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Ex-Schuyler Star
Phil Harris, the former Philip Schuyler
basketballer has become the center of anew
probing look into the system of Negro edu-
cation and athletics. The fact that he was
© expelled from the University of Texas at El
- Paso as a result of-dating a white girl was
brought to light recently by Mr. Ralph Mar-
-tin, executive editor of the Knickerbocker
News.
The 6 foot 10 inch basketballer became
the victim of the ugly racial problem of the
Texas campus when he enrolled
who ranks as one of the best in the country
for his work with those who don't have all
the advantages of the fast, modern, money-
ed society of today.
It didn't take Phil long to realize that he
had made a wrong decision. ''The Negro
players are recruited to give the school a
big sports name,'' he said. This is very
true. Back a couple of years ago Adolph
Rupp, the baron of collegiate basketball,
had a team at Kentucky, starring Pat Riley
of Schenectady, that were rated to win the
. NCAA title with ease. A team of Negroes
from UTEP, the Texas Western, who had
been unnoticed, beat the favored Wildcats
for the title. Texas Western got a big name
in the national record books but not one of:
the seniors on that team were given See
education to graduate.
Led Undeated Frosh
Phil graduated from Philip Schuyler in
1965. He went on to UTEP the next year and
led the frosh to a 22-0 record and the South
West Conference title. He had a 34 point
average. It was during that year that Texas
Western won the NCAA title, beating Ken-
tucky.
"T thought that UTEP would be a great
place to go to school,'' he commented, but
he soon found out that he was facing a dou-
ble standard. To the prejudiced he was a
hero on the basketball court but nothing
more than a"nigger" off it. Members of the
basketball team were forced to be on the
Continued on. Page 4
in the .
~~ school, after rejecting offers to. play at
.-many other schools across the country, He =
made his decision after being counseled by
Ben Becker, the Philip Schuyler principal ~
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Phil Harris
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Liberator contacted a number of area
‘such situations. 2
_ they really existed tothe degree that affect—
. schools in the East."
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August 1-14
~ Area Coaches Shocked
Following the article on Phil Harris that
appeared in the Knickerbocker News, the
coaches to find out what they a shi about
‘One coach of a large suburban school _
didn't realize that the situation was quite ‘so “se
serious. Others agreed that they had heard _
about.such problems but weren't certainthat
ed Phil.
Coach Walt Przybylo of Linton |
write us a letter. we just throw it away. V
sent out boys to the better accredited
Continued on n Page ae
Larry Katz, RPI Prof, Receives Nod
As Liberal Candidate For ee
"T want to make waves, to start things . perk of the society. The Herulicun at:
happening."' Those are the words of the
third and least known candidate for Con-—
gress in the Albany-Schenectady district.
Larry Katz, professor at Rensselaer Poly-
technic Institute (RPI), and a resident of
Schenectady, has received the nomination
of the Liberal Party and is running against
incumbent Daniel Button, the present office
holder and Jacob Herzog, the Democratic
challenger.
Katz is a big man; his frame fits his
‘take-charge way of doing things. His hon-
-esty and integrity are immediately appar-
ent. His enthusiasm is catching. One senses
he is not so much running for office, as
charging for office with a ''sock it to 'em"
excitement and purpose.
When asked why he decided to run for
Congress, Katz thought for a moment, then
spoke. "Issues must be made and debated.
The United States spends millions of dollars.
in Viet Nam and virtually nothing in her own
cities. We must move now to stop the alien-
ation of black people. They must be a viable
‘challenge.
. | with a mixture of humor and soulful aware-
but Albany ? “teak
Democratic candidates don't meet this
They don't seem.to realize it
exists." .
"Jacob Herzog,'' Katz gently ended =
ness of the inevitable; ''not long ago he ac-
cused Button of being too liberal! Can you
imagine that? Could it happen anyplace else
"Herzog campaigns for what he calls
‘Law and Order in the Streets.' What he
‘means is no demonstrations, no pressure, q
Continued on Page he
pe in American History
in this issue
Black Women's Civic Association -- 6
Julius Lester eB
Huey Newton Interview ae ae oa
A Fair Proposal
The whole business of the Hamilton
Street hassle and F. Joseph Leone's dual
role as Urban Renewal director and slum-
lord has gone 'round and 'round for far too
long. The residue that's left is a ring of
confusion.
i And, it appears this is a good time to
4 ; _ try to bring some order from the disorder
. that has been created from a melange of
pickets and politics and subsequent bitter
feelings.
_ There has not been a statement of intent’
from anyone from either side. We think it's
high time a course of intent was established
outlining clearly our goals. As a civic ser-
vant, he should be most interested. As a.
-. gociates real estators, it may even be pro-
fitable.
We urge Mr. Leone to study our propo-
sals and implore him to think progressive-
ly. )
Our program includes the following rec-
- ommendations: ; :
--the recognition of the Black Women's
Civic Association as the legal representa-
tive for all Hamilton Street tenants.
; --that Mr. Leone sign an agreement of
recognition which would be effective for at
east two years.
} --that all grievances on housing condi-
tions. or against Rubicon Associates, be put
to arbitration with Mr. Leone participating. '
of the gross income
s ould ibe repaired be made jointly ‘with both
Mr. Leone and the Black Women's Civic
- Association participating.
--that no attempt be made against any-
one wishing to join the tenants' group.
--and,. a violation of the terms of the a-
greement by Rubicon would be sufficient
grounds for withholding rent from Rubicon
and that all rent revenue instead go into a
necessary repairs.
We believe Mr... Leone is sincere in
wanting to improve housing conditions, not
only on Hamilton Street, but throughout the
city. As Urban Renewal Director, he should
be interested in any progressive and effec-
tive steps in that direction. :
We offer him the opportunity
that.
to do just
gap between tenant and landlord just as a
management,
: Mr. Leone, nevertheless, has an oppor-
tunity to be atthe vanguard of the movement
sition to serve his tenants as a compassion-
ate landlord while performing his duty as
an able and understanding public official.
The city would benefit from such adecision
on his part.
2 Albany Liberator
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businessman and officer of the RubiconAs-
special fund that would be used for making»
The alliance would serve to bridge the.
union bridges the gap between labor and
toward tenants' associations. He is in a po-
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5 Ha EET LEONA RUPE EER ERG MLE Ot
When the ‘don of the Job Fair began to
take shape, The Liberator supported it,
promoted it and wished it well. Basically, .
it's a beautiful idea. :
But, it really didn't strike at the root
of the hard core unemployed regardless of
how many jobs the fair produced.
