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Rev. Ben Haden- CNP 1988, 1996, 1998; Associate Evangelist with Leighton Ford Crusades; BGEA employee 1 ; speaker, Changed Lives TV-Radio program; pastor First Presbyterian Church, Chattanooga, Tennessee; exec. vice president/general manager daily newspapers in Kingsport, Tennessee; member, Advisory Board, Thomas Nelson Publishers. Thomas Nelson Publishers was owned by CNP's Sam Moore

Billy Hale- CNP 1984, 1988, 1996,1998; president/CEO Hale/Associates, real estate investor and operator.

Colin A. Hanna - CNP 1998; county commissioner, Chester County, PA; founder and former owner, PC HELPER, a computer support and maintenance firm specializing in small business networks; former president, Industrial Advertising, Inc.; held several different positions with CBS, WCAU Radio, CBS Radio Spot Sales and WCAUTV; commissioned officer, U.S. Navy.

Samuel A. Hardage- CNP 1984, 1988, 1996, 1998; Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, San Diego-based Woodfin Suite Hotels, LLC (WSH), which currently operates 18 all-suite hotels in 11 states 3 ; was president of Hardage Enterprises, Inc., a real estate development, construction and management company; served as president of U.S. Communities, Inc., a nationwide commercial and residential real estate development company; presently chairman of the board, The Vision of Children Foundation; founding chairman of the Adam Smith Institute 4 ; a past board member of EXCEL EXcellence through Choice in Education League, Sonoma Cutrer Vineyards, The Center For The Study of Popular Culture, Air Warrior Courage Foundation and the board of advisors for the National Tax Limitation Foundation and the Fulbright Commission; member executive committee of the California Republican Party; chairman of the San Diego County Republican Party 1995-1997; former member of President Ford's advisory committee, was elected delegate to the White House Conference on Small Business in 1980, and was appointed by President Reagan to the President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness in 1983. He was a candidate for the United States Senate in 1978, and was the Republican nominee for Governor of Kansas in 1982.

A libertarian/ neo-liberal foundation, "...the Adam Smith Institute, which has probably done more to promote privatization than any other institution anywhere. The Adam Smith Institute brags that over two hundred measures developed in its "Omega Project" were put into practice by Thatcher. Its experts have also advised the World Bank extensively on privatization programs in the bank's client countries."

"Adam Smith was the great Scottish philosopher and economist best known for "The Wealth of Nations", his pioneering book on free trade and market economics." 5 Footnotes 3-5

Sara Divito Hardman - CNP 1996, 1998; member, Church on the Way; state chairman, Christian Coalition of California; executive committee member, California Republican Party; former state vicechair, Bush/Quayle Campaign; delegate and officer of the delegation, Republican National Convention, 1992; state vice president, California Republican Assembly, 19891995; past president/CEO, Hardman Industries, 19761994.

Benjamin Hart - CNP 1996, 1998; president, Hart Communications; former director, lectures and seminars, The Heritage Foundation; former executive director of Oliver North's Freedom Alliance; author, Poisoned Ivy; The Third Generation; and Faith and Freedom, the Christian Roots of American Liberty; founder and former editor, The Dartmouth Review; articles appearing in Policy Review and National Review.

"Outfront, July/August 1997), Mother Jones uncovered allegations that Benjamin Hart, the Christian Coalitions former direct-mail vendor and a confidant of its former executive director Ralph Reed [Ralph E. Reed, Jr.] , had been overbilling the right-wing group for his services. We also reported that Hart had tried unsuccessfully to filch a copy of the coalitions donor database. According to a lawsuit the coalition filed against Hart in November, he got the next best thing, the coalitions mailing list.

The suit accused Harts firm, Hart Conover, of using an unauthorized copy of the list to solicit funds for two rival conservative groups run by Hart and asked for $350,000 in punitive damages. Two former coalition employees have said that Reed gave Hart the list, but Reed and the coalition have denied that charge. So, has Hart, who confidentially settled with the coalition in February" 6

