Chapman v. Romney

Defendant-appellee George Romney 1 publicly made the following statement:

“Yes, I do, as a matter of fact, I think the party’s future depends upon repudiating the John Birch Society as an organization and avoiding any possibility of the society developing influence within the Party. I think this is because from experience, I have found that the John Birch Society as an organization uses< methods of infiltration and subversion and tactics that we associate with other secret organizations like the Communists. And while there are members of the society that I am sure are not themselves…