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“We must identify and deal with the basic causes
hich account for drug abuse in the first place.”
_ Photo by John Collins
- Lawrence W. Pierce
Chairman 1970 —-
Narcotic Addiction Control” Commission
Governor’s Conference On Drug A And | Alcohol Abuse
‘Miami Beach, January 1970 .
WAR DECLARED
on Narcotic Addiction
BY L. VAN DYKE
People working in the narcotic
field <— government officials,
persons in private agencies, <--
both professionals and non-pro=
fessional == seem to share the
concensus that “once an addict,
always one,”
Lawrence W, Pierce, professor
at the school of Criminal Justice,
State University at Albany, an
ex=-commissioner of New York State
Narcotic Commission, says, “If we
discard long held childish notions
regarding ‘cure’ of narcotic ad-
diction, it is quite possible to
envision control of the addiction
problem, “
Synadon...Hope House... Refer...
fix,..cold turkey...cyclazocine,..
nalaxone,,,methadone...psycho=
therapy...chemo-therapy,,.all are
words and phrases that come up
when you talk about drugs, especi-
ally heroin,
In 1966 war was officially de-
clared on crime and narcotic
addiction in New York State, The
state’s chief executive, Governor
Nelson Rockefeller, at a press
conference in New York City,
declared, “the state contains
more than half the addicts in the
nation,” He also claimed that
for “half the crimes committed in
New York City, narcotic addicts
are responsible,”
_. The response to his declara-
.¢tion of war on drug addiction was
a deluge of magazine articles,
T.V. specials, movies and hundreds
of “experts” being interviewed
about the problem of the drug
menace, on various talk shows <--
Today, Susskind, Bishop, Carson,
Probably the only comparable
response of the media that comes
to mind is Churchill's “Iron
Curtain” speech or McCarthy's
assault on Communists in the fed-
eral government, the movies,
schools, churches, etc, With so
. much publicity being paid to the
drug problem, it followed that
members of the New York State
Legislature would become involved
in ‘curing’ the social problems
created by drug addiction, The
year of the Governor's speech a
bill was introduced to supply
drugs to certified addicts in ef-
forts to destroy illegal traffic.
It won little support, Other
bills followed, Senator Orhen-
stein submitted a bill to fund a
"methadone program,’ Rockefeller
himself introduced a bill that
would go beyond the Metcalf-
Volker Act (by which addicts
accused of certain felonies may
have the charge set aside if they
commit themselves to a three-year
course of treatment and rehabili-
tation), The new bill, passed in
the 1969 session, stated that
criminal defendants, adjudged to
be addicts, would be sentenced to
imminent danger
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November 27, 1970
a@ maximum of three years of intra-
mural and ultramral treatment and
rehabilitation. The law also pro=
vides that “anyone who believes”
that a person is a narcotic addict,
or the addict himself may apply
for a court order certifying the
individual for care and treatment
(section 206), A person may then
be civilly commited by a judge if
it can be shown that there is a
dependency or an imminent danger
of becoming a narcotic addict.
The next step to be taken by
the state —- or the step that’s
“in step” <= would be the setting
up of institutions that treated
the “patients, ”
Dr, Pierce ticks off several
approaches that New York State is
taking, the psychiatric approach,
the correctional, inter-disciplin-
ary, exe-addict operated programs,
drug maintenance, drug antagon-
ists, ambulatory care, and half-=
way-houses,
Governor Rockefeller asked the
Legislature in 1967 for $45,860
for a newly created Narcotic
Addiction Control Commission.
Professor Pierce was appointed
chairman, The growth of the com-
mission has been phenomenal:
from literally no employees in
1966, to 3,000 narcotic correc=
tional field officers to this
date, “This alone has been quite
an achievement,” said an official
of the New York State Division of
the Budget,
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WHEN METHADONE is injected under—
neath the skin into mice,it causes
continous erection of the tail,in
exactly the same manner as morphine
According to the executive
assistant in the New York State
Division of the Budget, the
"NACC is now getting (1970 fiscal
budget) some $200 million for
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TRIP Rehabilitates Housing
By V. Michelson
(staff correspondent)
In hall way of new home...which she
says is ‘fantastic!'...Mrs. Gibson
poses with 9 of her 14 children.
Photo by Tony
What is TRIP? How did it. am
Start? How does it affect
peopie's lives?
The housing situation in Troy
Soins Bs Critical. as it is
am MOSt cities. of this counz
try. TRIP: (®toy Rehabilita-
tion Improvement Program), a
non profit incorporation is
trying to change this situ-
ation.
Approximately three years ago
some Troy citizens, realizing
the need for low-income hous-
ing, began to raise seed mon-
ey from businessmen, churches
individuals and the Howard
Bush Foundation and TRIP was
conceived.
The first step was to buy. an
Old buildings from the city
for $1 for complete renova-
tion. This being done, a po-
tential tenant is contacted
from a long waiting list and
asked to look at the building.
The tenant and TRIP's planners
then together discuss renova-
tion. The demolition crew of
TRIP then strips the house of
pratically everything except
the ftoors and the stairs..--
and work begins. Completely
new plumbing and electrical
Systems are installed-the
house is redesigned to suit
the tenant's needs and within
2-3 months the tenant can move
in. Thirteen buildings have
been completed thus far.
TAP (Troy Professional Assis~
tance), another non-profit
inc., provides the architic-
tural services for TRIP. TAP
is made up mostly of graduate
students in architecture and
engineering from R.P.I.. They
are involved in the planning
and designing of TRIP houses:
TAP's staff is volunteer.
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35 New scotland Ave.
Catherine Bodie, followed the news
and when they got into the dis—
cussion of education, the racism
seemed again to be too easily doc—
umented by blatent violations of
) rights.
Rev. Rhodes picked up one key
phrase of Mrs. Bodie's...'we
must organize."
Heard it before? Well, we'll
hear it again...and again...until
we begin to do it.
' Don't miss the next show of
‘"Black Talk, Black Feeling." And
remember, your comments on the
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On November 3, 1970, James L. AETHADONE PROGRAM
Buckley running on the Conservative
Party ticket, became U.S. Senator
elect from New York State. He de-
feated Richard L. Ottinger, liberal
Democrat, by 131,940 votes, and
Charles E. Goodell who got endorse-
ment from both the Republican and
Liberal party,by a margin of 831,299.
