Transcribed from her handwritten journals by Don Beck (October 2008)<\/p>\n
RYMUR-89-4286-C-1-A-6 (1) through RYMUR-89-4286-C-1-A-6 (159)<\/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.\u00a0 [?] indicate questionable readings.<\/p>\n List of people and groups mentioned in this Journal<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n ===========================================<\/p>\n 1 November – 1976 – Monday<\/strong><\/p>\n Dor phoned in that she was sick.\u00a0 Had a temperature and would stay home for a day or so.<\/p>\n I called the Registrar of Voters and explaining when I moved, asked if I would be allowed to vote.\u00a0 Although the law says anyone who moved before the 4th of October cannot vote in his former precinct, the person I got did not want to discuss it.\u00a0 Her attitude seemed to be that no one will know when I actually moved.<\/p>\n I worked on the Milan contract all day. It was very difficult, with many changes which presented problems of decipherment.<\/p>\n Marquita was working on a short contract for Galbraith and later was making revision on a litigation report.<\/p>\n I ate lunch outside.<\/p>\n In the afternoon after about 2 hours the telephone line to the central computer dropped.\u00a0 I spent the rest of the afternoon waiting to get back on line, which didn’t occur until just before closing time.\u00a0 I couldn’t stay longer as I had to get Gina Severn’s Muni pass to her.\u00a0 I went to the Temple directly from work and had my dinner.<\/p>\n During the meal hour an announcement was made that people who had moved before October 4, were not to vote in their previous precincts, so I gave up the notation of going back to my former polling place tomorrow.<\/p>\n I cleared up a number of problems and I got a Muni pass from Terry Carter.\u00a0 I explained to Vera Young that I was not able to continue on my Thursday evening security assignment; she asked me to find a replacement. I told Debbie Blakey about the situation.\u00a0 She said to let her know tomorrow before the meeting.\u00a0 They would find a replacement for me; I returned the borrowed Muni pass to Gina.<\/p>\n At home I found Bates.<\/p>\n She made candy again, and it was a hot night. It got too hot for her and some of the candy crystallized.\u00a0 I cleaned up for her.<\/p>\n I typed in my journal from 9.00 to 11.00.<\/p>\n I read newspapers.<\/p>\n Went to bed at 12.00.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2 November – 1976 – Tuesday<\/strong> I spent all day on the Milan contract.\u00a0 I realized I had it stored but I didn’t try to correct it.\u00a0 I continue making revisions so as to get them done.<\/p>\n At lunchtime I saw the second film, “People,” in the American Enterprise series. It dealt mainly with immigrants and the opportunity to make a new life for themselves.\u00a0 A black family, expressing their determination to get ahead, and belief that they could, was shown.<\/p>\n Worked till past 6.00 on the Milan contract in order to finish it.\u00a0 I was eager to get it stored that, having done that I forgot to order a copy.\u00a0 I had to sign on again to order it.<\/p>\n I got downstairs and realized I did not have my clipboard and went back for it.<\/p>\n I was entitled to $3.52 for dinner, so I took the bus to Zim’s, a block up from my apartment.\u00a0 I had a hamburger and a small bowl of chili.<\/p>\n Then took the bus to the Temple.\u00a0 Has heard there was to be a communal meeting but, probably because of the election, there wasn’t one.<\/p>\n I put my personal needs in.\u00a0 Bates was not there.\u00a0 I had a copy of her last week’s needs and I turned them in again.<\/p>\n When I got home I found Bates in.\u00a0 She hadn’t eaten.\u00a0 She had stopped at the church and discovered there was no meeting.<\/p>\n I listened to early election returns.<\/p>\n I typed from 9.35 to 11.00.<\/p>\n Read the newspapers and listened to returns.\u00a0 The result was not clear when I went to bed at 12.00, although Carter seemed to be ahead.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3 November – 1976 – Wednesday<\/strong> Worked on journal entries for about an hour.<\/p>\n Walked to Kaiser for my appointment with Dr. Hotchkiss at 10.00.\u00a0 I felt very well and he thought I was getting along fine.\u00a0 The muscles in my face seem almost normal except for a twitch under my left eye, which developed when I am under pressure.\u00a0 I got my shot which he had ordered weekly and also my polio shot.\u00a0 This is the last of the inoculations I need for Guyana.<\/p>\n I walked to my apartment.\u00a0 I haven’t been getting enough exercise since moving,\u00a0 Took the bus to work, arriving about 11.00.<\/p>\n Marquita had picked up the computer print outs.\u00a0 The Milan documents because of the telephone failure and my not understanding what to do, was “stacked”, that is, there were revised copies.\u00a0 It was also in the wrong order and pages had been mis-numbered.\u00a0 I succeeded in assembling one complete copy of the text for Milan, although line numbers were incorrect.\u00a0 I decided not to try to make corrections.<\/p>\n I saw a number of glum faces resulting from the election.\u00a0 Mary Cavalina and John Foster were particularly unhappy.\u00a0 Brenda Hyatt-Barton on the other hand had voted for Carter. Marquita voted for McCarthy.\u00a0 I told everyone I had voted for McCarthy.\u00a0 Nora Armstrong was disillusioned with Governor Brown because he had supported the Farm Workers Amendment.<\/p>\n Came with Rocki on the bus to the Temple at 6.15.\u00a0 Brought with me some old “Defenders of Animals” magazines to give to the children’s program.<\/p>\n Ate my dinner after standing in line for some time.<\/p>\n Went to the Gold Room to write a letter as requested to Jimmy Carter to congratulate him on his election.<\/p>\n Took the note to Debbie Blakey about my security shift and took to the legal office the note written to Tim Stoen and the journal section I finished some time ago.<\/p>\n Took my seat in the auditorium next to Helen Love.\u00a0 She usually saves me a seat.\u00a0 I wrote journal entries until the service started.<\/p>\n The first item of business was getting rides home for those needing them,\u00a0 It was very difficult tonight as few people in the audience have any cars not fully occupied any more.\u00a0 Brother Keaton was in charge.\u00a0 The warning I heard last night which I though applied only to children was repeated.\u00a0 No one is to be alone on the street.\u00a0 Service will not let any person out the door.\u00a0 The warning came from Jim because of the prevalence of attacks on the streets including random shootings.<\/p>\n Wesley made announcements.<\/p>\n Debbie made the announcement concerning food for Saturday and Sunday food supplies were ____<\/p>\n Jim on podium at 8.50.\u00a0 After we\u00a0 had greeted each other, he spoke of the lack of faith in this group in contrast to the ___ Sunday brought about by his faith and love.<\/p>\n Jim started to take the offering.<\/p>\n We may have a breath of air with the election of Carter but we have a fascist Senator elected.\u00a0 Carter will not be much help.\u00a0 It is justified to form certain alliances.\u00a0 We have connections.\u00a0 I do not believe in America and I don’t believe the president makes policies.\u00a0 If they try to follow enlightened policies, they will be killed.\u00a0 Our allies such as the Philippines are torturing people.\u00a0 The kind of behavior was taught here by the CIA.\u00a0 The only safety is where there are mysteries between you and such people.\u00a0 The American people are a cruel sadistic bunch of people. Violence is glorified with in our society.<\/p>\n You don’t try to deal with a rabid dog, he stated at a meeting of Board of Supervisors.\u00a0 These same people are capable of murder when it’s all right.\u00a0 Some of you aren’t bothered by such conditions I can\u2019t stand to be successful and see that look in people’s eyes.\u00a0 I wonder why I fight so hard for some of you, why I bother caring whether you do or not.\u00a0 I’d rather be dead than live under this kind of exploitation.\u00a0 I’d rather be dead.\u00a0 I will be dead before I submit.<\/p>\n Jim explained about taking more time over offering.\u00a0 The thing you think of last.<\/p>\n He described the Housing Commission meeting and experience talking to a black woman at the polling place ___ group.<\/p>\n He took up project against homosexuality in their organization. In contrast to those who have lied when they shouldn\u2019t ___ ___ of you who doesn\u2019t want to live in a __ ___ ___ gives the damn bigot.\u00a0 You can pack up and go back to LA.\u00a0 Have had more trouble with heterosexuals who molest little children\u00a0 He spent some time on using the words bitch and shit.\u00a0 Those who judge people about cussing are more dangerous .\u00a0 I could out fuck anybody tonight $10,000 to $1.<\/p>\n He manish and she womanish.\u00a0 You wanted to see Jesus. God damn your ass.\u00a0 You’re seeing him.\u00a0 We should not mistreat anyone and be tolerant of everyone. \u00a0Invited such bigots to leave.\u00a0 Go fuck yourself.<\/p>\n God damn Nazi’s overrunning the city. Tear down Third World election announcements. You don’t worry about them.<\/p>\n Don’t write me these letters that you can’t live with people who don\u2019t talk, walk, live like you. You’re a nasty bitch.<\/p>\n He brought up men who wear their shirts unbuttoned with god-damn hairy chest.\u00a0 He speaks of heifer on back row.\u00a0 Judging me.\u00a0 How would you like to die at 3.09?\u00a0 You better get your ass up.<\/p>\n You god damn miserable Christian.\u00a0 You wouldn’t say fuck but you’d stand by and let the Nazi’s kill children.\u00a0 I’m one with all people who are oppressed.<\/p>\n Jim finished the offering.<\/p>\n ___ ___ meet Ambassador from Zaire.\u00a0 Willie Brown and Cecil Williams to be MC for Socialist Workers Party meeting, 1390 Turk, November 12, 7.30.\u00a0 All then to protest murder of people in South African nations.<\/p>\n Chaikin kept calling names of people on fixed income to come here to see him to arrange for money to be transferred.<\/p>\n Those on Social Security to see our staff first.\u00a0 Don’t tell of social security or welfare problems yourself.<\/p>\n Jim read names of people who went in their own and told relative about communal living.\u00a0 Some people are selfish and are in a hurry.<\/p>\n People taking advantage, asking for special diets and then eat communal food too. Seniors who cook their own food too cost us.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Praises: Cornelius Truss, Todd Klingman and Tad Schroeder, Angela and Sophia Casanova working well;\u00a0 Sharon McCall making good work, being cooperative.<\/p>\n Any child refusing seats on buses to adults will be dealt with.<\/p>\n Students at Opportunity High guilty of cutting classes called up. To have $5.00 each time results will be times the days you cut her school (Golden) you cost her money.<\/p>\n No cuts people read and praised.<\/p>\n One girl has outside relationship.\u00a0 Another flirts with outsiders.\u00a0 To be given consultation. one loud and disruptive, some late, arguing in public. All to be called in to Council.\u00a0 Some people stay after school so as to avoid newspaper distribution or work projects.<\/p>\n Little children who wasted food Sunday have to collect $10.<\/p>\n Danny Beck threw rock and broke windshield on food van.\u00a0 On floor.\u00a0 Clark Grubbs throwing rocks. Larry Tupper, Chris Buckley, Anthony Doswell, Joel Cobb.<\/p>\n Jim:\u00a0 Jewel Johnson should be appointed by Moscone to vacant position on school board.\u00a0 Asked request to be made.<\/p>\n Patty McCoy, Patricia Houston, Rochelle Kemp, David Goodwin also involved in some throwing.<\/p>\n Complaint that no supervisors of children after school.\u00a0 Jim appointed committee to work on children’s’ constructive actions.\u00a0 $10 for those who were up, $10 for those who were late coming up, the girls.<\/p>\n Jim healed some.<\/p>\n He dismissed meeting about 12.00.<\/p>\n Many of the people for 1029 Geary were taken home by Evelyn Bennefield but she had to make three trips.<\/p>\n Bates and I got home about 1.00.<\/p>\n We examined the groceries from the Temple which Rocki had brought up to me yesterday.\u00a0 These were on an earlier order of Bates.\u00a0 We got some honey, jam, a big can of pork and beans, two dry onions, dishwashing detergent and t.p.\u00a0 We had a large bag of grated cheese and we both ate some with crackers or bread.\u00a0 I also had some grapes.<\/p>\n Bates went to bed.<\/p>\n I read newspapers until 2.00 when I went to bed.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 4 November – 1976 – Thursday<\/strong> Worked on revising of a contract for Johnson.\u00a0 Marquita has the directions which Dor gave her.\u00a0 It was adapted from an already existent printed contract with disappearing notes and some changes had to be made in them.\u00a0 Marquita has had more experience with these than I have and helped me.<\/p>\n Ate lunch at my desk.\u00a0 Went to the bank and deposited the check from my former landlord, which I finally received.<\/p>\n Finished the Schuman contract.<\/p>\n Marquita left early and I started to work on journal entries.<\/p>\n Then Betty Vasil inquired whether I was free and asked me my opinion on tips for an employee.\u00a0 It was on some employee practices.<\/p>\n After work I took the bus to the Temple.\u00a0 Dinner wasn’t served until almost 6.00.\u00a0 I ate hurriedly.\u00a0 Plates were being taken to the persons at Geary.<\/p>\n Warnings have been issued that we are not to be out on the street alone at night because of reported sniping at pedestrians.<\/p>\n Jack Beam announced that blacktop for the parking lot has been donated and that work would start immediately after dinner.\u00a0 All young people were to report and people were asked to move their cars.\u00a0 The blacktop will not only improve the surface for parking, but give a better place for children to play.<\/p>\n Having heard nothing from Debbie Blakey, I took my security shift at the back door from 6.00 to 8.00. Debbie came by about 7.00, said she had been away but definitely would have someone for me next week.<\/p>\n Personal needs were being distributed and I received a former order Bates put in.<\/p>\n Getting a ride home may become a problem now that we are not allowed to leave alone but tonight Rocki gave me and Edith Cordell a ride.\u00a0 The two of them talked about some of the seniors in the building. Rocki said Lela Murphy who seems to be out of her mind a good bit of the time, doesn’t bathe herself which much distressed her roommate, so one of the nurses came to give her bath. Rocki had had trouble with one of the seniors in her apartment, in whose drawer she found some of her underwear, though it had her name on in.<\/p>\n Bates was home in bed.<\/p>\n I ate a snack.<\/p>\n Did my laundry.<\/p>\n Did personal chores and washed my hair.<\/p>\n Read newspapers until 12.00.<\/p>\n Went to sleep in my chair and didn’t get up and go to bed until 2.00 o’clock.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 5 November – 1976 – Friday<\/strong> She helped me straighten out the Milan document which was fairly easy to do.<\/p>\n Ate my lunch on PG&E steps.\u00a0 The weather was very warm. Then I went to the post office and bought a book of stamps.<\/p>\n Worked on Pitas contract until closing time.\u00a0 I was almost through and Dor took it over to finish it.<\/p>\n On the bus going home police apprehended that a young man (he looked oriental) had stolen woman’s wallet.\u00a0 This bus, always crowded during rush hours is a favorite for pick pockets.\u00a0 The bus was stopped while police were called.\u00a0 Nancy Sines was on the bus.\u00a0 After about 15 minutes we got off.\u00a0 She took another bus and I walked the rest of the way home.<\/p>\n I exercised, then went to the Temple to eat.\u00a0 I was too late to get very much.<\/p>\n The Temple was registering people for the swine flu shot and starting to give the shots.<\/p>\n I got a ride home with Rocki.<\/p>\n Bates came home.\u00a0 She has been at the Temple but they wanted her to see the doctor before getting her shot.<\/p>\n I worked on my journal for an hour and a half, did corrections and calendar entries for the ____ [Blank left by Edith] section.<\/p>\n Read Freedom at Midnight<\/em> [by Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins, 1975].<\/p>\n Went to bed about 12.30.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 6 November – 1976 – Saturday<\/strong> Washed my girdle and stockings.<\/p>\n Defrosted the refrigerator, which was a difficult task.<\/p>\n Pressed clothes for an hour and a half.<\/p>\n Listened to the Temple broadcast at 11.30.\u00a0 It opened with a strong statement from Jim on the subject of the Cuban plane which was brought down and the terrorist methods being used to prevent nations around the world from having the kind of government they chose.<\/p>\n Had some grape juice, cheese and crackers and a package of corn ships brought by Bates.<\/p>\n Bates returned about 12.30.\u00a0 She had had to see the doctor but he approved her having the shot.\u00a0 She told me a number of confused tales about people getting rides or being refused them.\u00a0 She says Jean [Eugenia] Gernandt always drives off alone (although Bates does not like Jean who succeeded to her job of handling the vitamins, Lossie Lang told me the same thing.<\/p>\n Bates told me Rocki said Rheaviana was moving people into each apartment.\u00a0 The possibility of being more crowded caused me some anxiety.<\/p>\n Bates told me food was going to be brought to us this afternoon at 4.00 at our residence; nonetheless, she had bought lamb stew meat and vegetables and several kinds of fruits.\u00a0 She had determined to cook for us today.<\/p>\n She didn’t want me to go to the Coop, said she would be lonesome, but I needed to get some supplies.\u00a0 I left about 1.30.<\/p>\n I bought whole wheat bread, apple, oranges, lentils and small lima beans.<\/p>\n Bates had borrowed a vacuum cleaner from the manager and was vacuuming the rug.<\/p>\n I went out to buy a Sunday newspaper.\u00a0 Coming back, I saw Bates returning the vacuum cleaner downstairs.\u00a0 A woman who refused to ride in the elevator with us attracted my attention.\u00a0 Bates said she is Kelly X___ [left by Edith to fill in later], daughter of Mom Taylor.\u00a0 Bates told me of her difficulties with her,\u00a0 She was, Bates said, the wife of the man who owned the hotel in LA and refused to turn it over to the Temple.\u00a0 He died suddenly and his wife gave the hotel to the Temple.<\/p>\n We ate the lamb stew. We had just finished when Juanita Bogue came with our dinner trays.\u00a0 I put the food in a jar and refrigerated it to use for lunches.<\/p>\n Bates and I rested for an hour and a half before getting ready for service.<\/p>\n We went by bus to the service, arriving about 7.15.