DOC RELATES TO PROJECT MERRIMAC (MERRIMACK) - SITUATION INFORMATION REPORT

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The University of Chicago's noted psychologist-psychiatrist
Dr. Bruno Bettelheim contributed an article in the September 1969
issue of Encounter, a British literary ptiblication, on the world's
(especially America's) adolescent rebellion. The Austrian-born and
Vienna-trained freudian psychoanalyst experienced the concentration
camps of Nazi Germany and fled Europe in 19 3 9. He has since spec-
ialized in the psychological problems of adolescents and published -
several books on the topic. Bettelheim addressed the House Special
Subcommittee on Education last March (his most significant co'm-
ments v,vere reported in the Situation Information Report of 11 April
1969) and drew for .the Subcommittee a comparison between the con-
temporary American youth experience and its many similarities to
pre- and early, Hitler Germany.
Although Dr. Bettelheim treats the topic of "Obsolete Youth"
and their solipsistic isolation empirically, at times, and theoretically
at times and tends to -view the overall modern campus trauma too purely
through the eyes of a psychologist seeking psy-chological and psychiatric
solutidns to what he views as psych-type problems, and overlooking.
several important additional societal vectors, his presentation of the
basic problems and his suggested solutions emerge as perhaps revo-
lutionarybut most assuredly imaginative and worthy of serious con-
sideration indeed.
Dr. Bettelheim writes that modern youths see themselves as
obsolete and without a future in our automated technocratic and com-
puterized age. Arthough American youth claims the social stimuli
of the draft, the war, the Negro and poverty, the. rebellious German
youth has no Negro problem to rally around and the Vietnam War has
only a remote influence on the Japanese radical. What then, asks
Dr. Bettelhebn is common to so wide a cross s ction of rid youth?
The answeribe believes is that they are all against the Americans,
presumably because of the ma gnitiide of (heir military es tald is hment,
and es iuk jail y the bomb, they drr-rtsFt see a need for themselves in
advancing civilization hefice society does not need them: This stimu-
lates the desire to build a Wholly new and different future where their
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Additionally Dr. Bettelheim theorizes that modern youth is
advanced through puberty (a developmental biological eventuality) but
field too long under parental and generational domination through
adolescence (a psychological and sociological manifestation). In most
of the small group of leaders a the radical left, intellect was developed
at much too early an age and at the expense of their emotional develop-
ment. Although exceedingly bright some-remain emotionally fixated at
the age of the temper tantrum. Time Magazine (September 5). in report-
ing on the article in Encounter believes that Dr. Bettelheim devoted his
most careful scrutiny to the activities of the most -radical student leaders
and.blames their shrillness on parents who raise them with half-baked
psychoanalytic theories.. We should not suppress our inner rages but
should face them only in thought and only in a safely structured, treat-
ment situation. Bettelheim reports that according to many children
they do' not learn (presumably in the home) to repress aggression
enough. Over permissive parents -exploit their children (demanding
high grades, social acceptability, etc.) to fulfill their own narcissistic
needs. The parents choose to follow Freud when it suits their conveni-
ence and demand "Victorian" conformity where it does not. This incon-
sistent parental handling forces on youth a senseless uncertainty about
their own identities that turns to self-hate and later to resentment of
the world at large.
Campus rebellions can and do paralyze universities. Not only
because buildings are occupied and classes are inte+rupted but because
the energy of the administration and faculty must be devoted to calming
things down. Time which should be devoted to lasting scholarly achieve-
ments must be diverted to forestalling the next confrontation.
Bettelheim believes that while colleges and universities should
be open to. and inviting reasonable discussion of any and all relevant
improvements and must be in the vanguard of initiative for constructive
change, they should be sure of their values and take-a determined stand
against coercive intimidation. What spectacle could be more irresisti-
bly attractive than the students feeling that they have the faculty on the
run..
