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CASTLE ON THE CUMBERLAND

November, 1961.

AIM INI‘STRATION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Honorable Bert T. Combs
Governer

Wilson W. wyatt
F Lt. Geverner

; W; C. Oakley

* welfare Commission r

l Marshall Swain
Deputy Cemmisaianer

Dr. Harald Black
Director of Corrections

Luther Themae Lloyd To Armstrong

warden Deputy warden
Kathlyn Ordway W. To Baxter

*‘Business Manager Guard Captain
- Rev. Paul daggers
Chaplain

William Egbert
Veaational
Instructer

. Henry E. Cowan
r"SuPervisor of
Eﬂuoation

amParele Cemniseienau

Dre FrediMeffatt
Executive Direeter

waiter Fergusen
Chairman

Eknwst Thempson
Menhen_

Simeon Willis
.MeMber

warden's Page 1
Institution News 2
Letters to the Eﬂitor 5
Editorial 6
Sports Report 7
Articles 8
Eagahange Page 12
Meet the Prisoners 13
Tall Tales 1h
Department Reports 15
Poetry 12, 16, 18
Deputy wardenls Page 20
Crossword 22
Statistics dc Movies 23

STAEF

Lawrence J. Snow
iEditor

Joe White
Art Editor

Billy Howell.
Sparta Eﬂitcr

Charles Garrett“
Secretary

Stanley Brawner
Lithographer

State Penitentiary at Eddyville.

The CASTLE ON THE CUMBERLAND is published monthly by the inmates of the Kentucky
ﬁubscriptions, one dollar a year, payable by
money arder ats CASTLE ON THE CUMBERLAND,
Penitentiary,‘Eddyville, Kentuaky, and by inmates at the Chief Clerk's Office.
Articles are solicited, but the CASTLE-reserves the right to reject, edit, or
revise any material submitted. Opinions expressed in this magazine do not neon
essarily reflect those of the administration.
to reproduce any part sf this magazine, provided proper credit is given. Where
possible, a marked copy of the quoting publication is requested.

Subscriptions Dept., Kentucky State

Permission is hereby granted

A man behind prison bars can make valuable
use of his time while confined, and it is my wish
that he take advantage of this opportunity. The
virtue of solitude can be put to good use in
study, contemplation, and appraisal of one's self.
Outstanding men throughout history seem to have
indulged. If they did not seek the solitude of a
hilltop or the silence of a field or meadow,
leastwise they' learned how to synthesize those
conditions in whatever their environs.

Although we do not offer the vocational and
academic training opportunities for our population
that we wish, we will continue striving to achieve
them. Until this can be accomplished, your time
need not be wasted. we stress that you avail
yourself of the good reading material we have in
our libraryhnstudy, learn, and appraise. You will
have a more complete understanding of your fellow
man, and add to your peace of mind and develop-
Zﬂe nt 0 I

Strive to do everything well and avail your-
self of every opportunityh- develop every talent
you have. .

A .

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i”MAYA 4.
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Page 1

CASTLE ON THE CUMBERLAND

HORSE FALLS 0N INhATE

A ESP inmate sustained neck injuries.
last month when the horse he was riding
fell 0H hue

Joe Paige” a trustee aesigned to the
prison fern9 was herding cattle when the
accident occnred. A cow darted away
from the herd and raced up a ridge.
Paige followed on his quarterbhorseo
The horse reared suddenly on the treaohw
arose footings falling backward on its
ridero '

Paige was_oarried unconscious to the
prison hospital for treatmento Several
Xprays were taken, but it was determined
that no bones were brokens although
there was severe injury. to the neck
, muscleso

‘ By this times however, Paige has rea

severed and is back at work on the farm,
where he is now referred to as i"’(hznw'hoy’
Joeow

FLU'SHOTS GIVEN

The hospital staff» under the direc=
tion of Dr. Bo Bo Jay; last month admina
istered flu shots to the entire pope?
lationo

} .More than 1200 inmates were given the
shotsg most of them in the first day of
the projecto

15 YEARSION'GOOD BEHAVIOR

This must be something of a recordo
W3 W3 Owens, who is serving a life eon?
tence without hope of pardon or parole»
has been here 15 yearso En all that
time” Owens has never been in the holeo

This is particularly amazing in view
of the fact that many men don°t make-15
daze without a trip to "Maggie“so“

* a a

If at first you donlt succeedoooapply
for probationl THE AGENDA, washington.

