THE · Wor Built/up Deepens M.df. ~n~e!A~! Split in Ruling Closs Vol. 32 - No. 12 Monday, March 18, 1968 Price 10¢ By Dick Roberts New York Post correspondent Rob­ "Even more pervasive is the MARCH 12 - General West­ ert J. Donovan, "[Johnson] min­ comment, 'We don't really know moreland's request this week for gles less and less with civilians where we stand yet. Our informa­ gigantic reinforcements of 206,000 outside the White House. tion is poor.'" more troops to Vietnam has "When he departs Washington, The main line of the argument touched off an unprecedented de­ his destinations are now wrapped against administration policies put bate in the American ruling class. in secrecy and he is apt to seek forth by dissidents in the Pen­ Never in the course of the war haven on an aircraft carrier or tagon is that whatever reinforce­ has the division over Vietnam at an air base." ments Washington could send, policies been so deep. Few times Johnson declared this week, Hanoi and the National Liberation in American history have such "We are going to find peace with Front can always equal them. sharp disagreements in ruling honor. We are not going to be A March 9 dispatch from Can­ class circles come to public at­ Quislings, and we are not going tho, South Vietnam, described one tention. to be appeasers, and we are not of South Vietnam's "key gen­ going to cut and run." erals'' as stating "the enemy had The New York Times revealed Indicating the extent of de­ already conscripted enough troops March 10 the existence of a se­ moralization in the Pentagon to offset the 'severe losses' suf­ cret Pentagon report on Vietnam caused by the Tet offensive, the fered during the bloody Lunar attacking the administration pol­ New York Times stated March 10: New Year offensive." icies from top to bottom. "One high official commented One official quoted by the New In the course of the week, the that the enemy's Tet offensive York Times put it crudely and Washington Post and Newsweek was 'a body blow.' Another re­ brutally: "Essentially we are fight­ magazine, two of the most influen­ marked that Washington was 'still ing Vietnam's birth rate.'' At one tial news publications in the coun­ groggy.' Said a third: 'There's no and the same time this statement try, broke ranks with Johnson's disguising it - we got a real admits , the genocidal implication war. The New York Times itself punch in the nose.' Others speak .of Washington's attack on the delivered its sharpest editorial at­ bitterly of Vietnam as a 'bottom­ Vietnamese population - and the tack so far on White House pol­ less pit.' (Continued on Page 3) icies. And in the last two days Secre­ tary of State Rusk has been con­ fronted by bitter denunciation of Stu·dents in Poland the war from ranking members of the Senate Foreign Relations Com­ mittee before national TV audi­ ences. Deman·d Dem·ocracy This division takes place as the full extent of Washington's defeat ByLes Evans debris and broken furniture ..." in the Tet offensive is beginning MARCH 12 - Tens of thou­ Police brought out a water can­ to be assimilated - and to a cer­ sands of Polish students, joined non and a multiple tear-gas tain extent admitted - by top for the first time by large num­ launcher to disperse the crowds in policy makers. It occurs when bers of workers, battled police for the most violent upheaval in more casualty figures for American more than eight hours in the cen­ than a decade. soldiers rose above the 500 level ter of Warsaw yesterday. The official Polish press has vi­ for the second week in a row. The student demonstrations, ciously attacked the students as It has no doubt been stimulated which began March 8, were aimed "scum" and "hooligans.'' Slowo by the growing apprehension that at winning political and artistic PowszechPaul Boutelle building superintendent. When an But all of this is merely to lead tenced on March 12 by an Israeli heat and power. were Mrs. Margaret Wright, chair­ off-duty police lieutenant inter­ to pages of recommendations on military court to nine months in W. A. Boyle, the VMW presi­ man of the United Parents Coun­ vened, a 15-year-old boy attacked how to improve "public relations" prison. Toame, a member of the dent, is quoted as saying, in an­ cil; Tommy Jacquette of Opera· him with a knife. The officer shot between the police departments Israeli Socialist Organization and nouncing the expulsion, "How tion Bootstrap, a community or­ and killed the boy. and the ghettos; how police can secretary of the Arab Students sharper than a serpent's tooth it ganizing project; Mrs. Glory Rob­ "A crowd of teenagers gathered become more sophisticated in "riot Committee on the campus, was is to have a thankless child." erts of the Black Congress and and smashed store windows. Po­ control"; why it might be a good charged with having "harbored a District 50 was organized by the Peace Action Council; and lice arrived in force and dispersed idea to add a few black policemen subversive, Ahmad Khalifa. Kha· John L. Lewis in the 1930's to Frank Greenwood of the Afro­ the. group." (p. 36) This, remem­ onto the force. lifa was sentenced to two years in take in unorganized workers in American Cultural Association. ber, falls under the category of Nowhere is the only real and prison for "activities