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THE STAR (TUE AMERICAN WOMEN S WEEKL
19 JULY 1977
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STAT
CIA agents are going on a
widespread recruiting drive in
. American schools, THE STAR
learned this week.
Members of the intelligonce
agency also ara asking charitable
foundations to finance college
scholarships for students who are
. potential CIA recruits.
CIA representatives have given
job infonnatiou arid spy-work
briefings to students from 60 high
schools . in the past year. The
agency also went to dozens of?
- schools in the Washington, D.C.
area recruiting stenographers,
typists and clerks. a . ?
THE STAR, learned of the CIA
plan after a teachers' protest at
Ballon ? High School, Washington,
D.C. Two CIA technielans.tutored
about. 50 students in computer-da-
ta processing and photo-measure-
ment for three weeks.
The students told THE STAR
their tutors had not put out CIA
propaganda. But some teachers
protested because they said they
were not told that the CIA was
. coming on to the campus.
- ? Ornego Ware director of equal
opportunity- employment for the
CIA, was hesitant to name schools
involved in the CIA program. "We
don't care who knows .where we
are and doing things like this, but
it might be embarrassing to the -
schools," he told THE STAR. -
_"We are in the process of
trying* to expand the program.'
- That Is going to be governed by a
lot of factors having nothing to do
with the problems that arose .(at
Ballou High). Such as availability
of people and the amount of time
and support the agency can af-
ford." - ?
Ware said the CIA's involve-
ment in schools would be carried
out by a "volunteer roster" of
CIA experts.. . -
!Ware said the program had
three purposes: -
ot To contribute to the educa-
tion of students who were poten-
tial recruits for the CIA and other
federal agencies: .
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employed by CIA?enough of
them to "staff a couple of univ-
ersities."
El Public relatons: "We have
to. worry that people don't see us ,
as' having three eyes and a tail,"
said Ware.
He said the current CIA in-
volvement with schools ranged
from tours of CIA headquarters in
Langley, Va., to job fairs attended
by CIA recruiters and talks to
schools about intelligence work.
"We have a specific recruiter
who deals at the high school level,
primarily looking for clerical
types and things like that," he
said. .
Ware said this recruiter had
Visited Ballou High School long,
before the protest, and that high
school recruiting had been going
on for at least seven years.
Talks to high schools about in-
telligence work as a career had
been going on for at least three
years.
Ware said hi! bid pers(
been talking to university see
dents since 1i58.
THE STAR learned that lost
year, the CIA recruited about 700
clerical worherS and another 400
in "professional" positions. Near-
ly -all- the "professionals" were
university graduates?and about
half ,of them had advanced de-
grees.
Ware said the CIA did not spe-
cifically recruit agents from the
education system---as distinct
from technicians.
"You don't go to college and
study something that makes you
an agent as opposed to a techni-
cian," he said.
"There's no particular agent
school out there. We are basically
looking for bright, intelligent peo-
ple who are adaptable and learn
quickly."
CM-career development officer
Al Lipp told THE STAR he was
planning a job fair in Washington
this fall. It would be extended be-
yond ! the computer and photo-
measurement areas which led to
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Lipp admitted the CIA had ieen
"very private" in dealing. with 1
schools last year: "The, agency !
has not gone out for publicity. I
"I guess they figured that if
they started talking about one
thing, they would have to talk
about other things, and where do
you draw the line?"
He said the job fair program
had been going on for two years.
"We are hoping that it will work
out and that it won't start raising
eyebrows," he added.
CIA information officer Denis
Berend told THE STAR: "Like all
federal agencies we are under in-
frcim the CiviI.Siir.;ice
ployment opportunities.
"We are required to -employ a
certain number of periiiie with
certain ethnic backgroimus so it is
in our own interest that there ? ,
should be people in t1 :2:;e groups
who have the capebilitt! to be,
good employees."
? William H. Simons, president of
the Washington Teachers' Union,
told q'IlE STAR that he objected
to programs like the Ballou tutori-
als.
"I would be opposed to it be- .
cause of the nature of the CIA: .
Congress, which gives it its mon-
ey, can't find out about its opera--
tions," he said.
"And certainly there was no
way the Board of Edacation, let
alone a school principal, could de-
termine what these people were
doing at Ballou.
We have no problems with job
fairs_ That does offer opportuni-
ties for employment, so if stu-
dents. tre interested in that, fine.
"I have no definite proof the
CIA was putting across a recruit-
ing message at Ballou and I did
not charge them with that.
"I simply made reference to
the fact that the Creeks thought
the Trojan horse was a beautiful
carving."
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etters to the editor
We twitch a little, too
In a tongue-in-cheek editorial
on May 29, you described the con-
troversy that has arisen over the
tutoring 'done by CIA employees
? at Ballou High School as "the
first bizarre blossom" of the
"silly season." A Pmarvelausl
silly" episode, you said.
. It couldn't have been said any
better. , ' ? -
I view with dismay, therefore,
- Mary McCrory's column of June
' 19 which quite seriously reports
that: , ? .
The ? CIA ?"penetrated" the
school's community "through a
scheme to help students with
math and computers:" . ?
Ballou is located in a neigh-
borhood where it is "widely, if
not universally, believed that the
people of Langley killed Martin
Luther King and.the Kennedy
brothers:" ? ? ?
0 The CIA "used" Baikal stu-
dents "to help the agency's 'good
guy' image." . ?
Again, your editorial provided
abetter answer than I can:
"Pavlovian squirming," and "a
twitch in some minds," you
called this sort of thing.
I.trust that Ms. McCrory de-
voted as much effort in "re-
search" for the column as she did
in 'obtaining the name of the
CIA's Equal Employment Oppor-
tunity director, "Omega Ward."
. His real name, of course, is
, ,
Omego Ware. -
'_Let it be said one last time:.
The CIA, under guidelines set by
the Civil Service Commission and. ,
oninvitation by Baliou's princi-
pal, sent to the school some em-
ployees whose skills and knowl-
edge in? mathematics and
computer sciences could make a -
contribution to the learning of
some young people...? .
That was all. z.
Herbert E. Hetu,
'Assistant for Public Affairs
to ttra DireCtor of Central Intelligence
Langley, Va. . ,
(EDITOR'S NOTE ? Her real
name, of course, is Mary.
McGrory.) ' -
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20 June 1977
The Editor
The Washington Star
225 Virginia Avenue, S.E.
Washington,O.C. 20061
Dear Sir:
In a tongue-in-cheek editorial on 29 Nay you described the
controversy that has arisen over the tutoring by CIA employees
at Ballou High School as "the first bizarre blossom" of the
"silly season." A "marvelously silly" episode, you said.
It couldn't have been said any better.
I view with dismay, therefore, Mary McCrory's column in
your edition of 19 June, which quite seriously reports that:
--The CIA "penetrated" the school's community
"through a scheme to help students with math and
computers;"
--Ballou is located in a neighborhood where it is
"widely, if not universally, believed that the people
?of Langley killed Martin Luther King and the Kennedy
brothers;"
--The CIA "used" Ballou students "to help the
Agency's 'good guy' image."
.?
Again,.your editorial provided a better answer than I can:
."Pavlovian squirming," and "a twitch in some minds," you called
this sort of thing.
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19 June 1977
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eGRORY: hey
CIA
?Emilx Washington, a teacher with
? "near-perfect' record, is at the
:uttingr,edge of the CIA's current ef-
_
orts to prove it has a heart.
Ms Washington. an articulate
woungt,3-voman- with an expressive
ace;-is suing the D.C. Board of
Educ.itron for the "harassment" she
sas suftered since she protested the
egency's tutoring program at Ballou
3enior-7-High School, where she has
:aught the humanities for the last 12
d'earsr-e ? t-
She. -was among about 20 people
who?githered in the school cafeteria'
ast Tue.sday night when the CIA met
?e .!community" which it ? pene-
e-ntedlast March through a scheme
_o helmstudents with math and corn-
autersi r-
:The-question, of course, was mo-
_ive; as it always is when the CIA is
_nvolved.
Omega Ward, head of the agency's'
ual.,-tonortuni Section, a
smooth, cool young black perfectly
-turned out in a safari suit and silver
mecklace, said it was "totally altruis-
-tic." He was forebearing with his
critics, sprinkled his remarks with
agency phrases ? "getting wrapped
_around the l axle," 'not telling you
how to suck your eggs."
Al Lipp, a CIA career development
officer, who wore seersucker and
white shoes, presented himself as a
fellow taxpayer and father of chil-
dren in public schools. He kept say-
ing that he thought It would be too
bad if the program were to be discon-
tinued "just because we were who we
were."- .
The protesters-insisted it was the
way the 'thing was done rather than
the thing itself which concerped
them. But that was not exactly so.
Only a dashiki-clad ? heckler who
called himself "The One" came right
out ,and told.the visitors they repre-
sented "death and evil."
ffers a elping
The CIA team countered that they
had been invited by the principal,
and were not responsible for the ruf-
fled feelings of the faculty and par-
ents who were not consulted.
The principal, a bearded, scowling
man named Dr. Reuben Pierce; con-
ceded at the outset that he perhaps
should have advertised the coming of
the company. By now he understands
that asking the CIA in is not really
like asking a representative of the 4-
H clubs, particularly in a neighbor-
hood where it is widely, if not univer-
sally, believed that the people of
, Langley -killed Martin Luther King
and the Kennedy brothers.
'Even a defender, Mitchell Chap-.
pelle, parent of a Ballot' student
said he thought it was better for the
students to be recruited by the CIA
than by the dope-pushers and pimps
who are all around -- told a reporter
after helat down that he personally
believee t the CIA is responsible
for the deaths of Dr. King and both
Kennedys.
The president of the Te'achers
Union, William H. Simons, said it
looked like a Trojan horse to him, a
kind of covert recruiting operation.
"Nonsense," said Ward and Lipp
almost in unison. If they had wanted
to recruit the Anacostia students,
they would have sent recruiters. If
any of the students asked, they were
referred to the recruiting office in
Rosslyn. - ?
And, besides, why would they be
trying to sign up 17-year olds? ?
A middle-aged woman got up and
said, "One of the Bay of Pigs people
on that program was 17 when he was
recruited." - ?
She was referring, of course to the
recent CBS Report by Bill Moyers,
"The CIA's Secret Army," a pro-
gram not calculated to still Anacos-
tia's reservations about the agency.
Ms.- Washington said afterwards
that the recruiting was subliminal.
One of her students told her about a
. black tutor from the CIA who said; "I
was in the Washington school sys-
- tem, and it stinks ? now I'm in the
'CIA and I can go anywhere."
"We don't want our children rail-
roaded into the CIA," she ,said.
"They think it's 007 or the Mafia. The
' way this was done has totally eradi-
cated everything I am trying to in-
still in them." ; ?
If the program, which began last
March; excited the students, it agi-
tated the faculty. Seventy of the 114
teachers signed a petition to evict the
CIA. "It wasn't just a lunatiC
? fringe," said Carmelita Carter,
another organizer of the protest. -
She and Ms. Washington were offi-
cially reprimanded for taking part in
a protq4 rally- -on May 24 on the
school steps. The's, didn't follow the
principal's order to return id their
posts. They were both charged with
being AWOL and docked hall a day's,
leave.
Ms. Washington is fighting. She
? has hired a lawyer. The faculty is-
split. She gets calls from people who'
tell her "you are going to die" for
taking on the sinister power of the
CIA. She's afraid she is 'going to be--
run out of the school system." ,
' No students were present to testify
as to what they learned from their
exotic tutors or to say if they minded
being used to help the agency's
"good-guy".image. -
But it doe's seem that the CIA
incursion into Anacostia has- pro-
- duced the usual results ? consterna-
tion, division, disruption. Only this
time, they were unintended. They
-- were only trying to help. It will be a
" while,17bviously, before anybody be-i
heves that.
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16 June 1977
MEMORANDUM FOR: Assistant to the DCI for Public Affairs
SUBJECT : PTA Meeting at Ballou High School
1. In response to a request from Dr. Reuben Pierce, Principal of
Ballou High School, the DDCI requested Omego Ware, Director of EEO, and
Career Development Officer, NPIC, to address a PTA meeting re-
garding Agency tutoring efforts at the school.
2. The meeting took place at Ballou High School the evening of
Tuesday, 14 June, and was attended by 30-40 people, mostly teachers.
Radio coverage was provided by a new station, which taped the proceed-
ings. Unknown to the participants at the time, two reporters were pre-
sent -- one from The Washington Post, and one from The Washington Star.
A copy of the Star report is attached.
3. Dr. Pierce led off the proceedings by restating his purpose
in invitilig' CIA to provide tutoring, and saying that in hindsight
he should have advised the faculty andparents of his intended action.
He then turned the meeting over to Omego Ware, who spoke briefly about
the Agency's EEO efforts. Specific questions were t vited. Ware
addressed those dealing with overall Agency matters, those in-
volving the tutoring program.
4. The audience was generally polite and sincere. One teacher
who had been quite vocal on TV merely asked for facts, which were pro-
vided in sufficient detail to satisfy her. A member of the Area Neigh-
borhood Council asked for several factual items, again provided.
5. One man, apparently neither a teacher nor a parent, played
the Devil's Advocate. He started out by characterizing the Agency as
evil and urgingits abolition. He also levied several charges based
on stories in the media. Ware dealt with him firmly and politely.
The man then turned to and said, "You have a nice smile, but so
does the devil." His approach had little effect on the audience.
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SUBJECT: PTA Meeting at Ballou High School
6. Most questions seemed to be sincere, and the answers pro-
vided by the Agency representatives satisfied the questioners. By
good rile, Ware established that he was a resident of the neighbor-
hood; that he lived in the District of Columbia and had two sons
attending public school. This helped establish rapport with the
audience.
7. Although several teachers still stated they were opposed to
having CIA in the school, one teacher indicated the crux of the pro-
blem, which he characterized as academic freedom, and the need for
procedures to invite in any organization or individual. One parent
stated that she was grateful for any assistance given to teaching
her children, and another stated that he appreciated the Agency's
efforts, and that the real problem to fear was the dope pushing
activity.
