HEARING SET FOR TODAY ON BLOOD THROWING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01315R000300550012-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 17, 2004
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: October 28, 1974
• Content Type: NSPR

THE-BULLET (MARY WASHINGTON COLLEGE)
28 Oct 1971.
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A 1i- acing iPits schod+ale,i 'arta+:'r today the to
Mary 1,'w.. ngton College students NOw allegedly threw
t" o b iof pi, ;'s blood on a recruiter for the Central in
i:t":i!!gcnc e " gcno'y a1 a c:lu er :1.t program last weer,
'1 he trod IS. s;et for Nov'. 4.
Stephen Galloway, a 19-year-old sophomore from An..
rl-in+.l.h'a'_ and Kevin Platt, n, ,C?u:d freshman frr)n1
Alexandria, were arrested 0,.A. 21 and released on KPO
bond. They are charged with :issi.ltaa. disturbing the
peace:' and profanity in public.
The hearing was to be conducted b Prince %' oodard.
pi.+ s dent of the college.. The.' hearer* is designed to es-
iahiish what Actually happened .:l what steps the col-
lege will take. A. Ray Merchant, vice-president of the
college, anti J. M 11. Willis Jr., legal counsel for the col-
lege were also to attend. In cidd t.lon, the two suspects,
their attorney and Witness were tit merit for the closed
,ession. The hearing had been postponed fromFirday to
allow the suspects more time to prepare their case, ac-
cording to 'Merchant.
The incident occurred Oct. 17 at 4.45 in ACL Ball-
room. The two men reportedly ran into the room and
threw the blood at the CIA representative and fled from
the building. They were allegedly confronted on Ball cir-
cle by several students and the representative from
Reynolds Metal Company of Richmond
The: blood, reportedly obtained from a slaughterhouse
s. ,
, latte .'.?ed on the recruiter and the materials in front of
him One student in the room at the time of the incident
related that she heard a splash and turned to find the re-
cruiter splattered with.hlood. She noted that she thought
the man had been shot.
One source reported that the CIA man does not intend
to press charges. He reportedly is dismissing the inci-
ec~nt
+ianlage to t'i reputation and ability to
a t.tr act r ecr"uiters for . r' care er day programs i 5 the'' :
int clout, i?t3ted Men-'
most rlC'V: '?,1 lttn'! pi'e r Of 010
chant Tic' !Herne of ( rL -i day 4' to promote *1 oth
atiot ~+ tl oCn tie ) lt. s and students and the CIA,
!l;d not ,rant neeati c iitbiicit -, Merchant added It is
me ported that lieCI1villnot ctornnhhttye ir.
Galloway and Flatt are all+_ged':y rrleraber; of it Sep-'
tember 11 ir;;aitiof. The gis opposed to the report-.
ccl ('(A involvement in a coup that tepoled Chilean Pr
dent Salvatore Allend.t `rcpt. 11, 1913. 'Uie gioiip distri-
buted leaflets at Career day' relating the reported CIA in-
voive;rnent end listing 'dc ii: in-a .' to end al CIA. covert
activities.
Matt remarked that he "did not regret the action
yet "feel's that going to jail would he unjustili,ed and poli-+
tically repressive." They took the action, accord ng to;
Galloway and Flatt, to draw attention symbolically to
the political situation in Chile.
Galloway noted that "people are focesirig on the act,
not on the issue.' He further stated that li "realized the
risk prior to the event but had not anticipated the repres-
sion." Though not stating where he had intended the
blood to land, Galloway noted, "It is urifurtunate that it
went on his (CIA representative) panne,. We were pro-
testing the or anization, not the agent.'
According to Steve Jackson, the general consensus of
Madison dorm is "an agreement with the feelings of Gal-
loway and Flatt about the reported CIA involvement in
Chile, but bitterly opposed to the incident." --Um con-
cerned that many people are blaming the students in'aIa-
dison for the incident and conderning them," he added.
Jackson continued; "MWC allows for peaceful pro-
test, the distribution of literature and a =knowtedging dis
agreement through writing letters to the bullet." Only'
when these channels are cut off, he noted, does a groupil
have the right for an argument. Thee two misused
these opportunities, he added.
Merchant explained that he saw nothing wrong with
not going along with the events of the CIA and there are
some merits of an organization that exhibits a dislike.
However, he emphasized, .`This is a totally unexcepta
ble way of demonstration."
Merchant added that his initial reaction was "dis-
rust" and "shock." He stressed that the college, does in-
tend to prosecute.
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An ill conceived protest
The Bullet has not reported many of the reasons of
the accused for the recent blood throwing on ja represen-
tative of the Ct:A at Career Day. It is becoming more
and more apparent just how badly the media is used by
the public as a pawn for publicity. The blood throwing is
a god ex;Ymple of this. The accused protesters proba-
bly would have liked to have seen the Bullet reprint
large excerpts of a pamphlet on CIA involvement in
Chile which was distributgo on campus. A small, ill con-
ceived protest such as this does not deserve that type of. i
publicity in the Bullet.
The blood throwing was a totally irresponsible act. It
is an added shame that the college was dragged into the
affair. From reports, it seems there is a group on cam-
pus that is united in protest over the CIA involvement in
Chile. Hopefully, any action this group takes will be con-
structive action.
Whether one agrees or disagrees with CIA involvement
in the coup of Chilean President Salvador Allende is in
no way relevant to the blood throwing. What was done
was selfish - to publicize their feelings the accused
trampled on the rights of a man. The rights of indivi-
duals are a two way street and there is a balance that
must be realized.
The accused. undertook a protest of the late '60s var-
iety, forcing us to remember people like the Berrigari
brothers. But who remembers the Berrigan brothers?
People like the Berrigan brothers do not live long in our
memory; `However, people like Ralph Nader will. But
Ralph Nad,ar's protests have been long and hard ones.
This is- root to say that injustices can always be right-
ed by Naderian protest. Indeed, there are injustices
in this world that demand action now, immediately and this type oi' action can only be achieved by short
term protests of serious consequences.
However, the blood throwing was done as a last re-
sort type cf. protest when there were worth while op-
tions open' to the accused protesters. Therefore, it
seems this protest was simply a self-indulgent one and
that the accused protesters were trying to achieve a ro-
mantic character for their actions.
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