NixonAgnewRockefeller tactics work-
ed. They were able to punish Goodell
for his party disloyalty while at the
Same time piled up the biggest margin
of victory (over 700,000) that Rocke-
feller ever had to enjoy.
Albany, New York i
12208
Tic ADDICTION A panel show with such strong
OCEANHILL—BROWNVILLE RERUN?? NARCO C OMMiss 1oN and proven fighters for our com
ONTROL C | munity as Rev. Herman Rhodes and |
STATE OF NEWYORK =
New York State went as the polit— show are to go to Ron Stratton, - oth
ical savants suggested or stated : Urban Training Center, 91 StateSt. '
through-out the campaign that it Albany. .
would. Th _—— ames _ : |
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Rockefeller to split up the Liberal-— how much we wélcome the show.
peace~Black-vote between Ottinger L.M.C.
(2,144,381) and Goodell (1,445,022) ee ae stay out of our territory!.
to make it possible for Buckley to Sat © been supplying them drugs
win. It all worked as if it were a IN
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well rehearsed play—with nobody SSSSSSsSssseseseessssssssoesesees
missing a cue, including Buckley. The first half hour, at 2:30
The lesson should be clear. The last Saturday afternoon, had a :
point is...have we learned from it? potpourri of poetry, panel dis— Ch Vv ft
: Will the community organizations and cussion, pertinent news, and arges Ss. \\
q parents who wanted an elected school music with a message about peo- )
4 board lose because, come November 2, ple learning to love one another
4 1971, they will be so split over per- more.
sonalities, religion, race and poli- Put together by the TrieCity i
tics that the puppets,chosen for the Broadcast Coalition, it was bill- |
school board by the O'ConellCorning ed by the station as the first A : D H
machine,will win. We hope not. But local attempt to present a pro- nge g avis
the community organizations and pare gram representative of our Black
ents who wish to have some influence community.
in the selection of who is going to _we hope that- the: talentied mem-=
run must start asking each other some _ bers of our capital area Black — ROE BA DRE AR a Z
4 very basic questions. community take seriously the in- 3 a ,
. The problems and decisions that the vitation by program announcer 3 & Ruse?
community organizations must face Mars Hill that they "will welcome woe
must be dealt with now, and in a ail contributions."
realistic, analytical, rational The show opened with a powerful
manner. poem on Angela Davis which point— )
The community organizations such ed out the simple fact that the ?
as The Joint iin Force for Commun- folks who destroyed the church in ne ihe Hees SE nade pore aed
ity Organizations (JAFCO), Citizens Birmingham were not on the most conspiracy by the state of California (Re —
Advisory Committee for the new Albany wanted list—--and neither were against Miss Angele Davis are a ruse and that \
High School, The Minority Coalition, the people who killed Civil Rights the real reason for her indictment is that she \
League of Woman Voters, NAACP, and martyrs Chaney, Goodman and has supported controversial issues and causes;
various other independant groups and Schwerner. (Mississippi 1964) and also as her attorney John Abt has stated )
concerned parents must form a coali- It was followed by Archie “she has shown that a Woman and a black q
tion to select seven people that they Goodbee's news of the area which, Woman, can make it in this White masculine )
can believe in and will support for when it comes to Black news, is world of ours, having done this, her crime is }
the school board. To do anything less @ running list of racist activi- that instead of humbly giving thanks to the \
is to leave room for suspicion. ties throughout the political, ruling authorities that gave her this ‘glorious
To wait any longer to start to form economic, educational, and social opportunity’, she identified herself with her "
this coalition is a self indulgence system..from the Albany High in- own people--the Black people and their |
that no community organization can cident of one year ago, which he struggle.”
afford. mentioned, to the U.S. Genocide |
The tactics that NixonAgnewRocke- charge,which Goodbee said had
feller use in the Senatorial campaign facts about the racist society Cae
must not be allowed to work for the “that seem undeniable." contig,
Albany Democratic Machine in the ele
election of the school board. |
The religous and racial bigotry FREEDOM oan
that took place in the school dispute Is Freedom worth Fi a ae =e a
at OCEANHILL BROWNVILLE must not be TS ce ae oe
allowed to raise its head in ALBANY. y ae SEPeTtOn, Wes an important one. |
tp: our pledge of only Five Dollars will insure the continuous publi ; |
Hntenettteestesseettttrttt [ine kang avers on TMS OMY free, Andependent newspaper in :
NEW T.V. PROGRAM BY AREA BLACKS phi Sag either send it by the month, every three month . {
Channel Ten has a program, brand : you have that kind of money, by the year. Srevery six months
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'feeling'are not all new by any Enclosed is my $ es pipes blades’: aa ue
means, but they get aired too of- (check one) seach month} ask thcus cos on equal amount /
ten to too small an audience. months:— annually. Name months; ____every six ]
This program gives the local Address ‘|
Blacks an audience potential in oh x i
the hundreds of thousands. cont'd. ecks should be made out to: Liber
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VIET NAM; Continuous Struggle, Home and Abroad
The Viet Nam war has become
the longest war in America's
history, and so the campaign to
end the war has become the most
continuous struggle Americans
have ever waged against their
government's military and foreigr
policy. The most recent event
in that struggle was a coordin-
ated series of marches and dem
onstrations held in over forty
cities including Albany on Sat—
urday October 31.
Those who participated in
the march from Draper Hall to
the capital couldn't help com
paring it to earlier demonstra~
tions. Several people, long
time peace workers who had come
over from Troy, remembered the
1969 Moratorium when thousands
of people followed the same par—
ade route to the capitol build—
ing. This time just a few hund—
red people turned out, and the
mood was different — more uncer—
tain than optomistic. An Albany
State student remarked that the
popular chants of last spring
were still being used: "One, two
Three, Four, We Don't Want Your
Fucking War" and "What Do We
Want? Peace Now!" But he too
couldn't help but notice the
smaller number of participants,
and as a friend of his pointed
out “there just isn't the kind
of spirit we had when we went
and shut the Federal Building
down last May."
As the marchers moved across
Northern Boulevard and Lark
Street they passed the campaign
headquarters of Tom Brown, Dick
Ottinger, and Ray Skuse. Again
contrasts came to mind. ‘Two
years ago nearly every candidate
had to say something about the
war, and supporters insisted
their man was all out for peace.