"...Hart quickly became known as Reed's No. 2 man....Not only did Reed defer direct mail decisions to Hart, he also allowed Hart to coordinate the group's telemarketing projects, print its voter guides, and oversee the bidding on its million-piece direct mail packages...Hart's problems at the coalition began in the fall of 1995, when the coalition's marketing director, Donald Black, discovered that Hart's firm, Hart Conover, actually owned two of the vendors it was using to handle the coalition's mailings: Universal Lists (which rented mailing lists to the coalition) and Federal Printing & Mailing (which handled the group's direct mail solicitations). In a memo to coalition CFO Judy Liebert, Black wrote, "This 'closed circle' of business provides Hart Conover with an extraordinary income stream. It doesn't give us the benefit of a competitive bidding environment. Consequently, our 'above the line' cost for direct mail fundraising is astronomical (somewhere in the 50 to 70 percent bracket). Even if this relationship is legally justifiable, it reflects an appearance of impropriety." According to a memo Liebert wrote to the Christian Coalition board, when she approached Reed with this information in the fall of 1995, he said he knew Hart owned the firms and assured her that Hart had sought out competitive bids.... According to a coalition source, when the auditor contacted Hart, Hart told him that auditing his direct mail operation would not be necessary, because he was going to resign. (He later changed his mind.) Around the time Hart professed to be leaving the coalition, he also tried unsuccessfully to obtain a copy of the group's donor database, valued at more than $900,000. 7 Footnotes 6-7

Anthony Harrigan- CNP Board of Governors 1982, Member 1984;. President of the United States Business and Industrial Council; President, United States Industrial Council Educational Foundation (USIC), Nashville, Tennessee; closely allied with the American Conservative Caucus and Young America's Foundation; member of the Board of Trustees of the National Humanities Institute 8 which is headed by Claes Ryn who is Professor of Politics at The Catholic University of America; contributor to Humanitas. "The National Humanities Institute is working to reconstitute the humanities, which over time will influence the fundamental direction of society as a whole." 9 Footnotes 8-9

Kevin J. "Seamus" Hasson- CNP 1998; Founder and president, the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, a bipartisan and ecumenical public interest law firm protecting the free expression of all religious traditions 10 ; former associate attorney, Williams & Connolly, concentrating on religious liberty issues; former Attorney-Advisor for the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel, where his responsibilities include advising the Reagan Administration on church/state issues; J.D., magna cum laude, Notre Dame Law School; M.A., theology, University of Notre Dame; A.B., economics/theology, University of Notre Dame.

The Becket Fund Advisory Board includes: Hon. William Barr - Former U.S. Attorney General, His Eminence Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I., Archbishop of Chicago, Rev. Richard John Neuhaus - President, Institute of Religion and Public Life, Dr. Ronald B. Sobel - Senior Rabbi, Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York and others. See: Evangelicals and Catholics Together Footnotes 10

H. Preston Hawkins - CNP member 1988, CNP Executive Committee1994, 1996, 1998,1999; Board of Governors 1996, 1998, chairman, CNP Action, Inc.; 19881991, founding director, Capitol Resource Institute, Sacramento; member Board of directors, Continental Land Title Company, Claremont Facilities Corp., and Lake Avenue Congregational Church; Owner and president, Herbert Hawkins Realtors and Fortress Escrow Company; owner and chairman, Trinity Mortgage Company; president, Executive Forum, a Christian outreach ministry to professionals and executives; Stewardship Journal, Editorial Review Board; member, California State Bar; California Mortgage Bankers Association; California Association of Realtors; 1991, president, The Wellness Community; 19881990, audit committee, Wycliffe Bible Translators International; 19871989, board member, Harambee Christian Family Center; 19801983, board of visitors, Pepperdine University School of Law; University of Southern California; member Pasadena Rotary Club.

Capitol Resource Institute 11 ~"We are an independent organization serving as the California eyes and ears of Focus on the Family." CNP's Howard Ahmanson is a major contributor. Policy Director, "Karen Holgate" has been a speaker about OBE. Footnotes 11

Richard Headrick - CNP 1996, 1998; president and CEO, The Headrick Companies 12 , comprising the Headrick Sign Company, The Cross Company 13 , Headrick Outdoor, Inc., The Travel & Adventure Society, The Headrick Sportswear Company, Headrick Properties, Inc., Rocket City, Media Systems, Island Trading Company, and Ramon's Village; director, The Hope Foundation 14 ; member, Bailey Smith Evangelistic Association; director, Bob Kendrick Ministries in El Salvador; founder, Revolutionary Force of America.

Bailey E. Smith is an evangelist, former president of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1981-82, and founder of Real Evangelism Conferences.

"...the Revolutionary Force of America intends to "build a fleet," joined by "other fleets God has raised up, and together we become an armada, a floating army." "Your physical support by praying, becoming active in voting for God's candidates and by speaking out about issues that concern us will allow us to make a real difference in what happens in our government." 15 Footnotes 12-15

Donna Hearne - CNP 1996, 1998; talk show host, Bott Broadcasting [Richard Bott CNP], KSIV, St. Louis; editor and publisher, Front Line, a statewide issueoriented tabloid newspaper; chairman, The Constitutional Coalition; former member, National Council on Education Research, by presidential appointment; founder and board member, Missouri Roundtable; delegate and chairman of Platform Subcommittee on Education and Crime, Republican National Convention, 1984; member, Daughters of the American Revolution, Twin Oaks Presbyterian Church, St. Louis.

