TAP No. 3 - Telecommand Story

YIPL PRICE CHANGEY We are reluctant to announce a price change because we've taken pride in offering the best thing you could buy for a buck, Now we're the best thing. you can buy for two bucks. It should be obvious to anyone who takes the time to calculate what twelve 8¢ cost us. The price change is retroactive. If you can't afford to shell out another buck, it means you're just another exploited serf of Amerikan industria- lism, and we'll understand. However, you should know that if we don't get enough, we may have to stop printing. Good cheer, BELL EMPLOYEE S999 If you are a Bell System Employee, you know well enough just what a skinflint company you work for, Write us your documented experiences about working for the largest, most powerful piece of shit in the whole world. If you don't work for the phone company but know someone who does, tell them to write us. ‘Other suggestions might be to post issues of YIPL inside the telephone building of at key places where pissed-off workers are likely to see it. We want to have specific examples of sexism, racism, anti-semitism, pigism, and any other ism you can think of. BACK ISSUES AUGUST, ‘1 TH INTERNATIONAL PARTY LINE NOS STATEMENT OF PURPOSE For those of you who don't understand exactly who the hell we are, let me make one thing perfectly clear, We are not them, Now don't misunderstand me. Of course, they could be saying the same thing about us, but certainly not about themselves. To set the rec- ord straight, let me remind you not to judge someone by what he says, but by what others don't say about what he says about them, Thank you. YIPL is a non-profit orgainization, not to be confused with the other fucking rip off orgainizations that call themselves non-profit. We are attempting to bridge the communicat- ions gap generated by monopolies like THE BELL SYSTEM, and American mass media,too. We will spread any information that we feel cannot be spread adequatly by other means. YIPL is a Public Service. And we need stamps and money. And we need your help. Tell your friends about YIPL, and tell them information that you learn here that could be useful. We don't print this shit for a privileged few who pay their money. We send a subscription to anyone who wants one, even if they can't afford it. If you attend college, make copies of useful tidbits and distribute them or post at strategic locations. If a half-decent paper exists in your town, have them spread the word. And write us your suggestions and information that you have. Back issues can be ordered by sending 50¢ for each issue desired. State number of issue. Number One- Conference call maker, the 1971 Credit Card Code, installing extensions, Number two- Dialogue with Abbie Hoffman and Russel Baker. THE BLUE BOX. RET TERS VO Please mail the Youth International Party Line for one year. Of course, I wouldn't really mess around with the ol' phone, but I'd like to see how those lousy freeks do it! M.L., Yonkers, N.Y. Dear Abbie, Enclosed is one dollar for the YIPL which we heard about on the July 6 Alex Bennet show. We hope your nose feels better and that America comes out okay. Love, P.S.-We have all of your books, they're great. H.,Brooklyn, N.Y. Friends; Kindly use the enclosed, for a year of the Party Line so highly recom- mended on BAI last night by Chairman Hoffman. Thanks. A.G., New Rochelle, THE BRDITOR Hey, I dig what you're doing. Send me those newsletters. Incidentally, I have here two credit card no.s I'd like to share. One is that of a company whose name I don't know, but it is in N.Y.C. It's 535-6025-O74A. The other is our friends at IBM, Amant, N.Y. 769-1900- 069Z. You may already have one or both, but they are sent to you with fondest wishes that they can be used by the people. Right on, and write on! P.S., Baltimore, Md. Dear Abbie, Here's a dollar for a copy of the YIP paper. If at all possible, could you send me a copy of "Steal this Book", I'm a single mother of three children and use the info on ripping off the super market(food stamps help a little but they're nct free). Thank Yor. S.C., Corona, N.Y. PUCK FRE &RRIL abuse! arm, Guess what, own Uncle Sham, shine people at Wells Fa This is part of its good guy campaign that was started in an attempt to discredit the whole Viet Vets against the War movement, middle amerika think every GI has a needie in his freeks? The world's bizzgest pusher, our is teaming up with it's rain and 79 to supposedly stop drus by making Anyway, we're only mentioning the post office cause it seems a lot of out mail is coming to us in stranse condition, like open, empty, and mutilated. we'd like to take this opportunity to gratefully thank all those responsible. The hate they incur keeps us going. To fight back, YIPL readers are putting their stamps 1 & 1/2 inches lower on the envelope, thus escaping the postmark. Remember, freeks, recyclin; will save the world. And they are SPREADING THE WORD. Abuse prevention week is scheduled for October 3 Yippies all over will be refusiny to shoot up all junk with the U.S. Govt. inspection label on it Anyone subscribing to YIPL shculd be aware that they are probably under observation by the FBI, the Phone Company, and their local precinct. For that reason, we stronsly urze