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WAW FORMS AIR POLICE ORGANIZE Airmen in the 437th Security Police Squadron have been instru mental in organizing the Charleston chapter of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (WAW). The Airmen have participated in several presentations aimed at educating GI*s and the public about the air war in Indochina; including TV talk shows, leaf letting on the POW-MIA issue, and appling for permission to distribute WAW literature on the Air Base. As a result of this organizing, several airmen have felt the full brunt of political repression on the part of the Air Porce. Sgt. Burns, AIC Gene Wilson, and Aran Jesse Mellor are currently fighting attempts 437 TH Ip by the brass to silence them.
"Jesse got out in 12 hours after threatening the CO with charges!" SECURITY POLICE SQQN.
Eight months ago Jesse Mellor filed for Conscienous Objector, CHARLESTON in that eight months the Air Porce managed to stall, through convience of lost records and administrative errors, his application. During AFB SC that time he was hassled by the top shirt or Maj. Cox (Co of Security rt«i »ESP« W«W. Police) for every petty thing in the book. Jesse finally got fed up with the bullshit and started filling 138*3. He also started a chapter of WAW. The repression started to get fairly haeavy after that. Cox was really uptlgh* about the GI's in the police barracks getting tgether and excerising some real poser. Things came to a head when Jesse returned to the Air Base, after a weekend off and literature had been taken, and he later found out, copied by cox from his room. Jesse wrote out a 138 and threatened to press charges. Cox, running and it's only the beginning.. scared, discharged him honorably from the AP the next day. con't on p. 3 WAR IS PEACE "All entrances to the North Vietnamese ports will be mined... George Orwell predicted that the leaders of major powers United States forces have been directed to take approriate would come to wage war by machine and call it peace; that measures within the internal and claimed territorial waters they would annihilate distant and unseen societies from the of North Vietnam to interdict the delivery of any supplies. air even as they constantly reiterated their earnest de Rail and all other communications will be cut off to the sires for peace at home. maximum extent possible» Air and naval strikes against He didn't quite claim that "war is peace." But then military targets in North Vietnam will continue... You he did not have to. want peace... and that is why, my fellow Americans, tonight His speech was one of the most striking attempts to I ask you for your support of this decision-- Adecision rewrite history in recent memory. Virtually every sentence which has only one purpose-- Not to expand the war, not to in it contradicted the written record, ranging from the escalate the war, but to end the war and to win the kind of writings of Lacouture and Fall, to Pentagon and Kissinger peace that will last. With God's help, with your support, we papers, to today's newspapers. will acconplish that great goal." Two tons of bombs were exploding every 60 seconds _ —Richard Nixon, May 8, 1972 as he solemnly declared, "I, too, want to end this war"; On May 8,1972, Richard Nixon announced the most ser-" mines were being laid in and around Soviet vessels as he ious and dramatic set of escalations in the Indochina war, called upon the Soviet Union not to "slide back into the removing the last remaining restraints on automated war dark shadows of a previous age," observed by his predecessor; at the same time, he used the It as much in wonderment as dismay that one èurns to terms "peace" or ending the war on 19 separate occasions ananalysis of àaome of the more striking distortions and in a 17-minute talk. outright falsehoods of this remarkable speech: con't on p. 4 SARATOGA SAILOR FILES CO. I recently net a guy stationed on the Naval Base here in Charleston now in transit status. His name is Richard Urvanejo. He's been in the navy just over three years and was stationed aboard the Saratoga, an REFUSES DUTY TO NAM air craft carrier until early last April shen he decided to try for dis charge as a consciencious objector. Richard had apparently been thinking about it for some time but when the ship was about to make an unscheduled deployment for Vietnam shortly after the beginning of the lïarch Offensive he left the ship re sulting in his missing movement and began writing his application. I asked Richard to characterize the reaction on the ship to it's deployment ostensibly to "an unknown destination", "There was a general ambivalence, some torn between leaving the comforts of home and running over to make money and Kill gooks, others more properly confronting the moral issue of knowing that they were being asked to aid in the perpetuation of a war that has been shown to be untenable either morally, politically, or economically and talcing any positive action that might prevent thecon- tinuation of the war for fear ofu n just legal repercussions." Rich returned hinself to naval custody on April 28th after a 16 day U.A. period during which he spent writing his application. Since he formally submitted the application he has received what to my experience is an inordinate amount of hassle through needless delay and personal reproach. P.ichard has also recieved an appreciable amount of help and counsel during this period. His military lawyer, Lt. James Ssdaile aiding him con't on p.2 CON'T. .. war resistor *ÏLIG s offjc\when the IG called Capt Blount, the commanding officer of the base, and was told of a statement Rich had in the final preparation of Ms application, his advice con made at the capt's mast concerning his unwillingness to con cerning alternatives and extensions of legal action and a tinue furthering or enhancing the image or objectives of the concern over the sometimes rediculous positions assumed by military any longer. He was also told that the reacon for Cdr. the base "legal" department. The two base chaplains, Chap Sandersons disapproval was conflict in schedule. Richard's law yer, who works for Cdr. Sanderson and is fully aware of his lain Hires and Father ilatley and their immidiate organ scheduling was unable to make sense of it. ization are highly praised. That Friday June 30th Lcdr. Stefano returned but decided To this point things had gone relatively quickly and somewhat smoothly. he couldn't act as Rich's hearing officer as he was retiring On June 12th Rich was written up for refusing a direct Again Rich was reassigned this time to a Lcdr. Jordan, a order. At the XO»s inquiry the following day Rich was reproached newly arrived security officer. Tuesday morning the 11th as an opportinist, a moral carpetbagger. The XO failed to of July some 62 days after Richard originally submitted his make a case for his opinion partially due, certainly, to a application the final interview occured. lack of one, The captain simply meted out a restriction and Rich is now waiting now for the Capt's endorsement and fine ostensibly leaving the appraisal of Rich's personal for its final disposition by an unknown group of men somewhere worth and motivation to those who have been trained and made in Washington or the Pentagon. Cur only hope is they don't to,; àt least,feel competent. have to plan a meeting By the 16th of June Rich found out no contact had been Rich seems to have gone through much more hassle than made with his lawyer to set a date for the final interview. I have found to be usual. In applying for CO discharge you The afternoon of the 22nd was finally set upon.by the 19th. are, of course, allowing yourself to be judged by an organ Come 22 June and Mr. Kirk disqualified himself as he had ization who's rationale runs directly counter to that of a discovered only shortly before that he was in Rich's direct CO. chain of command. Richard made no squabble as he thought it However it has become rather difficult to refuse CO possible a genuinemistake had occured. Mr. EsdaUe immediately discharges as the legal definitions are vague enough and allow set a date for the following Wednesday with a Cdr. Sanderson, a bit of latitude in interpretation. The process can be long a military judge and the man who usually handles the final and drawn out but that is essentially the only hassle. interviews for the CO cases on the base. The following Monday, A petitioner is subject to no automatic legal action assum 26 June Rich was told that the base legal officer a Lt. Bark ing he wishes to follow Regs to the letter, which though er, had decided against Cdr. Sanderson saying he wanted to not necessarily morally desirable it is entirely legal. keep it within his command a major factor in Lcdr. Kirk's The war we are fighting in Vietnam is wrong. That having had to disqualify himself. war is perpetuated only through the consent of those who fight. The new hearing officer a Lcdr. Stefano was unable to We must act to stop it. If you are morally, ethically or see Rich right away as the fellow was on leave until the 30th. religiously opposed to war or simply to Vietnam come to the On the 27th Bich went to see the Inspector General hoping he GI Office. We are acting to stop it. GI's unite!
In the early J40s there were a few boats in front of the aircraft carrier instances of Europeans lying down on USS America. The crew had their Med railroad tracks to prevent jews from cruise changed to a fun trip to Vietnam» THE G.I. being taken to concentration camps. At When the Coast Guard attacked the small the beginning of the Vietnam era there boats with grapling hooks, frogmen and were again a few instances of people large wakes which swamped several canoes; OFFICE lying down on the tracks, this time to the entire crew assembled on the flight The Charleston G.I. Office was formed by stop the troop trains.Although both of deck to watch the show. After a long civilians and vets to help servicemen, these actions only served an educational battle during which many of the protesters women, and veterans. Specifically, the role of exposing facts to people almost jumped off the cutters and had to be G.I. Office offers — unwilling to look, we can only wonder hauled aboard several times, two of the military counseling: free information what the impact would have been if thou»-crew members walked off the sliip and and advice about discharges, servicemen's sands had taken such actions. called a news conference to publically rights, veteran's benefits, etc. ' When Nixon announced his blockade refuse to sail to Vietnam. When the referralsi the G.I. Office can help you and indiscriminate bombing of IndoChina tugs came to haul the America ou the get in contact with doctors, attorneys, a group of people in Bangor, Washington crew decided to continue the blockade psychiatrists, and service organizations. declaried a blockade of their own. they rained coke cans, bottles, and investigation of complaints: liason They set up camp on the Hood Canaland other stuff on the tugs despite direct with Congressmen, help in filing Art. vowed to put their bodies between the orders from the captain to clear the 138 complaints & publicizing injus Bangor Munitions Depot and the people deck. The men were finally driven back tices. of Indochina. It has taken secret by high pressure hoses. Another carrier "yellow submarine reading room": a plans and lots of Coast Guard cutbers took 5000 men to the war as Nixon non-hassling library with useful Navy & to allow the USS Hastings and Mohowk announced a T)00 mail with drawal in Air Porce regs, books for casual reading, to run this peoples' blockade. one day (the highest ever - right!!l) and a selection of literature produced At the Navel Ammunitions Depot The navy later announced that fifteen by the GI movement. in Leonardo, N.J., a fotilla of canoes sailors were UA and thought to be meetings: WAW and the people who help small boats, and power boats assembled resisting duty in Nam. put this paper together regularly meet in front of the USSNitro after sailors here; if you want to join, or if you had made it clear that their ship was At the present time American bombs need a place for your own group to meet, earring amno to Nam. At approximatly are killing the people of Indochina in at you're welcome here. the same time a large group of people least ajs ruthless, and certainly more ef- lay down on the railroad tracks leading f icienmnd massive manner than Hitler ever The G.I. Office is open afternoons and into the depot. As the Coast Guard dreamed. Again people are finding it «v«nings, every day except Sunday. Drop captured the blockaders, eight of the necessary to express their horror and by or give us a call at 554-1773. crew joined the group by jumping off outrage at a governments crimes against the ship and heading for the picket humanity. line» Blockades are the best way for us to i concert! In Norfolk a peoples' blockade bring the invisable war home. Charleston AFB C-5A's and C-141's daily fly to took the form of a picket line of small You are invited to a special PTN Indochina. This export of death must be and PTAP concert on Sat. nite Aug. 26 made visable and public. Let us make a 1 featuring Country Joe Mcdonald of similar action take place here. A PEOPLES Country Joe and the Pish. This veteran If Not You, Who? BLOCKADE MUST HAPPEN IN CHARLESTON BEFORE of Woodstock, Vietnam Rag Author, and THE END OF THE SUMMER. Let us speak out long time GI Movement entertainer will If Not Now, When? against the madness.Join us."J be doing a benifit concert here for WAW and the G.I. Office. GIMME AN Pi Page J
FIGHT BACK .. .138*0 CON'T. ..v.v.A.m.
Article 138 of the UCMJ is part of "Because he is a member of WAW, Gene got undue hassel for refusing a federal law governing the conduct to carry a weapon." of everybody in the military. Of all the military's complaint Pour guys in the Security Police have refused to carry weapons procedured, it is the strongest, on post, they all say they aren't going to shoot anyone for coming because unlike many regs its not onto the Air Base, especially if they're going to blow up the Pat Albert's. Gene is one of the guys who has refused to carry a weapon just a vague statement of policy and is the only one who has gotten charged for it. Maj. Cox in a moment but an order of congress to the of rare candor, explained to Gene that he could give him a discharge brass to do certain in two days, but first he wanted Gene to get a court martial down on his things. record, to get him for being in WAW and helping Jesse start it. As In the past years, only lifers of this writing Gene has filed a 138 against Cox. The results of Gene's ever used it, but it provides the trial will be published in the next issue. GI with a potentially powerful tool for insuring that his rights "Larry was a day late getting back from a demonstration in Atlanta are not tramped upon. because of the plane strike and now faces a COURT MARTIAL." If your commanding officer (or an NCO under him) has "wronged you and has Larry had gone to Atlanta to participate in the demonstrations refised to correct this wrong, you can there against Nixon on Sunday, June 18, he knew full well that he had apply to any superior officer (in a to be back on Monday moring and planned to drive his cycle back that different unit or ship, or maybe the base night. But as fate would have it his chain broke and he was left with legal office) and he must forward the trying to get a flight back the next morning. And as if a plot had complaint to the base commander. He been unraveled the pilots of America decided to strike in protest of can be the base staff judge advocate hijackings, politicial and otherwise, and Larry didn't make it back or just someone you happen to know. on time. It was Larry's first AWOL and that usually means no action The advantage to you of using the 138 is taken or an Art. 15, but Cox was and is still after WAW and decided is that higher authority must be informed to Court Martial him. He had called his section chief and told him of and it connot be cornered up as an I.G. the situation, which Art. 86 of UCMJ says is the valid and correct complaint can. An additional, protection procedure and should have excused Larry. Maj. Cox thought otherwise. to be sure that your complaint isn't The reasons are pretty obvious, Larry is in WAW and had just been to ignored is to sail copies to your con an Anti-war demonstration and started with local organizing. gressman and to get help from a military counselor at a local G.I. counseling "Mark wanted to get back to Indochina, not to help kill anyone but to office. get back to the woman he loves." At the Charleston APB several airmen have successfully used the 138 complaint Sgt Mark Burns, since returning from a tour in Indochina, has to protect themselves from illegal treat been trying to get back to the War. He's not interested in helping the ment by their squadron commander Major Af in murdering Vietnamese but rather he wants to get back there to Celdon Cox. The members of the security marry a Thai-woman he's engaged to. Mark is a member of WAW and did police squandron exericed their rights a TV gig for the organization. Maj. Cox saw the TV show and called to free association by organizing a local him into his office to tell him that he wasn't ever going to Indo chapter of Vietnam Veterans Against the War. china. That would be goo news to most airmen but it pretty well fucked The unit's brass responded with illegal up his plans. Mark has now decided to file his CO application to get threats and harrasment. One of the ways out of the Air Porce. these GI's are fighting back is thru use of Art. 138. We've got a strong group of guys in WAw here in the Security Before recieving an honorable dis Barracks. The type of hassles that Maj. Cox has been dishing aren't charge as "unsuitable" Jesse Mellor going to stop us from staying together and organizing. As GI's we had filed four separate 138's against know our rights and are using them to help end the war and fight for Major Cox. When AIC Gene Wilson was singled more rights in the military. out and prosecuted for refusing to carry a weapon on guard duty, he responded We call all folks around to join us. GI's UNITE! by complaining against Cox. "On 3 July 1972 you threatened me w in violation of Art. 134, UCMJ, by stating you wanted a court martial to be on my record when I got out and tried to find a .lob. Gene ends by saying: "I demand that you cease your threats 0 against me...and that you take action $o have those under your command to cease their harrassment of me." Since Cox refused to "redress the wrong" as requested, Wilson's next step ^ is to file an Art. 138 against him with ZA a sympathetic superior officer at the base t legal office. O TO PUE A COMPLAINT UNDER Art. 138 )f f[\ j V> a U> 1) Ask your own commander for redress N E? of your grievances. If he refuses... 2) Write down your complaint >''%ilii 1971. The bombing in Laos has been double that under Mr. Johnson, and Mr. Nixon has also introduced over 10,000 new- Thai troops in northern Laos as well as invading southern Laos with 22,000 ARVN in February, 1971. He resumed the bombing of North Vietnam, struck on 328 COMMUNIST ARMIES OF NORTH VIETNAM LAUNCHED A MASSIVE IN- admitted occasions before the recent offensive began; VASION OF SOUTH VIETNAM and hospital admissions in South Vietnam in 1971 were running as high as in 1967, when there were U50,000 U.S. The very basis of the 195^4- Geneva Settlement on ground troops there. Vietnam is that Vietnam is one country. There is no reference to a "South Vietnam." The 17th parallel, far from being In all, Mr. Nixon had already dropped over 3.3 mil an "international border" as the President claimed in his lion tons of bombs in Indochina before the offensive began April 26th speech, was merely a temporary military demar mere bombs than have been dropped by any leader in his cation line. Point 6 of the Joint Declaration by the 9 tory; and, according to the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on powers guaranteeing the settlement specificallystates that: Refugees, there had slso been over 3,000,000 civilians "the military demarcation line is provisional and should killed, wounded, or made homeless during his first 3 not in any way be interpreted as constititing a political years in office or territorial boundary." This line was only in force for At this writing he has tripled his aerial and naval forces in Indochins from what they were at the 300 dafcrs following July 21, 19$k9 and was meant merely to mark time until a 1 956 election which would unite Vietnam. beginning of this year: B52's have risen from I4.O to 130, When the Diem regime did not allow this election, the 17th attack planes from 350 to nearly 900, aircraft carriers parallel lost any legal, political, or moral meaning. The from 2 to 6, and other naval vessels from 10 to $^, cancellation of the elections threw the issue of who Most striking, there are now some 100,000 men would rule in Vietnam back to the Vietnamese themselves. waging the air and naval war against Indochina: h0,000 airmen in Thailand, U0,000 naval personnel in the Gulf 2. ORIGINS - "WE AMERICANS DID NOT CHOOSE TO RESORT TO WAR- of Tonkin, over 20,000 airman within South Vietnam. By contrast, there are only some 145,000 ground troops left. IT HAS BEEN FORCED UPON US" It is the first time in history a nation has deployed more men abroad to wage automated war than ground war. Mr. In fact, the United States did indeed unilaterally Nixon's transformation to age of Orwellian mechanized choose this war two decades ago, when the Truman Administra- war has arrived. tiondecided to pay 3A of the costs of the war for the French between 1950 and 195^4-« And the Genevs Accords were 5. NEGOTIATIONS - "THE UNITED STATES...HAS OFFERED THE barely signed when in August 195Uj while Mr. Nixon was :? vice-President, the United States dispatched a team under MAXIMUM 0? HAT ANY PRESIDENT OF TIE UNITED STATES COULD Colonel Edward Lansdale to take over the French position. OFFER... (BUT) WE WILL NOT CROSS THE LINE FROM GENEROSITY As Lansdale has written in the Pentagon Papers, team mem TO TREACHERY..." "~~~" ber "Major Conein was given responsibility for developing . Mr. Nixons continued insistence on determining who a paramilitary organization in the north" and "second will rule in Saigon has precluded any hope of a negotia paramilitary team was formed to explore possibilities of ted settlement. For the very basis of the Vietnamese oganizing resistance against the Viet Minh in the south." struggle for the last 20 years has been their insistence These American teams, as Lansdale describes, then proceeded that United States has no right to intervene. to assure the installation of a little-known exile, Ngo And, in fact, Mr. Nixon's "generous" peace offers Einh Diem, and them carry out a wide variety of espionage, have added up to little more than a demand that the NLF sabotage, and psychological warfare missions throughout surrender. He is asking that they lay down their arms Vietnam. while over 100,000 American troops are still in and around 3. RESTRAINT - "THROUGHOUT THE WAR IN VIETNAM, THE UNITED their country..He is asking that at that point they cede STATES HAS EXERCISED A DEGREE OF RESTRAINT UNPRECEDENTED IN the Thieu regime nominal control of the country. He is THE ANNALS OF WAR." asking that they then surface to contest elections, in the face of a CIA-run Phoenix program which is officially The next 10 years ssaw a variety of American-supported admitted to have killed or imprisoned 35,727 "suspected" initiatives ranging from Jierding people into "agrovilles" NIP under Mr. Nixon. And he is asking that they take com and "strategic hamlets" to execution of suspected Viet Minh fort in Thieu*s offer to resign one month before elec to war supported by U.S. combaj» troops. By 1965 Bernard tions, when the United States has put over $3 billion in Fall reported that "already, in what may be loosely termed the past 3 years to creating a giant machinery of re 'the American period,1 the dead are near quarter million, pression consisting of over 1,000,000 troops, 200,000 po with perhaps another half-million people seriously maimed. lice, and-a vast network of appointed officials, informers And other Vietnamese people are dying because they are and assassins down to the village level. And he is asking starving." This was nothing, however, to the American "re them to do all this when he could at any time rescind straint" which followed. Between 1965 and 1972, the United his pledges of a free election, just as the Eisenhower States has expended over 13 million tons of ordnance created Administration did in 1956. over 23,000,000 bomb craters, and dropped over 100,000,000 pounds of herbicides which have destroyed an estimated 6. THE OTHER SIDE'S TERMS - "DO WE JOIN WITH OUR ENEMY TO 5*000,000 acresof crop and forest land. According to the INSTALL A COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT IN SOUTH VIETNAM. Senate Subcommittee on Refugees, the United States bears the major responsibility for the creation of over 6,000,000 The idea that the PRG would be so foolish as to demand refugees in South Vietnam (and 2.7 million more in Laos that the United States-install a "communistM government and Cambodia), the death of 325,000 civilians, the maiming in South Vietnam is patently absurd. They have made it of 700,000 more, the generating of 700,000 orphans. more than clear that they understand the American de sire to withdraw gracefully. In public, they have sim U. THE NIXON RECORD - "AND I THINK YOU KNOW, FROM ALL ply asked that Mr. Nixon set a date for total withdrawal, . THAT I HAVE SAID AND DONE THESE PAST THREE AND A HALF withdraw support from the Thieu regime, amd allow a coali YE,ARS, HOW MUCH I TOO WANT TO END . THIS WAR." tion government headed by a non-communist to take over. They also taken the unprecedented step of offering to be*» Mr. Nixon has done nothing to end the war. On the gin the return of American capruted personnel before the contrary,he has steadily expanded it from a ground war cessation of hostilities. In private, I am assured by in South Vietnam to a massive and indiscriminate air high-ranking officials in the State Department, they have war throughout Indochina. offered to guarantee Mr. Nixon a substancial period of He has initiated and waged a full-scale air war in grace after full American Withdrawal before contesting once-peaceful Cambodia for two years now. Over 2 million for full power. Under the corcumstances, no American pres ? Cambodian refugees have been created under Mr. Nixon, ident could hope for more generous terms if he had any »^ according to an official Government Accounting Office intention of withdrawing and allowing the Vietnamese to § study reported in the New York Times on December 5* settle their own affairs. 7. BLOODBATH - "ABANDONING OUR COMMITMENT ET VIETNAM HERB 11. EFFICACY - "THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO STOP THE KILLING. AND NOW WOULD HSAjj TURNING 17 MILLION SOUTH VIETNAMESE TEAT IS. TO KEEP WEAPONS OP WAR OUT OF THE HANDS OP THE OVER TO COMMUNIST TERROR AND TYRANNY... WE WOULD ONLY INTERNATIONAL OUTLAWS OF NORTH VIETNAM." WORSEN THE BOLLDSHED." The notion that mining and blockading Haiphong harbor The use of the "bloodbath" argument was one of the will "stop the killing" in the south strains credulity. most Orwellian aspects of this speech. It is not only that To begin with, according to Mr. Nixon, most of the Noth a "communist bloodbath" is a vague and distant possibil Vietnamese army is already in the south. A blockade's ity, that the only Vietnamese certain to suffer retalia only conceivable effect on the situation in the south for tion have already made plans for luxurious retirement in the next few months will be to encourage anti-US forces to Europe, e.g., President Thieu in his villa in Switzerland, fight harder than they ever have. that the PSGj:faced with the awesome task of attempting More importantly, there is no reason to believe that to rebuild a fractured nation, would most likdly opt for a blockade can stem the flow of supplies into the south. a policy of national reconciliation both to build national The Clifford study stated categorically 12aat "if the Port unity and attract foreign aid;.that even a group of prom of Haiphong were to be closed effectively, the supplies inent Catholic intellectuals recently issued a statement that no;? enter Haiphong could, albeit with considerable calling for a "halt to American aggression in Vietnam today. difficulty, arrive either over the land routes or by ligh It is that even as he was speaking Mr. Nixon was con terage... the closing of Haiphong Port would not prevent tinuing one of the greatest bloodbaths in recent history; the continued supply of sufficient materials to maintain that while a communist bloodbath was but a possibility, North Vietnamese military operations in the South." the American bloodbath was a reality and that Mr. Nixon's The Kissinger papers show that CIA and Office of the speech would be followed by an orgy of bloodletting that Secretary of Defense agree with this analysis. And even Vietnam had not yet seen. though the Joint Chiefs of Staff do not, the history of 8. PROTECTING U.S. TROOPS - "WITH 60,000 AMERICANS THREAT past predictions shows little reason to believe them ENED. ANY PRESIDENT V/HO FAILED TO ACT DECISIVELY WOULD HAVE this time. BETRAYED THE TRUST OP HIS COUNTRY." Indeed, the real reason for the blockade of the har bor and intensified bombing does not seem to lie in at Mr. Nixon's greatest betrayal of this country—and its tempting to stop arms shipments. Rather, it seems in soldiers—is his refusal to withdraw the 60,000 men in Viet part an attempt to break Viet Nam's spirit. As the nam and the 80,000 around it from the Indochina theater. Clifford Group suggested, :the only purpose of intensified It is clear that the only way to protect them is to take bombing campaign in the North...would be to endeavor them out. As long as they remain there, they will be kill to break the will of the North Vietnamese leaders." ed and maimed in ever-increasing numbers. This hope is clearly also chimerical. It is not Since the offensive began, the American people have only that the Vietnamese h ve long since learned to only been told of the 36 men listed as killed by hostile de-centralize, protect their civilian population, and action and 57 missing in action(KlA's). They have not j^ove supplies under a steady hail of bombs. It is far been told that most of the MIA's are presumed dead, and more that from their point of view, the recent offensive another 23 men are listed as killed by non-hostile caus-* is not a question of the past month, the last 5 years, ses, making well over 100 men killed in the month of April or even the last 25 years. It is a part of what they see alone. Another 197 men were wounded during the same per as a1000 year struggle to see their land free, unified iod. These rates are roughly double those of the monthly and independent from foreign intervention. This is no average for the first three months of this year. This doubt the reason why the Clifford Group notes that: loss of American lives can be expected to intensify as the "CIA forecasts indicate little if any chance that l Erom a Freedom Fighter, Billy Dean Smith "To the people of the United States be withdrawn at all, and serves only and the Congress of the United States POW'S as an admission of the failure of the from American pilots captured in North Vietnamization policy. Vietnam. Despite the bombing halt PLEA FROM HANOI " We appeal to the American people announced in 1968, the President ordered to exercise your rights and responsi- the resumption and authorized the contin bilities, and demand an end to the war uation of the bombing of North Vietanm - nowj«We appeal to the Congress to take and a variety of excuses to justify firm, positive action to go with the the raids. On Sunday morning, April 16, words already spoken against the war. 1972 the peace of Hanoi and Haiphong The resumption of the Paris peace were shattered by American bombs. Many conference, and serious negotiations innocent people died a totally needless We require these steps and much more, and senseless death. We, the detained Americans! The hope of the world is in Americans in Hanoi, could not help but your hands. Bring us home now! be struck by the futility of such actions. We have come to know the Viet "Very respectfully, namese people, and we know that no bomb Walter E. Wilber, Cdr., USN, Troy, Pa. ing, or threat of death, is going to (captured June, 1968) still the spirit that lives in them. David Hoffman, Lt. Cdr., USN. San Diego, We believe that widespread bombing of (captrired December, 1971) North Vietnam serves only to turn world Kenneth J. Fraser, Capt., USN, Brooklyn opinion more strongly against the United (captured February, 1972 States, and risks the death aid capture Lynn E. Günther, Capt., USAP. Dallas,Or. of many more Americans, as well as en (captured December, 1971; dangering the lives of those already Edison W. Miller, St. Col., USMC Quinton, held captive. No bombing of Hanoi and Iowa (captured October, 1967) Haiphong will cause the Provisional James D. Cutter, Capt., USAF Stillwater, Revolutionary Government of South Fla. (captured February, 1972) Vietnam, or the Government of North Edward A Hawley, Jr. , USAF, Birmingham, Vietnam, to come begging for peace, J Ala. (captured February, 1972) for while they truly desire peace, it Norris A. Charles, Fr., Lt. J.G., USN, will not be a peace short of freedom Tampa, Fla. (captured Dec.,197l) and independence. No bombing of North When the nation beckoned, they answered the call. Now Vietnam serves to make the withdraeal America,America answerthvirfoH answer their call, ' American forces any safer, and only Pacific News Service, Paris, May, 1972 makes it more likely that they cannot The only chance the POWs have to come home is for americans to force the war to end. that Jesse was told to sign was termed am biguous. Jesse also had the required psy chiatric examination and the Navy doctor said the magic words. The application was returned to get the magic words from the Navy shrink's report. Jesse's medical re- cords had disapeared, so a new exam had to v»cVb $130 be scheduled. When V-P Agnew came to visit CAFB Jesse was illegally detained and confined to his room by the secret service. Legal? Hell, no! We formed a WAW chapter and Jesse was the motivating factor. He missed a day of work and they searched his room. Not only did they search his room and read his per Dear Fat Albert, sonal correspondence but they even Xeroxed Searches and invasions of privacy a letter. Legal? No way! AH of a sudden newest. * have always bothered me as a lawyer. It they wanted Jesse out fast. He had refused really got to me in Feb. 1972 when a shake to accept an Art. 15 and if they held a down search was conducted of all the rooms courts martial, too much might come out a- on CAFB. Of course, the man knew he could bout the illegal searches and seizures and harassment of WAW members. Jesse was ask i.Jjciietfe you, not use as evidence anything he turned up during a search of this type but he search ed if he would accept a discharge if it was ed anyway. Every room, every desk and honorable. Who would refuse? Jesse's med- bureau was searched. 