Mr. William Keller
Managing Editor
New York Times
239 West 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036
Re: NYT Pay Per View News
Starring Kurt Eichenwald
Letter No. 6
Dear Mr. Keller:
Eichenwald and the Time’s reluctance to write about Archer Daniels
Midland’s
involvement in Cuba, and ADM’s covert power plays in sending Elian
Gonzalez
back to Cuba is disgusting. I remind you that Eichenwald knew and
agreed
that if ADM were not involved in Cuba we probably would not have heard
about
the Elian Gonzalez saga.
I would suggest you go to www.ngcuba.org and under documents go to item
number five and read “Elian’s fate was decided in the fall of 1995 by
Dwayne
O. Andreas Chairman of Archer Daniels Midland Company and Fidel Castro
over
dinner in New York City.” We compiled information that we thought was
newsworthy, but the Times would not touch it. Our investigation reveals
this story should be told, as it involves a publicly traded company’s
money
being used for Catholic charities, corrupt politicians, Williams and
Connolly and, of course, Attorney General Reno’s Justice Department.
Williams & Connolly who represents ADM also represented Juan Gonzalez
the
father of Elian. The money to pay the lawyer for Juan was paid for by
Andreas and his toadies, which has been confirmed on audiotape even
though
ADM denies it. Williams & Connolly also represents the Catholic Church,
which ADM uses to funnel food to dictators to empower them and deprive
their
country’s people of basic civil rights. In 1998 ADM donated to Cuba 260
metric tons of soy-based products through the Federal Association of the
Order of Malta, an international Catholic relief organization. Again in
1999 ADM donated 100 metric tons of powdered soy beverages for
distribution
to children within the Republic of Cuba through Caritas Cubana, a
non-governmental organization (NGO) affiliated with the Roman Catholic
Church. Sister Jeanne O’Laughlin, the president of Barry University who
spoke out against sending Elian back to Cuba in April, has been as quiet
as
a church mouse since May after Dwayne Andreas donated $5 million dollars
to
Barry. ADM, the admitted price fixer to the world, has never given
anything
to anyone unless it gets something in return. Andreas loves to portray
himself as the great philanthropist when many feel ADM actually stands
for
“A Devil in Masquerade.” I wish one of your honest reporters would get
permission from Eichenwald to write about ADM and Cuba. This past March
a
ship chartered to ADM was caught trying to smuggle rice into Haiti to
avoid
paying duty. ADM didn’t use Catholic charities to funnel the food into
Haiti, because the Haitians have nothing ADM needs.
The politicians and former Secretaries of Agriculture who have been
lobbying
to lift the embargo against Cuba are all on the take from ADM in one way
or
another. John Block is a board member and also on the public policy
committee at ADM with Andrew Young, a board member and president of the
United Council of Churches. Those wanting to deal with the dictator
Castro
are Frank Carlucci, former defense secretary and national security
advisor;
William Clark, also a former national security advisor; Carla Hills,
former
U.S. special trade representative; Illinois Governor, George (lying)
Ryan
who had a sleepover at the White House; John Whitehead, a former deputy
secretary of state; Clayton Yeutter, a former U.S. special trade
representative, agriculture secretary and chairman of the Republican
National Committee; and John Couter, a former New Jersey congressman who
served on the House Armed Services Committee for 14 years. These people
are
nobodies, and are bought and paid for by special interest money to
campaign
to lift the embargo. Congressmen Roy Blunt of Missouri, George
Nethercutt
of Washington, and House Speaker Dennis Hastert of Illinois, along with
Senators Pat Roberts from Kansas, Chuck Hagel from Nebraska, and Trent
Lott
from Mississippi all are recipients of ADM pac money and other
donations.
The importance of telling this story is that ADM is the largest welfare
recipient of funds from the government, who then uses the money for
donations to politicians, agriculture organizations, Catholic charities
and
other non-governmental organizations to undermine the democratic
process.
If the Times doesn’t feel this is an important issue, then it is quite
evident you agree with the statement Dwayne Andreas made to “Mother
Jones
Magazine” in 1995, “People who are not from the Midwest do not
understand
this is a socialist country.” Obviously, the Times the “newspaper of
record” agrees, as they won’t expose the criminal activity of ADM. When
this nation becomes socialistic, you can change the name of your paper
to
Pravda, or if you hire more pay per view Eichenwalds you can rename it
the
“Lying Times.”
Regarding Eichenwald’s book touted as a true story, Alan Guebert, the
largest syndicated ag columnist whose weekly column appears in many
papers
throughout the country, thinks otherwise. In the South Bend Tribune his
column titled “Some facts are more fiction than true in The Informant.”
Guebert points out a few of the many mistakes that appear in The
Informant.
One, there is no interstate 36 highway in the state of Illinois. Also,
Amtrak could not have pulled slowly into the station in Decatur carrying
a
team of prosecutors in late 1994, as the passenger train has not dropped
off
passengers since the mid 80’s. Guebert pointed out that the book often
refers to ADM as a grain producer. ADM is a grain processor. He also
pointed out that Humphrey did not lose the election by a rout; he lost
by
less than 1% of the popular vote. To get the whole article you may want
to
contact Alan at his e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] I sometimes
wonder if
Eichenwalds father paid for an education at Swarthmore College, or did
he
pay them to just give him a diploma. Once again I am shocked that he
controls what is printed in the Times about ADM and the Andreas Crime
family
who are all truly “Rats In The Grain.”
If you or any readers of this letter are missing past “NYT Pay Per View
letters” they can e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] and they will be e-mailed to
you. If you are looking for a great reporter, you might contact Paul
Brinkmann of the Decatur Herald & Review. He was pulled off of covering
ADM, because truth is not appreciated in the socialistic society that
ADM’s
Andreas wants to create. Brinkmann wrote about ADM’s connection to
Elian
Gonzalez while in Havana in January 1999. Now that shows courage! This
should have been a story for Eichenwald about a fellow investigative
reporter being pulled from his beat for showing courage, since both were
covering ADM. Another source of information concerning ADM and Cuba is
www.egroups.com/message/ForFreedomandJustice.
Still waiting to hear from you. Confucius said, “There are three marks
of a
superior man: being virtuous, he is free from anxiety; being wise, he is
free from perplexity; being brave, he is free from fear.”
Sincerely,
David Hoech
President
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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Chico, CA 95929
530-898-5321
fax 530-898-5901