<\/p>\n I took my check upstairs, saw Terri Buford and talked with her about my recent experiences at work and in communal living.\u00a0 I mentioned the rumor Bates told me of the possibility of more people being put in our apartments. She said to keep her informed, remarking that “you do extra work.”\u00a0 She is one of those, Tim told me, who take care of my journal.<\/p>\n At the start of service, rides were taken care of.\u00a0 Rocki offered to take all to 1029 Geary.<\/p>\n Announcements were made.<\/p>\n Jim entered at 8.20.<\/p>\n Offering.<\/p>\n “Soldier Blue” with Candice Bergen, a film about an American woman who had lived with the Cheyenes, showed massacre of entire Indian village in Colorado by US Calvary in 1864 [Sand Creek Massacre].<\/p>\n Jim telling the congregation of the crimes still being committed against minorities and the dark people of the world and poor whites as well, began to call upon the young to make a sacrifice.\u00a0 He denounced many of the teenagers for their selfishness. He asked for a gift of $20 from then.\u00a0 Few at first responded, but he shamed most of them into standing.\u00a0 Then he made the same charges and appeals to the adults, with passion and bitterness bringing most of them to their feet for a $20 pledge.<\/p>\n A healing session followed.<\/p>\n The congregation was called to the altar but Jim requested that no one touch him, as the occasion called for a higher relationship.<\/p>\n The service ended about 12.30.<\/p>\n It had been decided to provide a bus for the residents of 1029 Geary.\u00a0 I heard there are 54.\u00a0 A number of handicapped people are living there, including Brother and Sister Mercer and Jewel Runnels.\u00a0 There was some argument about seats in the front row, as Mabel Johnson insisted on her right to one as she is crippled, too.<\/p>\n We were home about 1.15.<\/p>\n I read the newspaper until 2.45.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 7 November – 1976 – Sunday<\/strong> I repaired breakfast: fruit left from yesterday, ground turkey, fried egg, toast.<\/p>\n Bates washed the dishes.<\/p>\n The bus came for the building’s residents at 11.00.\u00a0 There was again an argument about the front seats.<\/p>\n I sat on the other side of the auditorium, today, as the first three rows on my usual side were reserved for guest.<\/p>\n Service began with usual preliminaries.<\/p>\n Jim came on podium at 12.40.<\/p>\n He took a countdown offering.<\/p>\n Jim: Chileans scheduled to come here today.\u00a0 Warned that if they came here they would visa or Carol Williams ok [makes no sense] or any other mass movement. They are hungry.<\/p>\n Jim warned, that any proposal kept we would not get any benefits.\u00a0 The system will take over.\u00a0 People should not keep clothing for which they have no need.\u00a0 We have to put our money in country where we own land, have black leadership.<\/p>\n When he came to $20, he lingered asking for those $20 which were pledged last night.<\/p>\n Attempt to arrest three of our young men last week on trumped up charges.\u00a0 Spread-eagled them.\u00a0 Only mention of Peoples Temple saved them.<\/p>\n We’ll attend to our brothers in Chile later.\u00a0 We’re not going to let down our brothers in Chile or Africa.\u00a0 We all have to show up at the rally on Friday.\u00a0 Chileans let in only a token group, aren’t allowed to get jobs, nor get funds.<\/p>\n Guests came in at 1.00.<\/p>\n Marcy sang: “The Weary Workers of the Earth Shall Reign.”<\/p>\n Jim.\u00a0 Ed Crenshaw driving Leslie’s car with a white woman stopped by police, wanted to charge him with kidnapping, until he told them of Temple membership.\u00a0 Then released him.<\/p>\n Choir: Shine on Me.<\/p>\n Jim explained to members of US-China friendship Association about Guyana.<\/p>\n African Dancers<\/p>\n Eunice [Unita] Blackwell-Wright from Mississippi, member of group which challenged election.\u00a0 Active in Civil Rights movement.\u00a0 Active in desegregation of schools movement.\u00a0 Worked on anti-poverty.\u00a0 One of the first to visit Peoples Republic of China.<\/p>\n Mrs. Wright spoke.\u00a0 Born in Mississippi from sharecropper background.\u00a0 1964 Civil Rights worker told us we had right to vote. Their case was one you study when you go to law school,\u00a0 Shirley McClaine [MacLaine].\u00a0 Got a chance to go with her to Red China.\u00a0 No locks. No fears.\u00a0 They are not afraid of each other.\u00a0 Children learn sharing.\u00a0 Cooperative atmosphere in fields.\u00a0 Didn’t have to rush, scramble, tear each other up.\u00a0 Most of the people in America are caught up in one of the most insane societies.\u00a0 Glad for their minorities.\u00a0 Problems discussed in neighborhood groups.\u00a0 Different definitions of competitiveness.\u00a0 Chinese gave me hope.\u00a0 Our society messes all our minds up.\u00a0 Her praise for People’s China.<\/p>\n Jim impressed with “China gave you hope.”\u00a0 We believe that in our time all the socialists of the world will come together.<\/p>\n Two FBI agents accompanied Mrs. Wright to the Temple and stayed outside the entire time she was here.\u00a0 They monitored the whole meeting she was in.<\/p>\n Jim had Polla Matteras sing, “Stand By Me”.\u00a0 Tears when she left.\u00a0 Jim gave her a $300 honorarium which was well worth it, so that she can carry her message around the country.\u00a0 He knows a fighter when he sees one and she is a fighter.<\/p>\n Jim performed healing and took another offering in the meantime,<\/p>\n Service was dismissed about 3.15.<\/p>\n Dinner service to the seniors was slow and rather scanty.<\/p>\n Left the church at about 4.15.\u00a0 Dorothy Brewer and I walked part way home.<\/p>\n I ate some more of the lamb soup Bates made yesterday.<\/p>\n Sorted stockings.<\/p>\n Lay down for a quarter of an hour or so.<\/p>\n Took the bus back to the evening service, arriving about 6.30.<\/p>\n Rides were being procured.<\/p>\n Jim was on podium at 6.50.<\/p>\n Jim took offering.<\/p>\n Barbara Walker, young woman, reprimanded by Ronnie James, criticized security and the leadership.\u00a0 She jerked Ronnie’s face.\u00a0 She uses people to get her own way.\u00a0 Anita suggests she wear longer skirts, look after her child better.\u00a0 Jim ordered boxing.\u00a0 She resorted to dirty tricks and evasions against numerous sent against her.<\/p>\n Young man who cut Jim off microphone when on microphone crew, was reported to have given Richmond Stahl urine to drink on supposition it was apple juice.\u00a0 Dispute facts. Probably a mistake.\u00a0 But didn’t apologize.\u00a0 He reported to have said he knew how to get off microphone by cutting Jim off.\u00a0 He involved in another hostile act several years ago.\u00a0 He’s communal and hasn’t turned any money in.\u00a0 Went to LA to vote without authorization instead of applying for a job.\u00a0 Anita said walks around in fine clothes and doesn’t do any work.\u00a0 He said uncle bought his clothes.\u00a0 He’s 22.\u00a0 He’s to go to work for Archie.\u00a0 Goes to [Redwood] Valley Thursday.\u00a0 Discussion of his sex activities.\u00a0 Jim said, “I don’t care about his sperm any more than I do a worm.”\u00a0 He gets a $200 fine.<\/p>\n Martin Amos has improved.<\/p>\n Mark Rose steals lunches, talks back at adults, threw a fit in front of a policeman.\u00a0 He is a small boy.\u00a0 He got 5 swats.<\/p>\n Billy Watkins behaves badly at school; asks teacher for extra food.<\/p>\n Avis [Breidenbach]. A Young woman supposed to marry Wesley.\u00a0 Registered for classes without clearance. Report was erroneous but she talked about going to school.\u00a0 Jim: Get to work.\u00a0 He apologized for having her brought up.<\/p>\n Clarence Klingman. Carrying switchblade to school.\u00a0 He wrote a note saying he had to have it for protection.\u00a0 Pointed out to him it was a felony to carry such a weapon.\u00a0 Reported he was going with an outside girl.\u00a0 He said he found the knife.\u00a0 The girl set him up.\u00a0 Clarence has been doing good work in publications.\u00a0 Jim warns him and all children from having anything to do with outsiders.\u00a0 Jim directed counselors to look into school situations; gave him mercy.<\/p>\n Report that there is an appalling amount of apathy on the part of students in newspaper distribution.<\/p>\n Woman working on newspaper distribution had a confrontation with Don Jackson. She said she was proud of not being communal.\u00a0 She has a child who is very uncooperative.\u00a0 She complained of effect of the organization with regard to children.\u00a0 Girl, 14 or so, has a nasty attitude.\u00a0 Reported she eats here though not communal, but she denies this.\u00a0 She said she didn’t want to go to LA.\u00a0 She claims she never got any attention to her needs in LA.\u00a0 She came to SF hoping to get more help.\u00a0 Report by Frances Johnson stated she wouldn’t cooperate with Council.\u00a0 She said Council ain’t worth a shit.<\/p>\n Jim: Some of you talk about talk about communalism, you take it when you want it and leave it when you want to.\u00a0 Jim says she has missed whole message.\u00a0 We don’t think of what help we need instead to those who need far more than we do.\u00a0 She doesn’t want to answer questions.\u00a0 Her account of church attendance very vague.\u00a0 Jim started to write, was getting revelations which he occasionally gave.\u00a0 Said she needs to work on her attitude because of some danger he sees.\u00a0 Marcy appalled at expression on her face.\u00a0 Jim says to daughter, dull pains she has in head would turn to grave problem without his protection.<\/p>\n As he ended the meeting at about 9.30, Jim said, “I didn’t need what happened today.” \u00a0To the congregation he said,\u00a0 “Don’t let anyone drain your leader.”<\/p>\n He had LA people file past the altar first, then anyone else with a contribution and communal members.<\/p>\n I was downstairs at 10.15.\u00a0 Those of us living at 1029 Geary waited sometime for the Temple bus, could not get any definitive word about it, so we obtained other transportation from residents who had vehicles of some sort.\u00a0 I had not seen Bate and was afraid she wasn’t in one of the cars.<\/p>\n Ate a snack and read newspapers.<\/p>\n Bates arrived in about half an hour.\u00a0 She said the bus did come, with only 3 passengers.\u00a0 She was looking for me.<\/p>\n I went to bed at 12.00.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 8 November – 1976 – Monday<\/strong> I ate at my desk, then when I was through went over to Jefco, a discount store, to look at table radios.\u00a0 My own is not working satisfactorily at all, particularly with FM stations and I am planning to spend some of my refunded cleaning deposit on a new one.\u00a0 Jefco had a GE model for _____ [blank in Edith’s notes].<\/p>\n Marquita left shortly after noon to spend the afternoon personal business.<\/p>\n Dor did not give me the Milan job until late.\u00a0 The Table of Contents needed complete revision and Dor began to push.<\/p>\n I wasn’t able to finish before closing time and she insisted on taking it over, although it could easily have been run off on the machine tomorrow morning.<\/p>\n Got home at 5.15.\u00a0 Did my exercises.<\/p>\n Went down to the Geary bus to the Temple for dinner at 5 minutes before 6.00.\u00a0 Just ten the Temple bus drove up and parked.\u00a0 Rheaviana, Agnes and several nurses had come to take the seniors at 1029 to dinner.\u00a0 I waited in the bus for about half an hour, but the expected 39 people did not come, only 10 or 12, the others had gone up earlier or did not want to come for some reason.\u00a0 Agnes was quite upset at the complaining of some of them.\u00a0 Kaye Rosas was the worst and she was going to start writing them up.\u00a0 Florine Dyson, sitting beside me was very unhappy at being crowded and at having her belongings misplaced when she moved from the Valley,<\/p>\n After eating I came back with Rocki though the bus would later take the others home.\u00a0 The bus will take people every day from Geary.\u00a0 Some want to come at lunch time and fold newspapers or cut up vegetables during the afternoon.\u00a0 I put in for food supplies for Bates and me.<\/p>\n Bates was home.\u00a0 She went to bed early.<\/p>\n I finished the 1 to 15 November 75 section of my journal.\u00a0 Read the 16 to 30 November section, from about 8.30 to 11.30.<\/p>\n Read Freedom at Midnight.<\/p>\n Went to bed at 12.30.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 9 November – 1976 – Tuesday<\/strong> My morning’s routine has not developed to a very efficient point, in that I am able to get up at 6.00 wash, dress, make up a lunch and eat breakfast and have time to wash dishes before leaving for work. I try to leave the apartment at 7.35.\u00a0 I usually got up a little earlier than I do,\u00a0 for breakfast didn\u2019t have much except some juice and toast and left by 7.15.\u00a0 I am sometimes held back.\u00a0 Knew of Bates’ efforts to exercise.\u00a0 I have trouble hearing her in another room, as I have the radio on.<\/p>\n Had a light day.\u00a0 Did a few memos for Maggie in the morning.\u00a0 In the afternoon at the end of the day I had some small changes to reenter on the computer on a contract on ____.<\/p>\n At lunchtime I saw the third film in the American Enterprise series, “Innovation.”\u00a0 It dealt with American inventiveness and such discoveries as the interchangeability of machine parts and the assembly line and wound up with the coming of the computers.\u00a0 I ate my lunch in the assembly room.<\/p>\n Marquita had spent part of her time off putting in applications for another job.\u00a0 She says she hates this one as much as ever and is still very antagonistic to Dor.\u00a0 Her brother is leaving to attend Chico State in February and she and Denise Price, a secretary at the office who came about the same time as Marquita, are planning to share an apartment in Walnut Creek in Concord.<\/p>\n I saw Misty Boute at the church on Sunday.\u00a0 I haven’t noticed her for a long time.\u00a0 She had begun pre-legal courses in college but said she had to drop out.\u00a0 Now wants advice on finding a para-legal job.\u00a0\u00a0 I spent time going through the want ads in the Sunday paper and listing agencies which might have such positions. Also listing for Marquita those having secretarial [positions, as she wants a second job over the Christmas Holidays.<\/p>\n When I got home I exercised, changed clothes.\u00a0 I took the Muni to the Temple where I got dinner.\u00a0 Had expected a communal meeting but one was not held.\u00a0 Instead all were expected to write letters.\u00a0 I told one woman I would help her.<\/p>\n I put my needs in , then went to the Gold Room where Barbara Walker was in charge of letter writing.\u00a0 We had to write a letter to the Civil Aeronautical Board recommending that all smoking be banned on airplanes.\u00a0 ____ __ __ ___\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Eunice [Unita] Blackwell ___ ___ know about that___ ___ ___ was very eager to get home and be prepared to go with Rocki when she was leaving when the woman who had first spoken to me appeared.\u00a0 She had been packing up her personal needs and now wanted help to write her letter.\u00a0 I asked several people if they cold help her and was refused, so I stayed and wrote a draft letter for her.<\/p>\n Though the bus should have been available to take Geary people home, nothing definite could be learned about it, so I went home on Muni with Dorothy Brewer, Hazel Dashiell and Love Life.<\/p>\n I had not seen Bates at the Temple and she was not home.\u00a0 I had an apple and set up my typing when she arrived.\u00a0 She had arrived late are the Temple, written her letter and picked up her needs.\u00a0 She went to bed.<\/p>\n I typed from about 9.00 to 11.00, finishing up 4 pages.<\/p>\n Ate some toast and jam.<\/p>\n Read Freedom at Midnight.<\/em><\/p>\n Went to bed about 1.00\u00a0 but I was so tired I didn’t go to sleep for an hour or so.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 10 November – 1976 – Wednesday<\/strong> Made journal entries.<\/p>\n At noon after eating my lunch, I went to the Bechtel Employees’ Club open house.\u00a0 The purpose was to acquaint employees with the activities the club sponsors.\u00a0 Coffee and cookies were offered.<\/p>\n I phoned the Toronto Dominion Bank and changed my address.\u00a0 I also called the Motor Vehicle Department so as to change my address on my driver’s license but they will send me a form to fill out.<\/p>\n For a long time I have had a $5.09 discrepancy in my bank balance.\u00a0 I went over old bank statements to see if I could find the source of the error.\u00a0 It seems to have originated when I lost my check register at the time Beulah and I had our purses stolen last March (check date) I have failed to account for a check which had not been checked for as long time.<\/p>\n In the late afternoon I was given a case argument which was on Mag Card to feed into the ATS. It was work from Mary Cavolina and her secretary.\u00a0 John Foster wanted to clear his cards, so I was putting the agreement into storage.\u00a0 I had to add cards on the machine.\u00a0 I finished except for a page or two.\u00a0 Turned it over to Dor to finish if she cared to.<\/p>\n I lay down for an hour.<\/p>\n I ate some of the lamb stew Bates had made.<\/p>\n Took Muni to the Temple.<\/p>\n Arrived at Temple at 7.40.<\/p>\n Rides were just being arranged.<\/p>\n Announcements.<\/p>\n Testimonies.<\/p>\n Jim on podium at 8.35.<\/p>\n Penny, while somebody paying no attention, she and another woman chased a white man in U-Rental.\u00a0 Man worked for US Air Force.\u00a0 Worked under Senator Stennis TDA from Air Force.<\/p>\n ___ on borders of Guyana, interested in our radio, contact with our p.l. ____ rep to Pres. from Biloxi to pursue Msr. Wright.\u00a0 Jim gathered information and will release it.\u00a0 Probably intended assassinate her .\u00a0 Means Army and Air Force about to take over.\u00a0 Tapping radio. 180 men assigned to their division.\u00a0 Several areas under their jurisdiction. You owe your life to Penny. Jerome Simon rolled reading karate. White man behind our building ought to seem strange.<\/p>\n [Page unreadable]<\/p>\n Nobody coming Friday except Jim. Think of the prep.\u00a0 Pressure on me not to come\u00a0 We are against ___ of South Africa and against B of A and others who deal with them.\u00a0 We are not going to the p.l. with a bunch of cowards.\u00a0 Jim inveighed against those who couldn’t take a little needle, can’t eat certain things and such.\u00a0 It’s all in your mind.\u00a0 Who is your doctor?\u00a0 Who is the great Physician?\u00a0 You don’t need codeine for menstruation.\u00a0\u00a0 Constipated?\u00a0 Stick your finger up your ass.\u00a0 Push it lose.\u00a0 You’re too damned self-centered\u00a0 A man going to be shot in Utah on Monday because hes poor and tired of\u00a0 because he’s poor and tired of ____–___ ___ over a little bit of blood.\u00a0 Who cant cre for their woman when she\u2019s bleeding.