Portland Observer
Thursday, July 7, iV TI
From behind the wall
Dale Hetland Russ O Bromski - these
two do all the watering of the garden.
They also help in the other things.
Rick Butter - Helps with all aspects of
the garden.
Don Roeaeker Ray Middleton - help
with complete garden and primarily now
in control of taking care of the trees and
flower garden which has just been
started.
I personally extend my thanks to all of
these fellows and hope they shall keep up
the good work.
With the continued
support of everyone of us and the staff,
we will have one of the best gardens
anywhere in the state.
by Dan
**a Wlfo V Wte OJB-F.
On Wednesday, June 22, 1977, M r*.
Pat Straub, Barbara Hanneman. George
Burrell and Capt. Bob Birr keen, along
with a photographer from the Statoamaa
Jearaal visited the State Pen aa guests of
the Lifers Club.
Mrs. Straub was appropriately attired
in a gray pantsuit for the occasion. She
brought along several comfrey plants to
proas at to W .D . Norris who tends the
garden. Also Mr. George Burrell brought
I A M A S LA V E
soma Rosemary plants.
Mrs. Straub was wall impressed by the
efforts of the Lifers in having a well
producing garden which in turn provides
fresh produce for the population, while
also saving money for the State Pentiten
tiary.
Also in attendance at Mrs. Straub's
tour were staff members, M r. Hoyt C.
Cupp, M r. John Keeney, M r. Dudley
Janaway and M r. John Newell. Inmates
WJD. Norris, Lifers Garden Project
Coordinator; Bill O’Hara, Preaidant of
Lifers Unlimited; Don Roeaeker. Pro
gram Chairman and fallow Lifers who
have put a lot of time and money into
making this a working project: Dale
Hetland, Russ OBromski. Ray Middleton
A Rie Butter.
Tbeee inmates are the work force that
keeps almost three aerea of garden free of
wands, plants watered, picked and taken
to the kitchen for the population. We all
owe a vote of appreciation to Dale and
Russ for their hard work and continuing
efforts to improve and add to the garden.
W e new have IS fruit trees that will
and are bearing fruit.
Tbeee were
by inmate HeRland and
i Cupp and donated to the Lifers.
To give proper credence for work done
I believe it would be nice to let everyone
know who does what.
WJD. Norris • Rototills,
by J<
la m a slave. No man I don't mean a Black
Man kidnapped from his mother land and
forced to pick cotton in the foreign
terrifying the fields of Alabama or
Georgia.
No man, Tm a different kind of slave, a
twentieth century slave, my master-tbe
chemical substance known as H ER O IN .
Whew we-e-e-e when under its influence I
am mindless of life around me selfishly
thinking only of my own well being.
But bow did I a young man of Afro
descent of middle class up bringing
become exposed to such a fate? (when)
Everyone knows that only those helpless
souls of the ghetto’s know the evil and
oppression of the killer.
For isn’t it true that they are the ones
that must remain submissive else they
entertain the thoughts of freedom?
The cry far rehabilitation was raised
when and only when the killer H ER O IN
crceped into the W H IT E M ID D L E
CLASSES C H ILD R E N , only then when
it’s implication came to light did the white
middle class call far help against the most
evil of invaders.
fertilizes,
stakes plants, picks plants, sprays, plants
and takes care of the herb garden.
mors willing to level with a doctor
We can only suspect that the government's
r
instead of an authority! There is nothing
well laid traps eaught those they wish not
but a fact because there remains a very
to catch, their blunder opened the door of
hard line between the criminal and the
fa n dom to those who need it the most •
authorities over him. This feet la proven
the poor BLACK, BROWN A W H IT E
by the dangerous harm that criminals and
M A N.
officers receive from each other dafly
I am now in a state criminal institution
T H A N K YOU M ID D L E CLASS.....
myself. This is why I can see what is
badly needed. Thia is nothing but the
Thank you - have you now the
development of M E N T A L H E A L TH .
opportunity to free yourselves of the
Yes, every day I walk around, looking at
killer????
away mental disorders and defects in this
I
institution. Yet what is being done for
the criminals?
NO THING .