14th amendment pro ieal records miraculously appeared and Jesse tection from unreasonable searches and sei was processed out in 24 hours, a special here's _ zures, where are you? rush job. Another voice has been silenced, the AF thought. But, Jesse is still with Also in Feb., after being delayed a us. He continues the fight to inform GI's ; month by AF higher-ups, Jesse Mellor suc what their rights are and to convince i ™ broKe (honest), ceeded in getting his application for CO them not to be threatened and kept from ex status filed. Continuous delay and AF red ercising their rights. When he was still - buï 1 \3&Y4 "to beïp : tape! Because of errors of AF personnel at the AFB he convinced tohers that they ft&lftg his application was returned from higher must take up the fight to preserve GI's HQ's in June. An NCO had intructed Jesse constitutional rights. The fight continue s Qj^éfCSi to insert his lottery number where it asked inspired by Jesse and the hope that we can, «• for mis selective service number. Jesse one day, force the military to recognize f&XVk — was also told to sign a statement that he our constitutional reights and be able to TttÄ,i I +0 1ITS would accept 1-A-O status if not granted speak freely and not be in constant fear . » V» <_ ^ » 1-0 status. He was told to sign this state that rooms will be searched because of what £naYie&T©ftCft»X» O^ClCél ment or his application would go no fur ther. This was one fault that caused the we believe. fcov( Wfc^3 cbarleatoW application to be returned. This statement —Bernie Dougherty ' T* ^WtWI*"" Page 7 lit WoUttk+l Ifa c«l» vUffCfs U ypuifto «4 yowuttf Uoit (it»* f*of&. AUUiUa Ui»t it U *»it ù(. V*cci»4U yot+utl \iffit it4o tit tlf 4fo**M MJ. flood, *( tit f4oflt. To (ui life yt*> bwi tit Uit MU tit M/oMt of (0U4 tléX yon itt ewyMiitut MJL +*vt\ U fui Mlt*k, o\ tod, o\ tvt* to»t Racial uprising within the Navy are officers. Aboard the Constellation the very much i» the news at the present captain has used nonjudicial punishment time. However this should not be sur (Captains Mast) to enforce the racist prising. From Germany to Vietnam black system. * service people have long led the G.I. The Black Caucus is the most active Movement.From their position on the part of a much larger effort aboard the bottom blacks are the first to under Connie. In the last several years many stand that the free enterprise system crewmen have fought to gain their rights need« "lower classes" to function. and resist the war. Numerous individual Everywhere blacks hav« been the first acts of resistance and large demonstra group to resist the oppression of the tions have taught the Navy that enlisted brass and take direct action to correct men aboard this carrier (and all the ships injustices. in the 7th Fleet) are a powerful force. For example on August 23, 1918, hund The captain aboard the the Constellation reds soliders stationed in Houston,Tx., 0» Friday night, Nov. 10, hundreds said there were no racist rules or prac rallied to the aid of a brother unjustlyD f crewmen aboard thé carrier'Constella- tices. He said the blacks had to be re imprisoned. They were attacked by an tion joined in a demonstration against moved because of sabotage and instances armed white mob and had to fight a run the racist practices of the Navy. The of valuable equiptment being thrown ning street battle for several hours. captain oredered the group attacked and overboard. After being given the most dangerous managed to confine 137 of the demonstra However the Navy is taking another jobs during MIX («g. July 17, 1944, tors, he next morning the captain ended line.Zumwald is saying that the problem old tim 320 black sailors killed while loading ,i,anUevers to put these 137 (mostly black) *» « lifers who really are racist, amno: ssgragated unit with unsafe sailors ashore as a "temporary beach It seems that the worst bigots may be working conditions) 100 black vets detachment." weeded out in an attempt to coopt the marched on the state courthouse in On Monday, Nov. 13, when the group growing black movement. Now the reality Birmingham (Jan. 13, 194*). was ordered to return to the ship they of the situation is not that Zumwald is In each of the above situations the staged a sit-in at the Constellation's any less honky than other admirals. He brothers involved showed great courage pier. (The men were then removed from the just knows that he has to convince thou but were fucked in th« end. By th« rolls of the Constellation and assigned sands of black sailors to murder and Viet Nam era solidarity had increased shore duty. Rather than press heavy intimidate their world sisters and terrifically. Th« intensity and success charges against this group, the navy has brothers. In the case of the Connie of straggle likewise increased. decided to be as gentle as possible. The this means that hundreds of blacks must On May 4, 19*8, after blacks had re men are recieving captains masts with keep the ship running so a few white fused duty in Nam and thousands more very light sentences. pilots can fly planes to kill thousands understood they were fighting a white The reason the navy is going really of yellow people. In other places black man's war against their brothers, slow in this matter is because racial sailors must keep ships running which Sp/4 Michael Branch, a black Gl' tensions are running high everywhere - scare black people from throwing off crossed over and joined the Vietnamsse especially in the 7th Fleet. The navy the puppet governments Uncle You-no-who fighting to free their homeland.Other knows that the growing movement, both supports (like Guatemala, Brazil, South sisters and brothers have continued to black and anti-imperialist, is a highly Africa, Peru, Colombia, Philippines, etc) resist within the military. Bscauss of exposive force. The men aboard the Connie So the brass will now create lots of this resistance, blacks have crammed who were recently removed represent the committees and study groups. They will military stockades throughout the find a few Tom's to tell all the brothers Black Servicemen's Caucus, a group formed Amerikan empire. that the American system will work for to present black demands to the brass, in blacks and other oppressed people if In thés« prisons the struggle has the process of forming this caucus,black they just play the game. Wonder if it gone on. The stockades at Danang(Aug.3, 8aiiors have documented a systematic rac- will work? For some reason the rest of 19*8: M»rin«s and sailors held 3 day»\ ±en akoard the Connie. Blacks are rou- the third vorld kee s fi htin kinda Camp P«nd«lton(S«pt.l5, 19&8), Pochon, tlnelv discriminated against in job-class - P S g - Sonth Korea(May 29, 1970: 5 barracks ification test» administrated by white suspect the brothers will too. Right onj burned to the ground), Ft. DixJJuly 29, 1970), Ft. Carson(July 30, 1970: 200 black« occupy section of bas«), Ft. Ord (Aug. 12, 1970), Ft. Oorden (Oct. 1971^. and Iwakuni(Hov. 10, 1070) hav« all seen rebellion« of hundreds of prisoners Ted by blacks. Th« 300 blacks who walked out of riot The struggle for Black supremacy is becoming increasingly control training on D«c. 15, 19^9 at noticeable within the everyday life of Charleston Air Farce Ft. Lewis, Wash., w«r« firm in their Base. No longer will the "Lifers" of Air Farce society be committment not to fight their brothers allowed to <£iote their hypocritical non-racist regulations and sisters in the streets. Squally and practice predudicial back-stabbing techniques to keep them committed wer« th« hundreds of black "damn niggers" in their place. For the time has come when women who rebelled at Ft. McClellan on Blacks are organizing to fight the oppression and stand up for Nov. 15. 1971. their rights. But the struggle is not aimed solely at the In almost every cas« these committed lifers of the military, but at the first-termers as well. blacks hav« forced th«, mllitarv to I am white, but 1 sympathize with the fight for Black chang« its policies. They have refused superiority. I see a need for a mass organization of this age to allow the brass to isolate indivi old minority to counteract the punishment and abuse that has duals and thereby crush the movement. been forced upon this entire race for hundreds of years. The Th« reason the military was unable to movement is getting stronger, organizing meetings are being murder Billy D«an Smith; the reason the held more frecfuently, and the whites are feeling the blow from brass could not control the women at a group which was always considered inferior. Even as much as Anniston; the reason the blacks in I publicly sympathize with the movement 1 am put down and 1 am Germany were not crushed; the reason taught to fear the Blacks. God only knows how powerful they th« Connie sailors were not tried will become. But it is apparent that I am forced - because of for mut Jiy is that thsy all refused my white skin - to participate on the whites' losing side, For to be separated. They stayed together the blacks will not accept my help or believe in my sympathy. and found that "power to th« p«ople" To them I am white, so 1 am predudicéd and so I will be beaten, is not a meaningless phrase. The entire both physically and psychologically. might of the government was defeated Beware Lifers.'.' Beware First-Termers.".' And Beware Whites I I by a GROUP of scared, unsur« individuals. Power to all the Black sisters and brothers. FIGHTING BACK MPs Riot at Okinawa (Camp Schwab Marine Base, Okinawa) On May During the trial of PFC Vance the military judge 8, a group of white vigilantes assaulted a black denied all motions by the defense, including the Marine. The next night, a group of blacks went challenge to remove the three-man jury--the into town to talk about the incident, since blacks grounds were that they were MPs. Nevertheless, are prohibited from gathering on base for meet the judge dismissed the riot charges at the close ings. In town, a white assaulted one of the of the government's case for lack of evidence. blacks, a fight erupted, and the MPs arrived. The defense then presented their case, which in-' When they checked only the black Marine's ID, eluded the testimony of several Marines not in he protested and the MPs tried to arrest him. volved in the incident. • All, including a white At that point a call went out for all the brothers staff sergeant, aaid that the MPs started a riot in the town to see what was happening and, as and brutally assaulted Vance. they arrived, the MPs brought out their night sticks and set to swinging. Five black Marines, For this reason, the defense was surprised when PFC Asia, PFC Vance, PFC Johnson, PFC the jury returned a verdict of guilty. Even the Riley, and PFC Foster, were arrested as a military judge was amazed ! Aware of the errors result of Ulis "riot. " he had made during the trial, the judge tried to lead the jury to a light sentence, but they were An investigation was held by the command to see out for blood and gave the maximum sentence. if the blacks \or the MPs should be charged. Na- The military judge, obviously upset with the " irally charges were finally pressed against the verdict and sentence, stated that the triai, in lacks. Interestingly enough, a copy of this Ï his opinion, would be dismissed on review even apprehension. The other three cases have been investigation given to defense lawyer Mark Am before 'going to Washington. They have decided dismissed. All. in all, the Vance trial put sterdam turned out to be an abbreviated version, to keep the whole thing under wraps, as much enough pressure on the brass that they decided Irfith statements of 40 witnesses deleted. In the out of fear of further action by the blacks at not to pursue the matter further. They will second, the Blacks are the only people alleging Camp Schwab as out of a sense of injustice. have to look somewhere else to find "examples" police brutality. The first report revealed that to set up. similar testimony came from many witnesses, The command, not wishing to take another including some white NCOs. Nevertheless, a chance on a Vance-type trial, has dropped the Copy of this earlier report was refused to CONTACT: HOBBIT PRESS SERVICE, Box case against PFC Asia to a summary court- 447, Koza, Okinawa, Japan. defense counsel. martial; the only charge remaining is resisting I Black Airmen Occupy Messhall (Laredo, Vexas) Thirty black airmen took over a mess hall, at Laredo Air Force Base, and held it for eight hours on September 18, 1972. They seized the \ l \ airmen's dining hall when first breakfasts % were served. .They locked the doors and ^1/1 1 s '/ ^am! said they would stay there until their { \ " / Ä^ demands were met. V Four representatives later met with the À4< où wing commander. Col. L.N. Svendsen Jr., and discussed their grievances for about t> ù two hours. After the wing commander failed to persuade the men to return to JSÉfcfiymy duty, two black negotiators were summoned from Air Training Command Headquarters at T Randolph Air Force Base near San Antonio. We find our hero truckin' through God's (oops), we mean . . , the officer confronta our hero, and with the great skill officers' country, in an attempt to .make it to chow before and understanding he represents, he calmly instru. While negotiations dragged on, the men it closes. See the kind and experienced symbol of naval misguided sailor of hi.' nd inexcusable misdeed. in the dining hall got some telephone leadership, in short (the officer), who just happenes to be Hi: writes down the sailors name on a spare piece of paper calls through to the outside world. Their there at the same time. See his surprized expression as just to maintain a mori il relationship. AREN'T complaints as expressed by telephone, our hero approaches...... YOU GLAD THERE ARK OFFICERS LIKE THAT? centered on the length of time they were required to be at Laredo, which they said they considered "a remote post," PIffl ffl?EFN GARDEN and the lack of social opportunities for blacks in the area, rwtwr complaints were that black-airmen were demoted in rank, FIRES SPRING UP LIKE DRAGONS TEETH AT THE or punished over regulations such as A FURIOUS WIND SWEEPS THEK TOWARD US haircuts while whites were only reprimanded FROM ALL SIDES. ALOOF AND BEAUTIFUL, ford was also passed to Sen. Barbara Jordan THE MOUNTAINS AND RIVERS ABIDE. a black Texas Legislator, and to DS Rep. ALL AROUND, THE HORIZON BURNS WITH THE Shirley Chisolm (D-NY), who has called a COLOR OF DEATH. AS FOR ME, YES, meeting of the congressional Black Caucus, to respond to the demands. I AM STILL ALIVE, BUT MT BODY AND THE SOUL WITHIN IT WRITHE AS IF THEY TOO BAD BEEN SET AFIRE. MST PARCHED EYES CAN SHED NO MORE TEARS. '/HERE ARE YOU GOING THIS EVENING", KT BROTHER, IN WHAT DIRECTION? THE RATTLE OF GUN-FIRE IS CLOSE AT HAND. DEAREST BROTHER, I KNOW IT IS YOU WHO 1-1LL SHOOT ME TONIGHT, PIERCING OUR MOTHER'S HEART •"'ITH' A WOUND THAT CAN NEVER HEAL. The night before the ship left, all of back seat floor of my friend's car. us involved in the vigil were invited to An accomplice to my hideous crime of a party given by the crew of the Bordelon. being UA drove me into downtown We really had a pood time Irinking, sing Charleston, where I caught a rrey- ing, and Êrettinr? to be good friends. hound into Richmond and then on up to They expressed their support in all we Washington, D.C. to visit an old were doing and urged us friend. 'Eventually, a Week had gone to keep up the struggle. by and I decided to head on back to I'd really like to thank Charleston. I hitched on into the Poncho, Jeff, and all Naval Base and turned myself in to the éuiltvi Chaplain. other men aboard the Bor delon for their faith. It was my first offense. I had The next morning, aI been UA for seven days. Usually •:00, several cars and a Hi, gang, I'm Jim, a P it would have been a captain's van left North Charleston mast case, but obviously, the seaman aboard a des on a half-hour drive that troyer here in Char ship had been informed of my re would take them to a small cent activities, and I was immed leston. Several weeks ago, previous to inlet of the Cooper Riv 1 iately shipped off to the big bad the USS Bordelon s departure for Viet er, opposite the Bordelon nam, I was involved in working with brig for safekeeping until my sum pier. There, the small mary court martial could be held. civilians and other military folk to group launched 3 canoes publicize the continuing atrocities com Surprisingly, my court martial and a kayak to physically was held the next day (some of the mitted against the Vietnamese by U.S. confront the Bordelon in forces, contrary to nixon's lies. We guys in the brig have been wait witness to their sincerity ing more than a month for their produced hundreds of leaflets and papers and determination to end nixon's war. and mainly Just talked a lot to gain the court martial). Unfortunately, due to very heavy legal My summary officer, Lt. Judge N. Jurie, support and the strength of fellow GIs implications, I was unable to participate and local residents in the fight against heard my case and was aware of my honest in the Cooper River action. I had stated feelings against and only sentenced nixon's piggy foreign policy and the Bor inr my intentions of filing for a discharge me to ten days confinement at hard labor. delon' s deployment for Indochina. Finally* on the grounds of conscientious objection The big bad brig was a fairly interest the weekend before the ship to the XO of my ship. Trying to get my ing experience. Most of the guys are in split for the war zone, a thoughts together in the constant hassle for UA and 2/3 are still waiting for vigil was staged outside of navy existence seemed impossible so I their court martial. the Reynolds and Main gates decided I needed some time away from of the Navy Base by thirty Charleston to think and try to wade Among the guys who have received their or forty men and women, through the incredible bullshit of con sentence, the majority feeling is that many of which were sympa scientious objection regulations. there is no way to fight the navy. Even when the navy is completely unjustified thetic sailors who Just hap The day of the blockade, I was sit in its actions, all is lost because of pened to be passing by. This ting around a friend's house when I no that little paper they signed when they and all our other previous ac ticed a blue car that kept passing by. enlisted. The same kind of thing as tions were to augment the main The next time that it passed, I was that old saying "you can't fight-shitty action, a symbolic blockade of peering out of a window and recognized hall." the Bordelon on its day of de the driver as an officer from my ship. ployment . ZIP' BLAM« Out the back door, into the Well, shitty hall has been Jought and the people have won time and time again. And they've also won against the navy. I had some knowledgeable friends on the outside working on my case and it seems that there has been a recent federal court decision that, in effect, makes confinement by summary court martials illegal illegal unless there is a defense attor ney present, whether he is requested or not by the accused. (This decision of the courts has been used by airmen in ths Air Force to combat the totally unfair military judicial system and the brass confinement has lost). Anyway, a call to Jan Skeba, case There are things you can do to fight worker for Congressman louis Stokes this illegal action. If you or a friend prompted an influential call to the Pen has been sentenced to confinement by sum tagon explaining the illegality of my mary court since June 12 call your Con confinement and requesting my release. gressman' s office and explain the facts Feanwhile, back at the big bad brig, I of the case. Though most Congressmen had been trying to convince the other The Supreme Court ruled on June 12, are not in DC, their caseworkers can be jailbirds that the navy can and will be in a case called ARßERSINGER vs HAMLIN reached at 202-224-3121. Ask the case fought and beaten. However, all my ef that -nobody could be sentenced to jail worker to call the Navy's SJA Office and forts were lost and I was condemned as a unless they were offered an attorney at the Base Commander here to demand immed bullshitter and their ears were closed to their trial, or made an intelligent waiv iate release. If the confinement is al anything I had to say. er of their right to an attorney. This ready completed, you can ask that records Then, four days before I was scheduled applies to all court cases, even mis be corrected. If your Congressman is to be released, word came down from my demeanors . not helpful, try Rep. Louis Stokes' case ship that I was to be released early. And, much to the discomfort of the worker, Ms. Jan Skeba. ^Tien the marine guard came to get me Brass, it also applies to courts-martial. Also, give us a call at 554-1773—it from my dorm cell which I shared with Since the UCMJ does not normally allow may be possible to file an Art. 138 com six other men, their eyes lit up as well GIs facing summary court-martial to be plaint or charges against the Navy, and as mine. I made my exit with a fist represented by military lawyers, it it may be necessary to have the Federal raised in triumph. It shocked hell out means it's illegal under most conditions Court intervene. of me when they returned it with peace for a summary to sentence people to the All the lifers will tell you "It's signs and more fists. I pray that I and brig. Already the Army ft Air Force have impossible to fight the Navy !" But the men still in the brig may have hope complied with the decision. they're wrong — years of Navy life have enough to keen on the struggle against But at Charleston Navy Base sailors blinded them to the fact that sailors do injustice. I waved a fond farewell to are still sentenced to the brig by sum have legal rights. Of course,, the Navy the old big bad and hope to never touch mary courts (they explain that if a guy won't give in easily, but it is possible its shitful walls aeain. wants counsel, he must request a special to win. Already a sailor has been re court-martial—but this often means the leased from illegal summary court-martial maximum possible sentence is more severe, confinement because of help from a and it doesn't satisfy the Supreme Court Congressman. His story is written on requirement). this page. i sbH.out dktr Biroi to VICE, ©.OTHERS... CHARLESTON ^*XrTIW*VDtt'*r LOOK* The blockade of the Bordelon et«»*... CAPITALISAI^ created quite a stir. Strong feelings k£c° tr* ALLY* both pro and con were generated on ter in Indo-china Charleston Navy Base. Someone made ( Since everyone knew the Krauss one last attempt and the Cone were going to Nam on to stop the ship Nov. 1, tensions on the tue ships as it sailed up the river to pick ran high. After the reduction gears up white phosorous shells. The were attacked, security became un engineering was attacked «gain but believable. Television cameras were the damage was discovered before it place at critical points on the two go really bad. Aboard the two ships ships.Suspected "subversives" were we understand that several sailors followed and the NIS hasseled lots are still struggling to crest a of folks involved in SOS-Charleston. meaningful SOS mr.wow.~~«. Although several sailors were cool and used their Art. 31 rights to refuse to talk to these pro-pigs. RANGER STOPPED Everyone was freaked when people talked and we found out that NIS used (San Francisco—UPl) A young Na vy fireman was held on suspicion information from one interview to of sabotage to the carrier USS freak out the next dude. Here on in Ranger, which suffered a hal no one's talking million dollars' damage to an Sailors aboard the Krauss and the engine last month. cone had several meetings and discussed their relation to the continuing slau- Patrick D. Chenoweth, 21, of Puy- allup, Wash., was suspeoted of tossing a paint scraper and belts Into one of the Ranger's fo< engines on July 10 while the s: KITTYHAWK LETTER was berthed at Alameda Naval A tielow Is part of a letter received Station. by Concerned Military in San Diego The carrier is undergoing repairs from a crewmeraber on the USS Kl at North Island Air Station In tyhawk: San Diego. The sabotage required "....We were scheduled to stay the replacement of the engine's but till the 27th but got exten reduction gears at a cost of ded till the 5th of August because $550,000. t (CVA-66) had a series f serious engine room fires and Chenoweth was held for pre-trial ad to go to Subie for repairs, investigation Navy or 'S an he was supposed to pull out of nounced. (CHICAGO SUN-TIMES) ubic August 4th but as of now 'she's still over on the Subie bay ide. It's been there almost 2 weeks. There are hush hush ru Ten sailors who had been UA since mors of sabotage on the America they refused to sail with the i as to the reason for it not being' rier USS Oriskany when it lt able to leave. ....We were forced for Southeast Asia on June 6 s> FLAT-TOP REVOLT to come into Subie for equipment rendered themselves to naval • failure also.- We had 5 main mach thorities on Friday, June 1 inery room fires in 7 days, oil The sailors and their supporters fires that could have been very first assembled across the street The statement went on to say, bad. Right now we have only 1 from Alameda NAS. One of the 10, 1 Each one of us has voluntari out of 4 engines and 3 of 8 gen SN Terry Hanson, read a statement decided to lay our ass on the erators - all the rest of them that had been signed by all t« vy line by showing that the or are fucked up in one way or an saying they were returning "ft way to end the genocide being other. Number 4 drive shaft com reasons of our own protection and perpetrated now in Southeast A ing out of #4 main lost some bear moral support-" is for us, the pawns in this r ings and developed a fore & aft ltlcal game, to stop playing. movement of about 2' causing a the navy vs ttie night monsters The statement was signed by th 17' crack in the bulkhead of #4 Oriskany 10: Terry Hanson, Ant main. The crack runs athwartships. Koopraan, Jerry Ford, Edward Ri .1 We've got a 4' x 4' hole cut in ardson, Mike Koch, James Frazi the hanger deck and a 6' x 6' Mike Wood, Ronald Smith, Dpugl hole cut in the port side 2' a- Counard and Denton Dixie, Jr. bove'the water line. We're not going anywhere for awhile. Support for the sailors' actio was given by Councilwoman Hon The Oriskany is in Yokosuka, Ja Hancock of Berkeley, Cal., who pan for extensive structural re promised the support of the Be pair to #3 elevator damaged when aye-aye, keley City Council and demande she bumped into a supply ship that the brothers be held in t she was taking fuel arid bombs aye-aye, Bay Area until their military from. So that leaves the Midway aye-aye, Lai. She called them "the.r and the Saratoga out on the fir aye-aye, sir! war heroes." Cong. Ron Dellum ing line. also issued a statement of sol ldarity and asked that the men ...The Jane Fonda incident raised » given honorable discharges a lot of hell here. I think that reasons of conscientious o her charges were justified cause lion. Dellums added, "Tries the Capt. came on and_made words ive chosen to risk their to the effect that we have to do re careers and livelihood exactly as the President says. i t of the conscientious b He sort of implied that we had against our insane and hit dikes." nvolvement in Indochi i •k sott, ott t iXtr 9*r o/K >PVlCE,e.RtfrHERS... \ IftxrTiwi'vott'irr LCOK'U *T>** MOSLEM«, 7Ky V *OOk'# ATTMë \ €*/?**••• CAPITALISAI ig"* m AUY~ ter in Indo-china Someone made one last attempt to stop the ship Three bro as it sailed up the river to pick Buckley r up white phosorous shells. The ship .as 1 engineering was attacked «gain but to Vietna the damage was discovered before it previouel go really bad. Aboard the two ships for 46 da we understand that several sailors they had are still struggling to crest a against t ris, John meaningful SOS mmw.»