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| The guys who oversaw initial development of the Saddleback Community College District were right-wing loons. They named the campus' first major building— the Library—after "Utt the Nut," a Congressman residing in Tustin who promoted crazy conspiracy theories about "barefoot Africans" and one-world government. |
They say he was a real gentleman. But he was also a real nut. Shared the thinking of the John Birch Society, an organization he often defended. He seemed to have loony ideas about "Africans," some of whom he imagined were "barefooted." He was down on the civil rights thing. Voting rights too.
Still, a really sweet guy. They say.
• Utt the Nut gets Patch job - January 22, 2012
• Academic Senate sends "resolution" to BOT recommending that the Utt Library be renamed - January 21, 2012
• More on Utt the Nut: "Extensive experiments in hypnotism and rhythm" - January 16, 2012
• James B. Utt: conspiracy theorist, whack job - January 15, 2012
• James B. Utt on the radio, 1969: in his own seriously wacky words - January 14, 2012
• Congressman Utt’s racist remark - January 13, 2002
• Utt the Nut helped put "under God" in the Pledge - December 29, 2011
• James B. Utt remembered - February 10, 2010
• Saddleback College's "Nutt" Memorial Library - December 30, 2009
3 comments:
Good ol' Jimmy also had a feature role in a 1962 NBC White Paper program where he helped kill a U.S. Army training exercise by claiming it was a front for a Red Chinese Army invasion through Mexico.
Please, cease & desist these slanderous, negative comments re; Congressman James Utt; My mother-in-law, Kathrine Dana Shaw, personally knew him to be a solid person. She was the prieminate reason, Dana Point Harbor was build, by her urging him to build it. He told her, we can't afford to undertake such a gigantic task. She told him, "You cannot afford NOT to"..! Read her book, Mover & Skaker, A Remarkable Woman Making Her Mark In A Mans World.by Kathrine Dana Shaw & Cynthia Shaw Bowers
from James Utt's Wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_B._Utt
One of the most right-wing members in the House of Representatives from his beginning in 1953 to his death in 1970, Utt opposed welfare programs provided by the federal government, likening them to a "child molester who offers candy before his evil act".[1]
Utt voted against the Civil Rights Acts of 1960,[2] 1964,[3] and 1968,[4] and the Voting Rights Act of 1965,[5] but did not vote on the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and abstained from voting on the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.[6][7]
Utt had a penchant for conspiracy theories, claiming in 1963 that "a large contingent of barefooted Africans" might be training in Georgia as part of a United Nations military exercise to take over the United States. That same year, he also claimed that African Americans might be training in Cuba to invade the United States.[8] Utt believed that the Beatles' music caused artificial neurosis in young people. While not a member of the John Birch Society, Utt often spoke in favor of it, and criticized Richard Nixon's denunciations of the organization as ridiculous. During his time in Congress, Utt sponsored bills that would outlaw the income tax and prevent far-right Croatian Andrija Artuković from being deported. Utt also expressed opposition to statehood for Hawaii due to the Territory having too many non-white people and not enough Christians, interracial sex and sex education.[9][10] A supporter of the Vietnam War, Utt told his grandson James that he'd rather see him dead and buried in Vietnam than have his political views. Unlike his grandfather, James opposed the war.[11]
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