INDIANA comers “ADOPT“ Inseam?

The men of the Indiana State Prisonam
every blessed one of vemembecame fathers
last month with the adeption of 9=year=
old Anna Granatao

Anna is an Italianoooa solemn, handa
eome little girl with sad dark eyes
and a yen for education. An orphana she
lives with her paternal uncle in Guigli=
aha, Italy» with the uncle“s 9 childreno

The unele is a laborer, and his meaa
ger income would not have permitted him
to keep thnna in school if it had not
been for the generosity of the Indiana
oonvicts, who have sent the Foster Para
ents Plan a check for $180 for Anna's

food, clothing, and expenses for one
yearn
THE CASTLE ERR$£

we was wrongo

Actually» thatVs not news. welre

often wrong, as our readers are quick to
tell us. But the error we want to cor9
rect here appeared in a recent issue of
the CASTLE and concerned the height of
certain manemade structures. We said
that the TV tower at Monkey°s Eyebrow
was the worldls highest. It isnlt9 and
hereafter ne"ll oonsult more upatoadate
-reference books for our materialo

The worldVS tallest manamade strnoa
tore is a TV tower at Cape Girardeau,
Missouri» and it stands exactly 1676
feet higho However» according to the
lOUISVILLE TIMESD it will soon be overo
shadowed by an even taller one planned
for the joint use of WRBLQTV and hﬂWMuTV
at Columbus.» '

-0ther notably tall structures area
The tower at Padncah Ohonkeyls Eyebrow)
which is 1638 feet tall” several other
TV towers throughout the United States
that are all above 1500 feet tall, and
the famed Empire State Building, 1250 fto

(2me ON THE cmsmumn

Page 2r4"

Institution News

CASTLE EDITOR INTERVIEWS YARD OFFICE

It having been brought to our atten-
tion-~severa1 times--that the CASTLE ON
THE CUMBERLAND has been neglecting the
Yard Office and its efficient crew for
some time, we took pencil in hand (actw
ually we stuck it behind our ear in the
hope we'd look more like an editor) and
ambled down to the Yard Office for a
story.

"Mr. Clerk," we said to Norman
Carter, who manages the famous CARTER
COLTH'when he's not clerking, "May I
interview you?"

"Does it hurt?" he asked, and after
we had assured him that it was a per-
fectly painless process, we asked him to
explain the functions of the office.

"Is it really necessary?" we wanted,

to know.

“Necessary%“ he shouted, cut to the
quick. "Necessary? Why, I guess it_i§}
Who would see to it that the men as-
signed to extra duty did their work if
it weren't for the Yard Office? And
where else would Lt. Hunton warm his
backside on cold winter days? Why, you
bet your bottom canteen ticket it's nec-
essary!"

The runners were in the office at the
time, (the runners being Harry "Hurriu
cane" Denison, who dropped the hints
that brought on this story, and his
partner, Richard Grafton? and we turned
to them next. Apparently the prospect
of being interviewed at last pleased
them, for they both grinned broad-—and
toothless-grins. Aghast, we turned
back to Carter for an explanation.

"Why," we demanded, "don't your run»
ners have any teeth?"

"Occupational hazard." he replied.

The sargeant who sees to it that our
office door is unlocked and locked each

day was in the office, too, and we want-
ed to mention htn in this article.
Trouble was, we couldn't recall his nwne.