8. The meeting broke up amicably after two hours, and the CIA
representatives had a chance to talk individually to the partici-
pants. The representative from the Area Neighborhood Council indi-
cated she was starting an adult education program, and asked if the
Agency could help her out when it is organized. One teacher asked
if we could help her class with tutoring, and the man who had been
heckling the meeting came up to and asked to shake his hand
stating he had never shaken hands with "a real live agent."
9. Dr. Pierce indicated he was completely satisfied, and
hoped that the program could be resumed in the fall, In review,
the meeting appears successful, and hopefully will alleviate the
recent stresses.
Career Development Officer NPIC
Attachment:
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cc: Director, EEO
EO/DDS&T
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fiRTia APPEATZD THE WASHINGTON STAR (GREEN LINE)
PAIZE 15 June 1977
,'
St
Not Spys, in High School Program
By Lynn Dunson
Washington Star Staff Writer.
Ballot' Senior High is only 'o'ne of
many high schools in which the Cen-
tral Intelligence Ageny is "involved"
in one manner or another, a CIA em-
ploye told a gathering at the South?
-
eastoWashington school last night. .
Furthermore, the agency plans to
expand its availability to schools and
other institutions which might want
to draw upon its collection of varied
experts, Omega J. Ward, director of
equal employment opportunity for
the CM, told the group.
In sending such experts into the
schools, the CIA, which usually is
shrouded in a cloak of mystery, is
risking confrontations and discus-
sions similar to the ones at Ballou be-
tween those who want to draw upon
the agency's expertise and those who
suspect RS motives.,/.
About half of Ballou's 120 teachers,
upset when they learned last month
that half a dozen CIA employes had
been tutoring students at the school
since March, petitioned for removal
of the tutors and an'end to the pro-
gram at Ball=
ABOUT SIX -.TEACHERS were
, notified that they would be docked a
half-day's pay following a press con-
ference which they Icalled to protest
the CIA's presenee. That action is
being taken through grievance proce-
dure by the Washington Teachers-
,
The agency's reputation for covert
recruiting raised the specter among
some teachers that the CIA was se-
cretly recruiting minority students.
- Ward and Al Lipp, the agency's ca-
reer development officer, reiterated
earlier claims last night that no re-
cruiting was taking place and that all
/of the volunteers were technical peo-
ple, not recruiters or agents.
Only a handful of persons, mostly
teachers' and about six parents,
turned out last night ?to hear the
explanation of why CIA ' employes
were tutoring in the school at 4th and_
Trenton Streets se,,.. :,,,r4pr9yect
veteran teacher commented last..
night
Ballou's teaching staff. One
'veteran
to having the CIA aboard,
Another teacher, who said he is op-4,
night that in 19 years of teaching she'
has
H. Simons, president of'
has never seen it so divided. .
If the community and all teachers
one of "academic freedom."
maintained that the issue was really,
the Washington Teachers Union, as,
been one of a lack of information and
serted that "the major problem has.
been
The issue of CIA tutoring has di-
_
had been told about plans to use-CIA!
employes in the building, "perhaps
the furor that has been created might:
, not have been created," Sirqpns said.. '
A PERSON WHO identified him-
self as One ? "a citizen of the world;
representing all humankind"? chal-
, lenged Ward with: "Do you admit
that you have compromised with an
agency that is responsible for estab-
lishing evil throughout the world,
that is more concerned with death
than life?" ' ' ,
' Ward attempted to keep the disaus-,--
,
. sion on track: "Now you are not talk-
ing .- about the program (in, - the
'school), but about the agency."
- At another point Lipp added: "Our
people here. are technical people.,
They are not even connected with the'
side of the house dealing with intelle-.
gence."
A man who identified himself-as a'
Parent argued:
"As far as the CIA being a surrep-
titious agency ? governments.
'always have them. As-far as the CIA-
corrupting our young, how much
more damage is being done by the'
dope peddler who is already recruit-
ing them? The CIA might be an in-
strument for good and as such I
would applaud Dr. Pierce's attempt
to improve the caliber of students
who come out of the school."
CIA volunteers were Invited to the
school by Supt. Vincent E. Reed and'
Ballou Principal Reuben G. Pierce.
Volunteers put in 16 to 20 hours a
week. for seven weeks tutoring stu-
dents in data processing and math
science, according to Lipp.
PIERCE, WARD and Lipp all
- denied there was any attempt to hide
the fact that CIA employes were in
the building. However, Pierce told
the group, "there might have been
some poor judgment on my part" in
not making a special effort to make -
the CIA presence more widely
known. He 'lid not do that, he said,
"primarily because I didn't feel that
their presence would create a prob-
lem."
In an interview, Pierce said that
since the publicity about the CMI
tutors late last month, he has re-
ceived about 15 calls and letters from
parents of students in the program.
Most of the parents were seeking
information, he said. About three of
the letters were negative and one
telephone call .was, -negative e he
added. There are about 300 students
enrolled in the program.
in the future, there will be a larger
cadre of CIA volunteers of varied
backgrounds ready to aid schools and
school systems if they are invited to
? do so, said Ward. ? -
Ward said that the intensified com-
munity outreach effort is part of the
agency's EEO effort, although no di-
rect recruiting is involved. ,
The agency had contact with 97 dif-
ferent high schools from around the
country in 1976, Ward said. The fig-
ure includes schools which just took
limited tours of CIA facilities, he
added. CIA also has participated in
career days and job fairs in D.C.
schools.
Ward maintained that the CIA is
doing basically the same type of out-
reach program that exists in other
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THAN--,THE THING ITSELF :,-.4iiii?H-CciNr7:RNEL 7i4E1-,rt i:X7TY
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.TEM-. T-OUN'TERFn THAT THEY INVIT:=Zi_ BY THE FFfl
NOT RE'SPONSIE:LE FOR THE RUFFLED FEELINGS-OF -7-HE--FRruIT-i. ?fni.,1.417.;
F-i;RENTS. RHO.- WERE. NOT il-ONSW-7FD.
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CONCEDED ?AT.THEOUTSET ,THF17 HE FERH;P; SHOIJi-D HAW,AOV;tR71,7.-i7-D
THE
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IS NOT,RFRLLY LIKE? ; R7.-PRFc.ENTTIVi17. OFTHE 4-H
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UMLV--FRj.7R1H Y.tc?SE;I:EVq.-n THAT THE EOE O.F....-HNGLEY LUTHER.
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BROTHERS..?
VEN A DEFENDERw [117CHELL CHAPPELLE5 PARENT OF A LLO 7UOiT.N7 kE
HE THOUGHT IT WAS. BETTER FOR THE STUDENTS TO EE RECRUITED
111AN EY THE .DOPE PUSHERS .AND PINPS wHo RRE RLL AROUND - TOLD A
REPORTER AFTER HE SAT DONN THAT HE PERSONALLY RELIEVES THAT 7hri
Iq RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATHS -OF' IN AND BOTH THE I.,.ENNEYE.
HE PRESIDENT OF THE TEACHERS ?ION:i. SIMONS SAID 17
LIKE-A TROJAN HORSE TO HIM e.:ND 37 COVERT RECRWI7ING
"ONSENSE" SAID liARD AND L]FR ALMOST iN -UNISON. IF THEY HAD
'AATED TO REC7,..617 THE FA.4ACOST:A? STI.:,3E.NTSY 'THEY NOUL'D HAVE SE;.17-
RECR.OITERS. :F ANY CF THE STUDEt,i7S FtilED:7- THEY 'IRE REFERRED TD
IN iNct
DES1DESN WHY. WOULD. THEY EE? TRYING TO SIGN
MIDDLE-AGED WriMAN,GOT UP ANn ERIEO ia.1.4-,E OF T E Cr
CiN THAI PROGRAM WAS 17 WHEN kE WAS RECRUITED.".
SHP WRiz REFERRINO. OF COUR3E5 TO THE RECENT CDS REPORT EY
:,i0YERS., "THE Ulti' S ":)ECRET-ERMYJ". R. PROGRAM NOT CALCULRTEO
_
nno": THEA0E4Yn
frisH.:CTON SfID rimmAmwz, THAT THE mck.miJitiN,.:
OF HER STUDENTS TOLD HER AiD'UT-A ELACK TUTOR FROM THE
4 -iqhz- IN ink:. PinSH:iN1.1A ;WD IT Sfl:AXS,
THE C1R AND : CAN GO. ANYWHERE.?
-?
DON'T.NANT OUR CHILDREN RAILROADED-INTO THE. C7.1"' SHE SA,O
-"THEY THINK I:T'S .007 OR THE ;r'tAFIR. THE....WAYTr 0NE HAS
ERADICATED EVERYTHING 1.414.TRYING TO INSTILL IN -THEM.Y
IF. THE pR60-:Am,'-',042c14itGNI?.L.A1 -MARCH4-.ENCITED THE .STUDENTS, IT
AGITATED THE FACULTY. SEVENTY OF THE 1.1A 'TEACHERS SIGNED A FLI'lTO'N
TO EVICT THE:CIA. '-4.11-.-WRISN.7.T JUS7:A-L.U4471C Fr: GE 5RID
RTE ,
ANOTHER. .DRGANIZER, OF THE -PROTEST--
- SHE-AND :IS..-.1.4ASHTNGION? WERE'YOFFICI'ALLY-REPRIMANDFO FOR TAKINi,.
-IN THE. PEROTEST.RALLY-OW?MAY?2 ON -THE-Si-HOZ-ft STEPS. THEY DIDi.?:'T
cOLLOW.5kE,PRINC1PAC'S:ORDER. TO ?RETURN-T-0,THETA POSTS. THEY WERE
CHAREED.---WITHHEEING RgiLtwb-.riOCKErj-i.WLF-Ar'tkiWS -LEAVE.
AASHINGTON, IS -FIGHTING....-Ek4S.:RIRED -A-LAWYER. TH.E. FACULTY IS
SPLIT. SkE GETSCALL5 FROM PEOPLE Wk0 TELL HE "YOU ARE GO7NG TO
Z.;
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Is "zolmd TO RE RUN OUT--OF THE SCHOOL S7fSTEM.1"
ND STUDENTS WERE PRESENT TO 7E10IP1 RS-TO WHAT THEY LEARNED
7HEIR EXOTIC ,TUTORS OR TO SAY IF 'THEY M1k0E0 SEING USED TO HELP THE
AGENCY'S "GOOD GUY" IMAGE.
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Th'F USUAL RESULTS 7 rONSTERNATION5 LI.VISION, DISRUPTION. ONLY THIS
Tii1E1 THE'1' WERE uN.M1ENOEJ. YHE't ONLY TRYIN5 TO HELF. :T NILL
AEViOUSLYli SF.POO:i ANYE,ODY PEL1EVES THAT.
f.;Ei PURCHASE THE ABOVE SPECIAL FERTURE-MATERIA0 CALL ESSI
'LLARD COLSTON IN NEW VON( AT (212) :71-1.25:j OR 371-1251.
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MEMORANDUM FOR;
STAT ATTENTION
SUBJECT
STAT
NPIC/D193-77
5 May 1977
Assistant to the Director (Public Affairs)
NPIC Community Relations Program - Ballou High
School
1. NPIC has been involved in developing a community relations
program in the District of Columbia as a part of its equal employ-
ment opportunitv activities. In early December 1976 a job fair was
STAT held liii Ifor the purpose of acquainting D.C. high school
students with employment opportunities in the photographic and re-
lated support fields. A total of 169 high school students attended
the job fair during the period 6-10 December. The program wL6
arranged through the D.C. Superintendent of Schools and was en-
thusiastically received.
2. As a result of the job fair NPIC received an invitation from
an instructor at Ballou High School to visit their Science Department
to provide advice and supplementary instruction to students Who were
part of a special program of individuals having talent in the fields
of mathematics and science.
3.- Since mid-February, we have had a number of contacts with the
Principal and some faculty members at Ballou High School and have been
looking - for ways to assist them in their ADP courses and in their
Science Department. The Chief of NPIC's Computer Services Division
has met with Ballou High School instructors to examine their equipment
and programs, As a result, a program has commenced involving NP 11
computer pmg,r&Nwer.5 working directly with Ballou High School students.
The purpose is to provide supplementary 1-nstrys s.sw
applications of ADP,
4. The Chief of NPIC's Applied Photo-Science Divisionand the.
Chief of the NPIC Photo Lab have visited the Physics Deparbilent
to look .at their equipment and provide advice on identifyin areas
.for practical applications. We have been asked to give instruction
on photography to faculty and students but have not concluded any
specific arrangements as yet.
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SUBJECT: NPIC Community Relations Program - Ballou High
School
5. . Earlier this week, two NPIC computer programmers, Messrs.
were visiting the school and while.
there were asked to answer questions in a faculty meeting concOrn-
ing CIA's involVement. Several faculty members seemed to be *-
corned about CIA's motive. The Principal (Dr. Pierce) explained
that this was part of an attempt to gain support from cooperative
government agencies and said that similar requests had been levied
on NASA and the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Pierce was
supportive of CIA's efforts and said that all arrangements hadJleen
open and above board. Attached is a letter from the Principal
of Ballou High School to NPIC's Career Development Officer invitinq
CIA participation. Also attached is a draft Agency Notice intended
to encourage such activities. The policy for government involve-
ment in community relations programs is covered in the Federal
Personnel Manual (713-6, 2-4.f), a copy of which is being sent to
you from the DCI's EEO Office. NPIC's involvement with Ballou High
School has been coordinated with 0/DDS&T, EEO/DCI, OGC and Assistant
to the DCI (Public Affairs).
Attachments:
a/5
Executive Officer,
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NPIC Involvement with Ballou High School
When did it_get started?
Mid-February 1977.
Who was involved?
