Transcribed from her handwritten and typed journal notes by Don Beck (March 2009)<\/p>\n
RYMUR-89-4286-C-2-A-9 (1) through RYMUR-89-4286-C-2-A-9 (143)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The text transcribed here from Edith Roller’s notes has some missing words or lines due to (1) unreadable, poorly xeroxed text or (2) unreadable writing. Blanks are left in the text for these areas. As well,\u00a0 [?] indicate questionable words. <\/p>\n List of people and groups mentioned in this Journal<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n ===========================================<\/p>\n 1 May – 1976 – Saturday<\/strong><\/p>\n Got up at 8.00.<\/p>\n Sorted the items which I was sending to my sisters. Took Magnolia\u2019s cart to the Haight Ashbury, mailed the envelopes to my sisters, bought lettuce and celery for the Temple Sunday dinner.<\/p>\n Took the cart back to Magnolia\u2019s house.<\/p>\n Dressed.<\/p>\n Shirley Wong [from work] and her husband picked me up promptly at 11.00.\u00a0 Shirley\u2019s husband Randy works at the post office. he drove to Burlingame in half an hour. The house is a big two story structure behind locked gates.\u00a0 We decided to park outside the grounds and wait until others arrived.<\/p>\n Guests were escorted through the house by Casper (Cap) Weinberger.\u00a0 Mrs. Weinberger, whose first name is Jane \u2013 She is a big aggressive type of woman.\u00a0 To a patio where we stood and conversed.\u00a0 A punch of fruit juice and rum was served. Wives and husbands had been invited. Practically all the Legal and Insurance Department employees came, about 75 people in all.<\/p>\n Weinberger\u2019s son, Cap, Jr., his wife and little girl were present.\u00a0 I talked at some length to Cap, Jr.\u00a0 He graduated from Harvard, majored in communication. He had at one time worked for NBC and in communications for the state government, but is now operating his own firm which handles communications for private enterprises.<\/p>\n Met Bob Garb\u2019s wife Linda.\u00a0 She is a public health physician, manages clinics in San Francisco.\u00a0 The Garbs have a three year-old.\u00a0\u00a0 We helped ourselves to food in a line passing through the kitchen and out the door into a recreational area with swimming pool.\u00a0 Tables had been set up and caterers hired.\u00a0 The luncheon consisted of salad of chicken breast and rice with white curry sauce and numerous kinds of food and coconut.\u00a0 I was at a table with Nicci Nichols, Bob O\u2019Neill, John Foster, Marie Crivello and others.<\/p>\n I went to speak to Dorothy Stokey, who had come in later.\u00a0 Also saw Betty Barclay who was also late.\u00a0 Wongs were about the last to leave.\u00a0 Randy was taking photos.<\/p>\n I got home a little after 4.00.<\/p>\n I slept from 4.30 to 6.30.<\/p>\n Ate some macaroni, tomatoes and cauliflower.<\/p>\n Dressed for the evening service.<\/p>\n Christians called me at 8.10 and drove me to the Temple.\u00a0 Bob said he had been informed he should go to Chicago tomorrow.<\/p>\n We arrived about 8.30.\u00a0 Rides were being arranged.<\/p>\n After preliminary activities, announcements were made concerning the Chicago Trip.\u00a0 The selected participants are to leave tonight about 1.00.\u00a0 Food is being provided.\u00a0 Luggage will be put under seats.\u00a0 Those taking medication must bring it. There will be only one meeting.<\/p>\n Jim entered on the podium but took no active part at first.\u00a0 He seemed sorely preoccupied.<\/p>\n African dancers had a new dance.<\/p>\n Offering.\u00a0 In last offerings Jim has been giving a freighter, if not, an airplane\u2019s our aim.\u00a0 While taking offering Jim asked for volunteers to distribute newspapers tonight at 7.00.\u00a0 He demanded that all children go.\u00a0 Names were taken down.\u00a0 Those who deliver newspapers are to get more and better food.<\/p>\n The Black Velvet Dancers (young men) danced and sang.<\/p>\n Tape of former sermon played.\u00a0 Like some of your husbands, he was here yesterday, he\u2019s coming back tonight, but he\u2019s never here.\u00a0 Their Lord was here 2 Thursdays, years ago and is coming soon.<\/p>\n Jim says everyone must be in seat at opening time or work it all night.\u00a0 No persons without specific authorization are not to wander up and down, not to be in halls or other rooms. Complaints of a certain situation which permits some to take certain privileges. he referred to customs in some societies.\u00a0 It\u2019s that intellectuals must serve in the fields.\u00a0 We are engaged in a fight for survival.\u00a0 We cannot be anarchistic and hedonistic.\u00a0 All investigative agencies are being given more power.\u00a0 \u201cI proved my lovingness by being there when you need me\u201d but somebody must take hold.\u00a0 The authority of the working class must be established.\u00a0 He appealed to both those who believed in God and those who believe in the power of the mind.\u00a0 If you\u2019re not religious, you can see the most revolutionary acts are achieved.\u00a0 Atheists are more responsive than anybody because I have made a powerful political meeting here.\u00a0 There is only one group organized to take on the system.\u00a0 I am the epitome of principle.\u00a0 I want the religion to realize that if you believe in God, you are looking at God tonight.\u00a0 If you are a socialist you know I am.<\/p>\n Jim meeting king from Arabia on Monday.\u00a0\u00a0 In the church to set the captives free.\u00a0 I have invaded the church.\u00a0 God is love.\u00a0 You can\u2019t have love without equality.\u00a0 Equality is socialism.<\/p>\n Of Howard Hughes\u2019 will, I am going to tie up that will a long time, because I am not going to let the Mormon Church have 125 million dollars.<\/p>\n Nation of Islam elevated the white spook to a black spook.\u00a0 Prefer a black spook to a white one.<\/p>\n Jim threw in some profanity and obscure language.<\/p>\n Story of Joe Wilson.\u00a0 Jail doors opened; record disappeared.<\/p>\n Soviets investigation of psychic.\u00a0 Hope to be able to stop our missiles with mind power.<\/p>\n You can\u2019t love me because I have to be too much of an authority.\u00a0 You don\u2019t want me to meddle with your fricking life.<\/p>\n Superstitions such as Mary\u2019s virginity have caused our oppression.\u00a0 Black people are so oppressed because they believe God doesn\u2019t love us.\u00a0 That bullshit God has got to go.\u00a0 Black in misery believe their condition is God\u2019s will.<\/p>\n He calls attention to those who will get upset at talk of \u201cFucking\u201d and truth about God.\u00a0 Won\u2019t mislead you, it gets mighty discouraging when I still hear that bullshit.\u00a0 Pray for me.<\/p>\n He told the buzzard skit story\u2026 \u201cIn the darkest night a candle glows.\u201d\u00a0 That\u2019s a lie too, because no candle glows.<\/p>\n \u201cI believe that for everyone that goes astray, someone will come to show the way.\u201d\u00a0 Not in Harlem because I\u2019m in San Francisco.<\/p>\n \u201cThe smallest prayer will still be heard.\u201d\u00a0 A child is being beaten every minute.\u00a0 Child abuse is the commonest crime.\u00a0 800,00 young boys are forces into prostitution.\u00a0 Catholics won\u2019t let us into night ministry. And we\u2019re going to be down there.\u00a0 It\u2019s a God-damned lie.<\/p>\n Why are some deformed, lack cerebral ability.<\/p>\n I have no delusions.\u00a0 If I had a strike, you might stay a few days but if I didn\u2019t heal myself, you\u2019d be looking for a new leader.\u00a0 I know how mean the world is.<\/p>\n He told the story of the ambassador\u2019s wife in Brazil.<\/p>\n He\u2019s sick of people who come up here and want a cloth for their \u201cnature.\u201d<\/p>\n Herb Caen is a socialist at heart, a closet socialist.<\/p>\n Patricia Hearst fucked with one man after another.\u00a0 Sings about all of them like a canary.\u00a0 And She\u2019ll get out in a year, but it won\u2019t be safe for her\u00a0 to walk on Main Street.<\/p>\n Cleve Davis.\u00a0 Wife Debra back with him again.\u00a0 Coward, sell-out, fink.<\/p>\n God is dying all over the world.\u00a0 People\u2019s power emerging everywhere.<\/p>\n Harriet Tubman and the Bible.<\/p>\n People are tired of their living conditions.\u00a0 Something is going to start.\u00a0\u00a0 You can feel it every time you go through a ghetto.<\/p>\n Declared with Love Life,\u00a0 a lot of you are here because you think I\u2019ll cause you to drop dead.<\/p>\n You that don\u2019t express yourself honestly are going to suffer for it.\u00a0 Everyone who believes there is a loving God, stand up.\u00a0 No one.\u00a0 I\u2019m going to read about some of you in the obituary column.<\/p>\n Healings. Took home Ray and Viola Godshalk.\u00a0 I had promised Viola last Wednesday and Beulah Pendleton had come from LA with a child, Sheila.<\/p>\n Bob had a full load. \u00a0I got a ride for Ray and Viola with Marshall Farris and called a taxi.\u00a0 But before it arrived, Bob came back for us.<\/p>\n I put Viola on the bed, Ray slept in the hall, Beulah and Sheila slept in my sleeping bag and I slept on blankets.<\/p>\n I had some Sanka and toast with peanut butter and toast with jam.<\/p>\n I went to bed at 3.30<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2 May – 1976 \u2013 Sunday<\/strong> Prepared breakfast.\u00a0 We had honey dew melon, fried eggs, beef bacon, toast, jam, Sanka and I gave Sheila carob milk.\u00a0 Ray helped me in the kitchen.<\/p>\n I washed dishes.<\/p>\n Dressed.<\/p>\n Viola told me the Beam convalescent home, which had been leased had closed.\u00a0 Viola is living at Mom Taylor\u2019s commune.\u00a0 She rooms with Mom Taylor.\u00a0 Viola said Lela Murphy and Marceline LeTourneau room together. Both have independent means and buy extra food for themselves, which they eat behind closed doors.\u00a0 The communes which used to serve their breakfasts and lunches now come to the Temple for three meals a day, which causes considerable expense and personnel transporting people and trouble going through security checks.<\/p>\n I called a taxi to take us to the Temple service a little after 11.00.\u00a0 With tip the charge was $2.45.<\/p>\n Most people were in their seats by 12.00 and the early activities were conducted more expeditiously than usual.<\/p>\n So many new offering workers have been recruited that I told Cardell Neal that I didn\u2019t think I was needed in San Francisco.\u00a0 Today an offering bucket was not brought to me.<\/p>\n Jim came on the podium at 1.10.<\/p>\n After the choir sang he took an offering by sum, though Dale Parks had taken it with inadequate results.\u00a0 Jim stated that 1700 prisoners have been released through our efforts.<\/p>\n Black Velvet Dancers and African Dancers performed.<\/p>\n Tape of former sermon given on day after all members of black family murdered in New Jersey.<\/p>\n After complaining of religious atmosphere, Jim called for some jazz rag notes and break up this shit.\u00a0 Many got up on stage and danced.<\/p>\n Question: (1) Brother Mercer.\u00a0 Reports of asbestos in drinking water.\u00a0 Jim: no doubt true, results of capitalistic statement that several million people will die in India and this must be accepted, for 60 days all on Temple telephones were taped.\u00a0 Hired by Kinsolving.\u00a0 Undoubtedly paid for by CIA.\u00a0 Wouldn\u2019t have been known except for one worker who told.\u00a0 She was threatened by loss of job.\u00a0 Children are dying of lead poisoning in every city.\u00a0 People are freezing to death because of collusion by oil companies.\u00a0 MLK [Assassination]\u00a0 if you can\u2019t believe this, it\u2019s because you\u2019re getting put off with a little bounty.\u00a0 Bay of Tonkin incident was a big lie.\u00a0 We\u2019re already getting threatened because of our newspaper statements.<\/p>\n Joe spoke directly at visitors.\u00a0 They should have been better prepared on what to expect.\u00a0 I hate church with a passion.\u00a0 All the generals, big executives have socialism, but they don\u2019t want you to have it.<\/p>\n People going to Chicago left at 2.30.<\/p>\n Jim covered a number of subjects for newcomers including four letter words, bait\u00a0 (how many healed), King James Bible.