Cointelpro New Left Hq Part 02

FOIPA COVER SHEET FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PRIVACY ACTS SUBJECT: (COINTELPRO) NEW LEFT SECTION 2 100-449698 FREEDOM INFORMATION ACT FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION NOTICE THE BEST COPIES OBTAINABLE ARE INCLUDED IN THE REPRODUCTION OF THE FILE. PAGES INCLUDED THAT ARE BLURRED, LIGHT OR OTHERWISE DIFFICULT TO READ ARE THE RESULT OF THE CONDITION AND OR COLOR OF THE ORIGINALS PROVIDED. THESE ARE THE BEST COPIES AVAILABLE. OPTIONAL PORN HO MAY 1982 EDITION 2SA FPMR (A CFR) 101-11.4 UNITED STATES GO NMENT Memorandum TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (100-449698) FROM : SAC, WFO (100-47757) SUBJECT: COINTELPRO NEW LEFT ReBulet 5/10/68. DATE: 3/12/70 Potential Counterintelligence Action Potential for counterintelligence activities lies in the political differences which are prevalent in the groups which make up the New Left and in black-white separatism. Through the use of sources and propaganda media, these differences can be accentuated and the breach which presently exists be widened. Pending Counterintelligence Action WFO has a pending counterintelligence program being considered by the Bureau designed to take advantage of current dissension within the Student Mobilization Committee (SMC).. The program would consist of a letter to all campus SMC or- ganizations pointing out the inequities of YSA control and domination of the SMC. The letter, preferably on SMC stationery, would be signed by [REDACTED] of the University of Maryland SMC who recently lost a close election to [REDACTED] (YSA-SWP) of the SMC. and other student members of the SMC considered the election "fixed" (no tally was taken) and have actively challenged YSA control of the SMC. This program, if adopted, would widen the split between students and non-students (YSA members) within the SMC and will noticeably delay the SMC's projected Spring activities. 1-710 2-Bureau 1-WFO GTG:cjb (3) REC 8 EX-109 RESEARCH SECTIC Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan WFO 100-47757 Tangible Results WFO feels that the demise of the SDS in the WDC area was at least in part brought about by its counter- intelligence programs. 2 JHAL FORM NO. 10 1962 EDITION APRLE 141 CPIO 101-11.4 UNITED STATES GO MENT Memorandum TO DIRECTOR, FBI (100-449698) DATE: 3/9/70 FROM SAC, SAN ANTONIO (100-10510) (P) SUBJECT: COINTELPRO - NEW LEFT Re San Antonio letter to the Bureau, 12/10/69, which was the three-month status letter regarding this program as it pertained to the San Antonio Division. The following is the current status of this program in the San Antonio Division: This page is the cover sheet for a Freedom of Information and Privacy Act request concerning the subject "COINTELPRO." It specifies "NEW LEFT" as the topic and provides a case number, "100-449698." Centered on the page is the "FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT" seal, featuring an American flag motif within a circle and a banner with the text. The bottom of the page displays "FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION" in bold, large print. There are no photographs, handwritten annotations, stamps, forms, logs, charts, or redactions visible on this page. FROM SAC, SAN ANTONIO (100-10510) (P) SUBJECT: COINTELPRO - NEW LEFT Re San Antonio letter to the Bureau, 12/10/69, which was the three-month status letter regarding this program as it pertained to the San Antonio Division. The following is the current status of this program in the San Antonio Division: I. POTENTIAL COUNTERINTELLIGENCE ACTION: By letter dated 12/8/69, San Antonio requested Bureau authority to use San Antonio's Bureau-approved pseudonym to write a letter to the Editor of the Daily Texan regarding a recent speech made by former Texas Attorney General WAGGONER CARR in which Mr. CARR stated that an official of the SDS was behind the Vietnam Moratorium activities. By letter dated 12/8/69, the Bureau denied authority for this mailing. By letter dated 2/12/70, Bureau authority was requested to have the Mechanical Section make up several cards captioned "Traitors Beware" and signed by the "Minutemen" to be mailed to selected members and officers of the San Antonio Committee for Peace and Freedom (SACPAF) which group sponsors weekly demonstration at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, protesting the U.S. intervention in Vietnam. It was pointed out that such an operation could discredit and disrupt both anti-war activities and the Minutemen organization in the San Antonio area. By letter dated 2/27/70, the Bureau denied this request by San Antonio. 