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ANARCHY 67 (Yo[ 6 No e) SEPTEMBER 1966 257
Gontents of l{o. 67 $eptemben 1966
Black anarchy in New York H. W. Morton 257 Black Anarchy
The Great (big) Society (i. lI.'ficlrcnor
266 in
Malcolm, semper Malcolm ('ltttrlcs Ilulclifla
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Observations on ANARCuv 641 Marijtralrrr 'l't tt r.t, ( i i lt.yt ttt 283 llew York
A co-operative hostel for the honrcrlcss Itt irrrt li it'ltrtt tl,vttt 285
Cover by lirrIrr,r,\t,,qur lt. w. IilonToil
Other irruer ot ANAE,CIIy Ott Novrunnn 9, 1965, shortly aften 5 p.rn., at the Sir Adam Beck
63V.' O wCLihnUae_Mt mdEaot e;l s.7 a..lnA9ad6rvcleh:ni stmulr. .me Sepealaxn-y atgonrddo.a-uVyn?ioc;lt ei4ln; .c 8eD,. e ACinrasritllrbrrrr,u,a1rirrt,,l,,r,lr,r,;ug iy2i.;i .ii ,r)Wn. ;ir ,ri]ir*lk-.csr"rp,,iso, i'cnibo .nr ytfruroofl"ft" ;-; Neplorei.nc t2cr iicpD liersestrl.aib yIun ttio odono kiPn iglta nustpo ao itn tQ isuteseeleenlct. tsettoodn a,i ll uOmmnetixnthraroitoed, aaw hlintitculhern htibneu rra -oinnfdc ahon-safq iciuthsaierseltf
lnncs. Industrial deccnrralisduoh. is anarchistic: direct action. Certainly it was far and away the all-time
,v-oLqlMB 2, 1962: ll. Paur.Goodman, irA-s. .S'f.t iN"-e*i.i,li;k r 2. wrro arc rhc anarchists? world's champion blown fuse. in that it btacked out 80,00O square miles
SsolJccth.c oaoOonnl_sadr r1a;c9 rhyqt 1tsm,9amoc., dt iTocArnhn;fc. r.;1aic 4t2r.a e2;.:D 1Ci-ra7orni.bn gcTse<otortwi ncaan'snrc dre<ls ;t ,ianalrr -rrl.gtturiyrnc'p' <,ei n"n 2par0noa.l6 rcN1,ihir1.y n1.i_j,,ov,,"i,." lciiS nW.c cCii,i. rilnF'^piicio"uh.d c en;ts f,ivi2"o1... oTofvh teihsre . lwoUaoSsk a.a nYnd eCetlae ntchatdrrooan,u igcle haov ttitnhegen atqdbato-ruaktnn 3de0s osr,nn iX llaiiok nes c paaele ob poelena ec,io ni nsto. thasalh rdodan rpekn usetu sctsoh.
yqL.UME-i, 1963.. 23. I-lo,sing, sq,aners, do_it_y.t-rrrrself ; 24. Community ol anarchist truisms as decentralism, mutual aid" direct action, and the like.
Scholars;-25, Tcchnology, cybcr-neticrs: 26.'CNU.'Sui"rrnrhJiir,"iir.i"l,;
Youth; 2E, Thc. future of anarchrsm: 2e, 'thc sp,cs ioi Fia.J'Stoii,-lO. fUZZ.. On the individual level we found paople acting so beautifully that
ccorimmmcu; n3i3ty. wAolcrxk schoomo:f o3rrr.'. saenlfa-.rr.gliarrnmist;in "g: +s.'y-ss.t,eernr.c\e B cfiactrniiiink,s' ; wth,rcit is-t"ai.t ct*;. n3r2.. e(inlvsle/ta-nn) cK erso pooft kpieno mplieg hatc thinagv eli kbeee cna iprnitaplriesstss-esde.l liNnga ttcraranldlyle tsh earte ' $w1e.5re0
VOLU-Yq 4, 1964: 35. House and }ome; 36. Arms of the law; 37. Why I won,t each, charging urp to $50 (018) tor a raxicab ride, gouging
rv4ho5c.t c A;. n-la3an8r cd.h;N i.so 4mtt2i na.g nIhndad mGiar;ne 3e 9ka .n taHhroocumhgreshmrt ;L; a44n63e. ;' Ap_na4a0rer.c nUhtisns mioa nnasdn aa tn etditcr ehw etr'irsiki. oe--.rais"e'n. .-r"".ii-it'"r-nortp; oi.l.r p,looiunntedds oouf tf,l etshhe f"orer aflla ksehlyignhottse," ewtacs. sFtrlouwcke vbeyn , aa Ns eNgerwo scwleeaenlci n(gll .wlfo.6m5a)n
AvuotLomUaM.tEion 5; ,5-10.9 T65he: 4a7n.a Trcohwisat rdgsg tflore,oe!d;r :jmi. iBn luweosrk;Ii"-4,;gr!. LFo;;r;d ioofr itihize lf"lire"si;*4i9t. rrvnhernrt .l egda vae hMear ntwhaot tcaann dclaerse, earn gd irthl eunp w la0v effdig ahwtsa yo af s$t5a irtsip t.o "hIte'sr aOp.aKr.t-,
o.{1f ._pWacgif4is-m n; ; 5537.- . 4Lfatewr; s5g8^h. oS^oraf; tc5le4s. sB suobc'ieerii,e ts-,a nhoamireielers,s ntevstsu.trsafi;-si.-'Miiuat aid horey, tonight everyone helps everyone."
6tPyi.^o2LO.nE L.isAO^aUSrtgMEioaE nnN. i;s 6O6a, 6l.iT1o. 9uEP6; :r6 o6:I vs35os.9 u;V .e 6oTs7_ ht.leu ,U 1.gwZS1Ah,y i.5 tes, e6pi.r,vo7ibtu,te cmte1;; 3'o_,+ q1O. 4 UD,3t.i-3.;ip gae.in ndOi i3y. 8;C. ira,eirale-t ;ivo;.cu' ivtl .aion*dfr aoptirtsirnm-t;. pteolhawcn nneS tiloog'smnh gbte eihbgsogte wehf osiitttr ecbsu.ye teR-trttn.rheeerm dob eaalamts u brkiaefo rttu,- hrt,Iae t lciewte whw. o aYFlseu o arcrtlnhksaoe zi rsbym ycno iofrtaeytor hirttihao edwu sarr nesfoa onsdrt o Mvbt ueuolintnnaegllyr a Atbthhilidees
area. The blackout struck in the rniddle of the rlrsh hour, henco
there were. probably 800,000 people stranded in subways and/or
Subccribe to ANARCHy subway trains when the power failern. Another 100,000 were stranded
i4RS("w7ioanhsaigq .ldh erv(_,r $ cdlr,7oeonp.an0iiided-oes o)?r ns.25 ,sI o..oi Sif('ir 3.n-We0 Ntic .fe6r-. a)n,L. nc EirrnAranuyn ganw.llbu ae.ai1nl ll-ys d rfuS .ia n;ucdfdrbsaj'p si.n cl.oi:o raui lpin,pn't ,iooiewrn iNii- t" i(rUi-I-i{2rof'Jn" fieers EsifluZD2efo3se)r#. ,a2 6 $st:h $(d$ 3*a.n5:a0l;:)r.lc 'hB kytfr aiw"ierlm;e?kariiyil HNANe.Aw RW CYU.o vMr k1O 9bR,lc T3rcO1k -IaoVwn* td rf so4 ra0 n . NxHrenecw ni nvYt ebonurdkte rdan nwtkastit sclrh ubisvrtiel l iwpauhntto i atc coicnno turthinbetu otwefrd ot nhtgoe
envclope as it turned Mp as o welcome parnphlet obtainable lor 15 cents
from Solidarity Bookshop, \94'l Larrsbee Street, Chicago, Ill. 60614.
printrd bv lrprrcsr printcru, London, E.l IVe reproduce this crtrudensetl yersion frorn our contempoiary Solidarity.