This year, though, “law 'n or—
der" was the issue, and campaign
workers didn't have time to talk
much about the war. The same
was true of the Saturday shopp—-
ers on the sidewalks of Washing—
ton Avenue. Though some took
the leaflets the parade marsh—
alis passed out, most didn't
care to discuss what the leaf-
lets said. In the opinion of
one woman in this march, and
most of the others before it, it
looks like the politicians have
succeeded in making “the suppos—
ed danger from marchers a more
important issue than a war that
has destroyed the lives of a mi-
llion Vietnamese and over
40,000 Americans."
Reaching the State Capitol
Building the marchers became an 2
audience, sitting on the steps
and sidewalks of the Capitol
park and clustering in groups on
the lawn and at the base of the
monument to General Sheridan.
No stars, no politicians, no
media freaks were on hand to
speak. Instead, a series of in-
dividuals appeared for groups
they represent in the informal
coalition against the war.
Only the people could do that.
Another veteran, this one from
the “police action" in Korea,
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR
Page 4, The Liberator, November 27, 1970
By TIM REY
reinforced the point by calmly
reminding the group how hard i; _
is to “bring the war home." 3
If you moved about in the
audience and asked people what
they thought of what was going __
on, you could be sure no one
doubted the truth of what was
said by these first two speakers,
Later, as student militants who
had worked to organize the den
onstration gave their statements
there was still that common
eement, even though the studen-
ts' statements would be consiq-
ered radical in some places,
One young man gave a speech de-
scribing the Viet Nam was as cha
racteristic of American imper-
ialism at home and abroad. What
capitalism does to Blacks inside
the U.S., he said, it does to
Asians, Africans, and Latin An
ericans of the third World; it's
all one lousy system. “Sure,
that's all true," is the way
most of the students listening
respomed. Older people in the
audience seemed to feel the
same. That was another differ.
ence between this march and e
demonstrations of previous
years. In October 1969 there
was a lot of anxiety about
sounding too radical for fear of
scaring away support and making
it impossible for well-known
speakers to address the crowds.
Still, even though the
speeches seemed to be well-re=-
ceived and the organization of
the march broadly democratic, ©
there was something very impor-
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GREGORY;
Nigger Gets to Play Indian, too
By Nancy Bunche
Dick Gregory spoke to an embarras—
ingly=small audience in the gym at
Hudson Valley Community College on
‘the evening of nov. 3, election day
About one third of the audience was
Black. Most of the Whites were stu-
dents,and Gregory,S message was—
directed essentially at them.
He said that today,s students are
the most moral people this country
has ever had,even if Agnew does
badmouth them. He said if Agnew —
badmouthed dope pushers the way he
bad mouths campus radicals may be
the New York City hard hats would
-attack dope pushers for lunch.
He told them law and order in the
streets would come after bread and
butter was on the table.
Gregory defined repression as a way
of shutting up the results of troub.
le with out looking at the cause.
He told the students if you want to
find out who allowed Nixon and Ag-
new and repression to be the nati-
onal solution to its own sickness,
"Check out your House"
Gregory told a very long story
about cowboys and Indians. The Man
is a cowboy with a double-barreled
shotgun and he can't feel like a
man unless he's got some Indians to
to shoot at. Gregory ran through a
long list of white Indians that re-
placed the red ones he destroyed:
The Irish-""You can be our cops. We
will call you 'M.F.*That stands
for MaFia; the Jews—"No comment."
The Black Man, Gregory said,
volunteered to be the Indian be-
cause he though being the Indian
was better than being the Nigger.
(Don't you get to shoot back?")
But he was faked out, Gregory said.
"You don't know what trouble is
until you're the Indian and Nigger*
The other groups had left the
women and children at home while
the men went out to reckon with
the Great White Father. In the .
'60s, Blacks stopped sending the
women and children while the men
stayed home. Martin Luther King,
Malcolm X, Stokely Carmichael,
Rap Brown and the Black Panthers
showed that we had men, so the
Man had to find a new Indian and
a new Nigger. ;
Gregory said that in May of 1970
he found them both on the Kend
State Campus. Looking back 200
years in American history, Gregory
found a similar event-——armed men
where the people didn't want them
protest, and four of the people
killed. The earlier event took
place on the Boston Commons in
world...the beginning of the
American Revolution.
As in his previous visits to
Capital District colleges, Gregory
was not a comedian, but a concern-
ed human being who understands
people enough to laugh every once
in a while about very serious
matters.
His audience stood as he left
the stage.
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Page 5 November 27, 1970
CON-ED,
By Pete Pollack
One of the causes of New York
State's environmental crisis is re-
vealed in the role of Consolidated
Edison's planned desecration of the
Storm King Mountain on the lower Hud-
son River. With the recent decision
of the politically appointed “public
service" commissions, Con Ed has been
given another chance to build a power
plant that would be the ecological
equivalent of the South Mall folly.
As in the case of the Mall, the tax
payers will be the losers, virtually
paying dividends to Nelson Rockefelle:
and other Con Ed owners.
The Storm King project has been
in the minds of Con Ed managers since
the 1930s. The present plan, however,
came to light in 1963; and only a tre-
mendous effort by organized citizens
has prevented. Con Ed from pushing it
over on us.
Billed as a source of emergency
power (two million kilowatt capacity)
the Cornwall, N.Y. sited plant will
cost more to run than it will produce
Not to mention the fact that it will
deface the Storm King Mountain area,
and will add to pollution of the Hud-
son River.
Pollution Saver?
Charles F. Luce, Con Ed's top .;
dog, has tried to publicize the plan
as a pollution saver. Yet already
over-—worked fossil—buring plants in
New York City will have to produce
an extra three kilowatts of electri-
city, for every two kilowatts produced
by the Storm King plant.
How is this possible? Con Ed's
plan is to use power produced in the
City's plants to pump Hudson waters
two miles up the mountain to be store:
in a reservoir. The water will be
released at peak power periods to
run the generators, providing less
power than it costs to pump it up in
the first place.
How will the project affect the
Hudson? Sports Illustrated document—
ed the danger to Hudson fisheries in
the April 6, 1965 issue. But more
than just the River is in danger.