Bettelheim wriAcS from his observations and vxperifmce that
too man.), who now go to college have-little interest, ability, or use for
what now constitutes higher, education. (Dr-. Bettelheim excludes-those
seeking training in the firm sciences.) Many would be better off (feeling
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a sense -of purpose and non-obsolescence) to seek a high level education
closely linked to a work program (a system widely employed in thc
Soviet.U.nion). This would give scope to the need of youth to be active
While enjoying tangible achievement in the immediate present. Such a
combination of practical and theoretical apprenticeship would, believes
Dr. Bettelheim, constitute a much better arrangement for those youths
who feel no deep commitment Co study and research (those who feel
this commitment will always be a relatively small part of the adolescent
group). Dr. Bettelheim suggests a yonth service program of several
years -duration in which the young could work on socially relevant pro-
jects while earning pay and getting higher professional training as they
do. After this work-study program only those would go to universities
Who really wanted to. By that time most would have acquirecla real
stake in society because they had helped shape it and would probably
be better prepared for permanent jobs because of training received.
Civilian service could be an elected alternative to military service
thus eliminating the need for involuntary conscription. Dr. Bettelheim
is convinced that if every able-bodied person had to serve two years in
one program or the other (the military service) there would be no
scarcity of those with a preference for two years in the Army.
Without a following, the extreme student radical leaders would
not represent a threat to the academic institution. It is the mass sup-
port the radical leadership arouses because o.f general unrest among
youth which alone makes them dangerous. Our focus belongs on how
to provide our mass of young people with the real life experiences and
the emotional satisfactions fhey need, for these arevery different from
those which their largely unconscious Motives will go on pushing them
towards 'for want of better direction.
The National Socialist White People's Party (aka American Nazi
Party) held a national conference at Fairfax, Virginia, on 31 August.
Reportedly, the group will try to build a larger membership and strive
for a better public image in order to form the base (4-f an effective politi-
c:al party.
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5 September 1969
CALENDAR OF TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES
Asterisked items are either reported for the first time or con-
tain additions or changes to previously reported activities.
all lk Winter
*Nationally The aggressive Natio-nal Welfare Rights Organi-
zation is planning a "fall & winter offensive" of school boycotts,
marches on welfare offices, refusals to pay utility bills and
rent strikes. Dr. George Wiley, militant black executive-direc-
tor of the organizations, said welfare recipients will boycott
schools and march on welfare offices if additional funds for
school clothing are not granted.
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At the demonstration sponsored by the Chicago Peace Council
and the Conspiracy on 28 August in Chicago to commemorate
the confrontations at the 1968 Democratic National Convention,
Rennie Davis, one of the Conspiracy Eight defendants, was one
of the main speakers. Sylvia Kushner, a CPUSA member, was .
the moderator. In the course of his remarks, Davis stated that
he desired to see mutinies occur at Army bases in the United
States. He said the fall program of the anti-war movement
would include:
15 September - a demonstration at an unidentified California
city, where, according to Davis, "establishment leaders,"
will be meeting.
� 24 September - a demonstration at Chicago, Illinois, to pro-
test the trills of the Chicago Eight.
8711 October - Demonstrations in Chicago to protest the trials.
SDS is calling for militant action under the slogan. "Bring the
War llonie." In support of SUS "doing their thing."
8 hi!j_y_clliker SDS is, ailing for demonstrations in the streets,
on the campuses, and in fritries across the country toepro-
test the war.
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15 November - Massive demonstrations are planned for
Washington, D. C., and San Francisco, California, as a
climax of the fall program against the war - for the "big-
gest militant march ever."
*Detroit, Michigan - Milton Henry, black extremist attorney
for black militant expatriate Robert F. Williams, has an-
nounced that Williams will return to the U. S. A., entering
at Detroit one week later than hark been Originally planned.
- Henry Cited difficulty in getting plane reservations as the
reason. The FBI has said that Williams will be arrested on
a fugitive warrant on his return. While there is ample rea-
son to believe Williams would like very much to be leading
militant blacks in their activities in the United States, the
threat of imprisonment may continue to keep him out ofthe
country.
