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    CONTENTS INTERRUPT =| Seis an teoroornsorn yy sem Rls Science for the People. A Spring Joint.....+ newsletter of Day in Babylon's Courts Womens Bail Find. computer people for peace National Report. A JOINT TREATY OF PEACE BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, SOUTH VIET NAM, AND NORTH VIET NAM Be it known thatthe American and Viet Namese peopl are nt enemies. The wari carrie out nthe ames of the people ofthe United States and South Viet Nam but without our consent. It destroys the land We hereby are tend she war on the felling term, 0 that both people cn ve unde the jy of tepandence and can devote themselves to bung a society bated on human equality and emect forthe th In ejecting the ware ano eee al forme of rac and dicriminaionagtnat people bated on ‘or, cls, x, national eign and etc grouping which form the bai of the war pois, present end tof te United State. "The Americans agree to total withdrawal from Viet Nam, and publicly to set the date by which all U.S itary fret wil be removed. 2.The Viet Names pledge that at soon athe US. government publly wt # dte for total withraual they will enter icusion to wcure the releaue ofall American prisoners, inating pilot captured wile bombing North VietNam 3. There wil be an immediate cous fire between U.S. forces and thou led by the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vit Nom: 4. They wil enter dacusons onthe procedures to guarantee the safety ofall withdrawing oops. ‘5.The American pledge to end the imposition of Thu, Ky and Khiam onthe people of Sout Viet "Nam in order insure their right to self-determinevon, and 10 tat al pole prions can be lem, {6-The Viet Names pledge to form a provisional coslition government 10 organize democratic. eesions, Al prt agee to reipect the eu f the lactone in which al South Viet Namest fan purteioateeely without te presence of any frelgn troops 7The South Viet Name pledge to enter dscusion of procedures to guarantee the safety and olive freedom of thow South Viet Name who have collaborated with the US or withthe U:S.supported ege. {The Americans and Viet Names agree to respect the independence, pidbe and nevrality of Lact and Cambodia in acord withthe 1054 and 1962 Geneve convention, end not to interfere in the nternal affairs ofthe tw counties, '.Upon these points of apsement, we plage to nd the war and resolv al other quertions in the apt of sel determination and mutual pect forthe independence and politica readom of he paope ‘Viet Nom and the United States By raving this agreement, we pledge to ake whatever action ate appropriate 1 implement te tems of hs Joint Trety of Peace, and to insure its ecaptance by the goverment ofthe United Sa NENSLETTER OF coMPUT; PEOPLE FOR ‘PEACE = we Collective: nbara, Burt, Dave, Elaine, Joan, Yalie, Ken, ) Mike, Paul, Sta Published ty: Computer People for Penc gfe Betgnin Genter °° fest ith Street Now York, Nov Tore toons {") Phone: (212) 924-0894 PEACE NOTES Paign to get your co-workers and nelgh= bors to ratify the treaty. Tear off the gory of the Treaty in this issue and mail it back to us with your signature. Write to us for additional copies to hand out. CFP's Steering Comittee unanimously voted to ratify the Treaty. Our plans for the Spring will include support for the actions approved by the Chicago Convention. In addition we will be focusing on the War and the misuse of technology atthe Spring Joint Computer Conference May 18-20 in Atlantic City. CPP plans to make SJCC an integral part of the May peace offensive. (See page). This Treaty is a means of expressing peace and cooperation with the peoples of Indo- china in their struggle to build a society free of U8. wouteels We gs Feopls in signing the Treaty to begin to disengage thenselres: fron ail complianoe wth the war and the machinery by which it is min- tained. President Nixon, by his dnvasion of Los, has shown once more that he seeks a military victory. We can't accept the logic of winding down the war ay expanding it. The only way to end this nightmare is to immediately withdraw all U.S. troops fron Indochina. 2 The Making of a Peace Treg sp gent three delegates to a nay OFF eetion called to develop bee RL Sf struggle against the war ang Gonestic problens we all face, was attended by 300 delegates trop. a tons of the country (ine: v Ingland, Finland, and Vietnam.) aiition agreed on three for the Springs the PEOPLE'S Prat (see page 1), demoastrations aromg Bey anniversary of Martin Luther Kingig { Asination (April 2), and maze syegSt demonstrations during May. ‘Tho atonal, Studeats Assoctation (jy) reported on the People's Peace Treytet They bad traveled to Hanoi whore the trosty was signed by the Worth Vi, Student Tony snd the NEF Students One nonder of the NSA delegation was to go clandestinely to Saigon; there i treaty was sigued by the Student Taig’ of South Vietnane The Peace Treaty, for the first tine, us the opportunity to show that the of the United States do not consider selves to be at war with the people of A “non-white” caucus made up of black, Chicano, Puerto Rican and American dele gates presented their perspective to thy conference. They condemed those vto a “shite antivar" movenent with sow world "observers". They also condatmed any effort to place the domestic issues of racien and zepression as secondary. The denands, they stated, could not be mechanically and chauvinistically Put dom on paper and not acted out in Life. Essentially the position of this group was that ther can be no m3 spring actions without having strong demands dealing with the domestic crises, The "non-white" caucus also stressed the April2-4 actions (around the am- iversary of Dr. King's murder) must be Yell planned and executed in a discip- lined manner. Specific areas to be goncentrated on during April included: ‘the National Welfare Rights Organiza! Continued Page DATA BANK NEWS Cwi= Cea CPP is planning to sttend Sen. Ervin's hearings in Washington on data banks. ‘The hearings vill start on Feb. 23 and continue for three weeks (3 days a week). They are under the direction of the Senate Subcomulttes on Constitutional Rights andwill probably feature Attorney