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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
FREEDOM OF INFORIWATION/PRIVACY ACTS SECTION
COVER SHEET
SUBJECT: IONAL STATES
RIGHTS PARTY
MON OGRAPHS AND
ATTORNEY GENERAUS LETTER
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v I The information provided by the Bureau doesfhota indicate "specific and articulable facts giving! /o,!¢' 1 reason to believe that . . .NSRP is or may be engaged I ' .
I in activities which involve or will involve theviolation of federal law. . .for the purpose of. . .P of depriving persons of their civil rights under the§ Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States,"l as provided by the Bases of Investigation set out in- the guidelines I AM§&!! » as - » »;
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l when applied, do not indicate that a continued fullf investigation of NSRP is warranted. Though thel j magnitude of the threatened harm could be characterizedas being great, there is no evidence of any immediate
, lthreat and little, if any, that the threatened harmwill ever occur. Finally, there is "danger to privacy-~ I stand free expression posed by a full investigation"-dueIto the intrusiveness of the techniques permissibleunder that type of investigation. 5'92],1>
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1. Title of monograph and date; "White Extremist Organizations,
_ , Part II, National States Rights
Party O u .
Monograph recommended by: D10
Monograph approved by:2.
3. The Director A
4- Purpose of monograph: To show recent and current
activities of the National
States Rights Party.. Q
5., Monograph is part of a series.
G. Monograph will have current value as a reference work after
a lapse of six months or a year. '
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WHITE EXTRKIIST ORGANIZATIONS
Part II
Naqional States Rights Party
May, 1910
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States Department of Justice
John Edgar Hoover, Director
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Preface . 1 . . . ~ . . Q . . . . . . . . . . ¢ . . . 1
$BHBBBY .%: . . . . . . a . . . . . . . . . . Q . . . Q ii
Aptiblackg Anti~Jewish Ideulgy . - . v - » . . 8 . ~ . 1
Enmity toward Law Enforcement . . . . . * . . . . , . , 2
Memharship Cumposed of Bigats . . . . @ ~ . . . . . . . 2
Active in 13 States , _ , . . - » . . . . . . . . . . u 3
Leadera Are Pruiessional Hatemongars . . . . . . . 5 . 3
Edward Read Fields , , . . . . . , , . . . , 3
Jesse Benjamin Stoner . . . . ¢ . 8 . 0 . . . 5
Charles Conley Lynch . , . , , , , , . , , , 6
Varied Public Activities . . . . , . , , . , . , , , , 6
Publispes Scurrilous Literature , , . , , , . , , , , , T
Eures of Fund * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Cluse Ties with other White Extremist Groups . , . , , 8
$B@vritr Heasurea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Acquisition of Firearma . . . . ¢ * * . . . 1 . - . . ¢ 9
Incites Acts vi Vinlence . » . . . . @ . . ¢ . - . . . . In
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»Th1s is tha aaeond at a aariea or monographs per-
tnining to white extreniat organizations in the United States.
This study eznuinss the Hatiuual Staten Rights Party, which in
n kindred spirit at the Elan erganizations discussed in tha-
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' The National States Rights Party NSRP!, formed in
July, 1958, in Knoxville, Tennesse, of eegregetionist and
anti-Semitic elements, has e current membership or about
150 active members located in approximately a dozen states.
Its national headquarters is in Savannah, Georgia,
The HSRP is based on racism and bigotry, with blacks
and Jevo_gs its main hate targets. Blacks are regarded as
interior and polluting the white race, while Jews are equated
with communists, subverting the Government and aiding the
blacks. Law enforcement bodies, especially the FBI, are
viewed with great-hostility by the NSBP.
lenbere are urged to acquire iireerns and become
proticient in their use in order to protect themselves against
the'blacks. Consonant with a policy of violence advocated
by the NSRP, its lenders have helped to trigger outbreaks
of violence, most recently in Septeober, 1968, in Berea,
Kentucky, where one white and one black were slain during
an armed confrontation between RSRP members and local blacks.
The dominant figures in the KSRP during its entire
existence have been Edward Reed Fields, its National Director,
and Jesse Benjamin Stoner, its National Chairman. Both have
lengthy backgrounds or hntenongering.
RSRP public activities include rallies, demonstrations,
counterdenontrations and political campaigns. It publishesscurrilously antihlach, anti-Jewish, and anti-Administration ~,~
literature, chiefly in its monthly mouthpiece, "The Thunderbolt.
Close relations exist between the HSRP and other white
extremist groups, particularly Klan organizations. A number
- oi individuals hold membership in both the NSRP and K13;
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Antiblach, Anti-Jewish Ideologz
The National States Rights Party NSRP! was created
in July, 1958, in Knoxville, Tennessee, tron remnants of
such segregationist and/or anti-Semitic organizations as the
United Ihite Party, the Christian Anti-Jewish Party, the
Colunhisns, several Klan groups, and representatives or the
States Rights Party, At the tine the NSRP was organized,
one of its founders, Jesse Stoner, observed: "The nase of
the_Hati9na1 States Rights Party sill sound so mild that a
nan belonging to it will not worry about his Job.
The tenets and purpose of the NSRP are strikingly
similar to those-of Klan organizations. Like the Klan, the
RSRP is based on racism and bigotry and promotes the concept
oi "shite suprenacy," with blacks and Jess as its nain hate
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According to the NSRP, the two major political
parties have betrayed the white Christians in the United
States; hence, the BSRP is the last hope for saving "our
shite Christian civilization," To the NSRP, which regards
blacks as an interior race intent on nongrelizing the white
race, the solution to the racial problem in this country is .
the repatriation oi all blacks to Africa. It resettlement
does not work, the HSRP holds total segregation oi the races
is the next best answer. It cites the apartheid practiced
in South Africa as a perfect system for preserving the dosi-
nance of the white race.
The N88? is as viciously anti-Jewish as it is
antiblsck. Eqnating Jews with communists, it maintains that
an "international Communist-Jewish conspiracy" is undermining
the Governsent and is behind the black liberation movement
in this country. The NSRP would send all Jews to Israel;
The intense bias of the HSRP extends beyond the
blacks and Jews. Regional prejudices are nanifested by the
KSRP in its vilitication or Iexican-Americans in the Southwest
and Asians on the vest coast.
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Y The NSBP insists that the Federal Government stope
infringing on states rights through statutes, administrative
decrees, and Judicial decisions.
T Egmity toward_lawoBn£orcement T
Local and state law enforcement agencies have been
the target of unceasing vituperation on the part of the KSRP.
Its heaviest fire, however, has been directed against J. Edgar
Hoover and'the FBI, o
' - The NSRP charges that Director Hoover was placed 4
and is retained in his post by a "Communist-Jewish conspiracy."
NSRP officials refer to the FBI as the Federal Bureau of
Integration" and an "intimidation agency" for the Department
or Justice. FBI Agents are described as "slimy race mixers,"
"nigger baby sitters," "New York Jews," and "gestapo for the
Jews."