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wupapiteinrg { llooorr sc oomfr nsuktycsrc trraapienrss.. '[l'.hlnodrrosuabutrclstl l.nyt olhrcc w wcorers t(r aoplpf ewd eorell tthhee thoo wlh ceo mspplelentedliyd sbueph_aervfliuoouurs othf itsh espirl e"nfedildlo bwe hca,ivtiizoeunr sp"r, onveevde rt hreeairl izoiwngn
chnthruoianm dpte rate hwdnesai cvupe!po oEolnicvr eehlrou ywnoodLenreerined g wsk -aoewsfph ctoc ao twluomclosl rc ca b nIlunotltsr p yppt htcrri(vlsli ic liwrlnrr ttcr.'hl ccNisvrcveuicuttoh (trc'owsr. owlhYlakaes nt u ktthnh teedhrr eeeo twafhanaecvsrt fft"'bo'usrronot cuurtnnigoaahnnt seyle :ts aoipdn eegbrouseplhali.rep csopoofuetmerrtene shs sioeeew.se " o otdnhruer roo inuwthggoe hmtrh aictnnh cp elosiv wariduiedulr ia ntflh"ag ai tlteuc alrsieaanse etsrhs fal,i-iat bdhiun errc-er-r ce"redafaiirvbeietlthydy
emergency activities. It was estirnatcd thirt l, l(X) rrrrlliorr ([ ]{r ruiliion) in rnankind had been restored". fragicaily she didn'f suy ,t.," tuo
clwvraaessd liott hsfeot rinN c eroewmv einYngou rtehk.r oCPueogrlhitca eiinn lFy t ohorence pe oi.n l'cJthh'h,ec arhcltllhrodorcur:sg tIh lrlsrtcr rvlvrcrcnr srlilro rct. sog:p;i svin ror crlrl cretshnlcst rlceotrcosestiev.re ,Y1doe s tao t hmtraauln epy oa twnhaearrtc hhfayei rlfu rlraxci trwhh 'oainss c na lc'ucatwriol-yhr iaotyu pibsoa wtsheeadrn vo iannc ytuothurcmin"g:' n wmaeoo swutee eorenf
t2h4eth d Parrekncienscst feaxiipelda intoin ga ptpore mciayte c ommyp caonniocnesr ni nw hsc(rcrr rIl owritirrrlrk ctotlr rbcsy rirnl yr-lr,b weritlyt ,e tvreecr abuese l uirc kd-rya wenso iutsg hc utorr esnetc lairrgma inN.e wIn cJiccrlseenyta, lrl-ye,m tahiene"sdt alitguhet eodf
c"inao,rslnlh mooionste isnratgrta ioIig4nh- ytt ehsaaart-l aotrhldye fP opuroe oartro c ghRuayicnsa gwnese".r.)e ( ATblehl aeitn i2n 4agt lhlt h sPeormire ecb inr,5ac.i(0n 0ss0p cooeul tirltr- tliulzuncrrysl attrhsur toohun.geh oouf t htehre w bolaucldk-obuc r.b ol,n'orbr erhrsc tlliersscr rtibincrccl ihne hr,c wr alisit 'a..lmrhotsi t ntelJll iLnigt" tt,h',e
policemen were called up to join the 7,000 already on duty. The Fire
DepaYretmt eanltt hboruoguhg htth einse t hrneeirn o aff-lld upteyr fpoernrstoendn heel aaulstoi.fully at tlsks r.I ro,b{hseerTr vcoeor r snoomfm eVcnE tce dox lroe rVnr tJ".lr hhDecar ycs a.w.mwachs ea nai r e D.vtei oryinebyvoseciallyiny lotqhru"aOai l oi6tyiur ."rr.eiv mUu"oi.nlOidr,vi"nlp:.ga n Aoienn_se
supererogtrtion. the real stars of the show rvere the people. Ficcing a trreavy snowstorrn"" A lawyer in his 32nrj-tloor ofllce-rriJ.',,ti.rt
tNogeewtsh eurn vcal. rWiou<str lcdo nRteemprptortr,a rNye ,rne;p lo'rrttrsk ( c'1[''i.t nLeilsc, , a'nl-<imJ eN,< rNr,re, wYsrl,tekc /iP, oUsSr) cwoem jrunsutn i.csaatte awroiuthn dth hea vsipngii.i te tlhiiantt sca. uNseodw t hrvise 'rbel ishs".; idW-.r-".;n;,;,ntoc eto rro.
many people actually cnjoycrJ ther situation. 'There was drinking. walkecl dow,, but it's abo.t_ 500 sleps, so we're .staying,-.na **'r.
SSsiotnaugtteihn eBgr.nu eialdrnsin dsg tn uccohctkktr iuonsngc citln ho cal hctleh(r lo.shllh-rfcclorco tars lt.oe bPrrsaraerttneie,:ahs,t iotwtn[i' t rlIi:o 'r"oclnf. acolr fmM teahnres ea Einllmcaiip stierrlSe', ahiuilgsl t gpaeantoit,it nhagen rdt o rva otklr,nk obinuwgr deI aascvohr. t"o orEfh uheta rtr.he"e t soloo mslleoeewo inirne go evdlesaery. , c i,,;or;Jr;i;-fe;r;*s*"i" ra".rl 'rlwh.tetil'rl, e h-eo
arloenspdt.o rm"tDeodnix.e iyAe=" ,cu t,trhhruiolrecu hga hs c bhxltoionwnd hmwaonadmneyad n ho olueutd rsI 'r petahes esvyeon likgveeCrp sct aotnhuditlse o su-fl- p.ae 'w ,esaLnrr biG wnoaoeytI caaonltuedrra .wg teeh,.e kwriene dnwneae issms ap .r necdsos neariddn vubeeydn tu.ilnrueen. Taghnse opieleh oweparl.es - Cesxoacmbhe aJtnh;ig-ine;;gdr ;t,ao n *etnucdlikto. r"aerbsro "u.o,rt,
sevtaertyioonne. Oisn me uI9c-hy emaor-roel dfr gieirnl dslya.id I:t 's"l 'hae bvi gs hcoournldm duon ittyh iasg maino-r-ep etrottepnle:; slfelc^rre,tiai,rirelsy,i ftyru:cdk udyri viheers ,A greia*,.d yrnoortkh eprstn, t t,elel niaEgeirrrsi.r .rJa'.'wnviie"rtsr .,,.n"dl.. uur.t*t,-
have time to stop and talk." cheerrur. consrderate atlitude the maioritl,ol people rnaiirtainccl... yer,
try way of conrrast, there wcre rire ;nevitaute_ &"";i;",;;, r'rir etderrl
.r{clmvei )tlruanntseiestrosr drairedciote ldis tetrnaefrfsic p witcihthed f lians htolig rhetps oartn odn hdaenvdekleorpcrhnicentsts. awcoqmuairne d.p aa.u sfeodu rd-miffiadne netslyc otrryt;i nmge aton wchroilses aF ifptahn Ahva6nnduleei u."n"jt";ln"rrt.oOn"ttivil
and incidents so that helpful information could be shared with ev;eryone intercepl passers-by, concenlrating on his own version of mutual aid.
c)lse. Drivers shared cars with pedestrians. .Feople quietly qLleued
sutpre eat tc opranye rste tleop lhisotneens ,t orgeestthaeurr atont sp r:artnadbl es aralodoionss.. OThnee ys hgoaetshheinreed b oony P!:1dN.a tthuera lblyig, gthces rl^.rparnostpiloermrat.i onT,h.hearneg"-wupc.r ev e6r0tic0a ls taa.sl lwede llr ra6.s* hjnovriz't<raxt;ar*l,
.completed his task by his custorner's matches. contarnrng some 800.000 commuters. hundreds of whonr were'trapped
Ior as long as eight hours, and 60 of whom stayed on for ou".-t+-i.,o,r.r.
There was incident upon incident: the wholc situatirr;r \,\,as r-urthermore rn New .York city there were hundreds ol elevators
fantastic. Tine later meiltioned a "crisis-horn spirit of canruradcrie stalled between floors in apartmenr ana office b;;iai;;;. ,ir,iJ-n.,.un,
and exhilaration" and a very prevalent vierv was that "it broughr <-:ul several thousand additionai victims requiring rescue.
the best in people". Of course the fact is that our authoritarian social
'sreysmteomva cl-aannndo bt ehaerl pin bmuint db rtihnagt tohue ts tthatee thrayodr swt eilnl-n pigeho pdilsca. phpcer.a,rr,ecc ilt-s- was Nsoonliedtahreitleys.-s Aevse onn ien-h tohuesseew uifnet opwuat ridt cairfcteurm ust a,ni*c_etso ulhi-er tlacivrm'ino til
merely allowed them to act as free human beings. After the blackout subway car' "'r never thought l{ew yorters couri- t""tr,ut'rJuv. aI
various politicians, oflrcials, and kindred parasites clelivered encomia rnean everybody seerned to rose his anger." trn one *r--u- priri.ng".