Gen- eral Mitchell on March B. If you live near Washington and are thinking about going please contact us at our Dolphin Center office. ‘TRIES TO GET NAME OFF NYSIIS FILE When I learned that the New York State Identification and Intelligence Systen (WY SIIS) included a file of arrest records, I decided to inguire about my case. I had been arrested on Election Day 1969 while exercising my right of free speech, by giving out leaflets for the March on Wash- iP Angton. I had been treated well, hovever, and swo days later at the arraignnent the charges were dropped. I didn't consider myself especially vulnerable to any harm from government, data banks. Although Wall Street workers, much like myself, have been arbitrarily ‘fired because their nanes appeared on state files (which had been sold to their firms), I still was operating on the"'righ- teous indignation" provoked when I was de- prived of my First Anendnent rights. I was willing to take the sual risk of exe- rting a little pressure to find out more about existing data banks. So I wrote a letter to NYSIIS asking to see my record and stating that I was oppo- sed to arrest records being on file, since arrested people are innocent. Dr. Gallan= ti, the Driector of NISIIS, replied that access to the NISIIS files is permitted only to qualified government agencies. He advised me, however, that: "there exists a practice whereby @ citizen who oelieves that his record on file is inaccurate may personally visit our ers in Albany an 2 proper identification permitted to review the contents of any file that might exist concerning hin. You may of course, take advan- tage of this privilege and personally Wisi fate aghnog Tor tat purpose.” Dis yd with his response, with ite references to "practice" and "privil- eges" rather than rights, I again wrote to WISHIS. I stated that it was the duty of NYSIIS to keep their files accurate (e.g. by expunging arrest-oaly records) and to inform and encourage citizens to use their rights, rather than to discourage people by requiring a trip to Albany. I also wrote at this point to oy Stave Assembly- mane De. Gallanti wrote to tell me that there was no identifiable record in the file concerning ne. He wrote: there exists, therefore, no reason for you to invoke the right earlier described by my letter whereunder citizen, following proper identific- stion, le permitted to review at MIS IIS facilitice the contents of a file maintained on him, and where appropr- date, challenge the infomation there inet I noticed that what had been describ- ed as a "practice" and a "privilege" beca- me a "right" only when it appeared that I would not be able to exercise it. But MIS TIS had played tho gana wells there was nothing nore I could do. My Ascenblyman is making his own inquiry and promises to work on legislation, It is still very u- clear whether existing legislation on NIST 15 definitively provides the poople with a right to review and correct records. Even Af this legislation does exist it is cert~ ainly difficult, if not impossible, to re- trieve a record. CFP plans to publish a boollst on tho govern- ment end data banks in late March; including backgrowri information about existing “iles and coments by people in tha field pertain ing to the security and feasibitizy of data bank legisistion. Contributions aro weloone; please then short (300 words or less). We are particulariy interest=3 in tho feasible Limitations of goverment data banks. LETTERS FRG January 27, 1971 Dear Sirs ‘My name is Ronald B, and I'm an inmate of the Clinton Correctional Facility aad have beea incarcerated 11 cold, hard years. I'm ae uae old and will be eligible for parole in 2 yeares Tim socving a term of 20 0°50 years for amsd sobbosy (1st foe lox offender) - for a crine T'n inocent ofy 2f tut moans arvthing = {2 wmualiy dente For macy weeks now Tlve been endeavoring to take a course in computer date process: ing (a correspondence course) - to no a= vail. Money is the motivating factor in ny failures in these attomtas ‘I have no money ~ and furthermore have no possible neans of getting amy. Bit T cine across Your address while Yeading the "Village Voice and thought perhaps with your oF ganization I would hava a chances T am ttorly sincere in wanting to take said correspondence course and hope (pray?) ‘that you can consider those with my type of batkgrotnd, “x have no one uho youd fe willing to help mo ina matter. Like this = and I vant, so very auch, to do seuetising tovards constructive and nean- ingful steps in the direction of fitting imsk into Bornel sociaty and vith some thing to contribute. Your organisation tan give me the tools to face society, repared to fit into the midnstrean of Tahir. As I've mentioned before = I've not had the best of luck in getting the sought after correspondence course but I have hope that you will help me. If there were sone way I could make you see and under~ stand the sincerity of my request. Per- haps you can understand from knowing of the many harsh, frustrating, fruitless years of nothingness I lived. Years that have been full of dreams ~ and torment of ‘the most unimaginable kind. I have uti- lized all the prograns available while in prison, such as a high school diploma, Dale Carnegie Course, grow therapy, ete. So, you see, I do indeed wan’ to help my- self. 4 aly 21 view and I truly hope that you wil der ay application with compassion, ont eal Youre very truly, Ronald Be Collective note: Anyone interested in beips nen please write to Interrupt for bs address. January 18, 197. Dear CPP, I got a copy of your newsletter fran a ganizing Comittee in hopes of setting computer systen here to help fam ers. “I an eager to be a part of CH cause of your talk of programer's ete. Also we will need sone o People around here shortly to get this ‘thing runing. Anyway, I only get $5 Wook subsistence expenses here and afford your $10 fee. Could I just your newsletter? I'would be greatful. Peace, Dave 5. Delano, Calif. December 31, 1970 Dear Couputer People for Peace = Here's a suggestion £ take me oo eeettO8 for saving moneys Thanks, Robert M. Dearest; New J [THE PEGPLE... q q December 4, 1970 r Sir ‘terday I received correspondence from [requesting thot I send in wy 1971 mem Bhip dues. 1 am writing to inform you 1 do not intend to be» menber of the (puter People for Peace in 1971. I b \e Anterested in CPP earlier thie year ‘the Spring Joint Computer Conference ‘nuse I too am interested in "the fight inst wer, recism, repression, discrimi dion based on sex. and the ailitery- Tustrial complex". Hovever, articles in fent issues of "Interrupt" indicote thot are taking a much more radical stance many issues, vhether Justified or not. fannot support this. In perticuler, I ‘ot suport your flirtation with the fiek Ponther Perty. The Penthers, like ‘Computer People for Pesce, have streyed & beyond their originel intentions. Re- Sly, they have become on extrenely vio- Mit organization. They are also enti- {ifitie. One con only conclude from their ance vith the Black Penthers thet the ‘gputer People for Pesce are also enti witic. I will not have snything to do i anti-Semitic organizations. Very truly yours, a Martin C. Pittsburgh, Pa. CPP RESPONDS Jur experiences and actions over the E three years have convinced many of Yactive menbers to take "a mre radical swe believe we cannot fight to end » repression, racism or sexism as jent issues.” We understand that fe curtail the power of the people country whose interests are serv- perpetuating these evils--the ubiq- military-industrial establishment. we cannot fight alone. We must other groups involved in the je, One of the groups is the Black Party. Our menbers differ about for their program, and we have never expressed active support for the party as such. (Our bail-raising effort for Clark Squire stressed that constitu- tional guarantees about the judicial process were being denied to this man, a programmer like many of us, in fact a former co-worker of some members.) Your charges against the party seem of doubtful truth, though. It seems that far more violence is used against the party than is initiated by it (between January 1 and December 5, 1969, 28 members of the BPP were killed by the police). As to their alleged anti-Semitism, the formal statements of the party deny this charge (see Huey Newton's press conference, covered in the BPP newspaper of September 1, 1970). Individual members of the normally well-disciplined party have made anti-Semitic remarks. The "Black Panther" has carried anti-Semitic articles in the past. We completely deplore this and hope that the party leadership rectifies it. (Recent issues of the newspaper denonstrate a trend away from those past errors.) As we see ourselves and the BPP as often being on the same side of the same struggle, it is our duty to criticize these individuals and point out to then that their mistaken attitudes only serve the interests of our common enemy who seeks to divide and conquer the opposi- tion. The Squire Committee recently meet with Zayd Shakur, East Coast Minister of Information for the BPP, and discussed this issue with him. Direct communication of this sort is the best way we know to air our disagreements and hopefully to initiate changes. ‘The Black Panther Party, unlike some black militant groups, sees the problems in this country as class problems, not race problems. Their analysis of who is a friend and who is an enemy arises from asking who is exploiting whom. Their observation that white landlords are exploiting them does not make them anti- white, but anti-landlord. ‘Things which are bad for blacks are also bad for the Jews. Neither group has access to the American Dream, and for either to blame it on the other plays into the hands of the group which excludes Continued Page 6 ' The PEGPLE... December 4, 1970 Deer Sirs: Yesterday I received correspondence from you requesting that I send in my 1971 mem. ership dues. I am writing to inform you ‘that I do not intend to be » member of the Computer People for Pesce in 1971. I be- came interested in CPP earlier thie yeer ‘et the Spring Joint Computer Conference Yecause I too em interested in "the fight against war, recism, repression, discrimi pation based on sex. and the militery- industriel complex". However, articles in recent issues of “Interrupt” indicate thet you sre taking a much more radical stance on ueny issues, whether justified or not. I cennot support this. In particular, I cannot suport your flirtetion with the Black Penther Party. The Panthers, like ‘the Computer People for Peace, have strayed for beyond their origins] intentions. Re- cently, they have become sn extremely vio~ lent organizetion. They are also anti- Semitic. One cen only conclude from their romance with the Black Panthers thet the Couputer People for Peace are also enti- Semitic. I vill not have anything to do with anti-Semitic organizations. Very truly yours, Mertin C. Pittsburgh, Pa. CPP RESPONDS Our experiences and actions over the st three years have convinced many of four active menbers to take "a more radical tance"--we believe we cannot fight to end che war, repression, racism or sexism as independent issues. We understand that ust curtail the power of the people in this country whose interests are serv- by perpetuating these evils--the ubiq- iitous military-industrial establishment. ‘And ve cannot fight alone. We must spport other groups involved in the struggle. One of the groups is the Black mnther Party, Our members differ about jupport for their program, and we have never expressed active support for the party as such. (Our bail-raising effort for Clark Squire stressed that constitu- tional guarantees about the judicial process were being denied to this man, a programmer like many of us, in fact a former co-worker of some menbers.) Your charges against the party seem of doubtful truth, though. Tt seems that far more violence is used against the party than is initiated by it (between January 1 and Decenber 5, 1969, 28 menbers of the BPP were killed by the police). As to their alleged anti-Semitism, the formal statements of the party deny this charge (see Huey Newton's press conference, covered in the BPP newspaper of September 1, 1970). Individual members of the normally well-disciplined party have made anti-Semitic remarks. The "Black Panther” has carried anti-Semitic articles in the past. We completely