"Uh, Sargeant," we said, diplomaticale
1y, "how do you spell that last name of
yours?"

"TaUaC-KaﬂmR," he said, "And what
kind of editor are you, anyway?"

That did it. We said our goodbye to
him and Officer Coleman and left. And
that, so help us, is our story.

EXmPUBLIC ENEMY FINDS NEW INTERESTS

According to the OF NEWS, another
group to aid released prisoners has been
organized, this time in Texas. "Conaid",
as the group is knewn, is a non-profit
organization whose aims are to help ex»
inmates of the Texas State Penitentiary
find jobs and establish themselves in
the community.

What is unusual about Conaid is the
fact that its treasurer, once labelled
“Public Enemy Number One" by the FBI,
has himself served some 30 years in pria
sons.

Floyd Hamilton was active during the
days of Dillinger, Karpis, and.Machine-
Gun Kelly. His reign as top-gun ended,
however, when the public enemy tag was
put on him, bringing about his arrest.

Released in 1958 after serving terms
in Alcatraz, Leavenworth, and Huntsville,
Hamilton has made speechs and guest app-
earances throughout the state to raise
funds for Conaid. Eventually, he hopes
to raise enough money to erect a buildn
ing to house and feed released prisoners
who have no place else to go.

* s ' *

"The trouble with our economy ‘ is that
the USA is making more money than Europe
knows what to do withl"

~~Professor Dizz in THE PRESIDIO

Page.3

CASTLE ON THE CUMBERLAND

Institution News

ARIZONA DEPUTY APTLY NAMED

This came to us via an AP dispatch in
the IOUISNILLE‘TIMESo Deputy'Sheriff A.
P. Burns, whose nickname is "Stormy,”
put up 5000 dollars bond for a prisoner,
Ronald Echols. Echols jumped bond, and
Burns lost no time getting on his tail.
VHe followed him all the way to Guadalan
jara, Mexico. Got 'im, too.

Trouble was9 Deputy Burns had made
ithe trip without authorization; when he
brought his prisoner back to Arizona, he
found that he no longer had a job.

Furthermore, ”Stormy” lost his 5 G's
bondamoney, and, to top it all, his
wife had sued him for divorce in his ab-
3 0X13. e

ANNUAL TEXAS PRISDN'RODEO IS BIG DEAL

Each year, the inmates of the Texas
State Penitentiary} Huntsville, stage a
rodeo within the walls. Over the ybars,
this affair has grown into an event of
major importance in the state.

Legend has it that one of the artio=
ipating inmates, a clown named “' nuffy”
Smith, won a pardon during one of the
rodeoso Seeing the governor in his usu—
al box, he called out that all he wanted
for Christmas was his pardon. He got
it.

, There may not be any pardons granted
this year, but the rodeo will be long
remembered inside the walls neverthe=
less. $ome of the biggest names in show
business” including Chuck Connors, the
"Riflemanp of TV, and Rex.Allen, "Mr.
Cowboy” of the movies, will take part.

Also on the program will be the Santa
Rosa Quadrille and the Goree Girls. And
=winoongrouslyb=Fats Domino will rocks
nproll at the rodeo.

many of them
expected to at—

Thousands of visitors,
from out of state, are
tendo

Um INFORMATION DEPARTMENT

*the distance.

by "Useless Dave"

When I was at another penitentiary, I
had a very good friend who was a clerksa
or an "administrative assistant," as he
liked to call himselfwmin the business
office. He said that his most important
duty was to act as the custodian of
"useless information.“ It is to him that
I dedicate this column

