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Riots, Civil and Criminal Disorders Hearings RIOTS, CIVIL AND CRIMINAL DISORDERS HEARINGS BEFORE THE PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE NINETY-FIRST CONGRESS FIRST SESSION PURSUANT TO SENATE RESOLUTION 26, 91ST CONGRESS JUNE 18, 24, AND 25, 1969 PART 19 Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Operations U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 27-3310 WASHINGTON : 1969 For saleby the Superintendent ofDocuments, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 - Price $2.60 COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPIDRATIONS JOHN L. McCLELLAN, Arkansas, Chairman HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington KARL E. MUNDT, South Dakota SAM J. ERVIN, JR ., North Carolina JACOB K. DAVITS, New York EDMUND S. MUSKIE, Maine CHARLES H. PERCY, Illinois ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, Connecticut ROBERT P. GRIFFIN, Michigan FRED R. HARRIS, Oklahoma THEODORE F. STEVENS, Alaska LEE METCALF, Montana EDWARD J. GURNEY, Florida EUGENE McCARTHY, Minnesota JAMES B. ALLEN, Alabama JAMES R. CALLOWAY, Chief Clerk and Staff Director PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS JOHN L. McCLELLAN, Arkansas, Chairman HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington KARL E. MUNDT, South Dakota SAM J. ERVIN, JR., North Carolina JACOB K. DAVITS, New York ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, Connecticut CHARLES H. PERCY, Illinois LEE METCALF, Montana ROBERT P. GRIFFIN, Michigan JEROME S. ADLERMAN, General Counsel DONALD F. O'DONNELL, Chief Counsel PHILIP W. MORGAN, Chief Counsel to the Minority RUTH YOUNG WATT, Chief Clerk CONTENTS ORGANIZATIONS : MILITANCY, EXTREMISM, AND VIOLENCE Page Appendix_________________________________________________________ 4161 Testimony of Drass, Capt. John E--------------------------------------- 3721,3730 Dyer, Sgt. Justin__________________________________________ 3912, 4097 Halveland, Lt. Earl____________________________________________ 4116 Lashkoff, Benjamin____________________________________________ 3865 Manuel, Philip R_____________________________________ 3730, 3949,4034 Meltzer, Russell D____________________________________________ 3912 Powell,Jean---------------------------------------------- 3783,3802 Powell, Larry_____________________________________________ 3783,3802 White, Sgt. Stanley____________________________________________ 3826 (ru) EXHIBITS Introduced Appear on page on peps Harass- entitled "Review of Panther Growth and 330. Article newspaper, January 4, ment" from the Black Panther 3722 ----------------------------------------------- 3722 1969 BPP, ap- Article by Huey Newton re weapons for use by 331 . issue of the Black Panther peared in the July 3, 1967, 3726 3726 Party newspaper ------------------------------------ is a directive on guns and 331 A. Black Panther documents which 3726 3727 and their use and effectiveness_ _ _ _-_---------------- entitled "Agenda for Retreat" which was handed 332. Document Calif., on No- out at the BPP retreat held in Oakland, 3729 16,1968------------------------------------- 3729 vember vari- Documents describing the ingredients and way to make 333. the BPP retreat on No- ous types of bombs handed out at 3729 M vember 16, 1968------------------------------------ Militant Black Organi- 334. Article entitled "Genesis of a Young 3730 (*) the People's World, July 13 1968-------- zation" from ;hairman Mao 335. Red Book entitled "Quotations From G Tse-tung-------------------------------------------- 3730 (*) the Black Panther news- 336. Advertisement that appeared in 3731 (*) 16, 1969------------------------------- paper, March of the Black 337. Chart showing the national officers and staff ------------------------------------------- 3731 3731 Panthers newspapers Clippings from various Black Panther Party 338. staff and central committee identifying the BPP editorial 3732 (*) by name------------------------------------------- in the Workers World, March 1, 339. Article which appeared the Black 1968, showing rundown of merger between Nonviolent Coordinating Panther Party and the Student 3732 3732 Committee ----------------------------------------- and objectives of the Black 340. Document setting forth the aims 3734 3734 Panther Party written on their letterhead-------------- from Cuba, monitored by the 341. Copy of radio broadcast quotes of Foreign Broadcast Information Service, giving Seale________________________________________ 3735 3735 Bobby Newton, Minister of 342. Text of interview between Huey P. the Black Panther Party and the newspaper Defense of 1968 ------------ 3736 3736 El Mundo, Havana, Cuba, August 18,. Mason Murray, minister of education, 343. Quotes of George New York over BPP, and Joudon Ford, BPP leader in 3737 Radio Havana, August 21, 1968_ _ _ _ _ __ _ _------------- 3737 Murray, broadcast over