The Politics of Salvation: II Francine du Plessix Gray nell crowd until 10 PM before return- Bucknell'sonlynotorious graduate to trusted.Boyd.Douglas from the first," ing to his cell,a man recollected as date is the writer Philip Roth,and its saysMary Chenoweth,wife of the having no particular intelligence or wit, most celebrated ungraduated student, headof Bucknell's political science In Harrisburg,Pennsylvania,last Feb- and frequently compared to“an Norman Thomas, whose red brick department,“but I checked myself and ruary and March, Father Philip Berri- Appalachian trying to be hip,”could house still stands in Lewisburg, was said to myself,‘Don't do the elitist gan, Sister Elizabeth McAlister, and have been taken into confidence by a neverawardedanhonorarydegree bit,you're being likethewhite five other antiwar activists stood trial motley group of students, teachers, from the college because of his polit- police.'" “As soon as Idistrusted on charges of conspiring tokidnap activists,and priests.To them Douglas ical convictions. him," says Pat Rom,a librarian at Henry Kissinger,blow up heating ducts readilyimpersonated thefervent Move- Antiwarsentimentfiltered into Bucknell, “I felt like a Hoover, para- in Washington,DC,and vandalize Se- ment convert with the same panache Bucknell in the late 1960s at.the same noid."“It was more sympathy than lective Service boards.Thegovern- with whichhehadpreviouslyconned pace with which itreached other small attraction,'" says Betty Sandel, the ment's case against this predominantly and defrauded.authorities in Reno, colleges such as Hobart, where Tommy pretty red-haired coed who was Boyd's Catholic groupreliedalmostexclu- Acapulco,and Miami's Fountainebleau theTraveler workedsowellfor the girl for six months,and who received sivelyonconversationsreportedbythe Hotel.The Politics of Salvation: II Francine du Plessix Gray nell crowd until 10 PM before return- Bucknell'sonlynotorious graduate to trusted.Boyd.Douglas from the first," ing to his cell,a man recollected as date is the writer Philip Roth,and its saysMary Chenoweth,wife of the having no particular intelligence or wit, most celebrated ungraduated student, headof Bucknell's political science In Harrisburg,Pennsylvania,last Feb- and frequently compared to“an Norman Thomas, whose red brick department,“but I checked myself and ruary and March, Father Philip Berri- Appalachian trying to be hip,”could house still stands in Lewisburg, was said to myself,‘Don't do the elitist gan, Sister Elizabeth McAlister, and have been taken into confidence by a neverawardedanhonorarydegree bit,you're being likethewhite five other antiwar activists stood trial motley group of students, teachers, from the college because of his polit- police.'" “As soon as Idistrusted on charges of conspiring tokidnap activists,and priests.To them Douglas ical convictions. him," says Pat Rom,a librarian at Henry Kissinger,blow up heating ducts readilyimpersonated thefervent Move- Antiwarsentimentfiltered into Bucknell, “I felt like a Hoover, para- in Washington,DC,and vandalize Se- ment convert with the same panache Bucknell in the late 1960s at.the same noid."“It was more sympathy than lective Service boards.Thegovern- with whichhehadpreviouslyconned pace with which itreached other small attraction,'" says Betty Sandel, the ment's case against this predominantly and defrauded.authorities in Reno, colleges such as Hobart, where Tommy pretty red-haired coed who was Boyd's Catholic groupreliedalmostexclu- Acapulco,and Miami's Fountainebleau theTraveler workedsowellfor the girl for six months,and who received sivelyonconversationsreportedbythe Hotel. FBI.There is only one characteristic peace symbol earrings from him as a FBI informer Boyd Douglas,a convict Planting its informer among radical unique to this pleasant,sheltered cam- 1970 Christmas present.“I figured that with an extraordinary record of lying, allprisoners are political prisoners." violence,and evasion;andonthe ElizabethMcAlister alsoadmitsthat correspondenceexchanged atLewis- shefearedBoyd 1Douglasfromthe burgprison betweenElizabethMcAlis- start:“He was always too much there, ter and Philip.Berrigan which Boyd his English was so atrocious; but I Douglas had passed on to the FBI.him," says Pat Rom,a librarian at Henry Kissinger,blow up heating ducts readilyimpersonated thefervent Move- Antiwarsentimentfiltered into Bucknell, “I felt like a Hoover, para- in Washington,DC,and vandalize Se- ment convert with the same panache Bucknell in the late 1960s at.the same noid."“It was more sympathy than lective Service boards.Thegovern- with whichhehadpreviouslyconned pace with which itreached other small attraction,'" says Betty Sandel, the ment's case against this predominantly and defrauded.authorities in Reno, colleges such as Hobart, where Tommy pretty red-haired coed who was Boyd's Catholic groupreliedalmostexclu- Acapulco,and Miami's Fountainebleau theTraveler workedsowellfor the girl for six months,and who received sivelyonconversationsreportedbythe Hotel. FBI.There is only one characteristic peace symbol earrings from him as a FBI informer Boyd Douglas,a convict Planting its informer among radical unique to this pleasant,sheltered cam- 1970 Christmas present.“I figured that with an extraordinary record of lying, allprisoners are political prisoners." violence,and evasion;andonthe ElizabethMcAlister alsoadmitsthat correspondenceexchanged atLewis- shefearedBoyd 1Douglasfromthe burgprison betweenElizabethMcAlis- start:“He was always too much there, ter and Philip.Berrigan which Boyd his English was so atrocious; but I Douglas had passed on to the FBI. repressed my instincts because I was Douglas was serving three concurrent afraidIwas sbeingbourgeoisand five-year sentences for forgeryand elitist." armed assault and had only been One of the most moving accounts of released from maximumtomedium trusting BoydDouglas is given by Zoia securityinthespring of 1969.Six Horn, the plucky Bucknell head librar- months later,under mysterious circum- ian who chose to go to jail rather than stances which lead me tobelieve that testifyas agovernment witness ina Douglashad 1beenaninformerfor trial she called “a black charade." much longer thanthegovernment “Whenever Ihad misgivings about admitted in court,he was the only BoydI'dsay to myself,‘He's a memberof Lewisburgprison's prisoner, he's powerless, his dignity is 1,400-manpopulationtobe allowed constantly being.undermined...he intothe student release programat must be given maximum affection, nearby Bucknell University.FBI.There is only one characteristic peace symbol earrings from him as a FBI informer Boyd Douglas,a convict Planting its informer among radical unique to this pleasant,sheltered cam- 1970 Christmas present.“I figured that with an extraordinary record of lying, allprisoners are political prisoners." violence,and evasion;andonthe ElizabethMcAlister alsoadmitsthat correspondenceexchanged atLewis- shefearedBoyd 1Douglasfromthe burgprison betweenElizabethMcAlis- start:“He was always too much there, ter and Philip.Berrigan which Boyd his English was so atrocious; but I Douglas had passed on to the FBI. repressed my instincts because I was Douglas was serving three concurrent afraidIwas sbeingbourgeoisand five-year sentences for forgeryand elitist." armed assault and had only been One of the most moving accounts of released from maximumtomedium trusting BoydDouglas is given by Zoia securityinthespring of 1969.Six Horn, the plucky Bucknell head librar- months later,under mysterious circum- ian who chose to go to jail rather than stances which lead me tobelieve that testifyas agovernment witness ina Douglashad 1beenaninformerfor trial she called “a black charade." much longer thanthegovernment “Whenever Ihad misgivings about admitted in court,he was the only BoydI'dsay to myself,‘He's a memberof Lewisburgprison's prisoner, he's powerless, his dignity is 1,400-manpopulationtobe allowed constantly being.undermined...he intothe student release programat must be given maximum affection, nearby Bucknell University. maximum attention,and I'd say to Many perplexing questions about the myself,‘Don't be a lousy stinking government's infiltration of the Catho- doubter.'"ThelasttimeZoiasaw licleft andof Bucknellremained Douglas was in early January of 1971, unanswered at the trial's end,which a week before the first indictment was werefurther obscured by thedefense's issued, the evening before he disap- --- PAGE BREAK ---member otLewisburg prison's constantly being 1,400-manpopulationtobe allowed undermined...he intothestudentreleaseprogramat must be given maximum affection, maximum attention′and Id say to nearby Bucknell University. myself,‘Don't be a lousy stinking Manyperplexingquestions about the doubter.'"The last time Zoia saw government's infiltration of the Catho- licleftandofBucknellremained Douglas was in early January of 1971, unanswered at the trial's end,which a week before the first indictment was issued,the evening before he disap- werefurtherobscuredbythedefense's peared from Bucknell to testify against surprisingdecision torestwithout calling any witnesses. One of the most his friends and enter the FBI's long troublingof thesequestions ishow custody.Douglas came to call on her Philip Berrigan,his friends,and many with noapparent motive.And on the other persons outsideLewisburg prison eve of his disappearance,for the first came to trust Boyd Douglas so blindly. time intheyeartheyhadknown each I see this trust as a phenomenon of the other,Boyd Douglas gave Zoia Horn a 1960s,rising from that sympathy for kiss. the dispossessed that has marked the conscience of American liberals since he problemofPhilipBerrigan's the nascence of the civil rights move- trust is more complex.His perceptions ment. seemeddistortedbythefantasies of freedomandofunimpaired 1power common to many political prisoners.the dispossessed that has marked the conscience of American liberals since he problemofPhilipBerrigan's the nascence of the civil rights move- trust is more complex.His perceptions ment. seemeddistortedbythefantasies of freedomandofunimpaired 1power common to many political prisoners. oppressed,like other emotions that activistsandtenderheartedliberalswho pus:Bucknell is the only college of His beliefinDouglaswasfurther flow out of guilt,can easily degenerate tended to commiserate withall any intellectual standing in theUnited compoundedbythe evangelical mys- intosentimentalism.With adenialof convicts,the government,in effect, States that is intimately linked,both tique of.trust and openness central to free will that is ironically Calvinistic, proffered 1toBoydDouglasanun- geographicallyandbyitsstudentre- his profound Christianityandtothe 'Catholic leftists as well as others have limitedbankaccountofcompassion to lease program,toafederal peniten- pacifist doctrines that had shaped his tendedtoseeallcriminalsashelpless draw upon.The climate.of confidence tiary.The college's closeness to prison thought during the previous decade.seemeddistortedbythefantasies of freedomandofunimpaired 1power common to many political prisoners. oppressed,like other emotions that activistsandtenderheartedliberalswho pus:Bucknell is the only college of His beliefinDouglaswasfurther flow out of guilt,can easily degenerate tended to commiserate withall any intellectual standing in theUnited compoundedbythe evangelical mys- intosentimentalism.With adenialof convicts,the government,in effect, States that is intimately linked,both tique of.trust and openness central to free will that is ironically Calvinistic, proffered 1toBoydDouglasanun- geographicallyandbyitsstudentre- his profound Christianityandtothe 'Catholic leftists as well as others have limitedbankaccountofcompassion to lease program,toafederal peniten- pacifist doctrines that had shaped his tendedtoseeallcriminalsashelpless draw upon.The climate.of confidence tiary.The college's closeness to prison thought during the previous decade. victims whoseactions areirreversibly surroundingtheconvict-informer was problems, the need for prison reform Berrigan's faithin Douglas suggests conditionedbythenature ofthe well expressed by Tom Love,a draft which constantlyharps on the con- thatabsoluteChristianitymaybeir- American environment,and therefore cardburner whomDouglas chose as his scienceofBucknell'sliberal com- reconcilable with