The two top NSRP leaders, Edward Fields and Jesse
Stoner, are both known to carry firearms on occasion and
have vowed repeatedly that they will shoot any FBI Agent
they see surveilling them,
Menbership Composed of Bigots -
The NSRP has not grown much during its 12 years,
for it new has an estimated active membership of 150, an
increase of about 50 members in the past five years. In
addition, it has approximately 2,500 mail-type members who
joined the organization by mail for an annual membership fee
of ten dollars, which also includes a year's subscription to
"The Thunderbolt," the NSRP monthly publication,
Members of the HSRP include professed Christians
of both sexes, ranging-in age from the late teens to 70 years
or more, The membership consists of fanatical segregationists,
rabid anti-Semites, and members and former members of Klan
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The HSRF has chapters or is active in the following
states: Floria, Hurth Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennesae
Arkansas, iissouri, Maryland, Haw Jersey, Shin, Indiana,
Illinois, and California.
Hatianal headquarters cf the RS3? is locatad at
S~16 lontgomary Crassroada, Savannah, Georgia, but cansider»
atian is being given to-moving the attic: to Atlanta, Georgia.
ationul offieers and n Hatiunnl Executive Qomnittee
are elected at natianal conventians held at irregular inter-
vals. The last ngtisual canventiun tank plane in Jacksonville
Florida, an June 798, 1969. '
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The dominant figures and moving fnrces during the
H8RP's entire existence have been Eward Reed Fields, its
Director and Editor of "The Thunderbolt," and Jesse Benjamin
Sinner, its Rational Chairman.
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Fields was born September 3Q, 1932, in Chicago,
Illinois, but his family moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where he
grad&ated ire: a Catholie acadamy. He became anti~3enit£c
in his early teams, an while at schnol tried tn anlist students
in a §ro»Nazi nrganization knuwn as the Black Frant,
Later, he was associated with the Columbians, an
anti~Jewish, antiblack group vhuse symbol was a lightning..92
halt, In 1950-1951, ha was active in the American AntiC0mmunist
Society 1n_At1nnta, and in 1952 joined with Jesse Stones in
forming the Christian Anti-Jawish Party, at which he beaama
Executive Secretary,
Fields attanded the Palmer allege of Chiropractic
in Davenport, Iowa, from which he received a degree at
Boqtur oi Chiropractic in 195?. Although he has allnwad his
prufessiun on occasion, in recent years he has evuted full
tiha e his NSRP activities.
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A: 1 tap H839 officiai, Fields travels sideiyi
During a tour months period in 1959, for instance, he spnke
at ESE? neatinga and rallies all over the country, including
Jackaunville, Florida; Dayten, Ohio; Penria, Illinaia; Chicago;
San Francisco; and Les Angeles. He also appearea on tun
elevision pragrama in Chicago. V
He gavaa typical haramgue at n_neating 0: the V
Bnyton chapter in June, 1969, in whieh he.sp¢ka of the_in£eriority
at blacks to whiten and the tact that "scientific §ro@£"
is gvailable snowing tha smallness at ne Regrai brain, thus
indicatihg that blacks urn incnp:h1e Q! being pradustive
nalhara at aueinty. Accnrding to tialda, histnry has eaonn
ntrntad that the blacks have never initiated anything iwpnrtant
er bean raapanaihlz fer any substantial sonzrihution to aeciaty,
and tbs 0&1? thing they are gond far is building and huts an
squeezing 011 ant of peanuts. It was Fields-cantentian that
tha blacks nra trying to polluta the white race. Jaws-were
ulna referred ta by Fields in an equally deprecnting manner.
- Fields has a prnclivity tor xriting caustic letters
to newspapara, magazines, and public otxiaiala. A ropresentativa
lattur appeared in "P1ayhag magazine tar lurch, 1969, In
this letter, Fields nnsertad that "Kagroaa urn inherently
inieriar paopie ; that "is will never have law and ardar in
Anurica until :11 Hogroes are spnrted back ta Airica and
completely rauaved tron this natiun that wan rounded and
built by tha great units raca"; that "Kegroes prefer
white uunaa becnuaa black wonan are ugiy and stupid";
that tbs white race in tha auparier race, an white aupranany
is Gad: 1:1 ; that "Negroes hava alwayg been wild savages
~ and nluaya i111 he ;snn that "aha: the Hntionnl States Rights
Party sauna to pirg 1% will salve tha race pruhlaas and
haw: n units Christian America,"
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Jesse Benjamin Stsner
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' At the age of 18, Stoner joined the Associated Klans
of America in Tennessee and was soon a Klan organizer. He
remained in the Klan intermittently for nearly ten years.
In 1946, he founded the Stoner Anti-Jewish Party and six years
later joined forces with Edward Fields to establish the
Christian Anti-Jewish Party.
A number of bombings of synagogues and schools
took place throughout the South during 1958, and Stoner was
one of the prime suspects. He reportedly did not commit these
crimes but only planned them.
F On graduating from the Atlanta Law School in 1952
Stoner was admitted to the Georgia bar. As a practicing
attorney and as the NSRP legal adviser, he has defended
Klansmen and other white extremists who have been arrested.
Stoner is one of three attorneys who are currently endeavoring
to gain a new trial for James Earl Ray, convicted of murdering
Martin Luther King on April 4, 1968. Stoner represented Ray
in a civil action in the Fall of 1968.9
In his capacity as an organizer and speaker for the
NSRP, Stoner travels extensively delivering white supremacy,
antiblack, and anti-Jewish tirades at NSRP meetings and public
rallies in various parts of the country.I i ' " '
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Known as the HSRP's "itinerant preacher," "Connie"
Lynch spends most of his time filling speaking engageaents .
tor the H88? all over the country. He was born Novenber 15,
1912, in Clarksville, Texas, but drifted to southern California,
where he_worked as a lemon picker and a plasterer.
In the late 1930's, he became a sinister and thereaiter
was associated with several tiny iundanentalist sects located
in California, During Iorld War II, he served with the United
States Arny tor two years. 4 _
Lynch has a long history of involvement in various .
white suprelacy and anti-Semitic groups and activities. He once
headed an anti-integration group called the Christian Defense
League and was also a neaber of the United Florida Kn Xlux
Klan. In February, 1963, he was arrested in San Bernardino,
California, after he and others, yelling "Kill the Jews," r
antagonized patrons at a local drive-in and precipitated
a brawl. '
In his speaking appearances, Lynch wears a vest
made of a Ooniederate flag. A spellbinder of the £undanentalist-
revivalist school of the southern backwoods, he is a consummate
rabble-rouser, noted ior his highly inilaanatory speeches.
His oratory is liberally Spiked with lurid reierences to
rape, murder, and cannibalism at the hands or the blacks, In
a tire-and-briastone speech in Jacksonville, Florida, on one
occasion, he exhorted the white people to unite and stand
against their eneaies-the blacks, the Jews, and the communists.
"The Jew is the son or Satan," cried Lynch; "the white nan is
the son oi God." _
From October, 1968, to November, 1969, Lynch was
incarcerated in the laryland State Penitentiary, where he
served a sentence as a result or his conviction for inciting
a riot in Baltinore in July, 1966,
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_ The RSRP engages in a variety of public activities,
. -such as rallies, demonstrations, picketings, and pelitieal
, cauaigns. In imitation of Klan rallies, outdoor rallies
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staged by the $839 are usually conducted in open tields aituate
onfthe autakirtu at turns and cities. Thay are held pr1uari1y_
far propaganda anévraoruitinz purponas, uith tbs audience
being subjected to the ialiliar H839 diatribes against tbs -
blacks, Jews, connniats, and public otticiala,
n cccaaion, the H839 Eli run candidate! tor political
attics. In 195$, fer instance, the Reverend Junk Critea, ex,
Akron, Ohiu, Its the H88? candidate tor Govarner or Gain.