\u00a0 They\u2019re weird. ___ ___ ___ __ ____ __ ___ ___ ____<\/p>\n Some within church didn’t to talk to woman. If you want to get to the p.l. that badly, you don’t deserve to go.<\/p>\n The same communists group been involved in Brazil. People annihilated. Stennis head of Internal security commission which are responsible only to Senator Stennis and he talks only to\u00a0 the President now.\u201d\u00a0 They would have tried __ ___ ___\u00a0 they wouldn\u2019t have had so many would have ___ ___ her to E. ___ Jim deposited the information with somebody high in case anything happened to me.<\/p>\n Everybody must have a project such as pamphleting (he has said this for several offerings) by revelation.<\/p>\n Jim: I’ll always be in a fight while I’m here.\u00a0 I have to stand up for what I believe.<\/p>\n Goodlett said: Leave this alone and pray that Stennis will die.\u00a0 He one of our better friends until it gets too hot.\u00a0 One socialist author has been pursued by the FBI and everybody pulls out except me.\u00a0 Goodlett going to print story without names.\u00a0 Story going to be simultaneously released to news media.<\/p>\n Jim watching for treason.\u00a0 Didn’t mess with somebody who dies daily.\u00a0 That’s a mean sucker.\u00a0 Take particular note of those at back rows.<\/p>\n Commendations: Judy Merriam. Flu clinic, etc.\u00a0 Tommy Ijames (Moore), picking up grapes.\u00a0 Tony Walker works hard on work crew.\u00a0 Barbara Farrell, volunteers for phones.\u00a0 Renee Gieg taking a nursing program, decided not to bring another child into world\u00a0 Maya Ijames highest in reading in her class.\u00a0 Pauline Groot working two jobs, one as nurses aide and second in tutorial.<\/p>\n Jim took his protection from someone.\u00a0 Let them die, crossed the line too often.<\/p>\n Danny Curtain [Curtin], MaryAnne Cassanova [Casanova], Jimmy Gill, Greg Watkins, Joe Wilson, Shirley Kelly, Rory Bargeman, Stanley Clayton, Eugenia Gerhardt, Stella Railback.<\/p>\n I hope you detect in me an attitude that I am not playing around.<\/p>\n Betty Jean Gill.\u00a0 School problems before Council several times.\u00a0 Stealing. Missed church Sunday night.\u00a0 With Michael Young.\u00a0 How far have you related? She throws away panties instead of washing them.\u00a0 She gave little girl panties with blood on them.\u00a0 Jim says Betty a willful liar.\u00a0 Grandmother says she leaves panties for 3 weeks without washing.\u00a0 Michael looking for sex with her.\u00a0 He thought she is easy.\u00a0 She names others with whom she has had sex play.\u00a0 Don Clayton.\u00a0 Jim on woman jacking off brothers.\u00a0 The least he could do is put his tongue there.\u00a0 Chris Cordell confessed.\u00a0 She didn’t tell on white brothers.\u00a0 She admits she likes white brothers best.\u00a0 Aunt Bessie Johnson told her black brothers would leave her for a fool and white ones wouldn’t.\u00a0 Bessie denied she said that.\u00a0 Her mother’s white.\u00a0 Jim can understand that. Chris said she not very interested in church.\u00a0 Betty says she is spoiled by so-called family.\u00a0 Jim asked how many black women think black men more likely to desert the woman than white men.\u00a0 Jim: that’s a lie.\u00a0 Betty made some advances in truth telling.\u00a0 Jim advised them to support each other, trial case with out sex, see how it works.\u00a0 Betty says she thought Michael liked her but she says she sees he doesn’t.<\/p>\n Jim warns of gonorrhea resistant to penicillin now.<\/p>\n Michael totaled a door with a car the other night.\u00a0 His mom’s insurance will cover it but her insurance rate will come up.<\/p>\n Punishment given.<\/p>\n Jimmy Gill.\u00a0 Doesn’t watch his appearance.\u00a0 Leaves his room a mess.\u00a0 Wearing a skirt to accompany his heels.\u00a0 He is a young man who thinks he is a girl.\u00a0 Vern Gosney says he is a slob.\u00a0 God has trapped you in a male body.\u00a0 You carry the weight of transsexual oppressed people.\u00a0 You many not like to carry that weight any more than I like carrying the freedom of black and Indian people.\u00a0 Jim wants to change his name to Janey. “Janey it will be and she.”\u00a0 She gets everything mixed up in kitchen.\u00a0 Vern reports she’s been cutting her arm, suicide attempt.\u00a0 Jim counsels her: don’t give honkey the satisfaction you quit fighting.\u00a0 She’s going to have an operation.<\/p>\n Danny Curtain.\u00a0 Can’t be counted on for work.\u00a0 Lee Ingram said he didn’t find him at work nor in service on weekend.\u00a0 He has a reputation of not finishing a job.<\/p>\n Says he can’t find his wife.\u00a0 She stayed home.\u00a0 They don’t get along.\u00a0 Lee inquires whether his lack of dedication the reason.\u00a0 Says he’ll give his schedule to Jack [Beam].\u00a0 Jim: He let Temple know of a plot against socialists.\u00a0 Must take responsibility.<\/p>\n Joe Wilson. Reported very untouchable. Hard to work with.\u00a0 There was a spy here on Sunday and Joe told him how to sell food stamps which is illegal.\u00a0 Jim: we need black responsible leadership.<\/p>\n Stella Railback said she wasn’t going to LA again because she was asked to move back though two other people got her sent though not crippled.\u00a0 Jim inquired why she went to LA only once.\u00a0\u00a0 She in 70’s, daughter Mae retarded.\u00a0 She is missing a box of clothes.\u00a0 Jim: the hostess has to have responsibility fro assigning seats.\u00a0 Jim emphasizes the necessity of having order. She is wrong not to follow instructions.\u00a0 She is to raise $2 pamphleting.\u00a0 She is upset over loss of TV set and rocking chair for daughter.<\/p>\n We have 700 people in communes.<\/p>\n Florine Dyson. Her clothes lost.<\/p>\n Jean Gernendt. Refuses ride to others in commune. Husband gives her extra food she doesn’t share.\u00a0 Report she very sharp with people at vitamin side.\u00a0\u00a0 When her purse snatched she made offensive remarks about black people. Someone said she consistently didn’t share a car.\u00a0 Bates states her selfishness after a remark she made about a black nigger bitch.\u00a0 Jim says she works hard, turned over property.\u00a0 She to correct both the project and sharing the car.<\/p>\n MaryAnne Casanova wants privilege to her children and even brags about tit.\u00a0 Contradictory feeling about doctor.\u00a0 Clancey says she compared doctor she works far too persons in the cause. Dorothy Brewer says MaryAnne found she was going to be let go and didn’t tell her.\u00a0 This matter has been counseled.<\/p>\n Greg Watkins.\u00a0 Jim got him out of jail.\u00a0 The attorneys of his case when his existence was threatened and got them on Greg’s case.\u00a0 He not\u00a0 ___ __ wanted a night off.\u00a0 Told others ___ until Council got around.\u00a0 Irra says he very lazy in the kitchen.\u00a0 Ruby Carroll says he avoids heavy work, doesn’t show up.\u00a0 Jim perceives he has a relationship with Erin LeRoy.\u00a0 ___ His girlfriend very passive.\u00a0 Jim: your passive female destroy your companion. If she won’t stand up to you, she won’t stand up against another man who wants to get into her pants.<\/p>\n LC Mitchell.\u00a0 Completely\u00a0 left garage and all responsibility there.\u00a0 Not scheduled in security any more. ___ ____ Any uncooperative attitude about going communal, about garage or about security ___ perform in all respects\u2026\u00a0 tell wife.\u00a0 to be brought up before government body Saturday meeting to see ___ attitude.<\/p>\n Stanley Clayton.\u00a0 Inexperienced and lazy.\u00a0 Sleep in daytime. Been up more times. His uncle Huey Newton. Jack says he “fucked us around awful when that ___here.”\u00a0\u00a0 He’s been smoking.\u00a0 Jim says last time up here or else its goodbye.\u00a0 He says he’ll pamphlet $20 by Wednesday.<\/p>\n Jim Arthur [Jimbo] Jones late to school.\u00a0 Monday Jim saw him. He’s good, stays with Ray [Jones].<\/p>\n Julie Runnels has tantrums in school.\u00a0 Wants her own way.\u00a0 Each child spanked.<\/p>\n DeeDee Lawrence. Attitude in school poor, grades low.\u00a0 She gets 10 swats.<\/p>\n Paul Pettit.\u00a0 Sent to principal in school<\/p>\n Sent to see Social Worker. He told Social Worker about Temple.\u00a0 We don\u2019t know what else he told her about the church. Janet Shular, his house mother, is going receive visit from social worker; his other mother Anita left us.<\/p>\n __ ___ ___\u00a0 cocky attitude getting unbearable.\u00a0 He says he copies his mother\u2019s attitude ___ reflected on Council.\u00a0 ____ what hes done to get a jacket?<\/p>\n Ellie Beam.\u00a0 She stayed out of service,\u00a0 made nasty remarks to workers she took money from dish again and again, bought things for herself and friends. Took hundreds of dollars. Got codeine from a doctor\u00a0 Jack, Rheaviana and Joyce are watching her.\u00a0 She gives feeble excuses for not helping with ___ ___ she going to be first to jail_ ___ to know what penalty __ ___ gifts from her ___ going to ___ has names taken.,\u00a0 They will suffer separately.<\/p>\n Dr. Johnson’s watch is missing. Who were in his house\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jim said for Wesley Tell.\u00a0 So, Jim questioned all adults and children who were there.\u00a0 He’s a prober.\u00a0 No one here did it.\u00a0 But will pay for watch since our people were there.<\/p>\n Karen Carr.\u00a0 Difficult to deal with in commune.\u00a0 Want her moved.<\/p>\n David Goodwin won’t follow rules.\u00a0 Both work all night and all day tomorrow and get 10 whacks.<\/p>\n Barbara Walker missed security shift.\u00a0 Work all night, sleep an hour, work all day, rest another hour and work again all night.<\/p>\n Rules concerning children in each commune.\u00a0 All children must be out of central commune by 8.00. Adults will be responsible, not children.\u00a0 Specific adults will be in charge of children each night in each commune.<\/p>\n Discussion about use of space for children’s program and for candy making which brings in $1500 a month.\u00a0 Pat Grunnet and Pat Hess primary participants.\u00a0 35 little children.\u00a0 They decided to have committee meeting in Gold Room and resolve the problems.<\/p>\n Jimmy Inghram speaking negative attitude. Visiting relatives.\u00a0 Vera Biddulph.\u00a0 Took his daughter to relatives.\u00a0 His brother was warned, didn’t like the warning, is paralyzed.\u00a0 Eva says she gets presents from them\/<\/p>\n Ellen (Martha) Klingman.\u00a0 Mike Klingman.\u00a0 Marital difficulties. Jim was mentioned as having commented on his sexual performance.\u00a0 Jim says: how did you get me in this?\u00a0 I can go into anything with the universal mind but when it comes to fucking, I stay home.\u00a0 Jim questioned Martha as to what she wants.\u00a0 He showed that all men want to fuck and leave.\u00a0 Claire reprimands Martha for not being content without a sexual relationship, have a working relationship with companion for the cause.\u00a0 Jim says he’d rather fuck her than tell.<\/p>\n Jim was angry.\u00a0 I don’t get to do the one thing I do like and have to listen to this.\u00a0 He spoke of women who had no companion, have to rear their children alone, how do you have the nerve to bring this up tonight?\u00a0 He chastened her for running down Mike in front of the children.\u00a0 Claire, Marie Lawrence and others spoke of the way he cares for her children and how well the children are turning out.\u00a0 Jim: how many sisters out there had to raise their children alone.\u00a0 How many sisters were deserted by their husbands?<\/p>\n Martha was advised to make herself admired for her work in the accounting department.<\/p>\n After a brief meditation period Jim dismissed the meeting at 3.00.<\/p>\n It had been announced that a bus would be at the front of the Temple to take the residents of 1029 Geary.\u00a0 But it did not come after some time, so Bates and I went home with Rocki.\u00a0 We got home at 3.50.<\/p>\n I told Bates I was going to call in sick tomorrow at 8.00 as I didn’t feel well enough to work after two hours of sleep.<\/p>\n I read until 5.00 when I went to bed.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 11 November – 1976 – Thursday<\/strong> I slept until 8.00.\u00a0 Then I went downstairs and phoned the office, telling Dor I didn’t feel very well and was going to stay home.<\/p>\n I slept until 11.00.<\/p>\n Ate an orange, eggs and toast.\u00a0 Washed dishes.<\/p>\n At noon food was brought to the residents.\u00a0 I ate the soup, potatoes, and green beans.\u00a0 I sent back the sandwich which was made with white bread.<\/p>\n Surplus towels I had I took to Brother and Sister Mercer because I had heard they did not have enough and to Rocki who had told me some of her people needed them.<\/p>\n Walked on Polk Street, en route to Market, then took the Muni to Consumers Distributors, where I bought a Panasonic table radio. Then went to the Emporium to go to the bathroom.\u00a0 I bought rubber gloves at Woolworth’s.<\/p>\n Bought tomatoes and grapes at the Hyde Street Store.<\/p>\n Went to the Temple for dinner.<\/p>\n I took my security shift on the door as no relief arrived for me.\u00a0 At 8.00 I sent someone with a note to Ronnie James, the security officers in charge asking for someone to replace me and for a ride home.\u00a0 Ronnie asked Tyrone Duncan, who was also finishing his shift at the back door, to take me home.<\/p>\n Bates didn’t come home.<\/p>\n I did personal chores and washed my hair.\u00a0 Did not finish until after 11.00.<\/p>\n Read Freedom at Midnight.<\/em><\/p>\n Went to bed at 12.00.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 12 November – 1976 – Friday<\/strong> Put in my time card.<\/p>\n Finished playing out the Cavolina contract from John’s MagCards, putting it into the computer for storage.\u00a0 Shortly afterwards, John came in to say the document could be deleted as they had just received notice the agreement had been signed.<\/p>\n Worked in the afternoon on a contract for John Miclu, making revisions on ATS.\u00a0 Was not quite through at the end of the day and Dor said she would finish it and order<\/p>\n At home I finished packing. about 6.00 I took my suitcase and paper bag of belongings down to Rocki’s apartment hoping she would take them to the Temple but she and all the other residents had gone already. I saw Chris Kice who was going on the bus.<\/p>\n I ate the rest of Bates’ lamb stew.\u00a0 Made sandwiches for newspapers and Bates washed dishes.\u00a0 Dressed. My hemorrhoids had been giving me trouble and I was feeling quite badly, but I looked on Jim’s picture and called his name and I felt much better. I was able to get through the whole evening satisfactorily.<\/p>\n Took the Geary bus about 7.00 and transferred to the Fillmore bus, carrying my belongings for the LA trip, as I didn’t have time to stop and leave them at the Temple.<\/p>\n The meeting was in support of South African liberation.\u00a0 It was sponsored by the Socialist Labor Party and several black organization in addition to Peoples Temple.\u00a0 Cecil Williams and Willie Brown were not there.\u00a0 Security was handled by the Temple.\u00a0 The hall was filled, mostly by Temple people and the walls were also lined.\u00a0 I finally found a seat by asking a child to get up.<\/p>\n There were several speakers including one from Zimbabwe Guerrilla Army, a well-educated man.<\/p>\n Jim was the last speaker.\u00a0 He gave a roaring attack on the imperialist rulers of the countries in Southern Africa and their Western backers, who prevented the people from governing themselves.<\/p>\n The meeting ended about 9.30.<\/p>\n We got back to the Temple at 9.50.<\/p>\n I found Bates and gave her the food that I had prepared for her.\u00a0 She said she had told me she wouldn’t be home last night.<\/p>\n As Bro. Tommy Keaton was getting rides, Jim came in at 10.15.<\/p>\n Jim said enjoy yourselves tonight because you will\u00a0\u00a0 ___ ___yourself\u00a0 tonight and you may not like it.\u00a0 What he said going out on the air, Chris and Eva taking notes. Saw selfishness in our own children.\u00a0 You can\u2019t remain silent.\u00a0 ___ the opportunity. Not going resist saying the _____ damn corporations rule the whole world.\u00a0 We\u2019ve got some of the most self-centered\u00a0 people.\u00a0 We had a threat of bombing.\u00a0 A threat of shooting.\u00a0 Cecil Williams wouldn\u2019t be searched and didn\u2019t go in.\u00a0 Waiting till Cecil Williams, unless you get yourself under control the next time you have a ___ we will be there.<\/p>\n Jim read responses to the ___ ___ ____ ____ …<\/p>\n \u2026 Jim said: if they don\u2019 take messages and don\u2019t come to church; take them off list.\u00a0 ___ with a ____ house says she has no money.\u00a0 I don\u2019t call her a liar.\u00a0 I call her a dirty liar.\u00a0 Some can’t go to LA because they work.\u00a0 I want to see a statement from your boss that you have to work Saturday and Sunday.\u00a0 I got so mad if I had a machine gun I could have wiped out half of this church.<\/p>\n He spoke of everybody protecting their own little department.\u00a0 We don’t have one church.\u00a0 We have many churches in one building.\u00a0 They’ll lie to the leader.<\/p>\n Those of you who won’t come to church won’t pay commitment, won’t go communally, won’t share their home, they are draining my blood.\u00a0 You did it.<\/p>\n On security.\u00a0 You push yourself, short.\u00a0 It’s ego.\u00a0 Don’t you shove my people, don’t do it for me.<\/p>\n Some want one to attain high office.\u00a0 Carter is a damned source of concern.\u00a0 He is not going to save our people.\u00a0 He’s going to lead us to hell.<\/p>\n Someone says in p.l. come when you please. Someone says white children on buses nicer to her than black children.\u00a0 Another: white people always good to her. Well kiss my ass.<\/p>\n Little town of Mendocino being taken over by rich white man, change whole atmosphere. Some of you won’t go to LA because some of my relatives don’t go.\u00a0 I got some half-assed relatives, nothing to do with your commitment.<\/p>\n Don’t understand why you’re so preoccupied with your body.\u00a0 You always have symptoms.<\/p>\n Some of you don’t like Penny.\u00a0 She chased that man. Didn’t think about he might have a gun, she took his line.\u00a0 Father’s gift got into action had rental car came all the way from Biloxi.\u00a0 If it hadn\u2019t been for Penny, this little body from Mississippi would have been used ____ Said lay off; you’re monkeying with too much power.<\/p>\n He vividly portrayed difference between being frightened and not\u00a0 Can’t keep you alive if you put your husband between yourself and your father and his children.<\/p>\n Jim had distributed pieces of paper, each one to write: (1) their greatest ambition, (2) what you honestly think of your relatives.<\/p>\n Jim took the offering.<\/p>\n Erma Winfrey takes in $100 to $200 every week pamphleting.\u00a0 Jim said she saw her former leader blown up and was frightened. Had the courage to follow another “leader” like that.<\/p>\n Jim had extension put on telephone so he could call Cecil Williams as he had said he would.