Dr。 Miller has written the definitive biography of Robert Welch。 Miller appears to be the first scholar to get access to a portion of Mr。 Welch's personal papers。 There are some errors in this book particularly with respect to the number of actual members in the Birch Society and not enough recognition of Mr。 Welch's very cozy or polite relationship with bigots （such as Verne Kaub and Gerald L。K。 Smith）。 Also， not many authors recognize that Welch invited life-long segregationists into the JBS a Dr。 Miller has written the definitive biography of Robert Welch。 Miller appears to be the first scholar to get access to a portion of Mr。 Welch's personal papers。 There are some errors in this book particularly with respect to the number of actual members in the Birch Society and not enough recognition of Mr。 Welch's very cozy or polite relationship with bigots （such as Verne Kaub and Gerald L。K。 Smith）。 Also， not many authors recognize that Welch invited life-long segregationists into the JBS as members， as employees， and as senior officials including at least 4 JBS National Council members （T。 Coleman Andrews Sr。， A。G。 Heinsohn Jr。， Thomas J。 Anderson， and Dr。 Thomas Parker）。 In addition， many people connected to the racist and anti-semitic Gerald L。K。 Smith （and his organization， Christian Nationalist Crusade） were JBS members and/or financial supporters。 Examples include: George B。 Fowler - Holyoke MA， Dr。 Hugh S。 Ramsay – Bloomington INOlive Simes – Boston （and stockholder in Robert Welch Inc）， Franklin Farrel Jr。 – New Haven CT [Also a contributor to National States Rights Party in 1963] Edgar A。 Scheubert – Chicago ILPaul H。 Talbert – Beverly Hills CA （JBS National Council member）。In 1956， Welch left the GOP to campaign and vote for T。 Coleman Andrews Sr。， the Presidential candidate of the pro-segregation States' Rights Party。 In 1976， Welch again voted for a life-long white supremacist （Tom Anderson， American Party）。 Several senior officials of the White Citizens Council movement were JBS members or employees （i。e。 William J。 Simmons， Louis W。 Hollis， Medford Evans）。 Evans was a particularly virulent racist who also was employed by the JBS as a Coordinator and speaker。In some instances， Welch recommended publications （or authors） that were pro-Hitler during World War II such as Edward Delaney。 In other cases， Welch recommended people or organizations that were described as flirting with fascism by the FBI -- such as Merwin K。 Hart and the American Flag Committee。But these types of errors must be understood in the context of the fact that our academic community has rarely done the granular research into Welch and the JBS which is required to discover the type of information which I have summarized above。 There are numerous archives of personal papers at our colleges and universities and state historical societies which have not been seriously researched by our academic community。 In addition， the JBS is reluctant to grant access to its own archives to any independent researcher so very little is known about JBS history， including its internal disputes or demographic information about its membership。 。。。more