LLOYD A. BARBEE/COMMENT 04-05-507 April 2, 1971 ing to study the ding 14 Some persons may not be aware of the fact that the government has chosen to involve itself in the personal sexual matters of individuals in this state. pients. Under the state laws, as they are presently written, certain sexual acts between husband and wife are forbidden and los unmarried persons are required by law to lead a celibate life. This kind of law is clearly an intrusion into a person's private life. of then the poo An individual's sexual drive is not deminished by the fact that the individual is not married nor is a person's natural desire for sexual relations affected by the criminal laws. With this thought in mind the only honest way to approach this matter is to eliminate all laws regulating sexual activities between consenting mature persons. Laws which require policemen to stick their noses into bedrooms, parked cars and restrooms makes degenerates of our policemen. This kind of activity may well cause policemen to seek less than healthy outlets for their own sexual drives. What we seem to be developing here is our own corps of professional "window peekers." I think the elimination of all laws pertaining to individual sexual activity would only help our policemen to maintain healthy outlets for their own sexual drives. More - --- - Page 2 - A number of legislators are now beginning to study the Governor's budget to see what level of spending the state should be at and who should be taxed to pay for it. In the Committee on Joint Finance I witnessed last week a number of sophisticated bigots complaining about welfare recipients. One concept I think important is that the people who consider themselves the "haves" don't realize that the ostentatious way in which wealthy people live is tempting to poor people. If these wealthy people do not cooperate with those of us who want a better distribution of wealth then the poor will take what they need from the wealthy, whether that taking is by theft or more overt, hostile action such as robbery or destruction of property which is a matter of the degree of frustration and talents of those people who seek to have their fair share of the goods of this world. - 30 - --- LLOYD A. BARBEE 110 East Wisconsin Avenue Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 Milwaukee Office Address: Phone: 414-273-5755 Madison Office Address: Room 131 South State Capitol Phone: 608-266-3097 REPRESENTATIVE Milwaukee County 6th District CHAIRMAN: Enrolled Bills MEMBER: WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE Jt. Committee on Finance to pay ASSEMBLY CHAMBER Immediate Release MADISON 53702 COMMENT bigots co April 7, 1971 Many persons are not aware of the extent to which government involves itself in the personal sex lives of individuals. Under the state laws, as they are presently written, certain sexual acts even between husband and wife are forbidden. Unmarried persons are required by law to refrain from all sex until they marry. This kind of law is clearly an unwarranted intrusion into a person's private life. An individual's sexual drive is not diminished by marriage, nor is a person's natural desire for sexual relations affected by criminal laws. With this thought in mind the only honest way to approach this matter is to eliminate all laws regulating sexual activities between consenting mature persons. Laws which require policemen to stick their noses into bedrooms, parks, cars and restrooms makes degenerates out of policemen. This kind of degrading activity may well cause policemen to seek less than healthy outlets for their own sexual drives. What we seem to be devel- oping here is a public corp of professional voyeurs or "peeping toms." I think the elimination of all laws pertaining to individual sexual activity would only help our policemen to maintain healthy outlets for their own sexual drives. * * * 1 More 1 --- Representative Lloyd A. Barbee For Immediate Release Page 2 - April 7, 1971 A number of legislators are now beginning to study the Governor's budget to see what level of spending the state should be at and who should be taxed to pay for it. In the Committee on Joint Finance I witnessed last week a number of sophisticated bigots complaining about welfare recipients. One concept I think important is that the people who consider themselves the "haves" don't realize that the ostentatious way in which wealthy people live is threatening to poor people. If these rich people do not cooperate with those of us who want a better distribution of wealth and services, the poor will take what they need. This taking may be by theft or stealth. It may take the form of even more hostile action such as robbery or destruction of property. Neona - 30 - --- 04-05-748 The kind of tat Ladivid of LLOYD A. BARBEE/COMMENT May 21, 1971 ing collected on private are Invol in positiona I was not at all surprised by the accusation that the Attorney General of this state has been engaging in the surveil- ance of state legislators' private lives. Claims that the so-called "Justice" Department has tapped legislators' phones, had legislators followed by agents and is keeping secret files on them is believable in light of the lack of co-operation exhibited by the Attorney General's office earlier this year before the Joint Finance Committee. state At that time I had questioned the Attorney General, while examining the budget of the "Justice" Department, concerning the surveilance activities of the Attorney General's office. in the The Attorney General gave a commonly vague and elusive answer to my questions and promised to produce more specific information before we concluded deliberations on that portion of the budget. I have not received that information yet and I don't expect to get it. I think that it is more than just legislators that are being spied upon. I feel that these secret files include many private citizens of this state and these secret files include taped phone conversations and material that consists of pure gossip. the Att This is the same kind of gossip material that fills many files of the F.B.I. --- - Page 2 - The kind of information that is being collected on private individuals, individuals who are not at all involved in positions of public interest, will come out when these private citizens apply for some super-sensitive job and are turned down for employment because of these "gossip" files. I think we are finding the development of a F.B.I.