NPIC's Career Development Officer, three Division Chiefs with
responsibility for computer services, applied photo-sciences and
photo lab plus five individuals involved in computer programming
and systems analysis.*
What ale_they doing_thore?
Providing advice on equipment and programs related to Bal*1
High School students on ADP, physics and photo lab courses. This
is part of the Center's outward reach community relations program.
Are they recruiting.?
No.
STAT
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HIC.}:
D?7-77 C".
rebrmiry .15* 1977
Washinrten, 11. C. 20005
Dear Sirs
As I mentioned tt our previous conversation, the DiOtrict
of Columbia Public Schools has inatituted a program, herejat Ballou
Senior High.hooL to train atudenta who are especially talented
in the fields of mathematics and the sciencon. .In order ts) imet
the needs of these students we have been specially staffed an,3
received a large ;mount of special equipment and supplies including
fully equipped darkrooms, shortwave radio equipment and .a computer
facility.
The last time we spoke, I mentioned that we could use scAae
assistance in order to more effectively utilize our equipment and
you indicated a willingnsu to volunteer your time and that of your
Lltaff. We vioh to invite your assistance.
We are trying to encourage our students to underta.ce individual
exploration and research of a variety of scientific top es. I
imagine that your ptaff could be very helpful in augge4i6g momy novel
and fractical arena of exploration to our students and Otaff. Ur
ever I don't see your assistanae an .limited to this typb ofa--;tion
alone. Perhaps ea wa learn more -of each others capabililties we will
find further areas in which you could be of asaistanee.i
Wo are anxiously looking rward to your reply.
Sincerely,
Reuben G. rier0e;
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ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY
HN
date:
Agency Involvement in Community Relations Programs
3. The Civil Service Commission encourages Federal
agencies to include participation in community relations
programs as part of their equal employment and affirmative
action p1z,n1,. In the past the Agency has not been
extens vnly involved in such programs.
2. Our ability to attract applicants from all
segments of the community would benefit from the involve-
:r.ent of Agency employees in certain community relations
p3ograms. To this end, therefore, it shall be the policy
of the Agency to engage in such programs ih UCCOrd:171C0 with
its responsibilities as a member of the Federal family or
apcncies, The programs I approve will be within the lrimits
of exiting authority and shall reflect our rosponsIbi,lity
as an intelligence agency.
3. Examples of such programs include, but zire not
limited to, the development and implementation of the
following:
a. Developing orientation programs at Deadquariers
to acquaint students and citizens With the mission,
function and working environment of the Agency;
b. Participating in programs in which the Agency
would explain its involvement in a particular discipline,
e.g., engineering, photo science, cartography, computer
science, etc.;
c. .Cooperating with community organizatioris -
%schools, curie groups, etc.;
(1. Exploring the feasibility of voluntary tutorial
programs to aid in the development of community
students pertinent to Federal employment opportUnity.
Iv
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4. In pur5nit of the goals and objectives of our Eo nan
during LAm next year, the Offices of EEO, Personnel, and
th.c, Directorates will considerr-nnd-coc,Tii4,7rapotentia
comrounity programs.., I urge your cooperation and parti4-
pation and they solicit your suggestions.
Zr.
? I
r1.7 r ;:k0 V...
E. 11. Knoche
DDCI
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Federal Personnel Manual 713-6, 2-4.f.
15R000100530001-8
"The agency shall participate at the community level with other
employers, with schools and universities, and with other public
and private groups in cooperative action to improve employment
opportunities and community conditions that affect employability.
Officials designated by the agency for this responsibility would be
acting in their official capacities and would generally be managers
and supervisory officials, and such officials as personnel and equal
employment opportunity staff members whose responsibilities for
implementing employment policy and practices could appropriately
involve them in community activities. "
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Inch ()-pportunity program into one with the overall equal employment opportunity effort.
require; tents of Executive Order 11478; Therefore, it, is the responsibility ofatheasgsrunle
i.c3
d-
(7) Operates a sytAent for gathering and re- head to reeke sure that women e n
poetiee statistical information on the employ-
ment of TIICznbers of selected minority groups as
deseribed in subchapter 3 of this chapter;
(8) Provides a system for the prompt, fair,
and impartial consideration by agencies of
complaints of discrimination as described in
section 2--9;
(9) Consults with organizations having a par-
tici:ha- interest in. equal employment oppor-
tunity, such as minority group and women's
organizations, to facilitate the achievement of
a model equal employment opportunity pro-
gram in the Federal service;
(10) Reports to the President as appropriate
on the overall progress of the equal employment
opportunity program; and
(11) Operates an information program de-
signed to ensure that employees, recruitment
sources, minority group organizations, women's
organizations, and the general public are aware
of the Federal. equal employment opportunity
policy and program efforts.
2-4. AGENCY PliOGRAM
a. General. (1) The head of each agency shall
exercise personal leaderslep in establishing,
maintaining, and carrying out a continuing
affirmative program designed to promote equal
employment opportunity. This policy of equal
opportunity applies to, and must be an integral
part of, every aspect of agency personnel policy
and practice in the employment, development,
falvancen-a?nt, owl treatment of employees. Re-
fsponsib,?.lity for program effectiveness is shared
,nir:q-visor in thP
'.1
adiiinis :F
its equal employment opportunity
prigram in a positive and effective p tanner.
(2) Assurance of equal employment oilier-
laity for v-omen is an integral part of the
Goverunn?ut's overall equal emplo.2,-ment
ib,,rtnuity proyratp. T:qua! opportuni!y for
women can be best assured by fully integrating
the Federal Women's Pr + egiant with the agency's
135
May 29, 1970
equal opportunity in every aspect or the
agency's personnel management system along
with all other employees regardless of race,
color, religion, or natienal
b. Eradication of discrimination. The agency
shall conduct a continuing campaign to eradi-
cate every form of prejudice or discrimination
based on race, color, religion, sex, or national
origin from its personnel policies and practices
and working conditions, including disciplinary
action against employees who engage in dis-
criminatory practices..
c. Maximum utilization of skills. The agency
shall utilize to the fullest extent the present
skills of its employees. Where feasible, the
agency shall redesign jobs so that tasks not.
requiring the full utilization of the incumbents,
skills be assigned to jobs with lower skill re-
quirements. This will afford greater oppor-
tunity to employees to perfect their skills,
while opening up job opportunities for persons
with lower skills. (See chapter 312 for further
information on agency responsibilities.) The
agency shall identify any underutilized em-
ployees, eepecielly at the lower levels, and
provide them with wed: oppertuniticte com_
mensurate with their abilities, training, and
education.
d. "Upward mobility. The agency shall provide
the ma xineiln fettsil;le opportunity to employees
to elLhz:th...e their skills (through on-the-job
trainiree work-study pronTams, and other
traieite, mensures so they may perform at
their potential and advance in ac-
coril.wee
The a..:!!..\.- sttali conmiunit-ate its erpull em-
ployment opp0rtnnit2.7 program and its em-
ploymt:nt needs to all someest of job cAndidate.;
without rent(' to race, color, religion, sex, or
national origin and solicit their recruitment
assi4..ta1ee en n centinuinf, basis.
rti nil
1. Co :leni pa
ty action. The agency shall r-
cipate it the community level with other
Federal Per,,onnel 'Manual
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ex, or a. 10 ;10 ,7i
employers, with sdiools and universities., and
kith other puldie and private groups in co-
operative action to improve emphiyment oppor-
tunities and community conditions that affect
etnployability. Officials designated by the
agency for this responsibility would be acting
in their official capacities and would generally
be managers and supervisory officials, and such
officials as personnel and equal employment
opportunity staff members whose responsi-
bilities for implementing employment policy
and practices could appropriately involve them
in community activities.
g. Taanagerial and supervisory support. The
agency shall review, evaluate, and control
managerial and supervisory performance in
such a manner as to ensure a continuing
affirmative application and vigorous enforce-
ment of the policy of equal employment op--
portunity, and provide orientation, training,
and advice to managers and supervisors to
assure their understanding and implementation
of the;equal employment opportunity program.
Every supervisor and manager shall be made
aware that furthering equal employment op-
portunity is an integral part of his position and,
in addition, that he will be evaluated -upon the
effectivenes of hi performance in this area
(see chapter 430).
It. Recognition of accomplishments. The
agey shall provide recognition to employees,
sttprrviors, manaers, and units dernonstratinp.
superior accomplishment in equal employment
upportonity.
i. Information to employees. The agency shall
inform its employees and recognized employee
of the affirmative equal.
eo,1
cf-,oper;
j. Counseling service, The a;,eney shall pro-
vi!le for cono-eling employees and opplicaot:-
?eho believe they have been diFeriminsIted
ti"ainst becaose of raee, color. religion. sex, Or
cnl OtThi;) 1.11.1
them.
k. Disposition of complaints. The a,:eney shall
provide for the prompt. fair, and impnrtial
.cow41.1eration mid disposition of complaints
Federal Person net 111:m tt
involving issues of discrimination on grounds
of race, color, religion, Sex, or national origin.
I. Self-evaluation. The agency shall. establish.
a system for petiodically evaluating the effec-
tiveness of its overall equal employment oppor-
tunity effort and for responding to Commission
requests for reports of program activities.
2-5. AGENCY PLANS, PROCEDURES, AND
REGULATIONS
a. General. Each agency Shall develop the
plans, procedures, and regulations necessary to
carry out, its program to promote equal oppor-
tunity in employment without, regard to race,
color, religion, sex, or national origin in all
organizational units, locations, occupations, and
levels of responsibility. These plans, procedures,
and regulations should assure the full integra-
tion of equal employment opportunity consider-.
taint's with the day-to-day personnel manage-
ment activities of every manager and supervisor
in the agency. While there is a recognized need.
to take affirmative action to enlarge job oppor-
tunities for members or minority groups and
the plans, procedures, and regulations
of an Iver?cy muq provide for equal opport unity
for all per.,?ons.
b. Plans of action. (1.) Arm r.uo action plan is an.
agency's affirmative commitment to assure
equal employment opportunity in all aspects
of its ??jams affecting- employees and
afe,Ilicant- :or employment. Each agency shall
est Alish and maintain a:Yeneywide plans or
af:tion to snrhcr equal employment opportunity
for all 1-0.,)yoez. and applicants for emptf,y_
:oeot. Tn eddi:ien, plan, of action h,ill be
bure:t:;.s,
PIO as thow,2ht tteces,Atry to
re We. 71.,-1' etion ;It all levels. The ;:tide-
lin es for a e-ency self-evaluation on F,110 pro:crarn-;
cc 'z1lifl Iii .appendis:- A to this chapter aho
ic ::.;?'.-0..no-oieol which Fitly he beir.Foi in
tlf acti, )cc. TwoCopies Z.It
,e,2;encyv..itie plans or action, and revision,: of
11,041? plans as they occur, should be submitted
to the Director, Federal Equal Employment
Yost. 157
June 21, 1971
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fikl7= APPC,T.Z.LTD THE WASHINGTON STAR ( GREEN LINE)
-"..;.N _ 15 June 1977
:SaysOA its
Not Spys, 115-1
By Lynn DUT1.3031
Waaaiagtan Star Start Writer
Balton Senior High is only one of
many high schools in which the Cen-
tral Intelligence Ageny is "invplved"
in one manner or another, a CIA em-
ploye told a gathering at the South-
east.Washington school last night. .
Furthermore, the agency plans to
expand its availability to schools and
other institutions which might want
to draw upon its collection of varied
experts, Omega S. Ward, director of
equal employment opportunity for
the CIA, told the group.
In sending such experts into the
schools, the CIA, which usually is
shrouded in a cloak of mystery, is
risking confrontations and discus-
sions similar to the ones at Ballou be-
tween those who want to draw upon
the agency's expertise and those who
suspect its motives.
About half of Ballou's 120 teachers,
upset when they learned last month
that half a dozen CIA employes had
been tutoring students at the school
since March, petitioned for removal
of the tutors and an end to the pro-
gram at Ballou. :
ABOUT SIX TEACHERS were
notified that they would be docked a
half-day's pay following a press con-
ference which they called to protest
the CIA's presenee. That ac-tion is
being taken through grievance proce-
dure by- the Washington Teachers -
Union.
The agency's reputation for covert
recruiting raised the specter among
some teachers that the CIA was se-
cretly recruiting minority students. ?
Ward and Al Lipp, the agency's ca-
reer development officer, reiterated
earlier 'claims last night that no re-
cruiting was taking place and that all
of the volunteers were technical peo-
ple, not recruiters or agents.
Only a handful of persons, mostly
teachers- arid about six parents,
turned out last night to hear the
explanation of- why CIA employes
were tutoring in the school AbititaWd
Trenton Streets SE...
ev
&dam,
oo Fcgam
The issue of CIA tutoring has di-
vided Baliou's teaching staff. One
veteran teacher commented last
night that in 19 years of teaching she
has never seen it so divided.
Another teacher, who said he is op-
posed to having the CIA aboard,
maintained that the issue was really
one of "academic freedom."
William H. Simons, president of
the Washington Teachers Union, as-
serted that "the major problem has ,
been one of a lack of information and
understanding."
If the community and all teachers I
had been told about plans to use CIA
employes in the building, "perhaps
the furor that has been created might
not have been created," SirrLons said. -
A PERSON WHO identified him--
self as One ? "a citizen of the world,
representing all humankind"? chal-
, longed Ward with: "Do you admit
that you have compromised with an
agency that is responsible for estab-
lishing evil throughout the world,
that is more concerned with death.
than life?"
-
Ward attempted to keep the discus-
sion on track: 'Now you are not talk-
ing about the program (in the
school), but about the agency."
s At another point Lipp added: "Our
people here are technical people.
They are not even connected with the
side of the house dealing with intelle-
gence."
A man who identified himself as a
parent argued:
"As far as the-CIA being a sUrrep-
titious agency ? governments-
always have them. As far as the CIA
corrupting our young, how much
more damage is being done by the
dope peddler who is already recruit-
ing them? The CIA might be an in-
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.would applaud Dr. Pierce's attempt
to improve the caliber of students
who come out of the schooL"
CIA volunteers were invited to the
school by Supt. Vincent E. Reed and 0
Ballou Principal Reuben G. Pierce.