traditionalpolitical beyondmoral judgment.The apoth- roommatefor hisoff-campus apart- munity,and its occasional demonstra- actionand 1withtheprecautionary eosis of the dispossessed that charac- ment in Lewisburg:“Boyd was another tions of support for convicts’hunger measuresessentialtoeffectivepolitical terizedthe1960s-andtheconcurrent guy shit on by the establishment,' strikes, all must have been crucial to behavior.PhilipBerriganrefusedthe fatalismthatputsallblameonthe Tom Love says,“and we figured it was the government's decision to infiltrate offers ofhighly skilledconvictsto society-hastakenaparticularlyirra- our duty to trust him." this singular prison-university complex.oppressed,like other emotions that activistsandtenderheartedliberalswho pus:Bucknell is the only college of His beliefinDouglaswasfurther flow out of guilt,can easily degenerate tended to commiserate withall any intellectual standing in theUnited compoundedbythe evangelical mys- intosentimentalism.With adenialof convicts,the government,in effect, States that is intimately linked,both tique of.trust and openness central to free will that is ironically Calvinistic, proffered 1toBoydDouglasanun- geographicallyandbyitsstudentre- his profound Christianityandtothe 'Catholic leftists as well as others have limitedbankaccountofcompassion to lease program,toafederal peniten- pacifist doctrines that had shaped his tendedtoseeallcriminalsashelpless draw upon.The climate.of confidence tiary.The college's closeness to prison thought during the previous decade. victims whoseactions areirreversibly surroundingtheconvict-informer was problems, the need for prison reform Berrigan's faithin Douglas suggests conditionedbythenature ofthe well expressed by Tom Love,a draft which constantlyharps on the con- thatabsoluteChristianitymaybeir- American environment,and therefore cardburner whomDouglas chose as his scienceofBucknell'sliberal com- reconcilable with traditionalpolitical beyondmoral judgment.The apoth- roommatefor hisoff-campus apart- munity,and its occasional demonstra- actionand 1withtheprecautionary eosis of the dispossessed that charac- ment in Lewisburg:“Boyd was another tions of support for convicts’hunger measuresessentialtoeffectivepolitical terizedthe1960s-andtheconcurrent guy shit on by the establishment,' strikes, all must have been crucial to behavior.PhilipBerriganrefusedthe fatalismthatputsallblameonthe Tom Love says,“and we figured it was the government's decision to infiltrate offers ofhighly skilledconvictsto society-hastakenaparticularlyirra- our duty to trust him." this singular prison-university complex. carry mail for him,because they were tionalturn 1when prisonersare in Theyare equallycrucial to theinstinc “"organized,or rich.He instinctively question.One hears the slogan “all in tivesympathywhich some Bucknell- gravitated 1.to the orphaned 1Boyd prisoners are political prisoners,"ac- 1849,is a beautiful campus set upon ianswerecapable ofofferingtothe Douglas becausehesawhimasa companiedby the axiom that Charles the banks of the Susquehanna River in convict and informerBoyd Douglas.victims whoseactions areirreversibly surroundingtheconvict-informer was problems, the need for prison reform Berrigan's faithin Douglas suggests conditionedbythenature ofthe well expressed by Tom Love,a draft which constantlyharps on the con- thatabsoluteChristianitymaybeir- American environment,and therefore cardburner whomDouglas chose as his scienceofBucknell'sliberal com- reconcilable with traditionalpolitical beyondmoral judgment.The apoth- roommatefor hisoff-campus apart- munity,and its occasional demonstra- actionand 1withtheprecautionary eosis of the dispossessed that charac- ment in Lewisburg:“Boyd was another tions of support for convicts’hunger measuresessentialtoeffectivepolitical terizedthe1960s-andtheconcurrent guy shit on by the establishment,' strikes, all must have been crucial to behavior.PhilipBerriganrefusedthe fatalismthatputsallblameonthe Tom Love says,“and we figured it was the government's decision to infiltrate offers ofhighly skilledconvictsto society-hastakenaparticularlyirra- our duty to trust him." this singular prison-university complex. carry mail for him,because they were tionalturn 1when prisonersare in Theyare equallycrucial to theinstinc “"organized,or rich.He instinctively question.One hears the slogan “all in tivesympathywhich some Bucknell- gravitated 1.to the orphaned 1Boyd prisoners are political prisoners,"ac- 1849,is a beautiful campus set upon ianswerecapable ofofferingtothe Douglas becausehesawhimasa companiedby the axiom that Charles the banks of the Susquehanna River in convict and informerBoyd Douglas. quintessential victim of the American Manson,Sirhan B. Sirhan, and Lee Lewisburg,Pennsylvania,two miles Talkingwith Bucknell people system.And he glorified him as a HarveyOswald have the same moral from the Lewisburg prison.Its stu- March of this year,I was struck by the system.beater,rather than recognize andpoliticalstatus asPhilipBerrigan dents,who number just under 3,000, similarity of their reactions toDouglas.--- PAGE BREAK --- quintessential victim of the American Manson,Sirhan B. Sirhan, and Lee Lewisburg,Pennsylvania,two miles Talkingwith Bucknell people system.And he glorified him as a HarveyOswald have the same moral from the Lewisburg prison.Its stu- March of this year,I was struck by the system.beater,rather than recognize andpoliticalstatus asPhilipBerrigan dents,who number just under 3,000, similarity of their reactions toDouglas. him as the compulsive loser he was. because they are equally “oppressed." can be described as bright kids,from They had distrusted him from the "You askedme for afewwords Thispeculiarly Americanstateof fairlyconformist suburbanfamilies, outset, but had fought their first aboutour friend Douglas,”PhilipBer- mind helps to explain why a student- whodidnot quitemake it toSwarth- instincts.Their eventual decisions.to rigan wrotemerecently.wenow convict like Boyd Douglas,a prisoner moreor Brown.Theyseemattracted trusthim hadall beenmolded.by.that knowhimasa vastlycomplexand given a suspicious degree of freedom, tothe ruralhandsomeness of Lewis- unselective compassion and thatfear of resourceful con man,with deep neurot- whoperpetuallywore dark.glasses and burg,a quiet,well-groomed town with elitismwhichhave marked theliberal- icism,to be sure, but nonetheless one oftendrankand talkedwiththeBuck-muchfineVictorian architecture. radical 1mind of the Sixties.“I dis- whohadmade a life style of beating 1.4. TheNew.YorkReview is --- PAGE BREAK ---the system,and doing it with his wits. In any case, my life at that point was JosephWenderoth,an utterlydedi- the Berrigan-McAlisterletters were legalestablishmentbutscreamfor their mainly the inmates-that was whereI cated,selfless priest,is the most fer- being declaimedbygovernmentprose- lawyers when they need them,and was-with them.And my main interest vent in his pastoral concern.“Sure I cutor William Lynch,I asked Elizabeth thenexpect theselawyers tobehave in.working with them was rehabilita- worried about Douglas,”he says,“I whether more cautionmight not have likerevolutionaryheroes.They con- tion,i.e.,getting them to see their lives worried abouthis owngrowth."Of all been used in regard toher correspond- demn the“media,”but easily become in a fresh way,to renounce some of the defendants,Joseph Wenderoth had ence.It hadbeen most trying for her media martyrs. .Caughtbetweenthe the manure....He [Boyd]was ready been the one closest to Boyd,closer tolistentothoseletters incourt.She evangelicmystiqueofopenness andthe made,he had a good rep with the even than Philip Berrigan,whose mind lookedatmecandidlywithhertired necessity of political precaution,they other cons,who placed great store in remained obsessedby the politics out- eyes and,even then,gave me the seem to need flirting with trouble.“I integrity,honor,resistance to the penal side the Wall.Boyd,who was a Roman following answer:“In my opinion it is had to get caught,you see,”Daniel administration.... Catholic,had shrewdly exploited Joe's more advisablefor ustostayopen..Caughtbetweenthe the manure....He [Boyd]was ready been the one closest to Boyd,closer tolistentothoseletters incourt.She evangelicmystiqueofopenness andthe made,he had a good rep with the even than Philip Berrigan,whose mind lookedatmecandidlywithhertired necessity of political precaution,they other cons,who placed great store in remained obsessedby the politics out- eyes and,even then,gave me the seem to need flirting with trouble.“I integrity,honor,resistance to the penal side the Wall.Boyd,who was a Roman following answer:“In my opinion it is had to get caught,you see,”Daniel administration.... Catholic,had shrewdly exploited Joe's more advisablefor ustostayopen. Berrigan told Robert Coles,“otherwise "We talked long and exhaustively on Rather than function above or under priestliness,often coming to him to it would 1mean1washidingtoo penal reform, the brutality of a place confess his private problems and using surveillance.wemustbe open toit.We much."It is in part this ambivalence have a duty to find forms of resistance likethat prison ora hundred others, this counseling relationship as a means in the open.If we lose our trust and toward openness and 1secrecy,this the war (at very great length), eco- of inciting the priest to violence.The coquettish attitude toward authority, cannot discuss things openly we are in nomics,non-violence as against mostselflessloveofferedtoBoyd had vio- that led to the guileless indiscretions of lence,civil disobedience,drugs,Amer- been rewarded with the greatestvindic- a police state." the Berrigan-McAlister correspondence.Catholic,had shrewdly exploited Joe's more advisablefor ustostayopen. Berrigan told Robert Coles,“otherwise "We talked long and exhaustively on Rather than function above or under priestliness,often coming to him to it would 1mean1washidingtoo penal reform, the brutality of a place confess his private problems and using surveillance.wemustbe open toit.We much."It is in part this ambivalence have a duty to find forms of resistance likethat prison ora hundred others, this counseling relationship as a means in the open.If we lose our trust and toward openness and 1secrecy,this the war (at very great length), eco- of inciting the priest to violence.The coquettish attitude toward authority, cannot discuss things openly we are in nomics,non-violence as against mostselflessloveofferedtoBoyd had vio- that led to the guileless indiscretions of lence,civil disobedience,drugs,Amer- been rewarded with the greatestvindic- a police state." the Berrigan-McAlister correspondence. ican racism,etc.And I didn’t find him tiveness.Boyd then went to the wit- bright or particularly well-read,but ness standtoimplicate Joseph Wen- lhecuriousmystiqueofopenness she rather,eager to learn.And apparently, deroth morevengefullythan any other expresses is characteristic of much of lheletters arecuriousliterarydocu- he did what he’promised to'do,he defendant,even constantly the Catholic left.For these Catholics /mispro- ments.Philip's 6prosealternatesbe- worked hard,he produced-rather an nouncing his name as “Wendorf"or radical fantasies and radicalrhetoric- tween fine Victorian constraint,the exceptioninthemovement.Inother "Wendrod." whichare sorecklesslyandprofusely street slang of the ghetto priest,and an words,I trusted him,and trusted my Talking to Joe about Boyd is a verbalized-areadmixedwithapro- adolescent populism that is reminiscent friends to him." moving and frustrating experience.For foundlyliberalviewof theAmerican ofHoldenCaulfield.Traditional ex- EvenafterDouglas's damning trial even now,after Douglas's testimony, system.They accuse the government of pressions of devoutness-"In Him," testimony,Philip being facist,while behaving as if it JoeseemsjnterestedonlyinBoyd's "The Lord's Peace"-are laced with would retain the belief thathehadneverbeendupedby werepermissive enough toacquit them ganglandcodewordsgiventofriends future.Berrigan told Robert Coles,“otherwise "We talked long and exhaustively on Rather than function above or under priestliness,often coming to him to it would 1mean1washidingtoo penal reform, the brutality of a place confess his private problems and using surveillance.wemustbe open toit.We much."It is in part this ambivalence have a duty to find forms of resistance