Beyond Common Sense - LaRouche

of people” about Simpson’s “attitude” and they haddemands that he be pulled into line, just as the rest of theorganisation had been.Douglas charged, in his phone call to Vincent, that Simpsonhad a “screw you” attitude to the movement. Thus it emergedthat Simpson was indeed perceived as a “threat” to Douglas, byDouglas. This was the real reason for getting rid of Simpson.Douglas was not at the Simpson show trial, having flown backto the USA some weeks before. However, as the above phoneconversation with Vincent revealed, Douglas knew of thedenunciations against Simpson, indeed, he had massaged theentire process for his own ends.Back To The Kangaroo CourtNothing of sense was charged against Simpson during theMad Monday show trial. Ln Australia such proceedings are calleda “Kangaroo Court.” The charges, if they can be called that, madeon the Mad Monday, were that Simpson was a “formalist’and possessed a “Tavistock grin.”No one at the meeting explained what being a “formalist” andhaving a “Tavistock Grin” meant or why it was not to betolerated in the CEC.In reality Simpson was seen as a threat to the bureaucraticgrip that Douglas and Craig (and his wife Noelene lsherwood hadon the organisation, and its one million dollar cash flow. Simpsonhad previously pointed out failings in the organisation’s structureand had, in one confrontation, accused the Party GeneralSecretary of “administrative stupidity.”Perhaps Simpson had defamed lsherwood by referring to his“administrative stupidity. “ It is difficult to measure the veracityof Simpson’s charges against lsherwood, as no worthwhile ortruthful financial records had been presented to the CECmembers, Management Committee, directors, staff or“leadership” for the past year or two, the period of intensive andsuccessful