«* Hornstein to see th RANGER STOPPED voluntari (San Francisco—UPl) A young Na Since tha vy fireman was held on suspici been give ment and of sabotage to the carrier USS "The SOS Movement continues to grow Ranger, which suffered a hall- ders to r in the fleet. Although many sailors have both million dollars' damage to an have refused to sail in opposition engine last month. orders. to the Vietnam-War, many more are like to s sailing with their ships and organ Conscient Patrick D. Chenoweth, 21, of Puy- izing anti-war movements. There are the Brass allup, Wash., was suspected of SOS movements on board the CORAL SEA, will not tossing a paint scraper and belts ORISKANY, CONSTELLATION, RANGER, EN pending d into one of the Ranger's four main TERPRISE, KITTY HAWK, SARATOGA, TI- dispensed engines on July 10 while the si CONDÊROGA, NITRO, HULL, HUNLEY, and to Vietna was berthed at Alameda Naval A on others. There has always been a they comp Station. very high percentage of men in the Navy"who were opposed to the war, The lates The carrier is undergoing repairs but, as never before, brothers are more sail at North Island Air Station In getting together, organizing and volt, and San Diego. The sabotage required standing up to the brass collectively. ines are the replacement of the engine's (Prom SOS NEWSLETTER.) reduction gears at a cost of Buckley 3 $550,000. Chenoweth was held for pre-trial P0 investigation Navy or Brothers c nounced. (CHICAGO SUN-TIMES) been orgai now. The with hund] an underg] Ten sailors who had been UA since Petty Officer Ron Smith, of Bil- they refused to sail wlti car antiwar Pi oxi, Miss., was asked what pur culated, < rier USS Oriskany when lt 1< pose his action had served. He for Southeast Asia on June 6 s FLAT-TOP REVOLT SOS Enter] replied, "Well, I'm not in Vietnam sed out oi rendered themselves to naval I right now and I'm not killing thorities on Friday, June 1 of the br< The sailors and their supporters anyone ; Ron said his job on the attended < first assembled across the street The statement went on to say, Oriskany included assembling bombs. Beach at \ from Alameda NAS. One of the 10, 1 Each one of us has voluntarily All 10 men had done previous tours South' Viel SN Terry Hanson, read a statement decided to lay our ass on the Na off the coast of Vietnam. They support o: that had been signed by all t< vy line by showing that the only vowed to refuse if the Navy tried the 7-poll saying they were returning way to end the genocide being to return them to the ship. Enterp ris« reasons of our own protection and perpetrated now in Southeast Asia with the moral support -" is for us, the pawns in this pol The brothers were taken to Trea the offic: itical game, to stop playing. sure Island, where they await tin gonfUS' the navy vs the night monsters The statement was signed by the trial. The Navy might not try to Oriskany 10: Terry Hanson, Anthony send the ten to sea until a deci LIFE Koopraan, Jerry Ford, Edward Rich sion has been made on the requests ardson, Mike Koch, James Frazier, for CO status that the men filed Mike Wood, Ronald Smith, Douglas shortly after they returned to LE Counard and Denton Dixie, Jr. Navy custody. No further word has been received by us as to what the Navy plans to do in the case. Support for the sailors' action On June 1 was given by Councilwoman Ilona . Prior to this there were other oard the Hancock of Berkeley, Cal., who resulted promised the support of the Ber—['•• activities protesting the depart damage tc ure of the Oriskany to Indochina. aye-aye, keley City Council and demanded to any of that the brothers be held in thef Altogether an estimated 25 bro ship. aye-aye, Bay Area until their military thers from the Oriskany jumped ship before its scheduled sailing, be aye-aye, trial. She called them "trie.real Naval aut aye-aye, sir! heroes." Cong. Ron Dellums j cause they were opposed to the war in Indochina. Another sailor, Don SA Jeffer also Issued a statement of sol- I ing the f ldarlty and asked that the men Kaufman, took sanctury in a separ ate action reported last month. old sailo be given honorable discharges who faces reasons of conscientious ob-1 Preceding the Oriskany's deploy ment date, numerous Bay Area civ articles Lon. Dellums added, "These 108, 11.0, ve chosen to risk their ilians, GI's, and vets had done extensive leafletting around Al add up-to re careers and livelihood li ameda NAS. On June 2 there was a imprisonm t of the conscientious be- rally attended by more than 200 death, wh • against our insane and people at the east gate of the alty for L involvement in Indochinal base. •* Brothers on the USS Hunlcy a BUCKLEY 3 submarine tender out of Guam, Three brothers from the destroyer got together and put out their Buckley refused to board their own newspaper to serve as an al ship as it pulled out en route ternative to the ships' rag. to Vietnam on June 20th. Having The name of the paper is the previously been on the gun line HUNLEY HEMORRHOID and its purpose for 46 days, the brothers felt is stated right on the masthead, they had to take a strong stand to "preserve the pain in your against the war. Daniel R. Har (lifers and brass) ass." ris, John J.. Murphy, and Marc Hornstein remained UA long enough The first issue of the paper con to see their ship leave and then tained an article on two antiwar voluntarily turned themselves in. demonstrations held in Guam at the end of April and beginning of Since that time, the three have May. One rally held at Ypao been given non-judicial punish Beach attracted close to 200 sup ment and two have been given or porters on the island (dominated "The SOS Movement continues to grow ders to return to Vietnam. They by the U.S. military both econom in the fleet. Although many sailors have both refused these repeat ically and politically). Speakers have refused to sail in opposition orders. Although all three would at the rally included a sailor to the Vietnam-War, many more are like to submit applications for from trie Hunley. The HEMORRHOID sailing with their ships and organ Conscientious Objector status, commented, ,rYpao Beach was an ap- ^ izing anti-war movements. There are the Brass has stated that these propiate place to have such a SOS movements on board the CORAL SEA, will not be processed until the demonstration. Frequently B-52's ORISKANY, CONSTELLATION, RANGER, EN pending disobedience charges are flew overhead returning from bomb TERPRISE, KITTY HAWK, SARATOGA, TI- dispensed with, and that orders CONDÊROGA, NITRO, HULL, HUNLEY, and ing missions in Vietnam. The to Vietnam will be repeated until on others. .There has always been a beach is also a reminder of the they comply with the orders. very high percentage of men in the economic domination of Guam by Navy"who were opposed to the war, foreigners, with hotels crowding but, as never before, brothers are The latest word is that several it on both sides." Also on May getting together, organizing and more sailors have joined the re 4, in coincidence with the nation standing up to the brass collectively, volt, and other sailors and mar wide moratorium against the war, (From SOS NEWSLETTER.) ines are unifying around the a peace walk took place from Yi-' Buckley 3 In Sublc Bay (see the go to Anderson AFB on Guam. About PhilliPines article). 150 people took part in the walk. POETRY OF DEATH Brothers on the Enterprise have been organizing for several weeks now. The ship has been plastered with hundreds of SOS stickers, an underground people's weekly Petty Officer Ron Smith, of Bil- antiwar Plan of the Day was cir oxi, Miss., was asked what pur culated, and 2000 copies of the pose his action had served. He SOS Enterprises Ledger were pas replied, "Well, I'm not in Vietnam sed out on the last O.R.I. lYIany right now and I'm not killing of the brothers on the Enterprise anyone." Ron said his job on the attended a SOS picnic at Alameda Oriskany included assembling bombs. Beach at which Jane Fonda and a All 10 men had done previous tours South Vietnamese student spoke in y off the coast of Vietnam. They support of the GI movement and fa- vowed to refuse if the Navy tried the 7-point peace plan. The SOS y to return them to the ship. Enterprises Ledger was printe"a~~ with the same name and format as 'ALL I DO IS RUN THE FUCKING MACHINE la THAT MAKES THIS BUCKET GO PLACES. The brothers were taken to Trea the official paper, The Ledger, 1- THEY DON'T CARE AT ALL ABOUT US sure Island, where they await to confuse the brass. . .„ UNTIL THAT SCREW OR SCREWS STOP trial. The Navy might not try to TURNING. THEN THEY START CARING. " send the ten to sea until a deci --CORAL SEA sailor ony sion has been made on the requests LIFERS EAT h- for CO status that the men filed r, shortly after they returned to LETTUCE •*•*• s Navy custody. No further word has been received by us as to what the Navy plans to do in the case. BROTHER FRAMED IN F0RRESTAL FIRE On June 10, there was a fire ab There were no "eyewitnesses" to Prior to this there were other oard the USS Forrestal. The fire Jeff's "crime", arid those witnes resulted in $7.2 million worth of activities protesting the depart ses who have given evidence were damage to equipment without injury ure of the Oriskany to Indochina. interviewed by the prosecution - to any of the brothers on the Altogether an estimated 25 bro without the presence of either ship. thers from the Oriskany jumped ship Jeff or his lawyers. This is in before its scheduled sailing, be violation of Article 32 of the al cause they were opposed to the war Naval authorities have charged UCMJ. in Indochina. Another sailor, Don SA Jeffery G. Allison with start ing the fire. He is a 19-year- Kaufman, took sanctury in a separ A civilian attorney will have to old sailor from Oakland, Calif., ate action reported last month. be obtained to get justice for who faces 22 specifications on 5 Preceding the Oriskany's deploy Jeff Allison. Money is needed articles of the UCMJ (Articles 80, ment date, numerous Bay Area civ to work on the defense. The 108, 110, 126, and 134). They ilians, GI's, and vets had done Jeffery Allison Defense Committee add up-to potentially 350 years' extensive leafletting around Al says that between $5000-6000 will imprisonment if he doesn't get n ameda NAS. On June 2 there was a be needed to help Jeff get a fair death, which is a possible pen rally attended by more than 200 trial. people at the east gate of the alty for 5 of the specifications. base. J , •KT C°*='-ü..i ARE THEY WORTH IT? In the ideology of the mili knowledge far superior to that tary, it is felt that there of enlisted men. But how can must be two classes of people, this knowledge be used when one whose task is to accomp many officers are placed in lish the menial, the physical, jobs which are totally unre and the distasteful functions lated to the fields in which of the military society, and they hold degrees? to carry out the dictates and If one observes most whims of the other class of officers at, well, whatever it people in the military soc is they do, he sees that a iety. They are known as "en large measure of their time listed men." is spent in traversing the ^O1 The other class enjoys quite country attending conventions ysS a different station in military and seminars, which in a amaz«vX\ C lifei most of them have no ing number of instances turn im*r\ \ real task^ They are in author out to be held in the resort ity over the enlisted men, who areas of the country. Others are forbidden to question them spend large amounts of duty or speak against them, under time attending school in or heavy penalties. These people der to "perform their jobs are called "officers" and when better, " all of this at tax passing an officer outdoors, payers expense of course. an enlisted man must raise his Some, having run out of hand to his head in a gesture these activities, find their To attempt to match the wit and of tribute, acknowledging his niche in combing the base, absurdity of the Air Farce would be own inferiority. nabbing any suspicious char- ' futile. As I attempt to match the Observing the world of nat acters whose hair is not "reg ignorance of the Air Farce I find I ure one can note striking ulation". Many seem to must feign the intelligence of a dement similarities between the struc have a peculiar deformity ed land slug and therefore arrive at ture of military society and of one hand, which restricts a proposal which airmen can deal with those of ants and bees. The them from holding anything certain AFRs. Haircuts appear to be of queens of those species do but a coffee cup. All this major concern on this base, forget the nothing, but have absolute pow tends to reduce their meaning mission but do remember to keep the er over thousands of "workers" ful contribution to their duty hair cut to pre-1950 standard. I pro whose sole function is to serve to signing their names to pose the following ideas to contend the queens. projects already completed by with these absurd AFRs. Now we know why bees and ants the workers. Most officers have First, always ask to see the reg behave as they do, their lives no direct supervision. The ulation and have it read to you to are ordered by instinct, but only way their supervisors clarify what should be done. This will people have minds and reason can evaluate them is by obser make your 1st Sgt or commander look ing faculties. ving how well their shop func like an even larger ass than usual. One is led then to ask by tions. The enlisted men, res Second, if you are not in too much what criteria the Queen bees igned to their fate, continue trouble, ask for a second opinion on of the military society, the to keep the section running the haircut. In this manner you have officers, are judged to be well, for which the officer made an ass out of two people instead worthy of such favor. naturally gets the credit, of just one. It is claimed by some that and the system works smoothly, Third, since this is an AFR and the a college degree is the magic like well oiled machinery, A.ir Farce wants haircuts, take time out key by which officers have job according to the officers of your work to accomplish this most anyway. important part of the mission. Also Of course, as there are ex allow more time to take a shower after f/A...4~ I Bu i£V£ you FOKùor TO ceptions to every rule, so are the mission far it is unbecoming to PAYFO*. THOiBlTSMS^ there those, such as the pro ft.ir Farce personnel to have small fessionals and a few others who hairs on their uniforms. actually accomplish worthwhile All These procedures will not get functions and make an honest you out of a haircut but will keep attempt to be worthy of their you away from the Air Farce for at pay positions, but the number least three or four hours, and will of these is discouragingly slow down the great and powerful Air small. Farce machine — just because of a Does the system really work few hairs in the gears. well, and should we really have these queen bees in it, or is our military society badly in CORPS' TEN need 666 COMMANDMENTS 1. THOU SHALT NOT THINK. 2. THOU SHALT NOT PLACE THY HANDS IN THY POCKETS. 3. THOU SHALT KNOW THE CHAIN OF COMMAND AND ALL THE MISSING LINKS. THOU SHALT NOT LAUGH AT SECOMD LT'S. 5. THOU SHALT NOT USE WORDS THAT NCO'S CANNOT UNDERSTAND. 6. THOU SHALT NOT DO THINGS IN A REASONABLE OR SENSIBLE WAY. 7. THOU SHALT FEAR THOSE WHO HOLD A HIGHER RANK THAN THOU AND SCORN THOSE OF LOWER RANK. THOU SHALT NOT SPEAK WITHOUT USING UN»CR«R0Ut4D>$KSI( S 8. x^ -THeONLV PROFANITY. 9. THOU SHALT NOT LAUGH AT RE-UP NCO'S. 1 10.THOU SHALT BELIEVE IN NON-EXISTANT TfcUST. BENEFITS. • REVOLUTIONARY CULTURE • THE 1|$ A POWERFUL REVOLUTIONARY WEAPON FOR OPPRESSED ^THE PEOPLE. IT PREPARES THE GRODNO MAJORITY 11 IDEOLOGICALLY »EFORE THE REVOLUTION SPEAKS COMES ANIO IS AN IMPORTANT, INDESO ITS MIND ESSENTIAL FIGHTING FRONT... ..MAr» T.CB TLINCI Dear Fat Albert, I want to tell you about a very sad problem that I have found, work MID EAST An Open Letter ing as a counselor at the GI Office. The following is a letter received You see, all day long I talk to guys by "All Hands Abandoned Ship" from From An (yêah, mostly guys) who are having a brother stationed in the Mideast: real hassels in the Air Farce and Oriskany Brother Nayy, and I sympathize greatly with EDITORS : their situations. To Our Brothers everywhere, [ am presently aboard the USS First of all let me explain to you who and whatlam. I know that many people are made Myles C. Fox (DD829) deployed to I'm just an average person from a small Southern town to join the military because of the the Middle East. who joined the Navy betause It seemed like the thing tor job shortages. And, Fat Albert, I am me to do at the time. I was aware of the war and I knew sure that most folks know the job We are supposedly on a goodwill that the service was fucked, but, just like everyone else, I shortages in the U.S. are manipulated lise, but then why are we going wasn't capable of fully comprehending the situation. It's by the government to fill the spaces to Condition III (semi-warfare) something that must be experienced to understand. in the military made by the cutback watches while entering the Red Believe me man, I've been through about the same in the draft. I also know that folks Sea? Our guns have to be manned shit that you are going through now. The loneliness, join because of bad family situations; and ready to fire at 3 minutes no fear, uncertainty, the oppression, and even the bitterness boredom in factories and schools; and tice. This* I don't believe is and hatred that you're feeling every day. I've thought I lots of times because of a real gung- goodwill or friendship. Our com was going Insane and I've hated with moit feeling than I mand can't justify this but maybe would have thought possible for a person to feel. But I ho attitude. someone can. So far,, we haven't was always too afraid of what people would thing of me Okay, So I sympathize with these found anyone who could. (especially family) and too unwilling to voice my guys. BUT, these same guys will tell opinions and feelings for fear of reprisals. But I am also me not to waste my time with WAFs and This is not the only complaint we sure that I have finally overcome that fear. I can, no WAVEs because "they(the women) really have. Most of the ports we have allow myself to be a murderer in the name of the people wanted to join" or "they just joined pulled into seem more interested and the country that I hve. The people of Vietnam are in American money rather than the to find a husband" Yeah. Well, I human beings just like us. They have minds just as Americans themselves. There seems competent and feelings just as sincère. They are just as know that's just not true.And it hurts to be more of a monetary and dip capable of feeling pain, hve, hatred, hunger, hurt, me/makes me mad to hear my sisters lomatic side rather than friendship ecstasy and anything else that we can feel. They can feel slandered so. Listen, a woman can and goodwill to this cruise. have a bad family situation, or not love for weir wives, children, friends, and even pets just be able to find a job. She joins for As far as hassles from the command, as we con. If they are hurt they feel pain. If they are cut the same reasons a man does. there has been only a rlmlted am they bleed. AH In all they are every bit as human as you Brothers:remember when you join ount. Haircuts are a constant has or I. For 2'Â years I have lived with this and Ignored It sle, but as far as racial trouble, for the sake of my own sanity and well being, I thought. ed; and why you joined.Sisters in the But now I will not Ignore these things any longer. Air Force, navy and army have their searches, etc., we have received very little. But I am sure sooner Tomorrow morning at approximately 70:30, along with reasons, too.Not only that, but their or later there is going to be one 9 other men and supporters, I will voluntarily tum repression is greater than yours. hell of a bust aboard with all myself over to the Navy for whatever punishment they Mainly because of the attitudes you sorts of illegal searches but what decide to give me. I refused to sail with the Attack and people in the "real world" hold can we do over here? Carrier Oriskany on June Sth for deployment to against all women. Think about it. Vietnam. I will never again allow myself to be forced to participate In this madness. And I am quite certain that "ïours in struggle, From what I can gather from the rest of.the crew on board the Fox, somedpy I can tell my future frlendt and children that I Louisa Tobias this cruise really sucks. No one refused to be a murderer simply becaute I allowed seems to know what we are doing ov myself to be ordered to do so. For the flat time in my WAVE Gets CO er here. We all pity our reliefs, life I am at peace with myself knowing diet I am doing what I truly know to be right. "Lt. Teri Pohl has recently been discharged from the USS Rush and the USS Roan. the Navy as a conscientious objector. She is the Sure, we want to go home but would Brothers, we are not alone any, more. There are .first woman officer that we know of and the sec-; .like to see them go home also. It millions of people who support and stand beside us. We ond w,oman of all services to win a CO. seems the whole Middle East Force are the only ones who can end the oppression and is a farce. A converted Seaplane aggression in this world and we owe It to ourselves and Teri enlisted in 1966 in order to finish college at Tender and two WWII destroyers-- our brothers everywhere to stand on our own two feet Navy expense, in exchange for having to do four Shit I Some force! and bring It to an end. years in the Navy Nurse Corps. Téri began to We are everywhere and we are behind you to tne end. fight back against the military when she was sta I hope I have spoken for every de YourBrother-JionSmith tioned at Sasebo Naval Station in Japan. She ap partment and division aboard. And plied for a CO discharge last March. I hope I have made myself fairly Teri was very active in Sasebo organizing with clear. Thank you for your time. enlisted people against the injustices of the Navy A FOX sailor and the base authorities. She was banned from |8ome of the ships that frequently dock at Sasebo returning from the coast of Vietnam. The reason SAILORS SAY NO •for her banishment was for talking to brothers on board about the war and how they can resist, and When the aircraft carrier Ti- •fight back. Her last fitness report commended conderoga left San Diego In mid her on her professional skills and compassion to May, a movement called "Stop It .her patients, but she did not posess the "loyalty Now" (SIN) had begun to grow on to the Navy that a Naval Officer should. " board. It began when 3 crewmen took sanctuary In a Friends Cen The brass pushed Teri's paperwork through as ter in La Jolla rather than sail fast as they could and her discharge came back to Indochina with their ship. A approved only a few weeks before her normal dis charge date. She was rushed out of Sasebo and fin petition campaign began on the ally gained her freedom at Long Beach NAS. She ship in support of the,ir actions, s plans to continue working to end the war as a civ and as the ship sailed toward the ilian. war* zone, the 3 who had been forced [Article from SOS News, PO Box 17732, L.A., back aboard ship, began to refuse Cal., 90017, (213)381-1988.) to work. 10 DARE TO STRUGGLE THE VIETNAMESE PEOPLE ARE ONE "WE WILL EAT GRASS AND ROOTS THE EARTH ITSELF IF NEEDS BE, Strange things have been happen ing since the last issue of the paper. Every person who wrote an article or BUT WE WILL NEVER LEAVE THIS was even mentioned in an article has been discharged. Richard, Larry, Gene Bernie, Jesse, and Mark are free and SOIL OF OUR ANCESTORS. WE WILL can try to recover from the trauma of military "service". For the last sev eral years the military has been try ing to figure what to do with people FIGHT AND OUR SONS AND who started to get together and demand their rights(the GI Movement). For quite a while the brass figured all they had to do was transfer people GRANDSONS WILL FIGHT UNTIL they identified as "leaders". This tactic succeded in spreading the GI Movement to every corner of the world THE INVADER TAKES HIMSELF OFF." and creating lots of new "leaders" to pick up the fight. So now they figure the answer is to discharge everyone who starts to think for themselves and talk to their The true nature of the so-called enemy is probably one minority tribes of southern Vietnam, all of whom agree sisters and brothers. Maybe if the of the most closely kept secrets in a war in which 'our' with the basic program of peace, independence, land "leaders" are discharged the rest of government has systematically lied to us for almost reform, and the gradual reunification of the country. us can be made into sheep if we are twenty years. We have read millions of words and seen Three political parties are represented on the central supplied with lots of dope and given thousands of feet of TV film, but still we only know of the committee of the NLF. One of them is the People's peasant army of the National Liberation Front of South Revolutionary Party, the communist party in South only petty hassels. All the commies will Vietnam as the Viet Cong, a slang term roughly equivalent Vietnam. Of the 32 people on the central committee of be gone and everyone will do and think to Vietnamese commie. Our heads are filled with racist the NLF, according to CIA sources four are communists just as they are told. stereotypes of stealthy, fanatical guerrillas who have and three were born in the northern part of the country. One problem — Americans do not somehow slipped by the tens of thousands across 'an act that way. The GI Movement will international boundary' into the territory of'the lawfully The core of the NLF are the people of the countryside, continue no matter who is discharged, constituted government of South Vietnam'(Nixon) to the peasants who have been organized since the days of the who is imprisoned, or who becomes dis terrorize the people. anti-French resistance. Building on elements of traditional couraged and stays stoned for awhile. village democracy, the NLF has helped the peasants The reason we will continue is organize themselves on a village by village basis into But apy Vietnamese who is not on the American democratically elected people's committees. Each village simple. We are being treated unjustly payroll will tell you that Vietnam was, is, and again will be has its own military force and also contributes soldiers to by a system which is inherently evil. one country. That Vietnam's greatest heroes and heroines the People's Liberation Armed Forces (PLAF) known as We have looked at the words of justice have been its liberation fighters;. And that unlike the main-force Viet Cong. Won to the NLF because the NLF and equality we thought were America Americans who fought two relatively brief wars against sided with them in their age-old struggle against tax and begun to see the reality. England for independence, the Vietnamese have fought collectors, landlords, and absentee owners, the peasants The reality of hunger and of war after war for me than a thousand years - against China, have carried out extensive land reform in the liberated legally stolen wealth beyond! our con France, Japan, and finally the US • to win their freedom. zones of Vietnam. ception. Of corporations with rising profits while the wages of people are For the Vietnamese there is no country of North After the NLF won a huge military victory during the "controlled" and unemployment lines Vietnam that is invading South Vietnam. This division Tet offensive. of 1968, they united with several new grow. between north and south is a cruel hoax imposed on the organizations formed in the cities during the fighting and While our leaders talk of peace Vietnamese by the US after the Vietnamese fought a long, formed the Provisional Revolutionary Government of we are sent in ships and pianos to bloody war of independence against the French from 1945 South Vietnam (PRG). The PRG will be the basis of any to 1954. new coalition formed after the collapse of the Saigon rain a profitable death upon a people regime. ten thousand miles from our shore. In For six years, 1954-1960, the puppet government, the name of six percent of the world's financed by US dollars and controlled by the US military population, the rich of America con mission in Saigon, built up a huge army (ARVN), also in Hidden in the jungles, caves, swamps, and urban slums trol sixty percent of the world's violation of the Geneva Accords, and tried to wipe out all of Vietnam is a vast network of organizations tied to the wealth. The people of America and of of those who had fought against the French. After tens of NLF. This parallel government, the real government of the countries from which this wealth thousands of patriots were slaughtered because their army South Vietnam, reaches right into the puppet army and is stolen are told it is humanity and and their weapons had been regrouped in the north, the into the puppet government itself. In 1970 the CIA freedom which cause American corpor people of the south organized the National Liberation revealed that 30,000 NLF agents were at work in the ations to rip-off the world. And if Front (NLF) in I960 to throw the US and its puppets by ARVN and Saigon government. Even the man who the people of the world have any doubt armed force. worked as liaison between President Thieu and Nixon was they are told to think about the huge discovered to be an NLF agent. At the Geneva Conference which ended the war, the American military force which would country was divided temporarily by international be unleased if they tried to over throw the puppets who rule their lands agreement so that the Viet Minh guerrillas of Ho Chi Minh Nixon and the CIA have known all along that they face who came from all Vietnam could regroup in the north for American» interests. And if we in the NLF one of the most sophisticated political-military doubt it, we are told to be thankful while French troops were evacuated from the south and organizations ever put together. That is why Nixon's free elections could be organized. The Geneva Accords strategy is aimed at destroying the popular base of the for all the good "defense" spending said specifically that the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) NLF by totally wiping out rural life in Vietnam. Massive does for the economy and to be proud between the north and the south 'should not be air strikes, search and destroy missions, and Operation of our dead brothers in Vietnam. Well, interpreted as constituting a political or territorial Phoenix, the CIA's plan to assassinate 80,000 NLF we' re not proud and we can see little boundary.' But the US prevented free elections which justice and no equality at Charleston were also called for by the Geneva Accords and established AF and Navy bases. And we're sure as a political boundary between the north and the south by hell not going to die to protect the creating the the illegal puppet government of South organizers, are designed to turn the Vietnamese into super-rich of this country. Vietnam. rootless refugees herded together into concentration camps where they will be at the mercy of the Saigon regime. The Vietnamese, however, have faced the most The NLF is a coalition of political parties, religious horrible display of military power ever assembled with sects like the Buddhists and the Cao Dai, and the various cool determination, and THEY ARE WINNING! One day while at the beach, I began 11 counting grains of sand. NUKE NOTES Someone came along and told me how futile was my effort. Disheartened at my first attempt NEWSFLASH to help mankind j I turned my attention to the waves A new BUPERSNOTE b710, issued in Aug and began counting. ust, has made it much more difficult to get a discharge by joining the Exemption Program. Now discharges are given "only (written by a sailor in the after all other alternatives,, have been Just as this paper goes to press, we Exemption program) explored." Folks who are addicted or psy hear that 3 local sailors on an FBM boat chologically dependent on drugs (in the have asked a Federal Court to order opinion of a Navy doctor) could still be the Navy to discharge them because discharged, but probably they would have their contracts were not signed by a to sepnd some time at the Drug Rehab.Cen commissioned officer, as required by ter in Jacksonville, Fla. Feel free to law. A Charleston lawyer has gotten talk to the dudes at the Care center(they the*judge in Columbia to issue a writ are a lot more trustworthy than some ship of habeas corpus, ordering the Navy to board exemption officers) but you may want appear at a hearing to determine if the to think twice about actually requesting men'should be released. If successful, exemption. 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Chas., S.C. 29405 T* est Germany 3P 231 DISCHARGES A'.ARDED SEE PAGE 3 ph. 554-1773/M70256 • ' •' - -. 