endangering many fields. It now has a mem· A number of people at the meet· "routine arrests . . . for minor of­ just solution offered: to place com­ the security of Israel." bership of 220,000. With the ex· ing became endorsers of the Hal­ fenses." Here is how the same plete control of the police in the The Israeli Socialist Organiza­ pulsion of this large segment, the stead-Boutelle campaign, includ­ incident was described by Militant black community in the hands of tion has both Arab and Jewish UMW, once a large and militant ing Tommy Jacquette and Wood­ reporter Robert Vernon: the black community itself. Black members, and is opposed to the leader in the organized labor row Coleman, the leading black ''The immediate cause of the community control of its own po­ recent military annexation by movement, now has only 120,000 organizer of the Peace and Free­ outbreak was the killing on July lice - this is the answer to the Israel of Jordanian, Egyptian and members. dom Party in the Los Angeles 16 of a 15-year-old Negro boy, facts and figures on the police in Syrian lands. -Marvel Scholl area. James Powell, by a white police the Riot Commission report. Monday, March 18, 1968 THE MILITANT Page Three

THE MILITANT CHOICE 68 Roundup Editor: BARRY SHEPPARD Business. Manager: BEVERLY SCOTT Published weekly, except during .July and August when published biweekly, by The Militant Pnbllshlng Ass'n., 873 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10003. Phone In a recent article in the Uni­ 533-6414. Second-class postage paid at New York. N.Y. Subscription: domestic, versity of Buffalo Spectrum, Phil $3 a year; Canada and Latin America, $3.50; other foreign, $4.50. By first chua mall: domestic and Canada, $9.00; all other cotintries, $14.00. Air printed matter: Semas from the College Press domestic and Canada, $12.50; Latin America, $23.00; Europe, $27.00, Africa. Service explains why the direc­ Australia, Asia (including USSR), $32.00. Write for sealed air postage rate. Signed articles by contributors do not necessarily represent The Militant's viewa. tors of CHOICE 68 placed Fred These are expressed in editorials. Halstead's name on the ballot. He wrote, "So, although a number of Vol. 32 - No. 12 ..... 345 Monday, March 18, 1968 doves made the ballot almost au­ tomatically, the directors decided that might not be enough to in­ volve radicals. As an answer they added Fred Halstead, who is run­ ning for President from the So­ ••• Ruling (/ass Split cialist Workers Party on a plat­ form of black power and imme­ (Continued from Page 1) ations and withdraw its major diate withdrawal from Vietnam. ultimate futility of genocidal war­ forces from sparsely populated "Dick Beahrs, student body pres­ fare. borders of South Vietnam . . . Un­ ident at Berkeley, gives another The Pentagon minority opts for inspiring as it is . . . stalemate reason why the ballot may interest toning down the war, possibly does seem a goal worth pursuing." withdrawing U.S. troops from "Uninspiring" is hardly the tllll\llllll\illlllllllllllllllllllll\11111111\lllllllllllllllllllllll!llll!llllllllllllllltllll' undefendable areas in the country­ word for it; but it is applicable not CHOICE 68 is a nationwide cam­ side to the main cities and seeking only to Newsweek's proposal, but pus poU on the presidential elec­ some sort of compromise with the ones hinted at in the New tions and the war in Vietnam. Hanoi. They oppose further es­ York Times, in the Pentagon Fred Halste,ad, Socialist Workers calation. And with minor modifica­ minority report, and the criticisms tions, this is the solution being of­ of the Senate Foreign Relations Party candidate for President, fered by most other capitalist Committee members. heads alphabetical list of presi­ critics of the administration's war After demonstrating beyond re­ dential candidates. Besides pres­ plans. futation the impossibility of mili· idential vote, there is a referen­ "If the events of the past six tary victory, these spokesmen for dum on the war in Vietnam, and weeks in Vietnam prove any­ capitalism suggest military stale­ on the "urban crisis." CHOICE thing," the New York Times mate. They apparently leave out ii8 is being run by committee of opined editorially March 11, "they of consideration the determination student leaders, and is backed demonstrate beyond reasonable of the Vietnamese people to fight by TIME magazine. doubt that the policy of military for their country and· pay no heed escalation in Southeast Asia which whatsoever to the lives and safety llllllllllllillll\lll!lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll\111111111111111111111111111: the President and his Pentagon of the American soldiers them­ radicals: the two referendum advisers have followed for more selves. questions on Vietnam. He points than three years is futile - and There is only one sound answer out that radicals have worked worse ... to the situation: immediate and hard to put Vietnam referenda "The American people have been total withdrawal of all American <>n the ballot in the Bay Area and ppshed beyond the limits of gul­ forces. In a New York press con· other places and radicals may de­ libility." ference this morning, Fred Hal­ cide to push this referendum CHOICE 68 POSTER. X's mark Fred Halstead