John Birch Society, private organization founded in the
United States on Dec. 9, 1958, by Robert H.W. Welch, Jr. (1899–1985), a retired Boston candy manufacturer, for the purpose of combating
communism and promoting various ultraconservative causes. The name
derives from John Birch, an American Baptist missionary and U.S. Army intelligence officer who was killed by Chinese communists on Aug. 25, 1945, making him, in the society’s view, the first hero of the
Cold War. The society publishes the biweekly magazine
The New American and the
JBS Bulletin, a monthly newsletter for members. The
Blue Book (1959; also published as
The Blue Book of the John Birch Society), a transcript of Welch’s presentation at the organization’s founding meeting in 1958, outlines the nature and purposes of the society. Its headquarters are in
Appleton, Wis.
He was anti communist so you see him as your enemy, short bus?