likethat prison ora hundred others, this counseling relationship as a means in the open.If we lose our trust and toward openness and 1secrecy,this the war (at very great length), eco- of inciting the priest to violence.The coquettish attitude toward authority, cannot discuss things openly we are in nomics,non-violence as against mostselflessloveofferedtoBoyd had vio- that led to the guileless indiscretions of lence,civil disobedience,drugs,Amer- been rewarded with the greatestvindic- a police state." the Berrigan-McAlister correspondence. ican racism,etc.And I didn’t find him tiveness.Boyd then went to the wit- bright or particularly well-read,but ness standtoimplicate Joseph Wen- lhecuriousmystiqueofopenness she rather,eager to learn.And apparently, deroth morevengefullythan any other expresses is characteristic of much of lheletters arecuriousliterarydocu- he did what he’promised to'do,he defendant,even constantly the Catholic left.For these Catholics /mispro- ments.Philip's 6prosealternatesbe- worked hard,he produced-rather an nouncing his name as “Wendorf"or radical fantasies and radicalrhetoric- tween fine Victorian constraint,the exceptioninthemovement.Inother "Wendrod." whichare sorecklesslyandprofusely street slang of the ghetto priest,and an words,I trusted him,and trusted my Talking to Joe about Boyd is a verbalized-areadmixedwithapro- adolescent populism that is reminiscent friends to him." moving and frustrating experience.For foundlyliberalviewof theAmerican ofHoldenCaulfield.Traditional ex- EvenafterDouglas's damning trial even now,after Douglas's testimony, system.They accuse the government of pressions of devoutness-"In Him," testimony,Philip being facist,while behaving as if it JoeseemsjnterestedonlyinBoyd's "The Lord's Peace"-are laced with would retain the belief thathehadneverbeendupedby werepermissive enough toacquit them ganglandcodewordsgiventofriends future. This scrubbed,shining-faced the informer.He maintained that Boyd of civil disobedience.("Civil disobedi- and places:“Little Shane"for Neil priest twhokneelsdownbyhisbed Douglas hadbeenundergoing a genuine ence,”a young priest once told me, McLaughlin,“Big Joe German"for everynighttoprayforWilliamLynch process of transformation during their “"should be like breathing in and Joseph Wenderoth,“bruv"for Daniel and GuyGoodwin.can only talk about early friendship,which was violently breathing out.")Underlying their atti- Berrigan,“blood thepossibilitiesof Boyd's rehabilita- dline'foranother interruptedby theFBI and theprison tudes is an ambivalence toward author- brother of Philip's,“Minnesota Fats" tion,how it would be toolate if Boyd authoritieswhentheyforcedhimto itywhich in turn seems based on a forstill another activist, doesn't meet therightperson within "Golden turninformer.Heisnotthe only love-hate relationshiptowardthat su- Fleece"for Washington, DC.ican racism,etc.And I didn’t find him tiveness.Boyd then went to the wit- bright or particularly well-read,but ness standtoimplicate Joseph Wen- lhecuriousmystiqueofopenness she rather,eager to learn.And apparently, deroth morevengefullythan any other expresses is characteristic of much of lheletters arecuriousliterarydocu- he did what he’promised to'do,he defendant,even constantly the Catholic left.For these Catholics /mispro- ments.Philip's 6prosealternatesbe- worked hard,he produced-rather an nouncing his name as “Wendorf"or radical fantasies and radicalrhetoric- tween fine Victorian constraint,the exceptioninthemovement.Inother "Wendrod." whichare sorecklesslyandprofusely street slang of the ghetto priest,and an words,I trusted him,and trusted my Talking to Joe about Boyd is a verbalized-areadmixedwithapro- adolescent populism that is reminiscent friends to him." moving and frustrating experience.For foundlyliberalviewof theAmerican ofHoldenCaulfield.Traditional ex- EvenafterDouglas's damning trial even now,after Douglas's testimony, system.They accuse the government of pressions of devoutness-"In Him," testimony,Philip being facist,while behaving as if it JoeseemsjnterestedonlyinBoyd's "The Lord's Peace"-are laced with would retain the belief thathehadneverbeendupedby werepermissive enough toacquit them ganglandcodewordsgiventofriends future. This scrubbed,shining-faced the informer.He maintained that Boyd of civil disobedience.("Civil disobedi- and places:“Little Shane"for Neil priest twhokneelsdownbyhisbed Douglas hadbeenundergoing a genuine ence,”a young priest once told me, McLaughlin,“Big Joe German"for everynighttoprayforWilliamLynch process of transformation during their “"should be like breathing in and Joseph Wenderoth,“bruv"for Daniel and GuyGoodwin.can only talk about early friendship,which was violently breathing out.")Underlying their atti- Berrigan,“blood thepossibilitiesof Boyd's rehabilita- dline'foranother interruptedby theFBI and theprison tudes is an ambivalence toward author- brother of Philip's,“Minnesota Fats" tion,how it would be toolate if Boyd authoritieswhentheyforcedhimto itywhich in turn seems based on a forstill another activist, doesn't meet therightperson within "Golden turninformer.Heisnotthe only love-hate relationshiptowardthat su- Fleece"for Washington, DC. defendantwhose the next year.“"You mean you're only premely authoritarian institution,the attitude toward An eighteenth-centurytouch is fur- Douglasis shaped by a religious belief concerned with his salvation?Ionce Roman Catholic Church.For in the theraddedbytheletters’mysterious in the transforming power of trust.This scrubbed,shining-faced the informer.He maintained that Boyd of civil disobedience.("Civil disobedi- and places:“Little Shane"for Neil priest twhokneelsdownbyhisbed Douglas hadbeenundergoing a genuine ence,”a young priest once told me, McLaughlin,“Big Joe German"for everynighttoprayforWilliamLynch process of transformation during their “"should be like breathing in and Joseph Wenderoth,“bruv"for Daniel and GuyGoodwin.can only talk about early friendship,which was violently breathing out.")Underlying their atti- Berrigan,“blood thepossibilitiesof Boyd's rehabilita- dline'foranother interruptedby theFBI and theprison tudes is an ambivalence toward author- brother of Philip's,“Minnesota Fats" tion,how it would be toolate if Boyd authoritieswhentheyforcedhimto itywhich in turn seems based on a forstill another activist, doesn't meet therightperson within "Golden turninformer.Heisnotthe only love-hate relationshiptowardthat su- Fleece"for Washington, DC. defendantwhose the next year.“"You mean you're only premely authoritarian institution,the attitude toward An eighteenth-centurytouch is fur- Douglasis shaped by a religious belief concerned with his salvation?Ionce Roman Catholic Church.For in the theraddedbytheletters’mysterious in the transforming power of trust. asked him. turmoilof their sudden turningaway titles, which had been shrewdly sug- AnthonyScoblick says he distrusted “What else is there on earth?"the fromtheChurch'straditionalstruc- gested by Boyd Douglas,who carried andavoidedDouglasbecause he talked priest said. tures,they seem strikingly like adoles- theletters inandoutof jailin his of violence,but then adds,with total cents-deeplydependentontheir It is in this context of trust,conver- school notebook.These academic titles earnestness,“But perhaps by trusting parentsyet constantly critical of them.--- PAGE BREAK --- turmoilof their sudden turningaway titles, which had been shrewdly sug- AnthonyScoblick says he distrusted “What else is there on earth?"the fromtheChurch'straditionalstruc- gested by Boyd Douglas,who carried andavoidedDouglasbecause he talked priest said. tures,they seem strikingly like adoles- theletters inandoutof jailin his of violence,but then adds,with total cents-deeplydependentontheir It is in this context of trust,conver- school notebook.These academic titles earnestness,“But perhaps by trusting parentsyet constantly critical of them. sion,and faith that one must see the wereintendedto convince anyprison aninformer enough you might convert Like adolescents,Catholic radicals imprudencesthatled tothedefend- behavetowardauthorityinacuriously guard who mightglanceat the him." ants’indictment.At mid-trial,while convict'snotebookthat flirtatious manner.They condemn the tthey were thethemesofBoyd'scollege 2 Clinical Behavid HHUNNE MAZEL Arnold A. Lazarus, Ph. behavior therapists pro ofrhe acriva --- PAGE BREAK ---ct'snotebookthat flirtatious manner.They condemn the tthey were thethemesofBoyd'scollege 2 Clinical Behavid HHUNNE MAZEL Arnold A. Lazarus, Ph. behavior therapists pro ofrhe acriva --- PAGE BREAK --- essays: “SomeReflectionsonthe whataninjectionthey'lladdtoour PresenceofPoliticalPrisoners,"“The movement...as for our Peter,he is NOWIN Possibilities of Continued Humaniza- more andmoreimmersedwiththeidea tion,"“On the Elimination of Smog 2ND PRINTING of being of service." from theIndustrial Environment," Afew weeks later:“The local "Reflections on Technological Ad- minister with portfoliohas emerged as Alexander vancement uponthe Anniversaryof thebestthinghereabouts sincepolio Man's First Landing on the Moon. vaccine.His ministrations have been no Theroux (Oneof them isalso titled“OneFlew lessthanprovidential-andgiventhe Overthe Cuckoo's Nest,"after Ken setting here,very nearly heroic.Later "is a certified, Kesey'sbook,whichthe fastidious on,I consider he'll be a burr in the WilliamLynch issaidtohave read saddlefor many of our people,for grade A, meticulously,and with some distaste, already he's paid up the price tag, and MAJOR,NEW TALENT.. ina vain attempt to glean some clue kept the taxesin proper shape.. that would lead to new evidence.) there are guys herewith comparable THREE WOGS II potential.To feed a regular influx of ingeniousandreliableex-consintothe [anovel] ElizabethMcAlister andPhilipBer- ranks wouldmake a resounding blow rigan had met on August 15,1966, for public integrity....Some of them is an incredible performance: hilarious, when she was still wearing her habit, would haveabit of badeducation to moving,incisive and flamboyant beyond andhehadcometoher convent to shuck off,but they would help with description." celebrateafuneralmass for a mutual someofthebadeducationofour friend.Commenting on her correspond- people.... Ourchargé[Douglas] -D.KEITHMANO,NEWYORKTIMESBOOKREVIEW "ORIGINAL prose with the kick of Joyce and Anthony encewiththepriest,andon thelack emerges in a truly astoundingfashion- of caution that led to the Harrisburg the values and concerns that occupy us Burgess.' indictment,Elizabethput itbetter are beginning to consume him.He's -VINCENT CRONIN,BOSTON HERALD TRAVELER "ENERGY and prose reminiscent of Wyndham Lewis at his satiric best." --LIBRARYJOURNAL $5.95 at bookstores Gambit, INcoRpoRATED 437 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass 02116 LIVINGWITHTHECOMMUNISTSChina1953-55/RusSia1962-65 by Humphrey Trevelyan...“They were exciting times,en- livenedbyfascinatingmenlikeChouEn-lai andKhrushchev, andsincetheauthordealsnotintechnicalitiesbutinthemore fundamental facts,anyreader cangaina newkindof insight intotheday-to-dayrealitiesofdealingwithChineseand Rus- sianCommunists."-Jack Perry,U.S.Department of State $6.95 Gambitechnicalitiesbutinthemore fundamental facts,anyreader cangaina newkindof insight intotheday-to-dayrealitiesofdealingwithChineseand Rus- sianCommunists."-Jack Perry,U.S.Department of State $6.95 Gambit --- PAGE BREAK ---ence with the priest,and on the lack :ose with the kick of Joyce and Anthony emerges in a truly astounding fashion-- of caution that led to the Harrisburg the values and concerns that occupy us indictment,Elizabeth put it better -VINCENT CRONIN,BOSTON HERALD TRAVELER are beginning to consume him.He's prose reminiscent of Wyndham Lewis Dest." —LIBRARYJOURNAL $5.95 at bookstores ORATED 437 Boylston Street,Boston,Mass.02116 COMMUNISTSChina1953-55/Russia1962-65 'elyan..."They were exciting times, en- :ing men like Chou En-lai and Khrushchev, or dealsnot in technicalitiesbut in the more anyreadercangainanewkindofinsight realitiesofdealingwithChineseandRus- -Jack Perry,U.S.Department of State Gambit than anyone else.She said:"It was too thinking movement. Mark my words, much, too soon." he will be one of our best people. The letters are written in tight, cramped,conventional hands that are he lettersarefullofdiatribes strikinglysimilar: monastic callig- against liberals, and occasionally in- raphies,with their fine rightward tilt dicate an interestingriftbetweenPhilip and flourished capitals. The repressed and his brother Daniel,whose security emotions theyconveyoftenremindme measures while underground Philip of troubadour verse,of literature in- foundtoorestrictiveandliberalin character.Can’t fully understand the spired by the hopeless unavailability of reference tobruv [Daniel]and the the person loved.The realityof the irrational security surrounding him... separating wall is constantly present. but it strikes me that the overcaution (Having first posed as Philip’s cousin to visit him,Elizabeth had been struck might stem from inexperienced people off his visitors’list four weeks after he ...it'sa phobia common toliberals, had arrived at Lewisburg, when one of whohavenever doneanythingfor principlebefore....