Volunteers put in 16 to 20 hours a
week for seven weeks tutoring stu-
dents in data processing and math
science, according to Lipp. _
PIERCE, WARD and Lipp all
denied there was any attempt to hide
the fact that CIA employes were in
the building. However, Pierce told
the group, "there might have been
some poor judgment on my part" in
not making a special effort to make
the CIA presence more widely.
known. He did not do that, he aid,
"primarily because I didn't feel that.
their presence would create a prob-
lem." .
man interview, Pierce said that
since the publicity about the CIA
tutors late last month, he has re-
ceived about 15 calls and letters from
parents of students in the program.
Most of the parents were seeking
information, he? said. About three of
the letters were negative and one
telephone call .was- negative, he
added. There are about 360 students
enrolled in the program. ? -
In the future, there will be a larger
cadre of CIA volunteers of varied
backgrounds ready to aid schools and
school systems if they are invited to
do so, said Ward. -: ? I
Ward said that the intensified com-
munity outreach effort is part of the
agency's EEO effort, although no di-
rect recruiting is involved.
The agency had contact with 47 dif-
ferent high schools from around the
country in 1976, Ward said. The fig-
ure includes schools which just took
limited tours of CIA facilities, he
added. CIA also has participated in
career days and job fairs in D.C.
schools. , -
Ward maintained that the CIA is'
doing basically the same type of out-
reach program that exists in other
013
there is something ominous, about
It."-
gx&ept that "be-
Air ?t, people 1.hink
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Universities have canceled research
contracts with theCIA. Professors have
been publicly:humil.iated-for serving as.
?consultants for the CIA. Some .corpora-.1
tions won't do business with the CIA.
Universities, professors' and busi4
nesses are !afraid of guilt by associa-
tion, presumably:. No matter that the'
CIA and the nation need all the exper-
tise and brain power they can find to
solve the - toughest intelligence.
dilemmas. ? , ? ,
The hip-shooting paranoia-about. the::.
CIA recently reached a new, low.
Teachers at a Washington, D.C., high
school petitioned to stop CIA computer ?
experts ? not agents ? from volun-, ?
tarily tutoring minority students need-
ing help in their computer classes.
The teachers, without a shred of evi-
dence, charged that the CIA is trying to
recruit black students by pretending to.'
teach them about computers. Shame on
those teachers, not for damning the CIA
but for hurting their students' ,chances
of learning needed job skills.'
Dunce caps for the teaChers-are
order.
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Central Intelligence Agency
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13 June 1977
Mr. William Raspberry
Washington Post
1150 15th Street, N.W.
Washington-, D.C. 20005
Dear Mr. Raspberry:
We appreciate your objectivity in reporting the CIA's
activities at Ballou High School. I can assure you our only
motives at Ballou are to assist the students with their studies.
It is my objective to make more information about what we
do and the products of our analyses available to the media and
- the public. It is my hope that all members of the Fourth Estate
and other citizens of our nation will receive that information
and data in the same positive spirit you have shown. I know
the American people will be as proud of the outstanding members
of the CIA as I am.
?
As a matter of personal concern, I am anxious to improve
our, minority employment record and would appreciate any advice
or i-.bcommendations you-may have to assist me in this project.
- Yours sinder
t40A,
STANSFIELD TURNER ,
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House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
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Dear Mr. Fauntroy:
Thank you for your letter of 27 May relating
to our assistance to Ballou High School and your
thoughtfulness in sending us your press statement
which clarifies your position. I noted your letter
to the Editor of the Washington Post of 2 June and
agree that the .Agency can make a valuable contribution
to the community through such programs, and I hope
that we may continue this effort.
You have my personal pledge that we will
attempt to hire as many persons from minority
groups as we possibly can.
1. also personally appreciate the kind words about
me in your press release, and I trust that the
relationship we now enjoy will continue.
Ymrs sincerely,
STANSFIELD TURNER
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. ? Your editorial on "The CIA CIA was brought in. Parents, stu-
-0?..""."7"7"1" -'----- ----.- Tutoring Caper" (May 29) went to dents and teachers at. this cam-
extreme lengths to make a mockery munity school were not consulted or
of the honest concerns of responsi- , apprised from February to May
ble teachers at Ballots High School. that CIA employees were in the
Its main thrust was to poke fun at ".- building. What forced the disclosure
the notion that anyone could possi- was a teacher who inadvertently
,bly be suspicious of CIA motives. In discovered them and demanded that
;response, there are several points the principal make their presence
.'to be made: - - i , -- -:---, .4:;-? : ' :I public. This was three months after
Seventy teachers but of 110 signed ' they had come to Maw. A strange
? a petition opposing the CIA at Bal- - kind Of community reachout if the '
, lou. Reps. Dellums and Fauntroy ---f? community knows nothing about it!
' and Councilwoman Rolark made - -1...,' ? Two CIA employees did introduce
. their concerns known and are seek- ? ;themselves to a faculty meeting on
ing additional information.:Shese ,1,-:':?May 4, but they did not mentionaf-
i are not silly people------,r: 4-= ,2-.9. firmative action or, the several
i.. Some of us oppose the C/A in "1,0--other employees involved. They
'Principle because of its consistent--. :,,said they ,were volunteers; but later
f'-,,?subversion of human rights abroad. q- ?a CIA spokesperson said that part
-,`and at home. The agency operates of the time was paid for by the
* ' in secret, with the greater part of. -' agency. The principal said nothing
i
04
ts budget going not into intelligence about inviting the CIA to Ballou at
gathering, but covert operations. It that meeting. Why? Many questions
; ' uses any means -- bribery, theft, could have been cleared up then.
--,,;murder --- to achieve its ends. Is it.. ? , . . .,_ ,,, ? - ,,,, . ,,
,,?:,, :
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---4..tilly to be suspicious of an outfit like - -2 -` Given these questions and contra
i;--1,'that which has never done anything&
? ?
,- awns, the Ballou faculty moved
for black people, but which sud- -. i ?
- n a responsible way to voice its op--
-,A,Clenly wants to tutor promising -,,
--position. And this is to be _corn-
': black students in Southeast Wash- 1-4'mended not cynically mocked.
u'ingtori? '.,_. '
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_MEirilsin feral -.
any teachers sinned the petition
z Teacher. BMW High School
because of the manner in which the ?washimouNcLe? _
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NEWTANIiINEL,
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By ALAN HORTON
Scrlops?Howard Stott Writer
WASHINGTON ? The CIA, as part
of a GovernmentwideprOgram of corn;
? triunity participation, Sent two compirt-
? er experts to a mostly black high'school
here to be vOlunteer, teachers in corn-)
puter Science. 4
?". It had hoped that:C.-would improve its
image while helping bright students
better themselves ? ? ".'
InStead, sOme 'teachers are demand-
ing ouster of the .CIA volunteers, re-
portedly .uggestirig several possible
sinister CIA goals including the recruit-
ment of blacks to serve in Africa.
:That furor is just one of dozens of
recent examples of how the CIA is pay-
ing foe- its bad reputation stemming
from widely publicized illegal domestic-
surveillance and foreign assassination
i plots: ?' ?
Some other incidents:
Harvard University ordered that
any faculty member cooperating with
the CIA mast inform the dean in writ-
"ang.? All university contracts with the
. CIA nuist_ be made public. The results
of any research done for the CIA must
be open to public inspectiOn:.: ?
2.-A?Brooklyn'(N.Y.) College essist;"
ant professor.; faced, possible dismissal
becauseW, colleagues ? including his
brother;in-lat,v;:Were upsetthat hewas
"debriefed" by a CIA employe after
turniog.- from . scholarly research in
Europe He may-be denied tenure..
1 A Democratic Wisconsin legislator
charged , that the 'CIA is snooping in
state matters .because a CIA employe
asked for al copy of a .bill designed to
protect the privacY Of personal records
kept by state and loCal governments.
4. A welfare group in Minneapolis;
St. Paul warned of CIA influence on
"public and private decision making"
as a CIA employe there sought election
to the local Citizens League board.
"This. whole trend would be hilari-
ous if it weren't so damaging," a CIA
spokesman said. "Alt the events are
troubling because of their spirit"-,
CIA recruiters have Steered clear of
. colleges where they know they are not
wanted. They were greeted by derrion-
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strators at colleges in I3osion and Seat-
tle in January and February.
? Many of the 36 local;offices of the
CIA Domestic Collection Division
(DCD) have. been the subject of "local
spy" newspaper stories, even though
DCD employes are not agents. They are
called "field officers." Their job- is. to
glean whatever they can from Ameri-
cans who have traveled abroad or done,
business ciierseas and volunteered to
talk about what they learned. r? ?
One newspaper bragged about "tail-
ing
a DCD field officer.
When the National War 'College here
sent a class of 14 persons, including one.
CIA employe, on a February 1977 field
trip to Houston, Tex., to study a school
district dispute, a local paper, said:
"The Central Intelligence Agency and
the U.S. armed forces converged .on
Houston Wednesday to ...
IN APRIL the CIA planned to send
20 of its top management people to
Minneapolis-St. Paul to study manage-
ment techniques at major industries
there. When word leaked to reporters.
at least one of the companies canceled
?
for fear of bad publicity. Some CIA
managers couldn't attend the meetings
for fear Of "blowing their-covers".once
the story ' made: thepaperi,' a CIA
spokesman said. ?? " 31" -
? The new Harvard guidelines worry.
intelligence officials the most.
The fear is that other schools-' Will
adopt Harvard's rules, thus blocking or
severely inhibiting. CIA ,access: to the;
scholars and .resources . many- top
think tanks:. -
The Harvard rules were announced
May 20 by President Derek Bok, who
adopted recommendations from a four-
member Harvard committee including
law professor Archibald Cox. Cox was
the first Watergate prosecutor until he
was fired by then President Nixon.
"We don't understand the singling
out of the intelligence community.7bne
congressman said. -"Where- are Har-
vard's guidelines on dealing with the
State Department or industry.? :.
"This whole mess could have a chill-
ing effect on CIA's relationship with
scholars. Scholarship is an essential
part of what CIA does." - ,/
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On this page Thursday, columnist
Max Rafferty noted the case of a col-
lege professor whose colleagues
criticized him for "unprofessional con-
duct" in gathering intelligence for the
?CIA. The Tribune's-Virgil Gaither notes ..
a similar incident:.
? .
.
ASHINGTON -- So metinies if is
?
the little stories that grab your
attention. , ? ?
There was an article in the papers
here recently, for instance, about the
Central Intelligence Agency provick!
? ing computer experts to tutor stu-
:dents at a 'Washington high school. -
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.Gaither
Washington
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ernment workers (she also is on the
professionals in their field and it
public payroll) who are employed by
doesn't cost the school system a
penny. Everybody should be happy. an agency which has done some
But they are not.
, , ..shaky things in the past? perhaps
"(The school) has the District's under orders but one which the
Congress and the President still
best science and math students coin-
think is needed in this uncertain
ing here for the computer programs
and we're feeding them to the CIA," world.
'-?-????:
an English teacher at the sphool said. "--
To her, they are the enemy.
"We want themout."
- -; -Which brings up a question: Whose.
. _ .
?
? Feeding them to the CIA??
_ - mind has been poisoned by whom?
_
- The mentality behind that remark Or to put it another way, who is
most likely to poison the minds of
makes you stop and think a minute.
those high school students, the CIA
The woman making it is a teacher
and therefore fairly well educated, computer experts or her?
although in the District that doesn't
necessarily follow. Yet she apparent-
There was another article in the
ly viewed the CIA as composed of P r some time ago about a speech
ma e by the new president of ,one of
nothing but foreign subversives out to
poison the minds of the tender young the minist organizations. Sb as
students. . quot as saying that in ord t S as:
sure p sage Congress sh ? d he apparently does not view the
CIA people as I.T.S. citizens like her- hold fe ral funds from ose states
self with the same rights and 'which ye not ra the Equal'
privileges such citizenship entails. Rights A
ndment
,
She does not view them as fellow gay- Wlaicix is s g.. an argument as1
- I've heard fo ta g the right to vete
away from w en. e.
The only s
triouis) come 'mme thwo
-
heard alagrauceouis theths osaftithea:.. an realize aet.
what e?proposes
? L V70 violate the _V C! d
onstitution-
, sh ants amended? . if obtained
? that manner the.-E would:, be
orthlesst:
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The CIA experts were invited tci the
schoolebyetiet'school's principal and
-they agreed to teach the students as a "
- goodwill gesture or as a way to im-
prove the agency's image. - -see
; Which on the surface sounds like a
?? pretty good deal, right? The students
are provided :a chance to work with
?
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Fauntroy on CIA Tutoring
The Post story about the CIA's tutor-
lag program at Ballou High School, ;
which appeared on page B-2 of the;
Metro section May 27, completely mis-
-represents my position on the issue. I
My statements were taken out of con-1
text and lead to the' false conclusion
that Tam opposed to the tutoring pro:7,,
gram. I support the concept of a CIA tti-4
tonal program In the nation's highl
schools. It seems td .me that the techni- ?
cai knowledge and expertise cOntained'
within the agency can be a very useful :
educational tool for our high school stu-
dents. I also consider it important that?
more minority persons become em-
ployed by the agency. -
- -, - WALTER E. FAUNTROY,
. :Re!egate to Col:haws (D-D.C.1
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By ALAN HORTON - - ? ?
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Scrips Howard Staff Writer - .1 ?
..e? WASHINGTON ? The Central Intelligence -Agen- ?
? cy (CIA), as part of a government-wide program of ? `
community participation, sent two computer experts
to a mostly black high school here to be volunteer -ea
teachers in computer science.