2 - Bur? (RM) Bureau San Antonio BED/jsm (4) 56 MAR 1 6 1970 BS HNB 15 15 JALHESO EX 110 REC - 66 111 -447698 - 919 10 MAR 9 1970 RESEARCH SECTION 8 SA 100-10510 √I. PENDING COUNTERINTELLIGENCE ACTION By letter dated 2/25/70, San Antonio requested Bureau authority to obtain several copies of a paper- back book published by U.S. News and World Report entitled "Communism and the New Left." San Antonio felt that this was excellent public source information printed by a non- Governmental agency which could be used as reference material by established sources particularly sources connected with institutions of learning. Bureau approval is still pending with respect to this request. By communication dated 3/2/70, Bureau authority was requested to use the post office box and the pseudonym approved by the Bureau in this program to mail a letter to the president of the American Bar Association and send copies of this letter to the two leading newspapers in San Antonio protesting the conduct of Attorneys WILLIAM KUNSTLER and LEONARD WEINGLASS during the Chicago conspiracy trial. Bureau approval is The page contains text stating "NOTICE" followed by information about the quality of reproduction of some materials. There are no images, handwritten annotations, official stamps, forms, logs, charts, or redactions visible on the page. The text indicates that some pages within the reproduction may be blurred or difficult to read due to the condition of the originals. This FBI memorandum, dated March 12, 1970, focuses on "COINTELPRO - NEW LEFT." It details a proposed counterintelligence action against the Student Mobilization Committee (SMC). The document includes handwritten annotations, an official "REC 8" stamp, and a "RESEARCH SECTIC" stamp, suggesting internal review and categorization. Several sections are redacted, obscuring names and specific details of individuals and the proposed action, hinting at sensitive operational information and the need for secrecy. The visual presentation emphasizes the bureaucratic nature of the operation through official formatting and stamps. by the Bureau in this program to mail a letter to the president of the American Bar Association and send copies of this letter to the two leading newspapers in San Antonio protesting the conduct of Attorneys WILLIAM KUNSTLER and LEONARD WEINGLASS during the Chicago conspiracy trial. Bureau approval is still pending on this request. III. TANGIBLE RESULTS On 10/3/69, [REDACTED] Austin Independent School District, Austin, [REDACTED] (a Security Index Texas, advised that subject of the San Antonio Division) is a teacher in the Head Start program under the auspices of the Austin Independent School District. [REDACTED] stated that the school district desires to terminate her services, but is unable to do so because of a lack of information from the Detroit public school system concerning her background. Detroit was requested to furnish public source information to San Antonio and if suitable public source material is received, Bureau authority will be obtained to furnish this information to [REDACTED] -2- SA 100-10510 On 1/8/70, public source material was made available to -Intelligence Officer, Austin Police Department, Austin, Texas, who was to furnish this public source information to [REDACTED] While this operation has been completed, it is not known what actual tangible results were accomplished. IV. MISCELLANEOUS San Antonio feels that this program is one of the most vital programs in the security field, and the Bureau can be assured that this program is receiving adequate attention. -3- OPTIONAL FORM NO.10 MAY 19 EDITION GSA FPMR (CPR) 101-11. UNITED STATES GOVONMENT Memorandum TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (100-449698) FROM SÁC, KNOXVILLE (100-3687) (P) SUBJECT: COINTELPRO - NEW LEFT Re Knoxville letter 10/28/69, DATE: 2/19/70 On 2/6/70 [REDACTED] University of Tennessee (SSD, UT), Knoxville, Tennessee, advised that no Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) or other New Left organizations are active and organized on this campus at present. He stated there are 30 to 50 hippie-type individuals, both students and non-students, who appeared to be causing all the discontent at UT as evidenced by the demonstration held 1/15/70, at which time campus police and Knoxville Police arrested 22 individuals with 13 being students. He stated no organization or group, other than discontented students and other individuals, is active. This group is disorganized, and everyone wants to be a leader and no one wants to be a follower. This demonstration involved a challenge by a non- student to meet the President-elect of UT, JOHN BOLING, in no organization or group, other than discontented students and other individuals, is active. This group is disorganized, and everyone wants to be a leader and no one wants to be a follower. This demonstration involved a challenge by a non- student to meet the President-elect of UT, JOHN BOLING, in a hand-to-hand combat in front of the Administration Building. Due 1/15/70; however, the President-elect did not show up. to a large number of people present, mostly spectators, the agitating group, numbering around 150-200, including sympathizers, were near the door of the Administration Building. UT officials and Knoxville Police Department officials pleaded with the group to disperse or face arrest for violation of state laws regarding disruption of school routine. DEC-64 [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE]- 91 The Knoxville Police Department and campus police were standing by in the basement of the Administration Building. A student suggested going into the Administration Building, at which time two individuals gained entry; however, they were arrested and the door locked. At this time campus police and Knoxville Police Department moved out, cleared the area, and arrested 22 students and non-students. 