--- PAGE BREAK --- separating wall is constantly present. but it strikes me that the overcaution (Having first posed as Philip’s cousin to visit him,Elizabeth had been struck might stem from inexperienced people off his visitors’list four weeks after he ...it'sa phobia common toliberals, had arrived at Lewisburg, when one of whohavenever doneanythingfor principlebefore.... their clandestine letters was discovered Sobruvhas drones around him-I guess you've had in his cell.) Notwithstanding their severe lack of political realism,the some sorry experiencewiththem. Getting back to the bruv thing-that's letters reveal the characters of two an essentially different scene,you complex personswhomIfindnobie know. He is trying to radicalize a wide and obsessed,and as heroic as they are impulsively incautious. range of liberals.Whereas you're work- ing with hard core radicals. Most of Among the most poignant revela- the time,they don't mix.I remember tions of Philip Berrigan's letters are his howwe operated with him-always compulsion to recruit convicts into the happy to have him in a rap,but peace movement;his keen awareness of undisturbed when he couldn't make it. the movement's lack of skills; his His talents grab on a different level growing trust of Boyd,referred to as than ours, and are most effective Frank, Pete, or Garry. “Some of the there.' youngguys here aremoreandmore In another letter Philip ticks off the sitting in on the raps-car thieves, bank names ofallthesenators hehas robbers, old and experienced cons, written whom-save creative,personable,violent,racist.But Charles Goodell and Joseph Tydings- TheNewYork-Review --- PAGE BREAK ---hadthedecencytowriteanoteof about50percentofeveryact.Isaid werehurt,killedor unnecessarilyar- tionsandoverstatements containedin sympathytotheprisoner:Charles uponhearing it-nacherly!But why rested.Whatacontrasttothiswhere Elizabeth'sletters.Their exaggerations Mathias, Jacob Javits, Edward Ken- notget awayfor acouple of days I'mprotectedagainst thosewhowould seem motivated byher needtobut- nedy,Philip Hart, George McGovern, sleepandsomefreshairanddecent liketoseeusallburied.Sothe first tress Philip's sense of retaining power Frank Church,Edward Muskie,Fred chow....Sweet Jesus Lord! Magnifi- protectionisaresoluterelianceonthe intheMovement,andtoreassurehim Harris,Mark Hatfield,Eugene Mc- centshow-more hectic and demanding Lord,and the second,a fine intelligent abouttheMovement'svigoratatime Carthy,Albert Gore,John Sherman than anything yet accomplished.. caution. So take care,huh Irish?Love whenitwasactuallyinfailinghealth. Cooper. "The peace liberals are kudos toevery one.I'm speechless! and peace." Elizabeth'smostflagrantandin- sumpin',”he quips,“enough to make a And especially to you,because He takes great pride,as he always criminating exaggeration, of course, mainliner out of a person." honestlythinkitwouldhavebroken has,in being a prisoner.“I wouldn't washerdescription nofacolloquy up without you!No substitute for have it differentfor allour overseas concerning the possibility of making a class,friend-brains,guts,discipline,all investments-in fact,the.thought hor- citizen’s arrest of Henry Kissinger.This summer of‘1970,was 5ccupied with thebadgesofquality.... The Lord rifies me,for if it were so,this present bizarre conversationseems tohave the planning of the Delaware draft thanks you, so does mankind, so does vegetablewould be much less a man. beenhatchedintheThirdWorld boardaction,one of themosteffective America, so do I.The Lord rifies me,for if it were so,this present bizarre conversationseems tohave the planning of the Delaware draft thanks you, so does mankind, so does vegetablewould be much less a man. beenhatchedintheThirdWorld boardaction,one of themosteffective America, so do I. The great adventure would be missing, fantasies‘of.theradicalPakistani sorties to date.In an attempt to create Heendshis letters withcurious and an incomparably precious posses- scholar Eqbal Ahmad.But,according a“nationwide “onspiracy,a small admixtures oftraditionalpriestlygreet- sionlost.SoIlltakemylittlecupof to Ahmad,it was “one of a dozen group performed the action, bleaching ings and Irish compliments: galleveryday,and thank God for it. alternatives discussed and rejected dur- out draft files with detergent.They "Your latest,” he answers one of her WhatI'vealreadyhadissufficientto ing the course of a long evening, a thensentoutastatementwhichwas July letters,“is like a Pikesville Irish enrich a dozenbetterlives,and it ain’t preposterous idea which would have eventuallysignedbysome300 antiwar sour-haveItoldyourecentlythat ended·yet. So does the Lord pay up been totally counterproductivebecause citizens who pledged their “legal and you're the best around?Build a little for tiny acts of service." ithadnopoliticalcontextinAmerican moral responsibility"for the foray. arrogance ofyour own-arrogance is ok history." ElizabethMcAlisterwasoneofthe whenit'sreal.AndIknow,andothers Thediscussion was heldduring a principal choreographers of the Dela- know,that you're the best around." woman,as deeply secretive by nature long session of wining and dining in ware raid,and some of the most “You're the best,"he signs off in as she is indiscreet on occasion.It was Westport,Connecticut,in mid-August,a touching passages in Philip's letters another,“and pride in you is even incredibletolearnthatnoneofthe fewdaysafterDanielBerrigan's arrest express his admiration for her work.So does the Lord pay up been totally counterproductivebecause citizens who pledged their “legal and you're the best around?Build a little for tiny acts of service." ithadnopoliticalcontextinAmerican moral responsibility"for the foray. arrogance ofyour own-arrogance is ok history." ElizabethMcAlisterwasoneofthe whenit'sreal.AndIknow,andothers Thediscussion was heldduring a principal choreographers of the Dela- know,that you're the best around." woman,as deeply secretive by nature long session of wining and dining in ware raid,and some of the most “You're the best,"he signs off in as she is indiscreet on occasion.It was Westport,Connecticut,in mid-August,a touching passages in Philip's letters another,“and pride in you is even incredibletolearnthatnoneofthe fewdaysafterDanielBerrigan's arrest express his admiration for her work. larger than ego.Absolutely the best, defendants knewof her correspond- by the FBI, and must be seen against "The news--glorious! First of all, and the Lord's peace."Later:“We'll encewithPhilipBerrigan--themajor thebackgroundofrenewedpassion thatyouwere soclear inyour own makeit-or ifwe don't we'll takea materialevidence of the Harrisburg and anguish caused by the capture of mind and so confident.And Iknew fewshreds of honor withus.And the trial-untilseveralweeks after thein- thepriest,whohadbeenAhmad's implicitlyyou were avast helpto the Kingdom will live.* dictment,eight months after the cor- closest friend at Cornell.Writing to otherssense of history,human phil- respondence had occurred. The letters, Philipthe next day in this aura of osophy and tactics, courage,disci- D hilipBerriganwasrecently asked and the use of Douglas as courier,were urgency and grief, and needing some- pline....And thenthe sense ofhumor whathe found tobetheworst theplot within theplotof the Harris- how to assure him that novel tactics of that refused toremain quiet,indicative temptation of prisonlife.He burg case.First of all, and the Lord's peace."Later:“We'll encewithPhilipBerrigan--themajor thebackgroundofrenewedpassion thatyouwere soclear inyour own makeit-or ifwe don't we'll takea materialevidence of the Harrisburg and anguish caused by the capture of mind and so confident.And Iknew fewshreds of honor withus.And the trial-untilseveralweeks after thein- thepriest,whohadbeenAhmad's implicitlyyou were avast helpto the Kingdom will live.* dictment,eight months after the cor- closest friend at Cornell.Writing to otherssense of history,human phil- respondence had occurred. The letters, Philipthe next day in this aura of osophy and tactics, courage,disci- D hilipBerriganwasrecently asked and the use of Douglas as courier,were urgency and grief, and needing some- pline....And thenthe sense ofhumor whathe found tobetheworst theplot within theplotof the Harris- how to assure him that novel tactics of that refused toremain quiet,indicative temptation of prisonlife.He burg case. The nun’s and priest's need escalation were being aired,Elizabeth ofabalanceofspiritandaresolution tersely answered:“Self-pity."His let- tobesecretive abouttheircommunica putamagnifying glass on a twenty- during this dark night period." terstoElizabethexpressthesame tions maybe a mark of their profound minute discussion of a citizen’s arrest. Ten days later,he showers her with fortitude. If anything, they express his conventionalism,part of their attempt Shedevotedanentireletter tothis compliments about the Delaware ac- gnawing guilt thathe isin aprivileged toreconciletheiraffectiontothevery grotesque colloquy,which was to lead tion,which destroyed every draft and sheltered position,while those on rigorous attitude theyhave alwaysheld tothe most sensational charge of the board in the state except the Wilming- the outside are taking all the risk:“All towardtheir religious vows.This ten- Harrisburg indictment. tonboard,which was heavily watched.--- PAGE BREAK --- If anything, they express his conventionalism,part of their attempt Shedevotedanentireletter tothis compliments about the Delaware ac- gnawing guilt thathe isin aprivileged toreconciletheiraffectiontothevery grotesque colloquy,which was to lead tion,which destroyed every draft and sheltered position,while those on rigorous attitude theyhave alwaysheld tothe most sensational charge of the board in the state except the Wilming- the outside are taking all the risk:“All towardtheir religious vows.This ten- Harrisburg indictment. tonboard,which was heavily watched. ofyou,yourself esp.,shouldgrow in sion of secrecy-andElizabeth's desire Inhermentionoftheideaof "I hear you practically killed yourself caution,even as your urgency grows. to boost PhilipBerrigan's morale--may kidnaping Kissinger, as in the rest of during thecircus,andthat you were Imaginewhatitwouldmeanifyou alsoberesponsibleforthe_vast_distor herletters.Elizabeth's.styleis.musing AIVF --- PAGE BREAK ---as if she were talking out loud.In this The guards...." "I find it challenging,provocative.His is a case already gorged with fantasies,her She signs some of her letters, as he wholesomeempirical approachthataccom- lettersfeedonstillanother fantasy: Emergence does,"In His love.”Another time,she modates the past,present,and future trends She is pretending not to write,she commemorates the dayof their first ofAfricanwriting.Onewill not always agree believes she is talking to him,she does meeting:“Hey,buddy,the 15th is of with him,but no one can question his sincer- notface therealityof theletter as a coming fast. First met a real great guy ity andpassion and insight." physical document. African on August 15th." However,conversation, as frequently --Ezekiel Mphahlele 320pages happens, swiftly becomes gossip. As Fiction (paper $3.50)$10.00 she tries to cheer Philip with news of WilliamLynchreadsomeforty-five his troops’ good health,she tends to pages of the letters in such a flat, by Charles R.Larson becometheLouellaParsons ofthe drearymonotone that some jurors Movement.Withinthespanoftwo slept through many passages, waking letters she drops the names of William up to hear Boyd Douglas's cool inter- Kunstler,Noam Chomsky,Eugene spersedtestimony.But when Lynch McCarthy,Rosemary Reuther,Howard Ninelively essays on thepsychological,bio- cametothe followingletter his voice Suffer Zinn, Douglas Dowd,Stewart Meach- became in turn modulated,dramatic, logical,sociological,andliteraryaspectsof am,Richard Falk ("with us all the booming. Everyone sat up and listened. women'sposition inthe Victorianperiod. and way"), Jacques Ellul of France, Con- Itwaslike aparishpriest reading the Contributors include Kate Millett, Jane W. gressman William Anderson,a dozen Epistle after having finished his.finan- Stedman,Helene Roberts,and Peter N.