The following letter to the Folio was not printed. I suspect that
many letters critical of current practices on KPFA don't get into
the Folio, but they might have an effect nonetheless.
    Apropos of the revelation (to me) of Pat Scott's behavior
toward Gerda Daley, might it be useful to start a file of such
"grievances"? So we have it ready in case it should become
useful or needed. If I recall corrrectly, in the first phase of the
French Revolution, the revolutionary government sent agents
throughout France to collect the complaints of the people, which
were recorded in "books of grievances" or "grievance books."
Maybe they did some good.

                                           June 4, 1996
Editor, Folio
KPFA Radio Station
To the Editor:

On Saturday, June 1--I believe--Anthony Fest used the term
"paddy wagon" in an evening news report. He may not have
known that "paddy" is a derogatory name for Irishman. Well,
now he knows, and so do the other members of the News
Department, if they read the Folio. The vehicle in question can
also be called a "police van."

On Monday, June 3, again on the evening news, Mark Mericle
reported on the U.S. Supreme Court's concern that the anti-
habeas corpus provision of the so-called Anti-Terrorist Bill
would curtail the court's power to hear appeals of convictions for
capital crimes. He spoke of the accelerated executions of
America's "most heinous criminals." Hey Mark, shouldn't that
have been something like: "those convicted of heinous crimes"?
According to L. Bensky, speaking on "Democracy Now," about
400 innocent persons have been convicted of capital crimes in
the U.S. during this century, and 28 (or so) have been executed
before their innocence was proved or discovered. What's going
on in KPFA's news room? Would you like to tell us?

Sincerely,
Raymond Meyer
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