Dayton, Ohio - The National Association for the Advancement
of Colored. People in Dayton, Ohio, is planning demonstrations
to show support of civil rights.activists who filed suits in Fed-
eral Court, Washington, D. C., claiming discrimination within 141 35.13
the Federal Government concerning employment practices,
promotions, and equal opportunities. NAACP members and
as so ciates plan to meet, in Dayton on 4. Se pternbe r and the r carte r
establish picket lines at Federal installations in the city. Re-
portedly, on 5 September, buses will depart Columbus and
*Cincinnati, Ohio, for Washington, D. C. �
*Washington, D. C. - The informant was advised that buses
would also depart other cities arriving Washington on 6 Septem-
ber. Upon arrival in Washington, the demonstrators will split
into two groups, one group plans to visit, the Department of
Justice; however, the action planned for the second group was
not reported. All de.monstrations reportedly will be peaceful.
Washington,. D. C. - The Caesar Chavez-led United Farm
Workers Organizing Committee, which has been promoting
a grape boycott to demand higher wages for grape workers,
plan to demonstrate at Washington, D. C., on 7 September. ph I tem
The demonstrators will hold a rally at the Sylvan Theater
near the -Washington Monurtremt. At the conclusion of .the� rally, 12 61
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hold a mass near the grave of Robert F. Kenned?. - They are
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considering inviting Mrs. Ethel Kennedy to be one of the main
speakers.
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*Cleveland, Ohio - Reportedly, a letter issued by "Citizens
Inquiry for Legal Defense, N. James Carlson, Chairman,"
announced that at a meeting, the conviction of Fred Ahmed
Evans, a Black Nationalist leader convicted of murdering
three policemen in Cleveland, Ohio, in July 1968 was dis-
cussed. 'The letter proposed that picketing he conducted
on 8 September 1969 at the Federal Building (presumably in
Cleveland) seeking support of the United States Department
of Justice to investigate the conduct of the Cleveland Police
Department. Carlson, a professor at Case Western Reserve
University in Cleveland, was reported in 1962 to have been
chairman of a local organization of the National Committee
for a Sane Nuclear Policy, a Pacifist group.
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*San Francisco, California - Leaflets and flyers distributed
by dissident elements in the San Francisco area indicate a
demonstration is planned to protest the banquet and visit of
Vice-President Spiro Agnew, who will be representing the
White House at the Japan Week festivities in San Francisco.
A coalition of SDS, Los Siete de La Ra.za, Chinatown Red
Guard, the Asian American Political Alliance, the High
School Student Onion, and others'have called a series of
protests and actions to protest Japan Week tend also the
International Industrial Conference the next week.
New Orleans, Louisiana - Southern University was the
scene of much disruption the past school year and former
students have now organized The Black People's Party,
which is calling for the repeal of riot legislation, a re-
traction of the governor's statement that troops would be
sent to troubled campuses, the reinstatemerit of suspended
� and expelled students, and the dismissal of legal charges�
against students arising from last year's disruptions. Re-
por1:!ctly - a group of expelled students plans to disrupt
registration activities at the University beginning.. 9 September.
Chicago, Illinois 'Eugen"raadstone, a member of the
-Steering Committee. of the New Mobilization COmmittee to
End the War (main organizer and sponsor of thel)roposecl
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major demonstration of the - November 15 - in Washington,
D. C.), has stated that organizers will visit campuses after
school starts in September to develop support for the fall demon-
strations. A militant, but non-violent, demonstration will be
held in Chicago to support the "Chicago Eight," on 11 September.
*University- of Puerto Rico - The Federation of University Stu-
dents for Independence has announced that it will hold a sit-in
at the University of Puerto Rico ta.n 12 September to demand
that the Reserve Officers Training Corps be abolished.
September 13 & 15 *Washington,. D. C. - A Quaker Action Group plans to demon-
strate at all entrances to the White House on these two days.
The demonstrators will follow the currently popular anti-war 3 qv7
protest action by reading the names of individuals killecj in
Vietnam.
September 15-20
*San Francisco, California - A five-day International Industrial
Conference (IIC), a quadrennial affair conducted by the National
Industrial Conference Board and Stanford Research Institute
(SRI), will be held at the Fairmount Hotel in San Francisco.