It had hoped the,t would improve its image while':
helping bright studentsebetter themselves. e--. I
? Instead, some teat-hers are demanding ouster of. :1
the Clel Volunteers, reportedly suggesting several:
possible sinister CIA goals including the recruitment .
of blacks to serve in Africa. .',-?"e ? -f : .
That furor is just one of dozens of recent exam-
pies of how the CIA is paying for its bad reputation..-
stemming from widely publicized illegal domestic sur--f-'::
veillance and foreign assassination plots. ? -, .
e Some other incidents: - ? : . ? . ? ?
d Harvard University ordered that any faculty
member cooperating with the CIA must inform the
dean in writing. All university, Contracts with the CIA
must be made public. The results of any research done
for the CIA Must be open to public inspection.'
A Brooklyn (N.Y.) College assistant professor ?
? faced possible dismissal because his colleagues -- in-
eluding hisbrother-ein-law?were upset that he was
? -"debriefed".-by: a CIA. employe after returning from.' 1
scholarly research. in Europe. He may. be denied
_-_tenure_-. ;;?? 7 :,
ve A Democratic Wisconsin legislatcir charged that -
the CIA is snooping in state matters because a CIA --
- employe asked for a copy of a bill designed to protect -
the priVaey of -personal records kept by state and local
governments.; ee ? - ? , 7 t
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V A welfare group in h inneapolis-SL Paul warn-
ed of CIA influence on "public and private decision -
making" as a CIA employe there sought election to '
the local Citizens League board.' -
- "This whole trend would be hilarious if A weren't
so damaging," a CIA spokesman _ ?
CIA recruiters have steered clear of colleges
where they know. they are not wanted. 'They were
greeted by demonstrators at colleges in Boston and-
Seattle in January and February.
Many of the 36 local offices of the CIA Domestic
Collection Division (DCD) have been the subject of
"local spy" newspaperstories even thouzja DCD, em-
ployes are not agents. - .,
They are called. "field officers." Their job is to
glean whatever they. can from Americans who have
traveled abroad or done business overseas and volent:
erred to talk about what they learned. .e.- :.?
One newspaper bragged about, "tailing" a DCI):
field officere. . -,"
:Mei) the National War College here. sent a class
of 14 persons,-including one CIA ena lo -e, on a Febru-
ary field trip to Houston, Tex., to study a school dis-
trict dispute, a local paper said: "The Central Intelli-
gence Agency and the U.S. armed.forces converged on:
? HO-Ustore Wednesday to e:-...!?!- ee?-?er'--:.:' 2-.
April the CIA planned to send 20 of its top-
management people to Minneapolis-St. Paul to study
management techniques at major industries there._
When word leaked to reporters, at least one of the
companies canceled for fear of bad publicity.
Some CIA managers couldn't attend the meetings,,
for fear of "blce,ving their-cnvers" once the story made '1
the papers, a CIA spokesman
But the neW Hari-J*1 guidelioes- worry intelligence
? 'officials the moste' -e e?-?-a -,' "*"..; ?-. ' -
The fear is that\ others schools will adopt- Hat:
..yoed's rules, thus blocking or severely inhibiting CIA
aCce?si to-the 'scholar-S. and,resourceia of many top think
tanks - eareet-eezeete-:. :
The-Hirvard. rules- were announced May 20 by
President Derek Bok, who adopted recommendations
from a four-member Harvard committee including
Jaw professor Archibald Cox. Cox was the first Wafer
gate prosecutor. until he was fired by then President
Nixon. ? , - ; ? 77r" 1".;
"We don't understand the singling out of the intel-
ligence community," one congressman said. "Where
are Harvard's guidelines on dealing with the State De-,
pa.r.t.rpent .o_r ,duLtryi_
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? William Raspberry
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,
? Those readers who' accuse me of
being More naive than a person of my
age and upininging should be won't be
surprised when I confess that I don't.
.understand the flap over the CIA tutors -
.at Bailou High School. ?
? To put my naivete into perspective, I
will say that -I am not a fan of the Cen-
tral intelligence Agency, primarily be-
.cause Its lack of effective oversight
makes it too close to being a govern-
enent unto itself. I believe,' 'without
.hard evidence to support me, that the
-agency, whose charter does not include
-domestic espionage, has done a lot of it,
-end for political rather than national
security reasons. To repeat, I'm not a
?CIA fan.
I also believe that it was a big mis-
take, in light of the widespread mis-
? trust of the CIA, for Ballou's principal,
Reuben Pierce, to enter into the tuto-
I?lal arrangement with CIA specialists
? without making the community?and
'most especially his faculty?party to
-the agreement.
? Having said all that, I still must say I
don't understand the flap. The pro-
gram, as I understand it, involved 10
CIA specialists. helping a ? number of
Baliou math and science majors learn
computer technology, photogrammetrsr that is attracting So muds attentiefi Ii.;
(the use of photographs to measure gecee black. It doesn't take much imagination;
graphical distances) and photo science 'to figure out 'why they're here,"!...
(techniques for identifying objects in. nerei where my naivete comes In.;
photographs that normally would not Suppose, to put.the worst face on it, the'i
be visible). ? ? ? ? : ? CIA specialists are in spies. What is
I don't know bow many pragmatic.. going on at Mott that would be of In
applications there might be for the tar- . '.:terest to an agency concerned ivith f or!:1
ter two specialties, outside the intelk cign, or even domestic, espionage?
gence business, but I don't see the sints: ? ? - ? ed
Surely they' aren't nterest n the.
ter implications that are being alleged. ? possibility of high school narcotics trate
"Ballou has the District's best science ?
Student radicalism? Hardly at Bal;.
and math students Coming here for the
len.. ? ? ?
computer programs, and we're feeding
them to the CIA," said Marilyn Lerch, . ? In. faet, I find It difficult to come up.
ith
the English teacher who, apparently, ? w any answer that is more. persua-
'sive than the. CIA's own explanation
was the major organizer of the protest
that it id an exercise In image-improve-
-against the agency's presence at the ?
meta. ..Presumably SUCCCSStill that re-,
Southeast School. "We feel that the ..
- gam would enhance the agency 8:
? risk': involved . outweigh any positive
effeete ..s..11 it)r to recruit minorities ?forl.CIA?*.'eae?
The risk's She 'cited include' Invasion'le. reers;' But . what is so slnisterii.abone
. of the privacy of students and faculty 'that?
at Ballou and the possibility of covert ? If there were agents m the building
recruitment. ". ? ? ? . ? on a full-time basis, and if they had the .
WiIliani SiMOUS, president. of the run of the place, and if their time. at.
Washington Teachers Union,. echoed Balton were not fully ateeunted for, I'd
? the recruitment suspicions ? I have some serious' misgivings: But ab?-..
"We c'an't say we know xaetbi,why sent wren the slightest implication of
they're here," he said, "bUt we do know any 'espionage activity at Bailout I have
that the emerging part of the world trouble understending the flap. ?
. . ?
:
It has long been my feelin presence of the. federal government:.
? ?
' g that'the
here represents a largely untapped re
sourcefor our local schools. True,, there
have been government scientists who:-
:ehave volunteered their spare time to
tutor local Students, but nothing much
te has happened on a large, official scale.
?ee I'd like to see government specialists !
r. regularly involved in high school tutor-
ing here. Because of my own prejudices
against the CIAand most particularly.
because et my outrage over the agene
cy's involvement in monitoring deities-
tie political protest?I'd prefer to see.
the tutor a come from HUD, HEW or.
Agriculture. - ?
But if the CIA wants to improve its.
Image, and if Washington students get
a chance at some solid, professional in.;:.?:.1
struCtiori as a result, I don't see why wa
jihoiddn't leap at the opportunity. Even
;if there is some indirect recruitment
going on, what's wrong with that?? .
After all, the decision to seek. employ-
. rnent at the CIA, like the decision to ?
. ,??-?'" eeil:::ee si;
take advan entirely Voluntary tage of the tutorial program
i
What, Is it ? that' I'm overloalting
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.4:Congressman Ronald,V..Dellums, ti.;
Calif, calling for 'a .."full briefing" from
the Centraluln_telligence Aggiejkton the
scope of its acbM.rtit Ballou High School
in Southeast. ,, '
7)r
"Given the past history, the presence
of intelligence commubity personnel at
Banal is a matter of, concern," said
Dellumc
Dell timscoacernsi were raised at a
press conference held in front of the school ,
Thursday by teachers and community
residents who were protesting the .
presence of CIA .employes serving as
tutors in the schoorssscience and math
program:
The, CIA tutoring program which
began in February, but was only recently
dis&osed, also drew _ criticism from
William Simons, head of the Washington
Tetchers' Union. k ?
"Given the nature of the work of this .
agency (CIA)and theiact not even the
_
Congress of the United States knows of its
'modus operandi', it is highly questionable
that the board of education is able to insure
that its presence at Ballou is honorable,"
said Simons. ,
"Service from the CIA should- be
halted forthwith and the persons who have
been generous with their help should be
given letters of thanks and informed they
will no longer be needed."
According to school sources, volun-
teers from the CIA have been serving as
tutors in the computer program at the A,
school, helping students with both
remedial and advanced work in computer
programming.
The contract with the CIA was made.i.,.
as a result of student interest in an
exhibition staged by the agency at a photo
_fair at the Navy Yard. -
After discussions between the CIA and
the school, the agency agreed to allow
9mployes who volunteered to spend two
lours a day at the school working with the
:tudents.
The core of the problem according to -
opponents of the CIA's presence revolves
around - the lack of community in-
volvement in the approving of the idea of
the use of CIA personnel at the school.
"My concern as a parent is that you
have a total community at this school,"
said City, Councilmember, Wilhelmina
Rolark. "It should have been a 'total
community decision to bring the CIA into
the school, not just a small group."
Ballou Principal Dr. Reuben Pierce,
who supports the idea of CIA employes
working as tutors said, "In hindsight it
could have been a mistake not to inform
the teachers and community about plans
to have the CIA in the school."
However, he said. "There are a lot of
things which I don't inform the entire
faculty about."
"It just didn't occur to me at the time
that people would be concerned about the
presence of the CIA."
Dr. Pierce said when he began to sense
that people were wondering about the CIA
in the school, he made presentations to
both the PTA and the school faculty in-
forming them about the details of the
operation of the program.
Critics point out that the disclosure of
the CIA employes in the building did not
come until three months after the program
began. - --
"Teachers feel that such a sensitive
issue should have been brought before
those whose lives were to be effected,"
Carmelite Carter, a teacher at Ballou,
said.
"Further, the teachers believe that the
mere presence of CIA in an educational
institution is unsettling, divisive,' and in-,,
terferes with the process of education."
Dr._,Pierce said, at present h,e, bas no
plans to"ask the CIA to leave thc school and
even if other persons were found who could
perform the same functions as the (IA
volunteers he would still like to keep.
CIA employes at the school.
According to Ms. Emily Washington
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science teachei' at Ballou, some teachers
? have refused the assistance of the CIA
employes because of their disagreement
with the agency's practices. ,
During the press conference assistant
principals walked around with stacks of ,
blank letters ordering teachers at the
conference to return to their posts of duty
within the school building or face charges
of insurbordination.
?
? The teachers cited this as one example
of the tactics employed by the ad-
ministration to keep the issue quiet.
Marilyn Lerch, an English
teacher and one of the coordinators of the
effort to oust the CIA said over 60 percent
of the school's faculty had signed a petition
opposing the presence of the CIA.
The petition read; "We (the un-
dersigned) feel that the risks involved in
CIA's continuing presence here outweigh
any positive effects that may accrue to our.
students.
-, "Those risks include the possible.
invasion of privacy of all people working at
Ballou and the possible abuse of its charter
by. utilizing covert methods of retruit.-;-.
ment.".? . ".?-?
The school board has maintained a
'hands of position an the CIA con-
troversy. .
- !"It is really a matter of the day to day
operation of the school system which is
handled by the administration and not the
board of education," said Dwight Cropp,
executive secretary for the board.
Julius Hobson Jr., who represents the ,
area surrounding Ballou on the board of',
education said that he had no problem
with operations of the-CIA at the school.
"I don't see what all the fuss is about,
there is nothing at the school for the CIA to
spy on," he said.'
Hobson said that he has no plans to
join the effort to oust the agency from the
school
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DATE
May 29, 1977 6:00 PM
SUBJECT Carl Rowan's Commentary
STATION WTOP TV
CITY
Washington, D.C.
SUSAN KING: Commentator Carl Rowan looks at the CIA presence at
Ballou and he sees the situation in a different light from that teacher.
Here's his ideas.
CARL ROWAN: One of the tragedies of being poor and black in America
is that you become everybody's prey, at least you believe that all the rip-
off artists have you as a target. A special kind of paranoia makes you
suspicious of anyone offering something for nothing. And let the land of
charity belong to the CIA, Lord, what suspicions that arouses.
And so it is in Washington, D.C. at Ballou High School where CIA
agents have been trying to teach the youngsters the art of computer technology.
Trouble is, some people in the Ballou area would rather keep the computer out
than let the CIA in. They fear that the CIA has dastardly intentions to
recruit the children, for what I haven't figured out.
They talk about illegal surveillance of people in the area, for
what logical reason, I can't understand.
Yet, fear needs no logic, but I say to the Ballou parents and
teachers; sure, the CIA has made some abominable errors during the last
decade, so did the FBI, so did the American electorate which gave Richard
Nixon power, but my guess is that the CIA went into Ballou Only to convince a
new group of Americans that they are not ogres, just plain American citizens
trying to help where they can.
God knows that thousands of kids in the Ballou area need all the
help, every advantage that they can get. Their parents ought not get so
quickly caught up in the fanatical anti-CIA fad that they deny their children
whatever help they need.
This is Carl Rowan.
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The CIA tutoring caper
?
The silly season, which usually arrives with
the hot breath of summer, has sprouted early
this year. The first bizarre blossom, by our
reckoning, was at Ballou High School in South--
east Washington, the city's math and science
institution. It is an episode so marvelously silly
that a casual passerby is unsure whether to
chuckle in bemusement or in anguish at the
Pavlovian squirming by some teachers there.