Con Ed refuses to design under=
ground transmission lines, claiming
the cost would be prohibitive. In-
stead they plan a 250 foot wide scar
of steel towers and lines running
through Putnam and Westchester Coun—
ties. The rock to be gourged out of
the mountain will end up in the River.
Business or Conservation?
Where to the recent political
converts stand on Storm King? Nelson
Rockefeller, author of a recent book
on conservation, has shown his true
colors on the Storm King issue.
Joseph C. Swidler, chariman of
the State Public Service Commission,
and a Rockefeller appointee, has re-
peatedly ignored ail reasonable argu-
ments put forth by engineering and
conservation experts and sided with
Con Ed.
Rockefeller's new Department on
Environment, while producing lots of
rhetoric on protecting the environ—
ment, has kept silent on Storm King.
Laurence Rockefeller, appointed chair
man of the NYS Council on Parks, has
* THE PEOPLE
resisted requests from Council members
to persuade his brother to move again:
the project.
The reason for Rockefeller in-
terest in Con Ed is simply a matter of
money and power. In addition to the
money invested by the Rockefeller fam-
ily in Con Ed, Nelson has long-—ranged
interests in the lower Hudson Valley.
Projected plans by IMB, Xerox
and Rockefeller's Department of Plan-
ning Coordination call for industrial
development of the lower Hudson. A
successful citizen effort to half the
Storm King project would set danger—
ous precedents for citizen involve—
ment in other decisions.
Power Crisis Continues
The final tragedy of the Con Ed
plan is that it will not solve the
real crisis in power. After costing
‘the public over a quarter of a bil- ''
lion dollars and taking at least 8
years to build, the Storm King plant
will be obsolete as far as NY City
power needs are concerned.
As an emergency device the Corn
wall plant will not solve the long=
run problems; and Con Ed will continue
dumping termporary solutions on the
public.
An example of what happens to
projectt.like Storm King is the Chel-
sea pumping station, abandoned after.
the droughts of the early 1960s. As
utility users and taxpayers are still
paying for that "solution" Storm King
will result in high utility rates and
high dividends to Con Ed owners.
Feds Say Go Ahead
It is no coincidence that the
decision by the Federal Public Power
Commission to grant another go ahead
on the Con Ed plant came a few weeks
after this summer's brown-outs. Con
Ed will not pay to maintain and re—
pair equipment as long as they can
get Nelson Rockefeller, John Linsay
and other "public servants" to turn
their bills over to the tax payers.
The solutions to power problems
in New York require a combination of
restriction of the use of power by
the giant skyscrappers;:the develop—
ment of new and safer means of produc-
ing nuclear power, and public control
of the utility companies. The immed-
iate solution is to rebuke the politi:
cians who serve Con Ed and not the
public.
The Storm King project should
be placed on the ballot — as a refer—
endum for the public to vote on. If
the South Mall had been voted on at
its present cost (over $1 billion),
it would no doubt have gone down to
defeat. Storm King — the mountain—
must be preserved. The Con Ed version
must not be built. It's an issue of
money versus the people. Power in
the hands of the people means; justice
not profits.
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NACC S methadone program}
capital construction, $89.9 mill-
ion for operating expenses, an-
other $65 million for commnity
based narcotic programs, and $17
million for a methadone mainten-
ance program that is still in the
“experimental” stages, _
The only institution that
could be compared in its acceler-
ation to NACC'’s funding by a
legislature would be the federal
legislature's funding of the
Pentagon in the mid 1950's,
It seems that the pet progran,
and the most controversial and
which NACC is the most defensive
about, is the methadone-mainten-
ance program, The Liberator,
being curious about the man who
is now running NACC, made several
attempts to interview the chairman
Milton Luger.
The first three attempts by
The Liberator for an interview
erded with, “Sorry, Mr. luger is
on another phone,” “in conference,
or “he is out and would you like
to leave your number,” The last
time The Liberator called, we
spoke to Mrs, Topas, Luger's per=
sonal secretary, who told The
Liberator that "Mr, Luger was
making a dry run for a budget
hearing” and that then he would
be out of town for two weeks and
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The methadone maintenance pro=
gram was introduced by Mrs.
Vineent Dole and Marie Nyswander
at the Rockefeller University in
1964, Dr. Dole is a metaboligist
and Dr, Nyswander is a psychia-
trist who had some experience
with methadone at the federal nar
cotic rehabilitation center at
Lexington, Ky. (The Lexington
center uses light doses of metha-
done to withdraw addicts from
heroin, )
It was felt by Dole and Nys-
wander that if methadone was being
used successfully in withdrawing
addicts from heroin with light
doses, why not try heavy doses of
methadone to keep the hard core
addict off heroin, With six ~
hard core addicts, Dole-Nyswander
were able to demonstrate a block-
ade by using methadone to prevent
the euphoric ‘high’ effects that
heroin gave. This blockade was
maintained for at least 24 hours
after the taking of methadone.
Based on these findings, New York
City early in 1965, provided some
one million dollars to test this
concept on a expanded group of
500 addicts, To enter into the
program a person had to have been
a heroin mainliner for at least
four years, over 21 years of age,
and must have made a number of
attempts voluntarily to withdraw
completely from drugs. Since New
York State has stepped into the
picture, the eligibility has been
expanded to 18 years of age and >
over, and with $3 million offered
to New York City if they raised
their program up to 2,000 addicts.
Mr. Tom Ward
"I think that it is a great thing as
long as I don,t have to get in the
Ring with Him".
“Frazier's going to knock his
block off".
rehabilitation or pacif ication?
Ex-Commissioner Pierce ex.
plains the methadone program this
way -- "We are offering the ad-
dict a chance to become a ‘square’
‘addict or remain a street addict,"
Dr. John E, Gainor, Deputy
‘Commissioner of the Albany County
Health Department, who wears
many other hats, such as Chairman
of the Albany County Narcotic
Guidance Council, and Director of
the Albany Methadone Maintenance
Research Program (Albany's Methae
done program started about two
weeks ago), says, "Hell, it's
something different,..What did
the addicts have before methadone,
Correction? Rehabilitation?”
