Dear Russel (Baker that 1 s ):
    
    I Ūlust read your letter and was aurprised you even saw
    Steal Thls Book slnce no ma.jar newspaper, lneluding that well
    known sp~ke:3man for free speeeh, the New York Tlmes, wll1
    aeeept an ad for the bock, None-the-less, the boys d~wn at
    AT5cT must be happy to know they hsve a friend at the Times.
    It ' s true even us y~ ppies don' t wl~h to hatch our eoast-to-
    coast conspiracies using dixie eups wi~h waxed strlng stretehed
    between them But lf our efforts to sabotage the phone eompany
    by teaehing people how to make ealls free are the 'duT best rlp
    off" then AT&T itself must be engaged in the amartest rip off.
    ~st year thetr revenues amounted to about 17 billlan dollar~,
    give ar take a few dimes. They made a 7.6,g rate of return an
    their bread, which in a reeession i~ pretty damn good. To sey
    they function as a cut throat monopoly would be understating
    the case. I refer you to the exeellent book called ''Monopoly"
    by Joseph C. G~ulden ~ $. 95 Poeket Booke ~ for a deYastating
    account of the world's largest corporation. Witnese their central
    role in the military-industrial complex! Laugh off thelr deflance
    of citizens and governmental attempts to hold down phone rates2
    Smile courteously wLen waiting three hour~ to complete your next
    long-dlatance call! Nod like a robot the next time they explaln
    how they are eontrolled by their shareholders and customers! To
    defend thetr effieieney onTy leads me to believe you never use
    the phone. It's a bit unfair to eompare the system here to Bul-
    garia or Greece or even an underdeveloped nation such as England.
    AT8eT'a eurrent assets are estimated at 50 billlon dollar~l whleh
    ie not exaetly pocket change for most countries in the world. Even
    so, the systems of Sweden and Denrnark seem to funetion better,
    espee ially with the speed in whleh they phase out obsolete equtpt-
    ment. I should also paint out that Cuba ha~ an entirely free
    phone system; and that, RusseI1' is the point of the whole monkey
    business of Steal This Book in general. Yippies think you Judge
    the go~dness of nations by their goaln. As the level of the tech-
    nologieal development inereases, the costs should deerease wlth
    the goal being to make everyttlng prodoced in a soe iety free to
    all the people, eome who may. Neat, huh? Unti1 AT&T and the
    other corporations really become publie servlees rather than power
    and profit gobblers, we'11 conti~ue to rip them off every ehanee
    we get. If you wand to discuss this [urther., eall me up sometlme.
    Becau~e of' all the ageneies clairnin,~ to have me under surveillanee,
    it's one of the fastest ways to speak dlreetly to your governrient.
    
    Your volee with a srntle,
    
    Dear folks,
    
    I read your letter that was
    passed around on May Day. Please
    start sending me more, It~ very
    interested in fucking the fucking
    phone company. I'm mad.Well anyway,
    I've enclosed a cheque of 3 dollars;
    please find and send those little
    shaats as soon as possible. Thank
    you kindly. up the revo, K.O.,Piver-
    dale, bId.
    
    Enclosed is S1. Could you tell me the
    sigus of a wire tsp~hollowness &
    clicks?~.A}so,do you have the plans
    for a device that allows yo~ to r: ake
    long distance calls free? R.F.,~Tor-
    folk, Va.
    
    My friend, there is no sure ~ray o f
    detecting a tap. ~ vie~r the telepho~e
    as a hot line to the pork factory. As
    far as plans, one guy did supply thei.
    until he got busted. U-ing info in
    this issue, consult a friend on ~ower
    supplies(re~ulated? and oscillators.
    
    Abb ie Hof fma n
    
    `:lhile I Y~as in D.C. for 1.ayda`,, I pic'.e~l
    ~p sonle info on ho`~ to fuc1: the Bell sys-
    te:n. I'm really interested in this because
    I know ho`Y true tl~is all is because I ,~:ort
    in the computer roo'~. of tlle phone co,~.pany.
    I'~ sending 81 so that I can receive your
    newsletters. And if there is anything I
    can do for Y.I.P. just let me ~mo~. And if
    there~s any way of fac'cins up tlle _ovt. in

    





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