2 (RM) Bureau 2 - Knoxville F-51 HAMZCyp MARS 1970 RESEARCH SECTION Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan KX 100-3687 The State Attorney stated that, in his opinion, this trouble was instigated primarily by non-students and that he is going to do all in his power to deal with them harshly for violating state laws recently passed by the Tennessee Legislature regarding disruption on campuses of both students and non-students. The cases of those arrested are bound over to the Grand Jury under these new state laws. stated that during the school year 1968-1969, the SSOC, loosely organized at UT, tried to get campus police and the police department involved in a confrontation for publicity reasons; however, this never materialized. He stated that after the recent trouble died down rumors on the UT campus are that the campus police and Knoxville Police Department do not intend to be pushed around, and they are serious when they say force will be used if necessary to obey the laws. stated he feels this demonstration was good in one way as it let the students, non-students and general public at large know that the police are not going to be derelict in their duties. News media reported that local county and state officials, including U. S. The page contains typed text, with some official markings and what appear to be hole punches at the top. There are no photographs, handwritten annotations, forms, logs, charts, or obvious visual evidence of surveillance methods. The only discernible elements are the typed text, two dark, circular ink marks likely from the hole punches, and a number '2' at the bottom center of the page, possibly indicating a page number. This document is a heavily annotated FBI memorandum. The text discusses COINTELPRO activities in San Antonio. There are multiple handwritten annotations, including ink receipts, routing information in the bottom left corner, and what appears to be a supervisor's signature at the top right. Several official stamps are visible, including "Bureau" and "Research Section." There are also handwritten numerical codes and dates scattered throughout the document. The document's visual elements suggest a busy office environment with various administrative processes and oversight. to obey the laws. stated he feels this demonstration was good in one way as it let the students, non-students and general public at large know that the police are not going to be derelict in their duties. News media reported that local county and state officials, including U. S. Senators and Congressmen, gave their approval to the action by the police and UT officials and that the individuals involved should be punished to the fullest extent of the law and that the same action should be taken at UT and elsewhere when trouble of this kind arises. In December, 1969, two individuals visited the East Tennessee State University (ETSU) campus, Johnson City, Tennessee, who were connected with the Young Socialist Alliance (YSA) from Atlanta, Georgia, and were passing out YSA literature at the student center. College officials were notified of this, and these individuals were photographed, and, after photographs were obtained, they were told to immediately leave the campus and not to return. In view of the above, the Knoxville Division at this time does not have any suggestion for counterintelligence action. Contact is being maintained with the SSD, UT, regarding -2- KX 100-3687 any organization that may become active, as well as at ETSU, and, if any information is received regarding possible counterintelligence activity, the Bureau will be advised, and Bureau authority will be obtained before instituting this program. -3- UNITED STATES G RRNMENT Memorandum TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (100-449698) FROM : KGC SAC, BUTTE (100-8727) (P) SUBJECT: COINTELPRO - NEW LEFT DATES: 2/18/70 PETS REN Herybynt Apust C.D. Gorptio Pilly UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA (UM) MISSOULA, ΜΟΝΤΑΝΑ MISCELLANEOUS Enclosed for the information of the Bureau is an article that appeared in "The Billings Gazette," Billings, Montana, daily newspaper, issue of 2/8/70. The article was written by Dr. K. ROSs TOOLE, UM Professor. 