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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