The employers who participated did no-
thing about relaxing their qualifications for
employment, specifically, that all appli-
cants possess a high school diploma and an.
unblemished police record.
Those two requirements just about take
care of everyone in the hard core bracket.
A kid who's a dropout and can't get a job
will eventually run afoul of the law. Bingo,
he's got a record.
If you want these kids to straighten up
andfly right, the Job Fair will have to open
up the cage that restricts them froma half-.
way decent job.
the patie has just struck us.
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A spike
ack here, soaking in the heat,
Until this year, there was no state law -
restricting police officers to high school .
(at least) graduates. Then they pass that law
Then they start recruiting Negro candidates
for the police force in Albany.
Then ... say, do you suppose they're
trying to tell us something?
Coaches
From Page |
In all his years of coaching he has had
only one player who has failed to receive
the education that he should have. |
"He's a tremendous player,'' Przyblyo
commented in reference to Harris.
_ "I was really shocked to hear of such a
thing as this,'' exclaimed Julius Girmindl,
the head basketball coach at Shaker High
School. "I've never heard of such a thing.
I never realized there was anything this
serious."
Many other coaches also expressed Gir-
mindl's shock.
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Blacks in American History
22 Blacks In CongressFrom 1870 to 1901
From 1870 to 1901 22 Negroes served
their states as Congressmen. Southern Ne-
groes sat in every Congress from the 41st
to the 56th, with one exception. Although
half of them were former slaves, the group
included brilliant men and superb orators.
Republican Presidential candidate James G.
Blaine, who served with many of these men,
said of their abilities:
The colored men who took seats in both
the Senate and the House did not appear
ignorant or helpless. They were as .a
rule studious, earnest, ambitious men
whose public conduct... would be honor-
able to any race. —
None of them, pointed out one former Con-
federate leader, had ever been touched by
the corruption that had reached so many
men in the federal government during this
era of easy money and low public morality.
Half of the Negro Congressmen were
college-educated men, and several held
college degrees. Robert Smalls, who serv-
ed five full terms as a South Carolina Con-
gressman, was the war hero who had de-
livered a Confederate gunboat to thé Union
Navy. All of the men were vitally interested
in protecting the new rights ofthe freedmen
’ rights laws.
and battled long hours for passage of civil
The interest of Negro Con-
gressmen in civil rights often stemmed
from their own bitter experiences ontrains
or in restaurants. Jefferson Long, Geor-
gia's only Negro Congressman, spoke from
personal experience against violence during
elections. While seven of his supporters
were shot in street fighting one Election
Day, Long hid in a church belfry. These
Congressmen also demanded protection for
the many whites in the South who faced vio-
lent attack for defending equality.
The 22 Negro Congressmen (two were
Senators from Mississippi) took an interest
in a wide range of issues besides civil
rights. As loyal Republicans they supported
higher tariffs to protect American industry.
Some favored soldier's pensions, internal
improvements, and federal aid to education.
Mississippi Senator B.K. Bruce was one of
the very few members of Congress to de-
fend the American Indians from unfair gov-
ernment laws and the Chinese immigrants
from the exclusion policies which most
Congressmen wanted adopted. On February
15, 1879 Bruce presided over the United
States Senate.
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letters to the editor
To the Brothers:
The action undertaken by your group with
concern to "award night" at St. Joseph's
was beautiful. I thought, at long last we
have an effective group willing to verbalize
the true feelings of the Albany Black Com-
munity. And so I waited to hear the''Broth- ‘
ers'' speak out about what is happening to
our Black Children in the summer evening
program at St. Joseph's. The crimes be-
ing committed on our children in that pro-
gram are far worse than those committed.
’ "award night."
~
Some of the people that received awards
that night are directly responsible for this
shameful program. Is it not better to attack |
people while they are committing a crime |
rather than after the crime has been com-
mitted? Why are you silent now while our
black children are being exposed to alcohol-_
ics, sex perverts, and drug addicts? Why
have I seen "Brothers" in the building see-
ing and watching these things going on and
remain silent? Are the "Brothers" in favor
of a program that forbids the teaching of
_ Black History? Is it your-job, will it bene- ‘
_ fit the "Brothers" to expose this program? —
I think the answer to both questions is yes.
I hope you will look into this matter and _
feel compelled to once more champion the
cause of the Black Indigenous Comper of
fe
Albany.
Mayor Erastus Corning, 2nd
City Hall
Albany, New York
Dear Mayor Corning,
Why not use our Public Baths as pools? :
They are in good repair and well-staffed.
It seems economical and expedient to use
what is already there waiting.
A simple change allowing boys and girls .
of the same age range to swim together
during the same hours, with evening and
week-end family swims should appeal to
residents of all three neighborhoods (Cen-
tral Avenue, 90 4th Avenue, and 663 Broad-
way).
As I wrote last year, I feel that neigh-
borhoods need frequent parks for free play
rather than large supervised playgrounds,
Incidentally, local motels could score a
public relations victory by issuing passes
to kids in their neighborhoods allowing af-
ternoon swimming during hours when verw
few guests use their pools.
Very truly yours,
Lee G. Wilkie
Albany Liberator
So nie hr ti Soegibe a
Black G.I. Refuses To
Take Suppression Training
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (LNS)--A black GI
who refused to be trained to put down up-
- risings by black people faces a general
court-martial at Fort Bragg, N.C.
Sp/4 John Allen of the 573rd Personnel
Service Company refused to join a "riot
- control" drill on April 11.
John, who is married with two children,
has been in the Army for six years. He ex-
plained his stand:
"When I joined the Army I swore to fight
from aggression. I would still do this, and
. _ although I disagree with our policy in Viet-
_ nam, I would not refuse to serve there. But
_ when someone tells me that I have to point
a weapon at American Negroes in the
draw the line."
In explaining his stand he added:
-"T guess you might not understand this if
you're a white man, but I know why those
people are breaking windows. I was raised
in North Carolina and Virginia and I know
how itfeels when they tell you that you can't
work someplace because you're an inferior,
m not going to point a rifle at an Ameri-
1, an American Negro."'.
_and perhaps die to defend the United States —
streets of an American city, that's where I
Harris Expelled
court three hours a day. This made the
possibility of getting a-sound education with
more difficult subjects almost impossible.