deplore this and hope that the party leadership rectifies it. (Recent issues of the newspaper demonstrate a trend avay from those past errors.) As we see ourselves and the BPP as often being on the same side of the same struggle, it is our duty to criticize these individuals and point out to then that their mistaken attitudes only serve the interests of our common eneny who seeks to divide and conquer the opposi- tion. The Squire Committee recently meet with Zayd Shakur, East Coast Minister of Information for the BPP, and discussed this issue with him. Direct communication of this sort is the best way we know to air our disagreements and hopefully to initiate changes. The Black Panther Party, unlike some black militant groups, sees the problems in this country as class problems, not race problems. Their analysis of who is 4 friend and who is an eneny arises from asking who is exploiting whom. Their observation that white landlords are exploiting then does not make them anti- white, but anti-landlord. Things which are bad for blacks are also bad for the Jews. Neither group has access to the American Dream, and for either to blame it on the other plays into the hands of the group which excludes Continued Page 6 5 «WRITE GN thea both. Tt isn't the blacks vho ex- rom country clubs, boards of Sth Avenue comop—rand it 1s ho own most of Watts or run the large corporations which won't hive blacks. If a Jew 1s held up bya blacks OF a black exploited by a Jeu, we mist not fall into the racist trap of confensing an gntire group on the basis on this exper fence, Rather, we mst understand the esnures working on each group which cause individuals to act in a way conteaty to their own best interests, Name calliog harms our mutual strugele, Your notion that CPF i9 anti-Semitic 4s really painful to all of us. Jevish and non-Jewish menbers of the group are & struggling together vith our positions on Israel and Zionism. “But non-Jeva and. Jeut alike, ve condenn discrimination against sJevs wherever it existe-vhere, da hea countries, in the Socialist countries fron exactly the sane convictions that rake us condean the repression of the Black Panthers here, the Basques {n Spain or the Arabs in Terael. Thank you for writing to us co lee us mov your feelings. We hope you'll nov Feconsider your decision to dissociate yourself fron cur group. isn't Jews wi Peace, CPP Steering Comittee Dear Sirs: I enjoy your information and efforts on behalf of peace. Enclosed is $1 cash to help your efforts. I will try to send more when I can afford it. Peace, BLM. New Orleans, La. Please renova my name fron your mailing list. I do not wish to receive your ob- scene and revolutionary literature! Wallace Le Arnold Air Force Sta. Tenn. Jan. 13, 197) Power Sisters and Brothers: ou already Inow that Judge ttetagh hes slamed the door on thy bail issue so this is just to exprogy by letter sone of the things I woulg have liked to say in person. Twat to sand ch of 708 dhe | at and most sincere appreciation Sotploting « difficult and t tasks Again I can't help but otress that T know the problems you had to overcome, you succeeded and that spoaty for itself, I feel we have both grom stronger and nore avare because of it and that alone, to me, makes the effort worthwhile. I look at 1 on one hand as a mass political ed- cation class and on the other, your actions reinforced my faith in him- anity. T hope you that survived the bail campaign contime to seok out reality and act upon your convictions, Te is dangerous but it 4s necessary, if ever we all are to be free. As for us here in jail, I guess this narks the beginning of the heavy shit, We should be able to deal with it be- cause during the last several months each of us has been tempered by alnost continous day in and day out crisis. All in all this has made us here in Jail much stronger, much closer and much clearer on what must be done. I feel jail (if one survives) 4s tho best tr: and bree: nnd for revolitiinariocy thatete oot to amed struggle. I realize that nary of you at CPP are not about that, but I have never tried to hide fron you the fact that I an a revolutdonary—- and the Job of a revolutionary is to nake the revolution. TI still would Fecomend by passing the jail phase if possible ( mile), I would Like you to hold the bail money until the end of the trial, if possible, in case of a mistrial or hung jury. my acquittal or conviction I assuze the contributions will be "returned to 3 «WRITE GN... Deets Dee.9,1970 or one year T have been a ma @P. But I still do not cowie ais (@P policy nor do I imow how I can influence that policy. Until such fudanental issues are cleared up, J shall withold my membership dues. Sincerely, B. F.C Wisconsin ‘mt Statement of CPP Policy INTERRUPT COLIECTIVE: In New York we are organized around comittees, each of which is devoted to a particular topic. ‘The dec- ision making body is the Steering Comittee which meets every other week and is open ‘to anyone (including those people not in the computer field who have an interest 4n computer related topics). The Steering Committee is composed of members of the action committees and elects two coordinators who help to carry out the consensus of the grou. The present Coordinators are Ken Thomas and Joan Dublin, Chairman/wonanship of the Steering Comittee meetings rot- ates among all members so that everyone can get a chance to experience leadership responsibilities. The action committees are forned by the decision of the Steering Comittee and are open to anyone willing to do the work. The present committees include: People's Peace Treaty; Data banks; Political thearys Squire and Spring Joint. The activities of these groups is reported in our mailings and in Interrupt. If you Live in or around NYC the meeting Schedule of these comuittees and other ad hoo groups should be mailed to yous If you are not receiving it, or live outside ‘the NY area, please contact us at our Dolphin Center address. Each isoue of Interrupt contains a national report listing various People in other cities who you can contact. Te you are interested in getting a group going let us know. Other CPP groups need not be organized the way we are in New York. In