<\/p>\n Woman who said she didn\u2019t cuss because she depended on him to do it for her.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t feel anything but hate for those who hurt other people.\u00a0 I don\u2019t use violence because it doesn\u2019t work.\u00a0 CIA teaches people to do anything in defense of capitalism, on Angela, one of the most honest, kindest people I\u2019ve ever known.<\/p>\n We take care of people who pray to God, think I am the anti-Christ.<\/p>\n On Women\u2019s lib.<\/p>\n Advice to greeters: tell them what kind of honest person I am.<\/p>\n On Jesus: let a woman anoint his feet with oil worth a year\u2019s wages,<\/p>\n I\u2019m going to kill this god-damned shit so we can do something else.\u00a0 Work on newspaper, rescue children who are being prostituted because they don\u2019t have a father. I can\u2019t do anything about this religion addiction, don\u2019t know how to reach them.\u00a0 Suggests classes for them, give them back on lies in the Bible.\u00a0 They won\u2019t even admit they think the Bible has no lies in it.<\/p>\n We have a problem.\u00a0 The young (not actual little young but atheist) and the traditionally theological, who have just substituted me for God.<\/p>\n Sometimes regrets he didn\u2019t just go along with religion and healing fame and not try to teach.\u00a0 When you straightened people out they don\u2019t respect you.\u00a0 I feel like I\u2019m dying of shit.\u00a0 I\u2019m drowning in it.\u00a0 I going to break this up.\u00a0 Why can\u2019t we get a socialist movement?\u00a0 We\u2019ve got to follow somebody.<\/p>\n Jim decided to give another 15 minutes to trying to explain the logic of anti-religion.\u00a0 Went through lies in the Bible.<\/p>\n Jim insists on those who still believe in a loving God asking him a question. All he gets is defenses.\u00a0 No one will ask a question.\u00a0 Jim calls them hypocrites.\u00a0 Can\u2019t help but be changed by what they have heard.\u00a0 Do not come back but will suffer from not facing the truth.<\/p>\n Savannah Williams mother died when she was 7, questioned why he allowed it.\u00a0 She asks does he believe in resurrection after death.\u00a0 He says he\u2019ll raise her if she dies.<\/p>\n One guest finally asks about members who speak of the Lord and Jim Jones at the same time.\u00a0 Jim: You are right. Don\u2019t mention the two together, another was confused about using name of Jesus and Jim.<\/p>\n Jim says blasphemy to call on Jesus, as well as Jim.\u00a0 Nothing more substantial from visitors.<\/p>\n Healings.<\/p>\n Jim took another offering, giving special blessing to those who give.<\/p>\n Service was dismissed about 6.30.<\/p>\n I started to walk home, was over taken by Georgia Lacey who was going to get gas in her car.\u00a0 She took me all the way home.<\/p>\n Today I am starting a fruit juice, buttermilk and fruit diet until Friday night in order to take off a few pounds.\u00a0 I have vegetable juice, buttermilk, a tangerine and an apple.<\/p>\n Started back, walking at 7.30.\u00a0 Though the evening meeting was scheduled for 7.30, I thought they could not start before 8.00.\u00a0 I took about half an hour.<\/p>\n Rides were being arranged.<\/p>\n Lee Ingram reported only a few young people passed out newspapers.\u00a0 All those who had not done so were called on the floor.\u00a0 Jim was very angry.\u00a0 Called them \u201cGod damned lousy assholes.\u201d\u00a0 Each was asked to give an excuse.\u00a0 This newspaper might mean your freedom or not.\u00a0 Jim said he hoped that the fascists would torture him so that they would go hungry.\u00a0 They are too damned lazy.\u00a0 One girl had pretended to have crazy fits.\u00a0 Jim said \u201cIt ain\u2019t nothing but orneriness.\u201d\u00a0 She tried to pull a fit before important guests.\u00a0 When prevented she said\u00a0 \u201cFuck the cause.\u201d\u00a0 Pat Holland, Jerry Rhea\u2019s girlfriend, accused by Penny Kerns of bad attitude.\u00a0 Jim said he never had seen a smile on her face.\u00a0 Jim had names taken down of those whose excuses passed.\u00a0 Many had left numerous newspapers at one address.\u00a0 Jim passed along the line to ascertain which had lied.\u00a0 Guilty ones to work until 3.00 those who had lied, to 6.00.<\/p>\n Jim said he had seen many other kinds of misbehavior: stealing, sex play.\u00a0 Each has to bring in $25, allowance reduced until they have paid.\u00a0 A special bus to come from Redwood Valley to work on Wednesday, newspapers to be passed out every night at 5.30.\u00a0 Jim said those who were faithful should see \u201cOne Flew Over the Cuckoo\u2019s Nest.\u201d<\/p>\n Jim: John Maher [Delancey St. [Foundation]<\/a>] says Peoples Temple is the most talked about group in the city.\u00a0 Everybody respects them for their power. Newspaper is a brilliant idea.<\/p>\n Mary Griffith singled out for additional misbehavior.\u00a0 She is still stealing.\u00a0 Jim\u2019s decision: send her to the p.l. [promised land] to work or she\u2019s going to be in serious trouble.\u00a0 She is going to be out of the settlement proper, meanwhile report to Temple every night this week.\u00a0 She stole money from Zippy Edwards, a coat from Judy Ijames.\u00a0 She is to sleep one hour, work all night, sleep another hour and\u00a0 go out on buses.<\/p>\n Newspaper distribution to be made in Redwood Valley and Ukiah.\u00a0 Volunteers will meet tomorrow with Rita Tupper to map the area.<\/p>\n Jim took offering.<\/p>\n Jerry Rhea.\u00a0 Jim asked him if her had told his mother she didn\u2019t need to send him money because he was communal.<\/p>\n Hugh Doswell.\u00a0 His child Anthony manipulated to get out of service.\u00a0 Hugh excused him by saying he had kidney problems.\u00a0 Hugh\u2019s own behavior in service is affecting his child.\u00a0 Jim requested him to stay away from his child.<\/p>\n Commendations given, including all of Jim\u2019s sons.<\/p>\n Billy Jones. 20 whacks. Work all night Gloria Rodriguez, Tim Clancy, for excellent work on publicity.<\/p>\n Some Los Angeles young people to be disciplined for misbehavior by standing in front on bus all night.<\/p>\n Clarence and William Klingman in difficulty again Clarence got 30 whacks, same discipline tonight as Mary Griffith.\u00a0 William got 10 whacks.<\/p>\n Jim left pulpit.\u00a0 Jack Beam took over Jerry Rhea case.\u00a0 He is to get money back from mother and make $200 a month.<\/p>\n Jack took another offering.<\/p>\n Jim came back to say farewell.\u00a0 Greater love hath no man than I have for you.\u00a0 Left at 11.00.<\/p>\n The meeting was dismissed soon after.<\/p>\n Christians took me home.<\/p>\n I read newspapers.<\/p>\n Went to bed at 1.00.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3 May – 1976 \u2013 Monday<\/strong> At lunchtime I went to Bechtel library and looked up electric portable TVs in Consumer Reports.\u00a0 The latest information I could find was 1971 and so was not too helpful.\u00a0 They said quality control was a problem and recommended thorough tryout on individual machine before guarantee expires.\u00a0 A TV which works on a battery as well as electrical current may be available.<\/p>\n I ate my lunch on PG&E steps.\u00a0 Had buttermilk and an orange.<\/p>\n Betty left on time.\u00a0 She said Braman had been particularly demanding and also offensive.\u00a0 She has talked to Betty Vasil about making a change.<\/p>\n I exercised.<\/p>\n Had vegetable juice which I heated, soft-boiled eggs, honey dew melon.<\/p>\n Typed in my journal 8.30 to 11.30 and did pages.<\/p>\n Read newspapers. Had some grapefruit juice and 2 apples.<\/p>\n Went to bed at 2.00.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 4 May – 1976 \u2013 Tuesday<\/strong> Did some memos for Maggie.\u00a0 She asked me not to correct any of her memos.\u00a0 I think she resents me as an English teacher.\u00a0 Dor told me to leave her work strictly as she wrote it, even if glaringly incorrect.<\/p>\n I continued with Maggie\u2019s project on engineering rules and regulations.<\/p>\n At noon Dor went with me to see the film in the employee\u2019s series, \u201cA World Within a Grain of Sand.\u201d\u00a0 It was about the Corning Glass Company and was not as impressive as we had hoped.<\/p>\n In the afternoon Rita Schuman brought in some straight typing, a Consultant Agreement and Dor put one on it.\u00a0 I did it on MagCard.<\/p>\n Shirley Wong had made arrangements to have her husband take me home on Tuesday and Thursday to save Betty from having to go out of her way on nights she goes to Marin County.\u00a0 Randy picked me up at 5.00.<\/p>\n I exercised.<\/p>\n Had vegetable juice, an egg and fruit.<\/p>\n Typed in my journal from 8.00 to 11.00.\u00a0 Finished typing and proofed the 17 to 31 July section.<\/p>\n Read newspapers.\u00a0 It was cold today.\u00a0 I had fruit juice which increased my feeling of being cold as there was not much heat in the afternoon.<\/p>\n Went to bed at 2.00<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 5 May – 1976 \u2013 Wednesday<\/strong> Various versions about Chuck Stiles\u2019 new job are circulating.\u00a0 He told Dor and me that he was going to supervise 38 persons and was going to be very severe.\u00a0 If they don\u2019t shape up, they can leave.\u00a0 Betty told me he was hired to head the Word Processing Unit, with hours form 9.00 to 4.00, a chance of overtime and an increase in salary but one cannot always believe all that Chuck says about himself.<\/p>\n At lunch I went to PG&E building to a SF State College lecture in the Bicentennial series.\u00a0 The speaker was an English professor named Arkin.\u00a0 His topic was \u201cRugged Individualism\u201d and he used Mark Twain as an example, although I felt he just wanted to speak on Mark Twain.<\/p>\n During the afternoon, I took a break and tried to straighten out the weekend\u2019s journal entries which were confused.<\/p>\n The weather was cold today.<\/p>\n Betty waited one half hour to leave tonight. \u00a0I got home at 6.00.\u00a0 I decided not to try to sleep.\u00a0 I had an egg, vegetable juice and an apple to eat.\u00a0 Dressed.<\/p>\n Vern took me to service about 7.45 with Lorenza.<\/p>\n After rides were arranged, testimonials given and after the congregation and children sang, Jim entered at about 9.00.<\/p>\n Jim while we sang. Told some details of Chicago trip.\u00a0 King of Arab nation.\u00a0 Many healed.\u00a0 Some coming out.\u00a0 Met with Nation of Islam leader. Wonderful response from auditorium.\u00a0 Jim gave them the whole truth.\u00a0 If some of you would be willing to go in my stead and let me go to take the truth to others.\u00a0 It\u2019s a shame how indifferent some\u00a0 are here.\u00a0 Forget your selfish life, take on the Christian life.\u00a0 Wish I\u2019d stay there but have to come home and take on the little bitty, picayune problems.<\/p>\n Offering.\u00a0 Jim disappointed at apathy.\u00a0 Kept asking.\u00a0 Take on another $1000.\u00a0 Complained of trouble that developed when he was gone.\u00a0 He had warned of accidents.<\/p>\n On floor Tommy Bogue, John Gardener, Brian Davis.\u00a0 Brian, John and Tommy went off without permission to go skateboarding.<\/p>\n Karen Carr misbehaving at school. Threatened a teacher.\u00a0 Studies and grades poor.\u00a0 Ernestine X.\u00a0 Karen has been in constant trouble. Laveria Doswell is part of the problem.\u00a0 She asked to be separated from Hugh.\u00a0 She took him home with her.\u00a0 Jim questions her on her ambivalence.\u00a0 Hugh has been sitting with children against orders.\u00a0 He said he didn\u2019t understand what he was to do, was trying to think how to write a note.\u00a0 Laveria left her child unattended.\u00a0 Esther Dillard, her mother, tried to blame Karen\u2019s conduct on Laveria.\u00a0 I think Karen and Ernestine are a little jealous and they wouldn\u2019t do right no matter what influences they have. Ernestine. Can\u2019t tell her anything.\u00a0 Won\u2019t say where she\u2019s going or where she\u2019s been.\u00a0 Jim: though no excuse for her behavior, my decision is to move these girls to another jurisdiction.