schurter, Orange County coordinator ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/679714562.html?dids=679714562:679714562&FMT=CITE&FMTS= CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+14%2C...John+Birch+Society...
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| 1989 | Mar 19, 1989 - [John McManus] said the Reagan years were tough on the John Birch Society. Although membership increased last year, he said, it declined during most of the Administration of President Reagan, apparently because some people thought that a strong conservative in the White House made the ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/66420594.html?dids=66420594:66420594&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS: FT&type=current&date=Mar+19%2C...John+Birch+Society...
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| 2003 | May 12, 2003 - Rousselot left the organization in 1979, but the comment about Eisenhower that he attributed to Birch Society founder John Welch had been made years earlier. John H. Rousselot, the conservative Republican who represented part of the San Gabriel Valley in Congress for 14 years, ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/335274501.html?dids=335274501:335274501&FMT=ABS&FMTS= ABS:FT&type=current&date=May...John...John+Birch+Society...
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