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same' tirne, dozens of private autornobiXes were loading up at every
was leading people in Calypso songs and handclapping.^ Couples were intersection with absolute strangers.
dpsil'eFnataafn intinacr wiioec nwen.g' .' eih Alw W itsltfeor ieeao atn nihnr neeet d l aaiwe snlao luycdmsr o fkwawan dnec'aHu erlsekco.at enwo'iTd'drt' h, s waae "r'elo Ooruvirnvunreeigirnevd ydcec bo rtasooantadd wtll uye aar'callc'tkdl.op ls .raot" hntr weotd moSw uclo ailvonndseurd crtPt y h eogobaPnooft t odc1atrydhnng e eewsernveamocem ueywraylr dagr ei.eostx ann situncascsoe^yy d(w1na0hor0inkc eOnhw e iinninss d st boh.a lwebuSse sooo mwutlhuneetee irrfpel oyeh rsonamrpennl)gade.ls igaAhciealblldpl l e iwtti oanailln,cisz l aeanpdne o dcrtoh i taasnywpb osoeo etufaht tn eo te4lrvosselsz' r ev laoneuno iglsdtneht oertlri srgem ashwb itwel illdeirioteruye nr.a i .nlrAo rgeEob stvoetteheudednt,
But then, instead of going safe[' honrc,, thcy roturned to lead their Police Commissioner Broderick conceded that both the crime and the
pftehlalelyoirew rf ;e piblaouswts etshn:eg ienpr siio cnoee u dcte.a rlOd'tshnies traoent hcweea iws t araas itnaes qb,o atlga; ploiinpr lotacr.ldl g lvi"Vlitccattni.m ya scn lt crhnsa tefrcmrtaagtiunnrioccdad chflaiicmskue?arl)itn ygO r anlitgee hse tn footerfr ptthhriees i nnsghig oghput' snw mtexarlney lhaceral dnb deullpoew -aa nrtooaurremc-hcaionli.gn ( vSdigeona welethrte ob tnyoe e thdbsee
Iorimunal singing. The most cornrnon thing. .h owover. lvas light sure. There were a lolal of 65 pcrsons arrcsled for burglary, larceny,
csfwaoeaiannstvtse e ldotros cab altautioedt ndiwe swoin rwitdtehh iswo psfaremesr qesteiulalidenn ngswtn lsy'irt aihttofe ifstdfsea .rrf nedTodohm nethir cEpe emuhrpu sobomnan o cttuhoker, .ps [eeMn r sweooennnre egu canpavtariesl a ssu eowpcmol emtbhoaacenXrie],rli To21h65r e- fhrpeeoelo urwn r cieoserutenrs et vtoaecsfrh syw.a fuThelahtw*te- a istssh uowomppolp iullololcsdtrca sdhl arotevopfe o aabrrt ecrteeydsnp, t iswdc aufhorli icrn3 h8ga 0 ilsa l I n'con roroim trahde iinsnc ogawm rsyaph asnor iaorgtbn hlolety.f
up hand to hand. m(cifr.a icnufloraus). cMonosriedocrviengr tlhheer eo pweenr-heo ousnely p 3o3li cvye hoifc lteh ea cdceidpeanrltms einntv osltvoirnegs
comeTshtiobslees wtrhneroy hhaacdl ilno np-go cwkeatsir so ro npo tchkeeti rb hoaonkdss: epxoc.itlrnrauntsg.e wd .illld'h act}olevreryn' iInariugreisets ,c iatyn,d c 4o4m pinlevtoellvyi ndge vporiodp oerft ytr adfafi.crn laiggeh-tasn!d Tthheisr ei nw tahse o wnoer lbdu'ss
drops, assorled goodies," or even intacid tablets. One group shared that ploughed into a crowd of people in Queens knocking down 38
a combination of doughrruts and salami which had heen sliced with a persons, some of whom were seriously injured. The driver-evidently
nail-lilc. At miclnigh-t Ihe 'tr'nansiI Authority sent itt food to those In cornplete consternation-jumped out and fled. Yet his actions
aw htaob lheaatuln o'tf 1'p,ecot pblece sirl eeexpitnrigc uwticrtdh, thll'chilc'a lr'omosd -dbreaapreed(.sa bwtDr.uIet gortheeerte pde wopitlter mofu 3st,5 b0e0 vbiuesweesd o pine rcaotinntge xutn wdeitrh t hthesee f awceti rtdh acto nhdisit iownass. only one out
who had been conrplctl strangcns {ive hours previt'rusly, and nany a
cop in sight! ! ! Sonnewhere along the line a subway motorman found himself
facing charges of rape for flashing a badge and leading a young lady
Mearrwl-rile those unfonturra[os tnapped in eleva[ors--96 in the to lhe ostensible safety of his room. Yet later in court he contended
Empire state Building alone--,wcre enduring ttre_ir plight .u'ith the that on any number of previous occasions he had led the same young
,ror" .o.t of equanimit! extribited in the subways F{ere too the..peopte Iady to a similar lair to similarly lay her, so who knows. . . . Progress-
entertained on6 anothei witlh iirnprgvised garnes. such as the unlikeliest ing from debatably to unquestionably false alarms, we firnd that the
partners for stalled elevators, Tiris was neadily worl with the coml"rina- Fire Department reported a much higher incidence than usual: 227
iion of Defence Secretary Macnarnara and a draff carrd burner" [n an rather than the typical 50. This is lotally irreconcilable with anarchist
elevator in ttre RCA elrilAlng one gentlernan gave a course irl Yoga theory, so I've decided not to mention it at all.
positions. When firernen a:trbpperi their way into imrnobilised
car, they asllied: "Are there ariy pregnant wornen "inon Le rere'I" They Easily offsetting those relatively few human beings who acted
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were answered: "We've flrardl.li met! like capitalists were the many capitalists who acted like human beings.
For example many departrnent stores flirted with free access for the
Surtac,e tral1sportation reflecled the same sclrt o co-operatlon and evening. Macy's played host to an estirnated 5,000 customers and
solidarity. Even though thre Transit Authorit-v was- run-ning 3,500 of employees for the night-inviting one and all to make themselves
its 4,000 buses it coild barely rnake a dent. Therefore countless comfortable, and serving them all coffee, sandwiches, cookies, and
thousands hlked home across tlhe hridges or up ithe avenues" Others candy. Needless to say, the furniture department on the ninth floor
wNaoibteodd yc aselmerlnve din t oli ntea kaet atdhvea nibtuasg es toopf st'h we ictho nnfuos.piouns htion ga voor.i d-s hpoavyiningg wwaass tfheea tbuerisntg s pao tg fuoitra rc-oplmayfionrgt . sMaeleasnmwahni lefo, ra cthroes se tnhteer tsatrinemet,e nGt imobf eitlss
fares, ilthough some passengers couldn't have paid if they'd tried- custorner/guests. One of the songs they reportedly joined in on was
they were riding on the rear burnpers. Bus drivers themselves were the old wartime favourite, "When the Lights Go on Again All Over
inoidinately accommodating, cailling out each stop as they approached. the World". Evidently no one was familiar with "We Shall Over-
In New York this comes unden ithe heading of mirabile dictu. At the
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come". l-ord and Ta_ylor's turnetl over its entire second floor to "Nearer my Veblen to Thee"'. My wife and I didn't happen to go
customers for the duration of the blackout, while E. Altrnan's turned there that night so we missed out on the free soup, but we-Aid enjoy
over its first. dltman's, incidentally. has its o$vn power generator, knishes by candlelight at our own expense in a nearb-y delicatessen.
so there wa_s some light by which to errjoy the caviire and-specially Many other restaurants, although they didn't give away food, stayed
iblended coffee which were among thc irnportecl delicacies provicieil open all night to provide free shelter.
Ly thg gourmet deparlnlent and servcd lo shoppors ancl employees.
Five hundred stayed there ,vernight. cvidently'being unabre to tear Most downtown offices close at 5 p.m. and were empty when the
lhemselves away from all that caviarc. Blrxrnringdales turnecl over hlackout struck. Those still occupied did whatever - they could.
its home funrishings depart.menl to strandees one woman slept on R.evlon, for example, gave its girls couches in the executive offices
an $800 (f287) sofa, and then capped il tllt h-v having ils stufl serve and then told them to take the next day ofl. One of their secretaries,
breakl'ast to everJ/onc tha ncxI molpirrg. I:iina Contpany had a stnck on the 27th floor, ate crabnreat and gnaham cracker sandwiches,
combinal.ion sales rneeting and dinner schedulecl for that-cvcning, but and described her experience with a wistful: "I had a great time."
they catered it [o cu.stt'rrners ilrstcad. Bonwit Tcllcr charter,:ti Iwn, Whether she was alluding to the crabmeat or the couches was not
buses to get its enrployees home" and suggested that thcy hold hands rnade clear.
leaving the store so that none would get losl.. trndiiative ol' thc
prevailing mood was the fact that the employees dancecl or-lt of ilie All sorts ol'institutions opened their rloors, or in some instances
store together becaLrse "sorneone thought it wor.lNd be fun", Mean- $opp"O their gangways" as a free public service during the emergency-
while 40 peopie were bedded down for the night in the shr:wroom of Final estimates included well over 400 people who had been put up
the Simrnons Mattress Co. for the night in staterooms ol' ships in port when the lights we-nt out.