short you can influence CPP policy either through activities in your own area or throagh Interrupt. INTERRUPT Policy The Interrupt collective is one of the ‘committees in CPP New York. Its purpose is to express the views of the Steering Committee, keep the membership informed of actions and serve as a forun for read~ ers to communicate their ideas. ‘The Interrupt collective is responsible to the Steering Comittee. Unsigned articles reflect the general policy of the group as a whole, while signed articles represent the author's viewpoint. Articles which present a specific policy or state ment of the Steering Comittee contain a statement of approval. This is arrived at by a vote of the Steering Committee and is usually presented in the form of an editorial. Interrupt is published every two months. ‘All articles (solicited or unsolicited) must be read and approved by consensus of the collective. We welcone articles on any computer related topic. We do not edit articles, but often request the writer to shorten picees if we are tight on space (a common occurrence) « Geis our policy to try to print as many letters fron readers as space permits. Totters are accepted on a firet cone basis, and not on our agreement with content. eS T don't agree with most of the things you say 9 T won't Join. You're too bitter jometimes « You use words like "fight", seldom "cooperate", an thoge ae ‘I think you ought to be heard. Please ae one mane coerce", and Neil P. Rosemont, Pa. -- WRITE GN! January 1, 1971 To the Accounting Department New England Telephone 4 national magazine recently published an interview with Lt Willian Gafley sho de how on trial for killing 102 Vietnanese Ren, women, and children at My Laie In that interview Calley offers the boast that “If a majority (of Anericans) tells me, ‘lieutenant, go and kill 1000 enemies," I'LL go and K111 1000 enenies.' In response to that remark, T want to say that I have actively opposed the barbaric intrusion of ths U.S in Vietnamese affaire, and the massive obscene destrustion of life and property which has been the inevitsble consequence of such intrusion. In every way open to me, I want to go on record for Calley's sake and his superiors on wp to the President, that I an not in that a= jority" which’ Calley cites as hic authority for committing genocids. Accordingly I refuse to pay the 10% Wetnan war tax on this and on all future phone bills, Twill instead send that money to Computer People for Peace, an organization that represent my profession and actively opposes the ware While I support those boys in Vietnam who are truly prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice for their comtry, I an absolute- Jy opposed to the U.S. mission in that un- fortunate land. By reallocating the war ‘tax money, I wish to say as forcefully as my means permit, that this country faces genuine problens today whose solution would certainly call for the services of patriotic young men, if only their leadars were of a mind to do 50. Karl M. Cambridge, Nase. Collective note: Please let us know Tf you want your nane witheld on your letter. In future issues full nanes will be printed with letters, unless otherwise noted. Dear Brothers, (sic) E have been doing sone work tn the sou jersey SANE and one of the members movin’ a copy of INTERRUPT because hee knew I was a computer people. I rathen enjoyed reading it and have decided i join. So Iam enclosing $10. Tang | technical consultant and lead programer for a small software firm. The person who brought me the TNTERP, said that CPP or an offshoot group was planning a conference in May in Atlantic City. I'd be interested in hearing or seeing more about that. | INTERRUPT is really great. There 4s 99 much happening in the computer world I wasn't aware of. Sincerely, Michael D. Westmont, New Jersey a poem I leave you a foggy future. Two-thirds of my life T have lived. Without any joy. My father has fought; I have fought; and you're fighting. The same war. Now, I'm leaving... I leave you: Foxholes to inhabit, Mined fields to plow, Booby trapped paths to walk in, Rivers diluted with blood for you to drink, Rice mixed with chemicals for your bowl, Nights with flash bombs to give you Light, Days with napalm to hide the sunlight from you. Receive these my son, That is your inheritance. That is your future. But may you leave your son a better one! A Vietnamese wonan | Pentagon lists 25 top killers Department recenti ores. pete cc cern Tocpnone 8 Tegresh som i i i ij i i" i TTT i { ny i Tie 8 Rubber == nfs Continued from 2 call for a $5,500 guaranteed annual incomes Iettuce boycott; AKP boycott; the issue of drags in the commmities; the rising warcaused inflation and unemployment. wewew "SEV DAYS IN MAY" After much heated discussion the following Points were agreed upon for the Spring Peace Offensive: © concentrated activities calling for adopt- ion of the Peace Treaty: * building mass denonstrations in as many cities ible. # tonsriolent direct action and ofvil sobedience centered in Washington for those that wish to participate. actions should be le Like Dr. Spock, Mrs~ King, Dave Dellinger and Cesar Chavez. ® demonstrations must join together the fermetretong mat ote omnes eat, Tepression, aiid Sexual discrimination. * every effort will be made to encourage, & worldwide response in solidarity ow demands. Bis ition, now named ed that the new coalition, nov na - Peopiete Coalition for Peace and Justice, $2 unite the various segnents of the move “nt and serve as a vehicle for soci] changes 1 revealed a list ofits top 25 defense * | bees for 1870. Following ae the names nd amount i govt BERRIGANS’ STATEMENT The statement fron Father Daniel Berr= igan and Father Phillip Bérrigan reads "38 years ago, the Nazi party burnt the Reichstag (Parliament) in order to stampede the German people into support- ing a policy of repression at home and militariom abroad. Yesterday the gov- ernment of the U. S. for much the same purposes, created a grotesque conspiracy... "The objective is a simple but deadly one-- to destroy the American peace movement by creating caricatures of those who opp~ ose the war. Knowing that most Americans are against that war, the goverment