collectivists continued to predict the downfall of the organization. Fifteen years later the Society celebrated its 25th Anniversary and Robert Welch would be presented the keys to the city of Indianapolis. And now, 35 years have passed by, the last nine without the presence of our founder. This organization which has suffered such vilification as no other, certainly in this century, had not only survived, but in the process has provided solid information, direction, hope and encouragement to millions and millions of our millions countrymen. What is more, its goals remain the same; and its principles, and organizational body are intact. Perhaps the single most important reason why the Society is alive and well today, is because sufficient numbers of its members went to the trouble of reaching others with enough information, rather than too little. that it was far more than just an anti-communist organization. Its leadership and members understood the real basis of the struggle going on in the world. Society spokesman, G. Edward Griffin, explains this struggle and what is necessary to defeat it: The war raging around the world today is not between communists and anti-communists. As words are misleading, a better word to use to describe the forces here is the forces of collectivism verses the forces A collectivist is a person who believes that the collective is more important than the individual, that the group is more important than the individual, and the 169 A New Movement in History And still the chorus of the above mentioned collection of encouragement to . wm. One of the reasons the JBS influenced millions was of individualism.