Phil has a good educational background so
he could get by, but some of his fellow ath-
letes didn't, and they were sunk.
The man most responsible for Phil's ex-
pulsion was the athletic director, George
McCarthy. One of his hard fast rules is no
inter - racial dating. Although McCarthy
prides himself in the fact that UTEP has
had great athletes, the fact that he hasn't
made sure all of them get the education that
was due to them is not seen, if he can help
it.
The whole system discriminates against
the Negro. Maids clean the rooms of white
athletes three or four times a week and the
rooms of Negroes maybe ey once amonth,
Phil said.
Track Star Dropped
Bob Beamon is one of the most classic
examples. He was dropped from the track
team, despite the fact that he is one of the
best long jumpers in the world, because he .
threatened to take part in the Olympic boy-
cott. Also as a result, his wife, who is a
trained linguist, can only obtain a job that
pays $1.35 5 per hour.
‘policies of the Office of Economic Oppor-
4 tunity (OEQ). It was the first Congressional
hearing held in Albany in over eight years.
_ealled by Daniel Button, representative
from the 29th district. However, neither
_ Button, nor any of the other Congressmen
were present to hear the statement of the
_ Brothers and other civil rights and neigh-
borhood groups in the tri-cities.
The Brothers' statement, since it re-
lates to an issue important to the entire
community follows: 7
-
| Gentlemen, we would like to thank you
for inviting us and allowing us to express
our opinion. |
The philosophy of OEOis supposed to be
"maximum feasible participation of the
Poor.'' In actual practice we have found this
not to be true. Under Sec. (211.176) it states
that 173 of the members of the governing or
cials."
It also states that, "at least 1/3 of the
- members are persons chosen in accordance
with democratic selection procedures ade-
quate to assure that they are representative
_of the poor in the area served, and that the
remainder of the members are officials or
~ members of business, industry, labor, re-
- ligious, welfare, education, or other major
groups and interests in the community."
-_ Jt is our feeling that the make-up of the
board puts the poor in the minority and puts
the politician and businessman who exploit
a them, in the majority.
2 eared Liberator
e Brothers were “Anvited” “te express. =
‘the views on a Congressional hearing on-
The hearing, held Friday, July 19, was -
administering board shall be "public offi-—
RECOMMENDATION--that at least 2/3
of the board shall be the poor and not "'re-
presentatives" of the poor. To the Broth-
ers, this is maximum feasible participa-
tion of the poor.
One of OEO's most popular slogans is
that they are waging a war on poverty. In
actual practice, we have found this to be
false. It is our belief that the war on pover-
ty in this country, if it is to be successful,
must have four fronts. Social action, direct
action, legal action and political action. For
the most part, this war is only being waged
on one front, and that is social action:
Headstart programs, playgrounds, taking
people down to the welfare department and
holding meetings.
We believe that the poor should hire all
staff personnel and determine what qualifi-
cations are needed for specific jobs.
It is our feeling that with such national
groups as Southern Christian Leadership
Conference, Student-Non-Violent-Coordin-
ating Committee, National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People and the
Congress of Racial Equality getting invol-
ved in the political system of our country,
it is absolutely necessary for OEO to stop
hiding behind the Hatch Act, and let its em-
ployees support the poor in political issues
and candidates.
In closing, we would like to say that OEO
has played a role inhelping to eliminate
poverty, but it can be much more effective.
if its restrictions are not so rigid, that it
prevents the poor from saying how this war
isto be fought. — ;
\ Once again, we thank you gentlemen very
much for inviting us here and apowsng 1 us to
express our opinion,
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From Page |
"When I decided to go to UTEP, I was
told that the social life was good and that I
‘would have a good time at the school. They
didn't go into much detail and I thought ey-
erything was going to be OK."
Phil told the Liberator that "He (the
coach) tried to regulate my social life. It
was because I was so right that they tried
me so that it wouldn't reflect on the athletic
department,"
When he met Judy things began to hap-
- pen. For minor parking violations he was
put on academic probation. Following the
past basketball season they gave him ahard
time for minor dormitory violations. In
March, during an argument with a dorm
manager, anashtray was accidently broken.
A hearing was held and he was found guilty
and expelled.
Given Hard Time-
One of the things that hurt the most
though was the hard time that they gave —
-Judy. A very intelligent girl, who normally
received an A or B, Judy began to suffer.
Her marks began to fall even though she
presented the answers asked for from text
material. When she asked why the answers
were wrong and presented her proof that
they were right, she was rebuffed with,
"That's too bad."' :
"I'm not really bitter about my experi-
ence at UTEP. Yes, I was disturbed and
espé
cially involving the treatment of my gir
But I don't hate anyone. I feel everyone i
created equal. We are all human beings. I
just feel sorry for those who are full of
prejudice,"'
So what is in the future for Phil Harris?
Within the next two weeks he will be going
on a South American tour. Then he will
probably sign with either the Los Angeles
Stars or the Atlanta Hawks and go to sum-
mer school to gain his degree.
And what about Judy? "Our experience
has brought us closer together than ever.
We plan to get married. That's definite."
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It has been a year since the Newark rebellion, since
last summer when even in the midst of winter’s
sharpness we knew that the summer was going to be a
long one, a hot one, one to be remembered always.
This summer, there is no mood of expectation, no
anticipation of Armaggedon. This summer no one
knows what is going to happen next. There is only an
uneasy waiting and no one seems to know what to do
or even where to look to find what to do. Things still
happen, but they don’t excite us. Last summer we all
knew the ecstasy of the fires of Newark and Detroit
and in those fires, there was some kind of hope. This
summer we look and there are no such signs. If there
are, we cannot see them or have not yet learned to read
them.
When one is involved in revolution, it is all too easy
to allow one’s self to become discouraged. Particularly
when one’s revolutionary commitment is felt in intoxi-
cating rhetoric, particularly when revolutionary fervor
exists in the applause given a rousing speech, in the
camaraderie of a demonstration or in the mind, where
‘the ideal of revolution becomes a tool to work out
personal problems for refugees from the bourgeoisie.
Revolutionary commitment involves itself totally and
completely with the destiny of humanity and it is a
commitment that is constantly tested, for there is no
higher calling for any man than to be a revolutionary.
The revolutionary acts, talks and thinks differently
than other men. He is different, for he carries within
Revolutionary Expectation
revolutionary that this New Man comes into being and:
there is no greater responsibility than this.
