University of Virginia Library

We wish to thank the
Waynesboro police for their
Southern hospitality and kindest
affection. While joining yesterday
with the General Electric workers
(UE) who are on strike in
Waynesboro, a Waynesboro
lieutenant spoke with us about the
presence of our two dogs who were
locked in a car. The lieutenant
asked us not to bring the dogs to
the GE plant the next time, because
they constituted a possible threat
to the police and strikers. We
promised that we would comply
with his request.

We especially wish to thank the
Virginia State Police for following
us from the GE plant. Two miles
from the plant we were stopped
and questioned about our interest
in the strike, as well as a "show" of
license and student I.D.
Beneficently, the state trooper
directed us to the union hall in
which the GE workers were
meeting.

To paraphrase from former VMI
student, the folksinger Phi Ochs,
"Here's to the state of 'Virginia,'
who tore out the heart of, go find
yourself another country to be part
of."