7/2 2) - Bureau (Enc. 1) (Reg.) 1 - Butte THZ/hkg (3) ENCLOSURE REC-104 100-449198- FEB 24 1970 7325 28 MAY C RESEAI SECTION 117 Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan 2010-100-03 FD-350 (Rev. 7-16-63) (Mount Clipping in Space Below) No Room for Slob's I am 49 years old. It took me many years and considerable anguish to get where I am— which isn't much of anyplace except exurbia. I was nurtured in depression; I lost four years to war; I am invested with sweat; I have had one coron- ary; I The document is a typewritten report with no photographs or handwritten annotations. There are no official stamps visible, but there are black redactions present throughout the document, obscuring names and specific details, particularly in the "Tangible Results" section. The redactions suggest that the information contained within these sections is sensitive and has been deemed necessary to withhold from public view. A page number "-2-" is visible at the bottom of the document, indicating it is part of a larger report. The document's layout is typical of an official FBI report, with clear headings and paragraph structure. for Slob's I am 49 years old. It took me many years and considerable anguish to get where I am— which isn't much of anyplace except exurbia. I was nurtured in depression; I lost four years to war; I am invested with sweat; I have had one coron- ary; I am a "liberal," square and I am a professor. I am sick of the "younger generation," hippies, yippies, militants and nonsense. I am a professor of history at the University of Montana, and I am supposed to have "liaison" with the young. Worse still, I am father of seven children. They range in age from seven to 23— and I am fed up with nonsense. I am tired of being blamed, maimed and contrite; I am tired of tolerance and the reaching out (which is always my func- tion) for understanding. I am sick of the total irrationality of the campus "rebel," whose bearded visage, dirty hair, body odor and "tactics" are childish but brutal, naive but dangerous, and the essence of arrogant tyr- anny—the tyranny of spoiled brats. I am terribly disturbed that I may be incubating more of the ! same. Our household is permis- sive, our approach to disciplinė is an apology and a retreat from By DR. K. ROSS TOOLE standards—usually acconupa- nied by a gift in cash or kind. IT'S TIME to call a halt; time to live in an adult world where we belong and time to put these people in their places. We owe the "younger generation" what all "older generations" have owed younger generations— love, protection to a point, and respect when they deserve it. We do not owe them our souls, our privacy, our whole lives, and above all, we do not owe them immunity from our mistakes, or their own. Every generation makes mis- takes, always has and always will. We have made our share. But my generation has made America the most affluent coun- try on earth; it has tackled, head-on, a racial problem which no nation on earth in the history of mankind had dared to do. It has publicly declared war on poverty and it has gone to the moon; it has desegregated schools and abolished polio; it has presided over the beginning of what is probably the greatest social and economic revolution in man's history. It has begun these things, not finished them. It has declared This page from a COINTELPRO document features typewritten text, with some words and phrases obscured by black redactions. Notably, specific details such as the recipient of public source information and the name of the Intelligence Officer are redacted, suggesting sensitive handling procedures. The document includes an official header with "SA 100-10510," likely a subject or case file number. A handwritten "-3-" at the bottom indicates the page number. There are no photographs, stamps, or filled-in forms visible on this page. The visual presentation is primarily text-based, with redactions serving as the most prominent visual element beyond the standard document formatting. has publicly declared war on poverty and it has gone to the moon; it has desegregated schools and abolished polio; it has presided over the beginning of what is probably the greatest social and economic revolution in man's history. It has begun these things, not finished them. It has declared itself, and com- committed itself, and taxed itself, and damn near run itself into the ground in the cause of social justice and reform. Its mistakes are fewer than my father's generation—or his father's, or his. Its greatest mis- take is not Viet Nam; it is the abdication of its first responsi- bility, its pusillanimous capitula- tion to its youth, and its sick preoccupation with the prob- lems, the mind, the pschye, the raison d'etre of the young. Since when have children ruled this country? By virtue of what right, by what accomplish- ment should thousands of teen- agers, wet behind the ears and utterly without the benefit of having lived long enough to have either judgment or wisdom, become the sages of our time? The psychologists, the educa- tors and preachers say the young are rebelling against our archaic mores and morals, our materi- alistic approaches to life, our failures in diplomacy, our terri- ble ineptitude in racial matters, our narrowness as parents, our blindness to the root ills of socie- ty. Balderdash! SOCIETY HANGS