--- PAGE BREAK --- and way"), Jacques Ellul of France, Con- Itwaslike aparishpriest reading the Contributors include Kate Millett, Jane W. gressman William Anderson,a dozen Epistle after having finished his.finan- Stedman,Helene Roberts,and Peter N. Be Still noncooperative.Jesuits ("they drive cialreport: Stearns.An extensiveannotated.bibliog- you to drink'),and William String- From Elizabeth:.“...Which leads raphy ofprimary sources is included. fellow,among others.("Stringfellow WomenintheVictorianAge me toNo.3andthis isinutter 256 pages photographs ...is part of Bruv's next move”is the $7.95 confidenceandshouldnotbe com- EditedbyMarthaVicinus sentence thatled theFBI to apprehend mitted to paper andI would want you Daniel Berrigan at Stringfellow's home not even tosayawordof it toDan on Block Island.) until we have a fuller grasp of it,... Shegivesnews fromall over: Eq called us up to Conn. last night... The Rise Adiscerninghistoricalreviewofideasabout "Tarrytown kids developed into noth- Eqoutlinedaplanforactionwhich mythwithgeneroussamplesfromeveryim- ing."Boston:“Moving ahead on some wouldsay-escalatedseriousness-and portant writerin the period1680-1860.Many long range work on Honeywell and of wediscussedthe·pros and cons for of the sixtyreadings appearinEnglishforthe continuingasselectiveserviceboot several hours.It needs much more Modern camp for new people." Rochester: first time. thoughtandcarefulselectionofper- “Don't think Rochester is a dead 576pages sonnel.Tokidnap-in our terminology $19.95 Mythology 1680-1860 byBurtonFeldmanand RobertD.Richardson ForewordbyMirceaEliade Indiana UniversityPress Bloomington,Indiana AM issue' (the participants of that city’s make citizen's arres --- PAGE BREAK ---lotatea.Dibllog- fellow, among others. ("Stringfellow metoNo.3andthisisinutter ncluded. WomenintheVictorianAge ... is part of Bruv's next move” is the confidenceandshouldnotbecom- hs $7.95 EditedbyMarthaVicinus sentence thatled theFBItoapprehend mitted to paper and I would want you Daniel Berrigan at Stringfellow's home not even to sayawordofit toDan on Block Island.) until we have a fuller grasp of it.... Shegivesnews fromallover: Eq called us up to Conn. last night... "Tarrytown kids developed into noth- Eqoutlinedaplanfor action which Adiscerninghistoricalreviewofideasabout ing."Boston:“Moving ahead on some wouldsay-escalated seriousness-and mythwithgeneroussamplesfrom everyim- long range work on Honeywell and we discussed the·pros and cons for portant writer in the period1680-1860.Many continuingasselectiveserviceboot several hours.It needs much more of thesixtyreadingsappearinEnglishforthe camp for new people."Rochester: thought andcarefulselectionofper- first time. “Don't think Rochester is a dead sonnel.To kidnap-in our terminology 576pages $19.95 0 d n e ss Bloomington,Indiana NA AMi issue’(the participants of that city's make a citizen’s arrest-someone like "Flower City Conspiracy,”with Boyd Henry Kissinger. .. ." Douglas'shelp,would be apprehended In the same hortatory voice,Lynch atthe scene of the raid).She an- read Philip’s reply: nounces a recent success in the same “About the plan-the first time businesslikestyleinwhich shewrote opens the door tomurder-the Tupa- convent reports,the previous year, maros are finding that out inUru- when shewas secretarytothe pro- guay.... When I refer to murder it is vincial of her order.“Ann Walsh came not toprohibit it absolutely (violence inlastnightandannouncedNew versus non-violence bag)it is merely to Haven had been done the night before.." Douglas'shelp,would be apprehended In the same hortatory voice,Lynch atthe scene of the raid).She an- read Philip’s reply: nounces a recent success in the same “About the plan-the first time businesslikestyleinwhich shewrote opens the door tomurder-the Tupa- convent reports,the previous year, maros are finding that out inUru- when shewas secretarytothe pro- guay.... When I refer to murder it is vincial of her order.“Ann Walsh came not toprohibit it absolutely (violence inlastnightandannouncedNew versus non-violence bag)it is merely to Haven had been done the night before. observe that one has set the precedent, Ittook amaximumof two weeks, and that later on,when gov't resist- $200,and no one else knew it was ance to this sort of thing stiffens,men happening until it was done.Good, will be killed.More to the point,the clean,efficientjob.Allwere de- projectas yououtlined itisbrilliant, lighted." but grandiose... ." “The first motto you are taught when you join aguerrilla cadre in Lhe edescriptionoftheDelaware Algeria,Eqbal Ahmadlaconically action,which was initially complicated comments about the Berrigan-McAlister byaparticipant whoinsisted on letters,“is the following:2uand tu es bringing along his mother, his girl- enprison,tunedemui.':quedes friend,his boyfriend,and a dog to the oranges.'For everyguerr.laknows event,is formidable in its cool, cops- that no system of unauthc.Gprison and-robbers style.In it she also de- communication issafe.Yoia:atthe scribesherfrustration atnotbeing able mercyof blackmail.Youare'like a to“do”theWilmington board,which Moslemwifecaughtinbedwith was closely watched....someone re- another man." turns with a report that the marshall "It takes much revolutionary dis- (armed) as well as the guard is in the cipline,”Eqbal adds with a polite bldg.... Thatboardhadtobe ironical smile,“to resist the temptation done....The Philly kids--a beautiful of asking for more than oranges.--- PAGE BREAK --- ." “The first motto you are taught when you join aguerrilla cadre in Lhe edescriptionoftheDelaware Algeria,Eqbal Ahmadlaconically action,which was initially complicated comments about the Berrigan-McAlister byaparticipant whoinsisted on letters,“is the following:2uand tu es bringing along his mother, his girl- enprison,tunedemui.':quedes friend,his boyfriend,and a dog to the oranges.'For everyguerr.laknows event,is formidable in its cool, cops- that no system of unauthc.Gprison and-robbers style.In it she also de- communication issafe.Yoia:atthe scribesherfrustration atnotbeing able mercyof blackmail.Youare'like a to“do”theWilmington board,which Moslemwifecaughtinbedwith was closely watched....someone re- another man." turns with a report that the marshall "It takes much revolutionary dis- (armed) as well as the guard is in the cipline,”Eqbal adds with a polite bldg.... Thatboardhadtobe ironical smile,“to resist the temptation done....The Philly kids--a beautiful of asking for more than oranges. group-were anxious to seeit done and wouldhelpbut our peoplehad first William Sebastian Lynch,the govern- option....Judy[another RSHM nun] ment prosecutor,had been looking andIwentintotheBoard.Werethere forwardwithtrepidationtocross- hiding for two hours.Finally a blast examining thedefendants.Heonce from Davidson over the walkie talkie: described PhilipBerrigan andElizabeth *What the f-- are you doing there...?' McAlister as people who were “consti- ...I said to Judy-let's leave. So we tutionallyincapableofnot taking the marched outlike we owned the place stand.You just wait until Liz and and exchanged timeofdaywith Phil take the stand! he muttered,off TheNewYorkReview --- PAGE BREAK ---Fifth Amendment,which in the puni- the cuff, to a reporter he had met in a tiveatmosphereof JudgeHerman's Harrisburg diner. courtroom would undoubtedlyhave A brandnewseriesof When Ramsey Clark rose to rest the with the words resultedintheir going tojail.To TRAVELBOOKS defense,starting "These defendants will always seek producedefensewitnesses at-Har- NIGHT-TIM peace,” Lynch jumped to his feet, risburg would have createda highly arms flailing in James Cagney style,to charged emotionalaura,arebellious TOURS make an objection to what he thought ChicagoSeven atmosphere not con- was going tobe a political statement. ducive to acquittal by the cautious, “"Your honor,the defense rests,”Clark provincial Harrisburg jury.And 1it OFTHEWORLDS EXCITING CI concluded simply.Lynch fell back into could have opened aPandora's box of for travelers and future travelers his seat with a soft thud. 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Station, De maneuver which, according tothe Philip Berrigan and Elizabeth McAlis- lawyers,has no precedent in political ter,who clearly 1envisioneditasa COPENHAGENSTOCKHOLM cases.The main purpose of resting the politicaltrialinwhich itwas their JUAREZROMEAMSTER defense was to'stress the preposterous, dutytoelaborate on.thegovernment's phantasmagoric natureof the govern- criminality,and who were the most ment's charges. Ramsey Clark'ssoft eager for a defense.To Joseph Wen- voice carried,calmly and dramatically, deroth and Neil McLaughlin,however, themessageof “not guilty."In its Harrisburg was not a political trial New Books elementofsurpriseandofpacifism the because it had not been totally insti- gesturewas similar to thatmoment at gated by motives of resistance.They Catonsvillewhen thedefendants rose sawit rather as initiatedbythe crime onebyonetoaddress theCourt and passionnel of Elizabeth's and Philip's from then linked hands to say the Lord's letters of affection,by mistakes com- Prayer. mitted by two persons who had des- EXPOSITION But unlike the Catonsville'Nine,the peratelyneededtocommunicatewith Harrisburg Seven were not concerned each other. with symbols, but with acquittal. Oneofthegravestdangersofa PRESS There were many concrete legal defense,most of the accused and their motives for resting their case-a deci- lawyers agree,is that it would have sionarrivedatonlyinthelast four had toexplain the psychological set- Jericho,New York 11753 days of the government's prosecution. ting in which the exaggerationsof the The defense sensed that it was at the Berrigan-McAlister correspondence peakof its strength after the govern- occurred.This highly subjective,emo- ment presented its-last witness.This tional thememighthavebeenbeyond Whenthevastherdsofwarlike flimsy case forced upon the Justice the jury's grasp.Oneofthegravestdangersofa PRESS There were many concrete legal defense,most of the accused and their motives for resting their case-a deci- lawyers agree,is that it would have sionarrivedatonlyinthelast four had toexplain the psychological set- Jericho,New York 11753 days of the government's prosecution. ting in which the exaggerationsof the The defense sensed that it was at the Berrigan-McAlister correspondence peakof its strength after the govern- occurred.This highly subjective,emo- ment presented its-last witness.This tional thememighthavebeenbeyond Whenthevastherdsofwarlike flimsy case forced upon the Justice the jury's grasp. It would also certainly Cowians invadedEarth,did any- Department by thevindictivefantasies have triggeredabrutal andvindictive one think to ask... ofthelateJ.Edgar Hoover was ex- cross-examination by the government, extraordinarily lacking in evidence.It Have You Seen Jesus? which,by stressing the use that Eliza- hadalreadybeengreatlyweakened bethand 1Philiphadmadeofthe A Trilogy in Prose and Poetry whenover twentyantiwar activists- informer,would havemadeBoyd By Joseph Faulds.Barbs, darts,hu- whose information the government re- Douglas a moredignified and credible mor,and grotesqueries arerampant lied upon to build its case-had fol- figure. in this satirical theological allegory. lowed the courageous example of Sis- Mr.Faulds' trenchant wit pricks every- ter Jogues Egan,and refused to testify thing fromwar and heroes topoets IV tothe Grand Jury.Moreover, many and FVtalk shows,and yet, at the governmentwitnesseswhotookthe end,a refreshing concept of the di- During the summations a curiously vineemerges. standatthetrialsoundedlikewit- #2$5.00 sexualstruggleemergedbetweenthe nesses for the defense.On the tunnel government and the defense over the charge theytestified to the existence person of Boyd Douglas.