\u00a0 Person who answered phone said he was at Connie’s Restaurant.\u00a0 Cecil not there but Connie invited him to dinner. Ten of them.\u00a0 He chose 9 top pamphleters.\u00a0 She was about to go under and Jim helped her.\u00a0 She had had black groups there.\u00a0 No one else helped her. Called the Scene\u00a0not there.\u00a0 On way home.\u00a0 Jim left number.<\/p>\n Number of children called on floor. Names taken for bad behavior at rally. Mar,\u00a0 McCoy-Dennis [aka Leandra Dennis], Tyrone Cartmell, Jim Arthur [Jimbo] Jones, Hassan Smith, Gerras Brown, McCoy girl [prob Patty McCoy] again, Erin Johnson, Arroya Rodriguez, Jemal Patterson, Wayne McCall, Dana Griffith (got 8 for not coming down)-, Angel Casanova, Darius Wheeler, Geoffrey Smith, Stephanie Swaney, Sophia Casanova, Todd Klingman, Clarence Klingman, older ones got 7 to others, 5.\u00a0 2 other Smith boys, Krista Smith, Mark Rose, Will Gallie, April Klingman, Tad Schroeder, Clark Grubbs, Wayne McCall (second time–consistently in trouble).<\/p>\n After a brief meditation service, the meeting was dismissed about 12.30.<\/p>\n I went to bus 9 and only got a seat towards the front with Lisa Layton.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 13 November – 1976 – Saturday<\/strong> I read the Friday paper then slept until we got to LA about 2.00.\u00a0 Felt very well and the hemorrhoids were giving me no trouble.<\/p>\n Service was in progress when I got in the auditorium about 3.00.<\/p>\n Names of volunteers were taken to attend a City Council meeting on Monday dealing with rehabilitation money in which our district may share.<\/p>\n Hue Fortson took the offering during which Jim came in at 3.30.<\/p>\n Jim reviewed Danny Curtain’s saved from car falling on him.\u00a0 Stayed out of service.\u00a0 Only reason he was saved was that he reported Highway Patrol plot.<\/p>\n Glad for those who weren’t said to go to last night’s protest.\u00a0 Exam report was affirmative. Spoke of radical coalition.\u00a0 Rev Jones blamed “corporate elite.”\u00a0 Only person who looked bad was Willie Brown for not showing up.\u00a0 Three different socialist newspapers writing us up.\u00a0 Some didn’t want to hear religious leaders, started to go out, came back when they heard him.\u00a0 He spoke to those who had been afraid to go or opposed his going.\u00a0 Christ was a revolutionary leader.<\/p>\n Reason for delay.\u00a0 Tried to poison one of my sons.\u00a0 Didn’t discourage me. “You cannot deter me, discourage me. The more you try, I’ll go and to build a revolutionary elite.\u00a0 I have no Achilles heel.\u00a0 I’m talking about cutting your damned throat.”<\/p>\n He told of plot against a little black woman. Mayor of ____x [blank left by Edith], Mississippi.\u00a0 Warned the way that he knew all about the plot.\u00a0 ___ __ spies in and you can’t stop the rest; it has too many tongues.<\/p>\n Jim took another offering. During this he warned the opposition not to fool with him. He reviewed the time when the LA police harassed our congregation and arrested Brothers Jackson Brown, and Prokes and how he released them.<\/p>\n Healings.<\/p>\n New members admitted.<\/p>\n Asked for people to share their homes tonight.<\/p>\n Meeting was dismissed about 6.00 o’clock.<\/p>\n I had seen Beulah and found her after the meeting.\u00a0 She wanted me to go home with her and so I told Bates that I wouldn’t be taking advantage of her offer to go with her.<\/p>\n When housing was being sought, the response was so poor that Jim ordered the doors closed until people who needed a place to stay were taken care of.\u00a0 Beulah had a ride home and we left right away.\u00a0 I inquired why Earlene Watkins was not going with us.\u00a0 Beulah told me she finally had had enough from Earlene with her negativity not only do the children hate her, because she’s after them all the time.\u00a0 But her complaints about communal living had reached some cousins of Beulah who have a good income and were on the verge of coming into a commune.\u00a0 They told Beulah they had changed their minds.<\/p>\n Beulah said that when Father had expressed himself on the subject of people moving to Oakland, Pittsburg and so on. Instead of San Francisco, she had changed her plans, unpacked and was now hunting for a place to rent in San Francisco.\u00a0 She had no intention of putting herself beyond Jim’s protection, although the others were moving to Pittsburg had gone ahead with their plans.<\/p>\n I had stood so much during the service that I was again suffering from my hemorrhoids.\u00a0 I put some salve on and at bedtime asked for a couple of aspirin from Beulah.<\/p>\n We had chicken, canned peas and toast for dinner. I had a banana.<\/p>\n I read American Radicalism for a while, but can’t stay awake very long.\u00a0 Went to bed about 10.00.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 14 November – 1976 – Sunday<\/strong> We had egg, bacon, and toast for breakfast.<\/p>\n Geneva Harvey took us to the service.\u00a0 Geneva showed me her passport.<\/p>\n Arrived about 11.30 as offering being taken.\u00a0 I assigned to another than usual posted.<\/p>\n After a couple of rousing songs, another offering was taken.\u00a0 Person at post I was occupying came in. So I sat down, glad to be relieved as hemorrhoids giving me trouble.<\/p>\n After another song, another offering was taken, by Rick Cordell, in effort to get what was necessary.<\/p>\n Ministers on platform, besides Rick, were CJ Jackson, Norman Ijames, Johnny Brown, and Harold Cordell.<\/p>\n Jim came on podium at 12.30 while Rick was taking offering.<\/p>\n Choir sang one song.\u00a0 Jim said effort to get offering intense but not successful.\u00a0 Plains, Georgia, church voted today to admit all those who worship Jesus Christ.\u00a0 System established to decide who should.\u00a0 De Clerk who supported freedom in South Africa manhandled by a movement.\u00a0 Don’t believe anything good can come out of West Christian capitalist civilization.\u00a0 97% of blacks supported Carter with out any demands but learn he was Baptist.\u00a0 Rides to have Cleveland Jackson represent blacks on Housing Commission.\u00a0 She says: “Why go to their churches when we don’t have our own churches?”\u00a0 Remind me to do something about her.\u00a0 Church of Scientology.\u00a0 Everyone who leaves is fair game.\u00a0 Their work on Interpol which keeps a pool of all who displease them.\u00a0 What I try to get over to you that they were threatening system.\u00a0 Some of you so oppressed you’ll be in the newspapers.\u00a0 You’re afraid of your shadow.\u00a0 We’re going to takeover the NAACP in SF.\u00a0 We’re going on the offensive.\u00a0 I don’t expect a good press from the capitalist newspapers.\u00a0 I don’t give a damn what they say about me.<\/p>\n Newspapers threaten him.\u00a0 If you do something or other, we’ll shoot you, bomb you.\u00a0 Can’t do that, then they try to poison my children. They say, the people think he’s Christ.\u00a0 I know I am Christ.\u00a0 I’m inspired to Christ living within me.\u00a0 I’m God, socialism.\u00a0 If you believe in black liberation, in socialism, you’re welcome here but if you want to shout and know you’ll be healed, then recognize that I am the epicenter of your existence.\u00a0 Don’t let anyone take that away from you.\u00a0 I have great power, extra-sensory, extra terrestrial, extra dimensional power.\u00a0 So if they want to say I am God, why shouldn’t they? Each one can tell another three miracles.<\/p>\n The way to be saved is to give your all.\u00a0 You destroy yourself if you hang on to everything.\u00a0 One woman refusing to give her child freedom is going to die.\u00a0 Worrying about house furniture, car, fur coat. You’re dying little by little.\u00a0 You don’t want to go communal, you will.\u00a0 In the graveyard you’re going to be equal.\u00a0 Sell all, if you will be perfect.\u00a0 You won’t let anyone sleep in your house.\u00a0 I’m going to let a fire go through your house.<\/p>\n Jim took offering.\u00a0 Sister Cunningham at top of list for pamphleting.\u00a0 Dorothy Worley at number 2.\u00a0 Both were deathly ill.\u00a0 Those of you who have never pamphleted are under judgment.<\/p>\n In strongest terms Jim asked for $1000 pledges in 60 days.\u00a0 Predicted burning to cinders, operation for fatal cancers, brains spattered on dashboard.\u00a0 if you’re unwilling to do all this, you don’t believe I’m your savior.<\/p>\n Frances Williams, actress, spoke on Paul Robeson.\u00a0 Spent May Day in Angola when they celebrated visit red Angola and other imperialist of the world.\u00a0 Told reminiscences of Paul Robeson.\u00a0 Jackie Robinson, whose salary was paid by Robeson, was selected by House Un-American Activities Committee to put the dagger in Robeson. She showed slides of Paul’s life and activities.\u00a0 She left 3.15.<\/p>\n Jim read the list of top pamphleters Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n Jim: passport taken from Robeson, they could refuse passport again and raise the price to $2500.\u00a0 Rocks can be thrown again through bus windows.\u00a0 Nobody protesting today.<\/p>\n Ernest Thomas, Raymond Watson and several others.\u00a0 Outstanding work in security.<\/p>\n One woman invited a young man into an apostolic home, told him all the residents’ names, showed him the house.\u00a0 Diarrhea of the mouth is the worst disease I know.\u00a0 Expected you to write about this incident.\u00a0 Jim warned against telling outsiders anything about the church, your income, how much you give tot he church.<\/p>\n Mrs. Williams has proof that American Corps gave money to mercenaries to fight in Angola, some our own black people.<\/p>\n Jim warned against inviting relatives to the Temple who have diamonds, fancy furniture, Cadlliacs.\u00a0 Don’t invite them, they won’t accept us.\u00a0 They have to suffer.\u00a0 Then these same people will want to come.\u00a0 You’ll have to have a cross in their front yard to wake up some of our people.<\/p>\n Jim inveighs against sentimentality about relations.\u00a0 Your mom and dad don’t think a thing about you when they started you. Instead of loving my father, should have killed him.\u00a0 Unless your mother and father, brothers and sisters, your children have fought in this cause, you shouldn’t recognize them.\u00a0 I’m not so heartless as to demand this, but at least you don’t need to tell them anything.\u00a0 On bringing children in, this is a terrible country.\u00a0 We have more child abuse than all other countries combined.<\/p>\n Vicki Moore is example.\u00a0 Her son Tommy found her in bed with a little boy, his brother Jimmy, after telling lies about all family members.<\/p>\n Some of you have helped the criminals in your own family.\u00a0 Any of you whites who have relatives who won’t come in this church, you know why.\u00a0 They won’t associate with your black brothers and sisters.\u00a0 You should break all ties.\u00a0 If you won’t you have my doubts about you.<\/p>\n Healings.<\/em><\/p>\n Contributions at altar requested.<\/p>\n Jim had Lee Ingram make an announcement. He read a letter to people, mostly communal, it seemed to me, but more for Gary who would have faced some danger. He was advised not to go home after arriving at San Francisco.<\/p>\n Meeting ended at 4.45.<\/p>\n As word was\u00a0 out to us that the bus would leave in half an hour, there was much pushing and shoving in the food line.<\/p>\n I ate quickly, changed my shoes but not my dress.<\/p>\n On the bus I ate some chicken, bread and a pear which Beulah had given me.<\/p>\n Mary Wotherspoon sat next tome and for the first part of the trip held little Mary, who is six now, on her lap.<\/p>\n The bus offering took about 2 hours as response was poor from our bus and in the remaining hours before we reached Buttonwillow, I didn’t sleep much, as little Mary talked to her mother.<\/p>\n We had about 45 minutes at Buttonwillow.\u00a0 I brushed my teeth and ran.<\/p>\n Rob Christian came on our bus to take another offering, due to the “lateness of the hour,’ Jim’s phrase.<\/p>\n Mary is still at Fireside Lodge, alone there, she’s not able to get to LA for a long time.\u00a0 Edith Bogue’s care home for girls is closed and she is at Pugh’s small care residence.\u00a0 Helen Swinney’s care home is being run by the Sneeds.\u00a0 Janaros are still at the ranch.\u00a0 McElvane and the Becks [at Ranch actually] are at the other residence on the church grounds.\u00a0 No children are in the Valley any more.<\/p>\n I slept well until we reached the second stop.\u00a0 Got off and ran there.\u00a0 I had taken some aspirin during the service and then some more at Buttonwillow, felt alright.<\/p>\n Our bus had a small fire in the emergency brake just after we started, but after it was put out, we caught up with the other buses.<\/p>\n Jim requested another offering; our bus was lowest of all, so the workers had to come back for more.\u00a0 I got very little more sleep.<\/p>\n We arrived in SF at 3.30.\u00a0 Residents at Geary were taken home but we did not arrive until 4.30.<\/p>\n Bates and I went to bed again.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 15 November – 1976 – Monday<\/strong> I was quite busy all day.\u00a0 In the morning I worked on the Litigation Report Dor and the Computer Center had worked in the send sort commands.\u00a0 These made necessary a change in the format and shortening, paragraphing lines in the afternoon I worked on a letter for computer services called “software.”<\/p>\n I had a great deal of pain from hemorrhoids all day.\u00a0 Used ointment purchased at the pharmacy and aspirin.<\/p>\n The day was foggy and cool.\u00a0 I ate inside.<\/p>\n At home I exercised.<\/p>\n Went to the Temple with Dorothy Brewer.\u00a0 She got a job at Wells Fargo where she used to work.\u00a0 We had a problem finding a way home.\u00a0 Dorothy driving a Temple car and took a team of us to their district office for the Temple Project.<\/p>\n I got home about 7.30.\u00a0 Ate some grapes.\u00a0 Bates was home making candy.\u00a0 I told her the rumor I had heard that we were to be moved from 1029 Geary.\u00a0 Like me, she was upset.<\/p>\n I typed from 8.30 to 11.30, completing 6 pages.\u00a0 Bates interrupted me once and I asked her not to.<\/p>\n Bates went to bed.<\/p>\n We had a visit from Johnny Brown.\u00a0 He warned us we might be questioned by snoopers from welfare.\u00a0 We were not to give any information and were to get in touch with the Temple.<\/p>\n I read Freedom at Midnight for an hour.<\/p>\n Went to bed at 12.30.\u00a0 I was suffering a good deal of pain.<\/p>\n Judy Merriam came around with a telephone message: some of the faithful had not turned in their money.\u00a0 Any who had bank accounts and so on were to see Maria at once.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 16 November – 1976 – Tuesday<\/strong> I still had pain from the hemorrhoids.\u00a0 Took some aspirin and felt better in the afternoon.<\/p>\n Dor, Marquita and I met with Betty at 11.00.\u00a0 We had very little to discuss.\u00a0 Dor remarked not for the first time, that I was slow on the computer which will probably not help me with Betty.<\/p>\n At lunchtime I saw the next installment in the American Enterprise film series, “Organization.”\u00a0 Much of it was on the advantages of American business organization.\u00a0 I was late, as I couldn’t get away from the computer on time.<\/p>\n Dor encouraged by Marquita, is trying to cut down on smoking.\u00a0 Dor says smoking is against her principles but she really thinks she took up smoking for laudable reasons, in the first instance because the family was so poor she smoked in order to save food for her child, in the second to be companionable to her husband to hold their marriage together.<\/p>\n I called Lor to give her new apartment phone number and let her know that I was doing well in my new residence.\u00a0 All the girls will be home for Christmas.\u00a0 She may go to Moss Landing on the Friday after Thanksgiving; if not, I may go over to see her.<\/p>\n At home I exercised, dressed.<\/p>\n Took the bus to the Temple.<\/p>\n Ate.<\/p>\n Put my needs in.<\/p>\n Bates was there.<\/p>\n House meeting at 7.30.<\/p>\n Arrangements by Jack Beam how to submit needs lists.\u00a0 Temple won\u2019t pay for traffic tickets.\u00a0 They come out of your allowance.\u00a0 All communes must have fire watch all night every night.\u00a0 Norman Ijames ___ __ __ meeting __ ___ commune must get all prescriptions for everyone ___ take you must ___\u00a0 ___<\/p>\n Poncho, nickname of Gary Johnson, ___ though asked to be quiet more than once.\u00a0 ___ ___ of rudeness and laziness.\u00a0 Didn\u2019t go to LA.\u00a0 He says he fell asleep in a car.\u00a0 Laurie Efrein says he walked with her to Sutter Street half an hour before busses pulled out. Penalty: work for Jack 3 months.<\/p>\n Era Moses.\u00a0 What did you say to the social security when you answered the phone at your commune?\u00a0 Jim: I know already what you said. She told\u00a0 ___ ___ tell them to find you better nursing;\u00a0\u00a0 too many steps to climb. A whole list of people asked questions on telephone Jim says he\u2019s monitoring phone,\u00a0 also has people inside social security.<\/p>\n Flora Sanders.\u00a0 She says she called them.\u00a0 Played the record of her replies to the inquirer\u2019s questions.\u00a0 How many people in apartment?\u00a0 Your own room?\u00a0 How do you receive your money?\u00a0 When do you cash your check? Jim says only thing that concerns social security is that People Temple people are getting more than any others can afford after their checks<\/p>\n __ __ their fears that their checks will be cut off. Several other people talking too much to others who talked too much.\u00a0 DePina, Etta Thompson, Millie Cunningham, Joyce Rozynko among others.\u00a0 If your family criticizes communal living, they can break relations with us.\u00a0 (Say good-bye)\u00a0 Says we not making anything as communalism.<\/p>\n Another young man up for bad attitude.\u00a0 Lue Ester’s son, 15, Keith. He is insolent.\u00a0 He got inside with tape recorder.\u00a0 He told people it was for choir equipment.\u00a0 Said he wants to live with mother.\u00a0 Nurse reports of his bad attitude.\u00a0 Jim says we\u2019re giving too much negative attention to troublesome people; that\u2019s what they want.\u00a0 Give them their penalty.\u00a0 He\u2019s to work all night. Hot work.\u00a0 Clean out buses.<\/p>\n Gabriel Martin.\u00a0 Shoplifting.\u00a0 Staying out of school.\u00a0 Mother backs up that nurse and doctor that he has a sore throat, must stay home from school.\u00a0 Jim says child who claims to be sick in school will get examined by our nurse.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t pass our test, you\u2019ll be on the floor and if you\u2019re not sick you will be.<\/p>\n Billy Jones.\u00a0 Obnoxious; can’t be found to work. TV on.<\/p>\n Two other young brothers on floor for noise in lobby. Jerome Simon was on security wrapped in blanket___ karate when white man was spying on Mrs. Wright.