Pre-WCR Reactions by the Right
(They blamed the Communist Left)
Reactions of the Right
The Right reacted strongly, even virulently, to the assassination, as Senator
Moynihan had
predicted. They saw it as the work of the Communist Conspiracy, as led by the
Soviet Union. Most interestingly, they reacted before they (or anyone
else) had proof that "the Communists did it." But that didn't stop the
Right from being sure about it. Our selection of
articles and comments includes Professor Revilo P. Oliver of the
University of Illinois, an early John Bircher who was arguably the harshest voice of
the Right, Congressman Martin Dies, who helped found the House Committee on Un-American Activities
Committee and chaired it for seven years, the
Reverend Billy James Hargis, founder-director of the Christian Crusade, of
Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Evangelist John R. Rice, of Murfeesboro, Tennessee.
Together, their reactions present a reasonable cross-section of the response of
the Right.
Revilo P. Oliver,
of the University of Illinois
Marxmanship
in Dallas I (February 1964)
Marxmanship
in Dallas II (March 1964)
Assassination and Its
Aftermath, ( Congressman Martin Dies, March 1964)
The
Far Left (Billy James Hargis, 1964)
What Was Back of Kennedy's Murder?
(Evangelist John R. Rice, 1964, shortly after the assassination)