Hoover Vacuum Conspiracy| Interview With Members Who Destroyed Draft Board Records

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Hoover Vacuum Conspiracy| Interview With Members Who Destroyed Draft Board Records
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BC0077A
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HOOVER VACUUM CONSPIRACY| INTERVIEW WITH MEMBERS WHO DESTROYED DRAFT MEMBERS WHO DESTROYED DRAFT BOARD RECORDS| Produced by WBAI and Paul Fisher| Recorded on December 18, 1970. - CONTENT: On Decemer 18, 1970 two draft boards were broken into and records were destroyed in Elizabeth and Union City, New Jersey. A statement was sent to news organizations and Paul Fisher responded and asked for an interview. The interview was set up and they met at a motel. On this tape he includes that information and gives the includes the recording made with conspiracy members. Interview was done on December 28, 1970. The members explain the actions they took and how they came up with the name in honor of J.Edgar Hoover and how they as a group discovered old and new ways to "say no to the death machine." The group expounds their plans to send letters to men whose files were destroyed informing them of the actions taken. They describe their long term goals and stated they are working with a larger group. - Broadcast on December 28, 1970.

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