radio 344. Quotes from George Mason 3739 23, 1968 ---------------------------- 3739 Havana, August Committee officers Documents showing National Central 345 . outlining the national structure of the Black Panther Party 3744 3745 and rules of the Black Panther Party------------------ article by Huey P. Newton, minister of 346 . Excerpts of an July 20, defense, from the Black Panther newspaper, ---------------------------------------------- 3752 (*) 1967 various editions of the 347 . Co ies of cartoons that appeared in newspaper ________-------------------- 3754 - (*) )lack Panther "Revolution Art/ Article by Emory Douglas, Jr., entitled : 348 . Black Panther newspaper, Black Liberation" from the 3755 3755 May 18,1968_______________________________________ including the dates of purchase, descrip- 349 . List of 75 weapons, purchased tion, names of purchaser, and serial numbers, 21, 1967, and April 3, 1968, by Black between October ------------------ 3756 *) Panther Party members in Reno, Nev (iv) EXHIBITS-Continued Introduced Appears on page on page 350. Document entitled "The Catechism of the Revolutionist" published by the Black Panther Party for self-defense, Oakland, Calif-------------------------------------- 3757 (*) 351. Black Panther Party booklet entitled "Essays from the Min- ister of Defense," Huey Newton----------------------- 3758 3758 352. Article from Cuban newspaper "Granma" August 28, 1968, quoting George Mason Murray, Minister of Education of Black Panther Party -------------------------------- 3769 (*) 353. Excerpts from Black Panther newspaper, December 21, 1968, stating Chairman Bobby Seale and other members at- tended the Hemisphere Conference in Montreal, Canada_- 3770 3770 354 . Translated copy of an article from the newspaper Dagens Nyheter, January 19, 1969, published in Stockholm, Sweden, containing a statement by Stokely Carmichael--- 3771 3772 355. Interview with Benny Stewart entitled "Black Student Union's Move to Revolutionary Nationalism" from the People's World, February 15, 1969--------------------- 3774 3774 356 . Advertisement from the Black Panther newspaper, October 18, 1968, announcing a high school convention of BSU in ' San Francisco, Calif.,October 26,1968------------------- 3775 (*) 357 . Black Student Union national office address as listed office in the Black Panther newspaper of December 21, 1968---- 3776 3776 358. Article entitled "SDS & Panthers to Celebrate Huey's Birthday" from the New Left Notes, February .5, 1969---- 3777 3777 359 . A quote by George Mason Murray from Granma, the Cuban Communist newspaper, August 25,1968---------------- 3778 (*) 360. Report from the Mobile, Ala, police department indicat- ing dates of arrival of Stokeley Carmichael, Donald Lee Cox, and William Hall in Mobile, Ala------------------- 3779 (*) 361 . Photographs taken at the Mobile airport on July 26, 1968, of Stokely Carmichael, Donald Lee Cox, and William Hall emerging from an Eastern Airlines plane--------------- 3779 (*) 362. Arrest record of Curtis Crittle, Jr., Black Panther Party member, in San Francisco on trespassing charges, Sep- tember-8, 1968; also literature in his possession at time of arrest --------------------------------------------- 3780 (*) 363. Copies of indictments of Black Panther Party members by the people of the State of New York ------------------ 3780 (') 364. A quotation from the Black Panther newspaper of January 4, 1969-------------------------------------------- 3780 (*) 365. Article entitled "Grenades and Bombs: Antiproperty and Antipersonnel" appeared in the Black Panther newspaper November 16, 1968-------------------------- __----- 3780 (*) 366. Copy of ad from the Black Panther newspaper, March 16, 1969, with a heading "Young People Wanted To Sell the Black Panther -------------------------------------- 3800 3801 367. Chart, Black Panther Party, Berkeley, Calif-------------- 3803 3803 368. Transcript of a speech by Stokely Carmichael, Oakland, Calif., August 25, 1968------------------------------- 3827 (*) 369. Two photographs of Oakland policemen in discussion with Huey Newton, Bobby George Seale, and Bobby Hutton-- 3828 (*) 370. Photographs of Blac't Panther Party officers of the branch office located at Oakland, Calif., together_ with their Oak- land Police Department criminal records and Black Panther Party membership applications--------------- 3830 (*) 371 . Black Panther Party document naming officers of the Black Panther Party, central headquarters, Oakland, Calif---- 3830 3830 372. Copy of application for membership in the Black Panther Party---------------------------------------------- 3830 3831 373. Document from the "Political Education Kit," Black Panther Party-------------------------------------- 3833 (*) 374. Transcript of a fundraising rally for Huey P. Newton held in the city of Oakland auditorium, Feb . 17, 1968---------- 3833
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