The Conspiracy against John F. Kennedy
Shortly after the murder of President John F. Kennedy the rumors began to surface that his death was all part of a conspiracy. Many people questioned whether Lee Harvey Oswald was working alone or if he was part of a secret organization that was interested in the removal of our President from office. Among many of the rumors that have circulated over the years is the rumor about the Masons being involved in Kennedy's assassination.
One need look no further than the Masonic publications to find the Masonic
lunatics who might want Kennedy killed. The level of hostility that Freemasons felt toward Kennedy was documented in February 1960 issue of New Age magazine, a Masonic publication, where Luther A. Smith, Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction, told his readers:
whatever bigotry is in evidence in the United States is exhibited solely
by the Roman Catholic hierarchy; that the Canon Law of the Roman Church
and the directives of the Pope validate the fears of the people that the
dual allegiance of American Catholics is a present danger to our free
institutions, and lastly that the people in passing upon the
qualifications of a Catholic candidate for the Presidency will be guided
by their knowledge of history and their great store of plain old-fashioned
common horse sense, and their innate caution not to gamble when their
liberties and the national security are at stake. (Acacia Press, Incorporated
http://www.crocker.com/~acacia/index.html PO BOX 154, Montague, MA 01351 )
While this might seem like a strong statement coming from a Masonic leader I would hasten to remind the reader that this was a very popular fear prior to and during the administration of President Kennedy. Many Americans believed that it was not only possible for our President to be controlled by the Pope, but that it was also probable. The Sovereign Grand Commander was only echoing the fears that pervaded America at that time.
The Masons were not only accused of being against the election of John F. Kennedy, but they were also part of the plan to cover up a conspiracy:
So we have Masonic crazies asserting NATIONAL SECURITY issues over the potential election of a Catholic, John F. Kennedy. Mind you, this is
Masonic leadership. Now add to this the fact, documented by Masonic
sources (see below), that the Masons controlled the investigation into
the Kennedy assassination and you have legitimate concerns over the
honesty of the investigation. Most Americans believe a conspiracy existed.
Comparatively few know that members of a secret society, hostile to a
Kennedy presidency, presided over the assassination investigation. (ibid)
While it is true that President Johnson, who was an Entered Apprentice Mason, called up the Director of the F.B.I. J. Edgar Hoover to start an investigation of the assassination it does not prove a conspiracy. The head of the special committee was Chief Justice Earl Warren who also happened to be a Mason. Again, this does not prove that a conspiracy was going on. What the critics don't mention is that there were many other members of the special committee who were not Masons. It is hardly likely that they are going to cover up evidence in order to please a few Masons.