\u00a0 We\u2019ll see if their behavior improved,\u00a0 They are to work all night.\u00a0 Ernestine gets 3 hours off.\u00a0 Tight schedule and weekly report.<\/p>\n Hugh was given specific instructions on how to deal with his child.<\/p>\n Jim Arthur Jones.\u00a0 Teacher says his behavior is unacceptable.\u00a0 Teases other children.\u00a0 Turned [sic]<\/p>\n We\u2019ve got to improve newspaper circulation from report was week old.\u00a0 Got a good report today from teacher.<\/p>\n Ricardo Arterberry stole money from Chris Kice\u2019s purse.\u00a0 Took some money the previous week.\u00a0 He\u2019s to work tonight, to get 10 whacks.\u00a0 Further reports on his misbehavior, among there he told outsiders he would get a beating at home.\u00a0 Jim increased work to two nights and whacks to 28.<\/p>\n Tommy Bogue not back from newspaper district though Jim had said they should be back by 10.00.\u00a0 Brian and John were put on floor,\u00a0 Brian\u2019s grades are good.\u00a0 Brian and John told truth, Tom lied.\u00a0 Jim enquired whether something could not be arranged for place for children to play in the yard.\u00a0 Though John and Tommy had plenty of room to play in the Valley where they got in trouble all the time.<\/p>\n Jim pointed out danger of leaving grounds, can\u2019t let then get by with this.\u00a0 Work till 4.00, Tommy until 7.00.\u00a0 They had plenty of opportunity to talk to council on problems.<\/p>\n Preston Wade commended as host on bus.<\/p>\n Irra Johnson excellent work for supervising work in kitchen.<\/p>\n Karl Smith.\u00a0 Got special reading award.\u00a0 Other two Smith young ones got candy also for being good in school.<\/p>\n List of children passing out good number of newspapers.<\/p>\n Tom and John had work load increased for another infraction which Jim did not mention.<\/p>\n Tom Grubbs request some tools for education. Jim okays.<\/p>\n Jim took another offering.<\/p>\n Sang \u201cDeep River.\u201d\u00a0 Comparison of our situation to era of Moses.\u00a0 In those days the people didn\u2019t look for a p.l.[promised land] in the sky.\u00a0 The Jordan was a real river.\u00a0 Moses was probably content that he didn\u2019t get to the p.l. as long as his people did.<\/p>\n Gill Scott Herron- from Yvette Muldrow, speaks on record \u201cI Beg Your Pardon, America.\u201d<\/p>\n Jim healed some people.\u00a0 Meeting dismissed a little before 12.00.<\/p>\n I took letters to KFAX to Dick Tropp who approved it.<\/p>\n Had to wait a while for Vernetta.<\/p>\n Got home at 12.30.<\/p>\n News on Muni strike is encouraging but settlement depends on a decision by supervisors.\u00a0 Had some grapefruit juice, an orange and cranberry and grape juice.<\/p>\n Read newspapers.\u00a0 Went to bed at 2.00.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 6 May – 1976 \u2013 Thursday<\/strong> Chuck Stiles spent considerable time in the Center working on the ATS.\u00a0 He has put in his resignation.\u00a0 He expressed his hatred for CJ Galbraith, his supervisor.<\/p>\n I phoned the Smith-Corona firm to ask about their portable electric typewriters and particularly to inquire about a battery model.\u00a0 They don\u2019t carry it anymore.\u00a0 I called the Royal Company again.\u00a0 They don\u2019t have a battery model.\u00a0 They referred me to the General Office Equipment Company.<\/p>\n I ate at my desk.\u00a0 Walked up to the bank, deposited my check and got cash.\u00a0 Then I went to General Office Equipment and looked at the Adler portable electric, made by Royal in Germany.<\/p>\n Went home with Betty as Shirley was not going home and her husband therefore would not be coming downtown.\u00a0 Betty left at 5.30.\u00a0 She didn\u2019t go to Marin County tonight.\u00a0 Betty is applying for the job as Galbraith\u2019s resigned.<\/p>\n I exercised.<\/p>\n Did housework and personal chores, washed hair.<\/p>\n Had vegetable juice, an egg and fruit.<\/p>\n Washed my underwear, 2 blouses and a tablecloth.\u00a0 Didn\u2019t get through until after 12.00.\u00a0 I wanted to work on balancing my checkbook which was not straight since my purse was taken, but I was too tired .<\/p>\n Read newspapers. Had broth made from a bouillon cube and an orange.<\/p>\n Went to bed at 2.00.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 7 May – 1976 \u2013 Friday<\/strong> Chuck and Bob O\u2019Neill were also in to work on the ATS computer.\u00a0 Nickie Morris helped Dor out as she has for the past few days, as her supervisor, Chuck Gaden is in Venezuela.\u00a0 She is fairly good on the ATS and today Dor had her put some of the engineering regulations materials on the MagCard.<\/p>\n O\u2019Neill told us the Chuck was in with Betty Vasil for about an hour telling her all that was wrong with the office procedures.<\/p>\n I made a few notes for journal entries on my break.\u00a0 I never really take a break but use any spare time to do some personal work.<\/p>\n Ate lunch quickly at my desk and then walked over to the Safeway store on the other side of the Embarcadero on Jackson.\u00a0 Bought some oranges which I\u2019ll need to continue my diet another few days after the weekend.\u00a0 I gave the clerk one of the new $2.00 bills, and I think her deliberately gave me change for only a dollar, but I had been nervous about these bills and noticed it.<\/p>\n Betty had some work to do for about half an hour after closing time and thus didn\u2019t drop me off until a little after 6.00.<\/p>\n I straightened up the apartment, finished packing, had some bouillon, an apple and some whole wheat cereal.\u00a0 I ate for lunch some food I had left in the refrigerator so that it would not spoil.<\/p>\n People who had been to Chicago made comments.<\/p>\n Jim was on the podium at 9.25.<\/p>\n Told about Arab leader he met.\u00a0 Told extent of all creeds expressed with our church, will be visiting us.<\/p>\n After accident to Edith Cordell predicted by Jim, Lowell McCoy is making a good recovery though his skull was crushed.<\/p>\n Hotel we had in mind, owner changed his mind.\u00a0 Burned with considerable damage and he won\u2019t be able to get what he asked.\u00a0 We have another available.\u2019<\/p>\n Jim took offering.\u00a0 Put great emphasis on getting pledge for another $1000.\u00a0 He was very stern, predicted dire results to those who wouldn\u2019t take it on.<\/p>\n Jim says we\u2019ll take another trip in June. Put your name in if you want to go.<\/p>\n Jim said he gave people whole truth about religion and socialism.\u00a0 Can do it there because they have enthusiasm and are receptive.<\/p>\n Questions.<\/p>\n Jim noticed Billy Jones playing.\u00a0 Brought him up report he did well newspapering.\u00a0 Jim gave him another chance.<\/p>\n One of our nurses sent up a note about black women put under heavy sedation and tubal ligations performed without their consent.<\/p>\n Indian friend asked about leaflet against Senate Bill No. 1<\/a>, supposedly circulated by Communist group. Jim suspects it may be provocation by FBI.\u00a0 He recalls Black Panther cartoon suggesting killing police in papers.\u00a0 Giving all attention of police to danger threatened them.<\/p>\n Indian friend asks about controversy over Venezuela, free or not?\u00a0 Jim say president is socialist but military still have some power.<\/p>\n In answer to question from Joicy Clark about killing of MLK, Jim pointed out FBI was instrumental in getting him moved to a motel where he could be more easily\u00a0 killed.\u00a0 The truth still not about role of FBI and CIA in all the assassinations.<\/p>\n Jim: looks like we have choice between Reagan and Carter.\u00a0 Some names which will shock you are coming out for Carter.\u00a0 He didn\u2019t go to breakfast this morning with some leaders because he knew they were going to come out for Carter.\u00a0 \u201cStay away from these politicians, they\u2019re all horses —–.\u201d\u00a0 Never will vote for Reagan nor for Carter.\u00a0 Sick city, sick people who vote for sick people.<\/p>\n Jim said response to newspaper in.\u00a0 No people even upset by mild stands we took. People don\u2019t want to think.\u00a0 People don\u2019t care; some are hopeless.\u00a0 He says going prevent debate between Christian viewpoint and atheist.\u00a0 On grounds we need to know what atheist believes.<\/p>\n Bob Christian asks about Nation of Islam stand.\u00a0 Jim:\u00a0 they don\u2019t know a thing about politics.\u00a0 They respect us because we came to defense of one of their leaders and because we save money and have a p.l. [promised land].\u00a0 They\u2019re in debt.\u00a0 They tried to keep me from meeting this sheik.\u00a0 He gave them 1 million dollars.\u00a0 Know what they did with it?\u00a0 Going to buy new temple. They\u2019d be broke without a few Arabs.\u00a0 I\u2019m going to get to know all their Arab friends.\u00a0 Who the hell needs a temple in times like these.\u00a0 They drove up in a fleet of Cadillacs.\u00a0 Sheik is building free housing for his people.\u00a0 Moses a hell of a prophet.\u00a0 Led his people to the only place in the Near East that doesn\u2019t have oil.\u00a0 The Christians have Jesus, all he could do is get hung on a cross. he has done nothing for us either. Calls Jesus a stupid son of a bitch.\u00a0 My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?\u00a0 I\u2019d shit on you spit on you and piss on you.<\/p>\n Above for benefit of guests.\u00a0 The workers go around and give Letter Killed to those who don\u2019t clap.\u00a0 Waiting forward on hotel negotiation.\u00a0 His version of 40 years in desert.\u00a0 Only 40 minutes.\u00a0 Went around in the aisles.\u00a0 He gave hilarious sermon on Judges 1:19.<\/p>\n US only nation falling for this stupid stuff nowadays.<\/p>\n He castigated Jesus for his mock surrender, as long as you have breath, you should spit in their faces.<\/p>\n Jim gave information on dangers of plutonium.\u00a0 We should have been studying this instead of reading the Holy Bible.<\/p>\n After healings, Jim had all come to the altar and give something,\u00a0 We were dismissed about 12.30.<\/p>\n Went to the Christian\u2019s car and got my luggage, then put it on bus No. 3 and with Velysha Williams\u2019 help got a good seat in the front.\u00a0 June Crym was my seat mate.\u00a0 The bus was terribly crowded, as I heard we were one bus short.\u00a0 I went outside and ate my food.<\/p>\n Talked with Vern Gosney, who has a job with Fred Furth.\u00a0 He says Furth is an unpleasant, ambitious man, not a sincere radical, flaunts his wealth.\u00a0 The Temple is not backing him, though some of our members are supposed to give that impression, to avoid Fred\u2019s vindictiveness.<\/p>\n Saw CJ Jackson and asked to talk with him.\u00a0 I had intended to do so ever since he took the offering on the bus 2 weeks ago.\u00a0 Had a long conversation with him.\u00a0 My main points were that he talked and preached too long which interfered with my sleep and this I resented pressure being put on me after I had given all I could spare.\u00a0 He emphasized the difficulty of knowing how to appeal for offerings and that the quotas were set by Jim who knew what money was available.\u00a0 I told him I thought praise was more effective than scolding.<\/p>\n The bus left San Francisco about 2.00.\u00a0 I slept well, not even getting off at the first rest stop.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 8 May – 1976 \u2013 Saturday<\/strong> Read the Friday newspaper and The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence<\/em> by Victor Mahrchetti and John D. Marks, for an hour, then slept.<\/p>\n We arrived in LA at 1.00.\u00a0 The weather was lovely.<\/p>\n I dressed, putting on my new dress which Joyce delivered to me last night.<\/p>\n Service at 2.00.<\/p>\n Announcements. Pamphleteers are to eat at 4.30 and start pamphleting immediately after.\u00a0 Only those who have pledges or discipline to fulfill are to pamphlet today and tomorrow. Others who are able to go shall distribute maps which will start at 5.00.<\/p>\n Testimonies of 3 who went to Chicago.<\/p>\n Jim: I was thinking about the power which is available to your God , both in the seen and the unseen realm.\u00a0 Told of fire which damaged property of capitalist who refused to sell to us.