Oliver Barr McClellan, entrepreneur, counsel and author, born in
1939 in
Cuero (aka
Rawhide),
Texas, became widely known by his
2003 book Blood, Money &
Power on the
Kennedy assassination. He has also written on globalization.
McClellan published Blood, Money & Power: How
LBJ Killed
JFK, which became a best-seller in
November 2003. In the book, McClellan presents the theory that
Lyndon B. Johnson and
Austin attorney
Edward A. Clark were involved in the planning and cover-up of the Kennedy assassination. McClellan also names
Malcolm "Mac" Wallace as one of the assassins. The book includes allegations surrounding the theft of the 1948
Senate election,[1] an Austin murder by
Wallace, and a belated grand jury action regarding
Johnson in another murder by Wallace.
The killing of
Kennedy, McClellan alleges, was paid for by oil millionaires, including
Clint Murchison, Sr. and
H. L. Hunt. McClellan purports that
Clark got $6 million for this work, including a $2 million bonus. McClellan notes the conspiracy background disclosed in the book shows how some power lawyers abuse the legal and political systems. Extensive citations are in the book.
French journalist
William Reymond published a book the same year in which he claims that
Cliff Carter and
Malcolm Wallace were key to helping plot the murder of JFK. McClellan's book has been translated into
Japanese. McClellan is completing the sequel to his first book, which purportedly will disclose what he alleges to be a continuing cover-up, as well as new insights into the
Kennedy family.
After McClellan repeated his allegations against Johnson in the documentary
The Men Who Killed Kennedy, broadcast on
The History Channel on
November 18, 2003,[2] former presidents
Gerald Ford and
Jimmy Carter protested, and former LBJ staffers
Bill Moyers and
Jack Valenti asked The History Channel to investigate the charges. On
April 2, 2004, after having three historians examine the charges, The History Channel issued a press release stating that the claim of LBJ's complicity "is entirely unfounded and does not hold up to scrutiny
.... [The show] fell short of the high standards that the network sets for itself. The History Channel apologizes to its viewers and to
Mrs. [
Lady Bird] Johnson and her family for airing the show."[3]
In addition to disclosing the many motivations for Johnson, McClellan states that the assassination of Kennedy allowed the oil depletion allowance to be kept at 27.
5 percent. It remained unchanged during the Johnson presidency. According to McClellan this resulted in a saving of over
100 million dollars to the
American oil industry. In
1970, during
President Richard Nixon's term, the oil depletion allowance dropped to 15 percent. It was not until the arrival of
President Jimmy Carter that the oil depletion allowance was removed.
McClellan also wrote
Made in the USA:
Global Greed, Bad Tax
Laws and The Exportation of
America's
Future published in June
2010 by
Hannover House.
Taking a positive look at the greatest generations since
1945, McClellan notes
Pax Americana was in place by
1990. He traces the subsequent collapse of the economy to government-induced programs for an unacceptable imbalance of trade, declining family income, unworkable mortgages, high prices at the pump, and collapsing billfolds forcing homeowners to walk away from their homes.
Banks also collapsed and then the economy collapsed. This tragedy for individuals and families is not acceptable; however, after two years, the economy has not recovered and jobs have not been available. Recommending initiatives to buy America with strong support for private enterprise, McClellan says open trade must replace free trade in the new paradigm of ten common markets. The budget and trade deficits will be corrected by encouraging American free enterprise. Extensive citations are in the book. Emphasizing the human side, the book shows the impact on individuals from economic policies.
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