The revolutionary must seize upon every experience
as an opportunity to make himself more revolutionary,
to make himself more the New Man. The revolutionary’s
commitment is not to the destruction of the dehuman-
izing system. His commitment is to the creation of the
new system that will give birth to the New Man, and the
destruction of the dehumanizing system is only a
necessary prelude. to the creation of conditions under
which man may be fulfilled, Even as the revolutionary
plans his attacks upon the dehumanizing system, even
as he brings down the dehumanizing system, he keeps
at the core of his Being, not the destroying, but the ~
creating that must follow.
As we destroy, let us not forget that it is only so we
may be more human.
As we. destroy, let our exaltations not be for the
blood that flows in the gutters, but for the blood that
may more freely flow through our bodies. _
We must destroy in order to live, but let us never
enjoy the destroying more than the New Life, the only
reason for the destroying.
If we forget, then those who come afterward will
have to destroy us for the Life that we, in our
destroying, failed to give.
Revolution does not mean us against them. The
revolutionary is a midwife seeking to give birth to the
full potential of man. Involved in that most difficult of
all births is us fighting against them, but let us not
confuse that fight with Revolution.
In the psycho-social evolution of man, the revolu-
tionary represents the final stage. Thus, one can never
_him the seed of the New Man, It is through the
by Julius Lester
say that he is a revolutionary. One is only in a constant
state of becoming abla damias of becoming more S ae
human.
It is an honor wad a privilege to live now, to be one
of those who accepts the responsibility to kill the —
ideology of death and nurture the ideology of Life.
Yes, it is supremely difficult, but what of value is not?
So many of us have nothing more than a commit-
ment to destruction and that is not revolutionary.’
Others of us have a commitment to a certain way of _
analyzing, to a particular ideology, and do not under--
stand that analysis and ideology are the tools of _
revolution and that strict adherence to that analysis
and ideology does not automatically create revolu- 5
tionaries or the revolution. And too many of us think
that the sole function of revolution is to create
institutions and life-styles to help us overcome our own
alienation. And how many of us got involved and,
when we realized what we had become involved in,
became frightened, for revolution requires a commit- — :
ment so total that we have to dispense with all those _
dreams which we had held of what we wanted our lives
to be?
‘Without any effort, tomorrow comes, but we can Se
make that tomorrow what it should be and cease that
inexorable procession of todays which feeds upon
humanity. We can do that if we understand the nature
of revolutionary commitment and the nature of revolu-
tion. We can do that if we do not give way to despai
when the travelling is difficult, or arrogance when th
Way is easier.
The destiny of humanity rests with us. We should Ab J
| honored to have been given such responsibility.
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days a week at St. Joseph's, St. Anne's, .
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clude arts and crafts, sports, Saneny sew-
ing and cooking.
sewing group meets
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to mothers and teenagers,
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perience necessary.
ACAP Schedule
Juty 26-28, forty-eight youths partici-
pated in a very successful camping week-
end at Camp Hebron, in Salem, N.Y.
Monday, Aug. 5, eighty youths will go to —
the Saratoga PerformingArts Center to see
the Supremes.
A girls' camping trip is planned for the —
weekend of Aug. 9-11. } 7
Any youth interested in registering for
ACAP's summer youth program may do so
at 231 South Pearl, the second floor, any
time after 12:00 noon.
Albany Liberate "We
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‘Joseph Leone, Urban-Renewal Director
‘and slum landlord, is out of town. His ans-
a wering service explains he is on vacation
for an indefinite length of time. Mrs. Dor-
eas Bond, President of the Black Women's
- Civic Association, stated, "If he thinks he
ean just walk out on this thing, he's wrong-
_ dead wrong."
Last week, following a series of meet-
_ ings between the BWCA and Rubicon Asso-
: -ciates (Leone's corporation which owns at
“least 15 buildings on Hamilton Street),
_ Leone stated that he intended to begin im-
provements immediately. Included were
_ promises for: regular pest control; twice-
weekly trash removal; inspection and re-
pair of all tenements by building contrac-
tors; and demolition of certain buildings
with - the construction of playgrounds on
p m why.
- $tarted With Protest
1 test the Reuiiacke of Rubicon proper-
with picketting in front of Rubicon's
r ilton St. office. In addition, most of the
A ith the Albany Rent Control.
These actions led to the first formal
cA between Rubicon eaeciakes: the
: “Roaches Go Away
_ Albany ‘Liberator
RENEWAL STARTS AT HOME -- Members of the Black Women's Civic
Association picket Urban Renewal director Joseph Leone's Rubicon Associates
over housing conditions on Hamiton St.
URBAN RENEWAY
STARTS AT HOM
took place Tuesday, July 16 at Mrs. Bond's
apartment at 293 Hamilton Street.
At this second conference, Mr. Leone,
ennings, set fort fepheke pment which.
pe Ses meet some of the demands of the
BWCA.
Rubicon has contracted with Linindoll,
Inc. for twice monthly pest control services
and with Victor Rapacki for twice-weekly
trash removal. These two actions on Le-
one's part aredefinite steps toward cleaner
and healthier living conditions for his ten-
ants.
To Begin Repairs
As of August 30; a plastering and paint-
_ing program will be initiated whereby each
building in turn will have necessary repairs
of this nature done. Major construction jobs
willbe undertaken by qualified building con-
- tractors where this is feasible but in the
case of tenements whichare considered un-
suitable for repair, the tenants will be ask-
ed to leave.
These two proposals leave much to be
desired as they are vague concerning time
limits; included no mention of repairs such
as wiring, heating, and plumbing; and pro-
vide no definite alternative to people who
will have to vacate their apartments. The
statement alse suggests that the rents will
be raised to meet the repair costs. The
res
present rents are already extremely high in
comparison with the quality of the housing
conditions; and the women refuse to work
for better conditions only to be forced to
‘move.
Certain buildings have been slated for
demolition and Leone has offered to build a
playground on the vacant lots. He has also
promised to assist in establishing a licen-
sed day care center for the neighborhood;
but does not see this as an immediate pri-
ority.
fo Oa 7) bo Pcie.
reey-dobn < . are scheduled to be underway by the end of
Leone's regular maintenance men have
begun some repair work inthe area of plas- _
tering and painting. All of these proposals
the summer.
In the meantime, Rent Control has acted —
on the complaints filed by the Hamilton St.
residents by reducing the rent of Mrs. Bond
and several other women. In Mrs. Bond's
case, the rent was reduced by almost half.