Eta program ineludad 1 number at planks, among.which ware tha
tullpvingz Iaka tn: United Qtates a "unita Christian" nation;
eliminate public welfare except far the sick and elderly;
outlaw aivil rights laws, open housing, intugrated schools,
and sehnol banning; naka interracial marriage or assoc1ation_
n falany; bar tbs Communist Party, USA, and its irant organiza-
tions; iarbid the tlunridatiou or water; allow only white
Christian! iinglownxun, Nordic, Gerusuic, or Celtie! to be
elected or appainted ta puhlie atiicag get the United Statéa
out'n£ the Uuite ationa and get tha Unite Nations out of
the United States; doplara all deeiniona at the Supreme Quart
null and vaid unless reviewad and apprnved by tub thirds at
the Bunate, the Kenna, and all stata lagislaturaa; rauove
all gun central lawn; and eoniina the FBI ta investigating
aomuninnm, espionage, and treason.
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The principal organ Q: the NSRP is its 12~page
monthly tabloid, "The Thun¢arbu1t, which is edited by
Edward Fiels. &pprox1nate1y*3,606 cnpiai or aacn issue
lra printad, Fields alas prepares t monthly "Personal News
Latter" tar distrihutian ta all H83? members. Basidea these
publications, the RSRP produces beaks, pliphlt, learleta,
hundbilla, and other types of printed uatarial.
All RSRP printed gzopaganda is acurriluunly antiblaek,
;nti~JeIilh, ant1~1av eniorcanent, and ant1~Adiiniatrat1on,
In its unxenitting promotion of the dactrina that the white
rnea in the lantar xaea and in its unn1t1g:ta¢ hntrad or tha
Jews, RSRP prupaganda has a datiuite new-rst orertona, HSRP
prpildi is clearly calculated to nrousa tha bitter prejudice:
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e N88? funds are obtained iron such sources as public
collections; the sale of literature and such itens as Con-
federate flags and license plates, thunderbolt flags, lapel
pins, decals, and arnbande; individual contributions; and
membership dues, '
Qlose Ties nith_0therq!hite Extremist Grougg
There is a good deal or overlapping oi membership ~
among the NSRP and Klan groups. In addition, there has »
always been considerable cooperation and collaboration between
the HSRP and various Klan organizations, such as an exchangel
or literature and speakers. Connie Lynch has spoken a number n
of tines at Klan neetings_and rallies. Several years ago,
the wire oi a Klansnan was the secretary or the NSRP chapter
in'Ieridiau, Iiasissippi, Edvard Fields Ina the housegueet of
a Klansman in Jackson, li8B1881ppi, in February, 1970. .
As indicated earlier, Jesse Stoner has served as an
attorney tor a number of arrested Klansnen and other white
extremists. In October, 1969, Stoner attempted to visit
Robert DePngh, National Coordinator of an extremist guerrilla
varfare group called the linutenen, at the Federal Penitentiary
in Leavenworth, Kansas, vhere DePugh was then incarcerated,
Authorities would not permit his to visit DePugh, as Stoner
was not his attorney or record. , _
Fields had no use tor George Lincoln Rockwell, who .
headed the American Nazi Party until he was murdered in August,
1967. Before Rockwell's death, Fields characterized him as a
"sceundrel" and "publicity seeker."
HSRP representatives have net with right extremists
in Europe. Jerrold Pope, RSRP organizer in Kentucky, in
June, 1969, contacted right extremist leaders in England,
including those ot the rightist National trout. In late
December, 1969, and early January, 1970, Jesse Stoner visited
Germany, Austria, Portugal, and England, purportedly on behalt
01 James Earl lay, the slayer or Martin Luther King, but also
to see right extremists in Germany and Ingland. Aggg tegg
were officials ct the National Front in Ingland. _, e e--
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the R82? has anuavcred ta antnhlish seuurity units
in it: chaptars. An in the Klan, theta units urn ronpannibla
iur puriorning such dtiilvli matting up signs, lighting,
and spanking aquipnant; directing trgtiic at autdoor rallias;
_aarncn1ng'v1litors at rallium to keep eat traubluuakern; and
abaorviag sewerage at naatings by law aniorzonant agenaies.
Sens Iocurity guard: wear n unitorn consisting at blnek
t$0BlQ£I, white shirt, San Brawn halt, lnael pins, and arubands.
. Dam ehnptar coutauplated adopting 1 ayxtan of coded
cards 10: number: to carry. Thana auras aura to cnntain the
member: BIIB, iduntityingidatn, and instructions on how to
cantaet other nanbara,
Lagn1n1t1on_a£ Firaarua
KSRP publications have ragularly adnenianed readara
ta procure guns. Xnrouver, lenhurl It wasting: arm constantly
aneanragud to obtain Ilp and.hacena proficient in their
nae no'that tum; will he randy whcn the aiggarl" aart trouble,
This prapanaity for acquiring tircsrns by laadara and
maubara alikn is illustrated by a'cache o£_£iroarnn and aurvivnl
equipment which V8! round in the ground ya an unuccpied
tar: in unley County, Iuntucty, in rabruary, 196$, by two
hunters. Thu turn vgs aimed by Bulls: Halo, Ghuirlan or the
ayton, Ohio, chapter of the HSRP. as 1 preservative acanura,
th§>i1$QlrI and oquipnant and huen cnratnlly buriad in poly»
ethylunc and the weapons heavily greased Ppes hn been '
laid in the halo to inluri adequate drainage.
The rirearus uncovered included tbs following:
three .30 ealihor ritlel, ens .41»zaugo shotgun, live carbine
cartridge ciipag seven bozul at .38 caliber nnnuaition, one
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A policy of violence has been consistently and.em-s
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numerous incendiary statements at meetings and public rallies
which have served to fan the flames of violence. For instance,
Jesse Stoner intensified tensions in Bogalusa, Louisiana, by -
exhorting whites to arm themselves and take to the streets
during civil rights demonstrations which wracked that city Ain July, 1965, ~ D
Connie Lynch was instrumental in fomenting a riot which
broke out in Baltimore, Maryland, in July, 1966, as the culmination
of a series of rallies organized by him, At the second rally,
on July 27, Lynch told his audience that he would lead them
into a "clear-cut race riot." At the final rally, on July 28,
attended by nearly 2,000 persons, hundreds of white youths
incited by Lynch and other NSRP speakers, roamed through an
east Baltimore black district, overturned garbage cans, ran
across lawns, shouted racial epithets, and beat up a black L if?
youth, -
As a consequence of their activities, Lynch and two
other NSRP officials were tried and convicted in a Maryland
state court on charges of inciting to riot and conspiracy to
riot and were sentenced to two years imprisonment.