...Did you know that residents of the
United states probably write more
letters than do the people of any other
nation? Imagine, if you cans that all
the stamps used to‘mail American letters
in one year were placed end to end in
the form.of a long ribbono The ribbon
would stretch back and forth across the
United States approxiamately 80 times.
If you were to drive your car along this
ribbon of stamps, and ride steadily at
LO miles an hour for 8 hours a day;
it would take you over 2 years to cover
You may figure the amount
of gas and oil needed for yourself:
...Aooording to David “Shotgun” Smith, 2
dogs came to this country aboard the
Mayflower. Although Dave neglected to
say whether one was a male and the other
a female, I assume from the number of
"bowwwowsn which are presently in the
country that it is a reasonably good in?
forence they.were a paira

o..And did you know that more married
women sleep on the right sidc of the bed
than the left, and more single women
sleep on the left than on the right?
It's a fact, and this information may
not be entirely uselessl

as Dave Collinsaa

Tourist: "How many bushels of corn did
you raise last year?"

Farmers "Didn't bushel itunbottled its“

Via the COURIER JOURNAL
MAGAZINE.

CASELE ON THE CUMBERLAND

Page A

letters to the Editor

DEAR SIRg Ever since we received the
first issue of your publication, I have
wanted to write to congratulate you on
your effort. Number III issue looks
particularly promising.

The Penal Press in the United States has
made a major contribution both to the
constructive use of leisure time of men
in institutions and as a tool in the
total prooess of rehabilitation.

In the final analysis, no one person can
change another. Such changes come from
within. Hopefully, those who join you
in your venture will use the written
word for constructive vehicles of comp
munioation for themselves and others. I
hope that you will encourage the in-
experienced to try their hand at writ-
ing. Who knows what genius lies dormant?

Best of look in your venture.
Cordially,

(CHARM L. NEWMAN, DIRECTOR
DIVISION OF CORRECTION‘L TRAINING
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE

a: a a
The following' letters are from the St.
Howard School in Jeffersontown, Ky; we
thought our readers might enjoy them as
much as we have.

DEAR SIRa This note
enjoyed your newspapery
Cumberlandw, very much.
very well, and you have
there.

is to say that 1
“Castle on the
It is made up

s ome tale nt

My pupils enjoyed it also because we
have it on our Reading Table.

Good luck, God bless all there, and
give you grace and strength to love th
more and may you have the opportunity to
serve Him again.

SISTER J 08% MARK

I liked the paper you sent
the 7th grade. I think the poems in the
paper were best of all. I thought you

might like this little poem for your pa=
send me a

DEAR EDITOR:

per. If you put it in please
copy of it. My' address is 9807 Sue
Helen Dr., Jeffersontown, Ky. I will

Say hel=
My name is

show it to the 7th grade class.
10 to all the fellows for me.

Teddy Schenck. I will be waiting for
your paper. I would like to come see
you, but with school and all I will have

to wait awhile. Please send me a copy
of your paper now and then.
well, I must be going now. I will“

write again soon.

TEmDY SCHENCK
PS:
and say hello to the fellows.

DEhR EDITQR: I am writing to you bee
cause I want to tell you how much I en—
joyed your paper. It had beautiful
poems, I thought, and so did my mother.
I am sending you this poem that I wrote
and I hope you like it. Tell those
who wrote the poems
very much.

Keep writing the paper. It's very
interesting. Be good and maybe you will
get out early.

God bless you, and say Hi to the war=
den for me. Yours truly,

GEORGE EDWARD HEINSOHN

ED. NOTE:

The poems are on page 12.
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CASTL340N THE-CUMBERLAND

It seems to us that if some interested psychologist or psychiatrist wanted
to do some really intensive field research in the problem of anti=social behave
ior, he could ohoose no more rewarding plaoe to work than in a prison.

In the last year or so, we've done as much reading on the Subject as the
ltmited library facilities would allow for the simple reason that for the first
time in our life it oooured to us that something must be wrong with our think=
ing. What reading we were able to do opened our eyes not a little bit.

we've found, for example, that we're not an exceptional case; that most of p
the men here have strikingly similiar behavior patterns, muoh the same strengths '
and weaknesses, and eveneeforgetting eoonomio and social faotorsaothe same basic
type of background.

