22-10-2014, 05:34 AM
Nelson Bunker Hunt has died. His obits in the New York Times
and the Dallas Morning News make no mention of his
role in partially financing the infamous black-boarded
anti-Kennedy ad in the Morning News on November 22, 1963.
This omission comes despite the Morning News giving this
account on
and the Dallas Morning News make no mention of his
role in partially financing the infamous black-boarded
anti-Kennedy ad in the Morning News on November 22, 1963.
This omission comes despite the Morning News giving this
account on
Oct. 12-13, 2013:
On Nov. 22, 1963, The News greeted the first couple with a print version of "good cop, bad cop."
The newspaper's lead editorial expressed hope that JFK's visit to Dallas might help "Democrats, Republicans and Independents unite today in a genuineness of welcome and cordiality."
However, a full-page advertisement on Page 14, framed by a funereal black border, carried a sarcastic headline: "Welcome Mr. Kennedy to Dallas."
It asked a series of 12 biting questions, each starting with "WHY" in bold capital letters.
"WHY has Gus Hall, head of the U.S. Communist Party praised almost every one of your policies and announced that the party will endorse and support your re-election?"
"WHY have you scrapped the Monroe Doctrine in favor of the Spirit of Moscow?'"
And so forth.
The ad was signed by "The American Fact-Finding Committee," which listed a "Bernard Weissman" as its chairman. But these were fronts.
Warren Commission investigators later determined that Joseph P. Grinnan, an oil broker and local leader of the John Birch Society, had paid for the ad with "around $1,500" donated by three men: H. R. "Bum" Bright, an oil man who later became owner of the Dallas Cowboys; Nelson Bunker Hunt, a son of H.L. Hunt; and Edgar Crissey, an insurance company executive.
Ted Dealey acknowledged approving the ad in advance because it lined up with the editorial opinions of The News.
Stanley Marcus, the head of Neiman Marcus and a Kennedy supporter, reflecting on those times, later said: "The News, in my opinion, was almost single-handedly responsible for the prevailing state of mind in Dallas at the time of the assassination."
On Nov. 22, 1963, The News greeted the first couple with a print version of "good cop, bad cop."
The newspaper's lead editorial expressed hope that JFK's visit to Dallas might help "Democrats, Republicans and Independents unite today in a genuineness of welcome and cordiality."
However, a full-page advertisement on Page 14, framed by a funereal black border, carried a sarcastic headline: "Welcome Mr. Kennedy to Dallas."
It asked a series of 12 biting questions, each starting with "WHY" in bold capital letters.
"WHY has Gus Hall, head of the U.S. Communist Party praised almost every one of your policies and announced that the party will endorse and support your re-election?"
"WHY have you scrapped the Monroe Doctrine in favor of the Spirit of Moscow?'"
And so forth.
The ad was signed by "The American Fact-Finding Committee," which listed a "Bernard Weissman" as its chairman. But these were fronts.
Warren Commission investigators later determined that Joseph P. Grinnan, an oil broker and local leader of the John Birch Society, had paid for the ad with "around $1,500" donated by three men: H. R. "Bum" Bright, an oil man who later became owner of the Dallas Cowboys; Nelson Bunker Hunt, a son of H.L. Hunt; and Edgar Crissey, an insurance company executive.
Ted Dealey acknowledged approving the ad in advance because it lined up with the editorial opinions of The News.
Stanley Marcus, the head of Neiman Marcus and a Kennedy supporter, reflecting on those times, later said: "The News, in my opinion, was almost single-handedly responsible for the prevailing state of mind in Dallas at the time of the assassination."