that you be wary of your telephone, because if you're doin; anythin: that's azainst the LAW, that's how they'll try to zet you, They've rot your number, THE PRIVATE EAR It has recently come to our attention that a new device for invading your privacy is on the market. Called the Telecommand, this device is only an extension of what was formerly available to law enforcement officers. The Telecommand attaches to your phone internally, and whenever they want to bug your pad, they just call up and send a tone into their phone before they dial the last digit of your number. This automatically picks up your Phone before it rings. Now your phone, which looks like its Just sitting there hung up, is really live and listening to everything going on within earshot. When he's heard enough, he simply hangs up and your phone is back to normal. Recently, Screw magazine revealed that Nassau County D.A. Cahn had purchased several thousands of dollars worth of surveillance equiptment, including the telecommand. And this will probably be followed by police departnents all over the country. I don't think I have to explain in detail just how fucked up it is for a D.A. to eavesdrop on the county he is supposed to be serving. What's worse, the equiptment is paid for by county taxes, just as Federal taxes pay for the F.B.I.'s versions of the same shit. It should be realized, however, that the Telecommand is only a remote-control extension of what the Telephone Company has been using for years. Previously, the police or F.B.I. had to listen from inside the Telephone Company building. Now they can listen from the pay booth across the street. The results are frightening. They can wait for just the right moment to break down the door and catch you smoking pot, for example. It is believed, furthermore, that computerized networks for tapping are being set up across the count . This would mean J. Edgar himself could simply dial out your number form his office and the tap would automatically be act- ivated. And if you don't think that they have the capability to monitor thousands of people at the same time, just remember that in a whole year, your cumulative total of phone time is probably only a few hours. Tapes stored for future reference could be quickly scanned for incriminating statements. Clicks are only a sign of an amateur tap. Do not ever assume that your phone is safe, even for a moment. And if you don't believe it- Arthur S. Brewster is division security supervisor for the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, assigned to the Kansas City office. He is a lawyer and since 1950 has had the responsibility, among other things, of assuring pri- vacy of the hundreds of thousands of subscribers to the company's service. Brewster's relationship with the FBI was a close one; when the Long commit- tee subpoenaed him to testify, he notified the FBI's Kansas City office. Senator Lonz: Do your employees ever :;0 with the FBI men when they were diszuised as telephone employees? ‘ir, Brewster: I will put it this way. I tnink there were some bureau men who went with the telephone company people. They had on old clothes and those things.... Senator Lonz: Do you do this for private detectives? Mr. Brewster: Nc, sir. Senator Lon.;: Why not’ It 1s a public service. Mr. Brewster: I would have tc have a lot of explanation.... ! _ ‘ Steal This Book, vital to say the leact, ubsev dion can be had despite the dealer boycott. A ‘tedes > f Send $2.25 to TAP, Room 504, 152 W. 42St., + N.Y.,N.¥, 10036 10012 ° "ASP , Please send TAP is YIPL's new name. When sending in phone bills, or income « [ne cas tax returns, forgettin.; to put a stamp +o : (' iy on the envelope won't hold up delivery. So when you do such things, save 8¢. TAP Friends, we are starting to compile a ROOM Fl? (LACE list for shoppers of products made by 4ygu? st. 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NN. ) a) T om 5c "I should like to ask the Senator from Utah whether the telephone company has offered him the kind of proposal that it has offered me? “Has the Senator had proposals made to him that he could own a telephone building in his state and that the telephone company would make the loan and endorse the loan to build a building ina biz city in his state just on the assurance that the Senator would give sympathetic consideration to the company's problem, if he would go along with them, and that the company would then build the building and endorse the mortgage loan and engage the bank to make the loan with the probability that he would wind up eventually being worth $5 million or $25 million?Has my 500d friend ever heard the saying,"Keep the price as high as the traffic will bear?", "Did it ever occur to the Senator that he might be one of the only members of Congress who has never had the opportunity to own a tele- phone building?" -Senator Russell Long, on the floor of the Senate. Friends, are you disillusioned with the System? Beat it. Published for informational purposes only by the Technological American Party. If a thousand men were not to pay their tax bill this year, TO S that would not be a violent and bloody 3 measure as it would be to pay them and enable the State to commit violence and shed innocent blood. HENRY DAVID THOREAU