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COLLEGE NEWS

May 7, 1965

 

Local Chapter Leader
Speaks on Birch Society

by Robin Johnson

James Umstattd, a Main Line
architect and chapter leader ofthe
John Birch Society, described as
having recruited more new So-
ciety members in the Philadel-
phia area than any other, set forth
his views Monday night on why the
Birch Society exists and how
it operates, His talk was sponsored
by the Conservative Club, which
does not neccessarily agree with
all Birch Society policies.

His main point was that in a
number of cases one of our am-
bassadors was frustrated by the
lack of State Department support
for a free Poland in the forties,
when the U, S, put an ‘‘embargo’’
on Chiang Kai-shek’s forces in
China, or when an early report
on Fidel Castro’s Communist
background was apparently sup-
pressed by the State Department --
the U.S, government has often in
some way, deliberately or not,
aided Communist victories. ‘‘This
doesn’t mean you have to go on
witch hunts,’’ he said; he also
declared himself 100% for John-
son’s policy in Viet Nam and the
Dominican Republic.

As for Communism at home -
or anything ‘‘approaching a planned
economy’? - Mr. Umstattd said
that a ‘‘free system’? (with govern-
ment controls only against abuses)
was far more efficient, and that
large governments lead to a‘‘con-
centration of power that gets out
of the hands of the people,’’ setting

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up ‘fa mechanism for government
to fall into the wrong hands,’’
leading to a ‘‘rubber-stamp Con-
gress’? and an Administration
dominated by an ‘‘elite.’’

Mr. Umstattd then discussed the

merits of the John Birch Society -

as the only ‘‘nationally organized
anti-communist organization,’’
and related his experiences in
other political groups where, he
said, most of their time was spent
discussing elections, fund drives,
and ‘the April dance’”’ instead of
politics. The Birch Society is
**monolithic,’? with policy deci-
sions handed down tothe individuel
chapters (“or cells, if ‘that
terminology appeals to you’’) by
a 30-man national council not al-

“ways dominated by Robert Welch

(Welch, Mr. Umstattd said, ‘‘has
an incredibly poor sense of public
relations ... every time he opens
his mouth, I wish he hadn’t’’),
Officers are chosen from above,
but all members are encouraged
to disagree with Society policies
if they wish to. He presented the
Birch Society not as a political
action group, but as an educational
one, in answer to a number of
questions about the discrepancy
of the Society’s tight organiza-
tion and its ‘‘free system’’ poli-
cy. In answer to other questions
he defended Birch policies suchas
getting out of an inactive UN (al-
though he was once a World Fed-
eralist), and impeachment of Earl
Warren (as a protest against
Supreme Court policy-making),

 

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Gettysburg Wins
Intercollegiates

The finals of the Intercollegiate
Tennis Tournament were played off
on Sunday afternoon, May 2. Jane
Hartman from Gettysburg was the
winner, defeating S. Barker from
Wheaton. Both of. the seeded
players had been beaten in the
semi-final rounds, which had been
played the day before.

Following the Intercollegiate
match, Lola Atwood.’68,and Anne
Godfrey, ’65, played the finals of
the Bryn Mawr singles champion-
ship. Lola won in three sets and
so ill be the first to hold the
gup which was donated by Irene
Clayton and Gloria Schmidt of
the physical education depart-
ment.

On Wednesday April 28, the
lacrosse team went to Chestnut
Hill and beat their team soundly.
On May 3 they played against
one of the Baldwin School teams
and won 5-2.

On May 4, the tennis team had
a very close match with Ursinus.
Though the varsity won 4-1, some
of the matches went to three sets.

On the previous Thursday, the
varsity played against a team of
four girls from Penn State who
had come down for the Intercol-
legiates. Because their girls had
to double up, the match was very
drawn out and could not be com-
pleted in the time available,

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Hford’s Stokes to Broadcast
National Washington Teach-In

A National Teach-In will take
place on May 16, 1965 in Washing-
ton, D.C. from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Haverford and Bryn Mawr SAC
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Campus Events|

Friday and Saturday, May 7 and
8 Chekhov’s THE CHERRY OR-
CHARD will be presented by the
Bryn Mawr College Theatre and
the Haverford Drama Club, under
the direction of Robert Butman,
Tickets ($1.50) for both per-
formances may be abtained from
Haverford College (MI 2-644).
Performances will be in Robert’s
Hall at Haverford at 8:30,

Sunday, May 9

The Renaissance choir will per-
form at 12, noon, in the reading
room of the library.

Friday, May 14

Friday will be the last day of
lectures; coHege examinations will
begin May 17 and end May 28,

chief national security advisor has
agreed to participate. Dean Rusk
and Robert McNamara are also
being invited. These people will
present the Administration’s po-
sition and answer questions and
statements from a reactor panel.

The Teach-In is being arranged
by the Inter-University Com-
mittee. Although it will take place
in Washington, there will be simul-
taneous community and campus
meetings setup around the country.

A large, representative group of

scholars and_ scientists have
agreed to sponsor the National
Teach-In. Sponsorship, says the
Committee;
‘¢ .,.. implies only a deep concern
with the present situation in South-
east Asia and a conviction that
questions related to peace and
war should be open to responsible
debate. Sponsorship does not en-
tail the endorsement of any
particular scheme for settling the
situation in Viet Nam. This is
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