Stolen Files
July 1, 1968
by Amy
Our files have been taken. Not all of our files, but a good many of them. We've always been afraid of something like that happening, but like everything else, we didn't think it would actually happen. Glasses discovered the theft this morning. He estimates that our donor files, some correspondence with groups in other cities and, of course, convention notes. All gone.
The first thing he has to do is report it to the Board. This involves phone calls, which he didn't want to make at our office. We went back to my pad, so he could use my phone. He's concerned about phone taps. I asked him if he needed privacy, but he said no. I overheard several calls, each repeating the same thing: Donor list, member list, maps of convention sites and correspondences with the Civil Liberties Union - gone.
We do have mimeos of some files. After all, it would be foolish not to have that. Recreating other files will be a hassle - and I will most likely be in charge of that. I'm not looking forward to it.
Right now, I'm too stunned to deal with the utter feeling of violation. I imagine it will come, coupled with outrage.
Glasses and I made a pact that we wouldn't tell anyone else about the theft. The reason? There was no sign of break-in. The door was locked, like always, when he arrived this morning. In fact, we're not even sure it happened last night/this morning. It could've happened on Saturday. We really don't know.
He's got plenty of thinking to do about how we should handle this problem. Hopefully, the Board will have some insight.