A trained maneeif he were willing to forget ”schools“ of psychiatric thinko
ing, and if he were willing to do more than fill out questionairesa=would be
able to pinpoint at least some of the underlying causes of criminality, alcohol:
ism, and other antiesooial forms of behavior. And we personally believe that he,
would come away with the ooncluSion that ehronio criminal 'offenders are ill in
much the same way that an alcoholic is ill.

In Vaoavilka, California, an experiment a long these lines is in progress.
Selected prisoners from the California penal system are being studied in what
seems to be an earnest attempt to find causes, and perhaps even euros for the
problem. we oould wish that similar experiments would be begun in other
stateso .

AN APOLOGY ’10 MR. SWAIN

_ The other day, Deputy warden Armstrong pointed out to us that we were not
”including Deputy welfare Commissioner Marshall Swain's name in our frontispieoeo
we shocked our records and found that not only was this true, but we were even
forgetting to send Mr. SWain a copy of the magazine.

By way of arouse, we can only say that we're new to the state of Kentucky,
and not as familiar with the state's official setaup as we should be.

Our one contaot with Mr. SWain was at a recent graduation ceremony, and
from observing him there, we believe that he is not the type of man to take
offense at the omission. However, we would like to apologize to him, and in
this month's issue we have corrected the oversight.

charm ON THE cmemmum Page 6
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PUPTE

Billy Howell Sports Editor

- it would be putting it mildly}.
galloping gridmen actualky play tackle'
'football in its roughest form without
the -benefit of protective equipmentﬁ ,

Led during the week. ‘ ‘
little outside competition in thiSJSportpv
and would like to see some of it againo '

we have seen some rough and bloody
football games on the outside, but we

‘must tip our hats to the driving, coura=
geous inmates who engage in legal mayhem‘_

here each weekendo'

-‘It is not an exaggeration to say that
these - men are courageous .
These

, True,. sometimes the blood flows free- i
' 1y, heads crack, muscles swell. But the

following weekend, the same men are back

i to give another account of themselves.o.v
. and a darned good account it is“'

we have a number of inmates here who:

; playe.d f_ootba11 in high school,
, couple actually made
These few have succeeded in whipping toe'
‘gether a rough and determined team.

college 'teamsq

'The inmates do not, Q
outside competition,. but wej are' sure

that if it could be arranged, they would’

give a team all the competition it manta
ed, even without proper equipment.

we see the basketball goals have been

erected, so now basketball will be play:
last year we had a

,pass away. the hours in the water.

,Q{ If th1s column seems a bit short thisfl
month, it's because I'm shorto That is, 3“
short on sports, for a short sports rea'

port; but some sports is better than no

If anything. .

sports, a good sport is better than a_
poor sport. So long, yours in sports,

Billy‘Howell
How's ”that again, Billy? You lost me

somewhere down the road, old sport»

A'and aijTSunday, October 1st_ "

of course, play"

mZeke, why do you call this white light

cwh“~h;1usmwt «mni 'b d d 1 '7”
The cold days last month put a chill‘ “ mg on 9 1quor

to the vol swimmin’ hole, so we have hadh
it for this yearo Now we anticipate theipﬂ
coming of summer so we may once again'“

:And Kath ryn M cc 111 10 ug h
”NCORONET as saying that the reason news=

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., “I was out on bond when I made _it.“

Lathe BURMA VIs'rA REVIEW
quoted in
pap.erme.n use the editorial " m”: is

so the reader will think there are too
many of him to whip.

ragel71phﬁ“‘

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"EDITOR'S:NOTE: The following story
". is the tale of a young man who has

just received his first prison sen-
tence. Something of a wise-acre at
first, he eventually' grows up in
the hard world behind bars. This
is essentially an optimistic story,
and we consider that Billy has done

.' a good job with it.

In fairness, we must add .that
the jail conditions described here,
While all too prevalent in county
jails around the county, are not to
be considered indicative of condit-

vions in jails everywhere.