Charles C. Heath- CNP 1984, 1988, 1996, 1998, current; Founder and Chairman of the Board, HEATH AND ASSOCIATES, INC. 1959 - Present 16 ; Selected as member of "European Mission for Attracting Industry" lead by N.C. Governor Luther Hodges. Operated as a fuel advisor for this mission; Member of N.C. Mission to South America led by Governor Dan Moore. Spokesman and contact for energy matters; Served 2 consecutive 4 year terms on the N.C. Energy Policy Council and served that committee as Chairman of the Management Committee. This appointment was made by Governor James Martin (N.C.) specifically to the natural gas chair; Appointed by President Reagan to the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Development Advisory Board, Mid-Atlantic Regional Technical Group; A Middle East business trip (1975) to Turkey, Iran and Saudi Arabia to survey business climate for client, requiring contacts with government and industry officials. Delegate to the 1976 Republican National Convention; Past member of Board of Directors of the N. C. Railroad Company; Member of the National Delphi Panel on the Future of Political Parties. Directed by Dr. T. W. Modron, Professor of Government, Western Kentucky University; Charter member of the N.C. Industrial Development Foundation, appointed by Governor Luther Hodges. Author of, You Can Save America!; The Golden Egg, the Goose and Us; Look Up or Look; The Blessings of Liberty. Footnotes 16

Randall Hekman - CNP 1984, 1988, 1996, executive director, Michigan Family Forum; Kent County Probate Judge (19751990), served full time in Juvenile Court division with child abuse, neglect, delinquency, and adoption cases; former officer, U.S. Navy; author, Justice for the Unborn; written numerous articles for various publications; produces a weekly program called Impact; recipient, "Distinguished Service Award," Grand Rapids Area Jaycees; recipient, "The Christian Family Protector Award," Concerned Women of America.

Jesse Helms - CNP Board of Governors 1982, CNP Member 1984-85, 1988, 1996, 1998, 1999; Baptist; Senator R-N.C. 17 , democrat until 1970's; chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, 33^rd degree Mason, Grand Lodge of Masons of North Carolina (Grand Orator, 1965, 1982, and 1991) and is a member of the Shrine; United Nations NGO, Rotary Club; former chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, Chairman, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chairman of the Senate Steering Committee, Member of [Ed McAteer 's] Religious Roundtable Council of 56 18 See: Religious Roundtable ., a member of the Executive Committee of America Cause, in 1975, along with Spruille Braden (CFR) and CNP's Dr. Edward Teller (CFR); a member of the Committee on Conservative Alternatives; Director of the American Conservative Union in 1978-1979, a member of the Organizing Committee of the Citizen's Legal Defense fund for the FBI Ad Hoc; a Trustee of America's Future, a network of the "Establishment", associated with the Committee for the Survival of a Free Congress [now Paul Weyrich's Free Congress Foundation]; established Jesse Helms Center 19 ; was Executive Vice President, Vice Chairman of the Board and assistant Chief Executive Officer of Capitol Broadcasting Company, Raleigh, North Carolina, from 1960 until his election to the Senate; was Board of Trustees of Meredith College, John F. Kennedy College, Campbell University and Wingate College; January 20, 2000, became the first sitting U.S. Senator in history to address the United Nations Security Council. 20

An "endorser" of the Unification Church spawned Washington Times, and according to high placed sources, a member of the CFR in 1972! 84. 21 "In September 1980, WACL members gathered in Buenos Aires for CAL's [WACL's affiliate in Latin America- Anti-Communist Confederation] annual meeting. They were hosted by military junta and the Argentine Anti-Communist Alliance (AAA) death squad. Among those attending were Senator Jesse Helms' (R-NC) aide-at-large John Carbaugh, Mario Sandoval, Roberto D'Aubuisson and Italian terrorist Stafano Delle Chiaie, who was wanted for a string of murders and bombings in Europe...Delle Chiaie journeyed to the CAL conference from Bolivia, where he was in a cocaine and terror partnership with Nazi Klaus Barbie (alias Klaus Altmann)." 22

"In 1974, CAL introduced a resolution at WACL's annual conference seeking the overthrow of the U.S. government ...and installation of a military junta. CAL...leaders were the principal authors of the 1962 Complot Contra La Iglesia (Conspiracy Against the Church). A response to the liberalism of Vatican Council II, the Complot has been called "one of the most scathingly anti-semitic and unabashedly pro-Nazi tracts ever written." 23