Recently, Tom Leahy, the. Building Com-
missioner of Albany, made a public state-
ment that Mr. Leone must do the necessary
repair work on his property or face the
possibility of a fine. Suggestions have been
made by other officials that Joseph Leone
resign as Urban Renewal Director because
of the conflict of interest arising from his
ownership of slums.
Community interest has been stirred by
this matter. The BWCA is now waiting for
Joseph Leone to return from his vacation
to face the music.
Beginning Now!
Food Service Industry
Training Project
Starts
Monday, August 19
Manpower Training Center
45 Columbia St., Albany
Apply At Any
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or Youth Opportunity Center | x
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Food Service Training | Urban League Head Optimistic
About Race Relation Problems
To Start In Albany
A three year training program for the
food service industry begins Monday, Au-
gust 19 at the Manpower Development
Training Center, 45 Columbia St. , Albany.
The program is designed tobring the train-
ee up to journeyman's wages ($3.75 to 4. 00
per hour at the end of three years.
The three year apprenticeship program
begins with six weeks basic training at the
Columbia St. center. The trainee receives
financial support during this period plus
provisions for his family if he is married.
After completing the basic training, the
apprentice cook is placed on a job with a
major restaurant or hotel or institution
such as the State University. His pay rate
is controlled by New York State with at
least four pay raises during the first year.
The Food Service Industry Training Pro-
ject which supervises the program, follows
up on the trainee to see that he is learning
on the job. The apprentice also attends a
class once a week during the first year and
once a month during the last two years.
The trainee receives administrative
training--to qualify him as a chief as well
as a cook. At the end of the three years he
receives a diploma and his journeyman pa-
pers with a guaranteed position and astart-
ing salary of approximately $140 per week.
Application for the course which begins
Monday, August 19, can be made at any em-
ployment center or if under 21 at the Youth
Opportunity Center. More information is
also available at The Liberator office, 172.
N. Pearl St., third floor, or call: 463-7788.
by V.M.
Conceeding the fact that he has been
called optimistic and naive, Mr. Whitney
Young said on June 22 that he sees a turn-
ing point for race relations in the near fu-
ture. He claimed that people are doing
more soul searching but at the same time,
the Executive Director of the Urban League
questioned the American status quo. 'Why
is it, he asked, that the good guys are get-
ting shot and the bigots like Wallace, Bilbo,
Maddox, etc. are fairly secure?"
Mr. Young told the predominantly white
middle class audience at the Giffen School,
that he sees two significant changes in the
race relations struggle. The first is that
black people now know with great certainty
that they are not inferior--they know that
white skin coloring is not a sign of superi-
ority. Blacks have also learned that civil
disobedience does pay off. It worked with
Lester Maddox when he defied a supreme
court order and stood in the door of his
restaurant with a shot gun. What happened?
Maddox was elected Governor of Georgia.
It worked with George Wallace when he
blocked entrance of a black man to a south-
ern university. What happened? He was e-
lected Governor of Alabama. Certainly
blacks have not started anything new.
Young sees that the second area of
change lies with our youth. He stated that
the young are dissatisfied with the incon-
sistencies and hypocracies which exist in
the land of the free. The President's Com-
mission on Civil Disorders confirms the
Sitting on top of
the world in the South End
photo by James Einarsson”
WHITNEY YOUNG -- While in Albany
the director of the Urban League warned
that the problems which cause riots still
exist,
fact that we speak of freedom and practice
enslavement. fi
- The closing part of Mr. Young's speech _
dealt withthe problems in Albany. He warn- —
ed the citizens not to be content simply be-
cause Albany has not had any major riots.
. This does not mean thatthe problems do not
exist or that they are not severe. He said,
"The most peaceful city last summer was
Johannesburg, South Africa,"
Johnson Builds Control
Of Chicago Convention
WASHINGTON -- The Democrats are
working on an elaborate system of security
in order to keep the poor people, the Ne-
gro, and anyone who might protest, out of
the convention hall in Chicago, where Pres-
ident Lyndon B. Johnson will have his 60th
birthday on August 27, which also happens
to be the date of the Democratic National
Convention,
Johnson forces. are preparing for the
_ biggest birthday party that any President
ever had.
Party Leaders are giving Mr. Johnson
an advantage by not allowing Young Demo-
crats or the Party's youth division to attend
the convention. This will hurt McCarthy,
who has the most support of youth as any
presidential capdidate has ever had.
Check points will be set up for blocks a-
round the International Amphitheater to
prevent anyone from getting near the con-
vention floor. In order to get in a person
will need special tickets, with perforated
portions that will be torn off by security
guards at each of the check points in and
near the theater. A different one will be
needed for each day.
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Dr. Benjamin Spock
Spock Guilty; Won't Quit
Dr.. Benjamin Spock may have been con-
victed of participating in anti-draft activi-
ties, but he won't quit. Despite a two year
jail term and a $5,000 fine he plans to con-
tinue with his activities.
He was convicted with Yale University
chaplin William Sloane Coffin, author Mit-
chell Goodman, and graduate student Mi-
chael Ferber.
stayed pending appeals.
"I'm still not convinced I broke any law,"
commented Spock after his trial. ''This war
could be stopped if millions of Americans
stood up and shouted 'Let's stop the war. '"
_ Form Historical Group
A branch of the National Association for
the Study of Life and History has been
formed in the Capital District under the
direction of James H. Lockhart, Assistant
in Educational Integration in the State Edu-
The sentences have been
cation Department's Division of Intercul-
tural Relations.
Mr. Lockhart is a lectur-
er and writer in the field of Negro history.
Organizational meetings and special Ne-
gro programs have already been presented
in Albany and Schenectady, with the next
scheduled for August 4 at the Bethel Baptist
Church in Troy.
The program will include a presentation
by Mr.
tory in Living Color" and a movie, ''From
Jazz, to Rock, to Pop,"
join Joe Tune for the Grand Opening of the Tune Bros. Service Station, July 18.
“Albany Liberator
Lockhart entitled ''American His-
: GRAND OPENING “a Brothers Robert Gates,
Marching Down Eastern Parkway
Over 350 Schenectadians took to the streets, Thursday, July 25, to protest
cuts in the Project Upward Bound and Head Start programs.