--Billy Howell

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‘ ary. 'You will be taken to the

‘foul-smelling,

j sure his getting an "excellent
tionp writeup in the local papers.

"Do you have anything to say, or can
you give any reason why this court
should not pass sentence upon you?”

"But, Judge...I didn't even have a
sunk"

"That doesn't make any difference,
son. The court hereby sentences you to
serve 10 years at Eudyville Penitenti-
county
Jail until such time as the sheriff can
transport you to the state penitent-r
- iary.”

And so it goes. Back to the dirty,
varmint-infested cages
that are clean only when the Grand Jury
comes for inspection, at which'tine the
jailer will provide a feast that will inn
condi-

Now everything will be okay if I can
avoid seeing the family. I don't care
to see them...not just now. I don't be-
lieve I can talk. My throat feels swol-
len, something is wrong with myeeyes, my
stomach is rotating...I feel terrible,
but I'm not going to cry. Now wouldn't
that be the most...crying at 25?

”Step in here. You have some visit~

ore."

-Why couldn't they wait until later?
Then perhaps we could laugh and joke
like old times. I don't feel Up to joke

'ing today.

Well, let's see. There's Mom, two

sisters, and my younger brother. But
why*do they look so sad? I'm. the one
who has the time. Why don‘t they say
something? Please don't cry, Home I

. know everything will be all right if you

don't cry:

"Time is up"

Goodbye, my loved ones. Please come
to visit me someday. I hepe you get the
message, as I can't talk to you...not_
$181: new.

"All right, get your things together.
You're going up to the Castle today."I

The waiting is over. I'm thankful
I'm getting to ride on the outside. I
can look out the window and salvage the
last precious glimpse of the Free world.

“Get out and walk up those steps&”

So this big, ugly, cold-looking mon-
ster is the ”Castle on the Cumberland!"'
I suppose we'll just have to go in and
look it over. “

"mpty everything out of your pockets,
and put it in these bags. Take efﬂ
your shoes, put them there.’

Why all this rushﬁ I have lots of

time.

“name and address of your next of
kin? Religionl Occupation?"

Say, Mister, did you ever see Sally

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Rand do her famous fan dance? well, I
have. Did you ever see Fats Domino at
the Sho-Bar? Have you ever heard Dixie-
land Jazz on Bourbon or Royal? Have you

ever seen the horses run at the fair
grounds?

"Occupation?"

Indeed: Why did I pull this robbery?

well, you see, Mister, I kinda like to
hear Dixieland Jazz. Silly, you say?
No, man, that's living} Put me in the
hole? well, Just as long as I get cred-
it for 2h hours a day.

So I will be on the Fish walk for 30
days, huh? Then I can go to work?
Eight cents. _8._ M3 I'm not being paid
for my labor, I'm being rehabilitated,
you say? well, that's different. I
thought for a minute you were violating
the fair-wage law. The Labor Relations
Board does investigate violations, you
know!

Little fish on the walk, you're in
trouble if you talk. You mean, really,
I'll be locked in this cell for 30 to h5

days? But can't you understand me when
I tell you it keeps getting smaller
every day? The walls close in

y'know.

BlOOd teStSOOOShotSCO .dental checks
...chaplain's talks...warden's interview
...at last we're free! well, anyway,

we're out of those shrinking cells and
on the hill.
Beautiful summer, I see you out

there! Convertibles passing, outboards,
pretty girls in beach attire: Our
summer? Baseball, horseshoes, boxing,
wrestling, canning green beans, apples,
peaches, cabbage...such a difference a
few yards of Space make:

on me,

sorrow, repent, repent, repent: The
mosquitos are thirsty. I give them all
I have left. Someday...someday£

The white blanket of winter covers
us! Such crisp, cold air! The blue-
denim seems light. Slide into the mess;-
hall, skate into the warm shops...snow-
ball fights,..snowmen...chilly cells...
long, long nights to think...to think...
and regret.' wait for me.