1 OPPRESSION INCREASES....SAILORS RESIST '"But the grapevine says we A mess cook striking, the are setting on a bomb and it could threat of an entire shop refus really explode" What's this...an ing to work. Both signs of dis excerpt from an adventure story? content and resentment in the You could call it that. Actually enlisted ranks of this ship. But it is part of some shocking news more importantly they are posi written by a Charleston ba>3ed sail tive signs. They are symptoms of or to his wife. His ship was 160 change...a change that.the Navy miles out to sea the day he writes will have to accept if it is ever his letter and things don't look exist. These men have taken action to good. The letter reads as to try and change the working con follows I ditions they are now forced to ac hings haven't been going cept. They want and demanded change. to good since I last wrote. Just The Navy must change, and about everybody is up-tight and it can only happen if you work just about had it. The lifers are for it. If you don't like policy, playing hard ass with everyone and question it. You have that rignt. it is really starting to show. They Question the policies and orders have put P, and D. up here with me you are now forced to work un and also rst class who is try der. Demand change where it is ing to ride our ass. But just 26 needed. Through your efforts, and days and we'll all be out and we Why is this letter so tne efforts of all those men and can forget about him. significant? What does it all women who will question and demand Everyone is getting fed up mean? answers and justice from their with the bullshit. Racial ten What this letter shows us commands, the Navy will change. sion is right up at the top. I is that problems exist every The men on this ship have shown didn't think the ship had racial where in the Navy. Racial ten us that ix can happen and it problems, but I guess when we sion is right up at the top" is happening. The sooner we all got out to sea, all the bigots Sound familiar? ...remember the work for change, the sooner it and rednecks showed their faces. racial riots aboard the Constel-Wl11 haPPen. Also a mess cook revolted today lation? Did they start this way? by going on strike. Everyone Things like those mentioned in has had it and it could explode. this letter happen everyday on P. had it out with the first class« the Navy... which only goes to He went to Chief C. and spoke for the shop. They gave Chief prove th^t the Constellation was C a week to change M.. If he not ai. ..^olated incident. When hasn't changed by then, either will the people who run the Navy he goes or they won't work in the realize that the pressure put shop anymore. I guess the Chief on the enlisted men by their 'sup was pretty surprised and said he eriors' only brings about great going to see about itifast.'JJ er problems.Racial tensions don't just happen to be provoked by Those are some of the lit malcontents..They are the result tle incidents I have heard about. of working pressures that all But the grapevine says we are set enlisted men are now trying to ting on a bomb and it could overcome. really explode." WE SUPPORT THE RIGHT OF ALL WORKERS TO STRIKE tha «avyvs the night monaters Personal Experiences A Wife* Story 1 don't really want to write this because I've anoid. He slept 16 hours a day. The other 8 . loss of my job. been trying to forget about the past and think he stayed high. Eventually he got into heroin. *> only of the present and the future. It was the only way he could cope with his On June 11, 1971, he and ah attorney went 'to mental anxiety. Ft. Meade to resign for the good of the mili My story beqins on January 2, 1969 when, after tary. He applied for an Undesirable Discharge. He was back in the army. He was put ip a semi- 2 1/2 years of marriage, my husband was drafted A year passed - he was strung out. I was par into the «r»y after having been rejected pre stockade with other guys who were also waiting anoid. Scared shitless every time the door for discharges and tons of dope. Be was re viously for a knee injury. After a few weeks bell rang. We moved. His habit got worse - of basic training at Ft. Leonard Wood, Miss stricted to the area for the first ten days. $25 a day, $35 a day. He dealt a little her— Be was in poor physical condition. He was ouri ,.hi* knee got so Lid that they took him oin to keep up his habit. I changed jobs. out of training and pui .ijn in a special com scared. There was tons of dope. He gat high. We hired an attorney. We moved again. $45 Be didn't think things were going right. He pany. After enduring one month of constant a day. The FBI was at his parent's, my bro harassment because of his physical inability to was scared that he would have to be theire a ther's, my parent's. $60 a day. We moved long time. I kept encouraging him. X wrote perform up to military standards, my husband again. went AMOL. him every day. He called me twice a week. Our friends did all they could to pressure the He turned himself in - after working out a new It is really hard to accept the fact that some military into expediting his discharge, strategy for a psychiatric discharge - one and one you love and want the best for is strung a half months later. This seemed to work, but out on junk. My biggest problem was that I wouldn't face it. He wasn't a junkie! Jun Weeks passed. He was getting more nervous and for no apparent reason, one week before he was uptight. He was talking about leaving. On discharged his commanding officer pulled the kies are dirty. Junkies steal. Junkies are bad. When you grow up in a middle class fam July 9th he called and told me he was on his discharge and put him back into training. way home. I found out that day that he was ily with middle class ideals and morals and being discharged July 13th. I told him this I'll never forget the day he called me and told you are brainwashed into thinking middle-class and made him promise to go back. He went back. me of this. What do you do? How can a wife it's awfully fucking hard to watch your hus band and your marriage rot before your eyes. 1,000 miles away give advise, encouragement? He came home one day early with his discharge I wasn't there, I wasn't him. What would J_ No love. No communication. No sex. All he ever did was sit around and nod. All he ever papers. He was finally out of the army! Be do? What could I do? was home for good. The realization slapped thought about was getting off. him in the face. The first 15 days he was I wrote Congressmen, Senators and even wrote home he did heroin every day. My hopes were to his commanding officer, the Adjutant General I know this is really going to sound corny. shattered. I must have been living in a dream the Surgeon General. I didn't get one response. I know you'll say - things like this don\t : world. Bow could 2 1/2 years of hell be ••-as- My husband got more depressed. To escape this happen in real life, but it's true. We met ed with a discharge? depression he turned to drugs to help him for someone who knew a lot about the military, had get his problems. For, you see, drugs are a lot of connections and wanted to help us. We decided he needed help again. We got him very available at Ft. Leonard Wood. It was arranged for him to kick his habit; on a state methadone program. Things were with the aid of methadone. Although he did ' looking better. He went AWOL again. He came home a different have to cold turkey because he had three weeks person - deeply depressed, bitter and full of to get cleaned out and get to Ft. Meade, Md. It's now a year later. Be didn't stay in the hatred. program long but he has kicked the junk. He The FBI found out where we were staying. We hasn't been able to work yet, but he talks With the Federal offense of desertion hanging moved out that night. The next day they broke about it more. The present is 100% better over his head, I watched his mental stability into the apartment looking for him. They came than the past and we have hopes for. the future slowly deteriorate. He became extremely par- to see me at work. They threatened me with being better than the present. . 2 HOW TO JOIN THE The decision to join the Exemption Pro gram is yours, but there are some good reasons for not joining. First of all, DRUG EXEMPTION PROGRAM the Navy's gonna know you're a doper. They say only your CO and the Exemption officer on your ship are supposed to WITHOUT GETTING SCREWED find out--but really, the word gets around, and soon all those Chiefs and First classes who are paranoid about 1. Go to the exemption officer in your for drug abuse is to get assigned to drugs, communism, and long hair find command (usuaj-ly a lifer) who's in NDRC, but you're going to have to come out that you smoki' those funny little charge of pitting out information about on as a real heavy doper for that. The cigarettes. You may lose security the program & request information. DON'T BUPERSNOTE says "esamples would be clearances, and wind up doing shit work .START BY TELLING HIM YOU USE DRUGS 1 those members with medically attested til you're out (guys on subs will be DON'T TRUST THIS PERSON! histories of flashback phenomena and put on skimmers so feat it'll make 2. After he explains the Exemption Pro those members in need of long term their heads spin). Ami your First Class gram and you've read the regulations, in-patient rehabilitative care of more isn't the only dude who knows--NIS and visit the Care Center and talk to those than 90 days." the police may find out, too--so it's folks, and decide if you want to join. 5. If assigned to NDRC, you'll be "de a good idea to stay pretty clean after If you do, then tell your exemption toxified" at the local hospital first. you've gone through Exemption. officer that you use drugs, and want Also, if there is any disciplinary ac Exemption. tion pending (like, Captain's Mast or Some final advice--the guys who run the 3. You will be asked to sign a state a court-martial for crimes not covered Care Center are good people. You can ment of drug use. You can't be prose by the Exemption agreement) that will trust them, and they won't try'to screw, cuted for possession and use you admit be taken care of. Then, off to Jack - you. Maybe before you do anything to--but don't admit to selling or giving sonville. Sometime during your "re about signing up for Exemption you away dope--these "crimes" aren't pro habilitation" they'll probably ask you should go down there (they're open til tected by Exemption. Also, you may be if you want to stay in the Navy or get 8 p.m.) and-check it out. Ask 'em asked to give names of other dopers. If out. If you are discharged, it'll what your chances are for assignment you name anyone, they will be given 24 probably be a General--they can't give to NDRC and a discharge (if that in hours to "voluntarily" join the pro a UD for drug abuse if you're on Exemp terests you) and decide if their coun gram, and they'll be investigated and tion. Your discharge certificate will seling is what you need. possibly court-martial led or given an name the BUPERSMAN article about drug undesirable discharge (UD) if they abuse (and maybe the one about fraud don't join. So don't put the finger ulent enlistment, if you mentioned any on your brothers and sisters. pre-enlistment drug abuse)—but some 4. You'll be sent to see a doctor who times the Navy lists the reason for decides whether you're drug dependent, discharge as "convenience of the govern or just have a problem the Care Center ment." I guess they do that so it won't can help with. If the doc decides be hard to get a job afterwards--but you're addicted or psychologically de really, it doesn't make much difference pendent , and your command agrees, you 'cause most folks don't know what the will probably be transferred to the hell all those BUPERSMAN numbers mean Naval Drug Rehabilitation Center anyway. (NDRC) in Jacksonville, Fla. Other 6. Most likely, you won't be trans wise, you'll be assigned to Care Cen ferred to NDRC. You'll just go to the ter. Now, some of these doctors Care Center for about a month to rap. aren't too cool--and some commanding Some folks get a lot out of this, and officers aren't cool at all--but these it helps 'em get their heads together are the folks who'll decide if you go --and anyway, it beats chipping paint. to NDRC. The only practical way out JIMI HENDRIX JIMI HENDRIX JIMI HENDRIX The death of Jimi Hendrix affected who used smack to control him. Jimi'S everyone very deeply. But it was an even last album tells us he wants to he free. deeper sense of loss for those of us who Free from the needle. Free from junk. are veterans, for Jimi Hendrix, master Free from a life that was no better of the guitar, was an ex-paratrooper than a prison without bars. Our brother who served with the 101st Airborne Div. freed himself the only way he knew how. His music was a reflection of his life — He used the tool he had been baughi a man's world. A reflection of the during his hitch in the army. Death feeling of alienation experienced by the was his final releasa« youth culture of the nation, and a re Jimi Hendrix, our brother, was forced flection of his lif^e in the army. into the alienated position of a super — Only Jimi Hendrix could have written star. Forced into a role he could not Machine Gun and played it with the feel relate to. Forced into producing that ing that he did. Jimi knew what a ma — which he loved and having it perverted Miss Heroin chine gun was and the sounds and feelings and sold by record companies who didn't So now, little nan, you've grown tired of care about Jimi Hendrix, only tha money grass, that went with it. He played with the Mescaline, cocaine, acid, and hash. gut feeling that oi;ly death could pro he would make them. Jimi was a slave And someone pretending to be your friend. duce. He played the guitar like a true all his life. A slave whose life was Said, I'll introduce you to Miss Heroin. artist, bringing the horror, the des bought and sold, first by a racist so Well, sweetie, before you start fooling with ciety, and then by the managers and me, pair, the confusion of combat into even Just let me in fori» you of how it will be; stereo that played him. agents of the record companies. For I will seduce you and make you my slave, I've sent men much stronger than you to their Jimi's Star Spangled Banner blow the Jimi's music reflected the sexist re graves. minds of straight America, but to those lations between men and women which And when I have entered deep down in your vein, veterans, the message was perfectly exist in our society. Songs like The craving me nearly will drive you Insane, clear —America stands Poi violence, for "Foxey Lady" assign women to the role You'll mug and you'll steal just to pay for my charms., death, and for v;,i. Jimi Hendrix was of sex play tilings. Jimi didn't have And nod in contentment when I'm in your arms. trying to tell his people the same control of his own survival and like And when you realize the monster you've grown. things thai bh< pamoa movement has been many men was taight to look at women You'll solemnly promise to leave me alone; trying to communioa/ta for yeats. But as property, domain to control. We If you think that you've got some mystical knack, Jimi surpassed them £.11, for he was must understand this about Jimi in Just wait till you try getting me off your back. able to convey the real emotions of the order to change ourselves. The vomit, the cramps, the guts tied in a knot. war. Not the glory, not the gallantry, Jimi may be dead, but his music The jangling nerves screaming for one little not the patriotism, but the fear, agony lives on. No one can erase from our shot, The hot chills, the cold sweats, the withdrawal and alienation that results from the memories the first time we heard his, pains, war experience, our, Star Spangled Banner, or Machine Can only be eased by my little white grains. Jimi is also typical of the degreda- (inn, or Electric Ladyland. Jimi was And when you return just as I have foretold, our i and i dead. As I know that you'll give me your body and soul; tior. that came from serving in a racist You'll give up your conscience, your morals, He turned to junk m order to h a OH; :acism and your heart. eacape I'm tr n r< ressive in as the ara And you will be mine until death do us part. ] i.-,i hli . •• died in Vi*- ' 'ittt on a bathroom wall In tha Haymarket iffMsaMM •« rort sravgi signed Ba i.»d boon uaad, first • Laa< ( from li >•*•/.* mw • s**e by matkâe ûorton.) by the «n by i "»gara from Eni timoré ft Pi. Meade) 1 that requirement could be waived by the protesters. Or "trouble makers!! Or ChiefNavPers. people who think for themselves. And NAVOP 231 Unfortunately, names of people request NAVOP 231 isn't the only step; other ing discharge were supposed to be sub Okay, now this article is only for you articles in this month's Fat Albert's mitted by 10 Jan. But chances are good oddballs, malcontents, "non-productive explain how the military tried to make the program may be repeated in the performers", "marginal" sailors, and conscientious objector discharges impos future, so keep your eyes open. And "re other slobs. You squared-away dudes sible, and made it illegal to say any liable sources" report that some com shouldn't read any further, thing about the War until the treaty was mands are so eager to get rid of certain NAVOP 231 came out around the end of signed. December. It said that people who have people that they're overlooking the Jan lots of "disciplinary infractions" (mili 10 deadline. Will they succeed? I don't think so. tary or civil) or sailors "whose perfor Now, why is the Navy getting rid of Discharging the "trouble-makers" won't mance is not productive in contributing all those "marginal performers?" Well, change the basic problems, and all the to unit readiness & mission accomplish part of it is economic. They're spend Z-grams and advertising jive can't hide ment" could ask to get out with an Hon. ing so much money on bizarre, Buck the truth. As long as recruiters mislead or General Discharge. Whether or not Rogers weapon systems (like Poseidon people about the schooling and assign ments they'll get, people will be dissat they get the discharge La up to their îles, and the new $15 billion isfied. As long as the Navy treats men command. (Of course, they just couldn't Trident subs) that they haven't got like slaves, men will rebel. As long as let you guys quit whenever you want to. enough for people. But also they want American servicemen are f orced to stay Wouldn't be any EM's left). Also, L1 to develop a "professional" Navy— a overseas to support totalitarian, undemo was only supposed to be for dudes where people don't question things. cratic governments, American servicemen who've been in at least one year, hut They don't want any dissenters. Or will protest. Women's Health Conference Feb.10,11 meeting to be held in Charleston Charleston will be the sight of the "Anatomy & Physiology«," Also, Barbara first Southeast Regional Conference on Seaman, author of The Doctor's Case Women and Health, which will be held on Against the Pill and Free and Female the weekend of February 10, 11 at the is scheduled to appear,, Unitarian Church, #4 ArchdaleStreet. A donation fee of $2.50 will be charg The conference has been developed and ed, although anyone who can't pay this co-ordinated through the efforts of a price will not be turned away. This do group of independent women in the Char nation is to cover the cost of speaker's leston area. A variety of speakers, transportation, films, literature films, and workshops and literature packets, publicity, and phone calls. It will be available, and have been plan will also cover free lunches and day ned to enable women to learn more care facilities that will be provided about our bodies, our sexuality, our throughout the two day affair. role in society, ourselves. This will Free housing will be available for be an open conference ; men can also out of town people. learn and gain from the information Below this is our agenda and regis available. Those men interested are tration form. Please fill out and re invited to attend«- Special workshops turn as soon as possible. All checks for men have also been planned. should be made out to Carol Fatur and sent along with the form to Speakers include JoAnne Simson, of Hilary Hunter the Medical University of South Caro 151 #1 Grove St. lina, who will give a keynote talk on Charleston, SC 29403 SATURDAY Put an end to this! 9:00 - 9:30am Registration 9:30 - 10:45 JoAnne Simson on Women's Anatomy & Physiology f™ Tl \ _ 11:00-12:30 Workshops: Session I REGISTRATION FORM Abortion Conference on Women and Health Childbirth and Pregnancy I February 10 - 11 , 1973 Nurtition \ Charleston, South Carolina Women and Mental Health NAME PnONE 12:30 - 1:15 LUNCH 1:15 - 2:45 Workshops: Session II ADDRESS ZIP Contraception (open to women only) Sexuality ORGANIZATION AFFILIATED WITH, if any Women workers in the health field Venereal Disease We have planned for the following workshops to be held and Medical care in the military would like to get an idea of which ones women are most in- I 3:00 - 4:00 Films ("Growing Up Female. " ) I terested in attending. Please indicate (^3y numbering 1 thru am' 6) your workshop preferences: 4:30 - 6:00 Workshops: Session III Abortion |_ Abortion _Medical care in the Rape Childbirth and Pregnancy military . Contraception (mixed group) Nurtition _Venereal disease "Liberating yourself from your Gynecologist"! Women and Mental Health _Rape Socialization of children and sex roles Contraception _"Liberating yourself | 6:15 Announcements, then break for dinner Sexuality from your gynecologist" 8:00 pm Barbara Seaman, author of Free & Female and Women workers in the health field _Socialization of chil The Doctor's Case Against the Pill, will Women and dependency on drugs & dren & sex roles I speak at Baruch Auditorium (Medical Univ) cosmetics _Discussion of self (tentative) Others help clinics, tech SUNDAY niques for self exam' A.M. (Plans for Sunday morning are still forming) . 1:00 2:30 Workshops: Session IV I Rape I have enclosed my $2„50 at this time "Liberating yourself from your Gynecologist" I plan to pay the $2.50 at the conference Women and mental health (open to women only)l I cannot afford the $2.50 but would like to attend Women and dependency on drugs and cos metics FREE CHILDCARE WILL BE PROVIDED. Please list below the Discussion of self help clinics, tech children you are planning to bring & their ages: niques for self-examination (no demon number of children: ages: stration is planned) 2:30 - 4:00 Panel discussion and/or workshops on "The FREE HOUSING WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE for out of town visitors«. Politics of Health Care" Please bring sleeping bags if you have them. Also, please 4:00 - 5:30 Health care — action workshops and other indicate below what nights you will need housing: interest groups can meet, possible women _Friday Saturday Sunday from the same city/area may wish to meet J PUT YOUR COMMAND ^?6feaV^a^0ttS hCk •tfO'tfO» é SURPRISE YOUR DIVISION OFFICER & CHIEF. You do not have to wear a Ho CM Minh gressman. Or writing for an underground costume tc shake up your command. A newspaper, so ether GI's will know how commanding officer controls the lives you feel. Or learning about military Wear it to quarters and bridge watch. of the people in his command by dividing law. Or organizing a work slow-down junior officers from enlisted men and by your shop.... Or a thousand other things. Wear it on liberty. Shake up the USO. dividing enlisted men from one another. Two points to remember: First, you'll These separations among people allow a be more effective if you work together— commanding officer tc use the old strat two heads are better than one, and a Get your command to surrender (just for fun). egy of divide and conquer. It allows shipload of heads is even better. him to do whatever he likes, even if it Second, it helps if you know what you're is illegal. He can totally disregard doing—talk with people whe have strug your rights. After all, you are just gled against the military before, people one person. If you complain tc his su who can give you ideas and support. periors, he's not afraid. They are just That's where we may be able to help... like him. They lie too. visit, call., or write ... So if you're in the mood for a liittle change But there are things you can do to pro THE CHARLESTON G.I. OFFICE tect your rights, to end the harassment. 200c% Reynolds Avenue in the uniform of the day. or jusit want to keep Like filing an official complaint under (P.O. Box 4643) Article 138 of the UCMJ (which has tc Charleston, S.C. 29405 be forwarded all the way to the JAG 803-554-1773 Office in Washington). Or filing char fhe Brass on their toes, try it. IT'S FUN... ges against someone. Or writing a Con get your ship together fi and a two year prison sentence if -?">i convicted of failure to obey a general er army would not at the GI Office for pei The DoD directive, which would have eliminated be likely to decrease but might Increase the number CO discharges from the reserves and the National sons interested in CO. of men requesting CO discharges while In the mili Guard as well as from the Navy, the Army and Air discharges. Drop by at tary. Force, would reduce the right to transfer to non- 2008£ Reynolds Ave or Although the directive h.i ..-t been imple combatant status (such as that of a 1-A-O medic) call 554-17737*747- 02561 mented, it has not been abandon«- it as a CO to a "routine administrative action" subject dropped completely, continued protest to the DoD, to "command prerogative" without specifically and to Congressmen will be necessary. 7 PICTURE THIS.... FAT ALBERT'S It's a hot, humid, August afterrm 2) wearing the hat on the you and a friend are going home from of your head. THEN they say you're work. Here you are, truckin' down going to get a special court martial. Rivers Avenue in your working uniform Veil 've got your head so messed up (before they cancelled the "privj vh«tn the big day comes around, you trying to cool off a little with no Le to follow the advice of your t-shirt, hat, and a few buttons un v Navy lawyer, in this case, Lt, buttoned. !!<• tells you that a full A car pulls up across the street. spec M, (meaning a four officer Billy Dean Smith, an Army private ac That guy ain't sweatin' it, windows "Jury") in n lot of hassle, so you sign cused of fragging 2 officers in Nam, was rolled up, gotta be air conditioned. the WII n»t says you want a court acquitted in a California court-martial. What's this? He's getting out and walk c»ni| the judgec Your "law Gocd civilian defense and lots of public ing toward you. Stops you and says he's yer" also recommends a guilty plea, so support helped the brother win. Lt. Norris of the Admiral's staff (Com you decide to do that, too. SN Pat Chenowith is charged with sabo mandant, 6th Naval). He wants to see Now the fun starts. Your defense tage of the carrier RANGER, which was your I.D.s. Wants to know if this is starts out by making the motion to scrap delayed 4 months en route to Nam by two the type of uniform you> should be in. the first charge, on the grounds that belts & a paint scraper strategically Tells you to square away. Your friend you didn't violate the reg. they say you placed in the reduction gears—and the does. You make a fatal mistake; you violated (Gen. Regs. chap. 1, sec. 1, Navy just moved his trial to (guess question him. Hot. You're nearly para. 0110, which says "The wearing of where?) the Philippines! That's one way home. Square away, he repeats. Set the Naval uniform should be a matter of of cutting down on publicity. • • • your hat back on. Not on the back of personal pride to all Naval personnel." The GI Office is interested in start your head, do it properly! He finally Kinda vague, ain't it?) Prosecution ing a coffeehouse in the North Charles gets in his car, starts to drive away. wants time to prepare. His request is ton area, but they need lots of help to So you shove the hat back. Brakes granted. Back in session, prosecution •rake it a reality. If you can help, get screech. Man, is he uptight. He comes reminds the judge that in the reg., in touch with 'em. back, tells you to do it correctly. "should" should be taken as "shall" Welcome to our brothers on the HOLLAND You do. He leaves. (must). This the judge promises to and GILMORE. Stop by sometime.... Next day. You're in the barracks, take into account. Then prosecution The BORDELON was hit shortly before taking a nooner. Man comes up, says argues his case against the defense the treaty—one man was injured and re you were due at a captain's mast 15 motion to scrap the first charge. De moved by copter. The WARRINGTON, a DD, fense argues his case. Motion denied. minutes ago. Nobody told youi Run was decoiamiosioned in Oct. after hitting You plead guilty. Then they listen to down to the ship, listen to them read 2 US mines in Vietnam. It was the big the witnesses (AFTER the case has been off four charges against you. You tell gast casualty of the War, the Navy said. decided;;::???), and your leading PO, them two of the charges are no good, and (Guess they don't count thousands of who puts in a few good woids, for you. they admit as much by striking them. So American GI's who were killed). In a little while it's over. And now you're left with being charged with The last Fat Albert's, told about three for the best part: the sentence. 1) no hat, t-shirt, and unbuttoned Charleston sailors suing the gov't, for Dig it — for walking down the street discharge 'cause their enlistment con in uniform with no t~shirt, your shirt tracts weren't signed by a commissioned partly unbuttoned, and wearing your officer (as required by law). In December llll t u F» net ed i wo p.*/ ivn i n discharging a GI in a similar case, say brig for 10 days, and fined $100. ing that the military couldn't afford to This isn't made up, it happened to discharge all those folks with invalid Tom, a radioman on the USS Vesole. contracts. Here the fight will continue BOYGM While he was in the brig, he met some in the courts. More later.... other guys and found around ten who were Fat Albert predicts the Naval Hospital "defended" by Lt. Albrecht. And all of won't open March 1, as scheduled. lMHJNJHli them, including Tom, had the same trial People who want to help Fat Albert's counsel (prosecutor), Lt. King. Connec come out next month should stop by the tion? Who knows? But we'd appreciate GI Office Tuesday nites, 7:30. Typists, hearing from anyone who has experienced artists, writers, & all sorts of people or knows of a similar shaft story in are needed—and right now, we need help volving Lieutenants King and Albrecht. distributing. Starting next month, Fat Albert's will publish free ads (stuff for sale, personals, rides, or whatever). Just send 'em in.... The G.I.. Office has dozens of informative pam ÏRASK phlets and books available —about discharges, organizing in the military, your legal rights.. Drop by the Office, or send in this coupon! PLEASE! Name ; Address A guy walked into the G.T. Office last week.and saw two «uys busy working in the reading room. He walked into the "Quick! Send me these" office and noticed a woman busy typing a business letter to one of the many GETTING OUT/A GUIDE TO DISCHARGES people we correspond with. He asked WHO NEEDS YOU M0ST(HARDSHIP & DEPENDENCY) her if she was the secretary. He wa.= I WAS ONLY FOLLOWING DOCTORS ORDERS offended by her remarks explaining "(MEDICAL DISCHARGES) that she was not the secretary. IF WAR IS HELL...(CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR) Correspondence is one of the many THIS SUIT DOSEN'T FIT SARGE *(UNSUITABILITY) jobs that all of us in the office share. WHO LET YOU IN HERE? (ERRONEOUS ENLISTMENT) We don't have a designated secretary to AMERICAN SERVICEMEN HAVE THEIR RIGHTS do this type of work. By the way, our " WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE "NAVY best typist is male. FORWARD MACHO Counselors in the office are both WHY WATT70RGANIZING WITHIN THE MILITARY men and women. The women have had the CAMP NEWS same counselor training as some of the Gheck the literature you THE LITTLE RED BOOK OF MILITARY LAW(.50) men. They can relate to some of the want — it's free, except RADICAL WORDS: or YOU CAN'T TELL THE REVOLU- problems better than men. for thé ones with prices " TION WITHOUT A DICTIONARY (.35) Please, when you come into the office, TURNING THE REGS AROUND: MILITARY COUNSELING marked (make checks pay don't be alarmed if you see a woman " AN AID TO ORGANIZING ($2.00) able to G.I. Office) — doing "men's" work and a man doing SOLDIERS AND STRIKERS (S.75)- Send to: P.O. Box 4643 ^ "women's" work. We treat women as e— GRAPES OF WRATH (NORFOLK GI UNDERGROUND) Charleston, SC quals; we would like you to do the same. " HO CHI MINH DISGUISE & DISCHARGE KIT 29405 CHARLESTON March G.I. OFFICE ü 4th EDITION Fat Albert is here again. This paper is written for active duty gi's and their friends. For this'to be the paper you want it to be - we • «0 need your support (articles, bodies, w A/ w news, and money) Please contact the: cd ho CO rQ >* Charleston GI Office -u _, H c 2008% Reynolds Avenue 2 "-< -Ö ë P.O. Box 4643 I -P Q) Q) i N. Chasn., S.C. 29405 •H H c? ! ph. 554-1773/747-0256 JOHN FAT ALBERT'S DEATH SHIP TIMES "HIS IS YOUR PERSONAL PROPERTY AND IT CANNOT BE TAKEN FROM YOU FOR ANY REASON. imagine imagine there ' s no Këa\j MM MARTIAL LAW IN LENNON it's easy if yoü iry no hell belo# us TWM above us only sky PHILIPPINES gine all the people ià 4* im^ e's no countries to do GREAT POSTER ADM. ZUMWALT • i •^^H^^^IP P.l FIGHT BACK ! Navy Info 743-4111 COBRA (Black Organizing Center)...... 