Jesse Helms vigorously supported a Nicaraguan rebel group closely tied to narcotrafficking. He continued his support long after the drug link was widely known in Washington and reported in the national press. 24 On April 15, 1985 Senator Helms and four other members of Congress appealed to President Reagan to renew U.S. support for Eden Pastora, whose forces had been funded by the CIA from 1982 to 1984. Helms and his colleagues wrote: "No matter what difficulties may have occurred in the past, we believe that in this critical period, U.S. policy should at least be guided by the time-tested maxim: 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend.'" 25

On March, 27, 1986, U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica Lewis Tambs sent this "back-channel" cable to the CIA, State Department and the White House to quietly inform Reagan officials of a deal struck between Helms envoy John Singlaub and Eden Pastora. This version of the document, uncovered by Iran-Contra investigators, bears a note typed in the margin by one of the recipients: "[ARDE official] 'Popo' Chamorro is alleged... to be involved in drug trafficking." 26

This April 1986 CIA report -- on "Drug Trafficking Activities by Members of Pastora's Organization" -- offers an indication of U.S. official knowledge of ARDE's drug ties during a period when Helms was promoting Pastora in Washington. "Reportedly," the document says, "Pastora was aware of the drug trafficking activities of his subordinates." 27

The Pioneer Fund served as a small part of "a multimillion dollar political empire of corporations, foundations, political action committees and ad hoc groups" active in 1980s (Washington Post, March 31, 1985, p. 1; A16) developed by Tom Ellis., Harry Weyher, Marion Parrott, R.E. Carter Wrenn and Jesse Helms. The Fund has served as a nexus between academic theory and practical political ideology. It's leadership, especially, Harry Weyher, Thomas F. Ellis and Marion A. Parrott are part of an interlocking set of directorates and associates linking the Pioneer Fund to Jesse Helms' high-tech political machine. Ellis, for example, simultaneously served as Chairman of the National Congressional Club and the Coalition for Freedom, co-founder of Fairness in Media, a board member of the Educational Support Foundation and Director of the Pioneer Fund. Harry Weyher, president of the Pioneer Fund served as lead counsel for Fairness in Media. 28.

Recipients of Pioneer grants have included most of the leading Anglo-American academic race-scientists of the last several decades have been funded by the Pioneer, including William Shockley, Hans J. Eysenck, Arthur Jensen, Roger Pearson, Richard Lynn, J. Philippe Rushton, R. Travis Osborne, Linda Gottfredson, Robert A. Gordon, Daniel R. Vining, Jr., Michael Levin, and Seymour Itzkoff - all cited in The Bell Curve. 29

Founder of the Pioneer Fund, "Colonel Draper, ... believed geneticists could scientifically prove the inferiority of Negros.... Under his direction, the Pioneer Fund's original charter outlined a commitment to "improve the character of the American people" by encouraging the procreation of descendants of the original white colonial stock." Draper turned more and more to academic irredentists still dedicated to white supremacy and eugenics. ...Most prominent among these early recruits was Henry Garrett, Chair of Psychology at Columbia University from 1941-1955. A Virginia born segregationist, Garrett was a key witness in defending segregation...Garrett helped to distribute grants for Draper and was one of the founders of the International Association for the Advancement of Eugenics and Ethnology (IAAEE) in 1959. The IAAEE brought together academic defenders of segregation in the U.S. and apartheid in South Africa. The Pioneer Fund supported the IAAEE and other institutions working to legitimising race science, including the IAAEE's journal, Mankind Quarterly..." 30

The Pioneer Fund has changed little since its inception. An article in the New York Times on December 11, 1977 characterized it as having "supported highly controversial research by a dozen scientists who believe that blacks are genetically less intelligent than whites." In the 1960s Nobel Laureate William Shockley (1910-1989), a physicist at Stanford University best known for his "voluntary sterilization bonus plan" received an estimated $188,710 from the Pioneer Fund between 1971 and 1978. Arthur Jensen, an educational psychologist, garnered more than a million dollars in Pioneer grants over the past three decades. Three years after being recruited by Shockely, Jensen published his now famous attack on Head Start in the prestigious Harvard Education Review. Jensen claimed the problem with black children was that they had an average IQ of only 85 and that no amount of social engineering would improve their performance. Jensen urged "eugenic foresight" as the only solution. 31