--- PAGE BREAK --- lowed the courageous example of Sis- Mr.Faulds' trenchant wit pricks every- ter Jogues Egan,and refused to testify thing fromwar and heroes topoets IV tothe Grand Jury.Moreover, many and FVtalk shows,and yet, at the governmentwitnesseswhotookthe end,a refreshing concept of the di- During the summations a curiously vineemerges. standatthetrialsoundedlikewit- #2$5.00 sexualstruggleemergedbetweenthe nesses for the defense.On the tunnel government and the defense over the charge theytestified to the existence person of Boyd Douglas. The defense of meandering discussions which could contended that the informer was,in never beinterpretedasconcreteagree- Terry Lenzner's excellent phrase,a Adam's Crusade ments. street-wise and accomplished con man” The only hard-core evidence of the By Lyman Rutledge.Can Adam whohadduped innocent persons long ephemeral kidnaping charge,a tape on save humanity from destroying isolated in religious institutions. The whichtheinformerBoydDouglas itself?Like a modern Mark Twain. governmentinrebuttal maintained that identified Eqbal Ahmad's voice,had the author creates a fantasy more Douglas was an innocent orphan who been disqualified by the Court.As for real than fantastic through the hadbeenledastraybymenand loveletters and dialoguesofAdam --- PAGE BREAK ---the cuff,to a reporter he had met in a Fifth Amendment,which in the puni- Harrisburg diner. tiveatmosphere of JudgeHerman's When Ramsey Clark rose to rest the 1undoubtedlyhave A brandnew seriesof courtroom would defense,starting withthe words resulted 1intheir TRAVELBOOKS goingtojail.To "These defendants will always seek produce defense witnessesat-Har- NIGHT-TIM peace,” Lynch jumped to his feet, risburg would have created a highly arms flailing in James Cagney style,to charged emotionalaura,arebellious make an objection to what he thought Chicago Seven atmosphere not con- TOURS wasgoingtobeapoliticalstatement. ducive to acquittal by the cautious, "Your honor, the defense rests,” Clark provincial Harrisburg jury. And it OFTHEWORLDS EXCITING C concluded simply.Lynch fell back into could have opened a Pandora's box of for travelersandfuturetravelers his seat with a soft thud. Judge R. cautiously guarded Movement secrets Other travelguides concentrate Dixon Herman emitted an embarrassed 1would the night life!The latest never-bt which have had 1graveand tellyou where theactionis.Plat "heh,heh,” the first and only time he widespread consequences. Addresses.Now...learn wher laughed in two months.He had earlier Finally,the defense decided to rest Theinside storyofwhatgoeson stressed several times that “this is not because the Harrisburg Seven had .London...Rome...Cope holm...Amsterdam...Frankfurl a funny trial." never come to a conclusion The defense's astonishing announce- Here's allyou need to know...be among themselves aboutthe true True! Factual Up-To-Date! $1.9 ment to rest the case without further nature eoftheHarrisburg conspiracy from... testimonywasahighlyunusuallegal EDUCATIONAL trial.At one pole eofopinionwere P.0.Box444 F.D.R.Station,De maneuver which,according to the Philip Berrigan and Elizabeth McAlis- lawyers,has no precedent in political ter,who clearly envisioneditasa COPENHAGEN STOCKHOLM cases.$1.9 ment to rest the case without further nature eoftheHarrisburg conspiracy from... testimonywasahighlyunusuallegal EDUCATIONAL trial.At one pole eofopinionwere P.0.Box444 F.D.R.Station,De maneuver which,according to the Philip Berrigan and Elizabeth McAlis- lawyers,has no precedent in political ter,who clearly envisioneditasa COPENHAGEN STOCKHOLM cases. The main purpose of resting the politicaltrial inwhich itwas their JUAREZROMEAMSTER defense was to'stress the preposterous, duty to elaborate on.the government's phantasmagoric natureof the govern- criminality,and who were the most ment's charges.Ramsey Clark's soft eager foradefense.To Joseph Wen- voice carried,calmly and dramatically, deroth and Neil McLaughlin,however, the message of “not guilty."In its Harrisburg was not a political trial New Books elementofsurprise andofpacifism the because it had notbeen totallyinsti- gesturewas similar to that moment at gated by motives of resistance. They Catonsville when the defendants rose sawitrather asinitiatedby the crime one by one to address the Court and passionnel of Elizabeth's and Philip's from then linked hands to say the Lord's letters of affection,by mistakes com- Prayer. mittedbytwopersons whohaddes- But unlike the Catonsville Nine,the peratelyneededtocommunicatewith EXPOSITION Harrisburg Seven were not concerned each other. with symbols, but withacquittal. Oneofthegravestdangersofa PRESS There were many concrete legal defense,most of the accused and their motives for resting their case-a deci- lawyers agree,is that it would have sionarrivedatonlyinthelastfour hadtoexplainthe psychological set- days of the government's prosecution.with symbols, but withacquittal. Oneofthegravestdangersofa PRESS There were many concrete legal defense,most of the accused and their motives for resting their case-a deci- lawyers agree,is that it would have sionarrivedatonlyinthelastfour hadtoexplainthe psychological set- days of the government's prosecution. ting in which the exaggerations of the Jericho,New York 11753 The defense sensed that it was at the Berrigan-McAlister correspondence peak of its strength after the govern- occurred.This highly subjective,emo- ment presented its-last witness.This tional thememighthavebeen beyond Whenthevastherdsofwarlike flimsycaseforced upon the Justice the jury's grasp.It would also certainly CowiansinvadedEarth,did any- Department by the vindictivefantasies have triggeredabrutal and vindictive one think to ask... ofthe late J.Edgar Hoover was ex- cross-examination by the government, Have You Seen Jesus? extraordinarilylacking in evidence.It which,by stressing the use that Eliza- hadalreadybeengreatlyweakened bethandPhilip hadmadeofthe A Trilogy in Prose and Poetry when over twentyantiwar activists- informer, would havemadeBoyd By Joseph Faulds.Barbs, darts,hu- whoseinformation thegovernmentre- Douglas a more dignified and credible mor,and grotesqueries are rampant liedupon tobuild its case-had fol- figure. in this satirical theological allegory. lowed the courageous example of Sis- Mr.Faulds' trenchant wit pricks every- ter Jogues Egan, and refused to testify thingfromwarandheroestopoets IV tothe Grand Jury.Moreover,many and TV talk shows,and yet,at the end,a refreshing concept of the di- government witnesseswhotook the During the summations a curiously vineemerges. stand atthe trial soundedlike wit- #2$5.00 sexualstruggleemergedbetweenthe nesses for the defense.On the tunnel governmentandthedefense over the charge theytestified to theexistence person of Boyd Douglas.--- PAGE BREAK --- lowed the courageous example of Sis- Mr.Faulds' trenchant wit pricks every- ter Jogues Egan, and refused to testify thingfromwarandheroestopoets IV tothe Grand Jury.Moreover,many and TV talk shows,and yet,at the end,a refreshing concept of the di- government witnesseswhotook the During the summations a curiously vineemerges. stand atthe trial soundedlike wit- #2$5.00 sexualstruggleemergedbetweenthe nesses for the defense.On the tunnel governmentandthedefense over the charge theytestified to theexistence person of Boyd Douglas. The defense of meandering discussions which could contended that the informer was, in never be interpreted as concrete agree- Terry Lenzner’s excellent phrase,“a Adam's Crusade ments. street-wise and accomplished con man" The only hard-core evidence of the By Lyman Rutledge. Can Adam whohad duped innocent persons long ephemeral kidnaping charge,a tape on save humanity from destroying isolatedinreligious institutions.The whichtheinformer BoydDouglas itself? Like a modern Mark Twain. governmentinrebuttal maintained that identified Eqbal Ahmad's voice,had the author creates a fantasy more Douglas was aninnocent orphanwho real than fantastic through the been disqualified by the Court.As for hadbeenledastraybymenand love letters anddialoguesofAdam --- PAGE BREAK ---AcrrMDT political trial in which it was their JUAREZ ROMEAMSTERDAM □ cases.The main purpose of resting the defense was to'stress the preposterous, dutytoelaborateon.thegovernment's phantasmagoric nature of the govern- criminality,and who were the most ment's charges. Ramsey Clark's soft eager for a defense.To Joseph Wen- voice carried,calmly and dramatically, deroth and Neil McLaughlin,however, the message of “not guilty."In its Harrisburg was not apoliticaltrial New Books elementof surprise andofpacifism the because it had not been totally insti- By Gel gesture was similar to that moment at gated by motives of resistance.They moderr Catonsville when the defendants rose sawitrather as initiated by the crime from discuss oneby one to address the Court and passionnel of Elizabeth's and Philip's result then linked hands to say the Lord's letters of affection,by mistakes com- which, mittedbytwopersons who had des- strong Prayer. EXPOSITION ander But unlike the Catonsville Nine,the peratelyneeded to communicatewith philosc Harrisburg Seven were not concerned each other. Oneofthegravestdangersofa torical with symbols, but twithacquittal. PRESS defense,most of the accused and their ics,an There were many concrete legal asap motives for resting their case-a deci- lawyers agree,is that it would have ourpri sionarrivedat'onlyinthelast four hadtoexplain the psychological set- Jericho,New York 11753 days of the government's prosecution. ting in which theexaggerations of the The defense sensed that it was at the Berrigan-McAlister correspondence peakof its strength after the govern- occurred. This highly subjective,emo- tional thememighthavebeen beyond When thevastherdsofwarlike ment presented its-last witness. This the jury's grasp.It would also certainly Cowians invadedEarth,did any- flimsy case forced.upon the Justice have triggeredabrutaland vindictive one think to ask...This highly subjective,emo- tional thememighthavebeen beyond When thevastherdsofwarlike ment presented its-last witness. This the jury's grasp.It would also certainly Cowians invadedEarth,did any- flimsy case forced.upon the Justice have triggeredabrutaland vindictive one think to ask... Departmentby the vindictive fantasies ByFra of the late J.Edgar Hoover was ex- cross-examination by the government, Have You Seen Jesus? histori extraordinarily lacking in evidence.It which,by stressing the use that Eliza- main A TrilogyinProseandPoetry hadalreadybeengreatlyweakened bethand Philip hadmadeofthe classid whenover twenty-antiwar activists-- informer, would havemadeBoyd By Joseph Faulds. Barbs, darts,hu- tionali Douglas a more dignified and credible mor,and grotesqueries are rampant thema whose information the government re- in this satirical theologicalallegory. figure. princi liedupontobuildits case-hadfol- Mr.Faulds'trenchant wit pricks every- traditi lowed the courageous example of Sis- thing fromwar and heroestopoets philos ter Jogues Egan,and refused to testify IV and FV talk shows,and yet, at the aspos tothe Grand Jury.Moreover,many end,a refreshing concept of the di- tary. government witnesses whotook the During the summations a curiously vine emerges. #2$5.00 clarifie standatthetrialsounded like wit- sexualstruggle emergedbetween the nesses for the defense.On the tunnel governmentand the defense over the charge theytestified to the existence person of Boyd Douglas.The defense of meandering discussions which could contended that the informer was,in neverbeinterpretedasconcreteagree- Adam's Crusade ByJe Terry Lenzner's excellent phrase,“a and( ments. street-wise and accomplished con man" By Lyman Rutledge. Can Adam Reich The onlyhard-core evidence of the who had duped innocent persons long savehumanity from destroying total ephemeral kidnaping charge,a tape on isolated inreligious institutions.The itself?street-wise and accomplished con man" By Lyman Rutledge. Can Adam Reich The onlyhard-core evidence of the who had duped innocent persons long savehumanity from destroying total ephemeral kidnaping charge,a tape on isolated inreligious institutions.The itself? Like a modern Mark Twain tantt whichtheinformer BoydDouglas government inrebuttal maintained that the author creates a fantasy more readil identifiedEqbalAhmad's voice,had Douglaswas aninnocentorphanwho real than fantastic through the theh been disqualified by the Court.As for hadbeenledastray bymenand love letters and dialogues of Adam tiont Boyd Douglas,the defense lawyers felt womenblessedwith the opportunities and Eve. Peopled by such char- sofc that their powerful cross-examination of higher education.It was like a rape acters as Father Sapiens. Uncle scribe oftheinformer haddestroyed his case. How aggressive was the seducer, Scientia and Dr.Paulinus.the al- effect credibility,and they wished toleave legory is an Orwellian forecast of how vwillingwas the seduced?It is its e: man's fate. =4S6.00 theirdemolition workfreshly im- cthattheconservativeJustice fields ironic printed on the jury's mind. Blast Department lawyers took thesame fatalisticview of Douglas aswas held lherewasanothercrucialpolitical by many extreme radicals:that he was Do you have a book that should be published?We're se reason for resting the defense:to deter a helpless victim of American society. Two FREE books and literature explain costs,details an Elaborating on Douglas's guileless- check the appropriate box on the order form ar write to the government from trying toelicit thenames of numerous antiwar ac- ness and on the defendants’ cunning, tivists whose role in the disruption of William Lynch, in his summation, At bookstores,or from Dept.153B,Expositio the Selective Service system,in the shrewdly addressed the jurors as law- Please send thebooks circled sheltering of Daniel Berrigan,and in abidingparents.