The methadone, cyclazocine,
nalozine, or what Dr, Pierce
likes to call the “chemo-therapy
approach,” seems very popular
among a lot of government people,
but there is a body of informed
opinion that has grave doubts
about the methadone maintenance
program,
Chester Sterns, East Coast
Director of “Synanon,” (an ex=
addict operated program) compares
the switch from heroin to metha-
done to the switching of an
alcoholic from scotch to bourbon,
Dr, Robert W, Razor, who has
never been in particular sympathy
with the program, says "I don't
see that the addict at all is com
parable to a diabetic or heart
patient, With the latter one is
treating metabolic condition.
With drug addicts, the total
personality is involved,” (He
What did you think of Muhammad Ali come back?
Mrs. Shirley A. King
"His come back to the Ring World will
do a lot for the Black Man's Ego” .
Graham
“he Looked like a Champ to me".
MORE TOXIC THAN MORPHINE
counters an often expressed com
parison of the administering of
drugs to heroin addicts and the
insulin for diabetics or pills
for heart patients, )
Methadone, a synthetic pain
killing drug, counteracts heroin
by blocking its narcotic action,
Some observers declare that if
the addict on methadone were to
attempt to get high on heroin,
he would probably have to take
an overdose which might kill hin,
Dr, Robert Baird, who directs
the Hagan Clinic for narcotic
addicts in Harlem, has indicted
the use of methadone in non=
hospitalized patients because it
4s a pain killer and may produce
what he called “masked disease
syndrome,” He said a patient
might have appendicitis or ulcers
or veneral disease and not know
4t because he felt no pain,
According to Baird, “the addict
on methadone still gets sedated
and lethargic and is dangerous to
himself and to the commnity. I
would not feel safe having him
drive a car,” .
Methadone does not come from
a natural alkaloid but~is manu-
factured in American factories
much like aspirin, It is a long
acting narcotic (which no doubt
is one of the reasons why the
drug is favored by the NACC
people), the effects of which
last from 24 to 38 hours. Medi-
cal people have for 20 odd years
prescribed it as a pain reliever,
Methadone was synthesized by
German chemists at the I, G,
Farben industry plant, in Hochst~
Am=Main, Germany. Coming into
clinical use after World War II,
the name methadone was adopted
by the Council on Pharmacy and
Chemistry of the American Medi-
cal Association, Manufacturers
in the United States have called
it dulo-phine; Lilly research
labs call it methadon; and
Sterling Winthrop, adanon, In
England it is known as Miadon,
The code name for clinical test-
ing in Germany was amidon, One
of the questions which comes to
anybody's mind is why the Ger-
mans did not exploit the possi-
bilities of methadone in military
and civilian medicine during the
war, expecially in view of the
morphine shortage, It has been
written by former I, G, employees
that both the German firm and the
military authorities discredited
the product because of its side
effects,
According to Jerome H, Jaffe,
who wrote a chapter on "narcotic
analgesic” in a medical textbook,
Pharnacological Basis of Thera=-
putics, "methadone is an effec-
tive analgesic,” (Analgesic is
the state when a person is un
able to feel pain, )
MORPHINE, METHADONE; SIMILAR
A dose of 7.5 to 10 . is
about equal to 10 mg. of oom
Phine, Methadone like most
F vecse analgesics rapidly
“spp the blood and localizes
tissues such es lungs, liver,
t Ys and spleen; only a small
Sire enters the brain,
‘affe further states that the
Page 7 November 27,1970
at least a year.
side effects caused by methadone
are similar to those caused by
‘morphine,
In the annals of the New York
Academy of Science, a chapter
written by K, K. Chen, “Pharma-
Cology of Methadone and Related
Compounds,” he states that metha~
done has a profound action on the
central nervous system, Large
doses repress respiration; fall
of respiratory rate has been ob-
served in man with doses of -ten
to 3 mg.
When injected subcutaeneously
(underneath the skin) into mice,
it causes continuous erection of
the tail. (See illustration) in
exactly the same manner as
morphine,
Methadone is easily absorbed
from almost any common route of
administration. The question is,
what does the body do with it?
Leopard frogs, African clawed
frogs, or turtles, after receiv-
ing a lethal or sublethal dose
of methadone undergo a period of
narcosis (a condition of deep
unconsciousness caused by a nare
cotic), followed by hyper~ irri-
tability,
During the latter stages a
gentle tapping results in a
twitch-of all muscles, Mild as
it may be, the reaction may be
construed as evidence of stim-
lation of the spinal cord. In
the experiment with animals,
methadone has been shown to be
more toxic than morphine, to the
ratio of seven to one (leopard
frog) up to 18 to one (rat) -—
the lethal dose to man is unknown,
Isabell and his associates
(1947) in their exhaustive inves-
tigations employed a dosage level
of 200 mg, four times daily in
one case, amd 150 mg. four times
daily in another, In the first
week of phase one treatment, Dole
and Nyswander start their patient
on doses of 10 mg., twice daily.
In a period of four to six weeks, |
the patients were brought to a
maintenance level of 30 to 120
mg, per day.
Phase two begins when the
patient is discharged to the out-
patient clinic, and contimes for
The newly dis-
charged patient returns for medi-
cation to the out-patient clinic
each weekday and is given medica-:
tion to take home for the weekend
(Because of the fear that the
cured “addict” might sell his
methadone for heroin or alcohol,
this practice has been limited
to a very small number of
patients.
One of the major causes of
drop-outs or discharge has been
abuse of alcohol and chronic
abuse of amphetamines,
Phase three is reached when
the subject has become a stable
and socially productive member
of the community, and can be
treated as an ordinary medical
patient, The stability of re-
habilitation mst be proven by
one year of normal life in the
commnity. It is possible that
a very gradual removal of metha-
done from patients with several
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tant bothering the demonstrators
of October 31. There::'was doubt
about the whole idea of marching
and speech-making. It started
With observations about the
crowd being smaller and less
Spirited than in the past, but
nobody was blaming anyone for
not being there. Instead, they
were asking each other what
demonstrations could accomplish
anyway... As one man put it:
"I came to the march out of habit
I guess. Demonstrations like
this have become institutions
like Thanksgiving. Nobody
really has to pay any attention
to them." A speaker from the
Women's Liberation Front
summed up the feeling in another
way when she said that "speeches
are a drag. They won't free
Angela Davis."
What is the next step to
take, then, in the anti-war
campaign? A speaker from Gay
Liberation Front reminded the
audience that collective action
begins with individuals saying
"no" to oppression. To refuse
to let established authority
force you into a role is the be—
ginning of liberation, he said.