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Petitioning Their Congressman
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photo by Richard Marriott
Demonstrators gather outside the Schenectady office of Congressman Button
to voice opposition to cuts in the poverty SLAM eens
Peter Jones and Leon Van Dyke
Congress Cuts Head Start Funds
Protest Held In Schenectady
Over 350 mothers, children, teachers and community people marched in Schenectady,
Thursday, aly, | 29, to ie dtiws: Sey cut of base Start funds by Congress. The marchers
walked from Veterans' Park to the U.S.
Post Office Building which houses Dan But-
ton's Schenectady office. .
The marchers explained that the cutback
in funds for the Office of Economic Oppor-
tunity (OEO) was accomplished by bypassing
the normal committee hearings, swept
through the Senate and into the House of
Representatives. They were urging Button
to vote against the cutback.
The bill would also affect Upward Bound,
a program which assists high school stu-
dents. What would remain of the Head Start
Program would be transferred to the De-
partment of Health, Education and Welfare.
Several people were against taking the pro-
prog
gram for pre-school children away from the
poverty program and turning it over to the
public school system which has proved in-
adequate to the task of educating ghetto
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no trouble, and no changes. And Button is
just not interested in the problems of the
inner city. He's tied toa party thatisn't in-
terested. What difference has he made to
the man in the ghetto?"
Katz closed his hands; his words were
punctuated by strong fists falling rhythmi-
cally on the table. "The idea of voting for
the lesser of two evils must go. For years
and years neither the Democratic nor the
Republican party has met the needs of the
people in this district. Yet people have vot-
ed Democrat because even if they're no
good, they're better than the Republicans.
Or they've voted Republican with the hope
that anybody would be better than the ma-
chine candidate. That's not the way demo-
cracy ought to work. A new party is need-
ed. A new candidate is needed, one who will
listen, who will react."
Katz is campaigning on a many-planked
platform. He urges a vigorous and aggres-
sive search for an end to the Viet Nam war
including immediate halting of the bombing
and an initiation of troop withdrawal: He
calls for immediate and vigorous imple-
mentation of the Kerner Commission Re-
E port, especially where it affects and inter-
acts with local municipalities; this includes
full support for such reasonable programs
as the NAACP 67 points in Albany.
Opposes Segregated Housing
Of special importance toKatz is the end- _
ing of de facto segregation in housing, edu--
cation and employment. He stresses inten-
sive and meaningful urban renewal regard-
ing housing andtransportation. And he pro-
mises to work for increased federal support
_ for improving public education, and for bet-
ter channels for local citizens to voice o-.
» pinions and grievances.
We asked Katz why a poor man, a man
from the inner city should vote for him.
"My program offers equality of opportunity
_ to those who have not been offered it," he
answered. ''I am not tied to a national party
that tells me how to vote. I can therefore
afford to stir things up, to make waves,
_ Something no Republican or Democratic
- hewcomer to Congress could possibly do..
I want to make those waves, to start ei
‘happening.
"T represent most of the things a ghetto
resident would want,'' he continued. "I know
_ Ican't identify completely. I can't possibly
know how it feels to be black, but I do know
that all my life I've hated injustice. All of
us think and talk to our friends about the
ugly things that are happening in this coun-
try. The question always is ‘How do you
Start to change it?!
"I'd start with massive federal spending
for housing, jobs and education, "Katz stat-
€d. "That kind of spending demands Con-
_ Sressmen who want it, who are willing to go
out on a limb and demand it. I ask support
from all people, from those who are tired
| of having to vote for a conservative, do-
Rothing machine Democrat, from those
: black people who aretired of being ignored.
=! ask support from all who feel, as I do,
_ that a new politics, a new voice, and a new
| Conscience is needed in n this district and in
ps country."
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Sentenced In Vietnam : a
SAIGON, JULY 26, (LNS)--Truang Dinh
Dzu, who most likely would have been the
winner if the South Vietnam elections had
been fair, has been sentenced to five years ne
hard labor by the South Vietnam "govern- a
ment.'' Dzu officially ran second in the re-
cent presidential elections. A 51-year-old
lawyer, Dzu was convicted of advocating a.
coalition government and of''actions harm- _—
ful to the anti-Communist spirit of the peo-
pleand the army." The government charged
Dzu with advocating talks with the National |
Liberation Front and the formation of a co-
alition government. Nguyen Truong Con, a
23-year-old student editor who said much
the same thing received the same sentence pa
the day earlier. “am
Vietnam — or Crime or Mistake? —
"J have never talked or corresponded
with a person knowledgeable in Indochinese
affairs who did not agree that, had elections
been held at the time of the fighting, possi-
bly 80 percent of the population would have
voted for the Communist Ho Chi Minh as .
their leader....The mass of the population
supported ea enemy."
--President Eisenhower on "Mandate for
Change" 3 a eae * ie ae ae eh 2 ee z= ees ‘7 kha te ea
"One of the world's richest areas is open
to the winner in Indochina. That's behind
the growing U.S. concern...tin, rubber,
rice, key strategic raw materials are what
the war is really about. The U.S. sees it as
a place to hold--at any cost.
U.S. News and World Report, April 4, 1954
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"I characterize the American role in
Vietnam as criminal--just as its role inthe.
Congo was criminal." d
--Malcolm X mee q
"Now let us assume that we lost Indo-
china.... The tin and tungsten that we so.
not voting a giveaway program. We. are vot-
ing the cheapest way that we can to prevent
the occurrence of something that would be >
of a mostterrible significance to the United __
States of America, our security, our power
and ability to get certain things we need
from the riches of the Indochinese territory
and Southeast Asia."
_--President Eisenhower, Seattle Governors'
‘Conference, 1953.
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Brothers Examine Rent Control Practices
. by Maurice Wade
Meeting with representatives from Arbor
Hill and Albany's South End at his office at
The Alfred E. Smith building on Central
Ave., Deputy State Rent Commissioner Rob-
ert Herman said he felt that he and his staff
were doing allthey could for the poor of Al-
bany.."'And if conditions warrant it, we will
increase the staff,'' the commissioner add-
~ ed.
Responding to these statements Brother
Leon Van Dyke said he felt that there was
little real communication between the office
of Rent Control and the people of Albany -
who inhabit the more than twenty thousand
dwellings which fall under city rent control
laws.
"The people don't know what rent con-
trol is all about, '' Brother VanDyke stated,
"and a few pamphlets in your offices are not :
going to do the job of telling them."
Rent Control Passed
Adopted in Albany in 1961, present rent
control laws are supposed to be a guarantee
of decent housing for the inner-city resi-
- dents.