Such a hard rain: It's as if the
heavens have opened. Me report to the
front? I'll be drowned in this rain!

So you're a sheriff and you have a sum-
mons for me to appear in court to answer
a divorce hearing? Divorce? More sor—
row. The rain is so nice, we must stay
here for a while. The rain from the
eyes is warm. Why?...why, why? Did you
really have to do it?

sentence. A.thou-
a million heart-

It's been a long
sand nights of sorrow,

aches. But soon.we hope it will be over
The parole board meets soon. we can't
remember what Sally Rand looks like.

Fats Domino, like dixieland, was just a
passing fad. It doesn't seem important

how fast the horses run anymore. Maturw
ityo o .HOPQ . e o-Pla no 0 .Fu'turB:
Soon now, my Little Ones. Please

forgive me. A.better life...security...
pea ce...happiness...forgive me...for-

give moi” THE mm

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Some girls like a man with a past, some
like a man with a future, but they all
go for a man with a present: PADUCAH
SUN DEMOCRAT.

In Wisconsin, a man had a ready answer
when police asked him why he was riding
a streetcar on Tuesday morning without
his pants. "I thought it was Monday,"
said he. Via The SPOKESMAN

And one reason English is taught in high

Out of your cell at 7 am, return at school is to acquaint teen-agers with a
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The thunderous, groundmshaking noise
that was one of the beasts walking
awakened Tagro to instant alertness.
He extended a signaling tenticle to warn
his sleeping companion, Tamer, then com:
pressed his tubular body and pressed
closer to the ground in an effort to
make himself smaller. He gave thanks to
Gar for the vast leaves of the giant
trees below which they had alighted dare
ing their reconnaisanoe patrol the day
beforeg they afforded considerable pros
tection from observation and discovery
even if they were completely useless as
dampeners of the tremendous shock waves
which accompanied the heast9s every
movement. He lay curled in a circle=
the nearest his anatomical makeup would
allow him to approxiamate the low sure
face area of the diskwwhis manybfaceted
eyes squeezed shut in terror and rage as
his body was thrown first one way and
then another by the tremors of the
giantVs passage. Then, as the harsh,
grinding, stoneeagainstmstone sounds of
destruction became less intenseoooas the
mountainous Biped continued to move fare
ther and farther awayooehis mind again
functioned and he visualized with con»
naming rage the monstrous animal that
ruled this world; the ugly, feareinspire
ing, twoalegged, twoeeyed beast that he
and his kind must conquero This planet
was rich in mineral elementso It was a
sea of fertile plains alive with their
every needo It was only fitting that
his people should rule this gempworld of
shimmering greenmneseo He, Tagro, was a
being of greatness; he would lead his
people in the coming strugglel

WTamer,m3 he signaled, raising his
head to swerve his tenticles in a half
circle, noyou have been witness, too, and
have survived a tremor storm of great
magnitudeo In this, you are quite fore
tunateg many of our people perish daily
in these alletooafrequent stormsom he
paused, his great eyes staring into
those‘ of his young companiono Then,
measuring and choosing his words care=
fully, he continued: "You are surely
able to understand the necessity of sub»

jugating the Biped. There can be no
compromise between them and our people,

as certain of cor less enlightened ones
suggest. Coexistence is not possible
between two such different races. Their
valuesoooand the absurd machine techno~
logy which those values have createdo..
are those of a halfaformed, stultifiedi
mentality. Their tendency toward dew
struction and their machines of war are
a negation of inherent beauty and harm
mony, the two factors most important to
our people“s existenceo we must launch
our armies nowi There is no time to
eparel Emery Ta we hesitate will mean
the death of millions more of not” "

He paused again,, catching fire from
him own wordso Lifting the forward part
of his body from the ground to describe
the position made famous among his poopa
le by a conqueror of great rank, he come
tinned in dramatic fashiono

wGan°t you see