\u00a0 Something else opened up.\u00a0 Hotel with seven stories, room with phone and showers in each room.<\/p>\n Indications of major earthquake in October.\u00a0 Urge you to get together in San Francisco until we go to the p.l.\u00a0 Also, use your energy to pamphlet and distribute newspapers.<\/p>\n Jim took offering, calling for $100 pledges.<\/p>\n Then asked for pamphlet and newspaper distribution volunteers.<\/p>\n Trip to 14 June, St. Louis, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Chicago, Canada.<\/p>\n Jim: on Chicago meetings.\u00a0 Money taken in.\u00a0 People who want to go to San Francisco and the p.l.<\/p>\n Muslims here tomorrow.<\/p>\n Jim plans for Rolls Royce for seniors.\u00a0 He from his bus will step out and escort seniors.<\/p>\n Tells of finding Arab leader.\u00a0 Told of Moses for 40 years wandering to find p.l.\u00a0 40 miles only spot in Near East which had no oil.\u00a0 I could get drunk and wander around in the desert and do better than that.<\/p>\n Expatiated on Judges 1:19.\u00a0 \u201cDrove out\u201d the inhabitants of the mountains.\u00a0 Could not drive out the inhabitants of the plains because they had chariots of iron.\u00a0\u00a0 Made the situation ludicrous.\u00a0 Speaking in tongues mocked.<\/p>\n He talked of ___ ___ of Nation of Islam. $5 million dollars in debt and going to build a new temple.<\/p>\n 40 miles in 40 years.\u00a0 I know some tied piss ants the could do better than that .\u00a0 Moses was so tired he dropped dead before he got there.<\/p>\n Healings.<\/p>\n Jim decided to give dispensation and allow people another opportunity to pledge $1000.\u00a0 Took another offering.<\/p>\n Continued with healings.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n People pamphleting or newspapering left.\u00a0 Family of 7 we have to take in.\u00a0 Come to altar with a dollar or better, a $5 or a $10 dollar.<\/p>\n Meeting out at 5.15.<\/p>\n Beulah\u2019s husband took us home along with Lee Ester Dillard and Earlene Watkins along with several children.\u00a0 We dropped off Lee Ester.\u00a0 Earlene came with Beulah.\u00a0 She is a senior originally from LA who used to be in Ukiah, then moved to San Francisco, is now in Mom Taylor\u2019s commune.\u00a0 She wants to get out of that commune because she is on the second floor of which Christine Bates has been made head.\u00a0 She can\u2019t bear Bates.<\/p>\n We had juice, rice, chicken giblets, gravy and cornbread.<\/p>\n I sat down in the living room and worked on journal entries while three of the children read a book aloud.<\/p>\n I heard a report on Beulah\u2019s radio that the Muni strike was over.\u00a0 I then read the The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence<\/em> by Victor Mahrchetti and John D. Marks book in bed until about 11.30 when Beulah came to bed and I went to sleep.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 9 May – 1976 \u2013 Sunday<\/strong> Willie Malone and [Name withheld by request] had come in late last night.<\/p>\n Breakfast.<\/p>\n Service at 10.30 today.<\/p>\n Beulah\u2019s husband took us to the Temple.<\/p>\n When we entered , the ushers had left a large part of the auditorium unoccupied.<\/p>\n Hugh X took the offering. Jim entered while it was being taken and emphasized its importance.\u00a0 He also told the auditorium to fill up the vacant areas.<\/p>\n Rousing congregation and choir singing which raised vibrations.<\/p>\n Muslims arrived about 12.00.\u00a0 Seats had been vacated in front rows.<\/p>\n Shirley Smith sang \u201cImagine\u201d (There\u2019s no heaven\u2026)\u00a0 The San Francisco young men performed a tribute to oppressed mothers, as this was Mothers\u2019 Day.<\/p>\n Little girls did Jack Leg Preacher and \u201cGet Away.\u201d<\/p>\n African Dancers performed dance of liberation.<\/p>\n Jim said we were going to have a demonstration of spiritual healing.\u00a0 Film taken by a Hollywood producer. Influence people. Film followed by showing panel discussion between Jim Jones, Sheriff Hongisto, Willie Brown and other San Francisco leaders.\u00a0 Sound of latter part not available today so Jim had it discontinued with portion showing slide show from Nation of Islam.<\/p>\n Melvin Johnson sang \u201cStealing in the Name of the Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n Jim asked the Muslims not to be misled by references to Christianity.\u00a0 We are not Christians.\u00a0 We are closer to the Nation of Islam than any group on earth.\u00a0 He remarked on Judges 1:19.\u00a0 As they sneaked up on us, we have sneaked up on King James.\u00a0 We\u2019ve got to come out from under the oppression of the white man\u2019s religion.\u00a0 Introduced the Nation of Islam, representatives form the Nation of Los Angeles.<\/p>\n He spoke on Jubilee planned for 23 May. Said problem not one of color but mind.\u00a0 We\u2019re going to upset the West Coast, Nation of Islam and Peoples Temple are going to cause an earthquake in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n Jim said Wallace D Mohammed should be president. That\u2019s the highest I care to go.\u00a0 Praised him.\u00a0 Local ministers introduced. Letter paid tribute to mothers.<\/p>\n Jim spoke on unity.\u00a0 There had been some mention of difference of opinion about place for Jubilee.<\/p>\n Two weeks from last Saturday showing of\u00a0 \u201cOne Flew Over the Cuckoo\u2019s Nest\u201d for those who have been honored.\u00a0 Arrangements did not work out yesterday.<\/p>\n Question: Juanita Davis.\u00a0 How you are going to die. Lay there 38 days.\u00a0 See if you\u2019ll call on an unknown God.\u00a0 You\u2019ll be deader than a door nail. Note had been sent up about a woman bad-mouthing me.\u00a0 Never did this before.\u00a0 Dishonorable to disagree behind somebody\u2019s back.\u00a0 Africans who worshipped cow reviled.\u00a0 But who is more sensible?\u00a0 Those who worship an unknown God who won\u2019t give you a thing?\u00a0 It were not dangerous, I would let you believe in your fantasy.\u00a0 Jim told of the murder and bloodshed caused by the Bible.<\/p>\n The way some of you visit your cousins and aunties in L.A. you\u2019re going to be up shit creek anyway.<\/p>\n Not one of you with a black skin haven\u2019t been discriminated against on account of the color of your skin.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been getting rid of God for a long time.\u00a0 Apologized for speaking so long.\u00a0 I feel such a great burden.<\/p>\n Met Mohammed Ali.\u00a0 Saw him talk to a little man like a dog.\u00a0 Heard him say he would vote for Ford.\u00a0 Ford don\u2019t mean nothing to me.<\/p>\n Had hassle over common bills with Muslims for Jubilee.\u00a0 Not going to pay anything to be pretentious.\u00a0 We don\u2019t owe anybody a penny.\u00a0 Told of his economies.\u00a0 Don\u2019t sleep in fancy hotels. He spoke of black preferring to patronize whites.\u00a0 Some of you need to have a better image of yourselves.<\/p>\n Religion caused our disrespect for yourself.<\/p>\n Told of humorous episodes in his childhood when he got back at men, racist preachers.<\/p>\n Rockefeller gives money to buy Bibles.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s nigger control.\u201d<\/p>\n He said there were 40 or 50 guests today.\u00a0 Some are furious.\u00a0 Don\u2019t get nasty with me.\u00a0 I\u2019ll lay you low.\u00a0 If there\u2019s anything I can\u2019t stand it\u2019s one of those holiness hypocrites.\u00a0 And some of you don\u2019t want to hear the truth.\u00a0 He singled out one woman, told her to get right or get out.\u00a0 Your God is dead, if he was ever alive.<\/p>\n Spoke of those insensitive enough not to care about one person who might be saved, if only one person, it\u2019s worth it.<\/p>\n You\u2019re not going to starve; you\u2019re not going to concentration camp<\/a> because I\u2019ve alerted you not to believe in anything you can\u2019t see.<\/p>\n I am the resurrection and the life.\u00a0 If Jesus has got so much power why doesn\u2019t he prevent death?<\/p>\n Woman who came yesterday gave us 7 children, to take care of and went back to the Church of Christ.<\/p>\n As long as we live in America, we\u2019ve got to be fruitful and multiply.\u00a0 The day is coming when I\u2019m going to issue an order which will shock you.<\/p>\n Asked for questions.\u00a0 Got two personal ones.<\/p>\n Healings in midst of which Jim took another offering.<\/p>\n People taken into church.<\/p>\n Jim had asked food to be put on the buses.\u00a0 We were to leave immediately.\u00a0 He had a TV appearance at 1.00.<\/p>\n Touch altar.<\/p>\n Service out at 4.50.<\/p>\n I changed clothes, stood in a long line to go to the bathroom.<\/p>\n Filled plates had been put on the table for us to pick up as we went out.<\/p>\n The buses left at 5.45.<\/p>\n I read The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence<\/em> by Victor Mahrchetti and John D. Marks.<\/p>\n June Crym took the bus offering.<\/p>\n I slept an hour or so.<\/p>\n We had only a 15 minutes break at Buttonwillow, left around 9.00.\u00a0\u00a0 I was a long time in getting to sleep again.\u00a0 Rose of Sharon who had sat behind me had objected to my putting my seat back, had moved and was sitting behind June.\u00a0 June had cramps from her period and was not resting well, but did not want to make an issue about her seat.\u00a0 Nonetheless, I spoke to Rose at the second stop.\u00a0 She was stubborn, told me to mind my own business, although I reminded her that Jim had decreed we could not have our seats back.\u00a0 We were not allowed off the buses at the second stop.<\/p>\n We arrived in San Francisco at about 1.00, having made the trip in a little over 7 hours.<\/p>\n Jim\u2019s TV appearance was scheduled for 1.45 and we were urged to see it at home or to come in to the church and see it in the Gold Room.\u00a0 The Christians decided to see it at the Temple.<\/p>\n The program, which had been previously taped, was Jim\u2019s appearance on Cecil\u2019s half hour \u201cVibrations.\u201d\u00a0 Cecil was quite admiring of Jim and Jim used a low-key approach in answering his questions.<\/p>\n On getting home at 3.00, I unpacked, then went to bed.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 10 May – 1976 \u2013 Monday<\/strong> Betty called about 7.15 and inquired whether I was going to work by bus.\u00a0 She said she was going to take public transportation.<\/p>\n I had only grapefruit for breakfast and took for lunch tuna fish and an orange, continuing my diet for 2 more days.<\/p>\n Dor had to do some other work before she could furnish me some more MagCards to continue Maggie\u2019s project on engineering requirements, so I had most of the morning free.\u00a0 I finished journal entries for the weekend, balanced my check book and sorted personal papers.<\/p>\n Ate at my desk.<\/p>\n Marie lent me her Muni pass and I went up to the General Office Equipment Company and tried out the Adler Electric portable typewriter.\u00a0 The machine had pica type and I ordered one with elite type which they said they\u2019d have to get from San Jose.\u00a0 They indicated they\u2019d give me a discount for cash.<\/p>\n As soon as Dor gave me more cards, I continued with the engineering requirements project.<\/p>\n Went home on the bus.<\/p>\n Did my exercises.<\/p>\n Had some food \u2013 an egg, vegetable juice, grapefruit and an apple.<\/p>\n Pressed clothes for an hour or so.<\/p>\n Worked on my journal from 9.30 to 12.00, making corrections.<\/p>\n Read newspapers and had a snack, grape fruit and cranberry juice and an orange.<\/p>\n Went to bed at 1.30.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 11 May – 1976 \u2013 Tuesday<\/strong> I did not have much other work to do.\u00a0 Attended to several personal matters; wrote and mailed one page letters to my sisters telling them of the Temple\u2019s plans.\u00a0 I hope to be accepted for the trip and to be able to combine it with a reunion with them in, perhaps, Chicago.\u00a0 I asked Eddie if she might be able to pay my air fare home.<\/p>\n Wrote a memo to council on the behavior of Rose of Sharon with regard to June\u2019s putting her seat back.