This is
exactly why such a high percentage of
inmates are returning consistently for
WHY DOES CRIME CONTINUALLY
the same type of crimes. Instead of all
GROW IN AMERICA?
the sports, body building, etc. lot’s start
helping the criminal find a brighter road
in life to travel on. We ean surely do this
by Claud LampUn, Jr. 2 M M
by helping the criminals find T H E M
I feel that this is a question that all of SELVES! I can certainly see that by
the people in our country should ask their aetioos, many of them are loot. Yes,
themselves. Yes, I believe we all should they are going through life guessing
try to find out what are the main because they do not know which way
perpetuating factors of crime today. We they should go. When when you have
need to find the original sources of crime people serving time, don’t just make it a
before we can ever try to reduce it. How period of time for negative punishment,
ean you ever really stop a dangerous ball let this be the time for positive punish
you can’t even see? It's very simply, ment. Let’s help all criminals develop a
YOU C A N T I The purpose of this article better style of Ufa. By doing this we ean
is to let the people know what needs to be make the former criminal a very con
done in order to reduce our ever-boosting structive citizen in our society here in
America. NOT A SORRY DEN O U NC ED
crime percentage.
First of all I feel a major point is being OUTCAST!
There is also something else I believe
left out by our public authorities who deal
with erime. These authorities are our all readers of this article should know. In
police officers, judges, state personnel, the executive department of the United
etc. The major point that is neglected is States there is g big error being made.
that all criminals are human organisms, This is that to much crime by your
known as people. They are not animals or eathcritfoe is taking pice to supposedly
any other sub-human types. They all catch the criminal. This has been also
have the natural senses of any other proven true. Many of the officers have
person in our society. When you have resorted to wiretapping, illegal home
people in custody always treat them as searches, etc. Many of our very faithful
so. I f not, you indirectly are developing a citizens have received hard treatment
from our city police. I f you really want to
very « sd person.
I believe that every convicted criminal reduce crime, you must release the
should always receive an interview. This, criminals you have on your forces. Until
to be beneficial, should take place astride you are willing to accept this fact there
the court room. Yes, in a private area will always remain a very hostile line
with no one except a well trained between the police and the public. Don’t
psychologist present. This way we will fight crime with crime!
Well this is all I have to say right now
have a lot more insight upon the motiva
tion of certain crimes that occur frequent but I hope you have benefittod by reading
ly. I t should always be a psychologist or a this article.
I t was written for all
psychiatrist. Not a judge, officer, or a executives as well as criminals. Both can
lawyer. The criminal will always be much benefit by reading it.
tar the chief evils against which
■mar Bfoek Panther Minister of
directs his famous rhetoric
and Black militancy.
And among the chief supporters of the
incorporated crusade are some of the
leading luminaries of the predominantly
white, new right evangelism.
Looking like a preacher and sounding
like a politician, Cleaver dishes out a
hearty Mend of old-time religion and
fundamental, conssrvative politics. And
his missfon-spart from keeping him out
of jail-appeers to be bridging the wide
gap between the Black and white even
gelist movements-. feat that, if aecom
pliahed. could cement a powerful new
conservative political coalition.
The anti-communist nature of Cleaver's
new crusade has renewed charges among
his critics that his actions and statements
rince Ms return from exile in November
1978 ore basically “opportunistic." clever
ctrategems designed to win him public
approval in Ma bid for freedom.
Cleaver still faces charges o f^aaaault
April. 1 9 « shootout with Oakland police.
His trial la expected to begin in Septom
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bar.
The former radical who may soon
become the Reverend Eldridge has
consistently denied all charges of collab
oration. “I have not made a deal with
anyone except Christ,” Cleaver declared
before an all Black congregation of San
Francisco’s Providence Baptist Church in
mid-June.
His defense committee was headed by
Bayard Rustin, chairman of BASIC
(Black Americans for a Secure Israel
Committee). And one of Cleaver’s first
published articles was an attack on the
United Nations for passing a resolution
equating Zionism with racism.
When he declared that Castro’s Cuba
displayed a form of racism more insidious
than South Africa’s, critics bscame con
vinced that Cleaver's statements were
bought and paid for.
But apart from small contributions to
the defense committee, by March 197«.
still in the Oakland jail, Cleaver had yet
to find a consituency with enough re
sources and power to support Ms legal
battles.