Well, mere mention of the dread Central Intel-
ligence Agency evokes that kind of twitch in
some minds.
Here's the way the putative conspiracy was
born. A number of CIA employes ? at the invi-
tation of Ballou administrators ? recently have
been tutoring students in computer-related
courses. The agency got into this rather un-cov-
ert activity after it sponsored a science fair, in
conjunction with the Rochester Institute of
Technology, and a Ballou instructor wondered if
the Langley folks would be willing to help out at
the-school.
The caper had roots deeper than that seem-
' .ingly innocuous science fair, however. It seems
that every year the spooky agency, like other
federal fiefdoms, is required to file an affirm-
ative action plan. "And every year we are asked
- what we are doing in terms of community out-
reach programs," according to AI Ripp, the
?ClAer who reputedly is the brains behind the af-
fair. "And we set as our objective to involve the
agency more in the community."
So, after the conversation at the science fair,
it was arranged that six or seven agency em-
ployes would spend a combined total of about
two days a week at the high school. That's the
cover story at any-rate, and we can report that
D.C. School Superintendent Vincent Reed has
been fingered as having direct knowledge of the
CIA penetration.
The whistle was blown the other day by some
of the teachers, who charged that the nefarious
affliation of the tutors had been kept from them
(though agency and school officials say they
were introduced around as agency employes).
The CIA operatives, it was clear to the fevered
faculty members, were hardly there to tutor:
That was merely a device to recruit..
Now, about half of the 110 teachers reportedly
have signed a petition stating that "the risks in-
volved in its (the CIA's) continuing presence
here far outweigh any positive effects that may
accrue to our students." The Teachers Union
president, William Simons, added his voice, tell-
ing a Star reporter, "We can't say we know
exactly why they're here but we do know that
the emerging part of the world that is attracting
so much attention is black. It doesn't take much
imagination to figure out why they're here."
This could be a major CIA story, at least we
might infer so from the way it was reported in
the O.P. "For the first time in its secrecy-
shrouded existence [pant, pant) the Central
Intelligence Agency has gone outside its own
reservation to conduct a special tutoring pro-
gram for high school students." Talk about
blowing this town wide open. .
As we said, it's silly season.
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WASHINGTON, May 28 (AP)---.A tutor-
ing in, a city high?school by a
group?of computer employees of the Cen-
tral -Intelligence Agency i& described by
the" agency's officials as an image-baild-
Mg effort to help black youths
But:some teachers and parents it" the
school say that the program has less wor-
thy motives, and are demanding that it
be ended. -' -
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Thr'10 C.I.A. employees have been
working since February with mathemat-
ics and science students at Ballou High
School in Southeast Washington at the
written - invitation of Reuben Fierce, the
school's principal, He said the impetus
came from teachers who had attended
,a job fair conducted by the agency.,
Opponents of the program said it was
kept secret from them until recently.
"We want them out," Marilyn Lerch,
an English teacher, said of the C.I.A.
volunteers. "We feel the risks involved
outweigh an' positive effects."
- She added that the risks included "pos-
sible invasion of privacy of all the people
working at Ballou and possible violation
of their [the C.I.A.'s] charter by utilizing
covert methods of recruitment'
But Al Lipp,. the intelligence agency's
career development officer who set up
? the?tutoring program, denied that recruit-
ment or clandestine activities were be-
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).;has gone outside its reservation to conduct a special tutoring
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CIA tutors 'ousted. ?-?? -
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',Ballow has the District of Columbia's best " science and
nwatli students coming. here for the computer programs, and
'e're feeding .them to the CIA," said Marilyn Lerch,- .an
nglish teacher at Ballou. "We want Oiem-ou't.". ;
"We feel the risks involved ... outweigh any ...positive
.e.ffects :The risks include possible invasion of privacy of all
. . .
4he, people workingat Ballou and possible-violation of their
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13the CIA wAi iiivited to come to the school in a letter from Dr.
Piteubeii Pierce;Ballou's principal.
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7,Ballou were introduced to the CIA employees at a.',job fair last-
cpecember...?
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was any possibility of them coming out to the School," Fierce
1.id. "Later we formally asked them to come out in a letter." :
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?Iii.workir4for the CIA since the program began, but he doesn't
fc?novi*Bether the'student has made a job application at the
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PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Phone: [phone]
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGEN
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20505
Mr. Bruce MacDonell
News Director
WRC-TV
4001 Nebraska Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20016
27 May 1977
Dear Mr. MacDonell,
Our compliments to WRC-TV, Jim Hartz and Jim Vance for
your unbiased coverage of the CIA personnel tutoring efforts
at Ballou High School. We are attempting to give the public
a better idea and fuller understanding of what we do in their
behalf. Objective reporting such as we witnessed on 26 May
is all we ask and I thank you for giving us a chance to tell
our side of the story.
Please let me know if we can ever again assist you in
any way.
Sincerely,
Herbert E. Hetu
Assistant to the Director
Public Affairs
kgt/27 May 1977
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At Ballou Stirs
11111 Legislators
Rep. Ronald Dellums (D-Calif.) said
yesterday that he is asking the CIA for
a "full briefing" about its tutoring
program at Ballou High School in
Southeast Washington.
"Given the past history, the pres-
ence of thd (CIA).. . at Ballou is a
matter of concern, at least until we
fully understand the matter," Dellums
asserted in a statement distributed to
reporters.
D.0 Del. Walter Fauntroy also Ls-
sudd a statement expressing concern
over the CIA's tutoring program,
Fauntroy said he would like to see
more representatives of minorities
employed by the CIA, but was
"extremely disturbed" by the agency's
history of abuses.
? Calvin Rolark, a newspaper pub-
lisher and political activist, said he
-plans to file suit against the agency
? for not informing teachers and par-
ents of the CIA program at Ballon,
Rolark noted that the CIA had in.
vestigatdd him, Fauntroy, D.C. Mayor
Walter Washington and others during
the civil rights disturbances of the
1960s.
Rolark attended a press conference
in front of Ballou with his wife, City
Council member Wilhelmina Rolark.
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NVALILR E. FAUNTROY
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DISTRICT OFFICE:
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May 27, 1977
The Honorable Stansfield Turner
Admiral, United States Navy
The Director of Central Intelligence
The Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D. C. 20505
Dear Admiral Turner:
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND
REGIONAL AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE ON
BANKING. FINANCE AND
URBAN AFFAIRS
SUBcOmmitTrES,
CHAIRMAN, HISTORIC PRESERVATION
AND COINAGE
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY'
DEVELOPMENT
ECONOM IC STABILIZATION
CONSUMER AFFAIRS
SELECT COMMIT-ME ON
ASSASSINATION
CHAIRMAN. SUBCOMMITTEE ON
MARTIN LUTHER KING. JR.
The Washington Post today carried a story about the
CIA's tutorial program at Ballou High School (a copy is herewith
enclosed). In that story, the Post excerpted select statements
from a press release issued by me yesterday. I am writing to
let you know that the position attributed to me by the Post is an
absolute distortion of the position I have taken on the matter. I
enclose a copy of my press release so that you may make your
own judgment.
I support the concept of the CIA's tutorial program in
our nation's high schools, and I hope, if at all possible, that you
contihue to make available the resources of your Agency for this
worthwhile effort.
Sincerely yours,
WALTER E. FAUNTROY
Member of Congress
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May 26, 1977 5:00. PM
An Interview with Al LIPP
nknoN WRC TV
CITY Washington, D. C.
JIM HARTZ: ...Mr. Lipp is the man who devised the program of
sending CIA employees out to Ballou High School to tutor the students there
in computer sciences and other specialized and sophisticated programs. And
we've asked him to come over and discuss the reaction.
And I'm wondering, Mr. Lipp, how you feel about the parents and
teachers out there who staged the demonstration today and want the CIA out
of the school.
AL LIPP: Well, we're sorry they misunderstood our motives. We're
there purely to help the youngsters. And we do have the capabilities, in terms
of qualified people with backgrounds in computer science and mathematics and
automatic data processing. And we were there purely to supplement the teacher
facilities of the school.
As you know, Ballou has a special science program for three hundred
talented youngsters. It's the science center for the city. And we are there
by the invitation of Dr. Irving Pierce, the principal. And we've been working
under the direction of Dr. Pierce's director of programming, Henry Thompson.
Our people have reported to him. And he would say "Would you work with this
chap or that.'.'
HARTZ: Let me ask you two or three straight questions here....
LIP: Yes.
HARTZ: ...the people out there seem to be concerned about. Are
these CIA agents who are teaching their kids?
LIPp: Agents? Absolutely not.
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HARTZ: Who are they? What are they?
LIPP: They are basically technical people. They're mathematicians,
systems analysts, computer programmers.
the CIA?
HARTZ: Have they tried to recruit any of the students to join
LIPP: No.
HARTZ: And is there anything wrong with that if they did?
LIPP: No, there is not. And I'm glad you raise the question. Like
every federal agency and private organization, we hope to attract qualified
minorities. And we hope some of these youngsters will qualify for employment
with us.
However, when you look at this group, most of them are probably
going on to college. Our people were told not to solicit them for employment.
If they inquire about it, we have an open recruitment office. It's listed in
the telephone book. It's located in Rosslyn.
HARTZ: There also was some concern there that the CIA might be
compiling dossiers on the students and/or their families.
LIPP: Absolutely not. No. You know, under the Privacy Act and the
Freedom of Information Act, we must report any files we have. And the only
name from Ballou High School that we have is Dr. Reuben Pierce, the principal,
and that's because we have correspondence from him.
HARTZ: You are, in fairness to the CIA, ordered by the Civil Service
Commission to undertake programs of this type, are you not?
LIPP: Yes, sir. We are required to try to conduct community action
programs which will help qualify members of minority groups and women to qualify
for federal employment or for other gainful employment.
HARTZ: What does the act say? What do you have to do?
LIPP: I'm sorry, I can't quote it specifically. But it does require
that you undertake, or attempt to undertake such programs. I can get it....
HARTZ: Okay. This controversy out at the school: does this indicate
that -- as I understand it, this is the first program of its type that the CIA
has undertaken You do have an area that's very sensitive here. The controversy
that you've had out there: does this indicate that the CIA might pull back from
future activities of this type?
LIPP: No, we don't intend to pull back. We would like to continue.
And were available, if asked, within our capabilities. We do have other things
we're supposed to be doing. But we would like to get involved with the community.
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HARTZ: Very good. Al Lipp, thank you very much. Mr. Lipp
is a career development officer at CIA. And he is currently at the
center of this controversy out at Ballou High School.
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CIA Tutors'
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Teachers Went Agep4" 9ut,,
Regardless of Free 'Advice
By Gloria Borger
Washington Star Stall Writer
- For several months, ,half a dozen
CIA employes have been visiting Bal-
lou High School to provide free tutor-
? ing to students enrolled in computer
' science classes.
.? Although school Officials and - the
. CIA defend the arrangement,. :many
Ballou teachers are upset by it. - ?
"We think we know what the CIA is
? and we don't think it has any place in
an educational institutionsaid Bal-
lou English teacher Marilyn Lerch.
"We think they maybe,interested in
recruiting some of our students and
. now the atmosphere around here is
unsettling." ?'? ?
? ?
TODAY, SCHOOL officials were to
? receive a petition reportedly signed
by about one-half of the school's 110
? teachers stating that "the risks in-s_
' valved in its (the CIA's) continuing
presence here far outweigh any posi-
tive effects that may accrue, to our ,
- students."
"Those risks include the possible
=. invasion Of privacy of all people
. working at ,Ballou and the possible
abuse of its charter by utilizing coy-
' ert methods of recruitment." the.
petition states.
? Officials of the math and science:.
high school at ? 4th and, Trenton"
Streets SE say the. CIA- employesri
were invited to provide skilled, tech-;
nical guidance to students preparing
to enter the job market. -
' Earlier this week,- however, a
group of teachers went to the Wash-
? ington Teachers Union- to-- complain?
about the CIA tutors, whom many
claim have come to Ballou to ac-
tively recruit minority students.
- "We can't say we know exactly
why they're here but we do know that
the emerging part of the world thatis
.attracting so much?attention. is
black," said William 'Simons, union
? president. "It doesn't take much
imagination to figure out-why they're-
.here.'
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"And, given the nature a Ith?ef:1
agency and given that even Congress
can't find out what the agency does,
you could say that we do.have deli-
nite reservations about their pres-
ence in our school under any circum-
stances."
AL ? RIPP, the CIA career
development and equal employment
officer who arranged the program
with Ballou's principal, Dr. Reuben
Pierce, described the tutoring pro-
gram as something designed
"merely to supplement the student
training." _
Every year, Ripp explained, the CIA, like other k
federal agencies, is required to file an affirmative
action plan.? with the government. "And every
year, we are asked what we are doing in terms of
community outreach programs,'? he said. "And we
set as our objective to involve the ,agency more in
the community .7., ? " ?
Last December,- with -the knowledge and ap-
proval of D.C. School Supt.- Vincent Reed, the
agency held a-job fair here in conjunction with the
Rochester Institute of Technology. :*-- --
"At that time we met an instructor from Ballou
who asked us if we would be willing to' help out in_
the computer area at the school," Ripp said. "So
we went over and since March or April have had
abont six or seven employes helping for a total of'
aboirt two days a week."' :** -
Although some teachers, like Lerch, complain
that "they were. there for three months before
most of us knew," Ripp counters that "we were -
always introduced as employes of the CIA."
"The recruitment of students is not what's hap-
pening here at ail," said Ballou Asst. Principal
Roswell Whitaker. "These people are here at our
invitation tcr help and it's; a very informal kind of
thing." ' =- ?
"Through the years we have always tried to get'
? various governmental agencies to lend assistance,
Including the Naval Research Lab, St. Elizabeths,
National Institutes of Health, to name a few,"
Whitaker sai& ? ? ?
