✓ 8 O rg a n iz a tio n n o te s • The Los A ngeles d in n e r of th e John B irch S o c ie ty w i l l be a d d re ss e d t h i s y e a r by N elson Bunker H unt, th e Ttexas m illi o n a ir e who i s a member o f th e g ro u p 's n a t i o n a l c o u n c il and c h ie f f u n d - r a i s e r f o r th e Campus Crusade f o r C h r is t and i t s " C h r is tia n Em bassy." ( p . 2 3 , 1980) • L ib e r ty Lobby has begun t h i s decade "w ith a s u b s t a n t i a l in c r e a s e — b o th i n scope and i n venom — o f i t s a n ti-S e m itism and e x tr e m is t p ro p a g a n d a," a c c o rd ­ in g t o a r e p o r t by th e A nti-D efam atio n League of B 'n a i B 'r i t h . I t s t a t e d t h a t L ib e r ty Lobby s t a r t e d th e 1980s w ith an an n u al income o f a lm o st $U,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 and c a l l e d i t s fo u n d e r, W illis C a r to , " th e m asterm ind o f th e h a te n e tw o rk ." • The Americanism E d u c a tio n a l L eague, an o ld -tim e s u p e r p a t r i o t i c group i n C a l if o r n ia i s r a i s i n g money to expand i t s work and o f f e r i n g sp e a k e rs such as U.. S . S e n a to rs Jake Gam (U ta h ), Jerem iah Denton (A la .) and S tev e Symms ( I d a h o ) , r e t i r e d G eneral D a n ie l Graham and fo rm er T rea su ry S e c re ta r y W illiam Simon* • The U. S . Chamber o f Commerce i s s e t t i n g up a ,000 ,000 p r i v a t e t e l e ­ v i s i o n netw ork (B iz n e t) to communicate two ways f o r f i v e h o u rs a day w ith sub­ s c r i b e r s who w i l l pay $5,000 a y e a r . A lso , th e Chamber has p u t o u t a " h i t l i s t " f o r th e C o n g re ssio n a l cam paigns, b u t i t has had to r e v is e i t a s incum bents suc­ c e s s f u l l y com plained t h a t th e y s u p p o rt b u s in e s s . a The American Farm Bureau F e d e ra tio n " i s a c t u a l l y a m ig h ty c o n s e rv a tiv e fo r c e " and “w ie ld s in flu e n c e a t a lm o st a l l le v e l s o f governm ent, from r u r a l s c h o o l b o a rd s to C o n g ress," a c c o rd in g t o a r e p o r t o f th e o r g a n iz a ti o n 's a n n u a l c o n v e n tio n i n th e Los A ngeles Times o f J a n . 30 . A lso i t " a tte m p ts to in flu e n c e f a r more th a n j u s t l e g i s l a t i o n a f f e c t i n g fa rm in g ." R o b e rt B. 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