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~ —_—_—_F . “ . cago printed in & special caves tion edition of the (New York) Rat, showing routes in and out of the elty, the downtown area, and the arca around the Intereational Amphitheater, which the cop, who displayed this evidence of an un- derground plol, unfolded with a voice of conspiratorial cloak and déoccer revelation, When I errived in Chicago on the Saturday before the conven- tion I found identleal maps fn the Chicago newspapers —r.d in eyen greater detail, shoving the hotels where the various delegations were staying - checkpoints around the conven- tlon hall! Were these smucgled into the Establishment nevwspi- pers by a yipple guerrilla band bent on sebotage? One more point to nail this TV documentary as anexample—and a nol too intelligent ona, at that —of the Big Lic: There was 2 shot of Jerry Rubin sitting onthe grass in Grant Park and being inter- viewed by a TV reporter. Tae sound track ecarricd only a Sen- tence of the sort of slatemcnts Jerry hed been meking all week about the aims of the Festival of Life, Others were interviewed on this occasion, including myself (I told of my own expericace with police treatment of news- men) but nothing was heard or geen by the viewer except what the makers of the film hoped would sound self-incriminatory and evidcnce of a plot to attack the potice and take over the city. As this interview was taking place, @ police spy with a sourd camera was ectting It allon film, Was the interviewer a police spy or was he a TV reporter, as he had represented himself? And how did it happen that this Inter- vlew did NOT appcar on TV, but only in this police documentary, and edited, as I have said, out of all rescriblance toits actual con- tent? . One officcr—-and only to were shown on Screen=—was presented as havinz been injured by the - Insurrectionary anarchist inva- _ ders, But the “layout of their *weapons” displayed on screen inclut:d many pocket knives which I suspect were taken from people arrested—ordinary poc- ket kuives of the sort ever;body carries in his pocket to siarpen pencils and open packages, NOT ONE POLICEMAN 1S SHOWN AS HAVING SUFFERED FROM A and the police _ There was police film showing people hurling things inthe direc- , Pek pnd one of an object actually hitting an officer, On the contrary, the ones that were visible on screen showed the missiles landing on the ground, and were clearly being thrown out of anger at police bru- tality and not even half-heartedly aimed at the cops, this on the evidence of their own (the po- Hce’s) filrmed “evidence,” If they HAD such evidence, is itreason- able to assume they WOULDN'T have shown it? It made a weak case, and, In fact, a half-hearted one, but it was the best case they HAD, and what it lacked in credibility it made up—so they hoped—in in- nucndo, maliciously selected and cropped shots, #nd twisteroos of the sort that always make up,the Big Lie. “atin cud of “Chicago's case” tan Ce hen i fans tien of thorerclies ner * there is a shot of Walter Croak- hite interviewing Mayer Daley. It is a touching scene, His Honor revealing to Waiter (a television first!) the scerct that he HIM- — SELF had been threatened vith assassination, along with all three candidates for the Pres!- dency, and that was why hehadto mersiall alt the forces of lav andl order: city, state and federal acainst the nefarious plot—-by whom? And from what Intelli- gence sources? That was not di- vulged, and Walter Cronthite was nol impolite enough to raise the question, He is a patriotic cltizen so he respects TOP SE- CRET information-~even if i's enly innuendo of the Big Lic va- riety, Anyviay, I can tell Slr. Cronkhite, it wasn’t laken from any underground newspaper, Cronkhite commiserated with the mayor, "I thinkwe all feclil’s unfortunate this happened, Idon't know thal you and I have come to a complete mecting of minds on fust how these matters should be handled, perhaps.” His Honor cul in with, *That shouldn't be any reason why we can’t be friends," and extended his fat ugly blood- stained hand, AND CRONKHITE SHOOK HANDS WITH HIME The CBS newsmen who got bloodied up have a right to ask Walter the next time they sce him what kind of Mr, Kleen detergent he used to scrub the blood offhis band, And that, dear fellow conspire- tors andbombthrowors is how one goes aboul concocting that most odorous_stink-bomb of them all, ThE HIG LIE. wee a