722-7297 I Lots of us feel bad about some of the Navy Brig 743-6490 things the Navy asks us to do--we feel Navy Amnesty Program (CARE).743-5108 Abortion Info.(call collect)777-4256 the job is unnecessary, or illegal, or Hospital Ombudsman 743-6398 Welfare 723-3691 actually dangerous to our country. Navy Beeper (News Tape) 743-4444 Food Stamps 747_6974 Only a few people have the courage to Navy Base Legal 743-4220 Charleston Police 722-4411 do something about their feelings. 6th Naval District Legal....743-4740 Time 722-7681 Carl is one of those people. Navy Base Admin, Separations Chasn. Co. Library (call the Karl was assigned to a nuclear fast (call here to find out how reference desk to find out wh attack boat, and served as a PO 1. He they're processing yoür~ who your Congressman is)..723-1645 had only 4 months left in, and it would discharge) 743-5169 Congressional Switchboard have been easy for him just to put in Navy Base Police ....743-3807 (call collect for you the time and get his discharge. But Capt. Blount, Navy Base CO..743-6039 Congressman at this number his boat was ordered on an assignment A.F. Base Info 747-4111 -- usually they'll call Karl could not conscientiously sup Hotline (civilian crisis back or accept charges) 202-224-312]] port, and he refused to sail with them. counseling-suicide,drugs).577-4593 The morning the sub left he went to Legal Aid(civilian attorney)722-0107 **if none of the above help you, the pier and explained his actions to call the G.I. Office at 554-1773 his CO. He then helped them discon nect from shore power, and watched as the sub pulled away. not to be For this, Karl is now facing a the facsimile special court-martial for missing Return of POWs When I get back movement by design. His officers could have excused him from the mission, or to the old home town simply given him a Captain's Mast. But Will I be greeted Karl has been pretty outspoken about with cheer or a frown his feelings (Karl was one of the 3 Charleston sailors suing the Navy I've been away because their enlistment contracts for quite some time in the Nuclear Power Program were I left in my youth illegal, and he filed for discharge and returned in my prime as a conscientious objector). For this, the Brass is now trying to get Were I patriotic even. they truly could say He left for his country Presently Karl is assigned to the and returned just today Orion, and is preparing for the court- martial. We urge all interested But my going was not sailors, dependents, and civilians to of my own free will attend the trial to show support for I. simply don't know Karl "'s act of conscience. Call the Law Center on base (743-4740) how to hate or to kill and ask Chief Theobald for information Had I done" what actually about the time and location of the special court-martial. The UCMJ guar (this is excerpted from a much longer I wanted to do antees that the public will be allowed letter to the staff) I'd have stayed at home to observe courts-martial. and finished college, too. Dear Folks, ....One last thing--some of the POW But some voices much higher issues are starting to look like GI move than mine did say ment issues. All the POWs held in North You're to'leave right now Vietnam tended to be senior military of on a ship you're to stay ficers, praising Nixon to the hilt, gush ing patriotism, and so on. Makes one a So for this country of mine little queasy. I gave these years But the guys being held in South Viet Of living alone nam are mostly EMs, and at least four of holding back the fears them are being threatened with court- JMcllI*» martial: three for being AWOL at time It's a life not my own of capture, one for pending assault I surely must say charges. These guys are grunts, and at I've invested my youth least one of them made a show of resis which is dearly to pay tance when he was coming off the plane at Travis AFB. He gave a clenched fist Now that the years Goodmorning, and was wearing a peace symbol. Inter are drawing to an end Recently while on leave in Charleston, estingly enough, he's being court-mar I'm looking forward I had a chance to read your paper. I tialed for having been AWOL. Maybe he how the future to spend found it very interesting and informative, deliberately went AWOL: maybe he's a I am very interested in starting a paper freedom fighter. The only thing learned similar to yours in Ft. Worth, Carswell At any rate, they are cutting a big is how not to be AFB, Tx. I would like to hear about how fat line between the grunts and the of Rather to really live you started your paper, what stages you ficers in terms of the way they're treat not the facsimile have to go through, any clearances with ing them. Praising the pilots and almost whatever kind of people you have to get ignoring the EM. We think that when the Karl Fissler, '71 clearances from. Nixon-era POWs start returning, there's Also what kind of trouble if any, do going to be a lot more resistance from the people from CAFB give you? Have you the EMs, many of whom didn't even want themselves. Why? Were we not actual received alot of help from different air to be in Nam when they were captured. ly fighthing them, "the communists," men around CAFB? The Vietnamese have won! with our men? But now we let the Well, it will be greatly appreciated Emily South Vietnamese do it for us. So if you could send me this information that we're really doing the fighting. and any information that you think would Dear Brothers & Sisters, Our government tells us the war is I was listening to the radio the be helpful in getting a paper down here ended. Then why are we still fighting? started. other day and heard that the North They tell us we are out completely. Vietnamese government was not going Thanks, I feel these are lies they tell us. to hand over the list of remaining Our government is supposed to be a Rick T_. POWs. Right on! They claim there We sent lots of information to true democracy and stand for a bet were over 100 violation of the treaty. ter way of life. Is killing people Rick. Basleally, lots of sailors Why? America's government did with and airmen and dependents put a better way of life for America? draw many of the men from Nam, though They cannot be a true government if together Fat Alberts with help we do have about 11,000 troops left fmm people from t.hr> G.T. nfflro, they feed us this line. Brothers there. The American government did and and sisters unite. We must work for Ve urge all of you to worK vi th still does support the South Viet îpcr fttaft your own paper—> " the peace if we are to accomplish anything namese. We give them money, guns, in our nation and our world, only wpy to wrrmt?« free^^m of ammo and medical supplies to support the press is to own one!" A freak for peace P.2 CRACKDOWN ON DRUG USERS Well, 1984 is here. The Navy Blue interesting information — if you strongly protest this illegal testing, Brother is checking urine now, to see join the Exemption Program, you'll be and ask that you do everything in if you folks been using dope. CINCLANT tested twice a month for the next your power to end these tests. The FLTINST 6710.6 of 23 Sept. says that year after you've been rehabilitated, a U.S. Government supports the drug urine samples will be taken 1.6 times although you're not supposed to traffic by protecting and paying those per year on a random basis ( that means receive any "undue harassment" (I guess who grow and distribute drugs in you could be tested anytime, but it'll that means a regular amount of harass S.E. Asia — this is the real cause average out to about one test every ment is okay). of the drug problem, and this is seven and a half months). If they find If you're angry about the test, try where the changes must come." drugs in your sample, you'll be sent the following (pick one or more) for a medical exam to decide if you're a) insist on receiving in writing a Refusing to urinate ir oraerea can drug dependent or just a casual user. direct order from the officer in charge be a court-martial offense, though The Instruction says "no adverse admi before pissing. Explain to 'em the there are cases in court now which nistrative, non-judicial, or judicial test violates your rights against should challenge the legality of action may be taken solely on the basis_ illegal search & seizure, equal protec forced urinalysis sampling. of a urinalysis test for drug usage the tion under the law (no one over 29 is result of which was positive." But So they're checking urine now. Who tested) and you may want to press you can bet your bottom dollar they'll knows what will be next — lie charges. start keeping an eye on you, and you'll detector tests to see if you're a loyal b) demand to be read your Article 31 be tested alot more for dope. Also, sailor? Giant machines to sift through rights before urinating. results of a positive test are supposed your mind and zap out deviant thoughts? c) ask to see a copy of the regulation A nation of obedient, unthinking sol to be recorded in your medical record authorizing the test. only — but as guys in the Exemption diers who fight wars on the other side Program have found out, that sort of d) write your congressman —sample of the planet to make businessmen rich information seems to leak out alot. letter : er? Let's start now by fighting against urinalysis tests — maybe we can Now, you heads who are 29 years old "On (date ) I was asked to provide a or older don't have to worry — the sample of my urine for drug testing. retain a little bit of individuality Blue Meanies have decided that you'll This violates my Constitutional & freedom for the next generation (or, be exempt from the testing program guarantees of freedom from unreasona maybe we can even build a new society). 'cause they don't think you folks use ble search & seizure and freedom from drugs (I used to know a Chief who drank forced self-incriminating confessions FOOTNOTE: The New York office of the so much beer that when he urinated it (4th & 5th Amendments). And because American Civil Liberties Union is pre left a head in the toilet and smelled this testing is required only of those sently preparing a suit challenging the like Bud — but I guess that's a under the age of 29, it deprives me legality of the urinalysis program. different story.) of equal treatment under the laws, as We'll keep you up to date as the suit The CINCLANTFLTINST has some other promised by the 14th Amendment. I develops. DoperS. Despite, warnings -- like these DoD anti-drug posters -- many sailors still use drugs. The Navy is now using random urinalysis testing along with an expen sive ad campaign to discourage drug usage. DoD Statistics Show: DOONESBURY By G. B.Trudeau HeAPS UP, PUP £5. /IMP A/OUJ, ReMÉMteP, THAT'S cHictcsiTirteFùe TOPAIS fiBOVB THF -20TH PAPAUO- VIBTNAM QUICK- QUIZ!neRts flNP eiMPyfA/N6, O.K.? TESTS UNRELIABLE we Qi/eèTioN'. VHOÜ IT'5 TH£ k/HOUe the following two examples last June: OOSQ The military is freaked out about oo-o MAAiy fOA/S CFSOtffii doives we'ze Sp4 Rodney J. Connor is not the type ftFreg! cer's. drug abuse. They're trying everything vene PRDPPBP ON to get involved in the drug culture. !>0"' werwM wp/A/6 PHorte nose to cut down on dopers — starting CARE Mul/eMSSe OF 1172?" flAtsm/zs /A/, He complains that life in the Army is 6M6!\ Centers where folks can turn themselves in; busting more people; discharging too lax, wants us to 'blow the hell more people for drug abuse (almost twice out of North Vietnam,' and is so as many drug discharges in Fiscal Year appalled by drug use he does not even 1972 as in Fiscal Year 1971); and put take aspirin. So it came as a sur ting out slick anti-drug posters & prise to him...when he was identified movies (see example on this page....) as a barbiturate user." The heart of the effort, tho' is the urinalysis program. And how is that And Staff Sgt. Donald Fryer told a tfeuo. "M/)jzveu)U5 working? Senate hearing that "a mistaken M APK« SHOW!., yes., DoD statistics don't make it look urinalysis resulted in the Red Cross yes- yes! very promising. Although the companies telling his family he was a drug user 93,470 rode 8® ;X) and holding up his adoption of a IS fi5SOpUT£i.y that analyze the urine samples are required by their contracts to be 98% Vietnamese child." ßlßHT! oQoo reliable, the highest they've gotten so far is less than 91% (according to Already sailors on the Mount Baker latest figures available, from Sept. have been incorrectly identified as drug 1972). This means that about one in users, and as long as the urinalysis every ten samples is incorrectly ana checks are allowed to continue, more lyzed. For the person who's mistakenly people will be hassled. tagged a doper, this oan mean a world Read the other article on this page. of hassle. The NEW YORK TIMES printed Learn how to protect yourself!!!11 ! P3 law ever since August of 1971 becan of two decisions by the Filipino The Philippines: Another Vietnam? Supreme Court. The Court made it illegal for Americans to have special The Philippine people, like the Viet Marcos was rigging the election when a rights over Filipino natural resour namese, have been struggling for hun Filipino Air Force plane crashed and ces and said that "aliens" could not be dreds of years to control their own fake ballots for the Nationalist Party employed in businesses operating public country. But the land's natural re were found in the wreckage. utilities or exploiting natural re sources and strategic location in the Even with all this interference, the sources. Exactly how these decisions Pacific have made it a target of for Nationalist Party was left with only would affect American investments eign countries for centuries. a 15-9 edge over the Liberals in the was unclear, but Marcos feared that Up until 1899, Spain controlled the Senate (before, they held 18 seats). the approximately 800 ,US companies Philippines. Then the US, seeking new And the almost total Nationalist con would take back their capital and markets for its products and new ports trol of provincial and local govern leave. Many Filipinos believed this for its warships, turned its eyes (and mental positions was cut in half. would be a good thing. For every one its guns) on the islands. While US And there were other signs, too, dollar invested, these companies take newspapers churned out tons of pseudo- which made it clear that Marcos was los out 7 dollars in profit, and the patriotic emotionalism about our need ing his grip. In the cities, tens of Filipinos would just as soon have this for a war, the battleship Maine (remem thousands of workers and students and money stay in the country. But Marcos ber the Maine?) mysteriously blew up women w«re demonstrating and striking, couldn't last a week without American in Havana. The Americans decided the even though the PC routinely fire into aid--so he has to keep US businesses Spanish had done it, and set off to crowds. And in the countryside, the on his side. take over Cuba and the Philippines. New People's Party (NPA) had liberated But what does martial law mean for Commodore Dewey became famous for large areas, which have set up their steaming into Manila Bay and systemati the Filipinos? First, all civil lib own governments entirely independent of erties were suspended, and Marcos de cally wiping out the antique Spanish Marcos. fleet. Of course, "that splendid clared that no court could declare little war" (as it was called in the In an attempt to scare the people martial law unconstitutional. All American newspapers) didn't change into supporting him, Marcos staged a strikes, demonstrations, and rallies things much for the Filipinos. number of bombings ancl terrorist at have been banned. And a curfew has tacks in the cities, and blamed them been imposed. Many Liberal Party pol The US kept the Philippines as a on the NPA. But to most Filipinos the iticians have been arrested, along with colony--in fact, it was our very first. truth was obvious—the PC was respon anyone who does anything to oppose The Japanese seized the islands in sible for the attacks. Support for Marcos (including some Americans living 1941, arid the Philippines became one the New People's Army and other revo- in the Philippines—see other story on ABOVE: Sign at Clark AFB, painted by demonstrators opposing American involvement in the Philippines. RIGHT: A typical scene of poverty & hunger in Manila. of the bloodiest battlegrounds of lutionary groups (especially KM and this page). The only newspaper still WW II. When the smoke cleared the SDK, two organizations of young workers allowed to publish is the Daily Express Americans still controlled the islands. and students) grew, and it was clear which is owned by Marcos, and radio and Puppet dictators were set up with Amer that the Marcos plan had backfired television stations are only allowed to ican aid, and we continued to develop when 30,000 Filipinos gathered at Plaza broadcast news reports put out by the military bases in the Philippines Miranda in Manila, where the PC had government. The streets are patrolled while taking their oil and land. The earlier massacred dozens of peaceful by thousands of PC, armed with M-16s Filipinos tried over and over again to demonstrators. with the clips loaded and inserted. throw us out, but in the early '50s we The US Chamber of Commerce then sug Marcos has made it clear he won't pet up the Philippine Constabulary gested Marcos impose martial law, and give up his dictatorship. Because the (which is like the secret police and a two days later he did. On nation-wide Filipino Constitution does not allow small army rolled into one) which TV, he claimed that communists were him to rule after 1973, he switched the enabled pro-American dictators to stay responsible for all the violence, and government to a Parliamentary form in power. he accused government officials of which makes him Prime Minister for life. The present dictator, Ferdinand Marcos corruption (that's true—but most of But the struggle of the Filipinos is facing especially hard times. Mar the corrupt officials are in Marcos' has been going on toe long to stop now. cos (who is believed to be the wealthi Nationalist Party). The popular groups--the KM and SDK and est man in Asia) has been losing con the New People's Array—have gone under Marcos also promised he would build trol of the country. Even members of ground, and are still winning supporters, a "new society" (sound familiar?), with his own political party--the National land reform and a war against organ ists—have turned against him. In the ized crime. But he's promised both of 1971 election Marcos was so afraid his these before, and there's no reason party would lose that he had the PC to believe there will be any real and Nationalist Party thugs attack the change—75% of the people farm land opposing Liberal Party repeatedly. In owned by rich landlords who support one raid, 4 youths were killed by Marcos, and the organized crime is a bombs and gunfire. In another attack, major source of income for many of every Senatorial candidate from the Marcos' cronies. The "new society" Liberal party was wounded by hand is merely an attempt to cover Marcos' grenades. Marcos claimed all the vio grab for power. lence was caused by "communists", which Shortly afterwards, more information is ridiculous--if they tried to kill was revealed which explained why Marcos anybody, they wculd be after Marcos. had declared martial law. The Speaker But he used it as an excuse to jail 200 of the Philippines House of Represen "activists" in Manila just before the tatives—who had to flee to Tokyo to election. And then, three days before Ferdinand Marcos—the nexc Asian dic avoid arrest by the PC—explained that tator we will fight a war for? the voting, it became obvious that Marcos had been considering martial "* P.4 Although demonstrations are risky be cause of the Philippine Constabulary brutality, these Filipinos protest. AMERICANS: There are about 18,000 American troops stationed in the Philippines at the large Navy bases and Clark AFB. Tra ditionally they have been used to sup port the dictators who have run the islands since 1899. At times, they have directly attacked the Filipinos- after WW II, for example, Americans fought the people who had just helped us beat the Japanese. It's no wonder that sailors get a cold reception (or get ripped off) when they visit Manila or Subie Bay. But lately, GIs and Filipinos have been working together to overcome the problems they both face. Filipinos using bases there to support the air Filipino tax money and leaving the Filipino people who work on the bases have gone on war in Vietnam. In turn, many Filipi and the country decaying in the worst conditions strike to protest the violations of nos have aided the Americans in anti of poverty and underdevelopment. " labor agreements and other oppression war demonstrations. (for example, until a strike in 1971, Marcos used martial law to break the Wc met young political activists, weak and tired Filipino workers weren't even allowed ties between GIs ana the Filipinos. after having been starved for days and beaten by to speak their own languages while on Soldiers and civilians who worked at a the PC interrogators. Many felt they would surely the job). American GIs have helped legal counseling office were arrested-- face firing squads without a trial or even knowing in the strikes. And last year, sailors and the civilians have since been de- what the charges were against them. prted. The following article was and airmen showed in a press conference We were detained at Camp Olivas for four days that the US was violating the Military written by one of the arrested and then were transferred to Camp Crame in Bases Treaty with the Philippines by civilians. Quezon City, Rizal, thr national headquarters for the PC. At Crame, we were first put into a gym turned detention camp. Sleeping next to us were provincial gove* ,»>s, mayors, editors, reporters, millionaire lawyers, and many people of position --Report From A Philippine Jail and power. It now became even more clear to me that Marcos was arresting anyone, and calling them "communist" or "subversive" if they had oxpressed opposition to or criticism of his gov- ' Tit . Wr> were tran.ifr r rml from the gym to a more con- i| ato< kade, because we refused to cooperate MARTIAL LAW in answering questions or getting fingerprinted. Wr were in the stockade for a week, four days of which we were confined in a padlocked cell. Here (Gene Parker is a-legal worker for Pacific Coun no beds or mats, only the cold, damp floor; and we met well-known political leaders, like Nilo seling Service who until recently «ras working in at least 8 had no room to lie down. There were Tayag, former chairman of Kabatan Makabayan, no lights, no ventilation, and only a hole to use the Legal Right* Center in Olongpago City. Phil mtional youth group. 'iK with wnl< v»r. wast* was ippines. He was arrested under martial law on not much of a problem, for the prisoners were October 16, 1972, and held in three prisons with not fed and ate only if they had relatives who could Despite the fact that they had been in jail for two out bail or charges. He and two other GI support bring them food. years, originally arrested during the suspenson of workers were freed and deported to the U.S. at the writ of habeas corpus in 1971, they were in the end of October.) We talked a long time into the night and they ex good spirits. One of them explained, "We have (Camp Crane Prison, Quezon, Philippines) Bart plained their feelings, and shared whatever food strong faith in our Filipino sisters and brothers. Lubow, Doug Sorenson, and myself, all workers and drink was available. Some of them had been They will be able to struggle and will not allow at the GI Center for Legal Rights near Subie Na there for months without trial and had no idea Marcos to ruin the country and the future of our val Base, were among thousands of people impri when they might bn called to court. people. " soned in the mass arrests that have taken place since the declaration of martial law. Bart and I The next day I and the two others were taken to Another activist, with whom I stayed up all night were arrested at the Center on Oct. 16. Doug was Camp Olivas, the Zone 1 headquarters for the PC and talked, told me, "Marcos is a corrupt lea turned over to the Philippine Constabulary (PC) in San Fernando, Pampanga. We made the two- der. He has declared martial law to hide the de by U.S. military officials two days later while hour journey in a jeep over washed and broken cay and dirt of his government, and to set him seeking sanctuary on the U.S. Subie base. roads, accompanied by three heavily armed PC. self up as a one-man ruler with the powers of a They again tried to question us, and this time dictator. " The first jail we were taken to was the City Jail when we refused to answer questions, they bla in Olongapo, province of Zambales in Central tantly told us that if by the time we reached Olivas In the days following our arrest, we found out Luzon. As soon as I entered the cell, I was at we had not answered their questions, they would from PC officers and confidential reports care tacked and pounded to the cement floor by a gang torture or murder us. All of us struggled with lessly left in our sight, that it was under the di of prisoners. Fists, feet and knees rammned at the possibility of facing torture. The PC have a rection of the U.S. military authorities that we my face and back until fiaally a black American reputation for torturing prisoners to get "confe had been arrested and detained. This information imprisoned for drugs came to my rescue. He had ssions" and for arresting and raping women, and was later confirmed by public admissions by lived in Olongapo for several years and was known in general are feared and despised by the Filipino Marcos' press secretary Tatad and General Ra and respected by the other prisoners. people. mos, head of the PC. It was, according to them, "friendly sources in the U.S. naval command in Later I learned that they had beaten me on the or However, since we were Americans, they were the Philippines" who called attention to the fact ders of a police lieutenant who was angry with me confused as to what to do with us. When we got that the Americans were involved in circulating because I had refused to cooperate with the PC. to Camp Olivas we were taken to a large open-bay prohibited documents (prohibited under martial Seeing the conditions and hopelessness of their barracks where there were about 73 other prison law). We had been arrested to get rid of us, for situation, it was easy for me to understand them ers. At Olivas, there were people accused of we had been giving legal help to American sol when they explained that if they had not attacked being New People's Army commandos, workers, diers opposed to the Vietnam war and discrimi me, things would have been even worse on them. peasants, nurses, students, town mayors, jail nation within the military. The cell I was put into was a narrow aisle, about wardens, judges, ba rrio councillors, and people 4 feet by 25 feet, with small cells stretching out from all different backgrounds. All of these peo So we learned that our government, too, through ple were the'subversives' whom Marcos had eachside of the aisle. These cells were no lar the U.S. military, had used the undemocratic claimed were out to overthrow the country and ger than 3 feet by 7 feet and had three or four declaration of martial law to stifle and crush had "forced" him to declare martial law. prisoners cramped inside. In all there were 37 dissent and legal opposition to the military. of us: there were accused murderers, robbers, We were set free due to the tremendous amount of and dopedealers. Among the prisoners were sev One prisoner explained, "Marcos is a millionaire legal, press and congressional support gathered eral children of 7 and 8 years old. There were opportunist, gettng rich making deals with the American businessmen and military, stealing for us by o-ir friends in the United States. TUE 6ENERÄL AMP We all three agree that the most important lesson X ARE JUST LIKE we have learned is that the Philippines may well a TttoT. I'LL PUT M be our next Vietnam. The U.S. has huge econo 6 AGOOO WDKP 1 mic, political, and military power in the Philip as pines. It is our responsibility, as Americans, not to allow th /e interests to mislead us into a another unjust war of cruelty and economic ex a pansion against, this time, the Filipino people. Copyright Pacific News Service 1972 by Gene Parker P.5 DRUG BUSTS REACH RECORD HIGH Recently a combined effort of local, 4) Inspections - during regular room state, and federal narcotics agents have and/or locker inspections any dope found converged on the Charleston area in one can be used as evidence for charges. of the heaviest drug crackdowns in recent They can't search under the guise of an years. Almost daily, the Charleston inspection. straight press prints names of persons getting busted. And a large percentage Searches are often misused. People of these busts are military people. It's should know their rights, and fight any really frightening. variation of these searches. Service people have full rights under the 4th The use of drugs is a controversial Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, pro issue than can only be decided upon by tecting them from illegal searches and each individual. However, a person us seizures. ing drugs should know some basic infor mation than can mean the difference be If you think a search of your room, tween doing time in the brig (or jail) locker, or body isn't legal, say in a and acquittal. loud voice..."I do not consent to this search." This will let other people The military divides drug users into around you know what's going on, that three main catagories: you're being searched and you think it's 1) Drug experimenter - has used drugs illegal. (Approximately 72% of all only a few times, (doesn't get high very searches are illegal!) Then get your often). self a lawyer to fight it. 2) Drug user - uses drugs more frequent ly for a deeper and continuing nature, One last word, narcotics agents (mil (gets high fairly often). itary and civilian) depend primarily on informers. These agents use "scare tac 3) Drug addict - physically or psycho tics," lies, and every imaginable under logically dependent, (has to stay high handed tactic to get information. If to survive in the oppressive military called in to talk to one of these people, system, and in the case of heroin, often don't talk to them. Only give your name becomes hooked). and service number, then demand a lawyer. There are four types of legal search They have to supply you with one. NIS and seizure: (Naval Investigative Service) has a nasty 1) Pat-down authorized frisk - used habit of assuring people that they are »when there is reason to believe you have not being charged, "We just want to talk a concealed weapon, they may remove to you." With this method of just "hard" objects from your clothes in be "shooting the bull" thejtfind out that lief they are weapons, they can't legally you and your friend Sam got drunk at the remove something soft from your pockets EM club Wed. night and Fri. night you (like a baggie). double-dated at the movies. Well.... 2) Arrest search - if they arrest you when they talk to Saffi, they come on for a crime unrelated to dope, they have really strong about watching everything the right to search you, and if dope is he has done for the past month. They found, they can use it as evidence (pro tell him they know what he did Wed. and viding it was a legal arrest). Fri. night and with who. This freaks 3) Search Warrants - If your division can go to the CO and get permission to Sam out. He's sure that they have been officer or someone else has reason to search for dope and make an arrest if watching everything he's been doin'. He believe that a drug offense has occurred they find it. However, if he breaks in thinks that since they already know what (he smelled it-(smoke)-at the door, saw to your locker without that permission, he's been doing, might as well tell them it-(dope)-as you closed your locker), he get a lawyer, the search was illegal. and get it over with. GOTCHAl PROBLEMS IN NAVY HOSPITAL The best advice we can give about the ation. In some cases this can be very Naval Hospital is — stay healthyl Take dangerous--a woman we talked with was vitamins. Dress warmly. Drive carefully .given birth control pills, and didn't Anyone who's been there knows what we find out til later that she had high mean. The old hospital was built back blood pressure, which made it unsafe for in 1942. There's a rumor that, because her to use the pill. (It can cause blood of war shortages (we were selling all clots and strokes which may paralyze or our stuff to the British at incredible kill the woman.) But the military doctor prices), we didn't have enough materials. never even took her blood pressure when So the Navy had to mix instant mashed prescribing the pills. potatoes with the plaster and cement when But the doctors aren't the only prob they built the place. We're not sure, lem-- the nurses and corpsmen are usually but the plaster (or mashed potatoes, or too rushed to treat people courteously, whatever) sure doesn't hold up too well. so they give snappy answers to your ques But the health care is what bothers tions, or just ignore you. This might most people. Appointments are made up not seem important—but when your wife to 6 weeks in advance. And you may wait or child is sick and you're really wor Will things improve here? even longer--if the waiting list is ried, its frightening. filled, you're put on a second list to This isn't the fault of the corpsmen, wait for a vacancy on the waiting list. nurses, and doctors. They work incred- buildin6 wiH increase efficiency. And As a result, lots of folks who want to ibly long hours, and if things are busy they'*e training volunteers with an 8- see a doctor are forced to go to the E- on nights when they have watches, (if hour course to take over almost all of mergency Room, even though they may not the Emergency Room corpsmen get lots of the Nurses jobs, except giving medication. have an emergency. And some pay the ex business, for example) they might not But, at the same time, the staff is being tra money to go to civilian doctors. get any sleep for a dav or more. reducedI So things-may get worse. If the sailors and dependents do get If you have problems or complaints a- Military medicine is mass-production an appointment, they often have to wait bout the Naval Hospital, you should call medicine--from the time you walk in to for hours to see doctors.