[leadpenny]

I only know about the JBS by reading about the Kennedy assassination. MG Edwin A. Walker was relieved of command of the 24th ID in April 61 because he was preaching "pro blue" to his troops. Pro Blue, as I've learned, was anti-communist, JBS material. Of course, Walker was the one Oswald supposedly took a shot at, I believe, exactly 41 years ago today while he was doing his taxes in his Dallas home. I've always thought that Walker was somehow connected to the assassination because he hated JFK so much.

Thoughts?

[Ernie.cal]

Well, leadpenny, there are numerous books and articles which report on the motivation and opportunity of "extreme rightists" who might be involved in JFK's assassination.

Some of the reports develop very interesting information but I haven't seen anything to establish that Gen. Walker was connected in any way to JFK's assassination.

Of course, it is accurate, as you state, that Walker hated JFK and his Administration. A local group in Dallas called "Friends of General Walker" consisted of many JBS members. One of them, Cora Fredrickson, was the person who hit UN Ambassador Adlai Stevenson with her anti-UN sign during his October 1963 speech in Dallas. Another person, a male, spit on Stevenson. He was an aide to Gen. Walker.

Here's a couple things I bet you did not know.

* At one time, Walker was offered the position of Grand Dragon of the KKK in Texas---which he seriously considered but ultimately declined. He did, however, continue to make speeches before white supremacist organizations.

* Robert Welch confidentially told Birch Society National Council members that Walker was associating with, and taking counsel from, people who were bigots.