? ,
IN AN AGENCY statement filed with the CiviL
Service Commission, the CIA claims it has not
been aggressive in its pursuit 'of community at:
fairs programs because of "concerns that such
programs are considered contrary to securitY
-obli-
gations and because such programs are not
generally seen as relating to or beneficial to the
-agency 'S mission." ,s. -:?,1 ?
In that same statement, agency officials also
write of a-concern about "the possible damage'
that agency involvement could cause to the very
community programs and institutions" it endeavTi
ors to help. - ? :???" ? 't
"I guess you -could say that the agency antici?
pated its motives would be questioned," Ripp ex-
plained. "But I can tell you our people were told
not to solicit."....., ,?? .
: .While Ripp says student reaction to the programai
has been favorable, some Ballou teachers say re-
cent knowledge of the CIA presence has created
tension that can only be resolved when. the CIA
employes depart. ? ;
At this point, the school administration baS;not
informed Ripp of any plans to terminate the pro-
gram. Meanwhile, the CIA apparently has no plans.
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May 26, 1977
SUBJECT Bal lou High School
STATION
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CITY
6:00 PM Washington, D.C.
MAX ROBINSON: Sixty teachers at Ballou High School
have signed a petition to stop the CIA from tutoring there. And
today some teachers and community organizers blasted the CIA
teaching prorgram.
Eyewitness News correspondent Pat Collins reports.
PAT COLLINS: Last January, ten CIA employees began
tutoring Ballou High School students in math and computer science.
Today, teachers and other members of the community protested the
CIA presence at the school and circulated a petition to stop it.
WOMAN: Feel as though that there would be surveillance --
student surveillances on the staff. I feel as though they're not
here for the purpose that they have said they were here for, because
If they were, I feel that they, in all honesty, would have brought
It out and let everyone know that they were here. Why is all the
secrecy?
SECOND WOMAN: The main issue as 1 see it is that it is
the character and nature of the CIA that Is at issue. It's had
27 to prove itself, it has trampled on human rights all over the
world and in this country, now why all of a sudden are they
interested in southeast Washington?
COLLINS: One of the students who was tutored by the
CIA said she wasn't impressed.
STUDENT: No. It wasn't good at all because the people
who were supposed to have been experts in the programs that we were
learning, they really didn't know the simple facts about how to fix
errors in the program or how to explain some of our problems that
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we presented to them.
COLLINS: Did they try to recruit you?
STUDENT: No, not really.
COLLINS: At the CIA headquarters a spokesman said the
teaching was done at the invitation of the D.C. Public School System.
It was not a clandestine recruitment activity, the spokesman said,
but a public service.
Bat lou Principal Ruebin (?) Pierce agrees.
COLLINS: What was your evaluation of the CIA's con-
tribution here?
PRINCIPAL RUEBEN PIERCE: From the reports I get from
students and teachers who are involved, it's a good program.
COLLINS: There was no recruitment?
PRINCIPAL PIERCE: No, no recruitment. Absolutely none.
COLLINS: No surveillance?
PRINCIPAL PIERCE: No, no surveillance.
COLLINS: The semester's coming to a close and the
CIA tutoring program for this year has already been discontinued.
Whether it will begin next fall Is still uncertain. Principal
Pierce says no one has given him any tangible evidence that the
CIA did anything wrong here at Bat lou and he says until someone
does, the CIA tutors are welcome here.
I'm Pat Collins, Eyewitness News at Bat lou High School.
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DATE May 26, 1977 7:25 AM
SUBJECT
Flap Over CIA Employees at Bat lou
NEWSCASTER: Good morning.
CITY
Washington, D. C.
Here in the District, a program to improve the image
of the Central Intelligence Agency by having CIA employees be-
come actively Involved in a high school tutoring program has
come under some criticism.
The complaints come from both teachers and parents
who say the program is a covert attempt to get recruits.
Since February, ten CIA employees from the Agency's
Computer Support Division have been helping students at Ballou
High School In Southeast. The Agency says the program is aimed
at Improving its image among minority groups. Some parents and
teachers say the presence of +he CIA employees was kept a secret
only until recently.
In the first salvo to have the employees ousted, a Bal lou
math teacher said that Bal lou attracts the area's best young math
and science majors for computer programs. Now, he says, we're
simply feeding them to the CIA.
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SUBJECT
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SUE SIMMONS: Some parents and teachers of students
at Bal lou Senior High School in Southeast Washington want to
stop ten CIA employees from tutoring at the school.
The CIA people are tutoring students In computer
operations and photo science, and parents believe they are
in school to try to recruit students for the CIA.
The CIA says it's only trying to improve its image
among minority groups.
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6:00 PM Washington, D.C.
SUBJECT Teachers Organize Protest At Ballou
SUE SIMMONS: Earlier this week NewsCenter 4 reported
the CIA was involved in an unusual community project tutoring
science students at Bal lou High in the District. CIA technicians
were invited by school officials in March. [The] CIA Chief thought
it would be'a good project to improve the image of the agency
among minorities.
Today, a group of teachers at Ballou organized a protest
against the CIA presence.
Kelly Burke reports.
KELLY BURKE: Today, some parents, some teachers and
some community leaders claimed they didn't know of the CIA's presence
until this week. Showing a petition they said was signed by 60
percent of the teachers, they said they wanted the CIA out.
WOMAN: CIA has said that it's image -- It's here to
cosmetize it's image. We say we're an educational institution,
not a beauty parlor for the CIA.
MAN: The whole argument is on the nature of the agency
and they way that it has operated in the past and the fact that
the American public cannot get full disclosure. There's still the
question hanging as to whether or not the CIA was involved in the
death of Martin Luther King and the death of John F. Kennedy and
many other persons in this nation.
BURKE: Principal Dr. Reuben Pierce did admit he did not
announce the CIA's presence in the beginning. He did say it was
discussed at a PTA meeting a month ago, the Superintendent and
the School Board supported the program. I asked him if it would
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have been better to inform everyone earlier.
REUBEN PIERCE: In hindsight, I'd have to say yes.
BURKE: Why weren't they?
PIERCE: It didn't occur to me that there would be a
problem with this. I don't notify teachers when people from the
Naval Research Lab, from NASA or various other organizations come
into the building. It just hasn't been the practice and nothing
has happened, and I didn't think it would be a problem here.
BURKE: Some students objected to the CIA tutors, some
did not. None seemed the worse for the experience.
SECOND MAN: I've seen two students, at the most, that
have complained and want the people out, but the others, which is the
majority, have not complained and not -- they are pleased that
they are being helped by the people. And I would like to get it
straight that they are not agents, they are technicians from the
computer division of the CIA.
BURKE: With final exams about to begin, the CIA's tutors
prgram has, in effect, ended and school officials have promised to
reassess it. Thusfar, the critics have judged the tutors not
on what they have done, but on who employs them, and that under-
scores the lingering image problem for the CIA.
Kelly Burke, NewsCenter 4.
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May 26, 1977
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CITY
12:00 Noon Washington, D.C.
NEWSCASTER: The CIA has been sending tutors to teach
a computer science course at Washington's Ballou High School for
Math and Science.
Radio 63's District correspondent Louis Jones reports
some parents and teachers are upset about the presence of CIA
employees in the school and are staging a protest to call for
their removal.
LOUIS JONES: The teachers and parents claim the tutoring
program was kept secret, and that the CIA is using the program to
land new recruits.
But the agency maintains it came to Bal lou at the request
of the school's principal. The CIA's Al Lipp denies any recruitment
Is going on at Bal lou and that the presence of Central Intelligence
Agency employees was made known when they began tutoring in March.
AL LIPP: The program was not kept secret. The first
day over we were introduced to people, staff and students, as we
met them, as CIA. As a matter of fact, one teacher, when we were
Introduced to her as CIA, recoiled and put on a face. And about
two minutes later she said "Do you have any Jobs over there?"
JONES: School board president Thurmon Evans says It
is common practice for outside government agencies to be involved
in teaching programs, especially in the city's special schools
of which Bal lou is one. Evans adds he believes Ballou's principal
did the right thing in utilizing the CIA's expertise in the school's
computer science program.
Louis Jones, WMAL Radio News.
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DATE May 26, 1977
SUBJECT Commentary by Jim Vance
6:00 PM
STATION WRC TV
CITY Washington, DC
SUE SIMMONS: Well, we continue the subject a little bit more. The
flap over CIA tutors in Ballou High School is also the subject of Jim
Vance's commentary tonight. Jim.
JIM VANCE: Let it be noted from the outset that I am no great fan
of the CIA, or, recognizing the need for such an organization, I dont mind
telling you I find the agency a little spooky. On the other hand, though,
I'm even more turned off by the notion that anything is all bad or all good.
[If] the CIA were a football it would have been taken out of the game
a long time ago. It has been vigorously kicked around, sometimes with a
vengence. In my opinion, most of the knocks have been deserved. This one
it's getting at Ballou High School is not.
I would like to know what those computer experts are doing that is
so wrong. What is illegal, immoral, or unethical about their presence at
Ballou? As far as I can determine, they were -- they are there because they
were invited and because the Civil Service Commission has told them to get
out into the community and clean up their Equal Opportunity Employment Act.
In that context, while they say they are not, they just might be, in
a sense, recruiting, if they are, so what? Jobs are awfully tough to find
out there. Why shouldn't black folks work in the CIA, as well as the World
Bank, or any place else they want or can?
I wouldn't be surprised if some of those who are objecting do so
because they haven't been able to grow out of that CIA phobia that many
of us enjoyed in the sixties. It was then, and not without some foundation,
that we would suspect everybody of being a plant. We wore our paranoia as
a badge of courage.
It was almost fun, but we are older and we are hopefully wiser now,
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?at least wise enough to see the folly of looking for spooks in every closet
and the folly of stereotypes, rash generalizations and blanket assumptions
about institutions and people.
I might also point out there -- here that I have heard no objection
to the quality of instruction in the program itself, only to the fact that
the boogeyman is involved in it. That's not enough.
It seems to me they ought to get on with that program. .The students
need and deserve exposure to every option open to them. The CIA seems to
be trying to clean up its image, and until some intelligent objections
surface, those computer experts are due the benefit of any doubt.
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A I Tutors--
, .
At Schoo1-7:
Stir _Protest
By Juan Williams
WasSimg:oal?bst Star Writer
For the first time' in the
history of its secrecy-shroud-
ed existence, the Central In-
tellie,ence Agency has. gone
outside its own reservation to
conduct a special tutoring pro-.
gram for high school students.
In an effort to improve the'
agency's image among minor-
ity groups, CIA officials said
yesterday, they have. been pro-
:Ming computer specialists to
? atutor students at Ballot: High.
dn Southeast ,Washington. '
- eva
e?,,Some parents and teachers
? `of students at the 'schooVwho
'said the presence of the 10
CIA- employees at Ballou 'was
:kept secret from them- until
- recently, have begun ,a'. cam-
paign to have the CI. tutors.
ousted.
- has the.:.: District's
- best Science and math students
coming, here for the computer
programs and ? we're feeding
them to the CIA." said Marilyn
Lerch, an English teacher at
Ballou. "We want them out."
"We feel the 'risks
. : . outweigh any positive ef-
- _Acts . . The risks include
possible invasion of pi-ivacy of
all the people working at Bal-
lou and possible: violation of.
their (CIA) charter by utiliz-
ing_ covert methods of redruit-
anent," Lerch said. :
.AI- Lipp, the CIA's career-
development officer, said that
. the CIA. workers are-, not re
cruiting students.; Lipp,-who
.. arranged for the?team of ClAa--,
.- employees from the Computer
Support DiVision;t0 begin the
tutoring Program in February,:'
said the CLIerwas:'Invited to
come to the 'School la a,formal'
. letter from Dr. ReubenePierce,
Ballou's princiPar7."- :
Dr. Pierce - said a yeaterday-
that some teachers-, and stu-.,
- dents at Belau were introduc- ?
ed to the CIA employees at a
r job fair held last-December. ?
"Our teachers ? 'asked the
people (CIA. workers). if there
was any possibility of them
coming out. to the skhaorg"
? Pierce said: "Later it-Wi
ly asked thene'to come out
- in
a-letter.""
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26 MAY 1977
Although one CIA employee.
acted as a judge in a science
fair at Woodson High. School
in Northeast Washington dur-
ing this school year and pre-
sented a certificate to a prize
winning student, the team of
tutors at Ballou is the first
-group of CIA employees -ever
to. go into a school on a regu-a.
lar basis, Lipp said. ?: ??? ?
Dr. Pierce said onli, one Ballou stu-
dent has. expressed interest in work-
ing for the CIA since the program be-:
gan but he doesn't know if the stu-
dent has made a job application at the
' Lipp 'said the December job fair at
the CIA for 200 District high school
students, was held because the agency
is trying to increase its number of mi-
? nority employees. - - ?-? .
. ? "We' looked' at the composition. of
? the agency,",he said, 'to- see where we-.
: didn't have minorities and found that
? in some science areas we didn't have
many." . ? . ? , ? a
- Lipp said..the *agency decided that
Its science sections didn't have many
minorities because. universities with
science schools were doing a bad job
- of recruiting minorities. "So we de-
' cided to put-together a job fair," he
,said. .-1' '?
"Are we ' recruiting?" Lipp said
when he was asked about the CIA's
activities at Ballou. "We're not solicit-
ing but if a- kid asks us about a job we
say here .13 the personnel_ number,
give them dcall or go down there. -
,"Are we running a clandestine
action? No," he said. Lipp said the
CIA computer specialists who tutor at
Ballou are being paid by the CIA for
some of their work at the school and
the other time spent there was on a
voluntary basis. ?
Dennis 13erend, a CIA spokesman
. said the CIA is eager to have its em- ?
ployeee participate In civic activities
such is tutoring at Belau. He said the
C/A employees are helping the stu-
dents to run computers and teaching
them photogrammetry and photo ad- a:
ence
.Photog?ainirietry is the use of pho-
tographs; often taken :froth a great -
distance, to measure distance, be.. .
tweeze locations or objects.