\u00a0 Discipline. Night work raise $20 by second Wednesday.<\/p>\n The meeting was over at 10.30.<\/p>\n I turned in a report on Tyrone Duncan\u2019s behavior last Thursday.<\/p>\n Residents at 1029 Geary were taken home on a Temple bus.<\/p>\n I read and went to bed at 12.00.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 17 November \u2013 1976 \u2013 Wednesday<\/strong> Spent a little time on journal entries.<\/p>\n Dor forgot about her non-smoking intention, which came to nothing.\u00a0 She says such a resolve must depend completely on her own motivation; the urging of other people does no good.\u00a0 It is obvious she has little motivation.<\/p>\n At lunchtime I saw a video tape fill, \u201cThe Age of Contradiction,\u201d on the arts in the 18th and 19th centuries in England, made at Sacramento State University.\u00a0 I ate my lunch in the assembly room.\u00a0 I had brought a salami sandwich which Bates brought from LA.<\/p>\n Dor, Marquita and I had an hour\u2019s meeting with Sue Wintersteen of Data Processing.\u00a0 She has devised a smart command which will enable us to produce the data wanted by management for the Litigation reports.\u00a0 I understand very little of the technicalities.<\/p>\n I left at 3.30 for my appointment at Kaiser with Dr. Hotchkiss at 4.15.\u00a0 He was glad the facial twitch had gone, was inclined to give the credit to vitamins.\u00a0 I still have some infection in my nose and he gave me another prescription for erythromycin.\u00a0 I got another injection; had forgotten last week\u2019s.<\/p>\n When I got home I slept from 5.30 to 6.30.<\/p>\n Bates came home, went on to the Temple.\u00a0 I told her to ask Helen to save me a seat.<\/p>\n I ate my soft-boiled egg, some leftover corn bread and an apple.<\/p>\n Dressed and gathered together what I was taking to the Temple.<\/p>\n Doreen Greaves came by for me at 7.35.\u00a0 Chris Kice, who had been going late because she had to study, had decided not to go.\u00a0 Dorothy and I took the bus.<\/p>\n We came into the meeting at 8.00.\u00a0 I gave Debbie Schroeder the magazines I had collected at work today for the children.\u00a0 CJ was taking an offering.<\/p>\n Dale Parks, after a song, took another offering,<\/p>\n Dave Garrison asked for contributions of food for the weekend.<\/p>\n Johnny Brown took another offering, emphasizing that the congregation not wait until Jim came out before they did what they should do.<\/p>\n Frances Johnson made an announcement concerning the penalties expected from those who had been on the floor for discipline.\u00a0 Few had paid them.<\/p>\n Various persons about various services and meetings made announcements.\u00a0 Flu shots on Friday, program for children 9 to 14 on Friday, senior captains with general security meeting on Friday, fire security meeting, health group meeting, meeting of workers on flu shots program.<\/p>\n Wesley announced formation of Toyota club.\u00a0 People who pledge to make $50 a month above commitment for the purchase of a Toyota a month, as Father read we needed 10 or 12 Toyotas in the p.l.\u00a0 Etta Thompson explained project.<\/p>\n Three-year-old black child held by Julie Cordell to the microphone sang in Spanish and English, \u201cWe Shall Overcome.\u201d<\/p>\n After congregation singing, Dale Parks endeavored to get the budget up to what it should be.<\/p>\n Jim came in while Dale was finishing the offering at about 9.50.\u00a0 Helen told me he had spoken.<\/p>\n Jim spoke on maintaining a tight-knit organization.\u00a0 You don\u2019t\u2019 appreciate what he can do until you need me to get you out of trouble.<\/p>\n Jim on talking too much on social security.\u00a0 Still goes on.\u00a0 Robert Johnson. He said the lady asked him how much rent he paid. He didn\u2019t think.\u00a0 Jim said some of you are afraid of your shadow. You tremble when you hear a white voice.\u00a0 God didn\u2019t come to white people, he came to you.\u00a0 Jim revealed the call to Brother Johnson was a test.\u00a0 Jim: Social security is upset because I give so many services that other recipients don\u2019t get.\u00a0 Sister Nichols didn\u2019t give information but she said the situation was too ticklish ___ __ wasn\u2019t real either.<\/p>\n IF entering surgery, don\u2019t tell doctor you have to check with your pastor, but do check.\u00a0 Don\u2019t let doctor experiment with ou .\u00a0 Don\u2019t take drugs which do more harm than the disease.\u00a0 We arrange our diseases.\u00a0 If you have to listen to those who scream, jog to get rid of your tensions.\u00a0 The subconscious mind is not very discerning. You need rest, so you get cancer.\u00a0 You start being sorry for yourself; you\u2019ll have sickness, accidents.\u00a0 If you just relax and think on father you will go through.<\/p>\n Keep racket down around offices.<\/p>\n Jim entreats Mr. Wright and Mrs. X [Edith\u2019s blank] in LA:\u00a0 \u201cI turned her off when she said she was going to opera, told Paul Robeson he had to dress for the opera. She goes to church in LA.\u201d<\/p>\n We have to get rid of people who are playing around, won\u2019t work.<\/p>\n Quit bothering Maria after hours.\u00a0 Jim gave instructions on how to handle any suspicious events.<\/p>\n Only line quoted by Jim “South Africa is a colony of the corporate elite,”\u00a0 on Friday.<\/p>\n Former CIA man (Philip Agee) being harassed while traveling.<\/p>\n Newspapers not getting out fast enough only way to get the truth out.<\/p>\n Observing housing of seniors. Some are sloppy.\u00a0 Lisa Layton\u2019s commune shows excellent housekeeping.\u00a0 He wants members to impress others.\u00a0 I want you to live in pleasant surroundings.<\/p>\n Jim: on handling money give only to Rose.\u00a0 Someone stealing.\u00a0 Better tell if you have stolen anything from a brother or sister in this cause.\u00a0 Something dreadful.<\/p>\n Scientology legal stuff exposed Interpol\u00a0 run by ex-Nazis. \u201cFair game\u201d if you leave their church several their people disappeared. Still functioning so you don\u2019t have to worry.<\/p>\n Jim gave list of people who did well in the test today.<\/p>\n Paulette Jackson.\u00a0 This man you\u2019re associating with.\u00a0 Jerry Wilson.\u00a0 Saying takes you out to dinner.\u00a0 Jerry is a brother. Reported he said he could get pussy whenever. Her packet of change money came back $40 short.\u00a0 Man said he bought clothes for her.\u00a0 Jim spoke on how worthless are men outside.\u00a0 Some of you fool around with Muslim men.\u00a0 Muslim woman don\u2019t do this.\u00a0 You can destroy us; we haven\u2019t come to this, but if you have to do it, come up with some scheme that will pay. Paulette gave him the communal number.\u00a0 He came three times to church.\u00a0 \u201cYou can\u2019t think what effect you might have had on him if you had represented socialism instead of sex.\u201d\u00a0 Lee Ingram wanted to know why CJ went to Paulette’s job to bother her when he could have been looking for a job.<\/p>\n Eva Pugh going to take over finances in the p.l.<\/p>\n CJ made a nuisance of himself. He says first he knew of it definitely.\u00a0 CJ\u2019s ego was involved.\u00a0 Paulette offered to work tonight, paper every day in free time.\u00a0 Relations with this man must stop.\u00a0 Jim\u2019s advice: you can be a good mama and help control.\u00a0 Don\u2019t let them become too cocksure.<\/p>\n CJ says he a bigger fool.\u00a0 He wants more penalty.\u00a0 Jim says the same.<\/p>\n Tyrone Cartmell has changed remarkably.<\/p>\n Tobi Stone was fire-watching, saw a fire down the street, called the fire department and saved lives.<\/p>\n Newanda Darnes gave good service to seniors on bus.\u00a0 Rubbed their feet every two hours.<\/p>\n A number of young people caused trouble on the bus on LA weekend.\u00a0 Worse ones got 10, others 5 whacks.\u00a0 Jim Arthur [Jimbo] Jones got 12 as he was up recently.\u00a0 Arnita Smith got 3 extra.<\/p>\n Peter Wotherspoon is an excellent tutor.\u00a0 Terry Carter came to parent teacher conference with 6 children, without clearance. \u00a0Penny says children fighting in his room, bring the children to school. Given 30 whacks. You should be perfect in the handling of children in view of your previous record.<\/p>\n Young people, who not deliver newspapers correctly, work the entire night.<\/p>\n Young people out in parking lot while Father meditating.<\/p>\n These young people did not go to LA on weekend.<\/p>\n All spanked.<\/p>\n Wanda Love sleeps during the day, called a sister a white whore, has a smart mouth.\u00a0 Wanda said by Jack Beam to work hard in the shop.\u00a0 Nancy Sines the white woman called her a “girl” which is offensive.\u00a0 He’s been late, both dismissed.<\/p>\n Arrangements for Thanksgiving discussed.<\/p>\n Volunteers to work on Christmas toys. People who have child and don’t pamphlet will be knocked from the Christmas list.<\/p>\n Extremely good work so name not mentioned. Said she didn’t have any use for a person who was white.\u00a0 Jim: don’t talk in that way to my white niggers.<\/a><\/p>\n Ricardo Arterberry showed much improvement.<\/p>\n Lisa Gibson responsible worker but parent not giving the children support.<\/p>\n Ed Crenshaw good when in garage.<\/p>\n Chris Kice good attitude helping others, drives to Santa Rosa doing well in nursing school.<\/p>\n Mike Simon learning medical techniques.<\/p>\n Silversteen Lenard healed of long standing ailment during meditation period.<\/p>\n Jim made another effort to bring the offering to satisfactory point.<\/p>\n Meeting ended about 12.30 with request that people with contribution to give should put it on the altar.<\/p>\n Delivered to Claire for Don Beck the resume I had typed yesterday.<\/p>\n Turned in my prescription to the nurse’s office.<\/p>\n Gave Misty Boute some information on agencies which might help her get a para-legal or legal trainee job and advice on writing a resume.\u00a0 She had asked my help at a previous meeting.\u00a0 She attended Nevada State College and ___ [Edith’s blank to fill in later].<\/p>\n A bus took home the residents to 1029 Geary.\u00a0 There was some confusion while Tom Fitch backed the bus out, as seniors, afraid they’d miss it, ran in front of and around it.\u00a0 The situation was discussed on the bus and suggestions made.<\/p>\n We got home at 1.30.\u00a0 I was very tired and my hemorrhoids hurt.\u00a0 Bates was concerned about me.<\/p>\n Went to bed at 3.00.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 18 November – 1976 – Thursday<\/strong> Ate lunch at my desk.<\/p>\n There went to Stacy’s bookstore.\u00a0 I picked up some children’s books for Dor to take to her grand-children on her vacation.\u00a0 Ordered a copy of Endgame by Samuel Beckett.\u00a0 Then went to the bank and closed out my account.\u00a0 I had a balance of $92.\u00a0 I went to Shell Pharmacy and bought a new Timex watch to replace the one I lost.\u00a0 It as $13.95.\u00a0 I had to buy a new watchband.<\/p>\n I exercised at home.<\/p>\n Went to the Temple to eat.<\/p>\n Did my laundry.<\/p>\n Did personal chores and washed my hair.<\/p>\n Read.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 19 November – 1976 – Friday<\/strong> We were all so immersed in our work on the Litigation Report that we forgot to do our time cards until Cathy called.\u00a0 I worked most of the day on revision of the Litigation Report and at the end of the day on putting in information for the sorting commands.<\/p>\n Dor worked with Mag Card on the newly devised sorting system.\u00a0 She had some differences with it but she experimented and modified the rules Sue Wintersteen had given her until she found something satisfactory.<\/p>\n I ate lunch outside.<\/p>\n I was not quite through with the revisions on the Litigation Report at the end of the day.\u00a0 I told Dor I would finish them but didn’t expect she would keep me to put in the sort commands.\u00a0 I didn’t get away until 5.30, as Dor had me order the document with sort commands.<\/p>\n I took the bus directly to the Temple.<\/p>\n Ate dinner.\u00a0 Few people were there.<\/p>\n Had a hard time finding a ride home.\u00a0 Saw Bonnie Beck.\u00a0 She and Pat Grunnet were having a discussion about the reading problems of the children.\u00a0\u00a0 Bonnie said Danny, the child she and Don adopted, was deaf when they got him, which I hadn’t known.\u00a0 I asked Bonnie about arrangements for shipping my books to the p.l.\u00a0 She had written me a note which I did not receive.\u00a0 She gets down to SF on Thursday, which is her day off (she is still at Juvenile Hall in Ukiah) and will pick them up and take them to the Valley for shipping.\u00a0 I am to speak to her on Thanksgiving to make arrangements.<\/p>\n Pat gave me a ride home.<\/p>\n I typed in my journal for almost 3 hours and finished 6 pages.<\/p>\n Bates went to the Temple for the second flu shot for another strain.<\/p>\n Read Freedom at Midnight.<\/em><\/p>\n Went to bed at 12.30.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 20 November – 1976 – Saturday<\/strong> Borrowed a vacuum cleaner from the office and vacuumed the floor.\u00a0 It didn’t clean very well.<\/p>\n I left on muni about 7.00,\u00a0 taking my grocery cart, to go out to the Hayes Street Neighborhood Coop.\u00a0 I wanted to get some dates and Bates and I were going to have a salad tonight with our fish given to us with our kitchen supplies.\u00a0 I would try to buy an orange, grapes and I walked on Masonic to Geary before getting the bus back.<\/p>\n Bates has defrosted the refrigerator and was making candy.<\/p>\n We listened to Jim’s broadcast.\u00a0 The Panel was on the subject of spying.\u00a0 Jim alluded to the surveillance of Mrs. Wright at our Temple.<\/p>\n I took the bus, again with the shopping cart, to the Northpoint Coop.\u00a0 Had an ice cream cone.\u00a0 Bought some dates and kidney beans, which they had been out of two weeks ago at the Basic Foods Store.\u00a0 Then shopped at the Coop buying, among other foods, some items which Bates wanted for her candy making.\u00a0 Some special food items for her.<\/p>\n Took the bus home.<\/p>\n It was foggy all day.<\/p>\n When I got home I lay down for about an hour.<\/p>\n Food was not being served at the commune tonight and the bus left early for the Temple.\u00a0 Bates and I said that we would come later on Muni.<\/p>\n Bates prepared a meal for us and we had broiled fish which Rheaviana had given us (I think it was codfish), baked potatoes and salad.<\/p>\n I washed the dishes.<\/p>\n Bates went to the Temple early.\u00a0 She wanted to sell candy.<\/p>\n I lay down and napped for half an hour.<\/p>\n Took the bus to the Temple at about 7.15 arriving at 7.45.\u00a0 The service was just starting and rides were being arranged.<\/p>\n I went upstairs and turned my check into Maria [Katsaris].\u00a0 Inquired about the reason for the mix-up in my dental bill, was finally referred to Maria McCann of the Accounting Office.\u00a0 She said what probably happened that they thought I was eligible for Medical or some other insurance, that she paid 20% and told the dentist to bill the balance to my insurance.<\/p>\n An offering was being taken and two others were taken by the workers in an attempt to make the budget. \u00a0I put in the check from the Coop Credit Union.<\/p>\n Announcements were made.<\/p>\n Testimonies were heard.\u00a0 During Jim Pugh’s Jim entered at about 9.15.<\/p>\n The choir sang.<\/p>\n Jim: Conspiracy to remove Yvonne Golden from her office as principal of Opportunity School because she spoke at the Bakke rally on account Jim’s determination, they probably won’t fine her.<\/p>\n Linda Mertle has broken with us on account of disapproval of Lesbian relationship because the other is under age.\u00a0 There is only one group that fights for little people.\u00a0 If you in any way try to impede this movement, you will be ground to powder.\u00a0 When Linda Jones (so-called) joins such as Liz Forman, disaster will come upon her.<\/p>\n Christian churches now calling anything left of Ku Klux Klan forces of the devil.\u00a0 Barb exposed this.\u00a0 Jesus said you are to hate all this which are not a part of his teaching. You have never seen more, ever will see such loyalty as to free Marie Lawrence from the fate hanging over her.<\/p>\n No time for any other opportunity than this course.<\/p>\n A former minister of this church went to a Mexican woman and took $5000 from her and is now living high on it.\u00a0 Jim told her she could send him to jail.\u00a0 On Monday morning the sister is going to walk in and show the check was not signed by our treasurer.\u00a0 The law will be looking for them.\u00a0 Jim: I have never in my life resorted to law, but we need the money.\u00a0 I feel we must protect the household of the fruit.\u00a0 Will try to protect the relatives of a young\u00a0 woman called B. You better have him with us Monday morning before the bank opens.\u00a0 Reason for last week’s order to give money only to Rose Shelton or Maria Katsaris.<\/p>\n Do you think people who’ve been saved from jail, when I have expended every effort to think every body is going to be a Judas, be a coward, and let me fail.\u00a0 I hope all have their eyes and ears open.<\/p>\n I could go on for hours on the intrigue of the system that goes on all the times around us.<\/p>\n Jim spoke to visitors present.\u00a0 You are with us in body of Christ.\u00a0\u00a0 Have love one for another.\u00a0 You must know the truth unless you are in this assembly of God’s actual presence, you have no God.\u00a0 You are now looking at him.\u00a0 Jim used scripture to teach the truth of his words and the falsity of other churches and the Bible.<\/p>\n Jim concluded with a spiritual affirmation of his divinity and the congregation responded with enthusiasm.<\/p>\n Robert Johnson was saved from cancer of the rectum. Then Jim took another offering.<\/p>\n Misty (Ann Margaret) Boute gave me a copy of her resume, which I will type for her.<\/p>\n We boarded the bus for Geary in front of the Temple.<\/p>\n Bates told me she thought that Paul Flowers was the minister to whom Jim was referring as having defrauded the Temple of $5000.\u00a0 I haven’t seen him for some time and I can’t think of any other minister is missing, so it seems logical.<\/p>\n Bates went to bed and I ate some treats and read newspapers.<\/p>\n Went to bed at 1.30.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 21 November – 1976 – Sunday<\/strong> Bathed, dressed, had breakfast: orange, bacon, egg, toast.<\/p>\n Pressed clothes for about an hour.<\/p>\n The Temple bus came for our residents about 10.45.\u00a0 It had been scheduled for 10.30.<\/p>\n Service began at 11.30, CJ presiding.<\/p>\n CJ took an offering.<\/p>\n Norm Ijames had names taken of those going to LA to help a person jailed in an issue concerning freedom of the press.<\/p>\n Norman respected Jim’s request of last night for sponsors for a child for Christmas.\u00a0 $20.<\/p>\n Norm took another offering.\u00a0 At the end Jim entered at 12.00.