"For an overview on 'race and intelligence,' Murray and Herrnstein recommend two books by three Pioneer Fund recipients: Audrey Shuey, Frank C. J. McGurk, and R. Travis Osborne. McGurk is the main authority they cite to 'prove' that IQ tests are not racially biased. He was one of the 'scientific' mainstays of the segregationist movement in the southern US. In 1959 McGurk and Shuey became leading members of the International Association for the Advancement of Ethnology and Eugenics, first publisher of Mankind Quarterly. 33 Other members included Senator Jesse Helms and the oil billionaire Hunt brothers. Arch-racists in the South introduced Shuey's book in court during the 1960s to argue for continuing school segregation and denying the vote to black people. University of Georgia professor Osborne also testified in court against school integration. Osborne was still, in 1992, trying to prove the long-discarded theory that brain size is somehow related to intelligence." 34

"Much of The Bell Curve's racist drivel comes from Mankind Quarterly, whose principle is that the "Negroid" race is inferior to all others, and from professors funded by the pro-Nazi Pioneer Fund (PF). Behind this fascist gang stand important members of the US ruling class.

"Seventeen authors cited in The Bell Curve are Mankind Quarterly (MQ) contributors. Ten are former or present editors or members of its editorial advisory board. MQ's avowed purpose is to counter "Communist" and "egalitarian" influences in anthropology. From its start in 1960, its founders and funders believed that white people were genetically superior. Robert Gayre was the founder of MQ and its editor-in-chief until 1978. As a champion of South African apartheid and a member of the ultra-right Candour League of white-ruled Rhodesia, he testified in court in 1968 that black people as a group are "worthless." Other MQ contributors have included Henry Garrett of Columbia University, who wrote pamphlets for the pro-segregation White Citizens Councils; Corrado Gini, the leader of fascist Italy's eugenics movement; and Ottmar von Verschner, a leading Nazi race-scientist and academic mentor of the concentration camp butcher Joseph Mengele."

"The key figure in the PF network is Roger Pearson, who is close to Jesse Helms. Sam Crutchfield, a lawyer for Helms, has been the lawyer for Pearson's Institute for the Study of Man. The PF has given Pearson over $787,400, mostly for editing Mankind Quarterly and The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies. The last publishes articles by PF recipients, notably Arthur Jensen, Michael Levin, and Richard Lynn. Thomas Ellis, a PF director, is a long-time friend and campaign manager for Helms." 35

"In 1958, Pearson, living in London, led the Northern League. This white-power organization included former Nazi SS officials. Willis Carto, founder of the anti-black and anti-semitic Liberty Lobby, arranged a 1959 U.S. speaking tour for him. Pearson soon moved to the U.S. to edit the neo-Nazi publication Western Destiny. In Eugenics and Race he asserted: "If a nation with a more advanced, more specialized, or in any way superior set of genes mingles with, instead of exterminating, an inferior tribe, then it commits racial suicide. "

"This track record won Pearson influence in Washington, DC. In 1975 he became editor of the journal of the American Security Council...Pearson also headed the U.S. chapter of the World Anti-Communist League (WACL). In 1977 he became the international chair of this nest of fascist vipers. He organized its 1978 convention, which featured two U.S. Senators as keynote speakers. Then he was exposed as having recruited open neo-Nazis to WACL, and was forced to resign. Four years later,[1982] President Reagan personally thanked Pearson for his "substantial contributions to promoting and upholding those ideals and principles that we value at home and abroad." 36

"Pearson eventually replaced Gayre as editor of The Mankind Quarterly. Pearson, more than most, saw the potential in manipulating genetics for political goals when, in 1959, he wrote Eugenics and Race. He argued that the white race is endangered by inferior genetic stock, but with proper use of modern biological technology "a new super-generation" descended from "only the fittest" of the previous generation can be produced. Whoever adopted such a scientific breeding program "would dominate the rest of the world". Moving to the United States Pearson quickly became involved in far-right politics, first editing Western Destiny and later the short-lived The New Patriot, a magazine designed to conduct "a responsible but penetrating inquiry into every aspect of the Jewish Question". It included articles such as "Zionists and the Plot Against South Africa", "Early Jews and the Rise of Jewish Money Power", and "Swindlers of the Crematoria". Despite his fascist connections, Pearson became increasingly well connected with the Republican Party and the right-wing think-tank, The Heritage Foundation. 37

"Henry Garrett, Chair of Psychology at Columbia University from 1941 to 1955. A Virginia born segregationist, Garrett was a key witness defending segregation in the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. During the 1950s and 1960s, Garrett helped to distribute grants for the Pioneer Fund and was one of the founders of the International Association for the Advancement of Eugenics and Ethnology (IAAEE) in 1959. The IAAEE brought together academic defenders of segregation in the USA and apartheid in South Africa. The Pioneer Fund supported the IAAEE and other institutions working to legitimise race-science, including the IAAEE's journal, The Mankind Quarterly." 38