--- PAGE BREAK --- Blast Department lawyers took thesame fatalisticview of Douglas aswas held lherewasanothercrucialpolitical by many extreme radicals:that he was Do you have a book that should be published?We're se reason for resting the defense:to deter a helpless victim of American society. Two FREE books and literature explain costs,details an Elaborating on Douglas's guileless- check the appropriate box on the order form ar write to the government from trying toelicit thenames of numerous antiwar ac- ness and on the defendants’ cunning, tivists whose role in the disruption of William Lynch, in his summation, At bookstores,or from Dept.153B,Expositio the Selective Service system,in the shrewdly addressed the jurors as law- Please send thebooks circled sheltering of Daniel Berrigan,and in abidingparents. 1 2 '4 5 other illegal actions had never been "They refer to Boyd Douglas as )1have a.book which shouldbe published. disclosed.PaulO'Dwyer estimates that Judas...even if the defendants had Send your two FREE books and literature. some 200personsmight have been the effrontery-Ihope they wouldn't- Name implicated in the government's cross- toimply that theyhave some kinship examination of the defendants and of with themanbetrayed by Judas... Street defense witnesses. Persons being ques- when you talk of betrayal,let's talk of City State.. tionedbyLynchwould have had thebetrayalofleadership-students at Signature either to incriminate a large network raps-what kind of betrayal is that? Add 45c postage for each book ordered;NYSresidents Students should be led to zapSelective add local sales tax applicable. of the antiwar resistance or to take the June.15,1972 --- PAGE BREAK ---Service boards on campuses?What are from a deep sleep,he delivered jingo- against anyform of political activity. Journalof they doing,playing handball with these PALESTINE STUDIES istic but curiouslymovingspeeches Mrs.Schwartz was describedas a issues andwith theideals of these thatwereinthe finesttradition of womanwho--in the tradition of many students? Who gave him [Philip Ber- Fourthof July rhetoric,full of Pennsylvania rigan]themandate?Whoelected him? peace churches-was AQUARTERLY "truth," “love,” "justice," “the in- barely allowed to speak at home,and Wouldn'tyoushudderifyouwerea ONPALESTINIAN AFFAIRS dividuality we so cherish in America." wasusedtobeing dominatedbythe parent at that school? There was something of the Bible Belt ANDTHEARAB-ISRAELI men in her family. “To think we educated him,"de- preacher,of the prairie,when he Mr.Evans was described as a blindly CONFLICT fense counsel Father William Cunning- spoke.He ended his summation with obedientservantofthestatewho INTERVIEW:WithAmericanMili- ham,a Jesuit,moaned after the Cath- these words: “These defendants say, believed that “if the government has taryAnalysts on TheMilitaryBal- olic prosecutor,a graduate of Ford- "Weare jou afraid of peace and spent all this money on the case there ance in the Middle East. ham,had finished his summation.“To freedom.'And 1thusthegovernment must be truth to its charges."He is ANTOINE ZAHLAN:TheScience think he went to our schools." would try todestroy thesepeoplenot alsodescribedbyoneof his fellow and Technology Gap between the Throughout the months of the trial, by guns but by falsehood because the jurorsas “an unbalanced man who Iremained obsessed by the diverse Arab States and Israel.“To think we educated him,"de- preacher,of the prairie,when he Mr.Evans was described as a blindly CONFLICT fense counsel Father William Cunning- spoke.He ended his summation with obedientservantofthestatewho INTERVIEW:WithAmericanMili- ham,a Jesuit,moaned after the Cath- these words: “These defendants say, believed that “if the government has taryAnalysts on TheMilitaryBal- olic prosecutor,a graduate of Ford- "Weare jou afraid of peace and spent all this money on the case there ance in the Middle East. ham,had finished his summation.“To freedom.'And 1thusthegovernment must be truth to its charges."He is ANTOINE ZAHLAN:TheScience think he went to our schools." would try todestroy thesepeoplenot alsodescribedbyoneof his fellow and Technology Gap between the Throughout the months of the trial, by guns but by falsehood because the jurorsas “an unbalanced man who Iremained obsessed by the diverse Arab States and Israel. warmongers cannot stand these ideas wanted conviction onallcountsfrom kinds of transformation that the 1960s of peace and freedom or those who MICHAEL HUDSON:The Pales- themoment deliberation began,before hadbrought todifferent Americans seek it." tinianResistance:Developments and we had even openedtheevidence sitting in the Harrisburg courtroom;by Many months before the trial began, Setbacks,1967-71. box." Evans'sbehavior hadindeed thieway /thedecadehadproduced when the defendantswere beginning to been hysterically vindictive.“When the ADNAN NABUGHAZALEH:Arab upheavalinsomelives andhadleft select lawyers,they had to decide jury came in,” Evans blurted out the Cultural 1NationalisminPalestine others unbrushed.William Lynch,who whether Ramsey Clark should beasked day after the verdict,“I would have During the British Mandate.warmongers cannot stand these ideas wanted conviction onallcountsfrom kinds of transformation that the 1960s of peace and freedom or those who MICHAEL HUDSON:The Pales- themoment deliberation began,before hadbrought todifferent Americans seek it." tinianResistance:Developments and we had even openedtheevidence sitting in the Harrisburg courtroom;by Many months before the trial began, Setbacks,1967-71. box." Evans'sbehavior hadindeed thieway /thedecadehadproduced when the defendantswere beginning to been hysterically vindictive.“When the ADNAN NABUGHAZALEH:Arab upheavalinsomelives andhadleft select lawyers,they had to decide jury came in,” Evans blurted out the Cultural 1NationalisminPalestine others unbrushed.William Lynch,who whether Ramsey Clark should beasked day after the verdict,“I would have During the British Mandate. enjoyedattacking Pope John XXllI as tobe adefense counsel.The final liked to face the press and said,‘I ELIAS SHOUFANI: The thedestroyer of theRoman Catholic Sinai word came from Philip Berrigan.He votedguiltyon every count andIwant Wedge. Church,was .prosecuting nuns and thoughtfor a minute and then gravely the world to know,’and then turn and priests catapulted ina fewbrief years answered,"Yes, let's have Clark. It HUSSEIN AGHA AND AHMED face the defendants and say,“May God from a nineteenth-centurycloistering KHALIDI:The Arab-Israeli iCon- would be SO )good for him." The have mercy on your souls.'"Other intothemilitant core of the protest flict:an Outline of Alternatives. former AttorneyGeneral'sdiffidence jurors tellme that Evans shrewdly movement.The Harrisburg jurors, some about his past prosecutions was as perceived Mrs. Schwartz's malleability. SPECIAL DOCUMENTS:Resolu- of fwhomtestifiedtheyneverread clear as Philip's desiretobringsalva- He sat next to her daily in the jury tions of the 28th Zionist Congress, about Vietnam in the newspapers,were tiontoall men.When Clark rose to January 1972.Schwartz's malleability. SPECIAL DOCUMENTS:Resolu- of fwhomtestifiedtheyneverread clear as Philip's desiretobringsalva- He sat next to her daily in the jury tions of the 28th Zionist Congress, about Vietnam in the newspapers,were tiontoall men.When Clark rose to January 1972. box and throughout everymeal the being addressed bylawyers so radical- makethemotionfor adirectedverdict jurors shared during the two months of RECENTBOOKS FROM THE ized bythewar thatthey were of acquittal,he ended with these temporarilydedicating their careers to electrifying thetrial.If it were not for Evans the HEBREW PRESS words: “If thegovern- defendingMovement causes for no fee. ment's evidence hadbeen given to me defendantsmighthavehad the triumph PALESTINE CHRONOLOGY whenIwasAttorneyGeneral Iwould of total acquittal on the conspiracy PERIODICALSINREVIEW never have let it goto the Grand charges. hen there was the lanky,contrite Jury....I ask for acquittal." Lynch Most of the nine women on the jury DOCUMENTSANDSOURCE figure offormerAttorney General sprang to his feet like a terrier.“But seemed 1tobestronglyinfavor of MATERIAL Ramsey Clark,whose role had perhaps he's the one whodrew up the Spock acquittal because the government wit- Annual subscription $8.00,student rate changed more than that of any other indictment,"the prosecutor whined. $5.00, single copies $2.00, published ness BoydDouglashadliedtohis person in the courtroom.Having twice "Yeah,”Clark quarterly in January,April, July,and Ksaid,“andlook what girlfriends and treated them so badly-- indicted PhilipBerrigan for Baltimore October.--- PAGE BREAK --- hen there was the lanky,contrite Jury....I ask for acquittal." Lynch Most of the nine women on the jury DOCUMENTSANDSOURCE figure offormerAttorney General sprang to his feet like a terrier.“But seemed 1tobestronglyinfavor of MATERIAL Ramsey Clark,whose role had perhaps he's the one whodrew up the Spock acquittal because the government wit- Annual subscription $8.00,student rate changed more than that of any other indictment,"the prosecutor whined. $5.00, single copies $2.00, published ness BoydDouglashadliedtohis person in the courtroom.Having twice "Yeah,”Clark quarterly in January,April, July,and Ksaid,“andlook what girlfriends and treated them so badly-- indicted PhilipBerrigan for Baltimore October. happened to Spock." andCatonsville when hewas Attorney they could not,on those grounds, JOURNALOFPALESTINESTUDIES believe his testimony.In addition,the General,Clark came to Harrisburg to P.O.Box 7164 be his defense counsel;he also became wily complexity of fLynch'sthree- Beirut,Lebanon prongedconspiracy therebellious priest's closest friend TheHarrisburgjuryvotedtento counthaditself been self-defeating.The jurors claimed among gthelawyers.Whensomeone twofor acquittalon all charges except “"AS GEORGE McGOVERN makes his that they had never understood it.And askedPhilipBerriganhowhefelt about thoseof contraband againstElizabeth bids/We all agree he'sgot they received 1nohelpfromJudge being defended by a man who had twice McAlister and Philip Berrigan.Their thekids./He's tops withprofs Herman,a cautious, erratic,provincial indicted him,he smiled and replied, deliberation lasted seven days,and is who listtoport/Andmothers barrister,who made the conspiracy “Where wouldwebewithoutour Saint saidtobethelongestdeliberationin count even morennintellioihlehvhie --- PAGE BREAK ---Annual subscription $8.00,studentrate changedmorethanthatofanyother indictment,”the prosecutor whined. ness Boyd Douglas had lied to his $5.00, single copies $2.00, published person in the courtroom.Having twice “Yeah,”Clark said,“and look what girlfriends and treatedthem so badly-- quarterly in January,April,July,and indictedPhilipBerrigan forBaltimore