together by the stitching of many threads. No 18-year-old is simply the product of his 18 years: he is the product of 3,000 years of the development of mankind—and (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) 5-The Billings Gazette Billings, Montana — — — — Date: 2/8/70 Edition: Sunday Author: DR. K. ROSS TOOLE Editor: COINTELPRO Title: NEW LEFT Character: Bu 100-449698 or Classification: Butte 100-872′ Submitting Office: Butte Being Investigated No "Too many 'youngsters are egocentric boors. They will not listen, they will only shout down." ENCLOSURE 1 throughout those years, injustice has existed and been fought; rules have grown outmoded and been changed; doom has Rung over men and been avoided; unjust wars have occurred; pain has been the cost of progress- and man has persevered. As a professor and the father of seven, I have watched this new generation and concluded that most of them are fine. A minority are not-and the trou- ble is that minority threa- tens to tyrannize the majority and take over. I dislike that minority; The document is a typed memorandum from the FBI's Knoxville field office dated February 19, 1970, concerning "COINTELPRO - NEW LEFT." It references a previous Knoxville letter from October 1969. The page contains handwritten marginalia, including what appears to be a summary statement or notes next to some of the typed text, and a stamp indicating "RESEARCH SECTION" with a date stamp below it. Various official stamps are present throughout the document, including redacting some information. There are also some small, indistinct drawings or symbols and a signature on the right side of the page. The bottom of the page includes a printed message about U.S. Savings Bonds. There is no photographic evidence of individuals, facilities, or events on this page. progress- and man has persevered. As a professor and the father of seven, I have watched this new generation and concluded that most of them are fine. A minority are not-and the trou- ble is that minority threa- tens to tyrannize the majority and take over. I dislike that minority; I am aghast that the majority "takes" it and allows itself to be used. And I address myself to both the minority and the majority. I speak partly as a historian, partly as a father and partly as one fed up, middle- aged and angry member of the so-called "establishment"- which, by the way, is nothing but a euphemism for "society." Common courtesy and a re- gard for the opinions of others is not merely a decoration on the pie crust of society, it is the beart of the pie. Too many "youngsters" are egocentric boors. They will not listen, they will only shout down. They will not thiscuss but, like four year olds they throw rocks and shost. ARROGANCE is obnoxitus; It is also destructive. Society has classically ostracized arrogance without the backing of de- monstrable accomplishment. Why, then, do we tolerate arro- gant slobs who occupy our homes, our administration build- ings, our streets and parks, uri- nating on our beliefs and defil- ing our premises? It is not the police we need, (our generation and theirs) it is an expression of our disgust and disdain. Yet we do more than permit it, we dig- nify it with introspective flagel- lation. Somehow it is our fault. Balderdash again! Sensitivity is not the property of the young, nor was it invented in 1950. The young of any genter- ation have felt the same impulse grow, to reach out, to touch stars, to live freely and to let the 'minds loose along unexplored corridors. Young men and young women have always stood on the same hill and felt the same vague sense of restraint that separated them from the ultimate experience-the sud- deh and complete expansion of the mind, the final fulfillment. It is one of the oldest, sweetest and most bitter experiences of man- kind. Today's young people did not invent it; they do not own it. And what they seek to attain, all mankind has sought to attain throughout the ages. Shall we, therefore, approve the pre- sumed attainment of it through heroin, speed, LSD and other drugs? most bitter experiences of man- kind. Today's young people did not invent it; they do not own it. And what they seek to attain, all mankind has sought to attain throughout the ages. Shall we, therefore, approve the pre- sumed attainment of it through heroin, speed, LSD and other drugs? And shall we, permis- sively, let them poison them- selves simply because, as in most other respects, we feel vaguely guilty because we brought them into this world? Again, it is not police raids and tougher laws that we need; it is merely strength. The strength to explain, in our potty, middle- aged way, that what they seek, we sought; that it is somewhere but not here and sure as hell not in drugs: that, in the meanwhile, they will cease and desist the poison game. And this we must explain early and hard-and then police it ourselves. SOCIETY, "THE ESTAB- LISHMENT," is not a foreign thing we seek to impose on the young. We know it is far from perfect. We did not make it: we have only sought to change it. The fact that we have only been minimally successful is the sto- ry of all generations-as it will be the story of the generation coming up. Yet we have worked a number of wonders. We have changed it. We are deeply con- cerned about our failures; we have not solved the racial prob- lem but we have faced it; we are terribly worried about the deg- radation of our environment, about unustices, inequities, the military-industrial complex and bureaucracy. But we have at- tacked these things. We have, all our lives, taken arms against our sea of troubles-and fought ef- festively. But we also have fought with a rational knowl- edge of the strength of our ad- versary; and, above all, knowing that the war is one of attrition in which the "unconditional sur- render" of the forces of evil is not about to occur. We win, if we win at all, slowly and painful- ly. That is the kind of war socie- ty has always fought-because man is what he is. Knowing this, why do we lis- ten subserviently to the violent tacticians of the new genera- tion? Either they have total vic- tory by Wednesday next or burn down our carefully built barri- cades in adolescent pique; ei- ther they win now or flee off to This document page contains only text and no visual elements such as photographs, stamps, or forms. There are no handwritten annotations or marginalia. Redactions are present, appearing as blacked-out areas in the text, obscuring specific words and phrases. The page is numbered "-2-" at the bottom center. is what he is. Knowing this, why do we lis- ten subserviently to the violent tacticians of the new genera- tion? Either they have total vic- tory by Wednesday next or burn down our carefully built barri- cades in adolescent pique; ei- ther they win now or flee off to a commune and quit; either they solve all problems this week or join a wrecking crew of para- noids. Youth has always been char- acterized by impatient idealism. If it were not, there would be no change. But impatient idealism does not extend to guns, fire bombs, riots, vicious arrogance, and instant gratification. That is not idealism; it is childish tyran- ny. The worst of it is that we (professors and faculties in par- ticular) in a paroxysm of self- abnegation and apology, go along, abdicate, apologize is if we had personally created the ills of the world-and thus lend ourselves to chaos. We are the led, not the leaders. And we are fools. AS A PROFESSOR I meet the activists and revolutionaries every day. They are inexcusably ignorant. If you want to make a revolution, do you not study the ways to do it? Of course not! Che Guevarra becomes their hero. He failed; he died in the jungles of Bolivia with an army of six. His every move was a miscalculation and a mistake. Mao Tse Tung and Ho Chi Minh led revolutions based on a peas- antry and an overwhelmingly ancient rural economy. They are the pattern-makers for the SDS and the student militants. I have yet to talk to an "acti- "gist" who has read Crane Brin- ton's "The Anatomy of Revol- lution," or who is familiar with the works of Jefferson, Wash- ington, Paine, Adams or even Marx or Engles. And I have yet to talk to a student militant who has read about racism else- where and/or who understands, even primivitely, the long and wonderous struggle of the NAA- CP and the genius of Martin Luther King-whose name they Invariably take in vain. An old and scarred member of the wars of organized labor in the U.S. in the 1930's recently remarked to me: "these 'radi- cals' couldn't organize well enough to produce a sensible platform let alone revolt their way out of a paper bag.". But they can, because we let them destroy our universities, make our parks untenable, make a shambles of The page contains a section of a declassified FBI document with a header "KX 100-3687" followed by text about a program that identifies and monitors potentially active organizations, including "ETSU." The text also states that the Bureau will be advised and must obtain authority before instituting counterintelligence activity. In the upper right corner, there are two dark circular markings that appear to be smudges or ink blots, as well as a partial circular ink mark above them. A page number, "-3-", is centered near the bottom of the page. The bottom border of the page has a textured pattern, possibly from the paper or a stamp. in the U.S. in the 1930's recently remarked to me: "these 'radi- cals' couldn't organize well enough to produce a sensible platform let alone revolt their way out of a paper bag.". But they can, because we let them destroy our universities, make our parks untenable, make a shambles of our streets, and in- sult our flag. I assert that we are in trouble with this younger generation not because we have failed our country, not because of afflu- ence or stupidity, not because we are antideluvian, not because \"I assert that we are in trouble with this younger generation . . . because we have failed to keep that generation in its place...\" we are middl