The emphasis since the first conference in 1957 has been on
"Closing the World's Income Gap." The conference will
bring to some 500 representati�Les of major industries,
technological, and financial firms like U. S. Steel, IBM,
Chase Manhattan Bank, etc. General Conference Chairman A4/44
is David Rockefeller; Chairman of the Interwttional Council 31
is. John Loudon of Royal Dutch Shell; and U. S. Council Chair-
man is Roger Blough of U. S. Steel.
The April Third Movement, a coalition of protest groups at
Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, which has pre-
viously been active in demonstrating against the Stanford
Research fristitute, has announced that it will sponsor demon-
strations September 15-20, during the Conference. The April
Third Movement, which is dominated by SDS, is to act as the
coordinator for radical demonstra.tions at the Confc;rence, and
Stanford University is to be used as a base of operations. An
eat-lir estimate is that from 3,000 to 5,000 radical demonstrators,
mainly from SDS, will travel to San Francisco for the Confer-
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ence. The students s-ay th'tr-ersnference "is designed to cemsoli-
date the dorpinion'of� the multinational corporations in the third
world." The movement has also announced that'lit will continue -
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its investigation of Government research at both the Institute and
the University and will also consider other areas. Authorities
feel there i a definite possibility of violence during the demon-
strations. President Nixon reportedly will speak at the conference
on the 18th. Leaflets and flyers distributed in the San Francisco
area indicate "massive demonstrations" were advertised for that
event.
The Coalition (see 9 September San Francisco item) is calling
� for demonstrations and a Peoples' Festival during the week
(15-19 September). The Coalition plans demonstrations, "to
expose the men who own, run, and control this country and much
of the world," The Coalition says it "will stop the conference."
The demonstration on the opening day - aimed at the Farirmont
Hotel - calls for a rally at 11 a.m. at either Union Square or
Washington Square and at 11:30 a.m. - the people will move ori
the Hotel "to stop IIC."
The Peoples' Festival, schedUled for 12-14 September, will
feature music and aft. Organizers are reportedly negotiating
for use of either Union Square or Washington Park.
3eptember 16
Southwest, United States - Mexican-American and other Spanish-
speaking youths intend to shut down the schools of the Southwest
on 16 September in a demonstration of solidarity and protest on
the anniversary date of the Mexican Revolutfon. According to
Rudolph() "Corky" Gonzales, leader of the Crusade for Justice,
a militant Mexican-American group, it.will be a demonstration
"to change the whole educational system to relate to our needs.
During a speech at Fresno State College, Sacramento, California,
Gonzales called for action on his "Aztlan Plan, " which he hopes
will unite all factions Of Mexican-Americans in the United States.
This plan calls for all Mexican-Americans t6 stand as one nation.
September16, 17, *Washington, D. C. - The American Society for Industrial Seenrity
and 18 a no professional security society will hold the Fifteenth
Annual Seminar of the Society at the Washington-llilton !Intel.
Security officials (twill industry and Government will join together
and take a hard lo.Ok at the security problems they face Aid at-- -
tempt to arrive, at intelligent solutions.
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September 27
Chicago, Illinois - Trial has been set for 24 September for the
"Chicago Eight" protest leaders indicted on charges of con-
spiracy to incite a riot in connection with the disorders at the
Democratic National Convention last fall. All eight pleaded
"not guilty" in Federal District Court on 9 April. Each defen-
dant also faces charges of crossing state lines to foment dis-
order or to otherwise va.iolate the Civil Rights Act of 1968.
Rennie Davis, Bobby Scale, Johnit. Froines, and Lee Weiner
had their travel restrictions eased but are required' to keep the
Court fully informed of their movements.
Chicago, Illinois - SDS is reported to be planning to participate
in a demonstration on 27 September in support of the trial defen-
dants, the self-proclaimed "Conspiracy Eight." Other protest
activities are being planned later during the trial.
October-November In view of the number of actions already. noted as planned for
October and November, 1969, they arc not repeated in this
week's calendar. As additional or new information becomes
available re this period, it will be included in subsequent
is sues.
SOURCE: Government and news media.
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