Lynch was also a key figure in a shoot-out that
erupted in Berea, Kentucky,_on September 1, 1968, following
several rallies in which Lynch was the principal speaker. '
At a rally held on the evening of August 31, abusive, antiblack
remarks uttered by Lynch over a loudspeaker were heard by
blacks living nearby. Although there were no incidents that
night, the seeds of violence had been sown,
Unbridled antiblack, hate-type oratory was resumed-
at a rally at the same site on the following afternoon, At
the conclusion of the rally, a group of six or eight blacks,
all armed, approached whites who were leaving the rally and
were fired upon by the whites, The fire was promptly returned
;by the blacks. In the exchange of shots, two individuals
' were killed: a 30~year-old white NSRP leader and a 37-year- ~
'old black resident of Bereaa Police immediately moved in,
arrested 14 persons, and confiscated seven shotguns, three
rifles, and four pistols. '
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i$U_T!@1AR_Y AND CQNC 1+U$1QN$
The National States Rights Party NSRP!, under the leadership of
Edward Reed Fields, claims tn be the third largest political party in the
' United Staies butt actually has a small membership estimated at less than 100.
It. is a viciously iant.i-Jewish, anti-Negro, white supremacy movement spawned
in 1958 by ioremer members 01 Ku Klux Klan organizations and militant segrega~
tionists whose avowed purpose is the preservation 01 the "pure White Race" all
all costsl
St;'aitered throughuut the country, its chapters emphasize {he need for
widening pL1bllC contacts, Tu this end, the NSRP holds public rallies, conducts
political campaigns engages in denionsirafions and counterdemonstrations, and
sends its leaders on speaking tours. To supplement. these aciivities, it publishes
a 12-page rnnnthlv tabloid emttled "The Thunderb-.'.~lt" and produces flyers, hand~
bills, p8.mphl8l.St newslet!ers_§ postcardsiand other types of printed propaganda.
Revenue inr the NSRP is derived irom membership dues, individual
contributions and public collectinrs, and ihe sale of Iiteraiure and miscellaneous
items such as Ccniederaie ilags. lapel pins, and arm bands,I
. 3 As a security nieasure, fhe NSRP has termed a "Security Division"
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whose duties include observing coverage oi NSRP meetings by law enforcement
agencies, directing trailic at open»-air meetings, and screening visitors ai. meetings
£0 @l<">¢t those considered L1!1 l ?Sll'2ll}l§3» .
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Edward Reed Fields and Jesse B. Stoner, the two prime leaders _
of the NSRP, have long records of hatemongering and anti-Semitic activity.
Fields, the actual leader of the group, has been diagnosed as a paranoiac
personality almost totally insane. Both he and Stoner are known to carry
firearms on occasion and have warned that they will shoot any FBI Agents
they find conducting a surveillance of them. -
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Throughout the years, the NSRP has had contact with other A
extremist organizations such as the American Nazi Party, the Minutemen,
and particularly the various Klan organizations. Many of the members of
the NSRP are members of the Klan and attend Klan meetings. The two
groups exchange speakers and literature. While Fields at one time was
sympathetic toward the views of George Lincoln Rockwell, head of the
American Nazi Party, he is presently antagonistic toward Rockwell and
has branded him a "publicity seeker" and a "disrupter. "
The NSRP has frequently attacked all law enforcement agencies,
concentrating chiefly, however, on the Federal Bureau of Investigation and
its Director, J. Edgar Hoover. 4
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Spokesman for the NSRP have made numerous inflammatory statements
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have regularly advised their readers to obtain rifles, and one NSRP member
~ was lined $200 for assault with a deadlyvweapon. Other members have physically
' assaulted individuals whose sympathies were not in accord with those oi the
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It is apparent. that the NSRP, while small numerically, mirrors the
paranoiac personality of its leader, Edward Fields, and constitutes a pot.enl.i.al
source of danger to our democratic, law-abiding society. Its propaganda and
public activities are all geared to arousing the passions of avowed racists and
halemongers, and in some instances, at least, it has been successful.
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IJOIN lVSRP TODA Y
BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES LISTED HERE
The NSRP is by far the largest White Racist political party in
America. Both Democratic and Republican Parties have betrayed the
white People of America. The NSRP is the last hope of the White~
man to save our White Christian Civilization. _
Compare our Party Platform with that of theleft-wing Democratic
and Republican Parties. Only within our ranks can you nd the full
answer to the grave problems facing America. » .
MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS: '
l! All Members receive "The Thunderbolt? newspaper automa-
tically. ~-
2! The right to attend Members only meetings and vote on Party
policy and election of officers.
3! Legal protection; NSRP furnishes legal aid to any member per-secuted in the line of authorized Party duty, anywhere in America.
We are the only right-wing organization to offer such a plan. If
you are an ACTIVE PATRTOT you can not afford to be without this
protection.
4! The deep personal satisfaction of knowing that you are a part
of the largest right-wing political party in America. forging a
sword of steel that will cut away the chains that shackle the White-
man in America. '
5! any married man who joins may also receive a FREE member-
ship card for his wife. She will receive the same benefits and pri-
vileges as her husband. No additional cost.! Be sure and give your
wife's full name.
RUSH YOUR MEMBERSHIP IN TODAY! '
NATIONAI. STATES RIGHTS PARTY
To: Ned Dupes. Notional Chairman V
Bernlece Settle, National Secretory L g°°" Chalmreadquarters
Dr. Edward R. Fields. Naonol Director _
4 Application for Membership
As a loyal White Christian American, l hereby apply for membership in the National Slates Right; Party. Upon
my word of honor, l pledge my loyalty to this Party and its great principles and will never betray it. l believe in
Christianity, the While Race and its Preservation throughout the world, Only White Christian Immigration, the Cot-n
plate Separation of the Races to Preserve White Civilization, a Free While America, America First and American Patriobism. ,
I am against Jewish communism, monopoly, race-mixing and internationaiism.
I helieve that l can best serve my Race and Nation
Slgnatu.te.......t...by becoming an active member of this great Party.
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1. Anyis lino Puarosss
A The National States Rights Party NSRP!, which claims to be
the third largest political party in the United States, stands for the preser-
vation of the pure White Race" through a political movement which will p
eventually put the Goi/ernment in the hands of the "White Christian majority. "
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To this end, it calls for the creation of a "White Folk Community" completely
separated from all nonwhites and dissatisfied racial minorities. .
The NSRP, venomously anti-Jewish and anti-Negro, condemns
interracial marriage, insists on total segregation in the schools and Armed
Forces, and demands a policy of noninterference in the cultural affairs of
other races. It favors the creation of a national repatriation commission to
encourage the voluntary resettlement of Negroes in their African homeland.
The NSRP contends that Jewish monopoly is stifling and smothering
the free enterprise system in America. Accordingly, it proposes the
confiscation of all Jewish wealth by white Americans and the deportation of
all Jews to Madagascar. A point system would be established by which each
"patriot" would be given points in accordance with how much he has done to
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that the Federal Government cease int rfering with States rights through
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National Guard units and state law enforcement agencies be eliminated.