has embarked on a most tragic and outrageous coarse--to stignatize millions of morally dedicated opponents of our military in- volvement in Indochina as violent and derranged people. These indictments are a stark cover-up for our past and fusure mad adventures abroad and our inability to solve the pressing problens of our People at home. ‘We call on all our fellow eitizens- whatever their politics or religious beliefs--to repudiate the use of fab- ricated accusations and state trials to facilitate the implementation of foreign and domestic policies thay may, Af unchecked now, make peace vedon, truth, and i Srreaegy rath, snd love anachrondons Science For The People Many of us on the Interrupt Collective were distressed to read the eereight Press accounts of the "disruptive" Ections et the AS Conteresees We itvited the Science for the People group to contribute to this issue; and so their story unfolds. Needless ‘to say this group like several crowing collectives of "profee Morkers shave nary thoughts tn oem with GHP. Tf you would’ Iike to earn nore about, then their magazine is available (50¢) at our Dolphin Center ofticer Ending with a statement, "No scientific Societies will meet again without our collective voice being heard", and calling for scientific workers to retimn to their workplace to organize their fellow work- ers in "people's science projects", the last leaflet of the Scienoe for the People coalition brought to 20,000 the number of sheets of mimeo paper that were chumed out in 5 days of actions at the anual meeting of the American Association for ‘the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Chicago, Dec. 26-314 During those five days 1200 of the 5300 Persons attending the AAAS meeting bought Science for the People, the group's mag- ‘arlte; 300 peoplesom the average, stted= ed nightly meetings; Newsreel films were showns workshop countersessions on teach- ing radical science, on memploynent among scientists, and on redical ecology were held; and several direct actions were taken. The actions began with a Science -for the People opening address delivered (by taking over the rostrun) to the 700 people who had come to hear Philip Handler, Pres. of ‘the National Acadeny of Science. It closed with the indictment of Glenn T. Seaborg, Chaiman of the Atomic Energy Comission, for the orime of science against the people (delivered through a bullhorn by taking over a nationally televised meeting). In between these major events, neeting takeovers, guerrilla theatre, disruption and critical questioaings occured. These were designed to develop critical avare- nese anong the sclentific-vorkers and academics of how they were (perhaps un- wittingly) being used to contribute to 10 0 C science against the people. Since sclena ted sclentific workers, a6 everything elee under advanced capitalion, are pron woted for the use of the ruling class; scientific vorkers cannot escape their misuse individually. They must join together at the workplace, at schools, in the community, and find ways of con- cretely contributing to Liberation strug. gles and thus begin the process of their own liberation from exploitation and coll, ective schizophrenia. Unity of thought and action was the rule, Sexist use of a woman's body in a pro- notion campaign was forcibly stopped. The racist violence of denying basic medical care in the ghetto was addressed ina panel on "violence" by collecting money for the Chicago Panther's Free Com= unity Health Clinic. Repression of free- dom of thought and speech was attacked by forcibly preventing chaimen fron manipulating meetings. The protesters thenselves vere exemplary, having truly ‘open meetings, facilities available to all, open self/mitual criticism and shared decision making. The press, desperately looking for "leaders", fomd a different set of collectively chosen Public spokeswonen/nen each day. ‘SCIBICE FOR THE PEOPIE! submitted by the Helen Keller Collective, Boston. /ORLD PEACE THRU WORLD IMPERIALISI THM earnings outside the United States accounted for 50.3% of total profit ast year, This was the first tine 's history that overseas earnings Jexceeded domestic net income. JGitbert E. Jones, board chairman Jof I World Trade stated that "The influence of World Trade on IBM's orld product line is growing every day". Jin discussing WIC's marketing strategy fhe went on to say"I'd like to see the 18584 is hare 13 years early. The following call has been issued to peace and activist grows. In addition we urge all computer people to join us in Atlantic City in May. Computers are increasin used as a means of oppression: ! They are at the heart of every military and police system. They are at the core of every major corporation and are used to max- imize profits with little regard for human needs. The Spring Joint Computer Confer- ence (SJCC) is an annual trade show-technical conference-public relations gimmick-sales event which brings together represent- atives of major corporations (IBM, GE, Honeywell, RCA, Litton, Rand, ATAT, etc.), high level representatives of the military and government, and the techno- cratic elite that serves their interests. Obviously the event is overwhelm- ingly dominated by white males. SUCC is being held at Convention Hall in Atlantic City, N.J., on May 18-20. Attendance is expec- ted to exceed 30,000, making the conference one of the largest military-industrial gatherings in the country. Computer People for Peace pro- poses a mass multi-issue series of actions, meetings, and dem- onstrations during the SJCC. The issues to be raised include: @US genocide in South East Asia, particularly corporate involve- ment. (Honeywell is the prime manufacturer of anti-personnel fragmentation bombs.) @ Repression at home, specifi- cally the use of computer based information systems as a means of social control. (Military Intelligence keeps data banks on civilians--including all of us.) = Corporate racism (18M plans to expand its South African market while the rate of unemployment among Third World people in the US continues to increase.) |The present misuse vs. the constructive potential of com- puter technology (as applied to health, education, welfare, housing, ecology, and