He found it in A rthur DeMoes, a
Philadelphia millionaire who is chairman
of the board of the National Liberty
Corporation and a top financial contribut
or to the ultra-conservative Campus
Crusade for Christ and the Christian
Freedom Foundation.
DvMuse visiUu Cleaver ia jail follow
ing contacts that indicated the former
Panther might be ready to become a
born-again Christian. DeMoes provided
8100,000 for Cleaver's bail and sufficient
living expenses to maintain a 8100,000
home in the plush Los Altos Mils south of
Ban Francisco.
Along with Cleaver and his wife Kath
leen, DeMoes is an officer in the Eldridge
Cleaver Crusades Corporation.
Since then. Cleaver has gone on the
religious lecture circuit, appearing at
some 80 colleges, more than 20 churches
and virtually every major religious T V
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sion to Christianity to a vision he
experienced while still in exile in Paris
(when the face of Christ replaced those of
Marx, Mao, and Castro on the moon). Ma
initial appeal following Ms return was to
American Jews.
ba says, “captures the
leal. I seem to hear the
Lord aaying to M . ’Against these evils.
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He and Kathleen were baptised in
October, 1976 and placed their two
children in a Loa Angelas Christian
school.
“I don’t want my children
corrupted by bearded teachers who don’t
agree with me." said Cleaver.
Cleaver's first appearances were limit
ed to white evangelical groups who
responded enthusiastically to his “testi
mony” about bow an ex-communist and
Black militant had become one with
Christ-even though there ia no evidence
Cleaver ever was a communist.
When skeptics charged that he was
avoiding Black audiences, Cleaver began
appearing at all-Black churches such as
the Providence Baptist Church, whose
pastor, Calvin Jonas, is a locally well-
known conservative and a sponsor of the
Eldridge Cleaver Crusades. His recap
tion there, while not overly enthusiastic,
was approving.
During Ms testimony, Cleaver criti
cised San Frnadaco Sheriff Richard
Hongisto and state Assemblyman Willie
Brown for campaigning on behalf of gay
civil rights in Florida.
With a bitterness that seemed to
contradict his claim to love everyone,
including Ms enemies, he dismissed Cali
fornia's leading Black poUtidaaa-indud-
ing W illie Brown, Lt. Gov. Mervyn
Dymally and Los Angeles Mayor Tom
Bradley-because “they did not lift a
finger to help me."
“I appeared before Lionel Wilson, a
Black judge, and ha raised my bail from
860.000 to 8100.000." Cleaver complained.
Judge Wilson, ironically, haa since
become Mayor of Oakland, with the full
support of the Black Panther Party.
Throughout Ma testimony, Cleaver
subtly hinted that white political control
is closer to the proper order of things.
Upon Ms return to New York from
Paris, he said, two F B I men, one Black
and one white, arrested Mm.
“The
brother had a big Afro.” said the now
short-haired and clean-shaven Cleaver,
“and it came dear later that the white
mail was in control. I knew then that I
was in the right place."
Cleaver said his friend, Billy Graham,
had told him he was glad that Black
people were receiving the evangelical
message, because “white people won’t
listen to wMto people anymore."
Says one long-time Black activist in
Oakland who haa followed Cleaver’s
byzantine career from the beginning.
“Eldridge's religious message seems to
be one of convincing Blacks to chain
themselves to the rock of ages after they
steal away to Jesus.”
In fact, Cleaver's brand of Christian
activism is closely related to the kind of
evangelism that ia the past has bean
characterised as decidedly anti-Black.
Some of ha key supporters among the
leading wMto evangelist powers have
carried the anti communist seal to un
critical support for the white minority
governments of Rhodesia and South
Africa.
While Cleaver has avoided embracing
such a position publicly, bo privately
lakes a hard, critical line toward the
Black African states involved in southern
Africa’s racial wars.
In an interview, he decried ss “racist”
any support for “those niggers trying to
push our brothers into the sea" in
southern Afrtea. J
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The future of the Eldridge Cleaver
Crusades is now being mapped out from
a Stanford, California office.
In the
meantime, the organization baa already
begun publishing a “Crusader" newslet
ter appealing to readers to “send us a
generous contribution towards the found-
inf of this ministry.”
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