Its foreign policy calls for strengthening cultural and moral ties with -
all white nations, opposes foreign aid, and demands that "White
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A. Membership
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. The NSRP claims to be the largest "rightwing organization" in the
United States, exceeding in size other groups which it terms right wing" such
as the various Ku Kluit Klan organizations and the John Birch Society. Over
the years, it has made numerous grossly exaggerated and highly inconsistent
statements regarding its size. _
During the Summer of 1964, for instance, the head of the NSRP
stated that his organization had spread to 30 states and had a total of
100, 000 members. In July, 1965, the chairman of the Indiana branch publicly
placed the membership of that branch at 15, O00 members and the Ohio branch
at 106, 000 members. At the same time, the Northwest Coordinator of the
NSRP said that there were 100 chapters in the State of Washington and 100 activ
members in Spokane alone.
Actual membership of the NSRP in 1965, however, was estimated at
less than 100 active members in 16 states, with the largest concentration in
the Missouri area. The true membership of the Party is a closely guarded
secret, and certain subterfuges are used to maintain this secrecy. In 1963,
a State Director of the NSRP held membership card Number 700, O31. He
indicated that there is no uniform method used in numbering membership
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thunderbolt arm bands, black ties, and the NSRP pin centered above the pocket
on the right side. Black or dark colored pants and skirts and shoes are to be
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distribute literature, and arrange for rallies and other activities. National
headquarters are to be located at the national headquarters of the NSRP in
Augusta, Georgia. H
B. ,Organi§ational Structure, 1
1. Background and Headquarters
TheNational States Rights Party was formed in July, 1958, at
Knoxville, Tennessee, as the result of a merger of the United White Party
and representatives of the States Rights Party. The mailing address was
Post Office Box 261, Jeffersonville, Indiana, but in 1960 Party headquarters
were established at 1865 Bessemer Road, Birmingham, Alabama, because
Party leaders decided that this area would be more receptive to their ideas.
Five years later, the NSRP moved its headquarters to its present
offices in Room 205, Marion Building, Post Office Box 184, Augusta, Georgia.I ,
This move was made because the organization could share joint offices with
its general counsel, Jesse B. Stoner, and because its official publication ~
"The Thunderbolt" had, for some time, been printed in -Georgia.
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cards because, ifthey were numbered consecutively, the actual .
membership of the Party might be disclosed.
The NSRP maintains an extensive mailing list for its publications,
covering all of the United States and several foreign countries.
Members of the NSRP range in age from the late teens to those
over 70,. and its ranks contain both men and women. Generally speaking, its
hard core is composed of confirmed anti-Semites and former members of
Ku Kim: Klan organizations, of militant segregationists who feel that white
resistance efforts to stem segregation have been unsuccessful, and of youths
attracted by the Party's militant, activist approach. ll
2. Youth Groups
In the Fall of 1965, the National Executive Committee of the NSRP
announced the formation of a new NSRP youth movement under the leadership
of NSRP member Mike Cameron. Its alleged purpose is to introduce a pro-»
American, anticommunist movement into the Nation's schools. To be eligibl
an applicant must be la teen-ager, attend school, and be unemployed.
Originally membership dues were $1.00. In January, 196.6, dues
were raised to $4.00 which included a subscription to the NSRP newspaper,
"The Thunzderbolt. " Each member will receive a membership card and la
lapel pin. " .
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2. National Executive Committee
National officers and a National Executive Committee are elected
at National Conventions of the Party, which are held at irregular intervals, the
last being scheduled for November 28-29, 1964, at the Admiral Semmes Hotel in
Mobile, Alabama. In January, l966,, national officials included
Ned D'upes, National Chairman; J. B, Stoner, National Vice Chairman;
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R. D. Eldridge, National Organizer; Bernice Settles, National Secretary;
Carl Wilson Ridout, National Treasurer; and Edward CR5 Fields, National
Director and Editor of "The Thunderbolt, "
The 1964 National Convention was said to have been a fiasco, as only
about 30 people of an expected crowd of 100 attended and the meeting
lasted but one day, November 28., Speeches were made by Dupes, Stoner,
and Fields, Fields declared that the NSRP was going to go forward and that
"The Thunderbolt" would continue to be published in order to spread the
gospel to as many people as possible.
3., Local Chapters
A typical local chapter of the NSRP was formed in St. Louis,
Missouri, in February, 1964, at a meeting sponsored by NSRP, chaired
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Post. 0E'£i.r.:e Bax 1956, flihristizm Ba-cht01.dSiaiion, St. Louis. No headquarters
are pmvicied and meetings sire held in the hmnes of members. 92
Amcmg act§viti.es 5p0n$0rEd by this group have been an organizai§.onaZ
n1eetingat ih.E§h01ne 0»? the Missouri State Cha.i1*m::.n, several meetings for the
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The ciicial organ oi the NSRP in St". Louis is The Hnlrricane, a
min1%0g1aphe;ai sheet which is 1iui:~iish.ed irregula.r'ly.
iikezaerally speaking, pzvate meetings of NSRP chapuzrs have smail
a.tte:1danc.e»-irnzn ihre.-e £0 23 pe1sons~-and are» held in me1n1:>e1's' homes var
aij such specified nieeting places bowling aways, Young i92»'Iens C§1f§Si'§&I1
Associaticm headquarters, and restauxunts. They am heid for the purpose
0f plazxnmg strategy zmd tactics 0f the NSRP. Discussions are p1'i111aIi1y
political, ;mti~Nega"<_1, a:1ti~inieg1ati0;"xist, ar1ti~Se:11iti.c, a:1iic01nmu11isié, and
m1ii~F@der£11 G0-vermnent in nature. 1'11 am-ne ctitives, n1eeLing§s are held cm :1
weekly basis.
C, _§}§§_vz;§§£i0Vna1 Aspects _
Q In the past, the NSRP has §%xpri.£!»it1y cienied that it has any rekationship
with f§.>reign orgazmizatisazs. IQ a st:-ltement. in "The Tiuzncierbal of J£1I1Ll£1I§1',1
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This policy, however, has not prevented the NSRP from
maintaining contact with leaders of extremist groups in foreigncountries -
and sending its propaganda abroad . David Stanley, head of a new
organization in Canada called the Natural Order, has, in the past, made
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In July, 1963, three individuals were arrested in West Germany in
possession of the Nazi anti-Semitic hate sheet, "Der Stuermer, " originally __
published in May, 1934, and reproduced by the NSRP.
D, _§yrnbols and Flag '
According to the NSRP's constitution, the emblem of the NSRP
is the thunderbolt; the slogan is "Honor, Pride, Fight-Save the White"; and
the official flag is a red thunderbolt on a white circle superimposed on a W
Confederate flag.
When the NSRP was first organized, Fields stated that the
thunderbolt was chcsenasa symbol because "all great movements have had__v
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II11'b'UE3d:192ith the desire to become :1. mass movement and a third
party on the American political scene, the NSRP has placed a great deal of
emphasis an widening its contacts with the publicw "The Ti1unde~1*he1i1 7
a.nn01.mced in 1963 that the time had some £0 "break out of this iighi: circie of
party faithful and reach the gfenerail public. "
A number of prepaganda rneriia are used 1:15; the NSRP ta bring its
message to the aitenticsn mi the p»uh£iz:, such as public rallies, pclitical
campaigns, dem0.nst1*atim1s, speaking tsurs, and puh2ic"ai:i,c-us.
