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The announced purpose of the congress was to support conservatives already in Congress and to recruit new candidates who would oppose liberal and/or socialist-voting congressmen regardless of partisan affiliation. By 1962, Courtney hired James Ward Poag (died December 4, 2004) of [[Nashville]], Tennessee, a former John Birch Society coordinator, as national field organizer for his group. In June 1962, Courtney announced that the CSA had 1,500 members from forty-seven states. Among CSA endorsers on the group's letterhead were  Medford Evans, J. Bracken Lee, Edward Merrill Root (1895-1973), and Major General Charles Andrew  Willoughby (1892-1972)<ref>''[[The New York Times]],''​ April 15, 1961.</ref>

The announced purpose of the congress was to support conservatives already in Congress and to recruit new candidates who would oppose liberal and/or socialist-voting congressmen regardless of partisan affiliation. By 1962, Courtney hired James Ward Poag (died December 4, 2004) of [[Nashville]], Tennessee, a former John Birch Society coordinator, as national field organizer for his group. In June 1962, Courtney announced that the CSA had 1,500 members from forty-seven states. Among CSA endorsers on the group's letterhead were  Medford Evans, J. Bracken Lee, Edward Merrill Root (1895-1973), and Major General Charles Andrew  Willoughby (1892-1972)<ref>''[[The New York Times]],''​ April 15, 1961.</ref>

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A member of the John Birch Society, Courtney agreed with Robert Welch in Welch's controversial 1963 book, ''The Politician,'' which claimed that former U.S. President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] was a "conscious, dedicated agent of the communist conspiracy." Many Republican candidates at the time repudiated the JBS in part because of outrage over Welch's book. The actor Adolphe Menjou (1890-1963) resigned from the JBS after Welch issued the attack on Eisenhower.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/BEFORE+THE+STORM%3a+Barry+Goldwater+and+the+Unmaking+of+the+American...-a073828227|title=Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus|author=Tom Wicker, review of the Rick Perlstein book|date=2001|publisher=Thefreelibrary.com|accessdate=August 15, 2019.}}</ref> Such repudiation of the JBS continued into the 1966 mid-term elections, when numerous Republican nominees for high office had qualms about association with the JBS.

A member of the John Birch Society, Courtney agreed with Robert Welch in Welch's controversial 1963 book, ''The Politician,'' which claimed that former U.S. President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] was a "conscious, dedicated agent of the communist conspiracy." Many Republican candidates at the time repudiated the JBS in part because of outrage over Welch's book. The actor Adolphe Menjou (1890-1963) resigned from the JBS after Welch issued the attack on Eisenhower.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/BEFORE+THE+STORM%3a+Barry+Goldwater+and+the+Unmaking+of+the+American...-a073828227|title=Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus|author=Tom Wicker, review of the Rick Perlstein book|date=2001|publisher=Thefreelibrary.com|accessdate=August 15, 2019.}}</ref> Such repudiation of the JBS continued into the 1966 mid-term elections, when numerous Republican nominees for high office had qualms about association with the J

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In 1962, the since defunct ''Look'' magazine declared that Courtney's Conservative Society of America had a staff of fifteen and an income in 1960 of $133,000  (1.15 million in 2019 dollars) 1960 and $181,000 in 1961 (1.55 million in 2018 dollars). The CSA also rated members of Congress. In 1962, it declared that there were only two 100 percent conservative Senators, [[Strom Thurmond]] of [[South Carolina]] (still a Democrat) and Republican [[John Tower]] of [[Texas]], and three perfect House conservatives, Republicans  James Boyd Utt (1899-1970) of [[California]], Clare Eugene Hoffman (1875-1967) of [[Michigan]], and Bruce Reynolds Alger (1918-2015) of Texas. Goldwater received an 88 percent rating, but Senate Republican Leader [[Everett Dirksen|Everett McKinley Dirksen]] of Illinois garnered a 64 percent CSA rating.<ref>''Look'' magazine, March 13, 1962.</ref>​ Over the years, Tower steadily moderated his views and supported [[abortion]] and opposed President [[Ronald W. Reagan]]'s [[Strategic Defense Initiative]]. Alger's staunchly conservative views presumably contributed to his defeat for reelection by Democrat Earle Cabell (1906-1975), a [[Dallas]] [[mayor]], in the Democratic landslide  of 1964, a year after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.​