If a landlord doesn't make needed re-
pairs, the tenant has a right to complain to
to the rent control office (231 South Pearl
Supreme Court.
Under rent control laws a landlord can
“also be ordered. to reduce rent when the
dwelling is overpriced.
Brother Van Dyke's lack-of-communica-
investigations oe
Control was backed up Wed., July 24 by
Mrs. Olivia Rorie, Housing Coordinator for
SENCAP (The South End Community Action
Project).
"Many of the people do not understand
rent control. Rent Control officials should
hold oman meetings to inform residents
of their rights under the law. Rent Control
should have field workers to go right to the
people. Those guys in N.Y.C., the heads
of rent control, should get up off their be-
hinds and do more to bring their service to
the people they are supposeto beservicing.
At least fliers should be given out explain-
ing general regulations ,'' said Mrs. Rorie.
Rejects Suggestions
The idea offliers as wellas door todoor
field workers was brought up at Tuesday's
meeting, but Commissioner Herman said
such things were out of the question since
they are "not ordinary government prac-
tice. '' Brother Van Dyke answered the com-
missioner: "Then they damn well should
be."
Dismayed at the meeting's outcome,
Leon commented: ''Rent Control should not
be just another token agency which does not
show realinterest inhelping the poor. Why,
Commissioner Herman told me himself that
possibly 80% of Albany's slum housing are
right now violations. You're not going to
tell me that the reason all those people
don't carry their complaints to the rent
control office is because they're either lazy __
or stupid like the politicians want us to be-
lieve. It's because the rent control office
does not go to the people. There is no com-
munication. It's no wonder people have lost
faith in city government."
Commissioner Herman has agreed to
send two representatives to speak at the
Brothers' Headquarters on Wednesday
nights.
tion complaint against the office of Rent
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ARE YOU A MAN OR A PAPER TIGER
Albany’s Black Community Needs Men
DO YOU QUALIFY
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HUEY P. NEWTON
VS. THE SYSTEM
- By Karen Wald
Special to the Guardian
First of two Parts
San Francisco
The “straight” reporter was trying to find the “real” Huey to present to his
readers.
- “When you’re alone and wondering about things,” he asked, “what's your
most fervent wish?”
Huey answered without hesitation: “Complete destruction of this decadent
system.”
Failing to understand that this was the real Huey, the reporter pressed on: “But
what do you wish for yourself?”
“Well, that will be for myself,” re-
plied Huey, startled that this had to be
explained. “You see, in the first place,”
he went on, “this feeling of indivi-
duality is strictly a Western thing. It’s
one of the most corrupt things on the
face of the earth, where one person has
no identification with another. It’s in-
‘humane. This is one of the causes of a
whole people being enslaved and treated -
like cattle and brutalized to the utmost.
I think that with the revolutionary
movement, we’re wiping out this feeling
of individuality; the feeling that what is
mine is mine, and what is yours is mine.
We feel that we have to share with any
person who is born on the face of the ©
earth. As Che says: Individuality should
be expressed in a collective spirit. Every
man has a right to live, a right to
survive, a right to an equal share of the
wealth.”
The reporter never really did grasp
that Huey, being a political man, and a
revolutionary, was truthfully unfolding
os his feelings. So the article that appeared
in the local press told of Huey’s child-
hood in Louisiana and Oakland, of
living in dirt-floored houses; growing up
among pimps, prostitutes and hustlers;
of how Huey related to his school-
But all the revolu-
Over a period of weeks, I spent many
hours in the interview cell with Huey P.
Newton, minister of defense of the
Black Panther party. Following are ex-
cérpts from the dialogue that went on in
that cell of the Alameda County Jail in
Oakland
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Aren’t you inviting yourself to be.
used to further the goals of the black
people?
The Black Panther party is a van-
guard group leading the revolutionary
struggle. This is a world revolution: all
colonized people are now resisting.- To
work as one of the administrators of
this revolutionary action, you have to
view yourself as an oxen to be ridden by
the people. This is what the Black
Panther party teaches—that we should
all carry the weight, and those who have
extreme abilities will have to carry
extremely heavy loads. This is the only
way the movement will survive, that
those with some resources contribute
them to the people, and the people in
turn will contribute their strength to the
movement.
Panthers and students
What about charges that othei
groups, especially white groups, are us-
ing the Black Panther party for their
own ends?
We have a program which we intend
to carry out, and we welcome anyone
Who identifies with our program. In
fact, the revolitionary students have in
many cases identified with our move-
ment. They have realized this is a police
. State and that they have no control, no
freedom of expression. They found that
_they have nothing to say about control-
ling their destiny, and now they’re‘
identifying with the colonized people
throughout the world. .
I think this would be like asking,
“Do you think the white revolutionary
students are using the Vietcong? Are
Front? And I would answer, probably
not. I think that Ho Chi Minh. is
intelligent enough to structure his own
moves and not be used by anyone. But I
think that at the same time he wants
support from all revolutionary people
throughout the world who identify with
all revolutionaries against the imperialist
aggressor.
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Senator McCarthy said in a speech
“Black power is good power’’ which he
supports, and he speaks of ‘the black
colony in America. Do you think he’s
getting some education?
I’m sure that everyone wivughout
America and around the world is
becoming educated to the black tibera-
tion movement. People are educated by
black people and -colonized people
rebelling throughout the world.
And I’m sure that some education is
coming hame now to white radicals.
They’re learning that to be revolution-
aries they’re going to have to identify
with revolutionary people and act in
accordance with the philosophy of revo-
lutionary people.
We have a suggestion for the white
radicals, if they really want to be
radical. We view the police as an occu-
pying army who are in our community
to contain us. The police are the gun in
the racist administration’s hands. They
are there to enforce the racist political sit-
uation, the racist laws of the Establish-
ment. The police are concentrated in
the black colony. So we say to the
‘white revolutionaries who are becoming
activists now that if they really want to
be activists, then every time we’re
‘ambushed by the police inside the
colony, they’re going to have to attack
the police in their community, And it
doesn’t matter whether they’re on good
terms with their police or not. You'll
‘netice that the good terms the Berkeley
radicals had with the Berkeley police
some time ago has deteriorated now
because the Berkeley radicals are mov-
ing from just theory and going into
_ practice.