In the United States, WACL's first chairman was Roger Pearson, a white supremacist, eugenicist and neo-Nazi. Pearson was the editor of Willis Carto's anti-Semitic rag, Western Destiny, the forerunner of the Liberty Lobby's Spotlight tabloid. By the mid 1970s, Pearson served on the editorial boards of both the Heritage Foundation 38a and the American Security Council. Pearson, who has described himself as a "mainstream conservative," boasted to an associate about his alleged role in hiding Nazi doctor Josef Mengele, the "Angel of Death" who directed Nazi "medical experiments" at the Auschwitz extermination camp. With degrees in anthropology and economics, Pearson is the author several books on eugenics. His most "popular" are Eugenics and Race and Race and Civilization. He credits Professor Hans F. K. Gunther, a Nazi racial theoretician, as the inspiration behind the latter volume. Under Pearson's tutelage, WACL added Western European chapters that were drawn from the ranks of Nazi war criminals, Third Reich collaborators, neo-Nazis and right-wing terrorists. Western European affiliates included the racist British League of Rights and Italy's Italian Social Movement (MSI). Pino Rauti, the founder of the outlawed group, Ordine Nuovo was a key WACL Western European contact.... Rauti and countless other Italian fascists including the war criminal, June Valerio "Black Prince" Borghese, and key members of the Italian general staff, were "rehabilitated" Nazi collaborators recruited by the CIA into NATO's "stay behind" anti-communist terror network, also known as "Gladio."... 38b

Roger Pearson was a writer and organizer for the Nazi Northern League of northern Europe, who in 1977 joined the editorial board of Policy Review, the monthly Heritage Foundation publication. William Shockley, Arthur Jensen and Roger Pearson, who has written that "inferior races" should be "exterminated" were funded while CNP's Tom Ellis. was director on the Pioneer board. At that same time, Ellis served on the CNP's thirteen-member executive committee with Holly Coors, Paul Weyrich, and Heritage Foundation president, Edwin Feulner until June 1989. Oliver North and Reed Larson also joined the executive committee.

Recall that in order to be a CNP member, a biography/resume must be submitted by a CNP member and the executive must have a unanimous vote in order for an individual to be asked to be a member. CNP's Gary North writes of the formation years of the CNP including himself with Timothy LaHaye, Terry J. Jeffers and Terry Dolan, in the article Gary North on the CNP

The National Congressional Club was Jesse Helms' PAC based in Raleigh and directed by Helms' senior advisor, attorney Tom Ellis. National Congressional Club, raised $9.8 million in the 1982 election cycle. In the 1984 cycle, the club raised $5.7 million while Helms campaign committee raised $13.99 million, 39. The Club dissolved in the 1990's, with many staffers absorbed into other campaigns.

The Congressional Club began after the 1972 Senate campaign, when Ellis retained Richard Viguerie (CNP) to help pay off the Helms campaign debt. Ellis and Viguerie built the Congressional Club mailing list to more than 300,000 regular contributors -- a constituency for Helms and a major financial resource within the conservative movement... Besides Viguerie, Phillips [Howard Phillips], and Dolan [ John T. (Terry) Dolan] connections, Helms is actively represented in Weyrich's [Paul Weyrich] coordinating groups. 40 Footnotes 17-40

Harry V. Helton- CNP 1998; Managing director, Summit Group International, Ltd., an energy and natural resources consulting firm; former executive vice president, Reynolds Metals Company, retired after 37 years service both domestically and internationally; extensive experience in management of all aspects of metals reduction and construction; board member, local Baptist charitable organization which provides housing and living assistance to destitute older persons and other charitable activities

Carl Herbster - CNP 1996, 1998; president, American Association of Christian Schools 41 ; pastor, TriCity Ministries; lecturer, Christian school conventions, family camps, and couples retreats; author, two junior high mathematics textbooks; has written numerous articles for several nationally distributed publications; coauthored, Effective Christian School Management and Productive Teaching in the Christian School; formerly employed by Procter and Gamble and MartinMarietta Corp.; former Christian school teacher and principal; former Christian School Specialist, Bob Jones University. Footnotes 41

Thomas D. Hess - CNP Board of Governors 1996, 1998; Senior Editor, The Fine Print, part of Focus on the Family's Boundless Webzine. 42 Footnotes 42

Reverend E.V. Hill- (d. February, 2003) CNP Board of Governors 1982, member 1984-85; Senior Pastor of Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church in the Watts area of Los Angeles; registered Republican and a friend of Jerry Falwell; a founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference Foundation, long-time associate of Martin Luther King, and also a Member of [Ed McAteer 's] Religious Roundtable Council of 56 43 See: Religious Roundtable .