<\/p>\n At noon saw the Energy Forum film, \u201cGanford or Bust\u201d which described the journey of a Panamanian vessel carrying a nuclear reactor component from Chattanooga, Tennessee, down the Mississippi.\u00a0 Through the Panama Canal, along the Western coast of the US to the Columbia River and thence to Hanford, Washington.\u00a0 The scenery was beautiful.<\/p>\n The weather had turned warm. On getting home I ran in the park for fifteen minutes.<\/p>\n I continued on my diet through dinner tonight, except that the only source of protein I could find was some cheese.<\/p>\n I weighed myself this morning and tonight and have lost 3 pounds.<\/p>\n I put the coleus plant Dor gave me, which I have been keeping in water, in a pot tonight.<\/p>\n I made calendar entries of the 16 to 31 July 1975 journal section, finishing it.\u00a0 Then I read the 1 to 15 August 1975 section.<\/p>\n Read newspapers and had some juice, an orange and nuts, going off my diet.<\/p>\n Went to bed at 1.00.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 12 May – 1976 \u2013 Wednesday<\/strong> Did a couple of memos for Maggie.\u00a0 These had minor errors which I would have corrected had I not had instructions from Maggie to make new changes in her work.\u00a0 Dor told me to write a memo on the subject and put it with copies of Maggie\u2019s work which Dor would give to Betty Vasil, so as to cover ourselves in case of complaint about our work.<\/p>\n Jim Mansfield brought in a contract of which he wanted 2 clean copies by Friday.\u00a0 He merely wanted it typed but Dor decided we would put it on the computer.\u00a0 Although I could have done it all by Friday, leaving Dor free to work on her reports, she didn\u2019t know what else we would get in, so she took half and gave me half.\u00a0 Wanda Rendle was free because her supervisors, John Stewart, is in Saudi Arabia and she did the appendices.\u00a0 Dor worked directly on the computer and Wanda and I put our sections on MagCard for insertion on the computer.\u00a0 I started with my section at 10.30 and was finished by 3.00.<\/p>\n At noon went to hear the lecture on the American Issues Forum at PG&E. \u00a0Today\u2019s speaker was Kay House, of the English Department, who has specialized in science writing and is also active in Early American studies.\u00a0 She spoke on American ideas of success and devoted most of her time on Benjamin Franklin, his precepts and practice.<\/p>\n I called Lor to see whether she would be free on Friday.\u00a0 The academic year is coming to an end and she is trying to finish her work for her photography class, will be tied up Friday.\u00a0 She is having trouble with her dentures and has not been able to eat any solid foods.\u00a0 I told her of my plans to go on the Temple trip and see my sisters if possible.\u00a0 We are going to try to get together on Memorial Day weekend.<\/p>\n Betty gave me a ride home.\u00a0 We left a few minutes early and I was home by 5.30.<\/p>\n I slept for an hour.<\/p>\n Had a quick meal and dressed for the Temple service.<\/p>\n Christians called me at 7.45.<\/p>\n The audience was restless, as it usually is when the weather is hot.<\/p>\n During the preliminary activities, ministers had usual difficulty in getting pledges for food for the weekend.<\/p>\n The McCoy boy, who suffered serious head injuries in the accident involving Edith Cordell, was able to be in service tonight.<\/p>\n Jim came on podium at 9.15, starting to take an offering.\u00a0 He appealed for loans which would be well secured for an animal refuge center in difficulties, were threatened with having to close.\u00a0 Jim by revelation perceived they were in difficulty and offered a loan.\u00a0 Ten minutes later the owner of the property would have come into possession of assets for one dollar and would have made thousands.\u00a0 Owner Tom Plant is going to get some unfavorable publicity in the press, or we will give him some in our publication.<\/p>\n Jim emphasized again giving $1000 towards hotel and personally wrote names down of those who gave this sum or lesser amounts.<\/p>\n Jim expressed himself on subject of pregnancy for benefit of those who were intending to take advantage of his remarks on weekend on necessity to see that honkies didn\u2019t have more babies than we.\u00a0 Idiots who shouldn\u2019t bear children are always the ones who hurry to get pregnant.\u00a0 He warned that none should consider it who already have had a deformed or defective child or suffer from diabetes.\u00a0 Homeless children should be adopted.<\/p>\n Juanita Davis is in hospital as predicted.<\/p>\n A film, \u201cMade in Chicago,\u201d on white, black and Chicano groups of young people trying to better race relations, was shown.<\/p>\n Charles Garry, attorney for Black Panthers, saw Jim on Cecil Williams show, was impressed and his wife is coming to our meeting.<\/p>\n Commendations were given:\u00a0 Poncho Johnson is doing better; Carl [Karl] Barnett is showing gratitude for being gotten out of prison by deeds and actions; Doxsee Swaney is doing good work in the Redwood Valley kitchen.<\/p>\n A young white man, who is new, had reported that someone sitting in the security section has refused to embrace him when congregation has been told to greet their neighbors.\u00a0 The persons concerned were brought on the floor, including a security guard, a woman, who had told the young man that this was a security section and he couldn\u2019t sit there.\u00a0 The young man, who is new and was much offended.\u00a0 Jim said he was a radio announcer (perhaps one of the KFSO personnel we had taken on for cure of drug addiction).\u00a0 Jim emphasized the need to show affection.\u00a0 Touching has an effect upon health.\u00a0 He has to be the authoritarian, the people have to show kindness to compensate.\u00a0 Those wearing a uniform have a responsibility, should show more concern than anyone else.\u00a0 The woman who had refused to embrace the young man was not in uniform: he had no way to know the section was for security. Her husband who is a white man, stated that he had told her she should show more warmth to others and not pay so much attention to him in public.\u00a0 Their last name is Davis.\u00a0 Jim said this was a good socialist statement.<\/p>\n Jim had received birthday cards.\u00a0 Said he could not accept them nor birthday presents.\u00a0 Doing so gives and advantage to those who have money.\u00a0 It would have been all right to honor a special day with the understanding that Jim gets none of the proceeds.<\/p>\n Commendation.\u00a0 John Haynes is a hard worker.\u00a0 He drives the LA pamphleting bus and supervises the most active young people.<\/p>\n Several young men were put on the floor for bad conduct at the Muslim temple, among them John Miles (not present tonight), William Klingman, Marvin Wideman, Rory Macon [Bargeman], Billy Jones.\u00a0 Marvin had helped carry some heavy equipment into the auditorium.\u00a0 His case was dismissed by Jim.<\/p>\n Dee-Dee Macon does weekend security.\u00a0 She and Wanda Swinney made changes in their commune, had a barbecue for the children and failed to notify the kitchen.\u00a0 She was reminded of the necessity of doing so in such cases.<\/p>\n Billy Jones was said to be making progress.\u00a0 He has been cleaning bathrooms.<\/p>\n Stephen Jones on the floor.\u00a0 When questioned about his schooling by Maria Katsaris, he struck her.\u00a0 What can excuse the violation of the rule that we are not to use physical violence against each other?\u00a0 Jim asked.\u00a0 Maria explained what occurred but Jim said she minimized and covered for him in order not to hurt Jim.\u00a0 Jim explained this actually cause him more pain.\u00a0 Stephen admits there is no excuse for his behavior.\u00a0 He had been an ass-hole.\u00a0 Jim said you need to see yourself as an ass in order to make change.\u00a0 All of Jim\u2019s sons have been neglecting school.<\/p>\n Jim spoke of the effect on some of severe punishment.\u00a0 An example was Louetta Brown who had received severe punishment, about 150 whacks and now performing in an exemplary manner.\u00a0 What will work for some won\u2019t work for another.\u00a0 Jim said he had been an ass too.\u00a0 One sin he had committed was bringing children in.\u00a0 His children had cared for him, but kindly deeds will be for nothing if you don\u2019t follow the rules.\u00a0 To Stephen he said, you have a good mind but are not using it. \u201cYou are going to pass.\u201d\u00a0 You are going to be up all night for three nights studying under supervision.<\/p>\n The person who tortured and killed he Guevara was killed in Paris after 5 years.\u00a0 It made Jim think of Joe Hill.\u00a0 \u201cI never died,\u201d said Joe.<\/p>\n Louetta Brown had been sent for to receive praise.\u00a0 Jim told again of the way in which she had been punished.\u00a0 She turned over her child to another to raise.\u00a0 What she had been through made her strong.\u00a0 She worked hard at Chicago, going up and down stairs until exhausted.\u00a0 Marcy told all the boys no more excuses for poor report cards.<\/p>\n The question of Lew\u2019s car came up. Danny Curtain [Curtin] had something to do with this issue and he was questioned\u00a0 Danny went to the ranch without telling anyone except Ken Norton.\u00a0 Danny has a Mustang and Lew got a Mustang, imitating him.\u00a0 Lew has been in three serious accidents and wouldn\u2019t have been saved without Jim.\u00a0 He can get himself shot, a minority person with a flashy sports car.\u00a0 Jim said Lew has a job, is a hard worker.\u00a0 He got the car with $800 from insurance on another car which had been wrecked.\u00a0 He had given an extra $200.\u00a0 The seller was trying to cheat him by claiming he still owed him $100.\u00a0 The car was also in poorer mechanical shape that had been represented.<\/p>\n Danny behind Lew\u2019s back had expressed scorn for Lew, and Jim made him repeat what he had said.\u00a0 Jim asked if the two are attracted sexually.\u00a0 Lew took up scuba diving because Danny did it.\u00a0 Lew\u2019s relations with Terry [Carter], his girl friend, were discussed.\u00a0 He had tried to manipulate her.\u00a0 Lew wouldn\u2019t admit homosexual feelings.<\/p>\n Attention was shifted to all males in the congregation and an effort made to convince them that all are homosexual.\u00a0 CJ helped in bringing a bearded young man up who had a problem,\u00a0 Jim worked with him to bring his sexual feeling out.\u00a0 Jim said he was scared of him because he doesn\u2019t understand himself.\u00a0 He\u2019s got a deeply hidden problem.\u00a0 The heterosexual who can\u2019t even embrace a man has a problem.\u00a0 \u201cI don\u2019t have any faith in any of you mother fuckers who won\u2019t deal with your homosexuality.\u201d\u00a0 What we need is a socialist personality.<\/p>\n Attention was turned back to Lew.\u00a0 Jim: You may think you\u2019re kissing the succulent lips of a rose petal and you\u2019re just eating shit.\u00a0 Lew admitted his homosexual feelings.<\/p>\n Jim said he never sucked anyone\u2019s dick, but if someone gave him $5000 tonight he would do it.\u00a0 What he hates is not the penis but the attitude men have, letting women wait on them.<\/p>\n Jim complained about those who intrude on him, make demands on him all the time, in contrast to those who are considerate.\u00a0 He would like to be ale to spend more time with the latter.<\/p>\n Jim tried to discourage all sexual relationships.\u00a0 The only reason is high money for the cause and they should not know who you are.\u00a0 This is hard to do.\u00a0 Check with him first.<\/p>\n Referring to the offer of the Mayor to put him on the Human Rights Commission, he turned it down.\u00a0 What he wants are paying jobs for his people.<\/p>\n Making a disposition of the cases regarding his sons, Jim said all are to study three days and three nights.\u00a0 Lew has been gypped on the car.\u00a0 He ordered the leadership: get some of the brothers and see the seller.\u00a0 Talk to him about taking the car back and returning the money.<\/p>\n To set at rest as to where Chris Lewis is, Jim said he was on a mission.\u00a0 For those who had doubts, he told the workers to get his voice on tape and bring it for the weekend meeting.