Fred Hall, president of the California Republican Assembly, said that based on the “evidence of anti-Semitic and segregationist attitudes on the part of society members” the Birchers were the “closest thing to a totalitarian party in this country.” He considered them a serious threat: “Their chief aim now is to get control of the Republican party and get into legislative processes. I believe this group is conspiring to capture control of the Republican party, and their philosophy is a totalitarian-type philosophy. I do not believe the Republican party can survive this kind of thing.”