urban planning). @ The role of automation on the rising level of unemployment, In early Oct. CFP sent a letter (reprinted in Interrupt 12) to Jack Mosman, general chairman of the Spring Joint Couputer Conference '71, asking that we, as an organi~ zation in the computer field, be pormitted to participate in the conference at that level, i.es a say in the planning and control of the conference. We also asked Tor space within the exhibit hall for a CPP peace exhibit. In his reply of mid Nov. (reprinted in Interrupt 13), Dr. Mosman refused our requests and referred us instead to "proper chamels" ~ in this oase represented ty Col. HeF. Woodbury of C.D.C-, Gordon Goldstein of the Office of Naval Research, Richard Wilcox of the Office of Energency Preparedness, etc. CPP responded in early Jan. reiterating our requests. At this time we have yet to hear from Dr, Moshman. It is very difficult to plan for a meaningful dialogue when the chairman of the conference refuses to deal with us directly and channels us to representatives of the mlitary~industrial complex. We do not intend to negotiate with such people. CEP towerery sentatives ae ining to moot vith De, Hasimnn WED (Beton to forit T] aot MARE Cth 1 One Day In Babylon 1 vent to the Ponther triel for the first time expecting it to be a down, expecting the worst from Murtagh and the cops, not really anticipating that I would react sgainst it becouse I thought thet I under stood too vell vhat was happening to get upset. It wes upsetting. It 1s olmost impossible for those of us raised by middle-class Amerika not to expect justice, fairness, reason, something from our courts not to feel humnity betrayed vhen it is not the way we think it ought to be. Yes, it was upsetting. I knew that Murtagh was 8 pig end that the Panthers aren't going to cet onything but shit from this trial, but there is still on emotionel shock to see it actually happen. Vho would not be relieved to go to the trial ond find that it is not as bad as expected? What a relief. it would be to find that we ere too para noié sbout repress‘on rather than having our porenois confirmed end augmented. I went on the day Patrolman McKensie testified end ves cross-exomined. He vos one of the cops involved in the alleged shoot-out on the Harlem River Drive following vhich Joon Bird was arrested. When I entered the courtroom efter being frisked very closely, Murtagh wes lectur- ing Sanford Katz, one of the defense lav- yers, end threatening him with contempt. ‘What'd happened was that Katz hed tried to introduce sone photos of Josn Bird taken when she arrived at the precinct, vhere she vos held for 24 hours, shoving thet she had been badly beaten. DA Phillips had accused Katz of introducing doctored photos ine very hystericel speech. Katz bed replied "toke it eesy". Murtagh vos demanding thet Ketz epologize. McKensie's testimony ves eritical to the je. The story the cops were trying to establish ves that McKensie and hie pert- ner had heppened by chance on @ perked car conteining Joen Bird and two men vho begen 2 gun battle with them vhen they started to investigate the car, and that they found fe high-powered rifle in the cer which ves to be used to shoot police running from @ Precinct scross the Bast River which vas just then being boubed. Primerily during the cross-examination, the story began to fell epert, restricted 12 "S$ COUrtS by: taird cummings J course by the Limitations placed on the Lines of questioning alloved to the defense vy Murtagh, who functions es essistant Prosecutor most of the time. First, the plen to shoot cops from the distence scrose the river sounds o little wild eyed if not dovnright impractical. The coincidence of the timely arrival of McKensie ond his pertner on the scene at, ‘the exact moment when the ambush was being sprung certainly stretches the Amogination. It strikes me as more re morkable than thet sone people with @ gun in their cor should have been parked ecross the river from where @ bomb was exploding. Much of the testimony McKensie was giving relsted to describing the alleged gun battle which took place st ranges of from ‘two to four feet, and to showing an alleged bullet hole he later found in his summons pouch. It seems incredible thet anyone preporing an smbush requiring accurate shooting across a river should be so badly trained in the use of guns that they could miss two off gusrd targets, one of vhon wes reportedly lying flst on the ground while the shots were oimed ot him from o renge of two to four feet, miss those targets with ten consecutive shots from ‘two guns. Similerly the cops managed to miss the Penthers. Further, none of the yullets allegedly fired were recovered, end recovery is stendara procedure. The defense poked holes in MeKensie's' story about the bullet hole in his pouch Since he wes unable to produce as evidence or explain why the contents of the pouch were not demged by the bullet. Nor could he explain why a pereffin test had never Deen mode on the hole to determine if it hed been made by @ bullet. Another questionsble bit of testimony Feloted to McKensie's meno book record of ‘the incident and his explanation of ho it heppened thet the preceeding and the following entries vere written in one ink end his report on this ineident in another. Z mention oll the evidence produced from McKensie's testimony to support another lesson learned from the day at the triel, hich 18 how inadequate straight news coverage of the trial is, how biased to the prosecution and devoid of political perspective. The Mmes report of the day S spent at the triel mentioned almost none of the points brought out by the defense cross examinetion. The erticle focused on the direct testimony about the bullet hole ‘the story did mention the flareup betveen yetz end Phillips but totelly ignored the preats made by Murtagh. (The Bailing GP's Squire Comittee succeeded in rats fing the $50,000 bail for Clark Squire, one of the Panther 21, before Christmas and attempted to bail Clark out. Instead, they bailed aim and the other Panthers The comittee found that there was a note on the records by Judge Murtagh making Clark's bail $100,000. Assuming this to be a clerical error, Clark's