To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (279959 ) 7/24/2002 3:05:04 PM From: Glenn Petersen Respond to of 769667 Emile, my condolences on the death of one of your own: ‘Turner Diaries’ author William Pierce dies White supremacist’s book reportedly inspired Oklahoma bomber McVeigh msnbc.com MILL VALLEY, W. Va., July 23 — White supremacist William Pierce, the author of “The Turner Diaries,” which is believed to have influenced Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, died Tuesday at his compound in Pocahontas County. He was 68. THE CAUSE OF death was cancer, said Bob DeMarias, Pierce’s business manager. Pierce became ill about three weeks ago, and his kidneys failed. “The Turner Diaries,” written under the pen name of Andrew MacDonald and published in 1978, portrays the violent overthrow of the federal government and the killing of Jews and non-whites to establish an “Aryan” world. The book includes a chapter titled the “Day of the Rope,” which describes white corpses hung from every street corner with placards reading, “I defiled my race.” MCVEIGH PROMOTED BOOK The book drew national attention in 1996 when it was reported that McVeigh was a fan and promoted the book before the April 1995 bombing. Pierce was the leader of the white supremacist group, National Alliance, which operates from a spartan, two-story steel building on 400 acres deep in the Appalachians, about four hours southwest of Washington. DeMarias said the National Alliance would continue to operate “as it did before.” “He gave us a lot of instructions what he wanted us to do. Right now (we’re) just trying to let our people know what happened.” Recently, Pierce began using the Internet to promote his recording label, Resistance Records. Pierce called the label “the soundtrack for white revolution.” ‘SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT’ Mark Potok with the Southern Poverty Law Center said Pierce’s death was a “very, very significant development.” “This is the major hate group in the United States. It’s the most organized, the best run and the wealthiest. This is a group that pulls in over a million dollars a year mainly through the sale of white power music and white supremacist or neo-Nazi literature,” said Potok, editor of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s intelligence report. “The great question now is where will this organization go. It’s an extremely professional organization,” Potok said. © 2002 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.