'Photo science is the use of chemis-
try and physics to see small objects ?
that would normally not be visible in.-
a photograph. , : -
"We're proud of it (having CIA era-
ployees tutoring at )30.RM," said Ber-
end. "It is nothing to hide. It is a
,source of pride for us to be able to-
help young people." ' -
Berend said 'the C/A has no other
"community outreach" programs, such .
as the one at Ballot: at work in the
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said. `It has been obvious to anyone
Involved with them from the start
that they worked for the CIA. I
haven't seen anything going amiss in
the school because of tnern."
Dr. Pierce said Ballou faculty mem-
bers were rude to CIA. employees
when a special meeting was held to
;
discuss the crAtz Presence' at the
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The principal said he.latertold par-
ents about the CIA tutors at the
school In another meeting and only
five parents raised objections. - , -
- "They (the teachers) were accusing
them of all sorts of things," Dr. Pierce
said. -"They said they (the CIA
employees) couldn't have good Inten-
tions. One of the CIA people said he
was a ehristian; not a spy, and the
teachers called him a liar and said the
agency had ulterior motivee in send-
ing them over here." -
Dr. Pierce said more parents oh- -
jected to -the CIA. tutors after the
teachers raised the specter -of lull
field investigations of students work-
ing with the CIA and the student's
parents, family and friends. -
"They (teachers) were -a" bit ex-
treme," Dr. Pierce said. "Just to come
in and workside-by-side with the CIA
doesn't mean the CIA is going to do a
field investigations on your child."
Dr. Pierce said teachers have
charged that the- CIA came into the
school secretly but he said many ?
other organizations have volunteered
their time and employees to help sta..
'dents at the school without formal no- .
? tificatiort to parents and teachers. ?
The principal said he thought of the
CIA no differently from the National
Technical' Association; ? which- pays
teachers overtime salaries for staying
after school to help students, or the
medical and engineering schools at
Howard University, which work- with
students on weekends. a
? "My job Is to open 23 many options
as possible- to students," said Dr.
Pierce. "If someone. decides to seek
employment- with the - CIA. that _is'
fine. If I were to hide the CIA away.
from my students that would be tak-
ing an option away from young peo-
Lipp, of the- CIA, said that because ;
of the possibility of such fears and ob-
jections as those raised at Ballot: the' ;
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SUBJECT: Ballou High School
1. 'Juan Williams of the Washington POst called on Tuesday afternoon
to get a story about the Agency's relationship with Ballou High).School.
I referred him to DCI Public Affairs Officer, who called
me back and asked me to take tre interview. I gave Williams the factual
story starting out with the Affirmative Action Plan on file with the
Civil Service Commission and reading him the statement about Community
Out Reach in our EEO Plan, which he took down in longhand. I then detailed
the development of our relationship with Ballou starting with the Job Fair
in December, the invitation from the principal to participate in their
program and the activities we have indulged in. He appeared sympathetic
and said a story would appear today, Wednesday. As yet it has not.
2. This afternoon Gloria Borger of the Star called. The UPI wire
service carried a story about the press conference of Mr. Simmons,
President of the teachers' union, and the question raised about seven
CIA employees at Ballou High School. She called Ballou and was referred
to me. I checked with) was homeill) and I
1 STAT
asked me to take the interview. i gave ner pretty much the same story as
I had to Williams except this time I dictated the piece about the
Affirmative Action Plan into her tape recorder. (She joked about the Star
taping CIA.) One question she posed was that we were accused of hiding
Our identity according to some of the teachers. I told herm that we had
introduced ourselves as being from CIA to the staff and to the students
and that in fact the first day we were their we had run into a teacher
and on introducing ourselves as CIA she.bc.ame very negative and that if
anyone was not introduced as being from CIA it was purely from oversight
and not from intent. She asked about our relationship with the students
and I said quite good but the people who worked with them indicated the
talk had been primarily about programming and not about the Agency. She
asked if we were trying to recruit any of the students. I told her that
every Federal agency is interested in hiring qualified minorities but
that our people had been told to stick to instructional tasks and if the
question of employment was raised to refer the inquirer to the recruitment
office at Roslyn. She seemed satisfied and said .pere would be a small '
piece in the Star tomorrow.
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3. I reported the results tol 'who told me the UPI
wire story stated that there would be a demonstration at Ballou High
School on Thursday. I asked about our people who are supposed to be
there and he suggested I check with Dr. Pierce. I called Dr. Pierce
and told him that we had learned from UPI wire service that there
would be a demonstration at Ballou on Thursday and wondered if it would
be best to keep our people here. He said this was news to him and he
would look into it. I told him I was not trying to act as an informant.
but was merely concerned about creating an incident. We agreed our
people would not return to Ballou until September since we weree'
supposed to phase out this week anyway. Dr. Pierce said he would let
me know of any further developments.
4. I told
on Friday.
to make sure no one shows up at Ballou
5. At the end of the afternoon, called and said
that Bob Dore of NBC had spoken to him and T jhad given him
some information and referred him to me forIurther information. I
was able to provide almost by rote at this point the story given to
the others. Dore appeared satisfied. Said he wanted it for background
in case of a demonstration at Ballou High School tomorrow. He did ask
me about Congressman Dellums and Councilwoman Willie Hardie. I told
him that our Legislative Counsel, George Cary, could.fill him in on
Congressman Dellums but I understood there had been a inquiry from
his office. I was not aware of Concilwoman Hardie's interest.
- 'incidentally, told me that the situation at Ballou tomorrow
is occasioned by the same woman who appeared on Channel 9 the other
'night. It seems she is calling a press conference. ?
6. Juan Williams of the Washington Post called back. His editor.
wanted to know how many students had attended the Job Fair. I told him
slightly less than 200. He then asked how many had applied to or been
recruited by CIA. I said I did not know, that the intent of the Job
Fair was not to recruit students but to steer them on to the colleges
training in the photo sciences, but it was possible that some of the
students who are not going on to college might have called the Agency
about jobs. He says the story probably will be in Thursday's Post.
7. Marion Ross of the Office of Communications, D.C. Public Schools,
called. She wanted to know whether the employees, were on release time ?
or government time. I told her part of both but I have no accurate
records. She said that Dr. Vincent Reed, the Superintendent of Educa-
tion, and his two deputies were out of town and she could take no action
(not that I indicated we wanted her to). She suggested we might want to
get a fact sheet togethor to present to Dr. Pierce which he could pass
out at the press conference. I told her we would consider it. She then
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said she thought the program was a wonderful idea and wished all organiza-
tions would do something similar. She also indicated that one woman was
being very biased in her approach in castigating the Agency.
8. I called 1 to discuss the fact sheet but he felt, and
I agreed, that Dr. Pierce knows most of the things and if we prepare a
fact sheet for him it might appear that we are trying to manipulate him-.
7. I also called George Cary, Legislative Counsel, and told him
about NBC's inquiry regarding Dellums and Hardie. He said he had only
been able to reach Dellums' private secretary today. He wanted to knbw
how John Hicks was bearing up under this and I told him I thought he was
thriving.
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MARGE CAMOZZI: As part of a community outreach program,
the Central Intelligence Agency has dispatched seven employees to
help students at Ballou Senior High in the District. The principal,
Dr. Reubin Pierce, says about five teachers out of one hundred and
twenty complained about the program. But he says the students and
parents appear to be satisfied.
The CIA employees help teach computer science and may
begin work with physics. They were invited to go to Ballou after
students met them at a job fair in December at the Navy Yard.
Dr. Pierce insists the CIA employees are not at Ballou to
recruit high school students.
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May 23, 1977
Bat lou High School
GORDON PETERSON: Students at a D.C. high school are
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Eyewitness News correspondent Mike Buchanan reports.
MIKE BUCHANAN: This is Bal lou High School in southeast
Washington. Two thousand eight hundred students, 120 faculty members
and ten employees of the Central Intelligence Agency.
CIA employees have been working at Bal lou High School
on almost a daily basis since February. The CIA was invited to
Ballou by school officials. The Agency has assigned personnel to
tutor young men and women in high school's special science program,
a curriculum which attracts the top sciende math students in the
city.
Several teachers at Ballou today issued a statement opposing
CIA's involvement with Ballou. They said we oppose the CIA being
here in any form, under pretext. They say, based on track record,
they're suspicious.
WOMAN: They have a hidden agenda. You assume that when
you're dealing with the CIA. They have a hidden agenda. They're
trying to perhaps cosmetize their image and they're using south?
east Washington students to do that. We don't need them here.
The argument is given that we're denying opportunity to our
students.
BUCHANAN: Right. They say they're here to help.
WOMAN: And we say that they are here to get in touch with
promising black science students that are going to be the future
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technicians of this country. And that's their purpose. It doesn't
matter what they say. They have no right being here.
BUCHANAN: However, the principal at Ballou High School
says the CIA's role at the school is helping students. He says that
criticism of the agency's work at Ballou is not justified.
MAN: I get a feeling it's just a lot of nonsense, just
nonsense. I see nothing for anybody to get upset about. The people
from the CIA are here at our invitation. They're scientists, mathe-
maticians, computer specialists and they're working with our students
just as scientists, mathematicians and other resource people through-
out the community have been over a long period of time. And the
concern that people have about covert operations, obviously, it's
not covert. Everybody out here knows that they are here and that
can't be very covert.
BUCHANAN: CIA officials were at the high school today
saying they have nothing to hide. They say their work at Ballou is
part of an affirmative action program and not part of any secret
hidden operation.
SECOND MAN: All we're trying to do is to provide some
expertise to supplement a program which Ballou High School has. They
have a special program for 300 talented students and they invited
us in to help them out specifically here in their programming, ADP
programming unit.
BUCHANAN: Are you interested in hiring?
SECOND MAN: Well, you know, we are looking at a lot of
bright young men in the shoot here, and ladies, and I'm sure the
agency would be very happy to hire someone for suitable positions,
but out people here are just the front of the equipment office.
BUCHANAN: You're not here to solicit, enroll, enlist?
SECOND MAN: No, we/re not.
BUCHANAN: A number of faculty members here at Ballou
High School today issued a statement saying we know what the CIA
Is and how it operates and the leopard has not changed its spots.
According to officials of the Central intelligence Agency, this is
not a covert operation, everything's above the board, it's just good
public relations.
This is Mike Buchanan, Eyewitness News at Ballou
High school.
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JIM HARTZ: The CIA has placed tuturs in DC schools. It's
true. But CIA officials say it's for education not for espionage.
Kelly Burke reports.
KELLY BURKE: Not long ago, the Civil Service Commission
exercised its limited authority over the Central Intelligence Agency
by criticizing the agency for not supporting equal employment
opportunity programs. The CIA was ordered to correct the problem.
As a spinoff to a job fair held last year, the CIA this
spring began tutoring high school students, not in the art of
spying but In basic computer training skills.
MAN: There are enough Ph.D's in CIA to stock a large
university. That's been stated many times. Specifically, here the
program we're working with involves date processing.
BURKE: Only a small percentage of CIA employees are
actually spies In fact. Many others are computer experts who feed
and analyze computer information.
At Bal lou High School in the District where a special
science program Is attended by some 250 students, seven CIA people
assist teachers. CIA officials deny, however, that their primary
pourpose is recruiting.
MAN: Some of these people may apply to us for careers,
yes, but we're not here specifically for recruitment. We are here,
rather, to help the educational process so that the people will be
able to quaiify, hopefully, some of them may come to us but we're
not soliciting.
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SECOND MAN: Now, after you read about...
BURKE: School officials report a small number of parents, a
a few teachers, and some students are suspicious of the CIA's presence.
They fear there is recruiting going on and some ulterior motive behind
It all. But those supporting the CIA tutors hope the agency does
look to hiring some graduates.
THIRD MAN: I personally feel that, you know, we have
other organizations coming to the schools including the FBI, the Army,
the Navy and many other federal agencies and I just look upon the
CIA as just another federal agency, and I think that particulalry
In the area of getting students working for the agency, would be
tremendous help in getting more black people working, and
because, you know, Ballou is about 99 percent black.
BURKE: CIA officials insist there are no agents, no code
names, no mystery here. They do expect that some people won't
believe that. They hope that in time their image will improve to the
testimony of the students they've helped.
Kelly Burke, NewsCenter 4.
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Dr. Reuben Pierce, Principal, Ballou, called me this morning.
Following items were Oiscussed:
a. One of our volunteers in working with a student,
lhad apparently asked some personal-type questions
(unspecified). father had called Dr. STAT
Pierce who explained the arrangement. Father apparently
satisfied, but he called back this morning with more questions.
Dr. Pierce again reassured him, and gave him my number. STAT
will call me. I am trying to determine who talked to the
boy to find out what sort of questions were involved, and will
get all the volunteers together to brief them on their dealings
with the students.
b. Dr. Pierce met last week with the PTA who had raised
questions about our association. He read them my letter of
10 May and they seemed satisfied. At this point the teacher
who is anti-CIA started questions and got the parents slightly
agitated. Dr. Pierce told them he would communicate with the
local board of education, and arrange for an Agency speaker.
He also mentioned to them that' they had had dealings with the
FBI, the military services, and other government agencies, and
he saw no reason to fear CIA.
He then discussed the matter with the Vocal board, and
they had no problem, but left the matter to his judgment.
He will go back to the PTA, and may ask us for a speaker. I
said we could arrange, but would need 2-3 days notice.
c. Regarding the teacher who is anti-CIA, he says she
claims to have had a bad experience overseas while with her
husband, an employee of the World Bank or International Monetary
Fund. I suggested she might want to write to the Agency under
the Freedom of Information Act or Privacy Act to get any back-
ground or explanation of whatever the incident was. I have
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run into this teacher and she needled me about this same
supposed situation, but she never specified what it actually
was, and I avoided getting involved. As I recall, however,
she also lumped us with State at the time, and her charges
were more of the "living high at the taxpayers' expense" and
"free-loaders" type of complaint.
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