Promise Keeper leader/speaker; Board of reference, Biola University 44 ; gave benediction December 3, 1999 at Benny Hinn's 25 year celebration 45 with the invocation, given by CNP's Pastor Tommy Barnett; Board member of Los Angeles NAACP, which sponsored the Gay Rights march on Washington in 1993; part of Bill Bright's Invitation Committee for Fasting and Prayer conferences. [See: Eject2]; former vice president National Baptist Convention; president and director, The World Christian Training Center; President, STEP Foundation; Honorary Consul General, Republic of Liberia; was/is Board member the Billy Graham Association, the Roundtable, America for Jesus, World Impact, National Institute on Biblical Inerrancy; speaker/endorser for Christian Coalition; COR steering committee since 1986 > See: Jay Grimstead; gave the inaugural prayer for Richard Nixon in January 1973, in the midst of Watergate, and twice headed the Clergy for Reagan committee 46 ; board member of the Paul Crouch's Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN).

Rev. Hill's church is affiliated with the National Baptist Convention, which is a part of the National Council of Churches. His doctor's degree (or, at least one of them) is from Oral Roberts University in 1985. . The Fundamental Information Service Bulletin for September 15, 1982 quoted the Wheaton College Bulletin for March 1977 as stating that Dr. Hill was on the Billy Graham Association board of directors, the board of the Los Angeles Urban League, the Los Angeles NAACP and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. He endorsed the 1984 candidacy of the Rev. Jesse Jackson for the Democratic nomination for the presidency Christian Life for March 1982 indicated that Dr. Hill appeared with Rev. Jackson at a Campus Crusade sponsored conference in Chicago called "Chicago '81."...Foundation Magazine for November/December 1986 cites Dr. Hill as listed to speak at the 1987 Inner-City Pastors Conference in Washington, D.C. March 16-19, 1987. Other featured speakers were charismatics Jack Hayford, Larry Lea and Bob Mumford...speaker at Billy Graham's Amsterdam '83 Conference, Jerry Falwell's 1983 and 1991 "Super Conference," Dallas Seminary, Moody Bible Institute's "Founder's Week" in 1991 and "Pastors' Conference" in 1985. He, along with Jerry Falwell, spoke for the Conference of Southern Baptist Evangelists prior to the SBC Convention in Las Vegas in 1989. He spoke for the 1987 annual fellowship of the Conservative Baptists. In May of 1991 he was commencement speaker at charismatic Kenneth Hagin’s Rhema Center. He is listed as a speaker for Billy Graham's 1992 "School of Evangelism" in Wheaton, Illinois. 47 See: TopicOrg; Lausanne Intro

"...participant at the founding of the STEP Program and Foundation. "Strategies to Eliminate Poverty" (STEP) was ...formed to alleviate poverty through private sector funding and volunteerism...! According to the Christian Inquirer, Nelson Bunker Hunt "kicked off" the STEP Program in November of 1981, with a $1 million contribution. Those attending the April 1982 meeting in Dallas, besides the previously mentioned Dr William Bill Bright, Murchison, and Hunt, were: Dallas Cowboy Coach Tom Landry, Television evangelists Jim Baker, [and CNP's] James Robison and Pat Robertson, (Holly) Coors; Dallas businesswoman [Late] Mary C. Crowley, and the Rev. E.V. Hill - keynote speaker at the meeting and president of STEP. 48

Hill was known to work with and stood beside Rev. Henry Lyons, who was found guilty of racketeering. Hill also supported televangelists Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart and their infamous sex scandals. Footnotes 43-48

James "Jimmy" Martin Hill, Jr. - CNP 1984, 1988, CNP Board of Governors 1996, 1998; Houston businessman; member Urban Land Institute 49 "The mission of the Urban Land Institute is to provide responsible leadership in the use of land in order to enhance the total environment." Global membership with academic leadership from such as Brookings Institute.

AEI -Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies, "...the American Enterprise Institute and the Brookings Institution have established the new AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies. The primary purpose of the Joint Center is to hold lawmakers and regulators accountable for their decisions by providing thoughtful, objective analyses of existing regulatory programs and new regulatory proposals. 50 Footnotes 49-50

Joseph K. Hilyard - CNP Board of Governors 1996.CEO, Page-Brace Cinemas, Ltd. Houston Texas. Principal,Buckhorn Financial Services Inc.