<\/p>\n Jim decided that all his sons were to pamphlet.\u00a0 He had already said they had to put money earned into the commune, just like everybody else.\u00a0 The boys had previously not been allowed to pamphlet for fear of their being kidnapped, but Jim said there would be sufficient guard to take care of that fear.\u2019<\/p>\n Danny offered to study all night and also pamphlet.<\/p>\n William Klingman\u2019s case was dealt with.\u00a0 Martha, who has been put on Council, says he has shown a little improvement.\u00a0 Lee Ingram says he has volunteered to distribute newspapers.\u00a0 Maryann Casanova says he has improved in Junior Choir.\u00a0 Debbie Schroeder says he is acting better, still talks back.\u00a0 Jim gave him an extra hour of work.<\/p>\n More commendations.\u00a0 Scott Thomas and Don Casanova [Scheid] do good work on the public address system.\u00a0 Cheryle McCall has been serving well, doing secretarial work in connection with the newspapers.\u00a0 Don Jackson has been helpful in supervising newspaper distribution.\u00a0 Eliza Jones does good work at her concession stand.<\/p>\n Rory Macon [Bargeman] was dealt with.\u00a0 Don Beck says he dresses sloppily for service.\u00a0 Jack Beam says he has worked well with the groceries and in publications.\u00a0 Jim gave him 30 minutes straightening up the church after service.<\/p>\n [Name withheld] has gotten involved in work projects in his commune.<\/p>\n Stephen got 3 days of hard physical work for using violence.<\/p>\n After a brief meditation period, Jim dismissed the meeting at about 2.00 o\u2019clock.<\/p>\n I went home with the Christians.<\/p>\n I washed dishes.<\/p>\n I read newspapers and ate some toast with peanut butter and toast with jam.<\/p>\n Went to bed at 4.00.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 13 May – 1976 – Thursday<\/strong> Although I was on the Saudi Arabian contract (which concerns building a military airport at New Riyadh) most of the day.\u00a0 I had time at intervals to rewrite Wednesdays long journal entry, filling in omissions.\u00a0 I put it on MagCard.<\/p>\n I could only bring an orange with me for lunch so I bought a hamburger with French fries at the cafeteria and brought the tray into a conference room where at 12.15.\u00a0 The American Issues Forum started a series at Bechtel with SF State University professors as speakers.\u00a0 Today\u2019s was Peter Carroll, history professor , whom I had heard previously at PG&E. he spoke also on \u201cThe Dream of Success\u201d and used Benjamin Franklin as his example of American values.\u00a0 He had an original and quite radical outlook.\u00a0 The auditorium was good-sized compared with that at PG&E and there was lively discussion afterwards.<\/p>\n Betty offered to phone me in the morning and give me a ride if Muni went back on strike.\u00a0 If a matter before the judge on removing two propositions from the ballot is decided in a way detrimental to the unions, they may strike again and stop Muni service.<\/p>\n I took No. 5 bus in order to go to Petrini\u2019s as I needed food for tonight, fell asleep and rode past my stop.\u00a0 Bought $3.63 worth of groceries.<\/p>\n Exercised.<\/p>\n Did personal and household chores and washed my hair.<\/p>\n Prepared and ate dinner and washed dishes. I defrosted the refrigerator and washed the interior and cooked some lentils for lunches.<\/p>\n Washed underwear.<\/p>\n I was late getting through tonight because I had lost time shopping and it was 12.30 before I fell asleep over the newspaper, did not wake up and get ready for bed until 2.30.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 14 May – 1976 – Friday<\/strong> At noon I went to the General Office Equipment Company.\u00a0 They had the Adler typewriter in but when we tried it out, We found the keys had not been properly set yet.\u00a0 The manager told me he would deliver it Monday.\u00a0 He gave me a 5% discount.\u00a0 The original price was $249.50.\u00a0 I paid $251.87 [with tax probably].\u00a0 I gave him a check.<\/p>\n Went to the Coop on the bus and shopped for groceries.\u00a0 Took a taxi home.<\/p>\n Put the groceries away.<\/p>\n Prepared and ate dinner and washed dishes.<\/p>\n Read newspapers.<\/p>\n Went to bed at 12.00.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 15 May – 1976 \u2013 Saturday<\/strong> Went over to Magnolia\u2019s to borrow her cart, as I had decided to take laundry to the laundromat.<\/p>\n Had a piece of grapefruit.\u00a0 Cleaned up the apartment.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t difficult because I had done a thorough job the last San Francisco weekend.<\/p>\n Listened to the Temple broadcast.\u00a0 A considerable number of staff were introduced and told about having been healed by Jim, though Jim had explained that spirit healing was a minor concern on the coming Jubilee in LA of Peoples Temple and the Nation of Islam, to which the public is invited.\u00a0 The advantages of cooperation between different religions was stressed.<\/p>\n Went to Petrini\u2019s and bought laundry soap and yellow onions which I had forgotten yesterday.<\/p>\n The weather was very warm again.<\/p>\n Took my laundry to the laundromat, got through a little after 2.00.<\/p>\n Prepared a meal.\u00a0 Had whole wheat noodles with cheese sauce, salad with cabbage, radishes, onions and cashew nuts, and an apple.<\/p>\n Put away my laundry.<\/p>\n Slept from 5.15 to 6.30.<\/p>\n Dressed for the service.<\/p>\n Before the service names were to be taken of those who wished to go on the summer trip.\u00a0 I wanted to arrive before the service started.\u00a0 I phoned Christians to tell them I would go on the bus.\u00a0 Vernetta said someone had borrowed their car and had not returned it yet.<\/p>\n I took the bus and arrived at the Temple about 7.45.\u00a0 Turned in the food I had bought for tonight\u2019s dinner.<\/p>\n Registered for the summer trip.<\/p>\n I was going to ask for a ride for Godshalks and myself, as Viola had asked if she and Ray would stay with me tonight. However, I saw Ray who said they were staying with someone else.\u00a0 While taking the offering, I saw Vernetta, who said they all had come on the bus, but the car was back now.<\/p>\n Dale Parks took charge of the service and took the first offering.<\/p>\n Jim appeared on the podium at 9.15 but did not speak.\u00a0 The service continued with singing and a tape of a former sermon.<\/p>\n Jim engaged in long private conversation with Grace.<\/p>\n When he returned to the podium he said there was a grave emergency. he took offering by sum, calling first for pledges of $1000.\u00a0 Faith to give money.<\/p>\n Rene\u00e9 Davis asked if she could come home with me.\u00a0 Statement on tape from Chris Lewis.\u00a0 I could not hear the words.<\/p>\n Healings.<\/p>\n Come to the altar.\u00a0 Jim asked Sister Andrews to sing \u201cHis Eye Is On the Sparrow\u201d<\/p>\n Out of meting at 11.15.<\/p>\n We had to wait a long time for Christians.\u00a0 The delay was probably connected with getting their car back and out of the lot.<\/p>\n Home about 12.00.<\/p>\n Rene\u00e9 bathed and washed her hair.<\/p>\n We had toast and jam and I read a little in the newspapers.<\/p>\n Rene\u00e9 slept in my sleeping bag.<\/p>\n We went to bed about 1.00.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 16 May – 1976 \u2013 Sunday<\/strong> Called Rene\u00e9 to get up, but she was slow.<\/p>\n Prepared breakfast: cranberry and grape juice, sliced beef, fried eggs, toast, jam.\u00a0 Made carob milk for Rene\u00e9 but she didn\u2019t care for it.<\/p>\n A number of little things went wrong all morning.\u00a0 I spilled towels in the bathtub, spilled juice on the table and on Rene\u00e9\u2019s clothes and spilled coffee in the kitchen.\u00a0 Had to rinse Rene\u00e9\u2019s blouse and press it dry.\u00a0 She was slow in dressing and did a mediocre job with the dishes. She tries to be polite, though.<\/p>\n She doesn\u2019t like school in Ukiah, says, \u201cThe people aren\u2019t nice.\u201d\u00a0 As friends she named Tiny Solomon and another black girl.\u00a0 In the household (commune) besides Bob Davis and Liz Forman are Jim McElvane. Kevin Davis, Chris Buckley and another boy.<\/p>\n I dressed.<\/p>\n Bob Christian was late n leaving for the service.\u00a0 He had taken Vernetta at 9.00 for a greeter\u2019s meeting.<\/p>\n Helen Love saved me a good seat.\u00a0 The service was in progress when we arrived.<\/p>\n Jim on the podium at 12.15.<\/p>\n He took an offering.\u00a0 We must raise money to get the hotel for communal living, so that we can save people in LA from the worst cataclysm he had already predicted. This as reinforcement for demand for $1000 pledges.<\/p>\n Much emphasis upon standing and applauding loudly when Jim appears.\u00a0 Necessary to show that we are together.\u00a0 It is not for him but to save our necks.<\/p>\n He spoke on celebrating founder\u2019s birthday.\u00a0 Some people will only give to the leader.\u00a0 We should have a day to collect money.\u00a0 Doesn\u2019t care what happens to him. Started alone and will finish alone if necessary.\u00a0 Have a feeling that others will be with me.\u00a0 We\u2019re going to fly away.\u00a0 Won\u2019t be with me.\u00a0 We\u2019re going to fly away. Won\u2019t say where but we can guarantee it won\u2019t be to hell, but from hell.<\/p>\n KuKluxKlan had burned about 20 crosses so far.\u00a0 Doesn\u2019t matter if you have a Cadillac, in fact, if you have a Cadillac they\u2019ll attack you sooner.\u00a0 Nothing stupider than buying white man\u2019s product.<\/p>\n Jim spoke of expenses for joint rally.\u00a0 He got out of paying many expenses.\u00a0 They had incurred on getting into Disneyland.<\/p>\n Need a little budget talk, \u201cnigger\u201d talk. You can bargain for anything.\u00a0 Told of buying buses when they already had the check.\u00a0 Go to court.\u00a0 Nobody wants to fuss with me.<\/p>\n Want to do a little investigating in South Africa where they\u2019re fighting in Rhodesia.\u00a0 Guerrilla warfare has started there.\u00a0 If you were all as frugal as me we could buy out Rockefeller in a year, but you\u2019re not frugal.<\/p>\n Canada and Mexico not safe.\u00a0 The US will take the over.<\/p>\n We have those who misuse their power, are not kind, who eat better, of all shades.<\/p>\n This economy is going to fall apart.\u00a0 Holding it together until election.\u00a0 Speaking of CIA and FBI, if white people will wipe out their own people, what makes you think they won\u2019t wipe you out?\u00a0 They\u2019ll turn poor whites against the blacks.\u00a0 About the black people who sat white people treat them nice.<\/p>\n I never met anyone so stubborn as some of you are.\u00a0 You won\u2019t admit you can\u2019t stay here?\u00a0 Power.\u00a0 Why the district attorney hiring Tim Stoen to handle voter fraud? Power.\u00a0 With that power it is essential to get out of here, what makes you think you can save your house?\u00a0 There is either a depression or war.\u00a0 Capitalism breeds depression and war.<\/p>\n Question period. Cut back in food stamps.<\/p>\n Healings. Christians were going home.\u00a0 I intended to go with them, waited for some time, but thinking I had missed them, I went with the people who were taking Magnolia.<\/p>\n Radio station KDIA conducted a panel discussion with Jim and the Nation of Islam leader, who told about the coming Jubilee. Several other Temple people were present and spoke.\u00a0 Guests and comments were telephones in.\u00a0 The program was an hour long.<\/p>\n I ate my meal while listening to the program.<\/p>\n I mended a dress and started to put a new hem in my offertory dress, as it was too long.<\/p>\n I phoned Christians and got a ride back to the temple for service at 6.30.<\/p>\n Rides were arranged.<\/p>\n Choir did a number of pieces.<\/p>\n Tape of sermon given in LA, probably from last Thursday or Friday.\u00a0\u00a0 LA one of the most wicked cities in the US.\u00a0 refers to attempt to start a riot at the Temple.\u00a0 Hauled our people off to jail.\u00a0 Jim went down to see about his people. Arrested him.\u00a0 Fascism is here already.