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The Committee for the Free World (CFW) was founded in 1981 by [[Midge Decter]] who was the executive director. CFW was a [[neoconservative]] grouping which had tax-exempt status under 501(c)(3) and began with funding of $125,000 from individuals and ultra-conservative foundations. Among the original funders were three of the major right-wing foundations: [[Sarah Scaife Foundation]], [[John M. Olin Foundation]], and [[Smith Richardson Foundation]].
 
 
 
==People==
 
==People==
 
===6 April 1981 Letter signatories===
 
===6 April 1981 Letter signatories===
*[[Midge Decter]] - Executive Director | [[Edward Banfield]] | [[Arnold Beichman]] | [[William J. Bennett]] | [[Robert H. Bork]] | [[John H. Bunzel]] | [[Ray S. Cline]] | [[James S. Coleman]] | [[Edwin J. Feulner]] | [[Chester E. Finn]] | [[James Finn]] | [[Roy Godson]] | [[Paul Henze]] | [[Paul Hollander]] | [[Sidney Hook]] | [[Penn Kemble]] | [[Michael Ledeen]] | [[Guenter Lewy]] | [[Joshua Muravchick]] | [[Norman Podhoretz]] | [[Arch Puddington]] | [[Eugene V. Rostow]] | [[Bayard Rustin]] | [[Paul Seabury]] | [[Philip Siegelman]] | [[Lewis Tambs]] | [[W. Scott Thompson]] | [[Ben Wattenberg]]<ref>Sara Diamond, Roads to dominion: right-wing movements and political power in the United States, Guildford Press, 1995, pp.379-380.</ref>
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*[[Midge Decter]] - Executive Director | [[Edward Banfield]] | [[Arnold Beichman]] | [[William J. Bennett]] | [[Robert H. Bork]] | [[John H. Bunzel]] | [[Ray S. Cline]] | [[James S. Coleman]] | [[Edwin J. Feulner]] | [[Chester E. Finn]] | [[James Finn]] | [[Roy Godson]] | [[Paul Henze]] | [[Paul Hollander]] | [[Sidney Hook]] | [[Penn Kemble]] | [[Michael Ledeen]] | [[Guenter Lewy]] | [[Joshua Muravchik]] | [[Norman Podhoretz]] | [[Arch Puddington]] | [[Eugene V. Rostow]] | [[Bayard Rustin]] | [[Paul Seabury]] | [[Philip Siegelman]] | [[Lewis Tambs]] | [[W. Scott Thompson]] | [[Ben Wattenberg]]<ref>Sara Diamond, Roads to dominion: right-wing movements and political power in the United States, Guildford Press, 1995, pp.379-380.</ref>
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==Resources==
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* Rightweb [http://rightweb.irc-online.org/gw/1587.html Committee for the Free World]
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* Online Archive of California, Hoover Institution [http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf7q2nb2gr/ Register of the Committee for the Free World Records, 1980-1991]
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Latest revision as of 18:09, 15 October 2013

The Committee for the Free World (CFW) was founded in 1981 by Midge Decter who was the executive director. CFW was a neoconservative grouping which had tax-exempt status under 501(c)(3) and began with funding of $125,000 from individuals and ultra-conservative foundations. Among the original funders were three of the major right-wing foundations: Sarah Scaife Foundation, John M. Olin Foundation, and Smith Richardson Foundation.

People

6 April 1981 Letter signatories

Resources

Notes

  1. Sara Diamond, Roads to dominion: right-wing movements and political power in the United States, Guildford Press, 1995, pp.379-380.