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 -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chico, CA 95929 530-898-5321 fax 530-898-5901