<\/p>\n Jim spoke of Roy Wilkins, says there will be another campaign, an instance of discrimination at the dinner our people attended at which waiters refused to serve our black people. Our leaders had to serve them.\u00a0 Dick Tropp was one.\u00a0 Jim was not there.\u00a0 I didn’t give them the opportunity to serve me.<\/p>\n Jim took another offering.<\/p>\n Guests came in, were seated in front rows<\/p>\n Anita [Kelley] and choir sang, “I Wish that I Knew What It Is to be Free.” Reporter from Union of South Africa, a fascist regime who had the courage to stand up and tell the truth about his country.\u00a0 This country not less than a colony of the American Corporate elite.\u00a0 Jim told of spying incident concerning Mayor Wright of Meyersville [Mayersville], Mississippi.\u00a0 Yvonne Golden was to lose her job for supporting X___ Miller,\u00a0 a Con.\u00a0 Jim said No, they won’t fire you, I don’t think they want the members of our church down at the school board.\u00a0 They didn’t want her children exposed to Bakke Rally.\u00a0 Jim discussed differences between different kinds of socialism.<\/p>\n Bill Anderson, sponsored by Amnesty International and\u00a0 International Senior Co. born in South Africa, 21 years old. One of first to break story of South African Atrocity.<\/p>\n Anderson, served in Angola, South West Africa (Namibia).\u00a0 People have been fighting guerrilla army. Divided brutality and torture of South African Army.\u00a0 Men standing up for his freedom is regarded as crazy.\u00a0 Armed struggle only way for then to get freedom.\u00a0 He described life for blacks in South Africa,\u00a0 We have two choices: support South Africa in the freedom movement.\u00a0 Exploitation of black labor for benefit of American Capitalist,\u00a0 US on way to get involved in South Africa as in Viet Nam.\u00a0 The people in South Africa will get freedom to control their own destiny in a few years.<\/p>\n Jim: he spoke as well as any field nigger could speak.\u00a0 Asked Choir to sing but don’t sing, “Fill my Cup.” Nobody fills your cup;\u00a0 he’s going to pledge to this young man will be there anywhere philosophically if anybody bothers him.\u00a0 Going to tell him we are not a church.\u00a0 I hate religion.\u00a0 There’s no difference between churches in South Africa and churches here.<\/p>\n Mother before singing “All the Weary Mothers of the Earth” said about young Bill Anderson, “We’re all too comfortable.\u00a0 When I get tired I’m going to think of this young man.\u00a0 Remember that he didn’t have to do this.”<\/p>\n Yvonne Golden.\u00a0 Take heart that there are such people as Bill Anderson who are just as dedicated to freedom as I am.\u00a0 She describes letter to Superintendent of blacks about her.\u00a0 Said children in this school not have background to weigh things; this angered her.<\/p>\n Jim: Young Anderson will be executed for high treason if he returns to South Africa.\u00a0 He was touched by this congregation.\u00a0 I was ever more touched by him.<\/p>\n Dr. Albert Kahn some Steve working in Parks and Recreation Department trying to get jobs for young people.\u00a0 With brothers and sisters from Chile. Jim extends an invitation to them to come immediately.\u00a0 They are 2 who late on background of overthrow of Allende in Chile.\u00a0 He was with Allende in World Peace Movement. (WPM).\u00a0 There are always representatives from Chile in the WPM. He was destroyed by agents of this country.\u00a0 Philip Agee’s book\u00a0 Inside the Company. It will not be very long for those who occupy power in Chile. Speaking of law and order, the greatest criminals are those in the government and the heads of large corporations.\u00a0 What justice means to him laid for insolent\u00a0 barbarism and disintegrating society also saw destruction of fascism and Nazism.\u00a0 Prospects of fascism getting less and less everyday.\u00a0 Although lonely, we have tens of thousands of people rising and winning every day.\u00a0 Every corner of globes friends of man getting stronger, enemies getting weaker.<\/p>\n Brothers and Sisters from Chile come from among the 400 admitted generously (ironically) on account they don’t get welfare.\u00a0 100,000 from Vietnam mostly criminals.\u00a0 We will live to see things in their own country and they will see great changes here.\u00a0 Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, poem on Toussaint Louverture<\/em><\/p>\n Oscar Bourges spoke with aid of interpreter. Called for the workers of the world to unite and defeat fascism.<\/p>\n Jim: We have written letters to the present Chilean government and have probably played a part in the release of Chilean prisoners. We got a pledge from Mrs. Carter that aid would be cut off from Chile.\u00a0 We must write again an insist on this $100 a month for your support if you want to live with us, you are welcome.\u00a0 And give us size of clothes, we will supply you.\u00a0 We will have an article on what you said in our newspaper.<\/p>\n Jim said Soviet Russia, second country helped Chilean refugees.\u00a0 Took them in Chinese closed its country, didn\u2019t admit any. That they have a revisionist regime in\u00a0 China and __ society.\u00a0 There can be no such thing as a constructivist international presence.\u00a0 I am an international socialist.<\/p>\n Jim considering imprisonment again of Wm Farr.\u00a0 Spoke of demonstration we\u2019ll make in LA on Tuesday, taking our students form Opportunity High.\u00a0 Time for the closet socialists to come out of the closet.<\/p>\n In the midst of the healing period, Jim took another offering to makeup the expenses we had incurred in helping with the Chileans.\u00a0\u00a0 He inaugurated ___ ___ something of them now ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ____ ___ a turn coat.\u00a0 Too __ ___ help stop what __ __ __ and children murdered.<\/p>\n The meeting was dismissed at 4.00.<\/p>\n The crowd was as large as any I remember for a long time.\u00a0 And I didn’t get a seat and had to wait half an hour to get a plate.\u00a0 The dinner however was good with a big piece of chicken, vegetables, salad and even cake.<\/p>\n I took Muni home.<\/p>\n I typed Misty’s resume.<\/p>\n Finished my pressing. \u00a0Have enough clothes for two weeks.<\/p>\n Got a ride back to the Temple with Rocki.<\/p>\n Service had just started at 7.00.<\/p>\n Brother Keaton arranged rides.<\/p>\n An announcement was made that all seniors living in apostolic homes must go on the trip to LA on Monday night.\u00a0 Those who weren’t going had to stand and give reason, as services in the homes will be cut off so those staying will be moved elsewhere.<\/p>\n Wesley made announcements.<\/p>\n Johnny Brown and Rob Christian took 2 offerings in quick succession.\u00a0 CJ [Jackson] promptly had the bucket passed again as the offering was still deficient.<\/p>\n Three numbers were sung by the congregation after which Jim appeared at 9.00.<\/p>\n He got on the telephone and conducted business at the podium on an emergency.\u00a0 He inquired about flights to London on Mexican airlines.<\/p>\n Vern Gosney reported staying out all night and drinking in bars.\u00a0 He admitted this.\u00a0 IT was a gay bar.\u00a0 He said he had difficulty dealing with people in communal relationship.\u00a0 I was entering a relationship with Jerry and and felt same pattern developing, using person.\u00a0 Said he isn’t honest with any one (Jim carrying on discussion on phone meanwhile he was talking to the p.l.) Counselors had tone lowered so as not to interfere with Jim’s conversation.\u00a0 Don Jackson inquired how he felt about putting himself in position to commit treason.<\/p>\n Jim: are you aware the man who to us today was castrated?\u00a0 All he wants to do is get back to fight.\u00a0 Another young man is certain to die as a snowflake in the summertime when he gets American citizenship. He’ll be sent back to South Africa and he’ll be killed.\u00a0 Asked congregation felt about his being white.\u00a0 Some caught up with “I can’t trust whitey.”<\/p>\n Tyrone Naphis running through Temple downstairs Friday.\u00a0 Made a scene in grocery store where police and an outsider friend noticed him. Made cause look bad.\u00a0 Jim asked him whether he wished to go back to Detroit.\u00a0 He said yes. Joyce Rozynko reported he said he liked military life.\u00a0 Tobi covered for him.\u00a0 Tyrone guilty of another episode with young boy.\u00a0 Tobi sympathized with Bertha Ford but Jim accepted her explanation.\u00a0 She permitted Tyrone to bad mouth Council.\u00a0 Jim: to remember what some people are paying for us.\u00a0 If not the many risks he had seen,\u00a0 felt this South African who saw his wife tortured, was castrated, lost his child.\u00a0 All the Chileans had their wives tortured. Jim asks some help against his past life. If you knew that, then ou wouldn\u2019t want to go to Detroit.\u00a0 If he asks for another chance.\u00a0 Jim said yes, find new associations.\u00a0 Jim said he had taken risks for Tobi’s children.\u00a0 Tobi says she will pamphlet and work harder in publications.\u00a0 She sets $200 as a sum, promises to work all night.\u00a0 Jim instructs follow up on discipline, get help if needed.<\/p>\n People on newspaper bus today got special commendation.<\/p>\n Back to Vern:\u00a0 says he’ll get back to his areas of responsibility, raise $200, work all night.<\/p>\n Numerous young people on floor doing poor work on newspaper distribution.\u00a0 Melanie Breidenbach and Ellie Beam were two who put papers on steps rather than on doorknobs.\u00a0 Ellie admits she tries to get out of work.\u00a0 One girl said she helped; she got lazy.\u00a0 She talked through the service today and became insolent when corrected by a counselor.\u00a0 Jim said she is going to pay (through his gift). \u00a0Jim asked her if she ever saw anyone drop dead.\u00a0 She had.\u00a0 Mother trying to manipulate Jim, get him to lessen the punishment.\u00a0 He says she won’t fall here, because then he’d have to raise her.\u00a0 She is to attempt to make amends, Melanie trying to manipulate to go with Ellie to the p.l.\u00a0 Melanie tries to stay out of service. She showed no respect for Father, talking when he’s preaching his heart out.\u00a0 Decision on Melanie:\u00a0 schedule her work so that she is in service, penalty: self-imposed on all. One young man stole cup cakes from the kitchen and ate them.\u00a0 Clark Grubbs hid papers below him when he got on the bus so as to conceal that he hadn’t distributed them.<\/p>\n Jim said $1000 could be saved if LA people could stay over and go back on buses tomorrow night. 6 people said they had to work.\u00a0 Jim insisted calls being made to people’s work and children’s parents.<\/p>\n Lonnie Lue\u00a0 and Willie Mae Gentry excellent job selling rummage for the cause.<\/p>\n Numerous commendations for children and young people, including good newspaper distribution, high grades in school.<\/p>\n Patricia Pettit wouldn\u2019t clap in a song. Called her mother a bitch and has been sassy lately. She volunteers to work all night.<\/p>\n After a meditation and healing period, Jim dismissed the congregation at 12.00.<\/p>\n The bus took us home.<\/p>\n Bates went to bed.<\/p>\n I ate some grapes and toast and jam.\u00a0 Read newspapers.<\/p>\n Went to bed at 2.00.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 22 November – 1976 – Monday<\/strong> Marquita and I didn’t have any more work the rest of the day.\u00a0 We spent a good deal of time on conversation about love and marriage.\u00a0 Marquita was interested in hearing about my experience with Tej.<\/p>\n I did some work on journal entries.<\/p>\n After work I took the Muni directly to the Temple so as to eat and put my needs in, as they have to go in today this week.<\/p>\n The Temple was full of LA people who stayed over and were waiting for dinner.\u00a0 I managed to get a chair and sat with Helen Love.\u00a0 Read my newspaper. Later Jim Pugh came in and I let him see the paper.<\/p>\n I got in time for food early.\u00a0 Some had to wait in long lines.\u00a0 I put my needs in,\u00a0 Vernell was not there and I explained to the girls in charge that I had not received the correct amount of money last week and wrote an explanation.\u00a0 I put in again for last week’s needs with this week’s.<\/p>\n Bates had arrived.\u00a0 Someone had brought her and was waiting for her.\u00a0 Helen and I planned to go with her.\u00a0 But in the confusion I lost both of them.<\/p>\n I think took the Muni with Edith Cordell and Hazel Dashiell.\u00a0 Bates was home getting ready for the LA trip.\u00a0 She was leaving right away though the hour set for leaving at the Temple was 12.00.\u00a0 She wanted to get on a bus and sleep.\u00a0 I helped her put up a lunch.<\/p>\n I typed in my journal from 8.30 to 11.30.<\/p>\n Read newspapers.<\/p>\n Went to bed at 1.00.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 23 November – 1976 – Tuesday<\/strong> Marquita had some material for my entry for Mary Cavalina.\u00a0 She got a printout on the computer.<\/p>\n I spent most of the day transcribing a tape from the Legal Department seminar.\u00a0 The portion I was working on was the speech by George Schultz on the national and international economic situation.\u00a0 I missed an occasional passage because he mumbles some words.\u00a0 Several of the secretaries have been transcribing their tapes.\u00a0 It is a slow process.<\/p>\n Got nothing done on journal entries.<\/p>\n At noon saw the last film, “Government” in the American Enterprise series.\u00a0 Ate my lunch in the assembly room.<\/p>\n Marquita left early for a doctor’s appointment.\u00a0 She has a history of problems with her reproductive system and has recently been bleeding from her uterus.<\/p>\n Betty learned Marquita was out and phoned me to ask if she had gone home and what time.\u00a0 Said she would talk to her tonight.<\/p>\n Betty came down later to let me know I was getting a raise, from $830 to $890.\u00a0 She praised my dedication to duty, said no doubt I could find a place to put the extra money.<\/p>\n When I got home I exercised, changed clothes.<\/p>\n Took the Muni to the Temple at 6.00.\u00a0 Very few people were there.\u00a0 At dinner, talked with Dick Tropp about transferring my Independent films to video tape during Christmas vacation.<\/p>\n Saw Kaye Gibbs at dinner.\u00a0 I haven’t talked to Kaye in a long time.\u00a0 I asked her if she was working, as that would have been the only allowable reason for her not to have gone to LA.\u00a0 She said no.\u00a0 I asked why she hadn’t gone to LA.\u00a0 She said, “Maybe I should have gone.”\u00a0 A young woman moved to the table and conversed with Kaye for a while.\u00a0 After Kaye had left, to get in line for food, the young woman Kaye seemed retarded to her, “she talked funny.”<\/p>\n Dorothy Brewer, Mom Taylor, another senior and I were take home by Chris Kice.<\/p>\n I cleaned up two tables in the apartment, arranging on then Jim’s pictures and my Indian statues.<\/p>\n Ate some grapes.<\/p>\n Went through the books I had packed for the p.l., listing them by name and author.\u00a0 I have made lists before but was not sure they indicated accurately in which box they were.\u00a0 I finished inventorying 2 boxes.<\/p>\n Read newspapers.\u00a0 Washed dishes.<\/p>\n Went to bed at 1.00.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 24 November – 1976 – Wednesday<\/strong> I made good time this morning.<\/p>\n Marc told me the doctor gave her numerous tests and she has to go back for more.\u00a0 The doctor said she might have cancer of the uterus, for irregular menstrual cycle she had for several years taken a pill later found to cause cancer, Marc was told by Kathy.<\/p>\n Through John Stewart’s office we were told Carol Emory wanted some contracts transmitted to an office in Gaithersburg.\u00a0 The contracts I obtained from Galbraith’s Office. I had to get the key to Dor’s desk in order to look for the storage reports, as I didn’t know where one was stored.\u00a0 I can’t find it.\u00a0 Marie gave me advice on transmitting the contracts.\u00a0 One contract was not in our storage and I had to phone someone outside our department.\u00a0 He didn’t want the document transmitted as he said the draft was not ready yet.\u00a0 I transmitted two contracts and phoned Carol, also I phoned the ATS person to expect the transmitted contracts.<\/p>\n [Next page — Abrupt shift from work to evening meeting \u2013 no missing page numbering]<\/em><\/p>\n Brother Keaton arranged rides.<\/p>\n Johnny Brown taking offerings mentioned that this year San Francisco got its share of revenue coming, $3 million and immediately took thousands of dollars off the top to pay SF _ ____ instead of giving jobs to solve the cause of crime.\u00a0 ___ ___ ___ what we have ___ ___ __ crime to get the assistance of life.<\/p>\n Wesley [Johnson] made some comments.<\/p>\n Rob Christian took another offering.<\/p>\n CJ led some congregation singing. CJ took another offering.<\/p>\n Dale Parks led the congregation in singing.<\/p>\n Testimonials<\/strong> Carol McCoy doing excellent work in p.l. Margery Davis cooperative worker.\u00a0 Hazel Dashiell, Gina Severns, Joyce Rozynko,\u00a0 employ workers.\u00a0 9 hour shifts (security?) [Edith’s question] every day.<\/p>\n Greg Watkins did good work in kitchen.<\/p>\n Andrea Martin.<\/p>\n Todd Klingman, better in school. Have to be sure to maintain well all properties in Redwood Valley.<\/p>\n It’s time for Cleve Swinney to go to the p.l.\u00a0\u00a0 Have to pick up the difference.<\/p>\n Now we seem to be getting praise but after awhile rich owners of newspapers will come down on us.\u00a0 That’s good.\u00a0 Because then though weak are strong will prevail.\u00a0 The weak will drop off, so we\u2019ll have only the strong in the p.l.<\/p>\n Man and his son who used to attend stabbed each other.<\/p>\n Sister Thelma Black, out of 70 services she attended only 40.\u00a0 She passed.\u00a0 She was one named as having to do something about their weight.\u00a0 She didn’t listen.<\/p>\n Beverley Livingston and Diane Lundquist running antique store, need more things.<\/p>\n Ricky Johnson, Orde Dennis.\u00a0 Johnny checking on back door security.\u00a0 Ricky Johnson stayed at home waiting for his companion.\u00a0 Back door left uncovered.<\/p>\n Terry Carter says Orde Dennis didn\u2019t follow up on what she told him to do.\u00a0 Jim says Dennis family has turned in exactly $66 since September although communal.\u00a0 Beverly Livingston says he gave checks to unknown sister.<\/p>\n Jim talked about: from each according to his ability, to each according to his need. Paul said: if you don\u2019t work, you don\u2019t eat.<\/p>\n On Thanksgiving.\u00a0 Jim:\u00a0 Ain’t going to thank nobody for that freedom ship.\u00a0 We aren’t thanking nobody for nothing.<\/p>\n Jim says checks will be gone into. If anybody signed who shouldn\u2019t, the bank will handle it, will get our money.\u00a0\u00a0 Jim:\u00a0 if ___ __ with Sister Dennis\u2019 child of relations.\u00a0 For son\u00a0 Ronnie Dennis should be sent to p.l.