Many in the anti-war movement
have at one time or another said
"no," and at one time marches
and similar demonstrations seemed
an effective way to say “stop
the war and bring the troops home
ym Directly or indirectly they
changed a lot of people's minds,
but they haven't changed Ameri-
can governmental policy, and
meanwhile demonstrators have
been forced into a new role in the
rhetoric of the Nixon adminis-
tration — the role of scapegoat
for America's Social failures.
There is talk now of a na-
tional campaign to conclude a
peace treaty between the people
of the United States (not the
government ) and the people of
Viet Nam on May 1, 1971 and then
to take it to Washington with
the demand that the government
accept it. Probably other tac-
tics will be suggested soon, and
they will be novel and radical
and risky, for if any clear
meaning emerges from the Albany
demonstration of October 31 it is
that if the anti-war movement is
to survive and achieve its goal,
its gotta be movin' on.
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Tuesday Dec. 1****7:30 p.m. Logos Lecture-—Father
Willi "The Revolt Against Middle
Class Morality"—Campus Center.
Sunday Dec. 6****4:00 p.m. Fifieth Anniversary
Concert,CSR Music Dept.Recital
of Baroque Music—Auditorium.
Monday Dec. 7****8:00 p.m. Choral Concert, Draper
High School Choir—Auditorium
Tuesday Dec. 8****7:00 p.m. Film:"Major Dundee"
Director:Sam Peckinpah—Auditorium
Friday Dec. 11***7:00 p.m. Readers Theatre, CSR
Drama—Auditorium.
Sunday Dec. 13***8:00 p.m. Christmas Concert—
Bach Cantata No. 142, combined
chorus CSR-Our Lady of Angels
Seminary, Cathedral of the
Immaculate Conception.
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Your daily life is your temple and your religion. Whenever
you enter into it take with you your all. Kahlil Gibran
As one may ascend to the housetop by ladder, rope,
or bamboo, so there are-many ways to reach God. Hindu
Wherever you go, wherever you rest, may the peace
of Good Allah keep you blest. Moslem
We, the gods, shall surely visit thy dwelling
if loving kindness dwelleth there also. Shinto
C
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I shall pass through
this world but once.
If therefore, |
there be any kindness
I can show,
or any good thin g All things whatsoever ye would that men should do
Ican do, unto you, do ye even so unto them. Christian
let me do it desea What doth the Lord require of thee but to do justly
let me not defer it and love mercy, and walk humbly with thy God? Hebrew
or neglect it
I 5A 1] k To be in one’s own heart in kindly sympathy with all
f ori shall not pass things; this is the nature of righteousness. Confucian
this way again.
Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love.
“This is an old rule. Buddhist
Sale of the illustrated card, with a full page color photo of black and white
babies, is being offered for the holiday season at 20 cents each. Proceeds of
the sales will go to Peter Jones’ project on North Pearl Street, Albany, where
free lunches are served daily to all children who come. Contact Helen Ott,
785-7478, or Resin Adams, 462-0891.
Methadone ee
years of stable living, in phase
three, might succeed, but this
procedure has not been tested,
In Albany County methadone
maintenance research program the
director of the program, Dr,
Gainor, says of the behavior of
his new patients, "They're going
to mess up a good thing for them
selves,” and he goes on to exe
plain that several of his
patients have come into his
office highly irritable, and have
called members of the staff four-
lettered names with hunkie or
nigger preceding, or following
it,
Dr, Gainor is a tall, thin
man in his early 60's whose long
sleeve shirt probably covers big
bones, that look like they should
be there, if they are not, He
will patiently and confidentially
list, one by one, the anti-social
behavior that the methadone pro~
gram has eliminated in the New
York City program, Prior to
treatment, 91 percent had been
in jail; since entering the treat~
ment program, 88 percent of the
patients show arrest free rece
ords, (Talk to an ex-patient
about this “phenomenal” record
and he*ll tell you, “Anybody who
goes to jail is simply kicked ~
out of the program,") Dr,
By Fran Casler
“Now just relax—this won't hurt a
bit."
No matter how often that nice man,
the dentist, tries to be soothing,
“most people still hate to visit him.
Dr. Rudolph Ramsey, who will be
heading the dental facilities at the
NOrth Side Community Health Center,
hopes to try and change that image.
"Two years of age would be a good
time for children to start being
brought to the clinic—-first to meet
the hygienist," said Ramsey. This
would be before the child could ever
experience a toothache and ever asso—
Ciate dentists with pain.
A recent pamphlet by Blue Shield
States that two out of every three
children under five already have one
or more untreated decaying teeth.
But before the children can be
reached, parents must first get
interested in coming to the clinic,
themselves. ; .
Ramsey said that he plans to use
every means available to accomplish
this—-including health guides who
will be going directly into the
community,"making inroads both med
ically and socially, and spreading
the good news of the clinic."
Once he gets the people there,
Ramsey intends to reinforce them
with literature and other information
about clinic services.
By the age of 15, the average Amer—
ican has had 1] decayed teeth and has
already lost one or more of his per-
manent teeth. More than half of the
people over 50——and almost everyone
over the age of 65—have peridontal
(gum) disease and an increasing num
ber of children and adolescents have
the inflamed, reddened gums which are
a prelude to the disease, Blue Shield
Motives
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The success of the program,
Dr, Gainor ends by telling you,
depends on the high motivation
of the addicts. His hope, based
upon the experience of the New
York City program, is that this
"motivation" will most likely
come from the persons over 40
years old,
Perhaps it is because the
older you get, the more you are
ready to accept,
Dr, Berkowitz, psychiatrist |
in the New York State Mental
Health Department, in Albany,
out-patient care, has said that
in a certain mmber of cases,
there is no question that metha-
done is very useful in the treat-
ment of narcotic addicts; the
trouble is that people have tried
to make it a cure-all for every-
thing.
The question is, “Are we
looking at methadone as a medical
treatment or as a social expedi-
ency?" says Dr, Berkowitz, "If
we are looking from the perspec-
tive of a social expediency, then
while it may very well relieve
some of the problems, it may just
as well cause others that may be
deeper,... Perhaps what we are
playing with is a double-edged
sword, "
To large pharmaceutical com
panies, right now the New York
State methadone program is mone~
tarily, relatively speaking, very
PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; Who Can Afford it?
has declared.
