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[http://www.orwelltoday.com/jfkadhate.jpg Welcome Mr. Kennedy To Dallas...] | [http://www.orwelltoday.com/jfkadhate.jpg Welcome Mr. Kennedy To Dallas...] | ||
Under the sardonic heading, "WELCOME MR KENNEDY TO DALLAS," an organization styling itself as "The American Fact-Finding Committee" -- a <mark>local coordinator of the John Birch Society and Nelson Bunker Hunt, the son of H. L. Hunt</mark>, it later developed, were <mark>the committee's most prominent members</mark> -- asked the President twelve rhetorical questions. He was accused of responsiblity for the imprisonment, starvation, and persecution of 'thousands of Cubans.' The ad declared that he was selling food to the Communist party, and asked, among other things, 'Why have you ordered or permitted your brother Bobby, the Attorney General, to go soft on Communists, fellow-travelers, and ultra-leftists in America, while permitting him to persecute loyal Americans who criticize you, your administration, and your leadership?'..."'Mr Kennedy', the ad concluded, 'we DEMAND answers to these questions, and we want them NOW.' | |||
[I]t was around 1961 when things became difficult for our family because of “certain things” he had said on the air. | [I]t was around 1961 when things became difficult for our family because of “certain things” he had said on the air. | ||