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448 JFK’s Greenbacks [351]
Perhaps the best example of how misguided this theory really is (and
how the theory itself is based on a misunderstanding of just what precisely
constitutes the thinking of the "right wing" in America) can be found in
Walt Brown's informative book, Treachery in Dallas, one of the better of
the more recent efforts to understand the JFK puzzle.
THE 'RIGHT WING' AND THE FEDERAL RESERVE
Although Brown appears to be quite sincere and is surely not trying to
circulate disinformation, he pinpoints a "right wing" motive for the
assassination of President Kennedy that just simply is not a motive for the
"right wing." Brown delves into the sticky question of JFK's stance in
relationship to the privately-owned money monopoly known as the Federal
Reserve System and rehashes the popular myth that we've dissected above.
In Treachery in Dallas Brown writes: "When 'U.S. Notes' appear in
1962, they cost big business, as well as banking interests, a great deal of
money because the government, not the banks, had become the brokering
agent. Those 'U.S. Notes' disappeared, after November 22, as suddenly as
they had appeared." 892 He adds further:
"`Big money' interests in the United States took serious notice of the
fact that Kennedy saw to the beginning of the issuance of 'U.S. Notes,'
currency that was introduced into our economy as need arose by, of all
groups, the U.S. Treasury, the group constitutionally obligated to do so.
Other moneys were 'brokered' into the system by the Federal Reserve, of
which there is no mention in the Constitution, which is silent on private
corporations controlling the issuance of American currency." 893
While Brown's basic analysis of the basic way the Fed works is on the
mark (but factually incorrect as far as the actual details of the reason why the
U.S. Notes were issued) Brown makes an egregious mistake when he cites
the issuance of U.S. Notes as part of his evidence of a "right wing" motive
for wanting John F. Kennedy removed from the White House.
The fact is that Brown's perception of what constitutes "right wing"
versus "left wing" (or any wing, for that matter) in American politics is
obviously off base, for if Brown did any semblance of investigating, he
would find that it is the American "right wing" that has been so
vociferously critical of the Federal Reserve System.
With a few rare exceptions, such as two Texas populists of the left—
Rep. Wright Patman and Rep. Henry Gonzalez—and Rep. Jerry Voorhis,
the California Democrat whom Richard Nixon defeated for reelection to the
House of Representatives, the fiercest and most vocal critics of the Federal
Reserve and its money manipulation have been "right wing" populists,
ranging from Father Charles Coughlin, the radio priest of the 1930’s to
Col. James "Bo" Gritz, the widely-decorated Vietnam War hero who ran for
president as an independent candidate in the 1992 election. Gritz himself
claimed that the first thing he would do when elected president would be to
re-instate JFK's executive order issuing U.S. Notes into the economy. But, as
we have seen, there was no such executive order.