--And when they the hospital Ombudsman, Lt. Ishmael. get your records (a suspense-filled ad (743-6398). We also suggest you call see 'em, they are often disappointed. venture of its own) to the The doctors see hundreds of folks each waiting room the Admin# Director, Lcdr. Hammett (743 (and that's exactly what it is - day, and it's impossible for them to get 4831). And while you're at it, call up wait & wait & wait) til you see the doc to know their patients. They don't have tor. your Senator or Representative (call 202- time to explain the medication they're 224-3121; most Congresspeople will accept Will things be better in the new Hos- prescribing or to do a thorough examin collect calls from their constituents.) pital? Maybe--the Navy says the new i " i [ pa to the point where he "knows" that women find The difference in attitude towards women at him sexually desirable because he is a tough, hard different duty stations is interesting and, of killer. He actually believes that so much that course, sick. For NATO troops in Germany, GI's Forward may take their pleasure at bordellos, but don't go Forward Macho! Perhaps that command best near a blonde German woman. In Vietnam, on characterizes sexism in the military. The drill Macho! the other hand, GI's arc systematically taught to instructors in training are quick to call the gentle see Vietnamese women as whores. Vietnamese or soft-spoken GI a "pussy" or some other lifer when he is rejected or rebuffed by a woman, he women become not only sex objects, but sub- cliche. The recruit who fails in a task is a "lady" blames her for not acting as he has been told she humans, pieces of flesh in vaguely human form, or a "girl," while the gung ho recruit is praised as would. This sometimes manifests itself not only suitable only for sexual outlet. A GI who displays a "swinging dick." The GI's personal relationships m contempt, but in a genuine dislike for women, any emotional attachment towards a Vietnamese with women are put down, his wife or girlfriend lt is not unusual to see "pin-up" nudes with woman is put down and ostracized by his com used for drill instructors' dirty jokes. Sometimes breasts and crotches burned out by cigarettes rades. It's no coincidence that US presence in recruits are encouraged to have their "old ladies" adorning walls and wall ockers. South Vietnam has produced a generation of send "skin pics" which are put on display on •u pimps and prostitutes. Crimes of rape in South "hog boards" for public derision. Chauvinism is ffX Vietnam are too numerous to record. perpetuated by the attitude of those pigs who The brass that conspires to turn ouc regi DON'T KN0u),Oef\P.. train recruits, plus the two-month isolation period tiHRT'5 youp, mented robots understand machismo in much the with no contact with women. Women become MS. CAUCUS, PAPPY same way that they understand racism. Machismo /s nypflopy dehumanized and objectified to a sickening de A CHAUVINIST "**? loemHe's is considered the proper attitude for a GI. It gree. Showerroom walls tell the story with dis FtS? NOT Nice TO pictures a strong man with a dumb blonde on MY MOHMy. gusting displays of graffiti and smut. Barracks each arm killing commie gooks in the shadow of vernacular is renowned for its disgusting content. old elorv. When a GI leaves training, he is an "American Like racism, machismo is used to divide fighting man." He's been taught to kill in a racist and conquer. It produces troop "morale" instead and sadistic fashion. He's been regimented to of solidarity between people. By making enemies ^uphold America's finest image. He has been pro out of people who could be on the same side, it grammed as an automoton for the military; and divides us and weakens our ability to fight back taught to expect women to become automotons against the military. for him. He's ALWAYS •o/zpepjN& Hex. youp, The first article was written by a The attitude in the military towards women is flROUNP. AND TWA? PAPPY is similar to that in society at large. Men fight, men fiFTe/?.',decrtuocs A CHAUMSr Marine who'd served in Vietnam, and Hep uNpeR wecdN Piß. weu>,x win, men take. However, that attitude is intensi Mp SAYSJ *youpwe I TH0U6HT an army vet who'd served in Germany. fied and perpetuated in the military to such a IT, UOMfld, so... It talks about how the military shaped degree that it is physically dangerous. (Ask any ADMIT/Tl" their attitudes in boot camp, and later woman who walks down the street in a GI town at their duty stations. on Dayday.) Because the GI has now hecome a The second article was written by "man" through the military, it is hard for him to women who worked with the GI move understand why every woman he meets doesn't want to sleep with him. He' has been brainwashed ment in San Diego. It talks about GI's and prostitution, and how the military virgins-and those they should fuck- whorës. benefits by manipulating the feelings of PROSTITUTION Through this they are taught to separate sex from GI's and their relations with worn en.* love and whores from pirlfriends Thpv le?rn fh?t I getting their kicks through prostitution is tough COUraged to go downtown All bases in the San Prostitution is one of the most frequent and and masculine. Diego area have bus service from a central loca important ways GI's come in contact with wo At the same time, their officers warn them tion on the base to and from Broadway. There men. It is a big business wherever GI's arc station that other kinds of relationships witli women the GI's will find an array of bars, skin flicks, and ed. Many people don't understand that prosti won't work that their girlfriends are cheating on prostitutes both in the I ' on the streets. tution serves the interests of the military. Folks them, or their wives will probably divorce them It's clear from thil le tli.it the military often think that prostitution simply exists along before they are discharged. This kind of dis doesn't just accept | lUSe it can't side the military as a business thing. They think couraging is done because wives are sometimes a get rid of it. The use reward' that GI'» relate to prostitutes only because there threat to the "fighting force" they make GI's for the discomforts of stl me more are no other women around, and because the more careful about risking their lives, and a GI way that the brass finds ful. The military just can't improve the morals of with a family is a LITTLE more likely to feel encouragement of ofl they aren't Gl'i-men will be men. But if you look at the sympathy for a family in Vietnam. (But there's neutral about prostitute ther things, situation more closely, it turns out that that's not another side to this coin, which the brass also the joking and 'sea stori way the'whole story. Prostitution isn't only allowed, recognizes wives of GI's, like all wives, are sup they try to break down the OV» tanking but encouraged and used by the military to make posed to support their husband's work uncritic men against high-ranking men I may be your GI's into the kind of men the military wants: ally, bear the brunt of their frustrations, and keep officer, but after all, we're both m dehumanized fighters with no feelings of love or them pacified.) To get a clearer pictun i\ the military compassion. Prostitution actually serves a purpose The kind of training GI's get also ties sexual uses prostitution, it's important to deal with in military training and in keeping GI's from prowess with military skill, ties guns with cocks, prostitution in South \ racism developing whatever real and lasting relationships ties killing people with fucking women. Good against Asian people i UVinism, with women are possible in this country. relationships with women are a threat to this way and GI's treat Vietnamese women like subhuman Once they're in the military, GI's are cut off of thinking; so prostitution and short, manipu whores. GI's who havi to treat from their families, their past, and their friends. lating relationships with women are definitely in women like things and like- They are put in an all-male situation, where the the brass' interest. things are capable of bei who number and kinds of contacts they have with Women working with the GI movement in San don't want to sleep with tl ittitudes women are limited by the men who give them Diego, a navy town, give examples of the way and the economic uph uth Vietnam orders. Women in the military are kept apart from prostitution becomes a part of GIs lives in the force thousands of South V. n to GI's. They have special jobs as assistants to navy: On the west coast, most sailors are part of become prostitutes. officers and lifers, and live in separate barracks, the all-irtale West-PAC cruise, which is out at sea GI's are always en think u\ Viet usually off-limits to enlisted men. And most lor eight or nine months, between Southeast Asia namese women as whon <> the women in towns near military bases are isolated and the Philippine Islands. Every 30 to 60 days GI-oriented bars where prOStitUl plentiful. from GI's. They are often few in number, and are the ship will enter port for about a week. Once GI's who try to form m ihips generally warned to stay away from GI's. the sailors hit port they are encouraged by the with women are put down and it's almost im So GI's don't have any more than passing example and 'sea stories' of-the officers and lifers possible for a GI to marry a woman. contact with women, and women get to be to 'raise hell.' Prostitutes in ports like Olongapo, Prostitution is continually used : trom objects and fantasies in many GI's minds. Since Philippine Islands, are cheap and plentiful. These getting to know and respect Vietnamese people or men come into the military already trained to see women are presented to the GI's as compensation their culture. This whole situatii < JI's women as sexual objects, this isolation by itself for military discomfort. Their availability is held from the South Vietnamese l creates would be enough to make them relate to women over the men like a Pavlovian reward for 'good feelings that let GI's kill without ug about as whores. service/ who they are killing. But the military hasn't been content with In between cruises the sailor, return to a US So prostitution is used as a reward, •> OM Ifler, a physical isolation. GI's also get training and in port for about 4 months. Here, in an area like morale booster, and a propaganda ik\i. c In all of doctrination about women and sex from their Broadway in downtown San Diego, they find an these ways, it is used to dehumanize GI'l nul first day in basic training. They learn that there extension of the port overseas. They are dis keep them separate from other people and those are two kinds of women: those they are fighting couraged by many tales of defeat from trying to things are crucial to keeping the US military to protect-wives, mothers, and young vN meet potential girlfriends. Thev are instead en- going. Support Our Soldier« P. 9 Ask any sailor who Admiral Elmo Zumwalt is. Without hesitation comes Navy backs Zumwalt, 100 0% the reply, "Chief Of Naval Operations." Prior to July 1970 when Zumwalt took lion on the Constellation, sabotage up with the injustice and bad working office, most sailors didn't know who on the Forrestal and the Ranger. Just conditions because they believed they the CNO was and didn't really care. about every ship in the Pacific fleet were fighting for a just cause. But What had the CNO done for the sailor? was hit with a "Stop Our Ship" that's not the case today. The Viet When Zumwalt, the youngest Admiral to movement. Constant unrest and intense Nam war was not a just war. Most -be appointed CO political work was Navy-wide. The sit sailors felt that we shouldn't have be appointed CNO took office, times uation has gotten so bad that Congress been there in the first place. Similar were changing. But the Navy hadn't has convened a special investigation situations exist in many^-of the Third been changing. Stagnant from holding into the situation. World countries where Navy ships patrol onto traditions of past decades and why all the unrest in the Navy? the coastline, "protecting the people." oppression of working-class enlisted II things are getting better, why do U.S. Corporations that are laying off people, re-enlistments had dropped to people, speeding up production ana about 9.57o in 1970 as opp fighting to keep wages down in order to desired 30%. Admiral Zumwalt jumped into the Navy squeeze higher profits out of us, are with lots of enthusiasm and new ideas, the same corporations that own the old traditions and obsolete regulations plantations, mines, and factories in started dropping like flyc. Someone those Third World countries. Our was finally "humanizing" the Navy. servicemen and women who are being used Making Navy life a little better for to protect these rich corporate invest the lower ranking enlisted people, ments, suffer the same kind of oppres the real working-class of the Navy. sion as any worker - low pay, racism, Z-Grams are his tools of change. intimidation and harrassment - and at Rules direct from Zumwalt to the the same time are being asked to risk people. Over 100 Z-Grams have been their lives for something they don't issued, such as: believe in. Z-12 - Civilian clothes can be worn There are strong indications that on base after working hours Admiral Zumwalt is going to be replaced Z-13 - More liberal Leave policy with a hard line disciplinarian. The Z-21 - Extra liberty following üJ Fl mW A ! administration seems to feel the liber holiday. the sailors revolt? al policies are the cause of all the Z-70 - Longer hair, beards and Looking at the overall situation, unrest. They can't see that the real goatees. the answer becomes clearer. problem is that service people are Sounds great. Navy life was a little Although Admiral Zumwalt was well tired of being a security cop for Amer easier to tolerate for the lower rank meaning in trying to make changes ican big business. That as working- ing enlisted people who didn't have with the Z-Grams, the system won't class people, they should have the same the pay or privilages of those higher allow him to make more real, needed rights as the rest of American labor - in rank. Sailors finally had something changes. The changes that have been the rights to unionize, to have collec to cheer about. made are only superficial. tive bargaining, to strike! A riot on the Kitty Hawk, a rebel- In the past, military people have put W E SUPPORT THE RIGHT OF ALL WORKERS TO STRIKE Department of Defense Directive T0 DEMONSTRATE. Though on-base demon 1325.6, applicable to all branches strations can be prohibited,-para. of the armed forces, lasts "guide IIIF of the directive says of off-base lines for handling dissident and demonstrations: "'Members of the Armed protest activities among members Forces are prohibited from participa of the armed forces." Understanding ting in off-post demonstrations when this directive can help you stay out they are on duty, or in a foreign of legal trouble for protesting the country, or when their activities war or working against any type of constitute a breach of law and order, military aggression. So we're or when they are in îaniform. " Most of f- letting you know that: bases demonstrations do not violate the directive. If the police order a demonstration to break up, you would SAILORS AND AIRMEN be in the clear if you leave. HAVE THE RIGHT TO BELONG TO A G.I. ORGANIZATION. Organization is the main thing working against the military esta GIs Unite blishment and you can start or lians and servicemen who usually run belong to one, although para. IIIC these places. Not that they couldn't in the DoD says, "Commanders are not do it, but they'd have a hard time authorized to recognize or bargain making it stick. with a so-called 'servicemen's union'." Also helpful in keeping your orga TO WORK ON AN UNDERGROUND PAPER. nization from being hassled, especially Para. HID of the directive says that on a ship, is to always do things as long as you are off duty, off base, collectively, making everyone a leader in civvies, and not using government so that the leaders can't be singled materials, you can't be touched. But out. don't use language that is punishable under Federal law, such as anything TO WORK AT AN OFF-BASE BOOKSTORE, that can be called treason. It's also COFFEE HOUSE, OR CENTER. The only way a good idea to keep your language this can be prevented is to place the clean. establishment "off-limits", which If we don't can only be done when "the activities TO POSSESS WRITTEN MATERIALS. Just do taking place there include counselling not have more than one copy of any item, members to refuse to perform duty or and they can't take it away, even if to desert, involve acts with a signi it is unauthorized material. doit ficant adverse effect on member's health, morale, or welfare. (Dod TO DISPLAY POLITICAL STICKERS ON YOUR 1325.6, para. HIB)" The loose PRIVATE VEHICLE. NAVPERS 15791B says it won't wording of the last phrase leaves a no big banners or posters though, but lot of room for movement and puts as the DoD directive doesn't cover the military in a bad position when it this item, it could be challenged. got done tries to mess with the rights of civi- P. ÎO . As Kitty Hawk docks, two brothers show how, they feel about the Navy while the Capt. DoD Documents takes photos from the bridge. Uniform Code involved blacks in 26.1% of cases, although they made up only 217» of the population of reporting Army installations. (Other service Service Racism samples were too small to be reliable-) Thirty-four percent of court- Black servicemen are sometimes martial accuseds in all forces were punished more severely than whites black (blacks were 11.57. of overall committing similar court-martial reporting installation population); offenses, are more likely than whites 37.2% of all offenses involved blacks to be confined pending court-martial, (48.1% of major military/civilian and receive disproportionate numbers crimes). of non-judicial punishments and puni tive and other-than-honorable admini - Twenty-three percent of Army whites strative discharges. These were among Inadequacies of current DoD data- reported for major military or civilian the findings reported November 30, gathering techniqes were criticized by crimes received "counseling" in lieu 1972, by the Department of Defense the Task Force and restricted detailed of punishment; only 8.4% of blacks (DoD) Task Force on the Administration analysis of bias to the experience were similarly handled. of Military Justice in the Armed of black personnel. (Statistics cur - Disproportionate numbers of blacks Forces. rently class Spanish surnamed service received non-judicial punishment for Its four volume report, which includes men as "white," American Indians as major "military/civilain" and "status/ more than 100 recommendations to com "other," and so on.) Nevertheless, confrontation" offenses; whites were bat race, sex, and ethnic bias in the available figures verified the exis awarded a higher proportion of non service and improve military justice tence of significant racial discrepan judicial punishments for drug-related generally, is a thorough empirical cies in several areas. and "other" military/civilian offenses. review of the operation of the military • Reports of alleged violations of the - More than 23%, of blacks convicted by discipline/justice system. general or special court-martial, as compared with 16.9% of whites, received a punitive discharge; whites received Camp Allen Brothers slightly more severe punishments in summary courts-martial. Oh November 26, 1972, there was a ulous. His base parolee status is taken - Pretrial confinement was imposed on "disturbance" at the Camp Allen brig away. Nothing is said to the white in 21.2% of blacks ( who made up 15.8% of (the Norfolk Naval Station Correctional mate. population at reporting installations); Facility). An investigation was ordered Gardiner is a white sailor, recently blacks remained in confinement an by Rear Adm. James 0. Cobb, commander of charged with forcible sodomy. He signed average of 34.5 days, whites almost the Norfolk Naval Base. As a result of a pre-trial agreement, pleading guilty, 5 days fewer (this discrepancy persist the investigation, all brig personnel and was given a year's confinement and ed when type of offense and prior mili have been cleared of any blame for the a Dishonorable discharge, later changed tary justice record were controlled); incident, and a number of black sailors to a Bad Conduct discharge. Jenkins, a whites were twice as likely as blacks are being court-martialed on charges black, was charged about the same time, to be released from pretrial confine ranging from disrespect to a superior also for forcible sodomy. He pleaded ment without subsequent disciplinary officer to destruction of government not guilty, and had 12 witnesses testi fying that he was innocent. He got four or judicial action. property and rioting. There are also - Blacks were cited for 27.8% of short- rumors of. more serious charges. years confinement and a Dishonorable discharge. term un-authorized absences (they com Many incidents led up to the rebellion prised 21% of reporting institutions" on the 26th, such'as: Typically, a white sailor charged with assault will be put on Permanently Re populations)j of those involved, 63.1% Corbott, a black prisoner on base of whites, 71.7% ofc blacjcs, received parolee status, was leaning up against leased status and assigned to a transit barracks to await trial, while a black non-judicial punishment. a wall in the brig with his legs crossed. >ro Military Law Digest, A short distance away was a white pris sailor charged with the same offense will be locked up in pre-trial confine . Connecticut Ave. N.W. oner, also with his legs crossed. A Washington, D.C. 20036 guard came by and told Corbott to un ment. cross his legs. In disbelief, Corbott These incidents are only a small part complains that he thinks this is ridic of the overt racism and oppression lead- lng up to the rebellion. Over and over, the same complaints are heard: Blacks get heavier sentences in The G.I. Office has dozens of informative pam courts-martial; they get the worst jobs, phlets and books available — about discharges, sometimes because of a racist division organizing in the military, your lepal rights.. officer, sometimes because the tests you Drop by tho Office, cr send in | have to take to get the good jobs dis- ' criminate against someone who got their Name k education in a run-down inner-city school; there's discrimination in off- Addrese I base housing and entertainment places; and discrimination in discharge pro- | cedures. "Quick! Send me these" The 14-member "Task Force on the Ad- | ministration of Military Justice in the GETTING OUT/A GUIDE TO DISCHARGES • Armed Forces," headed by Nathaniel Jones WHO NEEDS YOU MOST(HARDSHIP & DEPENDENCY) ' of the NAACP, reported on its 8-month I WAS ONLY FOLLOWING DOCTORS ORDERS I long investigation in November. The "(MEDICAL DISCHARGES) conclusion was that military justice IF WAR IS HELL...(CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR) f tends to discriminate against blacks. THIS SUIT DOSEN'T FIT SARGE :(UNSUITABTLTTY) . Whether you're black or white, the WHO LET YOU TN HERE? (ERRONEOUS ENLISTMENT) men in the Camp Allen brig are still AMERICAN SERVICEMEN HAVE THEIR RIGHTS I your brothers. They are fighting a- WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE NAVY I gainst the same Navy that comes down FORWARD MACHO on all of us. The rebellion wasn't WHY WATT?ORGANIZING WITHIN THE MILITARY black against white; it was sailors CAMP NEWS I against the system, the same fight we Check the literature you THE LITTLE RED BOOK OF MILITARY LAW(.59) are all fighting. want —it's free, except RADICAL WORDS: or YOU CAN'T TELL THE REVOLU TION WITHOUT A DICTIONARY (.35) for the ones with prices I Staff Comment: If the reports of racial TURNING THE REGS AROUND: MILITARY COUNSELING marked (make checks pay discrimination in Norfolk courts-martial AN AID TO ORGANIZING ($2.00) able to G.I. Office) — and racial harassment by Norfolk brig SOLDIERS AND STRIKERS (3.75) Send to: P.O. Box 4643 r guards are true, we feel that these men GRAPES OF WRATH (NORFOLK GI UNDERGROUND) I might well have been justified in fight Charleston, SC THE RIGHTS OF SERVICEMEN (ACLU book -- $.95) 29405 ing to end this discrimination and har- I assment in any way they could, by any * means necessary. SportsmFngè While r Bdanythanks go to our friend, Arlene, GLENNON, wc wert <• ship who brought the splendor of New York to had numeroun ran ' res during our office. We appreciate her smiles, its last en up «pend encouragement and help in getting this ing much of 1 Bay for fourth edition of Fat Albert's out! repairs. 11 • , , , then, that the GLENNON . E.F. The only punitive action taken against Best, made a i «ht folks involved in the BORDELON blockade after the shi| lepton, last October was a $100 fine against the saying that no > al or guy in the kayak. Well, at least, they electrical problems were encountered tried to fine him--so far, they've been during the cruine. 11* W. to unsuccessful. "Even if I had the money say, "this old baby r«/illy steamed-- I-wouldn't pay," he said. "It's a she never stopped." Haken us wonder matter of principle, y'know." The why the GLENNON couldn't even get away Coast Guard will hold a hearing in from the pier on February 26th.... late March to hear his appeal (the first hearing was secret, and therefore il c Airlbrce apt. Michael Heck has legal). Everyone's invited--bring a been given a "less than honorable" dis bottle of wine and a sack lunch. charge for refusing to My any more bombing missions over N. Vietnam. We hear Adm. Kidd may replace Adm. Heck applied for non-combatant status Zumwalt as CNO. Adm. Kidd, who is a as a conscientious objector after lot more conservative and diccipline- flying 175 bombing missions, real minded than Zumwalt, has been circulat- izing that "the goals do not justify in a poster which shows a picture of the destruction and killing." Later him standing on a ship's bridge. The Heck applied for an Honorable dis caption says "What have you done for - charge, was turned down, and charges the Fleet today?" Good grief! were brought against him for refusing a direct order to fly. Facing court- Some changes in Capt. Mast pro martial and possible (probable?) 2 cedures have been announced by the DoD. years in prison, he has accepted the These changes are supposed to give more "less than honorable" discharge. He rights to GIs faced with NJP. Most is in the process of appealing the important--Capt. Mast punishments will decision. not be carried out until after an ap peal has been decided. Basically, this GIS from Ft. Bragg and Camp Le- means that ANY GI WHO. GETS SENTENCED Jeune, who were ordered on riot duty TO ANYTHING BY CAPTAIN'S MAST (ART. 15) for Inauguration Day, sent a telegram SHOULD APPEAL IT. It will keep your of solidarity to Vietnam Veterans sentence from going into effect unti' Against the War who marched in Washing after the appeal is finished. ton that day. At least 6 of the GIs used their off-duty time in Wash Cpl* Mike Tippett at El Toro MCAS ington to join in the march against has been charged with..the total des Nixon. truction of 2 F-4 Phantoms and at . Five antiwar GIs stationed in W. tempted destruction of another. He Germany have been given summary was accused of "fodding" 'em (foreign transfers to US- bases because of their FAT ALBERTS object damage) by placing nuts, bolts, involvement with an underground news etc. in the engines when repair work paper, FTA With Pride. The 5 were SHORTS was done. In Mike's squadron, fod ding increased remarkably when a new given orders to leave the country -- FAT ALBERT'S can be picked up, free, CO increased harassment about keeping some of them with only 24 hours notice-- at: up a good military appearance. The under an Army regulation which permits Midnight Sun Bar 253 Meeting St. new CO came down really hard on fod such transfers for soldiers who "may Octopus Garden 367 King St. discredit or embarrass the US." ding after his own Phantom blew up a Sunloft 3 927 Rivers Ave. short time after he climbed out of it. CI. OFFICE 2008% Reynolds Ave. We understand the McDonough will After Mike was picked as a "suspect", be decommissioned April 9 and over We are working to enlarge this list of the squadron CO gave a speech, offering 100 guys will be getting out—some up helpful people--so keep your eyes open honorable discharges to anybody who would be a "witness." to 6 months early! Right onI for FAT ALBERT'S everywhere!