Securities Division 51: Buckhorn Financial Services, Inc., et al. (S-03233A-98-0000) -- Order to Cease and Desist and for Other Relief and Consent to Same Re: Buckhorn Financial Services, Inc.; Joseph K. Hilyard; Michael Lee Mathis

Buckhorn Financial Services -(July1, 1998) 52 > North Dakota Securities Commissioner Syver Vinje today issued a Cease and Desist Order against Buckhorn Financial Services, Inc. and Safe Keeping, Inc. of Carson City, Nevada for conducting an alleged multi-state Ponzi Scheme. According to Vinje, "A Ponzi Scheme is one of the oldest, most classic cons around. The scam artists promise sky high returns with little or no risk. Early participants may actually get a portion of their money back, but it comes directly from new money paid in by later participants in the scheme."

BUCKHORN FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. uses sales agents nationwide to offer and sell investment contracts, representing that investors’ money will be used by new and existing businesses to generate monthly profits. BUCKHORN principals, JOSEPH K. HILYARD and MICHAEL LEE MATHIS, are Texas residents. ..According to the notice, SAFE KEEPING DEPOSITORY, INC. participated in the sale of the unregistered securities and the fraud. Its president, STEVEN L. SHOOK, is a Scottsdale resident. the Securities Division alleged that SAFE KEEPING guaranteed investors that their investment principal and profits were secured by liens against certificates of deposit. Respondents did not disclose that the CDs were issued by a Mexican credit union. 53

The National Association of Consumer Agency Administrators 54 " The Arizona Attorney General's Office, Consumer Protection and Advocacy Section, has announced an indictment of three men on fraud and theft charges for allegedly defrauding investors out of more than $9.1 million over a two year period. STEVEN L. SHOOK, of Arizona, MICHAEL MATHIS of Texas and JOSEPH HILYARD of Texas are charged with operating a pyramid scheme with money from investors in 34 states and in Canada.

According to the indictment, the defendants operated BUCKHORN FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. and SAFEKEEPING INC. The defendants had allegedly promised investors that their money would be used to make loans to new and existing businesses. The investors were told they would get a return of 3% - 4% per month, minus a 1% administrative fee. The companies would also give investors documents showing that their principal and profits were secured by liens against certificates of deposit. However, the indictment alleges that the three men failed to tell investors that their funds were secured by a Mexican Credit Union or that their money was never used to make the loans as promised. Instead, the funds were used to pay monthly distributions to other investors, a practice referred to as a "Ponzi" or "pyramid" scheme. " Footnote 51-54

Roland Hinz - CNP Board of Governors 1996, 1998; President, Hi-Torque Publications, Inc owner of Daisy/HiTorque Publications, publishers of Dirt Bike and Motocross magazines. His wife, Lila, has served on the board of directors of Paul Weyrich's National Empowerment TV. Co-founder California Independent Business Political Action Committee.

California Independent Business Political Action Committee started out as the Capitol Commonwealth Group which became the Allied Business PAC which in turn has been reborn as the California Independent Business PAC. It has helped to elect over one-fourth of the 120 members of the California legislature. During the 1992 election cycle, Allied Business PAC and members of CCG as individuals contributed more than $2 million to various candidates and ballot initiatives. Co-founders included Ed Atsinger and largest backer Howard Ahmanson ($1.32 million to the PAC) Sen. Robert Hurtt (Container Supply Corp) and Roland and Lila Hinz. Roland Hinz is owner of Daisy/HiTorque Publications, publishers of Dirt Bike and Motocross magazines. His wife, Lila, has served on the board of directors of Paul Weyrich's National Empowerment TV.

According to a November 26, 1995 article in The Los Angeles Times, California state Senator Rob Hurtt Jr. came under the influence of Dobson in the early 80s. Hurtt, in turn, helped bring together the men who have built a formidable political machine by spending over $8,000,000 from their own pockets to change the face of California politics. All are members of the CNP. Millionaire Ron Unz, a computer software entrepreneur, joined Allied with a $75,000 contribution. Richard Riddle , a graduate of Bob Jones University, also joined the PAC, contributing $237,000 in '93 and '94. 55 Riddle is owner of I. W. Walker, a box manufacturing company and a partner in Richray Industries, an import-export company which does extensive business with South Korea.

In 1987, Hurt, Ahmanson, and CNP member Preston Hawkins, a developer, founded the Capitol Resource Institute (CRI) in Sacramento as a public-policy organization affiliated with Focus on the Family (FOF). Since CRI's founding, Hurt and Ahmanson have provided over 75% of the annual budget. Footnotes 55

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