Word: ruhe
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Birnbaum and Ruhe say that Hale told them, in Austin, "You guys are in big trouble. You committed the fatal mistake; you created a huge coalition against you. The mayor has called the governor of this state and the President of the United States...
...series of events occurred this month which brought about a minor crisis in the shaky relationship between the Laredo poverty program, VIDA, and the local power structure, leaving Birnbaum and Ruhe stranded in the middle...
Then, two weeks ago, Birnbaum and Ruhe got an audience with Mayor Martin. They say they explained, frankly and openly, their feelings about the importance of the poor participating in, and even running, the war on poverty. They added that they felt the methods of fighting poverty would have to involve such active steps as the formation of labor organizations and direct community action--demonstrations and marches. An effective war on poverty, they report telling the mayor, is simply not compatible with the "entrenched South Texas establishment...
There was another possible factor in the pair's release. In accord with their supervisors' instructions to remain in the background, the VISTAs did not help picket the downtown afeteria that VIDA had chosen as the first objective in its restaurant organization project. However Birnbaum and Ruhe did solicit funds for VIDA, and in their solicitation called several persons connected with the poverty program who not only emphatically refused to donate to VIDA but openly objected to the VISTAs aiding that group...
Immediately after their dismissal. Birnbaum and Ruhe announced they were going to appeal their case to VISTA chief Bill Crook in Washington, and were going to demand that they be given a full and fair hearing. Furthermore, they say they will insist that the charges against them be made more specific than "immaturity and irresponsibility...