lawyer raised the question of bail in court, asking that the record be cozrected and the bail accep- ted. Murtagh responded with one of his frequent outbursts and wound up by revok- ing bail for Clark and all his co-defen- dents still in jail and threatening to revoke bail on the defendents already released. This he did the next day to Michael Tabor, only to reinstate bail several days later. Although Murtagh promised at the tine to consider motioas for reinstatement and reduction of bail "on good behavior", he has denied several such motions. It is now clear to the defense and CPP that Clark Squire will remain in jail at least until ‘the end of the current trial. At the January 20 OPP General Meeting, defense attorney Bob Bloom said that just as Martagh intimidates the defendants with bail revocation, he constantly tries to intimidate the defense lawyers with warnings and threats. ‘"Categorically Judge Murtagh should have disqualified himself. He is a most biased person, for Teasoas of his ego, his racisn, for reasons ‘inown to me. He is an evil person. He Should not be a judge at all.” Bloom also said that the Panther trial is closely related to other conspiracy trials Chicago and Seattle and the Berrigans. If you really vant to understand vhst is happening et this triel, how a conspiracy of repression operates, how it feels to live ine state of oppression, you hove to spend a day in court. If the Movement is to survive this conspiracy of repression we heve to be unified on the experience of ‘thet repression. We oll need the under Standing to give us perspective. And the brothers end sisters in court need our Support #6 much a8 ve need theirs In Of Clark Squire He has "very Little doubt that there is 4 common understanding" behind the prosecu- tions, an understanding to infiltrate groups that "cause unpleasant thoughts in the community". The Squire Committee, frustrated by its unsuccessful attempt to accomplish anything within the bail systen, is now looking into further legal actions on the bail and is Preparing an informational pamphlet on the trial for general distribution. SEE YOU AT SPRING JOINT 13 free our sisters , free ourselves. - - The Womens Bail Fund is a coalition of women sho are raising money to bail Wo men out of jetle Tae coalition repre Bente vonon fron groups such as the Young lords Party, Youth Against War and Fascism, the Black Panther Party, Timates Liberation Front, ao well as many independent women. Of the 900 women in the Women's House of Detention IR'NY, about 700 are serving pre-trial detention because thoy cannot radse balls Mary sisters spend 3-9 months dn jail before coming to trial. The Bull Fund belioves that denanding bail. 4s the cane as punishing women who have yo money or propertys Whether bail 12 $c"or $25,080, bail represents ransom if it can not be met. On Jan. 31 a demonstratioa called by the Womens Hail Fund was held in front of ‘the Women's House of D to protest the particularly brutal treatment of the women prisoners over the previous 10 days, during which period they had no heat, no hot food, and no hot water due to a boiler break-down. ‘The other two reasons for demonstrating were to expose the move from the curr- ent prison in Manhattan to Rikerts Is- land as a calculated attempt to re- move our sisters from their supporters, and to publicize the fact that WEF mail to the sisters has been cut off. The 3 items: brutal treatment, Riker's Island, and mail censorship tell us a lot about the nature of "law" and "crime in America todays First, the lack of heat along with ‘the other inhuman conditions inside the jail are an exanple of the cynical indifference to which our sisters are victins, in a sosiety where valus is measured in terns of property, skin color, sex, and where the people who nake and enforee the laws are from a different economic class than those who are the "law-breakers". The Womans Bail Fund supports the imediate inst- tution of all denands by our sisters ‘and brothers in penal institutions throughout the country. Secondly, the censorship of mail to and fron the WEF is an example of how those in power violate even their own laws to protect themselves. According 14 to the Correction Department: "rules" t to be censored or sti ed, agar Sees os fabricated an excuse to stop WBF mall, declaring that it''violates the sacred Janyer-client relationship". The Bail Fund is filing a ouit against the House of D because we want to publicise and expose this illegal action. ery Grrhave no {iuslons about the results of such a suit. While the public is @isturbed about the overcrowding in the jails, the Corrections Dept, is attempting to stop our efforts in getting wonen out. We know that months will elapse before such as sult goes through the courts and is finally won or lost: either way "they" win if we @epend on "their" channels. We will not depend on their channels. Although ‘the Bail Find needs contact with the sisters inside, we are developing our own means of commmication: grape- vine, visits, code letters, demonst- rations. Third, the move to Rikerts Island is intended to isolate the sisters from their visitors and supporters, to re~ move thiseyesore" from the sight and ‘thus hopefully the mind of the public, and to even more thoroughly prevent any sparks of rebellion. Riker!s Island de extremely difficult to get to, and with the Limited visiting hours the move will mean total isolation from public view. ‘The WEF believes that all prisoners are being held because of their class position or their race, and that therefore they are not really criminals but victims and political privoners. They are being held illegally by a system which violates its own laws. Therefore, the Bail Fund calls for the ultimate abolition and destruction of the present jails and the establishment of people's courts and people's jails. Flease send contributions for bail, remarks and questions to: WOMENS BATL FUND FO Box 637 Cooper Station New York, N.Y. 10003 Checks maybe made payable to the Womens Bail Fund, and are tax deductible. ‘This article was submitted by menbers ‘of the Womens Bail Fund, Feiffer PAURALIZE THE WER S

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