Another ex-Bircher was the late Revilo P. Oliver, long-time professor of Classics at the University of Illinois, who was outspokenly racist and anti-Semitic, although I'm not sure if his anti-Semitism was the immediate cause of his being kicked out...he was also known for saying just after JFK's death that it was a matter of the chickens coming home to roost. When Welch was starting the organization he expressed the hope that Jews who shared his views would join.
At one point there were a couple of Congressmen from southern California who were members of the John Birch Society.
Robert Welch expressed his view that Eisenhower was a dedicated, conscious agent of the Communist conspiracy, but I don't know if the society ever took a stand on that question.
At one point there were a couple of Congressmen from southern California who were members of the John Birch Society. John Rousselot (R-Cal.), John Schmitz (R-Cal.), who was the AIP candidate against Nixon in '72, and John R. Rarick (D-La.) Interewsting that they were all named John.
"Another ex-Bircher was the late Revilo P. Oliver, long-time professor of Classics at the University of Illinois, who was outspokenly racist and anti-Semitic, although I'm not sure if his anti-Semitism was the immediate cause of his being kicked out...he was also known for saying just after JFK's death that it was a matter of the chickens coming home to roost."
Malcolm X said that.