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Conspiracy Nation -- Vol. 1 Num. 78
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("Quid coniuratio est?")
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[CN Editor -- I cannot vouch for the accuracy of *all* of the
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following. It may or may not be true, I just don't know.]
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[The following is a transcript of a recorded phone message put
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out by a group in Chicago called "Citizens' Committee to Clean Up
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the Courts [CCCC]." (312) 731-1100 and (312) 731-1505.]
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Hi! Sherman Skolnick, Citizens' Committee to Clean Up the Courts,
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9800 Oglesby.
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A strange operation is the John D. and Catherine T. McArthur
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Foundation, headquartered in Chicago.
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It was founded by him. At one time, its sole asset was stock in
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his insurance company, called Bankers Life & Casualty, which he
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owned outright.
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Because of the insurance industry muscle, and the foundation's
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clout, little is ever said about the insurance operation or the
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foundation. From 1935, Bankers Life specialized in cheap health
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insurance policies, later going into "cheapo" life insurance.
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McArthur called state insurance regulators "petty bureaucrats."
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One author contended McArthur may have bribed state insurance
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inspectors not to look into his books.
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Critics called such insurance coverage "steamboat policy." Your
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beneficiaries could collect *only* if you were run over by a
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steamboat on Michigan Boulevard. Others call them "jackass and
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highway insurance." You could collect only if you were kicked in
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the head by a mule on a major expressway -- 10 eyewitnesses had
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to so swear, on oath. Now don't laugh. At one time the *Chicago
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Tribune* sold such ridiculous insurance policies to its
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subscribers.
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At one time or another, various "hot shots" have been directors
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of the McArthur Foundation, including Edward Levy, once head of
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the University of Chicago, later U.S. attorney general. Also
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William E. Simon, former Secretary of the Treasury and big dealer
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in buying up washed-out savings and loan associations. (By the
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way, is he involved in the CIA and S&L scandals, huh?)
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Another director has been proto-fascist radio commentator, Paul
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Harvey. Of course, few notice that a major sponsor of his
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propaganda blasts has been Bankers Life & Casualty.
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John McArthur's son once contended in court that the foundation
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directors were mishandling millions of dollars of charitable
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funds. J. Roderick McArthur's death, however, stopped the lawsuit
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against the directors.
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Through huge grants, the foundations manipulate activists all
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over -- including scientists, historians, and writers. Along with
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a Rockefeller front, the foundation bought out *Harpers
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Magazine*, which formerly much criticized, on occasion, major
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corporations.
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Some researchers have smiled to themselves: "Hmmm... The McArthur
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Foundation seems to operate very much like those set up by the
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Central Intelligence Agency." For example, the McArthur
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Foundation is a heavy money bags for public television, including
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channel 11 [PBS] in Chicago. (By the way, another manipulator of
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channel 11 is the reputed CIA-linked William Benton Foundation, a
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functionary of which is talk show circus whip-cracker, John
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Calloway.)
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The IRS and the Illinois state attorney general are supposed to
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keep a close watch on tax-free operations like the McArthur
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Foundation. *But*, it's easy to look the other way. As Illinois'
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highest legal officer, attorney general Neil Hartigan was charged
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with monitoring such "charitable" trusts. Instead, he helped
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cover up charges of the director's outrageous conduct. Over the
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years, various state and federal officials have suppressed data
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about mysterious operations like the McArthur Foundation.
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Tax-free moneyships are a perfect vehicle for covert operations.
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Footnote: McArthur's son, Roderick, was involved with George
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DeMohrenschildt and others in the plot to assassinate President
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Kennedy.
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In their December 21st, 1985 issue, the *Nation* magazine charged
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that the McArthur Foundation manipulated their tax exemption.
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In Chicago, see us on cable tv, channel 21, 9 pm [cst] most
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Monday evenings.
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Play it again: The Crooked *Chicago Tribune* and Their History.
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(312) 731-1505.
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New message Thursday; we change it several times a week.
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Donations appreciated. Citizen's Committee to Clean Up the
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Courts, 9800 South Oglesby, Chicago, [Illinois] 60617. For the
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latest on courts, banks, espionage agencies, political
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assassinations, and the news media. On 24 hours a day.
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Aperi os tuum muto, et causis omnium filiorum qui pertranseunt.
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Aperi os tuum, decerne quod justum est, et judica inopem et
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pauperem. -- Liber Proverbiorum XXXI: 8-9
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