Ï Welcome home to the Cone, Blakely, and' Bordelon. applicability, both in practice and in principle, to the summary courts-mar ILLEGAL CONFINEMENT: tial." As soon as Senator Ervin receives a reply, we will publish it here. In the meantime, if you are referred to summary court-martial, demand that Sen. Ervin Questions DoD the military provide you with an attorney, and don't sign the "waiver Senator Sam Ervin (Democrat, from they tell him he has to request a of counsel" papers. And you should N.C.) has asked the Dept. of Defense special court-martial, which can give get in touch with a good civilain to explain whether the Navy is violât* sentences 6 times higher than a summary. lawyer. The military may offer you ing a Supreme Court decision made last Already I have talked with two a special court-martial, but you June. In the case, Argersinger vs. sailors who were denied defense counsel should think carefully and get good Hamlin, the Supreme Court ruled than at their summaries. Jonnie Ross Lillie legal advice before you agree to that. any court which can send a person to a seaman on board the Alamagordo, was jail has to offer the défendent a given the maximum sentence for UA by a P.S. Since I started writing Wayne defense lawyer. And in Hawaii, a summary court. At first he wanted a Wiggins, telling him his confinement Federal District Court has ruled that lawyer, but his X0, Cdr. Hathcock, is illegal, I have been denied permis this means servicemen and women must told him a defense attorney wouldn't do sion to visit him in the brig. This be offered defense counsel at summary him any good. And Wayne Wiggins was violates the normal procedure at the court-martials. sentenced to 30 days confinement on Jan. Correction Center. I called Capt. Here in Charleston, however, the 22nd, after his request for defense Blount for an explanation, and his only base legal office is overlooking these lawyer was illegally denied. comment was that I "don't meet the important decisions. They continue to I wrote to Senator Sam Ervin about use only one officer (who acts as judge these cases, and he wrote the DoD, criteria for visitors." When I asked jury, prosecutor and defender, all asking for "a statement of the Defense him to uescribe the criteria for rolled up in one), as prescribed in Department's position with respect to visitors, he said he wasn't familiar the UCMJ. If a person wants a lawyer, the Argersinger decision and its with them. ammi soim lEISSffl^ Local A.F. Capt. sues military Anti-War POWs see page 4 Charged, p. 2 oooo oooo ••'»5 foot 2, and he's 6 foot 4. And Ke's fighting for democracy, and he's fighting •• fights with missiles and with spears. for the Reds, •••a all of 31, and he's only 17. He says it's for th« peace of ill. •«*• been a soldlet for a thousand years. He's the one who swat éacide «tto's to live and who's to die, And he never sees the vrl&lr.g «n the wall. News of CONE, KRAUS, BORDELON •e'r a Catholic, a Hindu, an atheist, a Jane, But without him how would kit lav have condemned TÏIS IS YOU» PERSONAL PROPERTY AND IT CANNOT BE TAKEN FROM YOU LEGALLY FOR ANY REASON A Buddhist, and a Baptist, and a Je«. them at Dachau? And he knows he shouldn't kill, and he knows Without him Caesar would have stood alone. ha always will, He's the one who gives hia body as a weapon Kill you for me, my friend, and me for you. of the war, And without him all tha killing car. : go on. And he's fighting for Canada, and he's fighting He's the Universal Soldier, and he really la for France, to blame. Ha's fighting for the USA. His orders com« from far away no mora. And he's fighting for tha Russians, and he's They come from him" and you and me, fighting for Japan, And brothers, can't you see? And he thinks we'll put an end to war this way. This is not the way we put an end to warl MATH MY TIMES 2008 72 REYNOLDS AVE, N. CHARLESTON, S.C. 29405 2 THE POW RTNKN : (This ediorial is adapted trom an editorial originally appearing in CAMP NEWS, a national paper for GIs) ••! rot urn is another of Nixon's It. is a spectacle to draw FAT ALS EDITORIALS pie's i on from the real issues ol :id the peace as well as a (This is an excerpt from an editorial by Pete Kamill in the New York Post, growing economic crisis, the brunt of 6 April 1973.) which is being borne by poor and work ing people. While the military and We have to start with one premise: the it are publicizing the the PWs would not have been tortured POWs who are saying the "right" things if they hadn't been in North Vietnam in the first place. The great majority about the flag, the President, and the of these men were pilots. They were War, most US families -- and particu not drafted. Nobody tore them out of larly black and other Third World their homes and told them they must go * veterans -- are being hit hard by lack and bomb North Vietnam. From 1966 on, of jobs and rising prices. But even the moral issues of the war were clear, 1 with the publicity over the POW releases and those men still chose to get into most Americans are too busy just trying airplanes and bomb North Vietnam. to get by. When the show is over, the real issues will remain. They justified their acts by saying they were acting "under orders." But It is also a hypocritical homecoming at any point, they could have resigned party. All during the War, most veter from the armed services. They could ans have come home to find few jobs or have refused to bomb the North. In benefits, poor VA medical care, and stead, they chose to go of£ and bomb other problems. Wounded and partially people from 50,000 feet. disabled veterans, especially if they are black or brown, are neglected while In the process of doing this, they the POWs are given new cars. were shot down. They were captured. They were interrogated. Some were The warmakers are trying to use the tortured. Some died. When the sur POWs to rewrite history -- to somehow vivors were finally released, most of show that because these men are brave, them looked a lot healthier than most then the War was right. But the War of the people in the South Bronx. They isn't right, no matter how many people are, in fact, the healthiest looking were forced to fight and die for it. crowd of prisoners of war in history. Already most Americans and most of the At one of these Pentagon-sponsored press world's people know this. A little conferences someone should ask them theater isn't going to change the truth. what they think would have happened to Worst of all is the way in which some a North Vietnamese pilot if he had been BIO DEAL1 POWs who don't want to parrot the offic shot down over Bay Ridge while bombing ial line are being treated. The mili the U.S. I would guess that the guys tary threatened to court-martial several would have been beaten to death on the who were allegedly AWOL at the time of all of us to scrutinize them as tough- their capture. And a number of ex-POWs spot. ly as we would anyone else involved in This is not to question the indi have been locked in military hospitals politics. Nixon is promoting some of because they apparently weren't ready vidual courage of the prisoners them them to generals and admirals, which selves. Courage is simply not the to wave the flag when they got back. means they will be helping to operate We should welcome home all the POWs-- question; I know courageous men who the military machine for a long time to ended up in New York prisons; I know not as heroes, but as men who have been come. If we continue to play "Hail used. Sure, they suffered a great deal, a lot of courageous young men who went the Conquering Hero," it will not be and we shouldn't forget that. But our to federal prisons because they refused long before the same men are operat government and our country now agree to kill strangers for their country. ing again in another war which we could that wo gained nothing by fighting in There are courageous Americans in ex stumble into as dumbly and arrogantly Asia -- that it was wrong for us to ile in Canada. Jane Fonda, for all the as we stumbled into Vietnam. Vietnam be thar«. The POWs were the victims of easy shots some of tha PWs have taken is over for us, but we are still bomb this mistake, just as the killed and at her, haa shown great courage, too, ing Cambodia, and it will be tough to risking her career and her life to raise a cry again for the pilots who crippled are victims. speak out against barbarism. are shot down near Pnomh Penh. Wa muat change society, so this can Th« question isn't courage; it isn't navar happen again. even torture, although the torture stories are making it easier to jus tify the bombing of Cambodia and the current American tour of Gen. Thieu, whose "tiger cages" were not exactly models of penology. The issue is Antiwar POWs may face trial whether the American people will ever accept the truth. The PW show, spon The Dept. of Defense has just an camp. Four of the men are black; the sored by Richard Nixon's Pentagon, is nounced that Col. Theodore Guy, a re or 4 are white. blurring one simple truth: that those turned POW, will be pressing charges Whan the eight arrived at Clark AFB men would never have suffered so much against 5 Army and 3 Marine POWs who they wara hustled off and kept in iso if they had not been bombing North allegedly made anti-war statements lât inn. Three days later they were Vietnam in the first place. while held by the Vietnamese. All H shipped to the US, where most of them The PWs are almost all professional men were enlisted; Col. Guy was tha (Cont'd, page 5) military men, which is precisely why highest-ranking officer in the N. we should not take their current judg Vietnamese POW camp where he was held. ments too seriously. Most of them have The military will investigate th« been out of the real world for the past charges, and later decide if the man five or six years; before that they should be court-martialled. inhabited the equally unreal world of We hear that the Pentagon triad to the professional armed services. dissuade Col. Guy from bringing char Their remarks about peace demonstrators, ges -- they want to maintain the n Jane Fonda, Cora Weiss, and others who that POWs supported the Nixon adm. were working to get them out of prison istration. are iot to be taken seriously. They are men, after all, who believe in the The charges Guy is pressing Include essential nobility of killing for your "Misconduct as a Prisoner", "Aiding country. Enemy", and "Failure to Obey an 0rd> The Nixon administration has now All 8 were members of the "Peace moved these men into politics, ex Committee", a group of POWs who ac I was always for peaoe. ploiting them in precisely the way the tively opposed the war while they w«r« President promised he would not exploit Anti-war POW held in a North Vietnamese prisoner them. But that makes it the duty of Capt. Wilbur, USN REBIRTH GESTAPO What happened to me may be happening NAVAL INVESTIGATIVE SERVICE (NIS) to you right now or in the future, but if you keep your head together, you can keep these people from comin My recent experiences with NIS may anything they could think of to scare down on you. Here are a few things to not be unique since many other service no and make me start talking, as well keep in mind about the NIS. people like my-self have had similiar as making promises, which of course In return for cooperation, they'll encounters with these glorified private thay couldn't and wouldn't keep, if promise you anything, from honorable eyes. But I'm writing this article I did cooperate. discharges, to reduced charges. If hopefully to help anybody who is Alter my interrogation, they you don't cooperate, they will threaten unfortunate enough to become subject questioned my friends and led them to to charge you with anything, such as to the threats, tactics, false pro ik that I had made incriminating conspiracy, contempt, or perjury. mises, and ways of obtaining info that statements against them. More lies. Promises or threats, it's all lies. the NIS agents use. They are civilians, and are not authori A couple of weeks ago, I was called zed to make any kind of a guarantee, so down to Bldg. 4, the NIS office, for don't make any kind of a deal and don't an interview with an agent concerning believe them when they offer them. some drugs found in a berthing com All their other tactics employ lies as partment on the ship I'm presently at well. For example, say Joe and Pete are tached to. NIS had no leads in the case questioned at the same time in different and were really trying to burn a number rooms. Joe's interrogator may walk into of people whom they suspected. I was the room where Pete is being questioned not really well acquainted with the case and tell him that Joe is "singing like and I thought they were just going to a bird, telling everything." He's give a routine interview. Just a few lying! simple questions. So I was totally Or if Joe is being questioned, he may unprepared for the interrogation I attempt to play it cool and try to make received. As soon as I walked in, they them believe he's a drunk, and in the put me in a room which contained a process tell the agent where he and Pete were on a particular night. Then NIS polygraph (lie detector) machine, as goes to Pete in the next room and says well as polygraph test forms. When I "We've been watching you (a He) and asked him if I would have to take one, know that you were at such a place at he said I would if it were necessary (in such a time." So Pete freaks out, other words, if I didn't tell them what figures they must know the rest, tells they wanted to hear.) all, and gets Joe and himself busted. "Since you came down here of your Never tell them where you were. own free will, you haven't got the Don't sign any statements. They real right to a lawyer; you have to answer ly badger you about this, but this is my questions and you can't remain something that can really screw you up. silent." The preceeding statement, V .'•••.• y—V As a matter of fact, you don't have to which he made speaks for itself; though v-fe..;i'A:--T-:'. • say anything. And you can demand a law it sounds unreal. These people could yer which they are obligated to provide care less if you had any rights. I you with. YOU are not obligated to co spent almost four hours under inter operate with them in any way. And if rogation, and they threatened me with they say you are, they are lying. WE SUPPORT THE RIGHT OF ALL WORKERS TO STRIKE YOU'RE ON THE PAD! 'Way back when you was a young'un report chits and a rank of E-8. The in school all your teachers and friends, favorite hangout of these hairwatchers not to mention your parents, would get is outside the Cypress Lounge around to telling you what the most and the Navy Exchange, but they have important thing in tha world was. It been spotted everywhere and are really was usually something like saving your cracking down. We know of a guy who soul, or getting rich, or happiness, walked into the bus stop at the end or peace, or some other abstract thing. of Pier P to find a chief lying in It's all a lot of crap, of course, for wait for him. as everyone connected with the Punishments vary according to military knows, the most important command. There's supposed to be a thing in the world is the length of base policy of an automatic Capt's your hair. Mast with a $25 fine, but most, if not And thanks to the moral integrity of all, commands have so far had the the now departed Capt. Blount (ex base common sense to ignore this; probably CO), decay of naval discipline is because there are so many chits coming being prevented by a few courageous in they don't want to start a mass lifers armed with nothing but a pad of mutiny. Usually you've got to do a few hours extra duty, which is still unjust, or just get a haircut. They're also getting petty about H,OHKLAtr mrrod\ the condition of your uniform(is >VICC, ftfXffHlKS».. . I that why they are called "petty 'fxrruiCvDu'ftg Lootr'di officers"?), a case in point being KTVM MOM.KM «,7*y V tOOk'A AT TH*te \ a friend of ours who was wearing the CtWa-Ä... CAPITALISM new style work uniform and a work jacket. He was stopped in the base mess by a MAA who lifted up his jacket and shirt by surprise and then wrote him up for not wearing a belt. News from the AFB Force weapons that have an A priority National Defense are SAC weapons, used only for delivering atomic bombs to the Russians Messy Boom Bust and Chinese. And that the only TAC and vs. the Air Force ADC weapons given a priority B are wea pons that clear the way to blow up enemy A friend of ours, Ex-Airman First cities. These weapons appear to be of Class , went home on leave Have you heard or read lately that fensive yet they are the ones that are last month.While he was home, two President Nixon needs all of the money heavily guarded. The true weapons of Security Police Investigators broke he can get for National Defense. If defense, TAC fighters and ADC missiles, into his room to hold a weekly you have, you should realize that Presi are given minimal protection. It appears barracks inspection. His room wasn't dent Nixon should look up the meaning that if an enemy were planning on attac quite up to par so they took pictures of defense in Webster's grammar school king this country all he would need is of it and turned them over to the dictionary. If he did, he might find a strong defense to atop our offensive commander. something that states "protection against weapons. At the same time, he would On the basis of these pictures harm. " need a small offensive force aid a few our friend was reduced one pay grade, In the Air Force there are basically thousand saboteurs to destroy our true fined $35, sent to a shrink for three types of aircraft. Bombers aid defensive weapons. This just goes to examination, taken off of flight missiles for use in attacking (Strategic show that President Nixon does not give duty, and put on details such as Air Command), Fighters and missiles used a damn what a nuclear attack would do to cutting the grass, buffing floors, to shoot down enemy aircraft and missiles his people, but only cares what we could painting, etc.. On top of all this, (Tactical Air Command), and cargo planes our friend was due for promotion to do to the people of another country. (Military Airlift Command). Sergeant this month. It will take The Air Force has a system of priority- him 22 months to back to where he A, B, and C. The only priority A air was. Now they are trying to get rid craft are the SAC aircraft. These are of him with a mental disorder discharge, B-52 bombers on alert status with nuclear bombs and Inter Continental Ballistic Missiles with nuclear war heads. These are the weapons that in the case of attack are to be saved at all costs. All other SAC aircraft are priority B. TAC fighters on alert and prepared to scramble at a moment's notice, and ADC missiles on tha launch pad ara en priority li. These TAC fighters and ADC missiles are given the mission of clearing the ai' \<: bombers and missiles. All '"•r «Ircral t «rr given | (An except I tha < ch is given B priority all of the time because of its cost.) you Mi watet i t*s»r MY ROACH CUP f It seems strange that the only Air CHARLESTON A.F. CAPT. SUES DoD Challenges urine tests Fat Albert's called Capt. Conlon after learning about the suit. He ex lina, serving as Asst. Judge Capt. Michael Conlon, who served as plained that since the suit was filed, Advocate. He is 26 years of age and a JAC lawyer at Charleston AFB, is su his request for discharge was accepted. is a member of the bar of the ing the military in Federal Court to Mike added that when the random drug preme Court of Texas. I" inly, 1972 end mandatory urinalysis testing. He testing began, it was applied to every he was instructed to submit to a and seven other enlisted men and officers one equally. But some time after he urinalysis test for drug abuse, but from the Army, Navy, and Air Force are failed to submit to the urine test, the failed to do | rsuant to ap specifically listed as plaintiffs in the procedure was changed so people 29 years class action suit. Other plaintiffs are plicable military regulations, Capt. old or over are exempt. This is part of "all members of the armed forces subject Conlon can be required at any time why he decided to sue. Capt. Conlon has ed to mandatory urinalysis testing, all to take such a test and can be since moved to Texas. persons Identified on official records court-mmt la I led for disobeying a as drug users by the urinalysis test d 11 • 1er to do so. He believes Some other plaintiffs specifically described in the suit include -- ing," and all persons punished be testing violates his -^Sgt. Dennis Patt, 24 yrs. old, now cause they refuse to comply with direct constitutional rights. More par- stationed at Elmendorf AFB in Alaska. orders to submit to the urinalysis tast ularly, he believes that the Because of an error in the urinalysis ing. tests violate the Fourth Amend test, he was accused f using barbi If the class action suit is succes ment right of privacy and protec 0 turates, and was forced to submit to sful, the military will no longer he tion against unlawful searches and the tests three times a week for 8 allowed to uae random urine testing to seizures, and the guarantee against weeks. An entry was made in his per Identify "drug usera." Also, all self-incrimination contained in sonnel records — "confirmed positive records of peupla who have been lnden- Art. 31 of the UCMJ. test indicates drug use." Dennis Patt ed as drug users as a raault of the "Further, he belives that the Air tried over and over again to get the Air urine testing will have to be destroyed, Force practice of exempting per Force to correct their error and remove and monetary damages will have to be sonnel who are 29 years of age or paid to two of the plaintiffs. the notice from his files. They finally older from the urinalysis testing re agreed to destroy the information in his quirement is a denial of equal The suit, which was filed in Washing personnel file -- but continue to keep protection of the laws to personnel records of the positive test in other ton, DC by the American Civil Liber who are under 29. Captain Conlon ties Union on April 20th explains that has tendered his resignation from i. the Charleston resident, Mike Conlon, the United States Air Force, in part — it. Pat Qulnn, USAF, is an engineer "... is an attorney, is a member because of his views about the • t lUiiskan Field, Mass. On three dif- of the United States Air Force, sta urinalysis testing policies." (Cont'd. next page) tioned at Charleston AFB, South Caro "No telling what might fall off a C-5 nextl" (NEXT MONTH IN FAT AL's — an expose of the C-5AÜ!) ("Anti-war POWs" cont'd.) Tri Province on Jan 9, I968. Daly was in the 196th Light Infantry Brigade of the infamous Am- erical Division- -the brigade that was responsible were locked up in Fitzsimons Army Hos for the first reported mutiny of the Vietnam war pital in Denver. There, they were not in 1967. allowed to make phone calls, see visi why don't we stop it now?" Wilbur said tors, or make statements to the press. Marine Pvt. Frederick L. Elbert, Jr., of Brent he was not tortured, and made anti-war The men being charged are: wood, NY, who was listed as a deserter by the Marine Corps on Aug 15, 1968, and who was re statements on Radio Hanoi voluntarily. Army Spec 4 Michael Branch of Alexandria, VA, ported captured on Aug 16, 1968. The Corps' And Air Force Major Hubert K. Flesh- who was listed a* raptured on May 6, 1968. wide publicity about his desertion and their stated Branch made several anti-war appeals over Radio er, a fighter pilot, said after his re intention to ship him to Camp Lejeune for "inter Hanoi, Including one in which he said, "1 have turn that the US "butted its nose into rogation" on his release was the first published disassociated myself from the military. I have somebody else's business.... I don't hint that some of the POWs may have been inten taken it upon myself to desert and cross over to tional deserters. think we really won the war at all.... the side of the South Vietnamese people on May 4, It was a conflict between the Viet 1968. " In another radio broadcast he is said to Marine Sgt. Abel L. Kavanaugh of Westminster, namese people, and whether you like have urged other GIs to desert and to "refuse com Colo., listed as captured in April 1969. He too bat and just botch up all your operations. " is said to have made radio anti-war appeals and it or not, it should have been theirs Branch served with a tank unit in Quang Tri Pro to have refused orders in prison. to decide." Maj. Flesher also supported vince and is reportedly now in Ireland Army amnesty for war resisters. Hospital at Ft. Knox, KY. Army SSgt. King David Rayford of Chicago, cap tured in Thua Thien Province in July 1967. Ray- Army SSgt. Robert P. Chenoweth of Portland, OR, ford is black, and his family has expressed out Up til now, TV sets & newspapers who was captured in Quang Tri Province on Feb rage over the treatment he has received in the rarely mentioned anti-war POWs. Many 8, 1968. He is saia to have made anti-war broad press; his mother said she didn't know if he had of them were held in military hospi done anti-war work, but felt he was right if he casts over Radio Hanoi and to have refused, along tals for "observation", and were not with other Peace Committee members, orders did. A letter reportedly written by him over from a superior officer-POW to "knock it off. " Christmas 1972 was quoted over Radio Hanoi as allowed to have visitors or make state saying th«t the Vietnamese people "had every ments to the press. Army SSgt. James A. Daly Jr., of Brooklyn, right" to fight the US. But now that Col. Guy has tipped the who also disappeared while in combat in Quang Pentagon's hand, the story of POWs who Marine SSgt. Alphonso Ray Riate of Santa Rosa, courageously spoke out against the war ("A.F. Capt. Sues" cont'd.) CA, listed as killed in action in 1967 until he wrote a letter to his mother in Dec 1971. Riate may become public. ferent occasions he was ordered to sub was greeted with absolute silence when he got mit to urinalysis tests, and each time off the plane at Clark. refused until he was threatened with Army Special Forces SSgt. John A. Young, of court-martial. All three tests showed Waukegan, IL., who disappeared during combat no sighs of drug use. on Jan 31, 1968. Young made a tape addressed to — Three Army doctors, Majors Newland, Nixon in 1971 in which he said, " I no longer want Hanna, and Weissman, refused to give to fight for you or anyone like you. In fact, I won't urine samples for the testing. All 3 ever fight for your kind of American people... I BACH can now be court-martialled for refusing cannot support the killing of innocent Vietnamese direct orders. And since their refusal men, women and children, or the destruction of their beautiful country. My conscience tells me it they have all been transferred (Maj. is wrong to kill--the Bible tells me it is wrong, Weissman was sent all the way to Ft. most important, my mother and father have taught Richardson, Alaska!). The three doctors me it is wrong to kill or harm anyone. " argue that the tests violate their Fourth MAI and Fifth Amendment rights. Other POWs have made it clear they During the week before Christmas, while Fat Albert's has since learned from opposed the war, but there is no word most of us were home enjoying holiday Joel Gora, the American Civil Liberties yet that they will be charged. One of dinners and visiting with our families, Union attorney who helped prepare and the most publicized is Sp/4 Rich Spring- American bombers were systematically file the suit, the ACLU will be preparing man, who was one of the first returnees destroying the Bach-Mai hospital in N. a preliminary injunction soon, asking welcomed home at Travis AFB (see cover). Vietnam. Twenty-five doctors and nurses the Federal Court to outlaw all urine He was wearing a large peace symbol, and and an unknown number of patients were testing pending a decision on the class when he ran over to the airport fence to killed in the Bach-Mai hospital, which action suit. try to talk.to the crowd, MP's dragged treated civilians. him away as he gave a clenched fist Those of us who work with Fat Albert's salute. Springman's grandmother ex EDITORIAL FOOTNOTE: Right onî We hope and the G.I. Office donated $60.00 to plained that "He served his 11 months, the suit is successful! In the last send to "Medical Aid for Indochina", until he became so sick of the blood Fat Albert's, we pointed out that about which will use the money to buy medical letting that it turned him sick unto 1 out of every 10 urinalysis tests is equipment to send to Bach-Mai. Medi death and he couldn't go on with it." inaccurate (& that's from DoD statis cal Aid for Indochina was set-up to She said he had "given himself up" to tics, folks!). In addition to being send medical supplies to the civilian the NLF forces because "he was tired inaccurate, the tests are ineffective — war victims of Laos, Cambodia, and the of killing, sick of it." according to the DoD, only 1.9% of all north & south of Vietnam. In the past the samples tested show signs of drugs l%_years, they have collected close to (and we all know that more than 1.9% of Although most of the anti-war POWs $900,000 for these supplies, and they the people in the military do dope, are enlisted men — the^guys who saw have been supported by Americans of all right?). And most important, the tests the fighting up close — some officers political beliefs (Mayor John Lindsay are illegal. have courageously spoken out as well: of New York proclaimed May9-16 "Medical Navy Capt. Walter Wilbur said in an Now, during the last fiscal year the Aid for Indochina Week"). interview "I had time to think of what military tested 2.2 million urine sam But the killing in Indochina hasn't we were doing and the big old bugaboo ples. At cup per shot, that comes to ended, and the people desperately need \ conscience and morality began to show about 140,000 gallons a year. And that medicine. Please help by returning the itself.... I was always for peace).I is 140,000 gallons too many! enclosed coupon with a donation. felt if we were going to wind it down, 6 WHAT IS IT ? ! A bird? A plane? No,it's., SUPER JOE DOE, SAILOR SUPREME Joe can only stay a perfect sailor with your help though. If you are interested in Joe's perfection, see the simple instructions below. If the instructions are not followed to the letter, you will bring fire, and brimstone, and the brass right down on poor old Joe's neck. INSTRUCTIONS 1* Cut out Joe on the outline. Don't let him run around as he is. There might be visitors aboard, and the Cap tain would be so annoyed If they caught a glimpse of Joe in hia present state. 8* Cut out Joe's civilian clothes and dungaree uniform. Now the 'arts. You muat ask yourself, "Do I want to maintain Joe's clean record, or do I want to piss off the brass? 3« To maintain Joe's clean record, dress him in his dungaree uniform all the time he is aboard the ship unless he is preparing to leave. He won't get busted for civilian clothes yet, but he also won't be able to eat aboard ship, , or take part in any shipboard activity. After all, aren't those some of the bennies that he'll re-up for? 4. Either set of clothes is appropriate on base, unless of coursa, Joe la working, in which case only the dungaree uniform is acceptable. Of coursa, If ha's headed for the gâta, ha'd bette« be wearing his civilian clothes. He'll never make it past the guards in his uniform. 