Arrnouries were thrown open to all comers. while raiiroad stations,.
The city's hotels came thnough in grand style. The Commodore airlines terminals. and churches sheltered countless thousands.
Aselgt ounpq uli-n5 0s wcoitctsh eidn eald ebralyn qguueets trso oanmd" thBoosteh w thithe hReoaorst ecvoenltd iatinodns t htoe The 34th Street Arnroury alone accommodated 1,500 refugees"
wrtthhoaeoet m elIor6.w. "tah ens rdo ffl olanoornoer rap.s sr.Oos Acisrurtt ar aentrdhtn eniovr aaSnnlte.aa .ngs ehhAroe pt c seaat rhtnihdeiee. ds "r tNnaaaot nlwcea,r gr -iepFIrpl ldilgeit adoIvl nkwe e otuw ranpoa gh-ntlr iaesusl lr,posnw e o[nnot !ofRirsotoor Tocmaekrrl e.witn fhFgeae loylw ershr o e saoaohdd malegiedgno hu iomtcnsdhem xaosepifdarl asiafaei nt ae feelpn_dwdiy o r ejycweaa eshflpoloaensrtd pn iroaiolnur uakcmteos tkdtisnhi naiewngt ei Nortghenau e tabic overonnaruinaidllaaldd tblG oelber uieo.aa flrN fdutinah.r ntuewuit irihtdlariiterclyljdhyl.l
pchaiilslro rinweedse datso c wrtiheprpeel e 2od0l 0lg uaoercrsicvtu atplo a, ntht'sel' h o7eft h Ai tfmslo eporlriuc. sabhnu atl o pibta bwsysa-es.dm noooust tt r eboplafo nrtthkeeedt sow tahhneadrt rApiafclcecksos r "ducinonnglot aatodine itndhg e b puNoten icwmh poYsroe arskns diPv ego"as.st Ttmhoea scGkousm.a prpdleesrtmeh aetpnh se w ofeaurrtec eoa frt mhfeeeayd r w wthoiiartert
hotels merely provided their lobbies as free space. The Sheraton- someone would far:t. The Guard's major contribution seems to have
Atlantic, whose lobby was occupied by some 2,000 people, considered been scouring the area around 34th Street and Park Avenue until
ptraheo epfine oetwrevt d egs nueoieenusmgtt ,se s d"otTr m.tihyeepedw i tchboaaa tlrs : luei9sbs9 lsed ptto hetinahrgn ec iraea n rlottao onotradnf l-s ot lhfoafeisct sepd. eobboueupbclsealeiu n wsteehes erase s"r a ." ottTene.herra imtf iaahno"a tegbleu'srt tCi1nle.og3mye0n p fuaainirt.eaym ltlohy.-if s ca tah fmofe ure lpol lrur onpes, itgwidtuhiilttathe ths oc orioynuf fr eestfehf o aeariftnrt eodqrn uF ettrhhseteen fc poahart trbebtr neroetafa adtth d-f-e.oa rmLt itwifhleieth a Mircbyeah sg teaopizgo ietnihndee.t
pointed out that these ladies "were arnong the first to procure flash-
Unfortunately. utopian free access was rnuch less prevalenr in lights". indicating that the yen is still rnightier than the sword.
food than it was in shelter. Nevertheless one meat market in Brooklyn
donated a whole pig to a neightrouring convent thereby providing At the Central Commercial High School, a double session school"
roast pork snacks to everybody for blocks around. Two numerically the second session runs from 12.30 to 5"50 p.m. Thus there were
namecl restaurants, 2l and Four Seasons. adopted a policy dangerously 1,000 students being subjected to obfuscation when the blackout
akin to "from each accordimg to his ability: [o each according to his struck. Some 400 of these left during the course of the evening as
need". The ?1 passed ou'r steak sandwiches and free drinks without parents arrived to pick them up, but the school ofhcials kept the other
limit, while Four Seasons tadlecl out free soup. Fully to appreciate 500 in the classrooms all night. These joked, sang, and later put
the enormity cf this. rctlect n:n the following: in {960, when prices thejr heads on their desks and slept-readily taking the crisis in stride"
presumably ucre iovver. an acqu;rinranue qrf nrine fold me that two Of course they were nowhere near as cornforlable as the lucky ones
friends ol' hir lvent to Foul' Seasons for luncheoll. [ncluding drinks who spent the night cradled in luxurious barber chairs. but they were
and tip rl cr-rst'.hem nelrrti ,'$60 {orer f2l) rvhitre rtle band played infinitely better ofI than the hundreds wnlo sought sanctuary in St.
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Fatrick's Cathedral. These were huddled in the pews withoui evell function wjthout the implicit threats of force and violence which
a hair shirt for warn')l.h, and worst ot all, no bogs. Mgr. McGovern constitute the state. There was probably rnore freedom from law,
Iater confessed, "We've been sending people over to the New Western however temporary, in that blacked-out 80,000-mile area than there
Hotel for 80 years." rvhich tends to confirrn something many of us has been at any time since it was originatly stolen from murdered
have long suspected: God's up shit creek. and/or: defrauded Indians. And it 3rietrded compelling evidence of
anarchist theories. As Kropotkin once stated: ""We are not afraid
too, Opef ofaplre m imorper osveisneiodu sb rrmillpiaonrtt lwy aisn ththee s eitumaetirogne nincy h. oAspt itBaelsll.e vHueer ea, tthoa st atyii'eD gor ewaht amt ayjoouri twy ioll;f amcal naksi nydo.u inw iplln',o pbeocrtaiouns e tow et haereir pdeergsureaed eodf
delicate cornea transplant was under way when the lights went out, eniightenment, and the completcness with which the,l free themselves
but was successfully cornpleted by battery-operated floodlights. At Irom e>iisting fetters, rvill behavc arrd acl always iin a direction usefutr
St. John's. under sirnilar condilions. emergonoy surgery was performed to society."
on two people whose spleen had been nrptured in the previously
rnentioned bus accident. trn anolher hospital lr live-hour craniotorny Such then rnight be the blackout's uonIirmatiorr of Kropotkin.
wIivaes dpoezrfeonr mbeadb iebsy d melaivkeensehdi ftb ytr icgahntd. leI; ionar lo rtchpcorwrlsis ein.d Oicnatee dm aant ldeiaesdt WioLhrla [t' ltrre icniftoer coenmlye noI ndco ccsa siIc oall cI'rr cErtrlurkcrutIrlyrr nt]?ls tzr\xcttciuda lclylu oat agtiooond w dheicalh"
tragically in the ernergency roorn at Flushing Hospital. He had been h{ax Nettlau once dcscribctl as "'a cllirnion c:all lbr revolution in the
in an automobile accident pnior to the blackout and was already under rvitlest sense". Wriltcn in llt42, sonre 20 ycars bclore tsakunin became
surgery when the lights went out. Only two other deaths in New an ar"rarchist, in fact bel'ore lre could even hre considered a conscious
York City were attributed directly to the blackout: one man suffered revolutionary, it appeared at thc sonclusion ol" an article entitled
a heart attack frorn clirnbing ten flights o1' stairs, and a second fell "R.eaction in Germany", uncler the pseudonym "[ules Elysard: "The
down a stairway and struck his head. lnjuries. of course, were much urge to destroy is a creative urge". Bakunin's detractors, both in and
cmwaeorrr eea cctrcoeimdaetmendot nfvo:i crat tih mtlhasec, keaornnucet ir gisneo[nurcnryei e whsac rbadrr oto klc'c aBns eeallserm.v usPe o oalrilco elne,eg ,fs ir 1ef4rm5o mepan t.if eaanllntssd. oolennt'ts t ohfafa ctteh leijtn ,a een.ma rbHcahorirwsatse smvrenoerv neEtm)a keiufn ntt,hi neiinsyvt sav ireimawbiegldyh tis tws uionfo fecpor dnleoteswxsnt dwliiskitmeh aavyu hlt(euaarnerdts,-
volunteers rushed dry ice lo the city's hospitaXs to keep stored blood warming article which appeared in the Financial Section of the New
from spoiling. whereas a distress call l'rom St. Vincent's brought fortir Y'arl. Post the day after the blackqrut: "'Without power, Computers
30 volunteers frorn a Greenwil:h Village coffee house to hand-purnp []ied and Wall Sireer Stopped".