B. Public Rallies_.._~._$Q....-.~__.-.~.--..-Q.-.---.-_-._-.-._~.-.._
An ed.i'mria1 in recent issue Qf "The Thuz1cierb=;>1t* siaied:
The NSRP has made its g1*eate~st prcgress when it
is out beicre time public in the farm cf open Ri1P§uii§§¬
raliies. . . . Actually the only way is develup :1 real mass
movement is with mass rahies by a. full time crew sf
dedicated and Eoyai IPa1"ty members. "'
Emifative of Klan rallies with public address systems, lights, and
fanfare, c»penai1*é rallies staged by the NEH? are usu:-1113* held in open fields
l0c_ated_ an the outskirts of towns and cities. They are staged primarily
for re¬:nxitment purposes and are at¥;endeLd by crowds nunxhering anywhere
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forms are handed out. "Freewill oiferings"are taken up, and the
audience is subjected to the usual rantings against the Jews, Negroe
and public officials. At ay rally in July, 196.3, for example, Fields
attacked the Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, by calling him a -
"dirty low-down traitor" and a "dope fiend" who had to take insulin
every day.
In July, 1966, the NSRP held a rally in Baltimore, Maryland,
where several speakersaddressed a group of 600 predominantly white
individuals and made typical anti- Negro, anti- Semitic statements.
Following the rally, white youths walked into a Negro area creating a
disturbance. As a result, six individuals were arrested.
C. Political lfaimpaigns
The NSRP has twice nominated candidates in national elections
and has succeeded in placing the NSRP ticket on the ballot in several
states. In 1960, the NSRP nominated Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus
for President and Admiral John G. Crommelin, retired, for Vice President
The Party managed to put the Faubus-Crommelin ticket on the ballot in
Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky, Delaware, Tennessee, and Florida
without the help or encouragement, however, of Governor Faubus, who
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44,977 votes out of a total of 68, 838, O05 cast.
During the 1964 national election, the NSRP placed on the ballot
in Arkansas and Kentucky the names of John Kasper and NSRP official
Jesse B. Stone? for President and Vice President respectively. John Kasper
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The campaign conducted by the NSRP resulted in anexpenctiture oi
$33,090. A typical campaign rally held in October, 1964, attracted hut a
handful of onlookers. Stoner and the "Reverend" Charles Conley !_"Conn.te"!
Lynch, a prominent hate group personality, expressed hatred for the late
President Kennedy, President Johnson, the Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI!, and selected officials, alleging them to be controlled by the
communists. Kasper polled only 4, 291 votes in Arkansas Because of .-IS
inability to receive the required percentage of the vote, the NSRP was denied
recognition as a party on the ballot in Ai"kan.sas and in Kentucky.
D. Demonstrations
Like similar extremist groups, the NSRP engages in dernonstt ations
and counterdemonstrati.ons in order to air grievances and to obtain public
noticeiand sympathy. In December, 1964, an NSRP official stated that the
NSRP intended to engage in more street demonstrations and to hold
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counterdemonstrations in various cities where the "niggers" demonstrate.
In February, 1965, NSRP members picketed a Soviet Medical
Exhibit which was held in the Music Hall in Cincinnati, Ohio. The NSRP,
which opposed allowingthe Soviets to have this exhibit, offered to furnish
free bottles of ink to persons who desired to throw or pour the ink on the
exhibit. C
E. Speaking Tours
To-attract public attention, the NSRP has sponsored speaking
tours by prominent Party officials. In the Summer of 1965, for example,
Jesse B. Stoner toured the west coast and Canada speaking before audiences
in San Francisco and Los A".%@1E*S, rnia; Spokane, Seattle, and
Tacoma, Washington; Portland, Oregon; and Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada. .
_ Audiences varied in number from a dozen in Canada to approximately
200 in Los Angeles. At these meetings, Stoner solicited membership in the
NSRP, distributed anti-Semitic literature, and requested contributions.
Traveling with Stoner was David Stanley, leader of a Canadian organization
called the Natural Order, previously mentioned.
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IV. PUBLICATIONS
A. Types , , -
The main publication of the NSRP is its 12-page tabloid "The
Thunclerboltg" which is edited by Edward R. Fields and has been published for
sevenyears, It is printed by the "Walton Tribune," Monroe,Georgia, with
approximately 15,000 copies of each issue being printed. Besides this
publication, the Party produces flyers, handbills, leaflets, pamphlets,
newsletters, postcards, and almost all other types of propaganda.
In the past, the NSRP has published such local newspapers as
"The Florida Patriot"; "The Attack, " in California; and "The Way , " in
Alabama. The Party also sells reprints of such lurid anti.-Semitic publications
as "Jews Must. Live and "The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion. "
B. Content
NSRP propaganda is rabidly anti-Jewish, eanti-Negro, and anti-
Administration. According to its publications, every known and suspected
trouble besetting white Americans can be traced directly to the Jewish people.
An excerpt from the March, 1965, issue of "The Thunderbolt " is typical:
' "The Jews hate our Lord Jesus Christ, our Race
and our Nation. That is why We t<:now that to be
Anti-Jewish is a leading Christian virtue and an
essential White -American virtue . . . . Our Party,
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for the benefit of the American people. When the Jews are gone,
we Americans will own rich America. " -
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who are responsible for the spread of communism across the "white" world i
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Jew of the Month. " _
The Negro fares no better in the NSRP press. Equating the Negroes
with animals and depicting them as lustful and savage, each issue of "The
Thunderbolt" vilifies them unmercifully. A recent issue of this tabloid had
this to say;
"The sell-hating blacks are sick and tired of associating with
each other, soithey are now using violence, boycotts, sit-ins,
wade-ins, and other obnoxious methods to try to force whites
to mix with them. Their ultimate objective is to interbreed
with White people, thereby exterminating our Race with
savage nigger blood from the animals of Africao , , 5 " iQ
The President of the United States, no matter who he may be, is
subjected to continual excoriation by the NSRP7: Party propaganda contends
that the President is not serving the best interests of the country and is
nothing more than a pliable tool ofclever communists. Former Presidents
Eisenhower and Kennedy were the victims of scurrilous attacks in Party
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publications. The April, 1965, issue of "The Thunderbolt" set forth 23 reasons
why President Johnson should be impeached and called upon all patriots to
join in petitioning Congress to impeach him "so that America can survive."'
" The intense bigotry of the NSRP extends beyond the Jews and the
Negroest In order to gain a following in all areas of the country, the NSRP
has adopted what are considered regional prejudices, In Texas, diatribes
are made against peoples of Latin -American extraction. On the west coast,
Asiatics are pinpointed as attempting to pollute the "pure white bloodt " There
was considerable emphasis in Party publications on criticism of the President's
immigration bill. "Patriots" were urged to contact their Congressmen so
s country would not "open the floodgates to Jews, Negroes, and
Asiatics who wish to devour the fruits of our labor, and destroy America as
we know it today. "
A macabre strain is evident in all NSRP publications. "The
Thunderbolt" for April, 1964, for example, carried close~up photographs of
mutilated corpses alleged to be Arab victims of Jewish atrocities, while
its February, 1965, issue carried a story, told in gruesome detail, of the
alleged cannibalism of an American Negro woman.
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NSRP funvdsere derived ircmn. dues, individua} centributians,
puhlic c011e<;iiezae,_ the sale Di literature, and Vt-he sale of such items as
Confederate flege and license plates, thunderbolt flags, lapel pins, and
ernx hands.