Preventive medicine would greatly
help that situation, but most people
. don't practice preventive dentristry.
They only visit the dentist because
of intense pain, or the desire to get
a job, or to keep a boyfriend, accord-
ing to Ramsey. These are practical
motives for going.
But what keeps people away, besides
fear of a dentist? Ramsey cited leth—
argy aS one cause, but also recogniz—
ed the high cost of dental care as a
primary reason. :
Dr. George E. Mitchell, head of the
U.S. Public Health Service, stated t
that “dental care is more closely
associated with income than any other
health service."
Ramsey estimates that the dental
facilities at the clinic would handle
6,000 enrolled patients.Eventually.
Although he had no statistics at
hand on the matter, the doctor said
that he knows the need for enexpen—
sive dental care is great, merely
from his own experiences in the
community.
"Some peopae seldom go (to the
dentist, especially kids. The aver-
age black person probably goes even
less than that. Many are not even
aware of the facilities that are av
available to them,"Ramsey said.
Dental authorities hold that tooth
decay is the most prevalent disease
in the United States, afflicting 98
percent of the population, and that
more than 24 million Americans have
not natural teeth.
Ramsey's objective, he said, will
be to make people aware of the neces—
sity to go as early as possible, and
thereby prevent this situation.
tne dental clinic will be only ‘one
service of the North Side Health Cen—
ter. Plans for tne Center, such as
where it's to be builfé and how it's
to be operated, are still pretty
small ($362,000), Mallinkrot
Chemical Works, Inc, from Cleve-
land, Thio, won the low bid to
supply the state with methadone,
Methadone is mamfactured in much
the same way as aspirin, sells at
$490 per pure killogram, Approxi-
mately 740 killograms will main
tain twenty thousand addicts for
'Gainor went on to say 29 percent
were employed or in school on
admission, At the end of three
years, 92 percent were employed
or in school, Male patients on
welfare decreased to 51 percent
of the program members in six
months; at the end of three years,
only eight percent remained on
welfare,
one year, (This comes to about
$362,000.) People along State
Street (Albany's Wall Street)
will tell you that this $362,000
is chicken feed to the large
pharmaceutical companies, When
it is pointed out to them that
some of the largest companies
show an interest by bidding on
the New York State methadone
program contract, some either
shrug their shoulders, smile or
mumble something about specula=
tion, Out of fear or ignorance
are we creating an addiction
control-chemical complex that
could be as uncontrollable as
the military-industrial complex?
Perhaps a rhetorical question,
but a question that needs answer
ing.
much up in the air.
. Ramesy said he did not know how
many dentist, or which ones, would —
be needed to staff the clinic.
"I'm sure of just one...me."
(Editor's note: Persons interested
in joining the North Side Health
Association, may call or write to
Mr. Robert Dobbs,465-3281, at
35 Clinton Avenue, Albany, N.Y.
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Food for Chought :
How the national budget becomes a deadly political game
by Susie Hoffman
In this fiscal year's budget, touted by the Administration
as a budget for human resources, really so different from
our previous budgets? The Nixon Administration would like
us to believe that we are spending significantly less on
defense this year and significantly more on "human re-
sources." But as Senator Mark Hatfield (Oregon) has re-
vealed, the way in which the budget is presented, hides
the real truth of where the money is going.
The deception begins with the definition of words. The
administration has chosen to push money from one column
to the other by redefining "defense" and “human resources."
Among other things included in the category of “human re—
sources" is the cost of operating the Selective Service
System and payments for Vetérans Benefits, which are a di-
rect result of past wars. Excluded from the "defense" colw
umn are these two areas, as well as interest on the nation—
al debt, also caused largely by past wars and other militar—
y-related spending which is categorized as "international
assistance"and "space research and technology."
The amount being spent on defense also does not take into
account the cost of projected pay raises for all federal
employees, which will add one billion to the Defense Depart—
ment budget.
The figure of $85.8 billion, or 41% of the budget being
spent on human resources, one might indeed think we had be-
gun to reorder our priorities. But the budget fails to show
that $50.5 billion of this amount comes not from taxes, but
from trust funds such as Social Security. While giving the
impression that$85.8 billion has been freely allocated by
the government, the Administration's budget hides the fact
that Social Security and Medicare payments come from funds
which were collected specifically for this purpose and are
now merely being paid back. The government has no choice
about spending this money.
There are other areas where the government has no choice
about spending certain monies——for things like salaries
or ongoing Federal projects. But it does have a choice over
$70 billion and of this, two-thirds ($47.7 billion) was
given to defense, and only $21.8 billion is being spent for
all other government programs. Last year $21.6 billion of
these “controllable outlays" was spent on non-defense pro-
grams. The big change im priorities comes down to a aiffer-
ence of $200 million or 1% more geing spent in non-defense
areas, a difference which is hardly significant when one
considers the rate of inflations.
The truth is that we are spending $26.3 billion, not $85.8
billion on human resources and we are spending $74.6, and
not $73.6 billion on defense (this is excluding even the
money being spent on defense-related activities. )
Nevertheless, there has been a slight cut in military spend-
ing. This has come from closing a few bases, retirement of
older ships, some manpower cuts and reduction of Vietnam
troops. But all significant Pentagon weapons programs are
getting funded; every major system that was challenged last
year in the debate on military authorization, is in the bud-
get. Once these weapon systems such as the ABM begin to get
funded, at first for “research and development," the commit—
ment of funds gets larger each year as the Department of De-
fense asks for more money to continue or expand the program.
In addition, the cost overruns on the ABM alone could push
its price up from a projected $10 billion to $30 billion,
and the same is true for other weapon systems.
ace cuent in priorities" and"funding of human resources"
-. o become another set of Nixon's public relations
p es, empty of all but a political meaning. Pushing $$$$
from one column to another, j
» Juggling figures to'look good,'
doesn't change the facts of where our tax dollars nes going.
ee a few troops out of Vietnam doesn't change the fact
@ continued South East Asian war——or the fact that our
national commitment j i
» world wide, is deterioratin
re)
human and natural resources, .