\u00a0 The issue was causing police on Ronnie. Jim: You have a bad attitude and your kids are outrageous.\u00a0 Ronnie was so aggravating; Jim had to use his power. Your discipline is erratic; want to call police on your own child.\u00a0 I don’t fuck with police.\u00a0 A nigger won’t ever fink on another.\u00a0 Why did you resent doing what Terry told you to do?\u00a0 Because she’s white?\u00a0\u00a0 They put 2 white police right in the middle of Watts.\u00a0 Want you to quit giving us hard way to go.\u00a0 She offered to raise $200 and work all night.<\/p>\n Jim explained of cause of sniping on street police agent, so they can spreadeagle blacks.<\/p>\n Back to Ricky Johnson, 2 hours late for security. Lied. Hiding behind his wife.\u00a0 Jim asked her attitude.\u00a0 She gave namby-pamby answer.\u00a0 Jim: have to stand up.\u00a0 Many a son and husband has gone to jail because of women.\u00a0 Bible is responsible for men thinking they’re superior.\u00a0 Women are treated the way white men treat blacks. Ricky been using credit card for phone calls.<\/p>\n J: They’re after you, they set you up.\u00a0 Frances Johnson his mother. She denounced him.\u00a0 Jim: can get 5 years in jail for using false credit card.\u00a0 Jim asked for volunteers to check out phone calls in communal homes.\u00a0 Ricky volunteered $400 in a month, suggested 8 or 9 hours of service.\u00a0 Last enough, he changed it to 9 hours every night.\u00a0 Jim: did you not know it\u2019s dishonest to use the peoples\u2019 credit card?\u00a0 He apologized for risking Jim\u2019s freedom. His wife says she helped find and gave him card.\u00a0 She going to make $200 and work too.\u00a0 Jim: call from from Fresno.\u00a0 Cautions their family against saying anything and threatening to keep him out of church.\u00a0 Jim gave instructions to Fresno secretary what to tell her.<\/p>\n After some healings, Jim dismissed the meeting about 12.30.<\/p>\n I saw Misty Boute and got from her some additional information for her resume.\u00a0 Gave to Pat Grunnet some more magazines for the children.<\/p>\n The bus took us home.<\/p>\n Bates said she couldn\u2019t get to the first bus to LA because she didn\u2019t come on it to the Temple.\u00a0 After they had traveled all night, they went to the Temple, left there about 11.00 and marched around the courthouse.\u00a0 Someone else told me she saw the demonstration on TV.\u00a0 It was reported we had 3,000 people there.\u00a0 The hearing for William Farr was postponed until a later date.\u00a0 In the meantime there was a meeting at the church in the evening.\u00a0 Those who had to get back for school or work left on an early bus.\u00a0 The busses got in to SF about 7.00. She had gone straight to work.<\/p>\n I had a snack. I read newspapers. I washed dishes and went to bed at 3.00.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 25 November – 1976 – Thursday<\/strong> Bates woke me at 10.00.\u00a0 She had taken a bath.\u00a0 It takes her a long time to perform her morning chores.<\/p>\n I dressed and made some breakfast: orange juice, toast and bacon.<\/p>\n Judy Merriam came by at 11.00 to tell us the bus was downstairs.\u00a0 We told her we weren’t quite ready and we came on Muni.\u00a0 Bates cleaned up the kitchen.<\/p>\n I was ready in about 5 minutes.\u00a0 Bates asked me to save her a seat.\u00a0 The people who usually sit in front were asked to sit in back and those in back were asked to go to the front by Father.<\/p>\n I took Mildred Mercer upstairs.\u00a0 It wasn’t hard to find seats and I got one for myself and Bates just below the front passage way.<\/p>\n The meeting opened about 12.00 with Wesley Johnson making a strong appeal for order.<\/p>\n Norman Ijames led the congregation in song.\u00a0 He took an offering.<\/p>\n Testimonials.<\/strong><\/p>\n Johnny Brown took another offering by sum.\u00a0 Jim came in at 1.20.<\/p>\n Dymally.\u00a0 Telephones interlocked. [only names, perhaps Edith meant to add more later.]<\/p>\n Miche… Jim:\u00a0 “To think all that stupidity came right out of the Bible.<\/p>\n Noah’s Ark – Bill Cosby’s record with pantomime. Vera Talley began to shout hysterically.\u00a0 Jim began to cry.\u00a0 Half the auditorium was moved to tears.\u00a0 The congregation sang, “Nobody knows the Trouble I’ve Seen. Nobody Cares But Father” Jim appreciated those of you who were moved.\u00a0 It was more than I could take to hear the sister who dropped her babies in the cotton fields.\u00a0 I had to make sure she doesn’t suffer any more.\u00a0 Look and see those who are indifferent, those who have gone out.\u00a0 Some of our children don’t know the agony.<\/p>\n Moving demonstration today in offering taken by Mother asked for property donation and pamphleting. Condemned the young who will not respond or understand.<\/p>\n Two communes not here in church came up, want those that came filty cleaned up.<\/p>\n Pamphleting tonight at 8.00.\u00a0 Meeting at 7.00.\u00a0 Everyday you must pamphlet.<\/p>\n Jim speaks of some who did things which could send him to jail for convering for you.\u00a0 Those who steal from the cause.<\/p>\n People pestering Jim with notes pleading to go to the p.l.\u00a0 What takes priority?\u00a0 To get our children out of jail.<\/p>\n Thanks the artistic works that made presentations today.<\/p>\n Very healing for him the crying.\u00a0 People won’t be quiet outside my door; they shout and scream no matter what I say.<\/p>\n ___ ___ ___ ___ Griffith, Gloria, Cynthia and others (breaking with Commune over her __ , Linda) the moment her estranged relationship was broken up she lent herself to evil, even contemplated kidnapping..\u00a0 Teddy McMurray [McMurry] went in girls\u2019 room.\u00a0 Beverley Livingston requested they be quiet.\u00a0 Cynthia bad-mouthed Beverley.\u00a0 Linda is with Deanna.\u00a0 She says she let herself be divided from socialist principle. Really indulging selfishly. She tried to give Deanna information to use against us.<\/p>\n Emmett Griffith being trained as bulldozer operator.\u00a0 ___ ___ __ he’s in girls rooms.\u00a0 Jim worried about pregnancies.\u00a0 Birth Control measures not taken.\u00a0 Neighbors comment on comings and goings of teenagers.\u00a0 Teddy McMurray relationship with Chris Talley.\u00a0 He threatened quit security, nasty attitude, he admits.\u00a0 He complained about the way counselling carried on.\u00a0 He complained about too many bosses.\u00a0 Chris Talley criticizes Teddy for not accepting authority.\u00a0 Jim advised sisters to be firm with brothers, otherwise they get a big head, think their shit doesn’t stink.<\/p>\n Darrell Devers made nasty comments about girl he had made pregnant.\u00a0 She had an abortion.\u00a0 She slapped him on platform. Darrell read material sent with him.\u00a0 He a messenger for McElvane.\u00a0 Recommendation he be suspended as a messenger.\u00a0 He is lazy.\u00a0 He admits he doesn’t carry load, will change his attitude.\u00a0 He offered to raise $200 by end of December, work 2 nights. Changed it to 4 days and 4 nights.\u00a0 She nearly died.\u00a0 Father had to intervene.\u00a0 We knew this.\u00a0\u00a0 He left her unattended. Jim would have been wrong to let you get away with this behavior so long.<\/p>\n Word from kitchen.\u00a0 Food ready and going to get cold.\u00a0 Jim angry at being manipulated. Ordered food served up here.\u00a0 Not giving house cold food on Thanksgiving.\u00a0 Served at 5.30.<\/p>\n Back to Darrell.\u00a0 He admitted he liked the girls of his male friends because he really desired the men.\u00a0 He recognized his homosexuality. He spoke sometime on homosexuality, came to understand that most of them admit they liked the looks of their own penis.\u00a0 Women admired their own breasts.\u00a0 The woman he needed, helped scorn on him, needed no man.\u00a0 _____ 2 nights now, 2 later.<\/p>\n Billy Jones. Missed school after being disciplined.\u00a0 Again slept after staying up, playing around.\u00a0 Was hostile, arrogant. Why does he think you’re special.\u00a0 Penny says continually leaves security and goes back to room. Calls adults by nicknames.\u00a0 Guy: bad attitude, goofing off.\u00a0\u00a0 Jim says he’s going over on the hard working team. Says he’ll raise $100 and work all night.<\/p>\n Brenda Warren and others time first up.\u00a0 All given hours and work commitments. up; Brenda offers to put in time on security meetings 10 to 12 hours sufficient, but she can step up to P.R. People who are honest and know themselves.<\/p>\n Jim felt distress of a baby crying more than usual.\u00a0 Asked someone to check it.<\/p>\n David Goodwin.\u00a0 Can’t send him to p.l. Grandmother has no papers.\u00a0 Bad-mouthed everybody.\u00a0 Playing during service.\u00a0 Always late in school.\u00a0 School wanted to transfer him.\u00a0 Falls asleep in class.\u00a0 Talks back.\u00a0 You\u2019ll go to authorities.\u00a0 Jim says he has high IQ.\u00a0 He will try to get papers, but if he doesn’t straighten up, will have to send you back.\u00a0 He is about 10 or 12.\u00a0 He is to work all night one more time.\u00a0 Jim told of his dad trying to drown him.\u00a0 Was never nice to him,\u00a0 Jim said he been acting out because he thinks\u00a0 mother rejected him going to show faith in you, don’t let me down.<\/p>\n Billy Watkins.\u00a0 Started to cry. Larry says you look at him and he started to cry.\u00a0 He loses clothes, banged as loud as he could on a piano at 5.30 in the morning. Camped out under stairway.\u00a0 He lied.\u00a0 Ricardo included in banging.\u00a0 His mom beat him, his mother had him stab her companion.\u00a0 Jim said his mother went out, got beaten up and put on drugs.\u00a0 She’s in hospital.\u00a0 Ricardo 8. If you do real well, you’ll go to p.l.\u00a0 Debbie Layton taking both Ricardo and Billy under supervision, Jim asked for report on grandmother of David Goodwin.\u00a0 His great aunt, Sister Saderoyd who turned over check before she joined commune.\u00a0 She will go to p.l. as food attendant, also has nursing skills.\u00a0 Instructions to groom her up. Send her with child to p.l.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [Edith’s notes on Thanksgiving day end there. <\/p>\n 26 November – 1976 – Friday<\/strong> I had some orange juice.<\/p>\n I changed my sheets by hand.<\/p>\n Washed underwear by hand.\u00a0 Put it in the dryer. Am going to use the machine only every 2 weeks for sheets and towels to save money. Borrowed the vacuum cleaner at the office and cleaned the rugs in our apartment.<\/p>\n About 10.45, I left for Park Merced to visit Lor [Edith’s colleague from when she worked at SF State University].\u00a0 I took with me my mending, which I have not been able to get at and 2 little stone beads from Mexico for Lor to ascertain the value of at SFSU archeology department.\u00a0 Took the Van Ness bus and transferred on to an “M” car on Market; walked to her apartment from 19th and Holloway. The day was sunny but cool. It was a little before noon.<\/p>\n Dorothy Carnie came to the door with Lor.\u00a0 She and Dor had finished breakfast but Lor prepared some lunch from her Thanksgiving dinner: some white meat of turkey, excellent stuffing, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, celery, pumpkin pie with ice cream.<\/p>\n I mended clothes while talking with Lor and Dor.<\/p>\n Dor took Lor to get groceries.\u00a0 While they were gone Andrea Siebert arrived.\u00a0 She is a niece of Bill’s and is one of the few relatives of Bill when Lor is fond of.\u00a0 I talked with her until Lor and Dor came.\u00a0 She works in a nursery school in Chinatown.\u00a0 She enjoys the children but the assignment of elementary and secondary teachers to their program to avoid letting them go is detrimental and she is unhappy with the deteriorating atmosphere.<\/p>\n Lor gave me to take home a package of leftovers for the Thanksgiving dinner.<\/p>\n Dor left about 4.00 and I started back on the bus at 4.50, arrived home about 5.30.<\/p>\n I dressed and packed, as we had to be prepared for going to LA.\u00a0 Put up a lunch for Bates and me.\u00a0 Using some of the turkey Lor had given me.<\/p>\n Left at 7.00 on the bus with my suitcase, shopping bag with what I needed on the Temple bus and a pillow.\u00a0 The Geary bus was very crowded.<\/p>\n Arrived at the Temple at 7.20.<\/p>\n Riders and announcements were taken care of.<\/p>\n Brother Christian, talking about Jim’s grief yesterday, took the offering.<\/p>\n After the congregation had sung, CJ took a second offering.<\/p>\n Jim came on the podium at 9.10.\u00a0 He had appeared several times before but had turned away to handle business.<\/p>\n Jim gave a capsulation of the news.\u00a0 Carter announced that he was going to be as conservative as Goldwater. the FBI shot their own man who had infiltrated a group; Oswald told of plans to kill Kennedy; info which the CIA and FBI had before the assassination.\u00a0 Treachery and infamy are around us everywhere.\u00a0 People close to us have been framed.<\/p>\n Jim said the pamphleting results were not high enough.\u00a0 He took an offering.<\/p>\n Jim said we have an alliance with Delancey Street [Foundation]<\/a>.<\/p>\n He was sing strong language, noticed a couple with shocked looks on their faces.\u00a0 He told the greeters they had not done a very good job advising visitors what to expect.\u00a0 As for his cussing, Jesus cussed and whipped the money changers out of the Temple.\u00a0 He said that those who came after him would do these things and greater.\u00a0 He used only whips.\u00a0 He didn’t go far enough. Jim added: without a parable spoke he not.<\/p>\n A musical and dramatic program was presented.<\/p>\n A young man played a guitar and sang. A security guard was called on the floor.\u00a0 He was rough with a visitor, Dave Whitaker, who has a radio program and asked Jim to be a guest on it.\u00a0 Whitaker wanted to go to the men’s room.\u00a0 The guard was fearful of the security risk, gripped him by the wrists.\u00a0 He said Johnny Brown had told him to watch him.”\u00a0 Since he had received those instructions, Jim did not discipline him.\u00a0 Jim said Whitaker did not hold the incident against us.\u00a0 He is a white man married to a black woman and has been very faithful to her.\u00a0 He drinks too much. Jim asked that candy be sent to Whitaker Jim decided that we would not go to LA this week, provided that we got out tomorrow and pamphleted.<\/p>\n The service after a meditation period was out at 11.30.<\/p>\n We had to wait an hour and a half for the bus to take us to Geary.\u00a0 We were told the driver couldn’t get the bus out from behind the others.\u00a0 The night had turned cold and I got chilled waiting out on the street and then waiting in the lobby with people opening the door all the time.\u00a0 Probably many seniors who might have planned to go pamphleting were deterred because of the rest they missed.<\/p>\n We got home at 1.30.<\/p>\n I read newspapers.\u00a0 Went to bed at 3.00.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 27 November – 1976 – Sunday<\/strong> I prepared a meal from the food I brought from Lor for Bates work.\u00a0 Hadn’t had a hot meal yesterday.\u00a0 She spent the whole day at Fort Miley, waiting for medical treatment.\u00a0 Bates also told me of the time she had on the buses last night.\u00a0 She went to the back and boarded a bus, was moved to two other buses.\u00a0 We had thought the reason for the delay last night was that the driver could not get his bus out from behind the other buses, but this does not seem to have been the reason for the delay.<\/p>\n I had some orange juice, dressing and a piece of pie.<\/p>\n We listened to Jim’s broadcast at 11.30.\u00a0 He spent time on the built-in prejudice in our language, implying that “black” is evil.<\/p>\n We were served lunch at 12.00.\u00a0 We had tomato soup, a tuna sandwich and apple sauce.<\/p>\n I took the bus to the Coop.\u00a0 I pamphleted in the parking lot of the Akron Building from 2.45 to 3.45.\u00a0 I got $7.67 in an hour.<\/p>\n Shopped at the Coop.\u00a0 Bought frozen orange juice, carrots, oranges, frozen bread dough, eggs.\u00a0 When I got home I found that Vera Talley had been up to help Bates make candy for Dave Whitaker, the man who was insulted by the security man.\u00a0 I went out again to buy fruit and a Sunday Paper.<\/p>\n Bates had also gone downtown and bought some groceries.\u00a0 She had a strong aversion to going to the Temple for dinner and had bought food which she prepared.\u00a0 We had boiled chicken wings, baked potatoes, broccoli and a salad.<\/p>\n I washed the dishes.<\/p>\n I lay down for half an hour.<\/p>\n I dressed for the service and Bates and I left with Judy Merriam on Muni at 7.00.<\/p>\n The food line was long when we arrived as the LA people were still here.<\/p>\n The service began at 7.30.<\/p>\n When announcements were given, CJ [Jackson] carried on the effort to get contributions of $20 for children, who have no parents so that all children can have an equal Christmas. This must follow an on non-communal people and the response was not great.<\/p>\n Testimonials were heard.\u00a0 Mother Taylor told of operations on both eyes which were successful in spite of her age, 89.\u00a0 Furthermore, her insurance won’t cover the operations and the Temple made up the difference.<\/p>\n Norman took an offering.<\/p>\n Jim came in, as he was finishing at about 9.00.\u00a0 He now had a telephone on the podium and he conducts business on it while the service is in progress.<\/p>\n A group of young women did a musical number. “God in Chile” — “Deep, Deep in My Heart” two of four numbers which the congregation danced and sang.\u00a0 Jim danced also and great enthusiasm was evoked.<\/p>\n Jim took an offering starting with request for property to be turned over.\u00a0 Two people have already died, there will be a third. Jim discussed a number of topics tonight.\u00a0 Many people not have because they think we are in LA.\u00a0 Many people going to be disappointed tomorrow because they expect Mother and they are going to get me.\u00a0 They don’t want to see me they feel safe.\u00a0 With Mother because they say I can see right through them.\u00a0 Mother took several young people to p.l. This week.\u00a0 One child has been manipulated, would have given evidence against parents.\u00a0 Grandmother communal.\u00a0 Jim did it for her as parents followed afar.\u00a0 NAACP meeting biggest black event in SF in hotel ballroom, in second basement.\u00a0 Why don’t black people wakeup?<\/p>\n Jim had broadcast played, same as the one on this morning.<\/p>\n Jim just before making the broadcast had been administered a poison which would have killed anyone else.\u00a0 Had not yet overcome all the effects.\u00a0 Sounded as if he had a cold.<\/p>\n Penny now centurion at the gate.\u00a0 Nobody is to get smart with her.\u00a0 She will write you up.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Several pamphleters explain how they do it. Annie McGowan, Dorothy Worley, Sister Taylor, Jim Pugh, young girl, Erma Winfrey, Sister McCall.