iron Iungs. Cn the other hand. if the blackor-rrt provided atrt sorts of verification
in vAieltwho uogf h itNse wwe lYl-doerske novfele<r! erde ppuetrahtaiopns tlh'celr m noustht lespses cctaocmuplaert.i tiaonnd, fdt.lrdr diei coefTnetrra 1lisot sp. aacniafirlctsh?is tsT.h Ker oapnostwneikr sr sa, nrdia rEnank utrnitintiiest,s "A sw hbaott hc oJmamfoersr
rtehpee amteods te vuenreyxwpheecrete dtt reroxuagrnhpoluets tohef mblauctukeadl -aouidt ,a trheea .s aItm we apsa sttoelirdna rwitays, tWheec hssalrenre ( Nseowrt Yoof rul;n Pfatrtsh/)o rannadb lBer abdu tf- yinttflael li(bFleea recl eNcatwro,sn)i cp oteincthendo looguyt,
uhich blacked out 30 millicln o{'us tempor;rrily is exactly rvhat we're
imngeenntu, itIyn, laTcokro onft oh,y sOtenrtiaa,r ioa.c lnbsuisdienreastsiomne, ne tdci.r,e acntedd j laittrmtalef.f ioc,r annod g oinve trlnre- rhelliyiiionng oonf utos ppreervmenat n&ei'n! talyc!c jdSemnaialil Wsoularclcel W!:oa nrr rfcli'lr sb ltahcek ifnagc lo tuhta tth rtehee
pthroincgess sa ulnl stnhaerl esdtr etheet- caairtsy 'sa nadll- ttirmoelle rye cbourdse tsra hffaicd stoppeAdm doenga do.th Ienr wui{"rgoel et og odcel-sdtarornyn iesr i lF'loetn tqaugiotell ltvhiallt cconneraet idveo.w Wn illlsa t nwocitatir ftahiel- ohtortt: limrrey
Albany, New York, teenagers with transistor radios went from house
to house advising residents to turn off electric appliances. In Burling- cAoinl kDede feonuct,e aCnodm tmhea nbdliethr et h"aartq d-qeusrapmrtcee 't"h fero brlna cthkoeu Ft ir"sattr lR oefg itohnea iA Arrrnmy';si
tfinoie nald,n ,Vs wVeeremrr mtoon oatn, rt2a, 0da0io L pprealeorbape lewr hfhiincuihrsr hilleaedtde rwt rtiiutmhrnm efladins gohu liatg h tocts ub setto oa m tpherera' snl okhc. aaInli r h Siorpsyrp initthgae-i cnalisssei Joef sgiteenso ocind et hceo nEtainsuteerdn aCso uasstu aarle. Eoprienrga toivne "f.h iet Dlvaarsk o Abgveiosulsly a
headlights a motorist aimed in his front window. All over the stricken The final object lessrrn of the tllackout? The predictable, virtually
territory civilians patrolled areas, directed tramc, and maintained aritornatic. responses of various mernbers of society when confronted
order. Included arnong all these civilian volunteers would have to b3,,crisis: soldiers fall back on their weapo{rs; clergyrnen fall back on
be the contingent of Boston gendarmes who rushed out of the Police- their prayers; doctors fall back on fi'leir antibioticsl bureaucrats fall
men's Ball dressed in tuxedos. Devoid of badge, uniform and gun back on their desks; and politic:ians fanl hack on their asses. Bu[
these were on identicatr footing rvith the students trom Boston University people fall back oil one another. amd im fhat fact rnust rernain al] the
who also pitched in. laopes-however rniniinal-,i'or ttre sunvival qlf the human race.
Incident after incident offered irrefutable proof that society can
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sorneda.v die. The lapgs corporation, Jrowever, has advantages over
the indilidual; no bothersome conscience, inrinite rife, and the eionomic
fhe Great (big) eirive and potential to abrrogate those unprofitable social benefits of
the impartial rrarket place and perfect cornpetition.
$ociety A comrnercian undertakirig is Lrrought about througir some social
need or desire, or some useful inrovalion. And, rhough it may no{.
he true when organizations havc buddccl trom some paient body. the
success. as measured. hy thc grttwth ol' the enterprise, is roughly in
G. II. TICHEI{OR proportion !o the pricc soeicrl is willing to pay I'or the seriic..s i.
performs. This is a nrixctl hlcssing i. ir iociety wlrich is debased ancl
w*friellein.egn tfeor prreiswea"r d innovators o1 ;irrli-lrulnrrnitiirian things. However,
Au arn vrrw oF NEw yoRK oR Los nNrulns gives the reflective on a small st'lrlt: is ir usclrrl rlcvicc bec,auic it inn6vates,
observer the uneasy notion that Arnerican society is badly misdirectecl frrnctions :iutornatically" ;rntl dor:s scrvc lo ration goods an<1 services
and without purpose. ln particular, I-os Angeles is an example o{ in a _wa,r, to ensure nraxir.rru.r sttislrrcti.rr and utility with a given
civic gangrene: Shacks. beer parlours, biacktops, and swimming pools distribution ol'incornr:s, .Attcnrpts b1, qovclrrnrcrrrs io burclerr sucjr
I are spread over the hot countryside by the action of self-generated srnall activitiers willi hrrrcrrucralic eonlnrls arc u grcilt rnistakc as these
noxious gases. This is the "good life" in a society where the quality organizations are a s()urcc ol. novclrl, ancl wil.hout political power-
otrfa slivhiyn gim isa gtieesd odfir esctatltyu sto w tiethchonuict ael xincneollveantcioen. , Am annaiptiuolant ifoonu, nadnedd tohne tuhsate" fius.l .t hiel 1,a ns1yxonn,1e osnhl-oy uoklri tsh/aenirt crcoo ninotmroiccl urcrrec raitsn ainrrvde'tnhtuiosn, ,a orer's rwu-nia laiyn
radical politicai and social ideas evolves none of them while the offjcient storc, by all means. allow him.
ranciqdudilsei-tmioans asn pdu drsigueessti othn oosfe ndaetimonaanld irnegs opurrocceess.s Tesh ea tstetrniddeannt t ptaoc et hoef A successful small enlerprise rvilI eventually grow into. or bc
adItioinfse dttr h afteuchr tanrineitsg ahl,li ifezeasa s tc niiooto nui s lotd hpf oapbrtoe mrA tnumoranseditt reypic efafrooenpre slreio n.acw niTeadhtry edm isssoc prneeeno certu edilwsai vtasiionorndme i newagwhc,h itcn,a htob turm etf muiagticnihlcietsid cleaeennantddt, cfebe:xoowpuma gpnlhaedtrn gbrseaay pt.ci.indaoglm y ba pdiagves .ato iinttnot aerrgns.eu. sTsI tnh one fort ehwb e cu founlrknneec.ws t.i P oeanrn o pvfiiniortos ina mtw enwhnraihtc.r6 hkhre eofto- wisrte mhcvaeaerernrl,dy ut ahfomien ralooennn cggaee rdrea.