\u00a0 Father can do miracles but why should it happen, when we had a warning? \u00a0If I drag you out of a pig sty and you drag your fat ass back into the pig sty, I should leave you there.<\/p>\n As long as you obey my commandments, you\u2019ll be all right.\u00a0 I don\u2019t like it but I\u2019ll do it because it\u2019s right.<\/p>\n On the Jubilee, will cater to their ego.\u00a0 We won\u2019t attempt to build our own program.\u00a0 The intelligence level of this place is higher than most places.\u00a0 They won\u2019t grasp some ideas.\u00a0 They may get out to find the society that they can\u2019t get out.\u00a0 Caught between a truth bringer and a personality cult.<\/p>\n Jim took offering.<\/p>\n CIA was saying.\u00a0 They\u2019re with those Peoples Temple.\u00a0 When we get away, they\u2019ll come and see the Muslims, ask why did you appear on the same program?\u00a0 If you flatter some people\u2019s ego, you can do anything.\u00a0 Don\u2019t know what they have to go back to.\u00a0 After seeing our liveliness, still be hard to go back to listening 5 and a half hours to somebody on the telephone.<\/p>\n Jim described preaching to the Muslim leaders.\u00a0 Convincing them to fight for homosexual rights.\u00a0 Picked up on their leaders statement comparing whites to adults and blacks to children.<\/p>\n We\u2019ve met people an will meet more people in news conferences this week.\u00a0 We\u2019re not paying for anything.<\/p>\n Commendations.\u00a0 Angelique Scheid.\u00a0 So cheerful while passing out newspapers.<\/p>\n Mark Gibson got all A\u2019s.<\/p>\n Velysha Williams excellent hostess on bus.\u00a0 Provides seats for seniors.\u00a0 Gives people best of attention.<\/p>\n Janet Tupper.\u00a0 Good attitude with working with Junior Choir.<\/p>\n Todd Klingman on floor. William Klingman out of control at school, going to be suspended.\u00a0 Threw something at school and hit another child.\u00a0 Mike thinks he should be put in some other place.\u00a0 Martha Klingman agrees.\u00a0 Congregation voted for 50 whacks.\u00a0 Jim gave him also all night work, with one hour\u2019s sleep.<\/p>\n Dov Lundquist, Anthony Doswell, Paul Pettit. All in choir so bad have to eat last serving.\u00a0 Mark Rose, Searcy Darnes, Tyrone Cartmell.\u00a0 Bad attitude.\u00a0 Hugh Doswell, Nawab Lawrence.\u00a0 Dov got 100 whacks on first day of new school refused to go on a field trip.\u00a0 Special teacher had to be assigned to stay with him. Eliot Tardy, Wayne McCall second group got 50 whacks and had lesser work assignments.\u00a0 Monica Doswell, Irvin Perkins. Third group got fewer whacks and lesser work assignments.<\/p>\n A number of young people put on a breakfast for YWCA.\u00a0 Raised $197.00 for the cause.<\/p>\n Chris Buckley turned himself in.\u00a0 No one else had.\u00a0 Jim sent him back to his seat.<\/p>\n Jim took another offering.<\/p>\n The meeting was dismissed about 10.30.<\/p>\n Christians took me home.<\/p>\n I washed dishes. I finished hemming my dress. Read newspapers.<\/p>\n Went to bed at 1.30.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 17 May – 1976 \u2013 Monday<\/strong> At lunchtime I went to the \u201cEnergy Forum.\u201d\u00a0 Hugo G. Simens spoke on \u201cFood and Energy,\u201d in which he emphasized the necessity of using large amounts of energy in order to increase food supplies so as to help under-developed nations feed their growing population.\u00a0 But he didn\u2019t say much about the responsibility of wealthy nations to cut their consumption of resource.<\/p>\n I was on the computer past 5.00 tonight in order to finish the Garb contract and order it from the Computer Center.<\/p>\n When I got home I exercised.<\/p>\n Prepared and ate dinner and washed dishes.<\/p>\n Typed in my journal from 9.00 to 11.30.\u00a0 Finished 5 pages.<\/p>\n Read a message from the Temple that people were needed to come and help write letters on an important subject but I told the caller I had had a hard day and had much to do at home, so would not be able to.<\/p>\n Read newspapers<\/p>\n Went to bed at 1.30.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 18 May – 1976 \u2013 Tuesday<\/strong> O\u2019Neill brought in another Iran airfield contract, this one the portion involved with work outside the city and again I spent the day on it.\u00a0 It was particularly frustrating because the basic contract I had changed for the contract yesterday had to be used again for this one and many items deleted had to be restored.<\/p>\n The office equipment company didn\u2019t deliver my typewriter as promised, so at lunchtime I had to go for it.\u00a0 It seemed to be in good working order.\u00a0 I carried it to the bank where I got some money, then I carried the typewriter to the office.\u00a0 I tried it out and find it has a 3-prong plug which won\u2019t fit my electrical outlet at home.\u00a0 I\u2019ll have to replace it or get an extension cord to fit.<\/p>\n I took the typewriter home at the close of the day.<\/p>\n Exercised.<\/p>\n Prepared dinner, ate, and washed dishes.<\/p>\n The Temple message said that the emergency necessitating the Wednesday night meeting in Redwood Valley had been resolved and we would meet in San Francisco.<\/p>\n I typed in my journal from 9.00 until 11.30, finishing 5 pages again.<\/p>\n Read newspapers.<\/p>\n Went to bed at 1.00.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 19 May – 1976 \u2013 Wednesday<\/strong> I made some corrections to the two Iran contracts and had a couple of memos besides which I did quickly.<\/p>\n At lunch time went to PG&E to attend the Public Issues Forum.\u00a0 The speaker was Dr. Eugene Gratovich, of the Music Department, whose subject was \u201cThe Pursuit of Happiness.\u201d\u00a0 He was accompanied by a young woman music student and together they gave examples of some American music, compositions by a colonial composer, by Benjamin Franklin and Charles Ives.\u00a0 The audience was particularly interested by a quotation from Thomas Jefferson indicating that Colonial musicians of the servant class were in demand.\u00a0 Dr. Gratovich played the violin.<\/p>\n Dorothy\u2019s attitude was even worse than yesterday.\u00a0 She directed me minutely over details but would not allow me to ask questions.\u00a0 Her voice was sharp when she talked and she was even short with others who came in.\u00a0 In the afternoon I found that she had two contracts to put on the computer which presented unusual difficulties, and only overwork may have been the reason for her bad disposition.\u00a0 I have at times for the past few days had a headache\u00a0 (very rare for me) which I think is caused by eyestrain.<\/p>\n I phoned Kaiser to get an appointment for an eye exam but was told to call next week for an appointment in July.<\/p>\n I wrote several journal entries this afternoon.. Wrote a letter of recommendation for Christine Cobb, who wants to be accepted for nursing school at SF City College.<\/p>\n Left on time tonight and got home by 5.30.<\/p>\n Slept for an hour.<\/p>\n Ate a quick dinner and dressed for the Temple.<\/p>\n Christians were late in leaving for the service, but it had just got under way when We arrived at 8.15.<\/p>\n Preliminary activities.<\/p>\n Congregation singing.<\/p>\n Jim on podium about 9.00.\u00a0 More singing.<\/p>\n Jim quoted Marlon Brando in Time, May 1979.\u00a0 The world is doomed.\u00a0\u00a0 Has island retreat in Pacific.\u00a0 \u201cHealthy and no respect for things that can hurt you.\u201d\u00a0 Some do not understand the necessity of fear. Dictatorship of the proletariat near.\u00a0 Fear is beginning of knowledge of God.\u00a0 Fear of losing the protection.\u00a0 Brando is not going to be safe enough.<\/p>\n Governor Brown will be here 6 June.\u00a0 Though it\u2019s an LA weekend, we\u2019ll be here.\u00a0 Carson is a very dangerous man, a man without principle.\u00a0 Very small hope.\u00a0 All the elements destruction are here.\u00a0 Nuclear threat.<\/p>\n Offering.<\/p>\n Showing of a film , \u201cThree Thousand Years and Life,\u201d which was about a prison in Massachusetts whose inmates established socialism and directed their own affairs competently and peacefully.\u00a0 State take over.<\/p>\n Commendations.<\/p>\n Marilee Bogue. Mark Sly.<\/p>\n KGO addicts treatment finished.<\/p>\n Bob Houston goes to different communes on odd jobs.<\/p>\n Teresa King consistent hard worker.<\/p>\n David Chaikin had been fighting.\u00a0 Appeared he had a personal grudge against girl.\u00a0 He was reported resenting being called a \u201cnigger lover.\u201d<\/p>\n Jimmy Joe Cordell, David Chaikin, Larry Tupper cursed at school.\u00a0 David has been a model on the ranks.\u00a0 He says he is frustrated about school work.\u00a0 Richard Janaro says he can ask for help when he needs it.\u00a0 Other Kelly Grubbs.\u00a0 Jim dismissed Larry and Kelly because they were not up before.\u00a0 Claire says four have formed an unintegrated gang in classroom,\u00a0 Jimmy Joe did not pay penalty from last inspection.\u00a0 Jim increased punishment.\u00a0 Four not to speak to each other for 2 weeks.<\/p>\n Michael Smith very patient when left 3 times by his ride, covered well for her. Melanie Briedenbach was to give him ride.<\/p>\n Added to council.\u00a0 Barbara Hoyer, Don Jackson, Sylvia Grubbs, Francis Johnson.\u00a0 One other\u2026.<\/p>\n Tommy Moore behaving well.\u00a0 Didn\u2019t yield to pressure from Tommy Bogue who wanted to visit relative outside of church.<\/p>\n Brian Davis and Tom Bogue went to visit Tom\u2019s aunt.\u00a0 Came home stoned on weed.\u00a0 Brian cut school.\u00a0 Brian went to mother\u2019s.\u00a0 Recommendation: they should go live with mother and aunt.<\/p>\n Lee Ingram said Brian responded sarcastically to Tommy Moore as to whether he wanted to be in church.\u00a0 Brian said he thought Tommy was joking.\u00a0 Counselors believe he is lying.\u00a0 Tom Bogue says he hostile.\u00a0 Peter Wotherspoon says both have slapped Jim and church in face.\u00a0 Brian has been neglecting work though he spoke to teacher.\u00a0 Jim asked them what makes them think they have a right to live without obeying our rules.\u00a0 Counselors berate them.\u00a0 Jim said Tommy won\u2019t go to his aunt under our nose but to Alesha.\u00a0 They are to work all night and next night and get up to go to school.\u00a0 Brian\u2019s parents not here.\u00a0 $100 fine.\u00a0 Must separate.\u00a0 Reprieve is conditional.\u00a0 Jim dismissed case.<\/p>\n David Swinney. Misbehaved in Muslim Temple.\u00a0 He\u2019s black, must be adopted. he had been assigned 50 whacks.\u00a0 He fought with a brother.\u00a0 Jim says he used to help us teach by boxing.\u00a0 He got 50 whacks and work all night.<\/p>\n Cheryl Mitchell.\u00a0 Good study habits, achievement in school subjects.<\/p>\n Jim read names of pamphleteers in order of sums brought in.<\/p>\n Jim took another offering.<\/p>\n One person was healed publicly.<\/p>\n The congregation came up to the altar, each person touching Jim\u2019s hand.<\/p>\n The meeting was out at 11.45.<\/p>\n The Christians plan to drive to LA on the weekend, asked me if I\u2019d like to go with them.\u00a0 I accepted, as the buses will be very crowded.\u00a0 They need riders to help with the gas.<\/p>\n Christians took me home at about 12.30.<\/p>\n I washed dished.<\/p>\n Read newspapers and ate a snack.\u00a0 I have not been able to read anything except newspapers since the city workers\u2019 strike.\u00a0 During the strike I could not read my paper going to and from work and now I seem to be busy at most lunch hours.<\/p>\n Went to bed at 1.15.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 20 May – 1976 – Thursday<\/strong> Carolyn Thon brought in 21 pages of a list of job applicants which had been prepared in connection with the suit of the government against Bechtel.\u00a0 She wanted the errors corrected, using Dor\u2019s typewriter and correction fluid.\u00a0 This took me a good part of the morning.<\/p>\n At noon the lecture in the American Issues Forum at Bechtel was given by Samuel Elkins, drama instructor, who spoke on \u201cThe Pursuit of Pleasure.\u201d he defined the meaning of live theater and gave specifics to illustrate what is in his opinion developing in drama in this country at the present time.