DOW RAIDERS KEEP IT UP IN DC JAILS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73-00475R000200810001-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 19, 2013
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 5, 1969
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr 2013/12/19: CIA-RDP73-00475R000200810001-6
5 April 1969
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, in ilrav.il, Korea, Chile and ollier nations.
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A .. a countries, wore found. Sonic of the 'aiding levolutio. naties and w'.16 onc of the" ?
. .1 documents found on the street: were sent 1Catonsville Nine ?',4,tu) dcsir?'Vcd 61.4f` riks: .
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? c- . ii 'I By Mari/yrs Ea lz.mata Wa.bls * The action \vas well :planned with tight . action is an indication of their faith in ?, .?
people's ability to respond to injustice:1? ;
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. Washington notified in advance to meet "for a g bi .
: lvdp from the DC movement, had no :.,? '
Altlysup,h locked behind bars of District.. ,story" at inicrafternoon ,on March 22 at I. )?,,?.3,,.,' ?
no hail money and no]
. of Cidumbia.prisolaS, the DC Niue, whh, an acid res in the northeast section of the '
:-. simport. They were from other cities', but
?-.'' last week wrecked the Washington offices city. From there 'they were instructed to .."1
I were convinced that this act would : ' ?
? . of the Dow Chemical Co.; continue to ? go to the lobby of the Washington Post in !. stimulate an"otherwise inactive movement :- .'?
; attack 1)osv and other U.S. corporations.' the northwest area and await further I here to pull itself together not only in :
*Jailed immediately after their arrest, they . instructions. . ? ? . .? '..j their defense, but in followin-, the lead of :
refused to cat, called on U.S. bishops and .. In an action that almost destroyed the :?. their. action.
? . ? ? church authorities to end the church's plans for their lookout to signal when-the .' .1
., : ' In a jail interview, Arthur. Melville said, ,
'..... . complicity in murder and imperialism, 'sidewalk was clear, Post assistant city ..; "Possibly our action might be an aicl to i,-
.?;:,' and asked their friends to act with 'them ' editor Bart Barnes evicted the press?TV .
1 others in' making a decision to risk ;
'..?.?I against U.S. domination of the world. . ca in eras and ? A ssocia ted Press l themselves in acting Cor justice." Friends i
..? ?, On March 22, therdi. lc destroyed Dow photographer included. He claimed, .
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1:said that the Catons-ville Nine's action' last i-
,. "office ' machinery and furniture and -"There are some shadowy characters here'.,!,year sparked the growth of ? a solid I.,:
heaved files onto the streets below, for and we can't have them blocking our, ?.movement in Baltimore and that the DC
.., : . public scrutiny. Their action raises the doorway." These '.'shadowy characters": Nine hope. similar direct action and l'...'
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'.'? ' level of militancy against Dow and makes incltided the Post's black staff reporter,', mobilized support around it will be'gin to
, more explicit Dow's role in international-. Bob 1?Iinton. After -the action, Barnes , solidify and strengthen movements ' in 1 :.?
military and economic aggression. Mord 'c took the story away from Hinton, 'who
,many many cities. .?
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than just an attack. on Dow's napalm ? had fought to'be allowed to cover it, ;.? ,....:.:,,.. -
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.. production, the nine charge Dow and ???? ' ' .....
;???:? to tlie DC Defense Coramittee can be Nem i .'.
.I other U.S. corporations with perpetrating ?
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the "open Letter," beloW).' ,. - ..:::, ? ?
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At 5,:30 one of the DC Nine broke arrived tik't the Dc Ni?e ii?,1?..
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through Dow's fourth-floor window ancl ?released froin jail-the women ;ate mareh I,:.:
? :files began. to clutter the streets of , 28, ' the 'men March .29.. 6'u:tali:in i..' ...
' ? .. downtown' Washington. Herbert Garcia, Battimore 'correspondent Dee Ann Pappas Y:. ?,.
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The lackadaisical DC movement ' supervisor of the Federal ' Detective reported': that bond was posted' by t .fr?
,,,..:?; quickly moved to back the DC Nine's- ...Agency, which uaids the buildini, said.? ?
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?action.. Still talking, more than a week .,; the nine had rung a trouble bell for tlie '
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.., ':? later, of the documentation of the nine's ?; building's furnace system, 'then" rim: ,
.:,?i charges against Dow in the files sprawled 1, upstairs when building guards went to:"
on the streets, a new support committee ?: investigzite the 17th floor (Unlace. They.:
.? organized a candlelight march to Dow on 'gained entry by smashing a side window '
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March 23, picketed the Dow .offices at of the .office door. .. ,.
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, - ..?lunch hour every day last week, and held .! ? About 15 minutes later; po'fice arrived .
. .?-1.? evening rallies at the Women's Detention. ? at the office suite with revolvers drawn.?
' '?:: Center, where Sister Joanne Malone of St. '1 he nine, including two women and seven::
Louis and Mrs. Catherine Melville?'of San men, were. led to paddy' wagons singing
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,??:, , Dow files included . correspondence . ' The nine. are: ReV. bernaid F: Meyer.
with Congressmen about. financial .and Rev. Robert '1. liegin ,(who were
: contributions, gifts of products, plane arrested in Cleveland in January for r:"
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',!.. instances_ of .. corporate influence over ,.on racism, peace 'and poverty); Rev( '.
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Dougherty 'of 'Woodstock; hld.; Sister
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @50-Yr 2013/12/19.: CIA-RDP73-00475R000200810001-6