happened to Spock" they could 1not,on 1thosegrounds, October.Annual subscription $8.00,studentrate changedmorethanthatofanyother indictment,”the prosecutor whined. ness Boyd Douglas had lied to his $5.00, single copies $2.00, published person in the courtroom.Having twice “Yeah,”Clark said,“and look what girlfriends and treatedthem so badly-- quarterly in January,April,July,and indictedPhilipBerrigan forBaltimore happened to Spock" they could 1not,on 1thosegrounds, October. and Catonsville when he wasAttorney believe his testimony.In addition,the JOURNALOFPALESTINESTUDIES General,Clark came to Harrisburg to P.O.Box 7164 wily complexity of Lynch's three- be his defense counsel;he alsobecame Beirut,Lebanon pronged conspiracy count haditself therebelliouspriest'sclosestfriend TheHarrisburgjuryvotedtento been self-defeating.The jurors claimed amongthelawyers.Whensomeone twoforacquittalonallchargesexcept that they had never understood it.And “"ASGEORGEMCGOVERNmakes his askedPhilipBerriganhowhefeltabout those of contraband against Elizabeth theyreceivednohelpfromJudge bids/We all agree he's got beingdefendedby a manwhohadtwice McAlisterandPhilipBerrigan.Their Herman,a cautious,erratic,provincial thekids./He'stops with profs indicted him,he smiled and replied, deliberation lasted seven days, and is barrister,who made the conspiracy wholisttoport/Andmothers Where would we be without our Saint saidtobethelongestdeliberationin countevenmoreunintelligiblebyhis dyingtoabort./He'sgot Pauls?" thehistoryoffederaltrials..The ver- opaque andofteninconsistentfinal TomWickerinthebag./In Hawk-nosed, sad-eyed, laconic, dictofmistrialonthegovernment's charges.Studying the judge's charges Sweden,AWOL's wave the dressed in extremely ill-fitting,rumpled vindictive three-pronged conspiracy on the intricate conspiracy count, said flag./I knowwhat GeorgeMc- suits,the former Attorney General chargewas seenas a clear victory for Governbrings,/Butwho's that Mrs.Vera Thompson,the only black remainedthroughoutthetrialthemost theMovement,and as a stunningblow lurkinginthe among the twelve,was like “going up For a free copyof NATIONAL RE- reserved of the defense counsels.One totheJusticeDepartment.Thelawyers wings?/" w.ness Boyd Douglas had lied to his $5.00, single copies $2.00, published person in the courtroom.Having twice “Yeah,”Clark said,“and look what girlfriends and treatedthem so badly-- quarterly in January,April,July,and indictedPhilipBerrigan forBaltimore happened to Spock" they could 1not,on 1thosegrounds, October. and Catonsville when he wasAttorney believe his testimony.In addition,the JOURNALOFPALESTINESTUDIES General,Clark came to Harrisburg to P.O.Box 7164 wily complexity of Lynch's three- be his defense counsel;he alsobecame Beirut,Lebanon pronged conspiracy count haditself therebelliouspriest'sclosestfriend TheHarrisburgjuryvotedtento been self-defeating.The jurors claimed amongthelawyers.Whensomeone twoforacquittalonallchargesexcept that they had never understood it.And “"ASGEORGEMCGOVERNmakes his askedPhilipBerriganhowhefeltabout those of contraband against Elizabeth theyreceivednohelpfromJudge bids/We all agree he's got beingdefendedby a manwhohadtwice McAlisterandPhilipBerrigan.Their Herman,a cautious,erratic,provincial thekids./He'stops with profs indicted him,he smiled and replied, deliberation lasted seven days, and is barrister,who made the conspiracy wholisttoport/Andmothers Where would we be without our Saint saidtobethelongestdeliberationin countevenmoreunintelligiblebyhis dyingtoabort./He'sgot Pauls?" thehistoryoffederaltrials..The ver- opaque andofteninconsistentfinal TomWickerinthebag./In Hawk-nosed, sad-eyed, laconic, dictofmistrialonthegovernment's charges.Studying the judge's charges Sweden,AWOL's wave the dressed in extremely ill-fitting,rumpled vindictive three-pronged conspiracy on the intricate conspiracy count, said flag./I knowwhat GeorgeMc- suits,the former Attorney General chargewas seenas a clear victory for Governbrings,/Butwho's that Mrs.Vera Thompson,the only black remainedthroughoutthetrialthemost theMovement,and as a stunningblow lurkinginthe among the twelve,was like “going up For a free copyof NATIONAL RE- reserved of the defense counsels.One totheJusticeDepartment.Thelawyers wings?/" w. H.and Catonsville when he wasAttorney believe his testimony.In addition,the JOURNALOFPALESTINESTUDIES General,Clark came to Harrisburg to P.O.Box 7164 wily complexity of Lynch's three- be his defense counsel;he alsobecame Beirut,Lebanon pronged conspiracy count haditself therebelliouspriest'sclosestfriend TheHarrisburgjuryvotedtento been self-defeating.The jurors claimed amongthelawyers.Whensomeone twoforacquittalonallchargesexcept that they had never understood it.And “"ASGEORGEMCGOVERNmakes his askedPhilipBerriganhowhefeltabout those of contraband against Elizabeth theyreceivednohelpfromJudge bids/We all agree he's got beingdefendedby a manwhohadtwice McAlisterandPhilipBerrigan.Their Herman,a cautious,erratic,provincial thekids./He'stops with profs indicted him,he smiled and replied, deliberation lasted seven days, and is barrister,who made the conspiracy wholisttoport/Andmothers Where would we be without our Saint saidtobethelongestdeliberationin countevenmoreunintelligiblebyhis dyingtoabort./He'sgot Pauls?" thehistoryoffederaltrials..The ver- opaque andofteninconsistentfinal TomWickerinthebag./In Hawk-nosed, sad-eyed, laconic, dictofmistrialonthegovernment's charges.Studying the judge's charges Sweden,AWOL's wave the dressed in extremely ill-fitting,rumpled vindictive three-pronged conspiracy on the intricate conspiracy count, said flag./I knowwhat GeorgeMc- suits,the former Attorney General chargewas seenas a clear victory for Governbrings,/Butwho's that Mrs.Vera Thompson,the only black remainedthroughoutthetrialthemost theMovement,and as a stunningblow lurkinginthe among the twelve,was like “going up For a free copyof NATIONAL RE- reserved of the defense counsels.One totheJusticeDepartment.Thelawyers wings?/" w. H. shit creek without a paddle." vonDreele VIEW,write:Dept. wouldhaveexpectedthatthisgangling thinkthereisagoodchancethatthe H,150 E.35 Street, Middle American,with his southwest verdict on contrabandwill be reversed N.Y.10016.shit creek without a paddle." vonDreele VIEW,write:Dept. wouldhaveexpectedthatthisgangling thinkthereisagoodchancethatthe H,150 E.35 Street, Middle American,with his southwest verdict on contrabandwill be reversed N.Y.10016. nb twang andhis winsomeJimmyStewart on appeal,on the grounds that letters he ejury's10-2voteforacquittal manner,with his great aura of author- are frequently passed in most prisons seemedtoreflectthereasoningbehind ity,hadbeen madeto order for the and this has seldom-if ever--been prose- LeonardBoudin'sbrilliant three-hour WORLDFELLOWSHIPCENTERS stolid middle western jury.But Clark, cuted. summationon conspiracy law.He in theCatskills andWhiteMountains offer a unique vacation by choice,made few.objections during The government's choice of Harris- arguedthattobeconvictedthe de- Kexperienceofrecreation thetrialandconductedlow-keyedand burg--anotoriouslyconservativetown fendantsmustbeprovedtohavemade =andmental stimulation. extremely brief cross-examinations. shelteredandremovedfromtwentieth- aclear-cutdecisionto carry out an WhileLeonardBoudinnervouslypaced centuryevents-wasregardedas one of illegalobjective.Thusevenif Joseph June24toSept.5,1972 the courtroom,charming the jurors the most punitive aspects of the Harris- Wenderothhadcrawledthroughthe Forpeoplewhowant togainaglobal with his“Ilove you and understand burgindictment.Yetperhaps itwas perspective for their involvementin heatingtunnelsoftheFederalBuild- the struggle for justice andpeace. you totally”smile,while Paul O'Dwyer the Harrisburg gjurors’almost total ing, such an action was in the realm of Dailyrates:$8 to$12.Generous destroyedgovernment witnesseswith isolationfromtheprotests andturmoil “investigation, not even preparation"; family style meals.Family rates. his militant IRA manner,Clark seemed ofthe 1960s,the fact that theyhad itwasnotthefirmcommitmentthat For fullinformationphone or write: WORLDFELLOWSHIP,InC. tosleepwalkthroughthe trial.his militant IRA manner,Clark seemed ofthe 1960s,the fact that theyhad itwasnotthefirmcommitmentthat For fullinformationphone or write: WORLDFELLOWSHIP,InC. tosleepwalkthroughthe trial. neverwitnessedapicketlineor constitutes a criminal conspiracy. Conway, N.H. 03818 (203) 874-1461 Heshied 1from 1all conversations, demonstration,that left them free of Boudinended 1withthispleatothe Kerhonkson,N.Y.12446(914) 893-9839 seldom mingled,as did the other prejudicesagainst tantiwar dissenters, jurors:Theymust bear inmind the defense counsels,with the crowds in freetopiercethroughtothetruth crucial difference between expressions the corridors of the Harrisburg court- withthebluntclarityoftheircon- ofhope-or whatPhilipBerriganhad house.His closest relationshipseemed sciences. termed “meandering or desultory sug- WRITERS: tobe withPhilipBerrigan,with whom gestions"--and concrete criminal plans. he managed to have a private visit he twojurorswhoheldoutfor LeonardBoudinwas thejurors’favor- every day,frequently sharing a liturgy convictiononconspiracywereLaw- itelawyer.Oneof thetwelve,Robert Publish Your Book!--- PAGE BREAK --- termed “meandering or desultory sug- WRITERS: tobe withPhilipBerrigan,with whom gestions"--and concrete criminal plans. he managed to have a private visit he twojurorswhoheldoutfor LeonardBoudinwas thejurors’favor- every day,frequently sharing a liturgy convictiononconspiracywereLaw- itelawyer.Oneof thetwelve,Robert Publish Your Book! withthe priest in jail.The few com- rence Evans,an owner of several large Foresman, an instructoratastate mentsonecouldwrenchoutofClark supermarkets,one of the most pros- school 1for firefighters,said of him: Full trade publishing services-editing, were in a terse ranch hand style.("I perous of the twelve,and Kathryn "He wasa ham buthewasfas- design,rinting,binding,advertising,pub- don't know if the skunk is pissing,”he Schwartz,the mother of four conscien- cinating....I could listen to him go licity,distribution-under one roof means oncedrawledwhenaskedifhisphone tiousobjectors.Mrs.Schwartzis a on forever." lower prices,faster publication.Profitable publication ona sale of 750copies is was tapped,“but it's awful wet around memberoftheChurchoftheBreth- So most of the Harrisburg jury, possible NOw.FREE brochures give you my telephone.") ren,a pacifist but highly conservative fearedasprovincialand conservative alldetails and prices.WritetoDept.153, YetClark's opening statement and sectprevalent throughoutPennsylvania, by’many in the Movement,were,in Exposition Press,Inc.,Jericho,N.Y.11753. hissummationwerethemostdramatic which takes a stand againstengagingin their way,as knowing as anybody in moments of the trial.As if waking any.war andanequally firm.stand the court.“Never underestimate the 20 TheNewYorkReview --- PAGE BREAK ---stand againstengagingin their way,as knowing as anybody in moments of the trial.As if waking any.war andanequally firm.stand the court.“Never underestimate the 20 TheNewYorkReview --- PAGE BREAK --- people,”Philip Berrigan wrote joyously voir dire.preceding the trial,upon in,I had a drink with Anthony after the verdict had come in.“Their nels!he yelledout at the top ofhis being asked whether he had read of Scoblickinarestaurantacross from common sense usually prevails against the alleged plot in the papers, he had voice. the'courthouse.It was a little past six, the excesses of government." Nobody even turned around.Yet the slapped his thigh and said,“You mean theheight of thedinnerhourin Harrisburg Robert Foresman,one of the jurors that story about zipping off with trialremainsa Harrisburg, pieceof and therestaurant. was history that could occur first as farce, most active in arguing for acquittal, Kissinger? I always thought that was a packed. but could repeat itself as tragedy. was a round-faced,frequently smiling, big joke.""I wouldn't mind trying it “"Hey, Tony, what are you going to 口 myself,"' he quipped after the end of benignmanwhoseemedtobethe do after you're acquitted?" I asked. the trial. "I'm going to kidnap Henry Kiss- most attentive of the twelve.In the (Thisisthesecondoftwoarticles on Afew days before the verdict came inger andblowuptheheating tun- theHarrisburgtrial.)