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moved its headquarters to New York City.. As of March 1977, the officers and
directors of the national organization were:(253)
Directors
Officers
Mose Durst
Neil Salonen, president
Joseph Sheftick
Edwin Ang, vice-president
Neil Salonen
Rhonda Schmitt, secretary
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William Bergman
David Hose
Edwin Ang
Clifford Yasutake, treasurer
Michael Warder
In addition to the national organization, State UC's were formed throughout
the United States. Many of the officers and boards of directors of these State
UC's overlapped with the national organization, with each other, and with non-UC
components of the Moon Organization. The UC of Washington, D.C.,
incorporated in 1967, had among its directors in 1976: Kim Young Oon, Neil
Salonen, Jon Schuhart, Michael Leone, Clifford Yasutake, Edwin Ang, Rhonda
Schmitt, Michael Warder, Mose Durst, Joseph Sheftick, and William
Bergman.(254)
The UC of New York at various times, had Takeru Kamiyama,
Joe Tully, William Bergman, Walter Gottesman, and Michael Runyon as
directors; Tully, Runyon, Kamiyama, and Gottesman also served as officers of
the UC of New York.(255)
A California affiliate of the UC which was organized
under the name "International Re-Education Foundation" had as officers and
directors Choi Sang Ik, Walter Gottesman, and Michael Warder.(256)
The International Re-Education Foundation was but one of the names used
by branches and affiliates of the UC. Often, there was no indication that a local
UC was connected to the larger organization. Many ex-members reported that
attempts were made to disguise the local groups' ties to Moon and the national
UC, particularly during fundraising and recruiting efforts.
Nevertheless, UC publications make clear the cohesiveness of the many
branches, not only within the United States, but abroad as well. Prior to 1971, UC
members in the United States generally referred to their organization as the
Unified Family. The January 1971 edition of New Age Frontiers, part of which
was quoted earlier, explained the change in name to Unification Church:
"In light of the need to bring ourselves into a position to effect a change in
American society, he announced the first change-our name is now the Unification
Church. The reason for the change is that we must ultimately have our effect on
the institutions of society. The name implies respectability and stability."(257)
The growth of the UC in the United States had been slow in the 1960's. Moon
arrived in the United States in December 1971 to take charge of his movement
here. Reportedly furious with the disorganized state of the American UC and its
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