ochmthrafeae saat inrc ceFrs ea lcoaoloirttfeieu edonns rtt giirtnoyasef,n oiDhzpwclaiasdnsng eubfmuyeual-rnapddn.aee drnA t iytmath; naepadnerl imoc ittpahsoln eesos ty wt airamnyrre pejt uo omoss tufsfio ficitbrchhglae eetm itotb oonuor n:e map tlllhetbikeias.er s, E laytihann stet oyaf a p wcadrecteescsmae elbptonhy,-tt taewirsx:nou pdnara kotliel n slocyr ato.ph nnreao r abvc riweodem .ia nsnypgoo l eowsexfuc ambotenp-cadophkimvlniineiidiccgdea dslts oa ustf-ochemhctayi aet t hitfnytoihn trargee islq nt'wL inarahirsgnoe dslate h u lieatctsor ago innnergi aoobarbrrneagii Ezgltnaehsitmze.io ae Fnstniruuots.rmn rsp'hU ;ooi rnst.fhif tbeittohhrrenee-
da,eclcibideernattael ccohuarnsgee oirn toth eim sporcoivael- eocnon tohme icq umaelictyh aonifs mlif.e by radical and ereltgourltast ioonf .ss eacnodnd t-hraeteir hoawnnd sn aanrrdo wbr aspinesc iwalhtyo wcaitnh imn atshtee rf rtahme ccwocolerxk oo:f
the organization. In selling the end product, it is. in many cases. the
The large commercial organization is the most prominent feature practice of purchasers 1o buy an accirstomed bran<J lrom an habitual
of social topography in the New Jerusalem" therefore, the most obvious source in order lo save the trouble and uncertainty of making iheir-
place to begin an autopsy. especially since a nation of employees decisions in the market place. Lastly. large corporations enjby the
professes such suspicious loyalty to a "free enterprise system". privilege of a sanctuary,where casual c.nrpetit.ion^ cannot veniuie by
csttibitfmnrhoohuua e ecrmsdehh r teiixiaiT ssonbprah lrdh llolneet oiiaeswvd g deeli on,diptn1r no ouralt8sagordma etacr.shel spet o -niI ra cisrneswjiaeofnnn alhnytda "echt it nu hcutaecsi rheroo eie ya bnmfnrA glave .tiemv rimdssceOnoteoea peeucjsafrnrur rie ialedeccdi ntstoaidogiyneou n e fgunapr i srs sgronoicea aas otf,olrhte irditttfsosapiohe oosotnl eni necabrai ian topeewla ttiptfiritiayano syalm,yylnd l s sfaa p rty tnehniaahhst eidhnaersi mtdv . oa is me onnpnTam eaddfomhn ,eri s evmtoefoaitl ia et dnjefs uslx s uyacusti meanbhhctoicllotcafaeif itsesc nirs omakesauainstes cttn i mfiectonuhtd enonpcl. ae d l o twadshtlifmnhejcoai oldegearl-t cpciepwRralnieonhrnnroaadomieivd-c.sruuls if.imeerotwns aosli ndtlarnnci ir esntnwyoomh gd omfh daa".eitntif)ehsncphn gv phee-deta eir t- hsoii ll ancetohuei reaofop,iiai ghdgs nitfcncheoe h ecaugrtl, (ewsse ct "i ,,tpnocu i rinniestcos ntegopsotn d f tpaemtahish anenrameipatcvcji,os vetto afsacy efitllr obeivbsl toea oelmaelerrmdrdn ei psnd. cpd l, eaiigot sna ohrtam apii nerbrvsnnaitpc eeo trctr aey oanholaseno s.usfaca gintc sfc rcu cetseo rcohrnti eef- no rveeu lt-Tgdr ohstc pa e h"fueooutcn fihacmrrt msd aeelbaoul oyi moehlian ro nuaeb l. unoisesntuqyhe np,nds u hteoi eisaticant rel xhytepaser oi e dsrptsirtiiosii teorstr st li a e isnIp htpd'ctse.w.rahrira hs i"hispeIrcop ne',noebed.oirlrqrete 'is shac buttea hehirayicenelneienr,,.i
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.Lincoln Continental-Lt is an automobile owned by mole and more men
oafebf alpeir eorsofe noat c f'tqo iusgiihrrie"or.n s Tauhnbedos eridh aienryae tc inaoonn t.b teIhn eu saferdudd-itiinsti oaonnf, aptnhleteis-s eGoncoti"avitner nrwnomavyae,tn iowt nimt,h aobinuu-tt Mercoaerfrd oaegcsac-noBcmeenp l?nis-ehAvmrereor ngbta.u nrItt,t adMnisyetoirnncgee.udieshse-Bs etnhze rnrn faroym b aem ong fineb cuatl: aow nliettl'lse.
iains tarjtts ito lessen foreign competition and rhe policy of full Where's there's rttlck, there's ruoney. Also, one does not place one-
l.eeps the margirially eftiiicnt employers in business while self in the line of n-rarch between the slightly arrogant young executive
"it* palougym,rre"nntst the Profits of erthers. and his paciher.
FrOm tire insirje, a large Cofporate hltreattcracy ncsenl'b]es a club As has been iliustraled in a lurge number of recent books on the
or masonic nodge. Its favnured econonric posilion allows for teedin-g suLrjecl. tire grey, ba.nal, sttcioty ol thc organization is eomposed of
una rpt""p e-tf i large corps of managcrial hangcrs-.tn.uho can do well two sorts of people; the rlctlioerc, and the energetically so. The
lor fhimseives. not on the basis of atr.r- usclui work the,v gene.r:ate. Lrut imnovator is facedwith l'rustratir.)n treclluso the prosper:ous atmosphere
tirrirv ettn "t i,tn arlgilare eunanbeicli-teys saanrvd p-woolirtikc aaln stlk tihilesn. pAc rssuttcacdccs stllt'uhle ersx etcou tdivoe mit ainy eBnegiaeunsdee rso f stohliisd. eanocnl speorlvicaictiss mo.l eIfo' mthpinitngys saerecr cgcoyi.n mg uwcehl l,o fw thhey scohiaenngtiefi?c
the hope tharl 1'ris energy will attraci higher rocognition. ln such a and engineering talcnt lllc lilrge cttrptlraIions buy with their heavy
siiuation. it does not d6 to have too sharp an cyc l'or the quality of earning$ and del'cncc LronIrltL:{s 1, clucrll} wltstotl. It is set to work
wgrk or its real utility, bccause, in the rcgitlrrs tll rrtidcllc ntanagement' on probiems which lrc ltol prtlblcnrs, htlI symptoms of corporate
ttrlre are always the eager and unprittciple4 who will m.unt. and try politics, on prohXems vrhr)sc solxitionsi must be in linc wjth short-run
i" ;rnut." allt ivaiiatrle i'noletriils. ln thc lrgpo ol tclrieving solne nr.ind poiicies or goals. A (-:ori)tpany with a large interest in vacuum cleaners
of butrble-proartlnence in fhat warped socictv' is not going to c.levclop a rrleans of doing away with rugs. With some
nralpTiohpeo rta.icotriioenrj opaf thSoolc0ig0iic aDla snpwccjuir-isrtlcrttr si sw citvlrtilrllv i(llltgc swoolnmcb soitrfa tnhgee caonrd- etdhxoecxe itcp'rataiolill-ynp,s e. lnar)ar hgdaeicv aecl o trionp noboreav taiiontintorson dsau (crXeee dn roobxyt crseornapayllilyrl i goinu, ttteshirdeees rptseo dlba eirncoai dutsh eoe'a mpgaeorroaad-,
iteau*nivr"al"rh'ng9iiniirst infri 1.eriarr,tn'..p,'" l lc"p iL,setahi ^ aelrAl bur wsiutn;iltri bigVe*lo : ir ifr irurlrgol-p. ro mi' tittwghox helrclhl trrtcJgccrrt n troiiepir'uno'i'r t,rplini,n, l,rl dLlgidtyiihrl rlnpteltg q catr li t in [trosrtot,sctl sl gbli"iIrecI ar srsgsIe l liul1rlctl1lrlrt 1llialcl1zol Ilr1; lukltI;l,1iaril.t1lerb'estr rlc'scal s1r slll trlqsiu,tlii]ru'riehlr.ilntll.aes O ym rwaowls'chtuihht[o,teovelsg r Ceir sev eotdotitxeclrnpersitdvncr eeeuaod-r,lf iaaptedocrxneoai tsaecedtspciusn-ttta-itgaot thb trc'ls1eleoiis, ,ts uohtainsaenne dld.d(si eno petinchnodl-ants - wntoio tevihmvocaierecatlrsih.ynh s igeapiss,rau y daat,h sst ash )sirr.netde ecmAlqepyu b 'botaiorhyue ve-ctdse r o,eat efaaitr potnbli lv uc,eei vssx oio nponalnaeuelewnst .idsaom. yn ausT, shmgttoe ivau eodionnentt vla ymeui nlpapoirsrpnoke ggeftrr tefo tushmoselrl