\u00a0 Ate my lunch while listening to the lecture.<\/p>\n I drafted a letter to the post office in Greely, Colorado, concerning a small amount of money which I left in Postal Savings there, when I graduated.<\/p>\n Nicci (Mary) Nicholas is quitting Bechtel.\u00a0 She is going to work for a computer firm in its legal department.\u00a0 Shirley Wong is also leaving the file room and transferring to another Bechtel office.<\/p>\n John Braman told us Betty Barclay went home ill and he needed someone to take dictation and type a letter.\u00a0 I did it for him. I put it on MagCard and made him a draft, which he changed.\u00a0 Part of it had to be retyped.\u00a0 I worked on this 20 minutes past quitting time.<\/p>\n Read a letter from Eddie [her Sister] addressed to all us sisters but with a specific note for me about plans for the summer reunion.\u00a0 She says she and Dorothy intend to pay for my ticket and she thought they might pay some of my other expenses, as I will have to take some vacation without pay.<\/p>\n I exercised.<\/p>\n Did personal and household chores and washed my hair.<\/p>\n Prepared and ate dinner and washed dishes.\u00a0 I had raw vegetables, baked squash and a casserole made with eggplant, meat substitute, tomato sauce and onions and an apple.<\/p>\n I washed clothes.\u00a0 As has been the case for several weeks.\u00a0 I was late in getting finished, I was not through until 12.30 though I had a rather light load.<\/p>\n Read newspapers.\u00a0 Was extremely tired.\u00a0 For about a week I have had an almost constant headache, very rare for me, centered in my left forehead.<\/p>\n I didn\u2019t get to bed until 2.00 o\u2019clock.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 21 May – 1976 \u2013 Friday<\/strong> I still had my headache which stayed with me all day and I was also coming down with a cold.\u00a0 I took some calcium given to me by Cathy Costello but it had no effect.\u00a0 I might have proposed going home but Betty Vasil came in and said several secretaries were absent and I knew Dor expected to have a heavy day.<\/p>\n Dor continued work on her contracts but no work came in for me.<\/p>\n I wrote a letter which I prepared for each of my sisters giving them the dates we plan to be in Chicago.\u00a0 If permitted to go on the Temple trip east I planned to take 2 extra days in Chicago for the family reunion.<\/p>\n I wrote to the Greely post office to see if I could get the money which I had left in my Postal Savings account in 1937.<\/p>\n I ate my lunch quickly at my desk, then walked up to New Montgomery with Betty Barclay to the post office.\u00a0 I bought stamps and mailed my letters.\u00a0 I went on to pay my telephone bill.\u00a0 Stopped at General Office Equipment where they gave me an adapter for my typewriter and a spare ribbon.\u00a0 I then went to the bank, deposited yesterdays check and get some cash.\u00a0 Paid my utilities bill.<\/p>\n In the afternoon I caught up with a number of person items, such as listing my expenditures and getting pencils and paper ready for the week end.<\/p>\n At 3.45 an hour before closing time, I asked Dor if I could leave early as I had no work and my head was still throbbing.\u00a0 She let me go.<\/p>\n I was home by 4.30. I took an hour\u2019s nap.<\/p>\n Packed for LA trip.\u00a0 Prepared dinner and ate.\u00a0 Dressed for the service.<\/p>\n I hadn\u2019t done the dishes yet when Christians called at 8.15.<\/p>\n At the beginning of the service, which was sparsely attended at first, those of us driving or riding with Ava Brown and pay what would have been our bus fare.\u00a0 Out of this drivers were to be compensated for gas purchases on the trip.<\/p>\n As had been announced earlier, a written excuse had to be given to Jim by all those not going to LA.\u00a0 These were collected<\/p>\n Jim came on podium.\u00a0 Read announcement from black newspaper about Muslims\u2019 intent to buy Peoples Temple property in Redwood Valley.\u00a0 Jim said 3 Muslims showed themselves in the Valley, were magnified first to 15 then 88.\u00a0 He got calls from the district attorney, sheriff and many others.<\/p>\n Our emphasis in approach to Muslims is to get resources together for survival against fascism threat.\u00a0 Jim met with a Rabbi this week , he agreed that we should get together.<\/p>\n Penny stated and Jim confirmed, that Mormons have bought KRON station from the Examiner.<\/p>\n Jim advice to women lay down on your own terms.\u00a0 Get his property and bank account turned over to you before you lay down.<\/p>\n Rabbi expected America to act just the same as Nazis.\u00a0 Jim: comments on penalty to be paid by young men who stabbed Deputy Mayor in Boston; they only have to apologize.<\/p>\n If he let himself think about how some people act, not doing anything to help the cause.\u00a0 I\u2019d kill about 50 people.\u00a0 It wouldn\u2019t do any good.\u00a0 They have no conscience aren\u2019t going to work anyway.<\/p>\n Jim took offering.<\/p>\n Questions: one on Prop 15.\u00a0 Jim says he is going to vote Yes.\u00a0 Explained how dangerous these reactors are.<\/p>\n Jim:\u00a0 Dennis Banks freed from all charges in Oregon.\u00a0 He\u2019s the only Indian to come over here and give us thanks.<\/p>\n We won contest in numerous agricultural crops in the p.l. [promised land], some that won\u2019t grow any place else in the tropics.<\/p>\n Jim: on population.\u00a0 Rapid increase.\u00a0 Not going to be any food. Fooling with nuclear devices has caused drought.\u00a0 Millions will die before end of year.<\/p>\n Jim: I don\u2019t know anybody I hate so much as a god-damned social worker.\u00a0 If Christ is coming and reigns for a 1000 years, I\u2019m going to get me a few social workers.\u00a0 I\u2019ll say the Holy Ghost moved on me.<\/p>\n Charlie Touchette had had a bad fall, in the p.l., which would have caused him grave injury, but he was unhurt.<\/p>\n The service, after healings and the coming to the altar of every one, was dismissed about 12.00.<\/p>\n I returned with the Christians to their house where they loaded the car.\u00a0 We left at 1.30, at our lunches on the road.\u00a0 Bob drove all the way. I sat in the middle in the front seat next to Marshall Farris.\u00a0 Vernetta, Lorenza Tucker, and the child were in the back seat,<\/p>\n Marshall said his wife was not a member of the Temple. She was attached to her friends in the Baptist Church.\u00a0 His brother Edward and his wife had stopped coming to the Temple services very much.\u00a0 Marshall has retirement income, is a mechanic and works most of the time on Temple cars.<\/p>\n We were discussing some of the older women who came to the Temple from the Peace Mission and I gave the Christians some details about the early Father Divine movement, Jim\u2019s contact with them , the trips back to Philadelphia, and his efforts to give a refuge to their members who wanted to come with us.\u00a0 I told them of Father Divine\u2019s celibacy rule for members and of Jim\u2019s experience with Mother Divine.<\/p>\n I slept quite well most of the trip, even though the others in the car were talking.\u00a0 Bob didn\u2019t talk much, and Marshall also went to sleep, but Vernetta and Lorenza hardly slept at all.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
\n\u201cI believe that wherever a drop of rain falls a flower grows.\u201d Which is alright if you\u2019re living where the rain falls.<\/p>\n
\nCall to join the Temple by revelation.
\nMeeting dismissed at 1.30.<\/p>\n
\nI got up at 8:30.<\/p>\n
\nThurman Guy. 20 whacks,\u00a0 with other youngsters out of hand on bus from LA.
\nMickey Carroll. Acting up and crying 10 whacks, work all night.<\/p>\n
\nFinished list of engineers in various states for Maggie, started in a compilation of engineering rules and regulations of the various states for her.\u00a0 Put these on MagCard for entry into ATS.<\/p>\n
\nHad a hard day.<\/p>\n
\nHad another hard day, though not as bad as yesterday.\u00a0 Finished the consultant agreement for Rita, ran it off and proofread it.\u00a0 Then continued with the ATS work on state engineering requirements.\u00a0 Dor was busy too and Nicci helped her with a tape.\u00a0 I had a hard time getting the letter written to KFAX congratulating them for the Peoples Temple Forum program on Saturday.<\/p>\n
\nI worked the whole day in Maggie\u2019s engineering requirements.\u00a0 I took breaks twice on which I made notes on the week\u2019s journal entries.<\/p>\n
\nAfter I put my time card in this morning, I worked the rest of the day on the engineering requirements documents.\u00a0 The office was very busy and several people brought more work in to Dor.\u00a0 She was particularly irked at Fred Abbott who brought back a contract with picayune changes, which she had just revised for him yesterday.<\/p>\n\n
\nWe stopped at Buttonwillow at about 9.00 for an hour.\u00a0 I ran, ate my food, talked to Viola Godshalk, telling her about Beulah Pendleton\u2019s life.\u00a0 Spoke to Rheaviana about going communal when the new hotel is available.\u00a0 I shall make a written application.\u00a0 I talked for a few minutes with Jerry Wald who is attending school in the Valley.\u00a0 He is now 18 in the 11th grade. And wants to quit school and get a full time job.<\/p>\n
\nUp at 8.00.\u00a0 Bathed and dressed.<\/p>\n
\n(1) Are we going to merge with Muslims?\u00a0 Jim: glad some of these jackleg preachers are worried.\u00a0 Keep them worried.\u00a0 We will never lose our identity.\u00a0 We will be true to our concept that there is no God but what we see.\u00a0 Jim spoke of those who like healings but don\u2019t like reality.\u00a0 White oppressors will use you to bring slavery back.\u00a0 He referred to those who were nervous about his attack on religion (people had been asked to bring as many guests as possible).<\/p>\n
\nHad set the alarm for 5.00, intending to press clothes, but when it rang, I shut it off and did not get up until 6.45.<\/p>\n
\nI finished typing the remainder of the Engineering Requirements project. Dor had ordered a print-out of the work done so far and I proof read it.<\/p>\n
\nThis morning I baked a loaf of bread which I had bought on sale.\u00a0 It was frozen and rose during the night after I had taken it out of the refrigerator.\u00a0 I had 2 pieces with butter.\u00a0 I put up a lunch and canned beans and an orange.<\/p>\n
\nDor and I proofread the Saudi Arabian contract as revised from the computer center and she made corrections.\u00a0 Mansfield brought a companion contract in and Dor, Wanda and I worked on it.\u00a0 Wanda did very nice work on the MagCard.<\/p>\n
\nHad some more work on the Saudi contract but didn\u2019t have a very hard day.<\/p>\n
\nWoke up at 8.30.<\/p>\n
\nGot up at 9.00 and bathed.<\/p>\n\n
\nJoin the church
\nService ended at 2.00.<\/p>\n
\nI spent all day putting a contract for Garb on ATS.\u00a0 It was the portion of the contract for construction of an international airport which involves work inside Iran.\u00a0 It was good practice for me, as I haven\u2019t done much on ATS for some time.\u00a0 Garb is taking a day off on Friday and O\u2019Neill was overloaded.<\/p>\n
\nAt 8.30 the Legal Department had a meeting of secretaries in the conference room.\u00a0 A MagCard typewriter with more capabilities will soon be available.\u00a0 Management has approved the replacing of our IBM Executive typewriter which most of the secretaries do not like with Selectric typewriters.\u00a0 But the Executive typewriters will not be replaced until they are ten years old.\u00a0 Dor discussed the aim of having the secretaries enter contracts on MagCards for entry on ATS instead of working directly on ATS.\u00a0 Resistance to working on the MagCards seems to be waning somewhat.<\/p>\n
\nWas late getting up this morning and did not get any breakfast, but I took a grapefruit to work and ate it there.<\/p>\n
\nDor\u2019s heavy load continued.\u00a0 She was however in a slightly better mood.<\/p>\n
\nDidn\u2019t get up until 6.30 this morning and was 10 minutes late leaving the apartment.\u00a0 I called Dor from the lobby before going to pick up the ATS print-outs so that she would not worry.<\/p>\n