LeFevre, Robert, 1911-

Robert LeFevre (1911-1986) was born in Gooding, Id. He attended Hamline University from 1931-1932, and enlisted in the Army during World War II. After the war he worked in San Francisco. In 1949 he became part owner of Falcon's Lair, formerly Rudolph Valentino's estate, and represented the Falcon Lair Foundation, dedicated to world peace. After running unsuccessfully for Congress in 1950 he moved to Florida. During the late 1940s and early 1950s he became more involved in right-wing anti-union and anti-communist organizations. He was executive director of the Congress of Freedom and the United States Day Committee, which both demanded the U.S. withdraw from the United Nations. In 1954 he published an article claiming to find socialist and "one-world" propaganda in the Girl Scout handbook. Later that year he moved to Colorado Springs and wrote for the Gazette telegraph, eventually becoming its editor. There he founded the Freedom School, which later moved to California and was renamed Rampart College. His political philosophy moved from more traditionally conservative to radical libertarian and beyond that to reject all political action and even the Libertarian Party itself. His Freedom School attracted such figures as Ludwig von Mises, Milton Friedman, and Rose Wilder Lane.

From the description of Robert LeFevre papers, 1946-1981. (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122943514

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