-like agency that is collecting personal information on individuals information that is both inaccurate and accurate. The individuals we find under surveilance many times are those persons who choose to legitimately criticize the state governmental system, political officials, political parties or police personnel and agencies. 11 call I think that we must indeed recognize that we are living in the kind of society that provides state monies to engage in the invasion of the private lives of citizens of this state and the state (unwittingly) finances the collection of false and misleading information that will be kept for the purpose of making it impossible for some people to maintain a good reputation in the future. I find it interesting that some "liberals" and conservatives were unwilling to have this matter investigated until they have been presented with "detailed, factual" material. I feel that the appropriate way to handle this matter is to investigate the operations of the Attorney General's office. There is no such thing as having secret files in doing police work in a democracy. You only have secret files in a Gestapo or totalitarian regime. --- - Page 3 - be If Wisconsin wants to go that way then I think they should recorded publicly as such a state. This state has never created an F.B.I. as such, we have not even created a state police, supposedly because of our progressive tradition. I am glad to see that whites are beginning to realize what blacks have known for some time. That is that government officials are not servants of the people but instead they attempt to be their masters and they do harass them; they do engage in surveilance and monitering; and they use threats and intimidation; and they use what people used to call "blackmail" but I call whitemail. The intention on the part of these government officials in this matter is to become worse. --- LLOYD A. BARBEE 110 East Wisconsin Avenue Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 Milwaukee Office Address: Phone: 414-273-5755 Madison Office Address: Room 131 South State Capitol Phone: 608-266-3097 volved WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE ASSEMBLY CHAMBER MADISON 53702 REPRESENTATIVE Milwaukee County 6th District CHAIRMAN: Enrolled Bills MEMBER: Jt. Committee on Finance files nicy COMMENT iduals --Infor May 21, 1971 because IMMEDIATE RELEASE I was not at all surprised by the accusation that the Attorney General of this state has been engaging in the surveilance of state legislators' private lives. Claims that the so-called "Justice" Department has tapped legis- lators' phones, had legislators followed by agents and is keeping secret files on them is believable in light of the lact of co-operation exhibited by the Attorney General's office earlier this year before the Joint Finance Committee. of At that time I had questioned the Attorney General, while examining the budget of the "Justice" Department, concerning the surveilance activities of the Attorney General's office. The Attorney General gave a commonly vague and elusive answer to my questions and promised to produce more specific information before we to han concluded deliberations on that portion of the budget. I have not received that information yet and I don't expect to get it. I think that it is more than just legislators that are being spied upon. I feel that these secret files include many private citizens of this state and these secret files include tapped phone conversations and material consisting of pure gossip. This is the same kind of gossip material that fills many files of the F.B.I. - More --- presentative Lloyd Barbee age 2 / COMMENT May 21, 1971 Information that is being collected on private individuals, individuals who are not at all involved in public positions, will come out when these private citizens apply for some super-sensitive job and are turned down for employment because of these "gossip" and "snoop" files. We are finding the development of an F.B.I.-like agency that is collecting personal information on individuals -- information that is both inaccurate and accurate. The individuals we find under surveilance many times are those persons who choose to legitimately criticize the state and national government system, Political parties, politicians, bureaucrats, police, courts, agencies and bigots. I think that we must indeed recognize that we are living in the kind of society that provides state monies to engage in the invasion of the private lives of citizens of this state and the state (unwittingly) finances the collection of false and misleading information that will be kept for the purpose of making it possible for some people to maintain a good reputation in the future. I find it interesting that some "liberals" and conservatives were unwilling to have this matter investigated until they have been presented with "detailed, factual" material. The appropriate way to handle this matter is to investigate the operations of the Attorney General's office. There is no such thing as having secret files for police work in an open democracy. You only have secret files in a Gestapo or totalitarian regime. If Wisconsin wants to go that way then I think they should be recorded publicly as such a tyrannical spy state. This state has never - · More - --- ntative Lloyd Barbee COMMENT 21, 1971 publicly created an F.B.I. as such, we have not even created a state police, supposedly because of our progressive tradition. I am glad to see that whites are beginning to realize what blacks have known for some time. Government officials are often not servants of all the people but of the establishment. Some officers harass, spy, threaten, extort, abuse and even kill patriotic citizens: witness the assassination of Malcolm X; 29 or more Black Panthers; the slaughter on millions of Black; the spying on Martin Luther King, as a few examples. These nefarious acts will continue until the lovers of liberty recognize modern tyranny and kill it. - 30 - ---