ia,ifh con{idelrcc' uitrl tlrc ability l"Cr cOilcr)t'lil',it[c On [ru,,irloss probiems'
Ngw if ls a rather shallo,,v l'llind l.iu.rt ciltl gonorete deep confidenCe|n Some exceptional, well-rounded peoptre do survive the climb up
matter.:i o{ Lrusiness irnrt war, alrct. ir: pnssitlg. the author rnentlons the corporate ladder, as they do in the Arrny. But. it is an ethical
lan Flenring ,its a typ- icaI lrterar.y diversiorl for ttre Ihoroughtrreds of strain to live with the pretence of ar: organization personality. The
the busin.osi ixorld.- fhe rleficiency in Lrroader inl.etests and in the rr'lasquerade can lead to moral self-clestruction in the process whereby,
huinanilir,li is n-lerttioned i-ir! arn inipedirnent to the top posltions, though sr-upposedly individualistic, freedom-loving, ned-blooded American lou1s
onc wouid thrrrh trhey wLrulel tre a loriuidabtre bar t{) ,uetting in at all, are-turned into the liveried house-serfs o{ 1he organizational feLrdality'
jas'mtsiiT,rhoho1baheoro,rslej ire /rr re, tt r,tariC5l ra ::irtntoehse'ikillrtzpmc allie"'vysel ,nrt,osin uc'niaril'siiel lBciaflll{tl rs u ,.ltt o p,;io l;in-tnntsr';n*o ittlrro. p,red:'eIt'L eilprd trsr rntfnl inb frcea;ratoc,onolu o-_krfrri(Cm-_ineoa tc 1hth kg.Wtrhl-tsto n ehrab,eaiata jel[-setugt mni hhui tlthservteuol elp r hmir rsnpwriWpi,iilrr cgyooea ehhtria rbrshtcasci lyuini nslilnd raesscirmmtg.ie :u-rnlg raeol a p'ieo*ebtabadbiprnlel-n.svgbsiylesliceeee. en r,ld:rra.r go.lt o Wttl wi rsfzaKla eiiierdsdtm'-mhudra moi htAaecsTlvVehchronlv-lrioethc cgnsLfpriili let irlotitnfetcrtw-tt llbrdl nle I-h, e a ry ceocataaornr oosrstusredchme e no ae e nin gnapv rdu opergpoieutl'tu, wnpw x eab pee]lnel tllrrcnare'to-- ioutcaprl n ( tawsa] ?ioravtaelfla)vishaeona ateiet]nldits,-esr.r epdnihiphnoeeleaoiattseo-rcnirhln lnatalautFi ot-uergorigem enlleelewofoasri ncpsnoswatt lhi .rebwzns kwei Tl neheh( oohgrosawarb,i sk nv ssotowiee dnrcrir fy srugksa si rt . tlutaei hwiwnosTp neagr a ehn b yn hrneiasrovnoout n id dpnsitatule doueehcdfs rsrscaeef)a tetoc t rr tpomtranihu"matta teraotleaa iindtnstparnu d rgtmrtctd oihh onceegp eogli easirmmo con todoafcipta isrm evrebg ai sinaeopshesusatnir" iot-aisr.odnwa ent miubgndog ar uo ndorstietnai bI o l sadfgtii-lhlot kate 't oswrhsbild i tu.afoait oetghputshie -hser ro coo ts s f aacln s"tae-sl loiltaalmnPyh ii nas emedlpatger .slim w eena.osM lhg idmnIxTaoio n tehnaretstetdoeodl,-tll
guug. to watch over all_the other-gauges. Inrerion appoinlirnents. marginally more inteltigent see all this,as a little too ridiculous and,
i-nclude rare. 100-year-o1d clar"o uralnut' therEfore,- the work ma,v be represented to them in terrns of "career
goals and opportunitiest', that is, as an arbitrary vehicle tro rise to
1June, 1964, et seq., "The Young Exocutive", by W" Guzzardi, Jr' irigher salary/status levels in the corporate lodge chapter, not as a
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slrvice o[ suill,t1lutt bonum, . new places to go new sights to sec.
Il' something is difficult to change. and is esteenred, "'as is"'. one Wthiatht imn othtievsaete p athgeesir tdheeys ilrineds informstiamtiuolna tea nthde pirroducts
c,an..gen-erall.y make more of it, or make it biggen. Growth is a way understanding.
or,ol ulirli'seh ml'oern ot ragnadn izpalutisohn sv aacnadn cciaens ciner .t hAe L.grurrocwauinr.g:r uctoicr nppyarnayrn iisd gaerteti ntog .T hey aanred tthheey p reeoapdle t hwish on rwagaunzti ntca,s jeuest Jaosr ylhorum sdeol.ves
[et. Mislakes are easy to forget. Sincc a growlng econorny has a E,.,,idently, there has now ariscn a ciass oi' consumers which plie.*
high demand for investrnent goods which wi{l tlrop off if tho rate of itsclt with commercial aphrodisiacs ton the purpose of "motivating"
growth l'alters, the Government wiil always upply the balm of public itsell {o consurne still more. Modcrn advertising is }rardly a publia
[*inds to keep the machine. growing, going, arrcl pmrviding fuli employ- service. it is the very essence t>t social aimlessness and irresponsibility.
mioe nlat.r gTeh eco snircneprlnes ewxphaincshio hna ovfe a pna csxsiesdti ntgtr lcniun lrpkooat kis ionn ete aovhenn,lucea it reofrf iBte cleaau,s.els i1t ois m uosendo ptoo lycr epartoc laitns irlrJactcioanuasle dite siisre rfeogra ard epda rtaicsu ala rc borsatn do,f
econonric innovation. lxo try to lbstcr gnowlh ril tlro,r.lcrnand ]br a produclion. society. as a whol(:. rnust pty,for it. Because it uses "the
prodLrct at a profitable price. the consulncr'nlu i bc inliLrenced on cDnrnlinication media". it crlrrr-rpls rhcnl . trt is the driving force behind
ntln-economic grounds. This is thc l'ur.rction tll advortising. the senseless. "Brave Ncw Workl"" drif[ of society.
It is jn advertising that a corptlra{ion ,il suillcs l. 6roliticatr role f*4uch promotit>n woriltl hc rvasl.er.l, w*ere it not for the fact thal
r,'hich is nof to tlre benelit of socioty, []cu,lrusr:, in spiie of all t[re l"he great Americ:an goal ol rrraking and spending is tied up with
enilleionrttss . ot1h'Pe -Rc0. rnproerna twiohno isse enmo tt oa dgoo rhrieasl t srurrg triarrztzllrlirrlrdgy ihtlcl iii lorlwinnit em alvneaagltetr-r lalorrmd eclnis.p Aos ictioounnst riys wtiitri cthlt orc vrnoclvrecsy aorol Ltrinhde fier mseaniessu oafl, aslul paegrelsic, i,ashl,a paensd,
and wisdonl, but an amorai aurorniit(){r wtliclr punsues i[s own short- nirrc:issistic attitudos. Otlrcr populations are less inclined to accom-
rrrn.inlerest [:y any_rneans wilhin unrl , lrr ,tlli: casu ol'G.8. pnice.fixing. rrodill.e themselves to Ihc artilicial burdem of suburban houses. squashy
outside the larv. Thc rerason lirr uorp,nrlc lack of {'eeling for sociil aurtorlobiles, turcluoisc-tintccl dishwashen's, and disposable dinners. The
s'Dnsequenoes is thc Iact thal ovL:r')()n(r irr i( Iikcs trl sce il. nnake money, Anterican nlale slitles unwittingly iuto early rnarriage and a process
but. irr the spccilrlizctl, ctutiprrrl tnt-'rtlctrl , r'()nlm!itt0c-ridclcn, rlecisiop- u'hcrr:b.v 1rc goes out uncl tries to:nla.ll<.e onough (never mind how) to
r'lakinS proues-s. no ()nc can he 6rinlrr:1i dou'l l,l'ith rmoral nesponsibility" upport lrsr material rrppctiti:s. Appetites, by the way. which have
i\ol even Quakcr Oals would he u c.rrsciclltior.ls objccton. Thus, when Lrcen l'ostered irr hor bl,thc adv,:rtisirrg inclusl.ry or by thc sociatr
adverl i.sing is usgd to "orouto" u dcnlrntl for lr pnornuct, or a brand valLres of confonlrist surburban society.