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Mrs. Gilman,with three of her
eleven children in her home,says,
'they,re doing a wonderful thing"
Photo by Tony
Vincent Lapera, director of
TRIP and president of TAP,
states that "What we are try-
sng to.do 1s more than just
rehabilitation of old houses.
We want to totally redevelope
Bertain areas. ot Irey.. .im1s
will benefit not only the ten-
ants but also the entire city
ms iroy". There 1s:4 20 of
historic value in some of these
old houses.
Vince also thinks that the
Board of Directors of TRIP is
important. TRIP tenants are
automatically members of TRIP.
The membership then elects the
Board - 51% of which must be
low income. There are now 18
Board members and only three
are tenants. Vince hopes that
more- tenants will become ac-
tively envolved.
Duncan Barrett has been hired
as planning coordinator for
BRIP. One of his functions will
be to coordinate the many exist-
ing committees of TRIP such as
Screening, follow-up, finance,
Bavlicity etc. so that tne er-
ganization can operate more
smoothly.
Duncan also thinks that it is
important for tenants to be on
the Board of Directors. “The
goal is for the tenants to con-
erol TRIP. It is important for
the tenants to have control o-
ver their own buildings and the
environment they live in. TRIP
does not want to play landlord."
Has TRIP had any significant
impact on the Troy Community?
Vince says that "the impact &s
difficult to measure-TRIP is
a start. Let me say that TRIP
is the only organization in
Troy that is doing anything
fast about the housing pro-
blem. Our structure is set up
SO that we can be sensitive to
the needs of tenants - it is
important for us to get imput
fromtthe people we serve.
don't know about impact-it's
a young organization-only three
years old."
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TRIP has two other goals be-
sides rehabilitation.
It will undertake the buil-
ding of low-income housing in
Slum areas. TRIP is in the
process of getting a grant from
the office of Pllaning Co-or-
dination to accomplish this,
The new buildings will be part
of the redevelopement phase of
high risk insurance areas.
Beginning in Feb. TRIP will
provide on-the job training for
15-20 laborers at a stipend of
$100/week (non taxable). The
program will last for 32 weeks
The men will be trained in the
Skilled trades of electrician
and carpentry. After the pro-
“gram is completed it is hoped
that these men will--be able
to. j0in the unions at* da jour-
neyman's level. Some class-
room instruction will also be
provided. Several organiza-
tions; Build Baby Build, the
Urban Center, TAP and TRIP put
the proposal togther and TRIP
was granted funding from the
Department of Vocational Ed-
ucation and the Howard Bush
Foundation.
This reporter interviewed twe
TRIP tenants. Mrs. Charles
Gilman of 348 9th St. was the
first TRIP family. Two years
ago, the Gilmans with their
eleven children were forced
to move because they were
living in comdemned housing.
But where could they move?
Mrs. Gilman said "I begged,
I went on T.V., I even’ went
to see the mayor but no one
would take us with eleven chil-
dren: fE<st wasn't. far Tkie, 7
would be on the streets today.
i thank 42/s territrc.’ “Tl hope
they get more money. So many
other people need good housing.
They're doing a wonderful thing.
Mrs. Gilman chose her own wall
paper and paint for her new
house. By 1972 the Gilman's
hope to own the house.
All the rent they have paid and
the improvements they have made
will be deducted from the cost
of the house. They are now
renovating the attic which is
the keeping quarters of their
boys. ;
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gibson and
their 14 children were recant-
ly burnt out of their Fifth
Ave. home in Troy. Luckily for
them, their TRIP hous was just
being completed.
The Gibsons were shown a blue-
print of the work, a few sug-
gestions were made and the
house was ready within a mat-
ter of months. They now have
five bedrooms and a bathroom
upstairs (children's quarters)
and downstairs there is a living
room, dining room, kitchen, bed-
room and bathroom. Most of the
walls arepanelled and painted
in mustard yellow and olive
green. The coppertone gas range
and refrigerator are naw and
come with the house. The kit-
chen cabinets are mohagony.
There is also a backyard with
a porch on both levels. Rent
is $112/month.
What does Mrs. Gibson think
about TRIP? "I have no comp-
laints as of yet and I usually
complain about everything.
My heating is baseboard and
very well arranged. It's really
fantastic. Sometimes I wonder
if we're really living here.
Younknow it's difficult to find
housing with fourteen children.
All slumlords should be- doing
something like this. As a mat-
ter “or “fact, all Crties- iar
have slum housing should be
doing this."
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They didn't set out
to be heroes.
They had no ambitions
to become martyrs or
symbols.
There was an ulcer in |
their time and they
couldn't stand it.
And for this they
ought to be
remembered.
Find a man who isn't
whole because the
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are labelled niggers
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or because several =
states away a kink in g>
the hair dictates tis
what fountain a kid
may drink from with- Uf
out getting shot: 4)
you've found hope, |
maybe the only hope,
Since in our present
the young tend to
distrust movements
and causes (The
shining promises
were betrayed so
often in their parents
youth, that
disillusionment was
sewn into the fabric
of their growing up. ) Reon t~
But there are always
some..enot many, but
some, thank God...who
are forced by an
urgency in themselves
to insist on the
dignity of being
human.
On them we depend, all
of us who sit back and
allow events to happen
to us, for what self
respect we have left.
No matter how little
we did to send them,
Chaney, Goodman,
and Schwerner were
our delegates.
Edwin Rosskam
THE LIBERATOR is offering for sale the set of three signed prints of civil rights martyrs by the world famous American
artist, Ben Shahn. The set is one of a limited edition of 300, and has been appraised by a gallery director for over
$300. The ten inch by fourteen inch originals are signed in the stone, and individually with brown pencil by Shahn.
Shahn, who died in 1969, was a noted artist ‘of the people,’ and the dignity with which he portrays the three young
men is characteristic of Shahn's work.
MICHAEL SCHWERNER,24, ANDREW GOODMAN,20, AND JAMES E. CHANEY,21, were found buried near Philadelphia, Mississippi on
August 4,1964 but their murders went unpunished in spite of various federal maneuvers to bring to court the suspected
Klansmen and public officials charged of conspiracy to violate the Civil Rights Code and violation of an 1870 statue.
THE SHAHN PRINTS have been given to THE LIBERATOR by private collectors and are an expression of faith in the work of
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IN KEEPING with the spirit which inspired the prints,we feel that the artist's work deserves to be in a public place,
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