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In December, 1984, the National Executive Cemmittee ef the
NSRP veted to raise the yearly membership dues from $5. 00 to $8. GD.
This aetican was teaken because e ieek of funds was felt to be impeding
ergenizational were. at NSRP heeclquariers.
C. Ceilectians and Contributiens
with a naemberehip of approximately "$0 people, the 1*-ISRP, as can
be exgxected, is chrenicaliy in £ir1e.neia1 straits end is constantly pleading
far denatiens. A July, 198%, letter from NSRP headquarters he~meened
the werking 'be.1a_nce of $680, set the menthiy hee.e1quea»rete1**e needs at
thousands of dollars, and eolicitede the "loyal and faithful supper? ef the
reeipieente. A similar letter and pledge card requesting funds were issued
to N3RPmen1b¬:IShip in January, R965.
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Reports on file with the clerk of the Alabama" House of
Representatives showed that during 1964 the NSRP received contributions
totalling $30, 540 21 and made expenditures of $32, 662. 58. According to .
thesereports, there were onlyifour contributions to the NSRP amounting to
$100 or more .
D.. Sale of Literature___*. , .
The Thunderbolt," official organ or the NSRP, sells for 25 cents
a copy or by. subscription at $303 a year. To facilitate sales, special prices
are offered for bulk orders. Books and pamphlets, mainly detaming the
Jewish people, are offered for sale at prices ranging from 50 cents to $3: 00.
NSRP literature is sold at most NSRP meetings an
E. Sale of Artifacts
Another method of obtaining money is through the sale of
Confederate flags and license plates, thunderbolt flags, lapel pins, and arm
bands. The flags are advertised as symbols of the white race and white
supremacy. Prospective buyers are urged to fly them on their automobiles
and homes. Depending on size of the flag, the price ranges from 20 cents
to $5. O0,
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dollar each and to wear them "proudly. "
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' VI. SECURITY MEASURES
Since 1961, the NSRP has been concerned with the establishment
of a security division within the Party. For example, three separate .
security groups were reportedly formed in Louisiana in 1961 to guard NSRP
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meetings. Within a short period, the first group--the "Thunderbolts"--was
replaced by the garishly uniformed "Am'ericanos Dedicados Nacionales, "
which in turn was supplanted by the .Blue Shirts of Louisiana. " Decked out
in blue shirts, leather boots, Sam Brown belts, and black arm bands with
the design of a shield bearing a bow and five arrows, these individuals
served as security guards at NSRP functions.
The October, 1962, issue of "The Thunderbolt" set forth 12
points comprising the NSRP Security Division creed. Among these
were "The Program is your dogma; it demands your complete devotion to
the cause," and "In battle be steadfast and discreet,"
The duties of members of the current security group include
observing coverage of NSRP meetings by law enforcement agencies; setting
up torches, signs, and speaking equipment and directing traffic at open-air
meetings and rallies; and screening visitors at meetings to eject those
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guard to wear a uniform. Some wear white shirts, black trousers, Sam Brown
belts, lapel pins and arm bands, while others do not wear uniforms.
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taken or recommended. A leader of the NSRP in St. Louis, Missouri, for
instance, recently suggested that the Party be broken down into zones and
groups of members within each zone in order to make infiltration of the
orggnization more difficult. '
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A. General _
While the leadership of the NSRP has varied somewhat over the - ~
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the entire existence of the-INSRP have been Fields and Stoner, although Fields
is the actual top leader for all intents and purposes.
B. Edward Reed Fields,
Edward Reed Fields was born in Chicago, Illinois, on September 30, M
1982, and has been associated with numerous hatemonger and anti-Semitic
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Fields has 21 propensity fur writing letters upposfmg integration
£13 newspapers zemdé ether publicatinns» in the hspe of obtaining recognitian and
publicity for himself. He repeatedly publisheci vicinus attacks against -
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Fieids is known in carry a firearm on his person an uccasion and has warned
that he wili shoot any FBI Agent he finds cc:n<:iuctin.g a surveillance of him.
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Jesse Benjamin Stoner, Vice Chairman of the NSRP and -one of i
its most active organizers and speakers, is vehemently anti-Semitic and -
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Stoner reportedly expressed sympathy for Nazi Germany and several years
later became fanatically anti~Jewish. He has been connected with the
Associated Klans of America and has been the head of such organizations
as the Christian AHtil J¬WiSh Party and the Christian Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan.
Stoner, who resides at the home of Emmett O. Morris on
Queens Mill Road in Mableton, Georgia, is considered to be a competent -
but incendiary speaker. He has consistently criticized Presidents of
the United States and officials of the Federal Government, claiming
that'the'G0vernment is "dominated by communists and Jews.
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Hisr favorite target is J . Edgar Hoover and the FBI. In October,
1963, Stoner, speaking at an NSRP rally in Mount Olive, Alabama, said that
_ when the NSRP comes to power all FBI Agents would be tried for treason.
He termed FBI Agents the "shock troops of integration. " Like Fields, he V
has threats-ned't0 shoot any FBI Agent who follows him.
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A. Klan Organizations V
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organizations has been evident from the founding of the NSRP in 1958 to
the present time. A number of the members and officers of the NSRP
are active members of the Klan and attend Klan meetings. The two groups
exchange speakers and literature. T
In May, 1961, the NSRP staged a rally in a field at Dalton, Georgia.
The gathering was attended largely by local Klan members and Klan delegations
from Tennessee. Speakers included Edward R. Fields and two Klan officers.
In a general attack on integration and the Jewish people, the speakers assailed
President Kennedy, Jewish officials of his Administration, several Senators,
"niggers,",_ communists, Cubans, Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and various news-
papers. '
One of those present at the November, 1964, National Convention
of the NSRP was a leader of the United Florida Ku Klux Klans.
In April, 1965, "The Thunderbolt" boldly proclaimed its support -'
of the Klan by stating that "LBJ may drive the KKK underground, but this is
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TO "rynnmsx LONG LIVE THE KU KLUX KLAN!" .
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for followed atrtwo-zand-Aoneihalflhour rally thee".city'7auditoriuin.
v » . ,speakers at the. 1~ai1§ t lrnpterial Robert t&v¢1oraha
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of killing civil rights worker Viola Liuzzotwo m0nths'before near Selma,"
Alabama, and they received a standing ovation from ue¢i~<§wa of about 1, 500'
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' In July, 1965, five men were arrested in Greeneld, Indiana, and
charged with the distribution of white supremacy literature. One was a Klan
member who admitted renting a Greenfield post office box for the distribution
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Some years ago, Fields regarded VGeorge i.1n¢<§1n Rockwell, whowas
later to found the American Nazi Party--an anti-Semitic, anti-Negro organization
as a top propagandist in the white supremacist movement. Rockwell had done
some free-lance publicity work for the NSRP but was unable to work full time
for this group because it could not afford to pay him the salary he requested.
