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Harold Hochschild is “flattered” to»sbe on enemies listBy United Press IntermmUoaalI wouldn't say that I felt proud of this fact,” said Cornell University professor Henry Al-ker when he was told he had been listed as a White House “enemy” “I d rather say that I felt ashamed for my country that this could take place, since I am a loyal American.”Alker said he had apprenttybeen placed on the list because he gave $1,000 to the 1072 campaign of George McGovern.The 36 - year - old psychologyprofessor said he had “signedoccasional petitions and writtenby my congressman and that sort of thing” in opposition to some of the President's policies.But he added, I’m by nomeans the most outspoken of such critics.”Another upstate New York resident listed as a White House “enemy” was Harold Hochschild of Blue Mountain Lake inthe Adirondacks.“Frankly. I'm flattered.' saidwHochschild. who has been retired for 15 vears from the mining business and is president of the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake. “I opposed theVietnam War and contributed toMcGovern’s campaign ” Hochschild, who has written several letters to the New York Times over the last few years,said his McGovern contribution was “substantial”.Mariquita Platov, of the Greene County community of Tamersvilie, said she had noidea why she was on the “enemies” list Describing herselfas a religious poetess, she said “I’m busy enough with my poetry. I just haven't had time toget involved in politics.”She said she once wroteItyears ago m a religious magazine that she had paid no income taxes, “but I did it in a perfectly legal fashion” by giving things away.Describing herself as ”a p«t-fist who is trying to bring East and West into harmony through my poetry, she said, “I don’t have an enemv in the world.mEven Mr Nixon is not an enemy of mine” r
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Saranac Lake Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Saranac Lake, New York, US
Fri, Dec 21, 1973
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