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HOWARD ZINN end of all harrassment of the BPP and the release of all political prisoners. The "Boston Herald Traveler,’ which is a daily newspaper published in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 23, 1971, in an article by "Traveler" writer John Herbert entitled "A Demonstration Against the Law?" advised as follows: "Boston University Professor Howard Zinn labored mightily the other night and brought forth a few warm bodies for a demonstration. His efforts to rally citizens to protest serious indictments against: Father Berrigan and other members of the . "East Coast Conspiracy’ drew about 70 people, and that can be seen as testimony to the good sense of most Americans. The indictments are for conspiracy to kidnap a government official, blow up government property and other things. "what the professor was protesting was the application of law in a society governed by law. He does not like some of the laws so he has chosen to try to overcome them. That is the reality of Professor Zinn's effort to arrange a demonstration .against the indictments, no matter what explanations he may give about obeying a higher law, marching to a different drummer, or what. "Those indicted will be tried in a judicial system which provides more protection of their rights than any other system anywhere. To demonstrate against that is to make an idle and dangerous protest, something that all but about 70 people within the reach of Professor Zinn showed they understand very well." "The Daily Free Press," which is self-described as an independent student newspaper published Monday through Friday, distributed with no charge to members of the Boston University community, advised on December 7, 1970, in an ' article by staff writer Christopher Buchanan entitled "Zinn Pays $20 Fine, Gets Out," which reads in part as follows: ~2- is,