Henry MacFarland
William Henry MacFarland Jr. (May 29, 1921 - January 15, 1996) of Philadelphia was the founder of the Nationalist Action League in 1948 and its successor the American Flag Committee in 1950.[1] MacFarland was an associate of Gerald L. K. Smith, Gerald B. Winrod and was active with the National Renaissance Party. He was an associate editor to the newspaper Common Sense. He issued two publication of his own: the National Progress and the Philadelphia Nationalist.[2]
The Nationalist Action League was designated as "fascist" by the US Attorney General. MacFarland later abandoned the League and reorganized the group as the American Flag Committee in August 1950.
In August 1952 he addressed a political convention of the New Constitution Party of the United States in Chicago to draft General Douglas MacArthur to run for President.[3]
In the 1960s he entered conservative politics and in 1964 ran in the Republican primary in Pennsylvania against Senator Hugh Scott receiving over 10,000 votes.[4] In the 1970 US Senate election for Pennsylvania, MacFarland ran as the American Independent Party candidate.
Later he he organized the Conservative Party of Pennsylvania.[5]
Pamphlets
- Report to the American People (an attacking upon UNESCO, ca. 1951)
See also
Notes
- ↑ Eugene Register-Guard, "UNESCO Smear Raises Some Important Questions", September 20, 1955
- ↑ Hoods and Shirts: the Extreme Right in Pennsylvania, 1925-1950, by Philip Jenkins, page 225.
- ↑ Hoods and Shirts: the Extreme Right in Pennsylvania, 1925-1950, by Philip Jenkins, page 225.
- ↑ Lawrence Journal-World, "Epidemic on a Third Party Triggered by Buckley Move", November 23, 1965
- ↑ The Free Lance-Star, "Buckleyism Is Possible Right Wing Boomerang", November 30, 1965