<\/p>\n Our money is in Whitest African helping the people’s liberation.<\/p>\n Ruth Willis, hellish attitude, had taken dope on street you would have died.\u00a0 Jim took it upon himself to bring you back.\u00a0 Took you out of the group destroying you.\u00a0 Girl is going to p.l. to save her.\u00a0 Has a precious mother.\u00a0 Save your life.\u00a0 What makes you want to go back to LA?\u00a0 Others say you didn’t like SF, didn’t like the rules of the communal home.\u00a0 Jim says her dad bribes her, but behind her back wants to put her in mental institution.\u00a0 He warns her against suicide.\u00a0 You will come back.\u00a0 She agrees to go.\u00a0 She showed hostility to her mother and to Jim.\u00a0 She’s going to get plastic surgery but Jim says it won’t do any good until she has a sweet heart. She lost a child and nearly bled to death.\u00a0 You’re dealing with someone who can open every door or close the door on your life.\u00a0 If you don’t follow me, you’ll go blind.<\/p>\n Couple of girls pamphleting invited 2 young men, black and white, asked girls for “pussy.”\u00a0 White man bragged he was in KKK and black man lived with him, Jim: “I know the carnal mind.” parable of shoes.<\/p>\n Linda Mertle has asked back in.\u00a0 Ban still exists until can review.<\/p>\n Following acted outrageously when pamphleting.\u00a0 4 of them, each to work all night.\u00a0 Jim insisted to his mother that he be allowed to come.\u00a0 Each to raise $15 except one for which Jim intervened pay $25.\u00a0 Martin Amos called up.\u00a0 Caused those with him to retire early.\u00a0 Missed chance to go to p.l. next week.<\/p>\n Davina Evans.\u00a0 Behavior problem.\u00a0 Stayed away all night without clearance.\u00a0 Stayed away from LA and from the LA demonstration Martha Evans grandmother.\u00a0 She says she had cramps.\u00a0 Jim: you have the nerve to bitch about cramps when 50-year-old mothers go.\u00a0 Has leather panties and high heels.\u00a0 Goes shopping with dad’s girlfriend.\u00a0 Baby-sits for them and Temple doesn’t get a thing for it.<\/p>\n Tommy Moore had to be followed around.\u00a0 Has been in contact with mother, etc.\u00a0 Jim explained to deal with devious woman to get paper for you and pay $1000 for you to go to p.l.\u00a0 Work all night and bring in $20 a week as long as he is here.<\/p>\n Meditation and healing.<\/p>\n New members admitted.<\/p>\n Service out 1.15. Bus was prompt tonight.<\/p>\n When we got home, I read, ate dome dates. Went to bed at 3.00<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 28 November – 1976 – Sunday<\/strong> I barely heard Bates around 8.30 but did not awaken until 9.00 when we were given messages that the nurses would give us a pancake breakfast.<\/p>\n I bathed and dressed. The Temple bus came at 11.05. Bates and I thought we had missed it and took Muni to the Temple.<\/p>\n Service started at 12.00. Brother Garrison opened the service. Jim on podium at 1.00 o\u2019clock.<\/p>\n Sue Ellen Williams (Gallie)\u00a0 played a saxophone solo.<\/p>\n ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ joining.<\/p>\n A group danced, praised by Jim because all ages were represented. Commendation for pamphleters.\u00a0 Robert Handrel made over $70.\u00a0 Henry Mercer came in with around $30.<\/p>\n “California Reich” –Film documentary on Nazi Party in California.\u00a0 Promoted eradication of all minorities. Appeals to seemingly rational working class.\u00a0 Show creeping paralysis that is rapidly engulfing the nation.<\/p>\n Jim recalls newspaper article on general in army who seeing a black man, he says in fun, but the black man barely escaped death. [doesn\u2019t say what general did]<\/p>\n Senator HL Richardson’s group [Gun Owners of California] has collected 4 million dollars for white people to buy arms to “protect themselves.’\u00a0 He’s a California Senator.<\/p>\n Jim: showed film criticizing SF State University students for protecting a Nazi supporter.\u00a0 I don’t think the angels will forget the Fort Ord sergeant who wants to roll in the dirt at Ausworld and kiss it in gratitude.<\/p>\n We are presented from saying we will protect ourselves.\u00a0 I don’t think anyone has a right to say he will offensively kill any group you do have a right to kill to defend yourself.<\/p>\n Jim tells of homosexuals attacking right wing who were tearing down socialist election posters.\u00a0 They were the only ones who had the courage.\u00a0 I don’t care what people do in the bedroom.\u00a0 Tell any homosexuals you know that we believe in their freedom.<\/p>\n Jim: started offering.\u00a0 Speaking of peril we face, our newspaper, new edition.<\/p>\n How many listened to this morning’s broadcast?\u00a0 Quite a many, six people, offered to tape it.\u00a0 Not one had it.\u00a0 Turned out one sister had it.<\/p>\n Young girl smiling at friend.\u00a0 Jim called her friend to platform.\u00a0 One six years a member, the other a year and comes to every service.\u00a0 Neither knows what socialism is or a Nazi or a concentration camp.\u00a0 Jim says get out of my face. They are hustled off.<\/p>\n Discussion on lack of knowledge.\u00a0 I deplored what capitalism has done to our people, especially our young people.<\/p>\n Offering finished very seriously.<\/p>\n List of people late.\u00a0 Bring in $10 unless on pamphleting bus.<\/p>\n Hugh Doswell on floor, for confrontation with Chris Rozynko on happening in P.C. Jim calls it treason.\u00a0 Chris not there.\u00a0 Jim reviews Hugh’s past misdemeanors.\u00a0 Drops in and out as he pleases.\u00a0 Three times he has dropped dead.\u00a0 Hugh claims he was misunderstood.\u00a0 He isn’t working steadily.\u00a0 Hasn’t turned any money over.\u00a0 Got credit union loan and is 4 payments behind.\u00a0 He calls the white receptionist because she won’t let him use the phones a “white bitch.”\u00a0 Jim McElvane says he never feels guilt, never says he’s sorry about anything.\u00a0 Wife Laveria doesn’t speak up to him today.\u00a0 Jim says he not talking to him any more.\u00a0 Just talk about what we’re going to do with your family not living communally now.\u00a0 Hugh Jr. goes to school on bus.\u00a0 Laveria says she is responsible for moving out.\u00a0 Hugh told her children going to be taken away from her.\u00a0 Jim says unloving act to remove the child from our structure.<\/p>\n Jim says he’s written his name down, you’re not going to feel well, it’ll worry you.\u00a0 You’re as evil as anybody who ever stood here.\u00a0 Laveria won’t commit herself to get back in communal structure.\u00a0 Chris says they live like dogs.\u00a0 Marie says they live like dope fiends and you claim to be straight.\u00a0 Jim revealed health conditions of Laveria.\u00a0 Not safe your living out there.\u00a0 You’re talking to someone who knows the future.\u00a0 If you knew what I know you’d be extremely fearful. She says she wants to break off with Hugh.\u00a0 Jim: I’ve got a proposition ready, meant for you Hugh.\u00a0 Because of what you did to Archie. You put him through hell.\u00a0 Jim told him to go to New Orleans, Louisiana.\u00a0 Better send money to the church if you want to come out alive.\u00a0 Jim orders transportation to New Orleans by bus tonight.\u00a0 Jim: “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God,” who has a lot of angels.<\/p>\n Jim praised the children who sell the Bay Guardian and the Berkeley Barb.<\/p>\n All those who will pamphlet during break, stand and have names taken.\u00a0 Act first<\/p>\n Lilian Smith $93, pamphleting today.<\/p>\n Healing.<\/p>\n New members admitted.<\/p>\n People with special donation to altar.<\/p>\n Meeting dismissed 4.00<\/p>\n There was a meeting after services of ushers and offertory workers.\u00a0 The two chief topics discussed were better handling of the offering buckets and improvements in the handling of the movement after services.\u00a0 Workers must come on time. After Talley\u2019s incident, when it was discovered how little some of out young people know about our purposes, we must insist on good behavior.\u00a0 We are to take names of disorderly individuals and give them to the ministers to handle.\u00a0 Jim Randolph and Brenda Jones will meet with security heads on crowd handling problems.\u00a0 The meeting ended at 5.15.<\/p>\n As some seniors seated at the tables had not been served yet, I sat down there and had to visit an hour before we ogt food. Turkey, rice, cranberry sauce and green beans.<\/p>\n After eating I went to the auditorium and wrote journal entries until the service started at 7.30.<\/p>\n A greater effort was made to keep order and names were taken of those who were talking.<\/p>\n Wesley [Johnson] made announcements.<\/p>\n On Monday night all guardians of children under 18 are to meet and have the medical and dental history of their children written.<\/p>\n Norman Ijames took an offering.\u00a0 The atmosphere was notably quieter.<\/p>\n Jim entered at 8.35 and took offering.<\/p>\n The Apostolic Singers sang “The Peace That I Have, the World Didn’t All nurses are to take part in clinic and get a schedule so that they carry a fair share.\u00a0 Chris Kice has been doing most.<\/p>\n Recording of Jim’s broadcast over KGO. A little bit is missing at the beginning.<\/p>\n Poem written by Lorraine Smith, “Slave Child.”<\/p>\n Jim issued a warning: socialism must mean cooperation not competition in apostolic enterprises.\u00a0 There must be no vying for personal glory, but the common good must be the consideration.\u00a0 I don’t want to have a counseling confrontation on the subject but I will if I have to.<\/p>\n Children’s band: In that Sweet Bye and Bye. (parody) Child who wouldn’t cooperate and wouldn’t come down was carried down and spanked 12 times.\u00a0 It was after she scratched and fought yesterday.<\/p>\n Lue Ester Lewis who was sitting beside me was called up. Very nasty attitude in Fillmore commune.\u00a0 She wouldn’t stand and clap.\u00a0 She wouldn’t clean her bedroom in commune.\u00a0 Marie says she won’t do any work and demands everything.\u00a0 Shows nasty attitude to new people.\u00a0 Bodily punched Lorenzo.\u00a0 Taken out of her room. Jim says ___ ___ why your daughter no longer in the Temple.\u00a0 Jim: ___ off from you , you\u2019ll be like a ship without a sail, as you have a pain in the spine.\u00a0 We are not going to have this ___ of bourgeois whiteness What’s eating you?\u00a0 Jim says she think you’re better than anyone else.<\/p>\n Michael had told Mary Walker that when he spent the night with Lue Ester with his clothes off and took her own clothes off and they went to bed.\u00a0 Michael was questioned. HE cried was spanked. The truth finally came out.\u00a0 She bathed him . It felt good to him; he watched her undress and fantacized.\u00a0 Her reputation is clear; she didn\u2019t do anything with the children.\u00a0 She is still leaving by first of the year.<\/p>\n Called on floor for misbehavior: Billy Bush.\u00a0 Jim counseled Beverley Livingston: don’t let him have more money than others, has to get used to living in communal situation.\u00a0 Won’t work, talks back to adults.\u00a0 Other boys’ derlection gone into.\u00a0 Loretta Cordell says Jimmy Joe doesn’t clean up his room and comes to church sloppily dressed.<\/p>\n Eileen Jackson and 3 other young women in front of Safeway fooling around, bothering customers.\u00a0 Store manager knew they were from Peoples Temple.\u00a0 Boys throwing rocks in the parking lot.<\/p>\n Philip Lacey never does his household chores. 17.\u00a0 Stanley Clayton, Billy Mitchell, Bruce Morris.\u00a0 Lazy won’t work, bad attitude.<\/p>\n Work and pamphleting penalties expected from all.<\/p>\n Joe McCall slept in car during morning service.\u00a0 Didn’t work for Archie.\u00a0 Says he didn’t want to go back to Valley.\u00a0 His dad kicked him out because he wouldn’t work.\u00a0 Temple took him in, this father will never put you down like your so-called-dad.\u00a0 Jim says he will go back.\u00a0 His mother\u00a0 confronted him firmly.\u00a0 Jim said “she’s pushing him out of the nest.\u00a0 She’s strong, a good worker.<\/p>\n Danny Beck stole $200, said he found it in order to credit for turning it in and getting some back.<\/p>\n Jim Arthur [Jimbo] Jones,\u00a0 Chris Buckley and Hugh Doswell. Throwing rocks.\u00a0 Brenda Jones says Chris Buckley causes more trouble than anyone.\u00a0 Minnie Buckley says he has bad attitude.<\/p>\n All above miscreants received penalties of work, mostly all nights and raising money on pamphleting. Jim was taking another offering while Joe McCall was still on the floor Kaye Gibbs was called up.\u00a0 She has been out of the service, doesn’t work.\u00a0 Thelma Jackson has been looking after her, trying to assure her that she is loved. She stayed away from service, doesn’t work.\u00a0 Had to be taken to Mt. Zion for psychiatric exam.\u00a0 Jim stated about mental illness, “I don’t believe in that bullshit.”<\/p>\n A rumpus erupted, with security workers bringing back Joe McCall.\u00a0 He had tried to sneak out. He refused to go to Redwood Valley.\u00a0 Jim said he doesn’t want him up there. Somebody will kill him.\u00a0 His mother gave him hell for leather.\u00a0 Jim said, like Marvin he doesn’t believe anything except the barrel of a gun.\u00a0 Jim made Kaye take off her red wig.\u00a0 She was trying to be white, whoever heard of a red-headed nigger?\u00a0 She is a honky, other people waiting on her.\u00a0 She’s studying Chinese.\u00a0 Hasn’t she heard him tell how the Chinese have turned against the revolution.\u00a0 She’s worrying about the death of some relative years ago.\u00a0 Thelma dressed and fed her. Jim suggested that Kaye fuck Joe to death.\u00a0 How many would pay to see it?<\/p>\n
\nDor phoned in again that she still had a temperature and could not be in.<\/p>\n
\nI had set the alarm for 7.00 but woke up before Bates left. I turned on the radio to get the results of the election. Carter had apparently won the presidency.\u00a0 Hayakawa narrowly defeated Tunney for the California Senator seat, Proposition 14, the Agricultural Relations bill, was defeated as was Proposition 13, the Greyhound racing bill candidates generally favored by the Temple for the State Board were elected, district election of Supervisors was passed.<\/p>\n
\nDor phoned that the doctor wanted her to stay home one more day.<\/p>\n
\nDor came back.<\/p>\n
\nBates got up around 7.00 and left for the temple to get her swine flu shot.\u00a0 I had decided not to get one.\u00a0 I stayed in bed until 8.00.<\/p>\n
\nWoke up at 9.00.<\/p>\n
\nI spent the day making connections of the print outs of the Schuman and Milan contracts. Had to print out at the machine several pages of Schulman’s work and was late in getting away fro lunch.<\/p>\n
\nMy weight was 138 this morning.\u00a0 After having lost some after moving, I have been gaining, whether because of too much starch in the Temple meals or eating too much for snacks at night.<\/p>\n
\nHad another light day.<\/p>\n
\nI vaguely heard Bates this morning before he left.<\/p>\n
\nBought some ointment for hemorrhoids which had been bothering me.<\/p>\n
\nAfter the rest stop I slept well until the break at Buttonwillow at 10.15 where we had an hour, though I thought we would only have 15 minutes.\u00a0 I ran, brushed my teeth, ate food I had brought.\u00a0 The day was lovely.\u00a0 I missed my watch which I had had on at the last stop.\u00a0 I may have taken it off when I washed.\u00a0 Bates let me wear hers.\u00a0 Bates told me she had gone to the hospital (Fort Meyers) to see the doctor and was late so went back to the laundry to sleep.\u00a0 She said she had told me but I had not heard her.<\/p>\n
\nGot up at 7.30.<\/p>\n
\nMarc on time today.\u00a0 She told Dor she “would try it.”\u00a0 She told me she still intends to leave in February.<\/p>\n
\nWe all had a busy day.\u00a0 I spent most of the day on Cavalina’s agreement for software.\u00a0 I printed it out from MagCards on the ATS machine.<\/p>\n
\nContinued work on one of Litigation Reports, rearranging lines.<\/p>\n
\nSpent most of the day on the Litigation Reports, making changes required by the sorting process.<\/p>\n
\nThis was Dor’s last day before taking next week off.<\/p>\n
\nWoke at 8.00.<\/p>\n
\nBates works in the kitchen one Sunday a month and had to work today.\u00a0 When she got up about 7.00, I awoke too and was unable to go back to sleep.\u00a0 I got up at 8.00 after she had left.<\/p>\n
\nDiane [Wilkerson] and choir sang “Fill My Cup.”<\/p>\n
\nI picked up the print-out of the Litigation Report this morning and checked it.\u00a0 I found three errors which I corrected and and ran off the corrected pages.\u00a0 Delivered the document to Lynn Schoembs for Butler.<\/p>\n
\nI had forgotten to turn in our household needs to Rheaviana last night, had asked Bates to take it to her when she went tot he Temple but she forgot.\u00a0 I gave it to Rocki this morning.<\/p>\n
\nBates didn’t come last night, so I didn’t know whether the buses got back or not.<\/p>\n
\nCongregation several musical numbers.\u00a0 Jim came on the podium at 9.40.<\/p>\n
\n___ ___ ___
\n__ ___ ___ __ ___ new skills.<\/p>\n
\nA number of young people worked in garage last week, did so well that they can come back any time.<\/p>\n
\nI hadn’t set the alarm.<\/p>\n
\nDevlin..
\nPlay. “Esau’s’ Seesaw.” Richard Janaro, Patty Cartmell,
\nDon Casanova [Scheid], Jack Beam.
\n“Keep your mitts off my tits.”
\nGeraldine Bailey.\u00a0 Variation from play as first given.<\/p>\n
\nSome of the young people did 2 song and dance numbers.
\nAn African War Dance by two young women.
\nChildren’s bands led by Sue Ellen Williams (Gallie)
\nSkit, “Black in a White World” on persecution of the Klan.
\nFrances Johnson sang “A Place for Us”<\/p>\n
\nNext page C-1-A-6 (129) has\u00a0 25 Nov.-Th-4 in Edith\u2019s writing, but is otherwise blank.]<\/p>\n
\nI was awake when Bates left about 7.00.\u00a0 Went back to sleep.\u00a0 Judy Merriam came by at 8.00 to ask whether I wanted lunch today.\u00a0 I presumed the bus had left earlier with the people who were going pamphleting.<\/p>\n
\nFrances Johnson narrated while others danced “Ship Ahoy”
\nA pantomime, “Black in a White World,” was presented.<\/p>\n
\nWoke at 9.00.<\/p>\n
\nAnother group did a musical number synchronized with a record.
\nThe Hicks sisters did a rendition to music
\n“The Marketplace” a dance directed by Frances Johnson.
\nThe choir, which now has many young members, did a number.<\/p>\n
\nJim was being interviewed on KGO this morning,\u00a0but Bates and I had decided not to set the alarm so early.<\/p>\n
\nPancakes and syrup and bananas were brought to us.<\/p>\n
\nWesley made announcements.
\nNorman took another offering by sum<\/p>\n
\nDon Sly read a poem handwritten about a recent serice when Jim tells
\nus of his life\u2019s suffering.
\n“Market Place” again, improved from last night.
\n“People Get Ready” inspired by our 13 buses which have crossed the
\ncountry year after year taking all those who want to come.
\nA choir number.<\/p>\n
\nGive It To Me.”<\/p>\n
\nShirley Hicks played and sang: “Don’t Worry.”<\/p>\n