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Rockwell and Fields. Rockwell, much to the displeasure of Fields, turned
up at the National Nominating~Convention of the NSRP in Nashville, Tennessee,
in March, 1964, but was notallowed to attend the meetings. In an interview
at that time wit-wh.a Nashville newspaper, Fields branded Rockwell as a
"publicity seeker," a "radical, " and a "disrupter" who "shows up at these
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kinds of meetings all over the country. "
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In 1961, an organizational meeting was held in the Little Rook,
Arkansas, home of a national officer of the NSRP, for the purpose of
organizing a chapter of the Minutemen, a paramilitary, anticommunist, V
extremist group. However, only one more meeting was held, and no further
action was taken in this regard by the NSRP. M
A At a National Convention of the NSRP held in September, 1962,
in Montgomery, Alabama, Robert DePugh, head of the Minutemen, spoke
at length on the necessity oi using guerrilla warfare tactics in the event the
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In April, 1964, Jerry Dutton, national youth leader of the '
NSRP, and a number of other NSRP officials and members resigned from
their positions in the NSRP to protest the "defeatist_policie s" of and
alleged questionable financial practices engaged in by Fields. Dutton ' a
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then announced the formation of the American States Rights Party' ASRP!I
and its publication, "The White American, " the first issue of which
appeared in September, 1964.
In the Spring of 1966, the ASRP changed its name to the
National White Americans Party NWAP! with headquarters located in
Birmingham, Alabama, Officers include Jerry Dutton, Information
Director; James Robert McDaniel, Jr.,National Chairman; and
Irving Thacker, National Vice Chairman. _
The program, activities, aims and purposes, publications
and propaganda, and uniforms of the NWAP are similar to those of
the NSRP, The thunderbolt is likewise the NWAP symbol.
During the rst year of its existence, this organization
conducted demonstrations, campaigned against the re-election of
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Alabama, During the'Summer of 1965, the ASRP reportedly hoped
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the NWAP was held in Birmingham, Alabama, to elect candidates to run in the
November, 1966, elections in Alabama. Jerry Dutton was selected to run as a
candidate for the Alabama House of Representatives. ~'u
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printed propaganda. i
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The NWAP is extremely bitter toward the NSRP and occasionally
prints diatribes against Fields concerning his alleged mismanagement of
NSRP affairs and his personal conduct.
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While the NSRP has frequently attacked all law enfnrement
agencies, itmiyas con.cent1*&ted itsfire cm J7 Edgar Hcutwer and the
Beth Fields and St¢;m.er constantly berate the FBI. At the NSiH.P*s National
CUIWB-ntiozl in Septeznhér, 1963, in Birnxingha-m, Alabama, Sinner elevated
an hmur and a. ha.1£__to a slpeeclx excoriating the FBI claiming that the ini.tia1s
stand fur "feeble brained idiots" and for the "Federal Bureau of In.%.eg;rlatinn
and that the FBI is an agency 0{ the "Jewish-Cummunist rzonspimcy to take aver
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In the Fall of 19¬>3, an oifiuiai 21$ NSRP heaclquarters, than Locatved V
in Birnaingham, Alalaanaa, contacted the Binnixaghanz Pnlim-e Delpartment and
reparted that there were two ssammvunists at NSRP headqua.1"ters that he wanted
arrested-» Police respcmdmg to this caii ciei;erm,ined that there were nczrt two
ccmmunsists but two FBI Agents" ' As a. result, the NSRP sfficial was arrested _
far furnishing false infearmation, found guiity, and fined.
L Local. and state law enfmvcemenét bodies zhasre also been subjected to
~git.upe ration on the part of NSRP 1ea.ders.- Sinner has been critical of the
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In April, 1965, a local official of the NSRP in Jacksonville, Florida,
demanded that two Negro police officers be removed from their traffic assignments
in the downtown area of that city. The NSRP official actually attacked one of
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white man. The Police Department then threatened the NSRP official and his
associates with arrest in the eventof anyfuture interference.- |
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The -publicuactivities and publications of the NSRP are fraught with?
dire warnings that the "invisible enemy" manipulates the officials and policies
of the United States Government and is causing the entire American fabric to
rot and fall apart. A portion of the "State-s Rights Manifesto" adopted by the
NSRP in its August, 1958, convention asserts:
"All States Righters, in accordance with Amendment two
of the U.S. Constitution that the right of the people to
keep and bare arms shall not be infringed, should there-
fore arm themselves so that they will be able to defend
their families, homes and rights from political despots
who are inciting violence on our once peaceful communities. "
A readiness for violence is thus counseled in the manifesto of this
group of racists. Moreover, Fields and his officials have made numerous
inflammatory public statements at NSRP meetings which could possibly incite
some listener to precipit_ate an act of violence. For instance, on the evening
of July 15, 1965, the NSRP held a rally at the Calhoun County Courthouse in
Anniston,. Alabama, at which one of the speakers reportedly advocated killing
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1rNegroes. On the same night, one of those who had attended the meeting shot
and killed a Negro foundry worker in an ambush slaying near Anniston.
T On-one occasion, Fields told an NSRP audience to "cut down"
any Negroes and Jews who get in the white mans way. His words of exhorta-
tionwere eacconifwanied by a cutting gesture with his hands. .
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~ The Alabama State Chairman of the NSRP said publicly in
December, 1962, that he would rather see every schoolhouse in the State
either bombed or burned to the ground than have the schools integrated.
At 5 meeting Of the NSRP in June, 1964, in Selma, Alabama,
one of the speakers urged those in attendance to buy guns and "all the
ammunition you can. " "When you have to use the guns, " he said, "don't
use the butts of them, but have the barrels blazing. " » -
An advertisrnent that appears regularly in "The Thunderbolt"
tells readers to "Order Your Rifle Now Before LBJ Bans The Shipping
of Guns Through The Mails.
In October, 1958, the Reform Jewish Temple at Atlanta,
Georgia, was bombed. Five men, identified by the Atlanta police as
allied with the Georgia branch of the NSRP, were indicted by a- grand jury
in connection with the bombing. Fields admitted that two oi these individuals
were members of his group. All were acquitted for lack of evidence.
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During a brawl instigated by uniformed NSRP members in 1963 in ~~ in-s~~ -
San Bernardino, California, a 17-year-old youth was injured by shots fired from
a pellet gun. Five members of the NSRP, including the "'Rever-end" Connie Lynch
were arrested and booked for investigation for assault with a deadly weapon. _
Lynch was fined $200. <
In January, 1965,4Martin Luther King, the civil rights leader, was
assaulted in the Hotel Albert in Selma, Alabama, by a member of the NSRP.
This member later stated that an NSRP official had prevailed upon him to commit
the assault. V '
In March, 1965, a rifle belonging to the California leader of the NSRP
was found among hundreds of weapons confiscated bya sheriff's deputies during a
raid on a gun factory in an industrial suburb of Los Angeles, California. The
rifle was slated for conversion into a semiautomatic weapon.
c.i ' tMenace to Society _
Most organizations-especially small ones like the NSRP bear the
stamp of the personality, character, and outlook of their principal leader, The
NSRP clearly mirrors the personality and views of its top leader, Edward R. ~
Fields, a fanatic and extremist who has been deeply involved in hate groups
since he was 14 years old and who was diagnosed by a psychiatrist as a paranoiac
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Since the NSRP keys all its propaganda and activities to rabid »
racists and hatemongers, advocates violence to maintain its avowed goal
of segregation, urges its members to obtain arms and ammunition, and ' e~ 1
denounces all law enforcement agencies, it definitely must be considered eH
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