the choice for Presi­ stead, presidential candidate of the Critical DileJJlllla. hard." dent, and indicate votes for immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops Socialist Workers Party, argued from Vietnam and permanent cessation of bombing of North Viet­ The most significant thing about quite reasonably that the position Minnesota Young• Socialists for nam. On "urban crisis" referendum, poster urges write-in vote for these attacks on Johnson's policy of the antiwar movement was not Halstead and Boutelle are making "Black control of .the black communities." Se'e advertis.ement is not the alternative solutions only a moral stance but the only sure that there are no campuses this p·age. they .offer, but the critical dilem­ practical and realistic alternative in their area where Halstead and ma of Washington's position they being offered the American peo­ Boutelle are not known. The Halstead-Boutelle campaign. Over the impression he knew what he expose. Here's how Newsweek ple. Minnesota campaign director 80 students and faculty attended. was talking about. Seldom have I begins its 16-page indictment: Drawing on the revelations of writes: Finally, he spoke at Antioch Col­ interviewed a politician who look­ "After three years of gradual Johnson's critics and warning of "A memorandum has been sent lege to about 100 students. Ac­ ed me in the eye as he answered escalation, President Johnson's the imminent catastrophe facing out to all CHOICE 68 campus co­ cording to John Studer from An­ questions and gave straightfor­ strategy for Vietnam has run into the soldiers in Khesanh, Halstead -ordinators in Iowa, Minnesota, tioch, there are now active Young ward answers." a dead end. Only the chronic op­ insisted that immediate withdraw­ North and South Dakota, Nebras· Socialists for Halstead and Bou­ The Bay Area YSHB had sent timist can now see 'the light at al was undoubtedly favored by ka, western Wisconsin and Mon­ telle groups in formation at both out a mailing to college student the end of the tunnel' that used to large numbers of Gis, including tana, calling attention to Paul Wilmington and Antioch Colleges. body presidents asking them to illuminate the rhetoric of the mili­ higher ranking officers. Boutelle's tour and to t h e A cocktail party to raise money set up meetings for Halstead and tary briefing officers. "The ones closest to the scene campaign headquarters in Minne­ for the campaign fund was held Boutelle. As a result of this mail­ "Only the deluded can console obviously know most about what apolis. We are in the pro· at the home of a professor from ing a meeting of about 100 stu­ themselves with the comforting is really happening," he said. feeling that suddenly the war will cess of contacting by phone all Case Western Reserve University. dents was held for Boutelle at the The antiwar movement has the campus coordinators in the Twin In Akron a meeting was held for College of San Mateo. Boutelle re­ turn a corner and the enemy will preeminent responsibility of car­ Cities area, getting them started Halstead at the Unitarian Church, ceived an honorarium from the wither away ... Today the enemy rying forward the struggle for on publicizing CHOICE 68. At sponsored by the Peace and Free­ school of $125.00, which will help has the initiative throughout Viet­ bringing the troops home. Now Macalester College the reaction dom group there. defray campaign expenses. The nam." more than ever before is that job was exactly what we hope will In his Texas campaign tour, president of the student body at A few paragraphs later, News­ necessary. The casualties are in· occur elsewhere: the fellow was which followed Ohio, Halstead this school is an endorser of the week contends: "Even now, no creasing and the dangers grow· delighted that somebody knew first stopped in Houston. Meetings Halstead-Boutelle ticket, and is one will officially admit the one ing day by day. The job before us that he was campus coordinator, had been arranged at the Univer­ working on the CHOICE 68 ref­ grim truth that recent events have now is to build the April Days of and was very happy to take our sity of Houston and at Rice Uni­ erendum. At the meeting, Bou­ underlined: the war cannot be Protest into the largest manifesta­ suggestions on organizing a debate versity by the Houston Committee telle was interrupted several times won by military means without tions of opposition to the war to and going into action." for Halstead and Boutelle. with applause from the audience. tearing apart the whole fabric of date. At his next stop, Dallas, Hal· Boutelle also spoke to 150 stu­ national life and international re­ Work on the •CHOICE 68 col- stead was the guest of the Peace dents at Chico State College and lations." lege presidential vote and Viet­ and Freedom Center, a local head· to two classes at Chico High In Giap's Hands nam war referendum is picking up quarters for the antiwar and black School. In "Provo Park" opposite Poster: steam across the country. On their liberation struggle in Dallas. His Berkeley High School, Boutelle Newsweek takes note of the national speaking tours Fred Hal· main meeting was at Southern spoke to 300 enthusiastic young trapped marines: "the initiative stead and Paul Boutelle have been Methodist University, sponsored