In 1962, the since defunct ''Look'' magazine declared that Courtney's Conservative Society of America had a staff of fifteen and an income in 1960 of $133,000  (1.15 million in 2019 dollars) 1960 and $181,000 in 1961 (1.55 million in 2018 dollars). The CSA also rated members of Congress. In 1962, it declared that there were only two 100 percent conservative Senators, [[Strom Thurmond]] of [[South Carolina]] (still a Democrat) and Republican [[John Tower]] of [[Texas]], and three perfect House conservatives, Republicans  James Boyd Utt (1899-1970) of [[California]], Clare Eugene Hoffman (1875-1967) of [[Michigan]], and Bruce Reynolds Alger (1918-2015) of Texas. Goldwater received an 88 percent rating, but Senate Republican Leader [[Everett Dirksen|Everett McKinley Dirksen]] of Illinois garnered a 64 percent CSA rating.<ref>''Look'' magazine, March 13, 1962.</ref>​ Over the years, Tower steadily moderated his views and supported [[abortion]] and opposed President [[Ronald W. Reagan]]'s [[Strategic Defense Initiative]]. Alger's staunchly conservative views presumably contributed to his defeat for reelection by Democrat Earle Cabell (1906-1975), a [[Dallas]] [[mayor]], in the Democratic landslide  of 1964, a year after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.​

 

Also in 1962, the Courtneys published ''America's Unelected Rulers,'' a book which claims that the private organization [[Council on Foreign Relations]], of which Richard Nixon was a member, exists to promote the goal of world government.​<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.slideshare.net/RareBooksnRecords/americas-unelected-rulerskentandphoebecourtney1962188pgspol|title=America's Unelected Rulers|publisher=SlideShare.net|accessdate=August 14, 2019}}</ref>

Also in 1962, the Courtneys published ''America's Unelected Rulers,'' a book which claims that the private organization [[Council on Foreign Relations]], of which Richard Nixon was a member, exists to promote the goal of world government.​<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.slideshare.net/RareBooksnRecords/americas-unelected-rulerskentandphoebecourtney1962188pgspol|title=America's Unelected Rulers|publisher=SlideShare.net|accessdate=August 14, 2019}}</ref>

In 1969, Courtney exposed the [[Black Panthers]] in his CSA publication, ''The Black Panthers: an expose of a communist front which is engaging in guerrilla warfare against high school and universities.'' In this book, Courtney claimed that the Panthers were working to foster international communism.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/black-panthers-an-expose-of-a-communist-front-which-is-engaging-in-guerrilla-warfare-against-high-schools-and-universities/oclc/745563284|title=The Black Panthers: an expose of a communist front which is engaging in guerrilla warfare against high schools and universities|publisher=Conservative Society of America|location=[[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], Louisiana|date=1969|accessdate=August 16, 2019}}</ref>

In 1969, Courtney exposed the [[Black Panthers]] in his CSA publication, ''The Black Panthers: an expose of a communist front which is engaging in guerrilla warfare against high school and universities.'' In this book, Courtney claimed that the Panthers were working to foster international communism.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/black-panthers-an-expose-of-a-communist-front-which-is-engaging-in-guerrilla-warfare-against-high-schools-and-universities/oclc/745563284|title=The Black Panthers: an expose of a communist front which is engaging in guerrilla warfare against high schools and universities|publisher=Conservative Society of America|location=[[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], Louisiana|date=1969|accessdate=August 16, 2019}}</ref>

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==Defending segregation==

==Defending segregation==