5. Off base, you had better not let Joe put on his dungarees. Just to make sure you don't, we're going to include the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy in our next issue. He'll have a pen, and plenty of report forms to keep Joe in line. After all, hasn't it been said tha t report forms are the backbone of the Navy? See you next month, and it had better not be in dungarees. iN^»Dra-- DETACHED FKOM OR INDEPEND ENT OF TOLITICS * * * * A * * -,7 Australia, Aaores, , Bahama Islands, Bermuda, gos 1 s.) British West Indies, Canada, Canal Zone, Crete, Cuba, Belgium, England >pla, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japai , nton Island, Korea, Laos, Marianne Islands(Guam, Agana, Finegeyan), Midway, Morocco, New Zealand, Norway, pine Islands, Puerto Rico, Reunion Island, Ryukus(Okinawa), Scotland, South Vietnam(offshore?), Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad, Virgin Islands, Wake, Wales The old WWI ditty still holds The type of foreign country they like the people of the country that owns true for enlisted servicemen. Are you to deal with is one with lots of un the recources. No way. To name Just a rich? We thought not. Well, who is? developed natural recources (Vene- few, we're supporting dictatorships Your neighbors? Not likely. Though zualah oil, Bolivian tin, rubber from in Brazil, Greece, Spain, South Africa there are some people here who are the Phillipines), and lots of cheap Africa, Laos, Cambodia, and, of well off, they are probably not labor. To make sure that the labor course, South Vietnam. friends of yours, nor would they want doesn't try to organize to prevent Y'see, Nixon orders his admin to be. How about getting a piece of itself from getting ripped off, the istration, who order the Pentagon (who the action? Not too likely either. corporations have to make sure that is only too glad to respond), who The richest tenth of all Americans there's a government in power that order the local lifers, who order you. make 29% of all income and hold 56% will keep the lower classes in their You know the orders, though you may of all the wealth. The poorer half place. So they "persuade" our free, not know the reasons. They don't mat (which includes you, E. M.) earn 23% democratic government into support ter to you anyway; you go where of all income and 3% of all wealth. ing the foreign governments, whether you're told, when you're told. Here's Howizit, you may well ask, that or not they resemble a democratic another thing. When you go to the things are this'way? Who's responsible government. By and large, they're Med, or the Mid-east, or South Amer for working so hard just to make ends dictatorships. ica, and you stop at these diddly meet, while a lucky few can sit back But surely our leaders are not little islands along the way, do you and take life easy? You are. And the bought and sold by corporations!!?? think it's because you need some explanation goes something like this: Ah, but surely they are. Examples are extra libs on your way over? Did you The rich are rich because they too numerous to mention, but,anyone know there are over 90 American control what used to be businesses who reads a newspaper occasionally industries represented in San Juan, but have conglomerated into large cor knows that the Nixon administration P. R.? And it's not that great of a porations. These corporations produce got lots of $$$$$$$ from big business liberty port, so why do we stop things that you need and sell them to during the '72 campaign. So Nixon there? Because the local citizenry, you, need we say, at a large profit. proposes lots of foreign aid, and getting ripped off by US industry Chances are you helped produce some lots of military aid, too. These are and wanting a change, freaks out of these things before you came into promises Nixon is best at, as opposed when they see a US warship anchor in the service or will when you get out. to promises to end inflation, lower their harbor, that's why. We're only How much of the profit that was made taxes, etc., where he has messed up there to protect the good thing Big did you get? (lied). Business bas going, and that's the Now, if you had one million bucks Now, your attention is invited to way it is with every port you pull you'd probably want two million, and the map. Look at all of those places into. No way do the benefits get to corporation stockholders think the where the US has a military base. And you. same way. Since only so much money coincidentally, our fine American in- , So if you want to keep the Rock can be made from Americans, they turn dustries just happen to have something efellers, Mêlions, Hunts, et al, in to foreign countries for more income. going over there, like rubber planta •limos, mansions and minks, just keep How? By investing the money they made tions, or oil refineries, or other on keepin' on, as you is, docile and off of you into foreign industry, so unmined resources that need to be de domesticated, blissful in yer igner- much so that they really own them. veloped. But not for the benefit of ance, and don't ask questions. 8 PABLO PICASSO, one of the greatest social critics of this century, died April 8 in France. A fierce Spanish patriot, Picasso refused to return to Spain as long as Franco's fascist dictatorship ruled. He condemned the Spanish fas cists in his famous painting "Guernica," which depicts the world's first aerial bombardment of a civilian town. He also created the well-known "peace-dove" symbol. Many of Picasso's drawings ridiculed existing artistic styles, and his paintings created new ways of seeing reali ty. Just as he found old forms of art to be useless and outmoded, he felt existing governments were doomed. In 1944 he joined the French Communist Party, and remarked at the time, "While I wait for the time when Spain can take me back again, the French Communist Party is a fatherland for me." 7 was always thankful he wasn't a political cartoonist!' this at this time. I also put out a pa plays hard ass, and is going to show Dear Fat Albert s : per here in Jacksonville with the help us how he'll rule with an iron glove. Peace! I've seen your publication of Fred and all of the people here. As Even the staff Sgts and other lifers FAT ALBERT'S at the AFSC office here hate this bastard. I needed your info in Miami & would like to know if I of yet, I still have the first issue to put out but when it gets put out I will to show this guy he isn't going to could receive it & what the cost would walk over me, and get away with it. be. It's an excellent publication! send you people a copy. The paper that I put out deals mainly with civilians We have an NCOIC, MSgt. Williford, Thanks much ! Carol who is a rule quoting, article spout ^——M»——••«—m•»———i1 m ni I •• —MM——s- but there will be an article on the Last Brothers: Patrol to the Republican Convention. ing idiot who'gives speeches at guard- mount about airmen making $90 a week I am serving in the navy, and a Incidently, were there any Chas. people with room & board. Ha Ha, I'd like friend of mine who has been receiving there? Probably when the paper gets on to see that $90 a week. some of your literature, turned me on its feet a little bit more, there will be The airmen here stick together, and to some of the pamphlets, etc. you sent GI stuff in it because what we are trying the ones who have been around a while him. It's really good to know that to do is to be able to have everybody re show the new guys the tricks of the there are people on the outside who late to our paper, not just civilians. trade. Our Sgts, and lifer supervi are working with us to help our "men Thank you, Kathrin A. sors won't show us shit, but don't in uniform". hesitate writing up a letter of coun We are trying to start a resistance • Subs to Eat Albert's are free, and sel or reprimand if you foul up on movement in our area, and after read we've added your name! Lots of Char something you never knew about. TSGT ing some of your material I think you leston people were at the Repub. Con- McDonald, a flight chief, my chief too, could help us even more. I work in vetnion, and they helped to organize screwed A1C Robert Hart out of his pro the education office and this is the the WAW demonstrations. motion to E-4 with a letter contain sort of education that we really need. ing 757. fabrications, and just as Hart Although I can't afford to send any processed out for Kadena at Okinawa. bread now, I will as soon as possible, Mac's retiring this January, so he and I'm sure after the people here doesn't give a damn what he does to know what's going on, they too will anyone. Hart had his line number, and contribute to your (our) cause. would have gotten his stripe by July. Any information you can send will I've only been in for 8 months, and be appreciated. wonder how the hell I'm going to fin Thanks for what you're doing. ish out 4 years in one piece. We do Dear People, have some good guys here, really con For the first time since I've been cerned for our welfare, SSGT Sturdi- in the Nav, I read your paper Fat Al vant, who is a black man, is a really bert. I really enjoy its words. I great guy, TSGT Black, he's good, TSGT was wondering if I may receive it as Binion, and TSGT Costello. They are well as my bud? Airm about the best around here. If so, please send it to.... I read your Fat Albert paper thru David from our readers. tome of the black men here in tha bar (Tonite was a night for good music racks who had it. You've got a lot of & good reading) Fat Albert, true stuff about mistreatment. There's I received the literature from your not any doubt about it. My cousin, M--, • Subscriptions to this tine, fine office today. Thanks a bunch. I want was in the Navy, late 60's and served paper are frea! Wa'va added y'all to ed it so I would know what I could and on the destroyer USS McKean, and 2 tha mailing llst--all you have to do could not do as far as dealing with the tours of Vietnam. it write ua. lifers. Since they don't have a war Well, I'll finish up hare, thanks And we depend on GIs and their to fight now, and most of our wing has for the lit. and I hope I can help you friends for articles & news (& dona- returned from Korat RTAFB over in Thai out someway getting guys on th« wagon ons!).So keep those cards & letters land, they go to hound us first, and for a decent military. coming in.... last, termers. I'm with tha 354th Sincerely, _^^^^^^^^^^ Security Police Sq. here. I figured Dear Sisters and Brothers, if I wrote that M tha return address, • Good hearing from you -- in Charles I saw your newspaper and it sort of you all «ay gat wary el a "pig" making ton, AF Security Cops started Pat Al's, surprised me because I lived in Chas. an inqulr. ill you, here, a cop so we're certainly not freaked out gat- for 2% years and I never thought thai has M his toaa because of all ting a letter from a OOj would see the day when the GIs there g a knives aimed for our backs. Good luck in your struggle. Str« a paper together. I have read your paper Wa have a Master Sgt, Ramsey, who is comes in numbers, so be au* alk and I would like to subscribe to your pa due to become our first Sgt, once the with folks in your squadr it the per but financial clrcumet present one retires shortly. This guy problems & solutions. m>ii-violent -- and the government has chance to visit her relatives. Altho WAW since admitted that they have very lit he was to be working 'glar, tle evidence that any violence was his paycheck was fro» th« "U.S. Customs BROTHER planned. But the trial of the Gaines Dept." Could lt be Uf government ville 8 has turned into a witch-hunt is hiring civilians to take tha place used to discredit and slow down the WAW. of all those soldlrr« ceasing hotae? WRITES The ninth WAW organizer, Jim, wrote FAT AL'S INTRO: Last summer 9 organizers us a letter that may explain why he was "Dear C the Vietnam Veterans Against the not named in the indictment. By the "I'm sorry I'va waited so long War met in Florida to discuss demonstra way, Jim is still living in Homestead, to write, but thing» ara up In tha tions for the Republican National Con Fla., with his Vietnamese wife and 2 air as usual. vention. Eight of the nine were sub children. The job he mentions whould "I heard you war« In aoate sort of sequently charged with "conspiracy to have allowed him to go back to Vietnam, trouble awhile ba hop« it isn't disrupt the Convention" by violence. (he was a diesel mechanic in the AF), true. I guess you hav« heard about The WAW marches, rallies, and skits and it would have given his wife a that actually took place were entirely (Cont'd, next page) The Page Rumor ha f. new mess d> itaker will We hear that the XO of the STIMSON cost a And the (SSBN 655) was picked up at the Purple ship's less t year old! Tree several weeks ago, when it was Lessee, w; paopla on board off limits. Wonder if he went to ("officers a sksn", as the Navy Captain's Mast about it? says), that'» V' '/parson. Maybe The Navy takes care of its own—officers, they would tiilmi split it up? that is. Just ask an enlisted man how well Hurrah! ! M finally got one! he was taken care of -- how much he is A sailor USS Vasole, Donald paid for retirement pay and how much for Appling, 1« showing the world that a disability and compare it to what some of seaman can writ» ap a superior, more the big brass is getting. For instance, specificsl hiaf. The great event (just happened to find this the other day occurred whan Don wrote up BMC Fagin & thought you would be interested) - for commit ig a threat of physical General Towner retired with 100% disability harm in accompaniment to an otherwise even though until he retired, he was drawing lawful order. Some people never learn, $2,000 hazardous duty pay. Wow, that is quite but we have to try and teach them. abit. I only got $3,000 last year and I am supposed to be taking care of my wife. If I Torture , corruption, government were to retire as an enlisted man (fat albert's spies, and loss of freedom are a way of chance, I will never stay in that long) i bet life In Greece today, and it wasn't that I would only get about one-fourth of what surprising whan Greek Cmdr. PAPPAS took he is getting - $27 grand. his destroyer to Italy, where he & 30 You remember Lavelle, the one that declared men requested asylum from the Greek his own war on the poor Vietnamese, well he military dictatorship. He asked the US was declared 70% disabled and has to pay taxes to atop supporting the dictators—but on only about 3 of the 27,000 dollars that there doesn't seem much chance of that. he is ripping off of you and me, the people Our gov't supplies Greek dictator of America. But than again, he might have Papadopoulos with weapons, & by 1974 the use of only 30% of his brain. That is we'll have 6,000 troops stationed there, what 30 years of being an officer will do with ships homeporting in Piraeus. to you. Capt. Blount, the one that was in Keep your head, don't let the military have charge of the NIS, Base Police, the it. chiefs that write you up for having hair on your head, the one that will not let NOW YORK TIMES reported that at the Acey-Duecy Club admit third class least a dozen B-52 crewmembers have petty officers because he wants to keep written Congress, protesting continued the troops divided, has finally left us. bombing in Cambodia. One co-pilot said He is now on his way to bigger and bad- "This is not a one-man show. The ma der things because he has made Rear Ad jority of the crew force presently en miral. I wonder if he would have made gaged in these operations are fed-up it if we had written up all the Art 138's with the entire affair." Another letter that he deserved. I wonder who the next said "Every day of bombing splashes lucky one will be. I doubt that the blood in the face of America. What will next CO of the Navy Base will ever be we tell our children?" (Try telling them any better. So if you need help writing FAT ALBERT S that you got fed up with all the killing up a 138, drop on by and see us. We and that you quit the mllltar offer real fast service. SHORTS Marine Reservists from the Little working with BALD, trying to get Creek Anphibious Base (Norfolk) got to backing for the case. The members of B.A.L.D. gether to discuss the problem of hair. BALD, realizing that seeking acti The problem of hair in the military They felt that the present hair régula - through the court system will be ex has bothered many people for years. The tions are a violation of their indivi pensive, have each pledged $30 for the brass says no long hair, thousands of dual rights and that something ought struggle (these guys are really serious). EM's say yes, we want long hair. But to be done about it. They knew that They are about 75 strong now, shooting what can EM's do against the brass, they fighting the Marine hair regs individaul- for 100 members. They will take the make the rules, give the orders, and ly would be almost suicide, but as a case to the Supreme Court if necessary. hand out the punishment for not following group they had the power to apply effec They realize there is no guarantee of the orders tive pressure where it would make some winning, but something has to be done and Richard Holder, Joseph Ethridge, and changes. Tie organization, Brothers they feel that organizing as a group is William Jordan are all Naval Reservists Against Legalized Degradation (BALD), the only effective method of fighting the in the Norfolk area. They currently have was formed. Marine hair regs. a suit in Federal District Court con These guys need support from other cerning hair regulations and the wearing Their plan is to fight the legality of military people, civilians, and anyone of short-hair wigs for Reservists. Jor the regulation in the courts. By who supports their struggle. If you dan and Ethridge have been activated and fighting in courts, concerned groups of want to help, send money, stamps for Holder has to report for active duty on enlisted men forced the Army to change postage, and letters of support and enc May 9. These people have been invol- it's hair regs, allowing short hair wigs encouragement to BALD (Marine Reservists) untairly activated, harassed, threaten for Army Reservists and National Guard. or Naval Reservists fighting the hair, ed and intimidated by the brass for figh Effective change can be brought about regs c/o The Defense Committee ting to change the hair regs. And the through collective groups action. PO Box 1492 struggle continues..... A lawyer, Mr. William P. Robinson is Norfolk, Va. 23501 and my check for that half-d^ys work ("WAW Brother" cont'd.) FBI will try to use my wife's visa to get me to help them convict the '8'. came from 'U.S. Customs Dept.' I've been unemployed for 8 months now. the trouble we've had in the Fla. "I am hired by Lear Seigler Inc Since the Republican Convention. With Region. Eight WAW members have been (LIS) to work as a diesel mech. in the exception of some construction indicted for conspiracy, Alton Foss & VietNam, but even though I've already jobs. My mom. has money and is helping Don Perdue from South Fla, Scott Ca- signed a contract I doubt if I get us. She is really surprised and mad ov mil'up in Gainesville. The FBI came to go. I had a job at Homestead AFB over everything that's happened. She's here to tell ma they know about me be and got fired 4 hrs. later. They said getting a good political education. ing at the Regional Meeting where the they had to run a FBI check. Then they "I hope you get a chance to come claimed 'conspiracy' started. So he sent me home, called me and said I down to South Fla. again soon. All told me to 'watch myself,' because I wasn't 'qualified.« So I doubt if I'll my old GI friends are out now, but I've have 'a nice house and family' and be going to Nam. I was going to work got new friends out there. I'm helping 'not to lie if I am called up.' Scott part time for NARMIC on their newest an Air Policeman get out now, he just Camil has asked me to get out of the slide show, 'Civilianization.• I was got busted. USA before the trial. He thinks the working for "Northrop Aircraft Corp.' In Struggle, Jim» 10 cooked, it gets down to all those hun gry, nauseated sailors. One of the cooks goes behind the chowline to FLEET FOOD FLAP dole the food out to the crew. The portions are generally undersized, Let's hear it for three squares Take a look inside a lettuce crate unless the first group to come through and a flop! You may be startled by and remove one head. Start peeling willingly takes a small amount. the deafening silence, but it's off the inedible leaves. When you're Now, donlt get the impression that really the reaction to be expected. about half-way through, they should the situation's hopeless. After all, Military accomodations are hardly start looking brown instead of black. there is some good food hidden on that anything to chear about. Open a box of tomatoes. Don't be ole' rust-bucket you're assigned to. How about those three square meals surprised if there are only half a "Scoff, scoff!" you may say, unbe a day? What could be wrong with them? dozen out of 4 dozen that don't have lieving, "where?" Wall, next time you That's a rather broad question, but any mold on them. Of course, I must sneak through officer's country, take I'll try to answer it in only one qualify that by pointing out that a peek inside the wardroom. installment, using the Navy as an generally, bad cases such as I just Recognize those guys eating prime example. mentioned occur during the winter steak off that fancy tablecloth? First, when looking at chow, we and spring. In summer and fall, Right! They're your officers! How consider the cooking. Navy cooks fresh vegetables0are in season, and come they have stewards bringing 'em have absolutely no chance of getting great food while we aat like economy a job at Maxim's, but are somewhat night at the Salvation Army? Is it proficient at making meat hot and ad because our military has a caste sySc ding water to dehydrated foods. The BARF! tem which says some people are more thing they do best is take shortcuts. deserving of good food than others? One can't really blame them for it, as Is it 'cause they gat paid enough to it is a necessity since nearly every afford the best, while we don't? Of galley in the Navy is understaffed. course not -- this la a democracy, The shortcuts make it possible to stupid! It's Just because they don't feed all those screaming mouths on know how rotten things are in the time. More cooks would be better mess decks. Solution: invite your than shortcuts, or "railroading", Division Officer down to the crews' but railraoding doesn't cost the mess for breakfast. And lunch. And Navy as much money. dinner. Keep it up for a week or Speaking of saving money, the two. Pretty soon he'll O.D. on the Navy doesn't stop with saving on bad food (& probably lose 20 pounds). personnel. The food itself is an And (since he's an officer and a economists' dream, and a physi gentleman), he'll certainly invite you cians nightmare. The meat the Navy to eat in the wardroom. In fact, buys is third rated by government in he'll probably invite the entire divi spectors. Fresh vegetables are quite the distributors can afford to let sion to eat there every day -- and often sold to the Navy because they better quality foodstuffs be sold for then your problems are over. are considered not salable on a con the prices the Navy wants to pay. Well, give it a try -- and let me sumers market. Does it sound hard to Once the food is purchased and know how it works ! believe? a true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love« ehe guevara 44 •» 1 was lucky enough to be an ob for that. server only,so I didn't have to Are the Captains in the Navy and HYPOCRITES worry much. the CO.s in the rest of the military How big a problem is Racial Prejudice There were even scenes aboard really as unprejudiced as they claim in the military? Being in the Navy the ship, one in the Crews Lounge. be? What about the incidents on the I have observed several instances where This was an unneccesary hassle in Kitty Hawk and the Constellation, the the minority has had to suffer the con my mind. A number of Whites were, watch Camp Allen scene? What caused them? sequences of white supremism. ing the T.V. when a number of Blacks I'm sure that there ara plenty of • The is harder to see while in port came in and wanted to listen to the such avoidable incidents happlnlng all than when at sea, (we all know that radio. One thing led to another and over in the military and many more the stress of being away from land finally to a free for all which serious than these but let's sit Is the true test of such hushed could have been avoided if everyone down and consider what wa can do up subjects.) would have used there heads and talked to better the situation You're I was recently on a cruise where it out instead of mindlessly creating Black aren't you being discriminated we spent about two weeks at sea havoc and closing th« lounge for every against? If you're White are you only to come into the great met one else. discriminating against the minorities? ropolis port city of Yorktown, Va. Another thing to consider is the For once let's not Just tit around Things went pretty well while we prejudice involved In Captain's and talk about it, let's do something were out but when everyone realized Mast. Isn't there at least a little about it! the fact that we sould be there bit of prejudice; in fact quite a Let's unit« whth each other and for quite a while things started to get I On my ship a White act like the brothers we truly are. pretty uptight. The E.M. Clubs messcook and a Black cook went to The biggest problems lay In the became the sight of the showdowns. Mast for UA for about 2 hours apiece. commanding levels. Why don't we Tha messcook had done this everyday for let them know how we fael so we can almost a month and wasn't agood worker get it dona. But first you have to at all. The cook had done it three find how you feel about it personally. tiroes to my knowledge and was a fair Are you keeping yourself open- er, not great but fair. minded eno be able to say you The messcook went in first and can help the cause? Are you following was awarded 3 days bread and water. up on the commitments you've made to The cook went in right afterwards yourself and everyone else? Don't be and was awarded the same. Of course a hypocrite and say one thing and the cook didn't get along with the do another, at least have enough division officer (who is incidently character to stand up and fight for a White)quite as well as the messcook way of life that you've claimed to be but he should not have been punished Fat Albert is here again. This paper Last Bonth's poster--"J0IN THE is written by active duty gi's and 10 EXOTIC DISTANT LANDS. their friends. For this to be the , UNUSUAL PEOPLE AND paper you want it to be- we need .--was really popular. your support( articles, bodies, news, I ol t he posters have been seen and money). Please contact: • he barracks on the Navy base. The X0 of a nuclear sub even has one Charleston GI Office hanging in his staterooml Right on, 2008% Reynolds Ave. Commander! P.O. Box 4643 We're hoping to have the poster N. Charleston, SC 29405 reprinted on heavier paper for ph. 554-1773/747^0256/723-1063 display in your compartment, barracks, mess decks, etc.. USS CONE & USS BORDELON USS EXULTANT what did you learn in nam today, CONFESSIONS OF what did you learn in 'nam ? A MINESWEEPER "War is good business, invos' is supposed to be done here, is to put Well, here I am, on my last leg , son," goes the old saw, and some « In a short charge. Instead, a new I wish to bare my soul so that I too hers came pretty damn close while nrge was rammed in, which could have may go to that Great Resting Place Cone and the Bordelon were "Just ha" blown up the mount. Luckily, it didn't: of MSO's in the sky - Scrap Heaven. in' around" off the coast of North 'Nam. though the shell was in the barrel for Don't get the wrong idea - The The Cone had a really neat welcom 4 minutes. Navy is not deactivating me, though j ing committee for helicopters called The Cone was firing so many shells heaven knows, I deserve it. I • "Meet the Fantail", but you might have that they ran out and on Christmas Eve have been very sick lately, my en called it the "Pacific Ocean." There were firing white phosphorous and gines had extensive surgery done' on was one 'copter that had water in its chaff. engine, and though waved off by the them here in Charleston, and in gene While on the firing line, the director, stalled, and crash landed ral, like all the Navy's 20 year old gents in the Cone's boiler room were so anyway. While a radioman was daa- ships, I am in sad shape. Interested in the boom-boom of the parately calling for the pilot to "coaie In fact, I feel guilty every time I shells they didn't notice the distil- in", the pilot answered his call in take my crew out to sea, for I do have lated water pressure in the boilers person at the radio shack. The 'copter some pride. I don't like to break drop to 550 lbs. They let it drop to 520 was stuck to the fantall, however, and down all the time, but when you're lbs., whereupon all speed stopped. couldn't be removed. Against orders, old what can you do? I just hope They were slowed to 5 knots coming off the Cone steamed to Da Nang to have lt they don't have to put up another the firing line, then went immedi taken off. plaque like the one below my decks now, ately to all ahead full, an action in memory of five brave men who died The pilot of another 'copter, de which might have burst the boiler. livering ammo, decided the weather was fighting a fire at sea, 12 August 1960. The Cone spent 30 days on the too rough to land. The captain decided I like the men who take care of me firing line, and was hit by shrapnel. otherwise, and had his way. One of the and I feel sorry for them when they While on liberty in Subie Bay, Phil- pallets on which the anno was placed have to work all night on my worn-out lipines, their crew sampled life slid because of the heavy seas and engines. I feel sorry for them having under martial law, as described in crushed the pelvis of the MAA. There to live in what could be called sub the last issue. is some doubt as to wether he was taken standard housing. I feel sorry for to the best hospital to be given the The Bordelon, despite the October them standing port and starboard under blockade, managed to make it over to best treatment that could have been way watches and working long hours for •Nam three weeks early: talk about provided. such low pay. I feel sorry for them making up for lost time! If you keep a shell in the barrel when the officers make them take me Both the Cone and Bordelon came more than ten minutes, you have to into a storm which makes the men physi home "early" because of "the end of flush the barrel with water, as it cally sick, and sorrier still when I the war." Though the Bordelon was gets red hot. This practice was prac never hit, its captain sounded dis break down twice in that storm. I AM tically ignored by the Cone's gun couraged when the Paris peace treaty SORRY. crews who came close to the ten minute was announced. Is it true he was mark more than a few times. In one case watching a football game when the Signed, a shell wouldn't fire because the Bordelon faced a peace demonstration EXULTANT (MSO-441) charge wouldn't go all the way in. What in Yokosuka? "alternative literature" The system really stinks, changes gotta be made. In order to decide what changes should be made, ya gotta know tha facts... so we're offering facts, information, and opinions not available through the military or the straight press. Check the literature you want... it's free, except for the ones with prices marked (make checks payable to GI Office)... send to: P.O. Box 4643 N. Charleston, SC include your name & address 29405 • As the Kraus was returning from duty send me these USS KRAUS off the coast of Vietnam, the Navy I wrote a poem commending its excellant The little red book of military execution of genocide well, some " law(.50) folks here in the office also wrote Why wait? Organizing within the a poem expressing our feelings. See military \ Your thirty one zero one fifteen zulu if you can tell which is which. CCCO POCKET DISCHARGE PAMPHLETS was certainly a lulu Getting out/A guide to discharges I And you'll have the welcome wanted. Little lulu's now a zulu Who needs you most(hardship and I Friends and families, neighbors too, dependency) But a zombie's what the Navy wanted, I Await with patience still undaunted. To leave behind their friends and families I was only following doctors orde rs And return with sad thin faces gaunted. (medical) The sunny shores of Carolina If war is hell...(conscientious I With the restful onshore breeze, The sunny shores of Carolina objection) Will restore the body and the soul With the restful onshore breeze, This suit doesn't fit sarge! After your sojourn across the seas. Contrast with the blood and stench (unsuitability) Of the dead across the seas. Who let you in here?(erroneous So hasten home happy husbands, enlistment) I Wayward waifs no more You've hastened homeward sobered husbands With thankful hearts we await your Pray say make war no more. Forward macho! " return How many less wives would be widowed Stand up for your rights(reservists Back to these peaceful shores. Had you never left these peaceful shores? legal rights) I Radical words: or you can't tell Your powerful weapons whining Your powerful weapons whining the revolution without a Did the job and more. Did the job and more, dictionary(.35) Devotion to duty, like a bright star Killing entire families Camp news($3/yr) shining, As through villages they tore. Soldiers and strikers(. 75) k Helped to settle the score. Grapes of wrath(Norfoik gi p Your soul's been torn, you need a rest underground) . Your ship, your crew have earned a You're only tools, unknowing at best. GI movement calendar($1) rest. Potemkin guitar book($l) Well done! You've passed the test! decay n back again