"inoage". the speciali.st uses evr,:ry psychologiual trick and gimrnick
to biar; tlre nlurket and io builcn a dcgi-ee otr,nronopony in the cornpany's Efiicient capitulisln lccprires knowtedgeable buyers, not gulled
f*vour. Ttrrere is every appeal, in advertising. to priinitive sensibilities; fiourir:wives who make nrost r>l' lirein pr-rrohasing decisions while under
scx. power, at'td selt-in,fl,lgence, in atrl gurises. lfhe capsuie sell simply i.he influence ol' the practitioners of psychological manipulation. or
utnnot .convey, except by friggering a chain of thought, rnessages- to rvho lire looking lbr thc status synrbols to compensate for well-founded
ttre higher emotions, and" in any event, a neasoned-analysis by the feelings ol personal inadequacy. HousetroXd appliances are a good
c.fnsumer rnlght lead to the aonclLrsion that he didn't need ttre product exanrple ol' the latter: thcy flatter by r.he implici.ition that the few
ir the lirst place. Howeven, there is a notiorr,, perLhaps welX rtounctred, iininutes t.hey may silve arc coltlrnensurate with their costs, or, as gifts,
t[rat people tirave Lregun to like the primitive stirnulus for its own sake. that somebody cares aboul the time a bored clubwornan has neither
The lollowing appeared in .Sun^lrf (June" 1t965), a Californ,ian publi- the hruins nor the inclination {o use productively. Children in the
c'riion catering to n-riddle-class lhousewives wlth the most i,Ip-to-date subLrrbs are rather an enigma. Barely hatched, they are dispatched
hchilvior-rrall rel'lexes, consumption-wise. As a sonf of revereml prearnble [o a nursery school to pick up all the values of ttreir peer-pack at the
t.o the advurtising sec[ion, to c{eveiop the right image, as ir were, a f"irst glimnrerings of consciousness. N{ol. encouraged to be jndividuals,
man and woman are shown driutriing a roasf iby candle-tright. From .l c)r sven disciplined, it is difficult to irnagine the satisfaction in owning
tneir niystenious, intent explreissions, this rnight bre a suicide [rysrt: one. Perhaps they are all a part o{' God's plan for supplying the next
unfortuuately, not. gcleration of consumers.
METAMORPHOSIS Itr'here was a tirne" in Creat tsritain, when draper's apprentices
To them, the right beLnk ol the Fludson rnay he fhc worked long hours in shops which stayed open to attract custom.
mlCeoafrtgn ibcpa eonllfek d imo tafo gti hntearet iaSonde. tihnee f oottp'orirn ttsh e:oirsf tlsh et hpa*ts tspecial IRlineraltlsiz tinog o tpheant thhoeu rtso tsaol athmaot usnhto op f atsrsaidstea nwtsa, si ncsotnesatda not,f Fpaurrlsiauminegn ftl asseht
Challenged by the unknown of the futurc plleasures for relief after rvork. could use their greater ieisure to culti-
They constantly seek new things to do \ ille their intellectual and uroral resources. l-ikewise . reformers
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thoughi that sliorter hours, provirtred by the same industrial revolution Nolv, one of the present defects in rhe Americair democratic proeess
which had ren<trsred vvork life so debaseri. would act as a counter- is that the framers of policy are men whose great virtue is their
tralance by perrutting cultivation oI civilizing interests in politics" political expediency and whose public views are at all times co-
music, art and lilerature. That this trasic assumption was so innocent, ordinated with the shifting, inconsistent, consensus of their ad-educated,
and is so ludicrousiy connrary to the I'un-loving pattern of modern lemming-like, constituents. The cardinal goal in periods of prosperity
.society, is an indication of lire greal lailure ol modern iiberalism; it is a conservative programme ol rnaintaining high business activity, not
has concentrated on materia] welfare. and not on education in the of rnaking changes to improve the cfiiciency of the system or of
broadest sense. The vzorking clay has been shortened, but a greater promoting revoh-rtionary cloctrine in thc undeveloped areas of the
portion o1 the people are no ionger their own maslers and, released worid.
from the day's insect-elTorts, they escape to the embrace of the one- fl
eyed Baal, or to the bowling alley. Foreign policl, is not thc hcst topic with which to illustrate ihe
$ virtues of a dernocratic sor:iely, especially a powerful one. There is
The disagreeatrle espeors oi the undirectcd, money-molivated a defect in the feed-back pa[h as thosc most intimately concerned wirh
soc:iety have been described, rn detail, by liberals for over a century, the effects (foreigners) are nol able lo make thcir responses felt through
with only linrited ancl superficiatr results. The reason is, there has domestic parliamentary channels except very imperfectly. Therefore,
never been a solution pun forward which did not introdrtce more in former times, and in olher countries. much foreign policy has been
problems than it attempted to solve. and thal there has been no left to an estatrlishnrenl. sulliciently u,ell-educated and cosmopolitan
desire for ut.opian ptrans in the advanced countries wlrere material to be sensitive to foncign aspirttions and to temper the voice of the
wants were satisfred, wltir a veng.eance. However, the pressing need people and eflect compromise. In the presenl situation. the State
at the moment is I'or a riloans of conlrol for society, to direct the blind Department is only one ol several orgaltizations playing with forei*qn
forces of organizecl units away from the clirection of alomic war. policy and its own executors are often second-rate political appointees.
'the IJS "'dc,['cr1(rfl" cost$ are altout two-thirds ol'the Federa] Feelings of revoll at US policies are allowed to prosper in indifference,
Budget arrd. paracloxieallv, ulndtrr {hc' prescnl rules of society, aontrj- or, worse yet, reinforce "hard-line" domestic opinions which strengthen
bute to the superficial interests of inlluential segments of both business the Government in its prevailing attitude. There are loops of cause
ilnd labour by crealing artilicial r,Xcrnunds lbl goods and services which, and effect in operation which work approximately as follows:
in the silort-run, Iead lo higher lcrvels ol' aotivity and profits in the l" Comrnunism and sin are interchangeable words to a large portion
tFcr'aorrorgrmerm d utehnfeeitny ce ewc hosinecochln oreri.xc i asvlneiedrwi eb.l syteh wbehre esariektu.i natgthi oaarn.nr dwi sor eusplodar inroeitnhwgeh riawtst is soeiw mbneil a wtrhi neto dco atslhsee,. TotIThfe ets hreieg o hArtg mawneiinrzigcaat,i onan nspd us btbaylni cdb .ut osAi np efrseosafi tri n brteeyrf eltehsxets hcaaotlsd w bwoearekrn, ogoner n hteharevae tpe rhdee sebsny.
But. established intreresis are usually without vision, cotrscience, or in the habit of opposing attenlpts at regulation b)' Iabelling th.'nl
even a redeeming rnodestr"y in pressing their own advantage. as "sociaiistic" while trying to infuse a fear of Red Revolution.
Like halitosis, the Cornnruinist Menace has been merchandised aided by politicians out to promote their own fulttres.
to Lhe point of reflex actioll. Those who regard themselves as the 2. The Government takes a very trirm stand "against communism",
defenders of the nation, in in<trustry and in the Pentagon, see it as since very few votes will ever be lost thereb,y. Just how. or b;"
'tlieir justification and, though all but a few could be siti<l to want war, what natural authority, this policy is 1o be implementerl, is not
most would stancJ to profil. in terms o1 status, purpose, and cash, fron'l well defined.
aIintn te isirn eecsraets ayws oteou li cnster etbh teeh ecg oiilvmcetprn rwr rlataar'lr riactueod toiev fi ttayoc iierniqd utehat eeiit rsc oo onwwtnron pl ahhreotrbiecb.u ylf-aohrro .dr s<ile'lem,a atcihnhe. 3. daR atetahrssetuert z tf.h ocaron mi tcm,o utnhnceios crGntin,o gvf oearrn npr naAermntste. orbifc eatihnneg c wionou rntldthe erw- rnheaifcotuhrrm esa eoetimof n at, o as h hsoaovrrte'-,
ofU,'inr iinsteu dcth cSeets aosteftush le,c rou usnJicdaleu h.te hi nolertiovze entdhe dea fdfoinvraewtnra trwudr.ac sar s.L elrtya cwthh aesst e mmp iabliirtnoaluyrlg ,mbhty aa ca rh episnrpoeoc nessjres-l !iIil stahingedh tsesypdmo onprstgooamrensdiz oaretfi opanr e psiotsslieiotinlcf. a toal d r"oncpootvsne tsmahienonr"tt - rbiuty no mnm eaeatnnh sou ddos f h fmoocri l icbtoaausrynis t.eforii"nceg
China, iianciioned h",,' motr patriotisrn at home, that Japan managed to
manoerlvre herself inlcl lile ,ohoice of 194t. 4. The executors of lhe poiicy' are the same organizations tepu;'irng
L.ix the results" Therefore. information flowing back to the pubiic
For controtr, it ls necessary io have a definite policy or goal. thc and the Governrnent is distorted in the interests of some puppet
€orrect tools for executing it, and the ciuick and accurate determination ruler, the C.I.A., etc. T'he lack of reliable, speedy information-
of its effects, so that the policy can be nrodified, if required. In other or even outright lies invented by interested parties in the Govern-
words, like many natural this involves a feed-back loop. naent-leads to a false understandjng of the realities of the situation,
Flrocesses,