The government and school adminis-
trators have been opposing their politi-
cal theories, but when they start putting
their theories into action, the police
start coming down on their heads. The
police are the armed, strong-arm men of
the administration. To get our freedom
they using the National Liberation ©
we have to first deal with the protectors
of the racist establishment. We have to
drive the police out of our community
by any means necessary, and the white
radicals are going to have to drive the
police out of their community, because
these police are all members of one
fraternity.
The police all act in accordance with
the rules they get from the administra-
tion, which now. happens to be the
Johnson administration, and we’re going . :
to have to deal with the police across
the country first before we can deal
with the other political brutalities, such
as poor housing and inadequate food.
Like the white revolutionaries of
today, Huey cites Cleaver’s “Soul on
Ice,’” Franz Fanon’s “Wretched of the
Earth,” and the writings of Malcolm X,
Che, and Debray as the books that
have influenced and impressed him. Yet
until he was 16, Huey couldn’t read. He
came from the ghetto school system
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that passes children each year just to get
them out of there. When he did decide he
wanted to read, he picked up “The —
Republic” of Plato and read it over and
over until he could understand it.
Several years later, Black Panthers ©
were standing on Oakland street cor-
ners, educating those same pimps and
prostitutes about their rights, reading
from -a criminal law procedure book
they always carried in their hip pockets.
Strapped to their sides were .45’s, and
cradled in one arm, a-shot-gun. The
black community soon learned that the
Black Panther party: was there to look
out after their rights, and the Oakland
police felt less free to persecute and .
harass the black people on the streets.”
This is one aspect of the Black Panther
party. Getting street lights on a danger-
ous intersection is another. ;
Huey went on to attend Merritt
College, where his reading and his
instincts led to the formulation, along
with his close friend Bobby Seale, of the
Panther’s Ten Point Program. Huey and
Seale were unsuccessful in attempting to
get established black grougs to adopt
and begin implementing fie begin. so
they set up their own organization—The
Black Panther Party for Self-Defense.
The seventh- point on the program
urges black people to make use of their
constitutional right to arm themselves
for self-defense, It has been clearly the
most controversial point of the pro-
gram. Numerous questions. have been
thrown at Huey by both establishment
reporters and movement activists - eee
cerning this point.
Hasn’t carrying guns caused you a lot
of problems and brought on a lot of
criticism?
Say that black people had another
avenue, to get the leverage we need, to
get power. For us to seize power in any
way is forbidden fruit. If we had seized
that power, in whatever way, we would
have been criticized, brutalized and
killed for it, because the power struc-
ture does not want to give up any of its.
power.
alternative? — se *
No, “there’s no siitarhatiee. ‘That’ on
of the things that America is so guilt
of—forcing its oppressed people to the
position that we’re in, so that the only
way for us is to arm ourselves and
which was a slave order.
thereby become a political body.
Remember, black people weren’t
focused upon the way we are now until
we started resisting. Now we’re focused
upon throughout the world. So much so
that a president would spend a million.
dollars on a National Advisory Com-
mission on Civil Disorders, because we
are having an effect on their order,
Before the
rebellions, before the gun, there was no
need for them to concern themselves
with us.
and especially the closeness brought on
by events such as Stop The Draft Week
in Oakland and the battle of Columbia?
First, I think it’s very true that the
black revolutionaries were observing the
white radicals. We realized that some of
the white radicals were very articulate
and their ideology was pretty uptight.
But we were questioning whether they
were really ready to put these ideas into
action, to be activists. This is what the
black revolutionaries. really under-
stand—
together.
I know I was very impressed with the
attempt of the white revolutionaries to
close down the [Oakland] draft induction
center, and I wasn’t very impress@@’with
them in ’65 when they stopped in the
face of the police, I was down there,
and I watched, and I watched a couple
of Hell’s Angels go up and pop a couple
of people in the mouth. It was all very
sickening to me, because here were
thousands and thousands of people,
who could have just walked right over
the police if they really had the gall to,
and they didn’t. And I said, “Oh, yeah-
They were just demonstrators, who
weren’t ready to’’—but then, down at
the induction center, where they came
down with crash helmets and shields
and sticks, I was very impressed.
Albany Liberator i
Would xo say there was no > other ,
putting theory and practice
Liberator
News Notes _
Krupp Empire Stands
LONDON (LNS)--American, British, and
French authorities are nearing agreement
to annul a 15-year-old allied order for dis-
mantling the multibillion dollar Krupp in-
dustrial empire in Germany. Alfred Krupp
who headed the coal and steel complex until
his death last year, was convicted 21 years
ago by the allied war crimes tribunal as an
employer of slave labor. The decision not
to dismantle the Krupp complex, according
to British sources, is based on grounds that
Krupp's war activities are no longer rele-
vant.
Police Arsenal Increased
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 24 (LNS)--
Worried about those gun control laws dir-
ected against private citizens? Well, don't
look now, but an amendment has just been
introduced in Congress to force the Penta-
gon to sell surplus weapons to state and lo-
cal police for "riot control purposes." The
Pentagon stopped similar sales in 1963
when it was discovered that a southern
sheriff in a county of 15,300 people had pur-
chased 197 pistols, 85 shotguns, and 5000
rifles. Now that THEY are revolting and
the South is no longer the guinea pig, it's
suddenly all right!
The proposed law covers not only the —
piddling small arms stuff that southern |
sheriff wanted, but also machine guns,
tanks, and armored personnel carriers.
What a field day the Oakland police could
have with the Black Panthers if the Penta- —
gon suddenly discovered we had surplus
planes and napalm. Think it couldn't happen
here? The Berkeley police had phosphorous
grenades (which they didn't use) during the ©
July 4 liberation of Telegraph Street.
General Bans Esquire
FORT HOOD, TEXAS (LNS)-- The Fort
Hood acting post commander Maj. Gen. Jo-
seph McChristian has banned the August is-
sue of Esquire Magazine, which features a
story on the American Servicemen's Union.
Recruits Brutalized
NEW YORK (LNS)--Six trainees at Fort
Campbell, Kentucky, have perished of heat
exhaustion and a seventh has committed
suicide, according to Pvt. David Ort of the
American Servicemen's Union. The Bond, a
New York GI newspaper, has also received
letters from two soldiers at Fort Campbell
complaining of brutality. Another trainee at
the base reported that 90 trainees were
jammed into a thirty-five-foot semitrailer.
The temperature inside was 130 degrees.
When it reached its destination many of the
passengers were unloaded into ambulances.
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