people. The report from Berkeley at Khesanh has slipped entirely Vote Choice 68 urging a big vote in CHOICE 68 by the campus Young Democrats. says, "The response was excellent, into Giap's hands ... the marines wherever they go. The March 6 SMU Campus re­ many persons staying to talk with there would be hard put to make • Against the War Fred Halstead has just com· ported that Halstead's tour "is Paul after the meeting. In all, 39 an orderly withdrawal now. pleted a successful tour of Ohio, part of the SWP program to have people signed up as endorsers of "To the east, Route 9 has been • For Fred Halstead where he spoke for 14 different Halstead-Boutelle on the Novem­ Halstead and Boutelle, 20 of whom cut by the North Vietnamese who campus or community groups. At ber ballot, according to J.D. Ar­ were Afro-Americans for Halstead have prepared scores of ambush 17" x 22". Cost: 25 cents each; 10 Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, nold, Halstead's Dallas press and Boutelle." sites. And military planners es­ cents each for orders of 25 or more; over 200 students turned up to agent." The meeting was attended Elijah Turner, Chairman of timate that a westward retreat 6 cents each for I00 or more. Avail· listen to Halstead--out of a student by 50 people, including students, Oakland CORE and national treas­ into Laos would result in the de­ able I!IS miniposter (8%" x II"): 5 body of 700! Halstead also spoke local peace activists, and mem­ urer of CORE shared the platform struction of at least one of the five cents each; 2 cents over 25; I cent twice to students at Kent State bers of SNCC. Halstead appeared with Boutelle and Tembadza Chi­ Marine battalions based at Khe­ each o,n orders over I00. College, once at an indoor meet­ for an hour on a talk show on a jovanyika, a Rhodesian student sanh." ing and again before 200 students major Dallas radio station. member of the Tricontinental Pro­ Newsweek then points out that Brochure: picketing the Dow Chemical Com­ In Austin a press conference gressive Student Association, in a the U.S. military is utterly unable pany recruiter on campus. produced TV and radio broad­ memorial meeting for Malcolm X to determine where the Viet­ He spoke to 75 students at Ca­ casts on Halstead's visit through­ at the Militant Labor Forum in namese will strike next-whether A Letter to Gls yahoga Community College, to 70 out the day. The meeting for him San Francisco Feb. 24. at Khesanh, throughout the I Corps at a meeting at Cleveland State at the University of Texas was • area, or in Saigon: "The most By Fred Halstead College sponsored by the school attended by over 200 students. The Halstead-Boutelle campaign chilling prospect of all is that the $1.50 1 00. newspaper, to 75 to 100 students Paul Boutelle, SWP candidate committee recently received a let­ Communists may try to launch per at Western Reserve University, to for Vice President, received a ter from a student from the Uni­ simultaneous attacks in both I Send for list of additional cam­ versity of North Carolina in Cha­ students at ClP.veland Heights High friendly response to campaigning Corps and Saigon." paign materials. Send orders to: School and to the board of dea­ in the San Francisco Bay area. pel Hill, who wrote: "Our campus "It now appears," Newsweek cons of black nationalist "Church Guy Gregory, reporter for the is sponsoring a CHOICE 68 elec­ concludes, "that the U.S. must ac­ Young Socialists of the Nation of Israel." Afro-American newspaper, the tion. Your ticket is entered on the cept the fact that it will never be A meeting for Halstead at Sun-Reporter, described his im­ ballot, but unfortunately no one able to achieve decisive military For Halstead and Boutelle Wilmington College was chaired pressions of Paul Boutelle as fol­ knows who you are or where you superiority." 873 Broadway by Bill Evans, chairman of the lows: "Boutelle, a personable stand. An appearance o:f your can­ As an alternative, Newsweek Wilmington Peace and Freedom young man, seemed calm and sure didate on campus would be ex­ suggests that Washington "stop its New York, N.Y. 10003 Committee and an endorser of the of his statements and gave me tremely helpful." large-scale search-and-destroy oper- Page Four THE MILITANT Monday, March 18, 1968

••• Turmoil in Polontl (Continued from Page 1) "reactionary" students, the radical April Days of Protest play, "Dziady," by 19th century opposition at the university comes poet Adam Mickiewicz. from the left, from inside the NEW YORK - The Student The Paris daily Le M onde re­ Communist Party itself. This is Mobilization Committee to End ported (March 10-11) the main testified to by the March 12 purge the War in Vietnam is receiving speech at the meeting, made by a of three high government officials a steady stream of reports on ac­ student leader: whose sons led the demonstrations. tivities for the April 26 student "In fighting for Mickiewicz' Modzelewski was a member of Student Strike set for April 26 play we are fighting for inde­ the party until he was expelled and the International Day of pendence and freedom and for for his ideas in 1964. He too is Protest, April 27. Both actions the democratic traditions of our the son of a high ranking goY­ promise to be massive repudia­ country. In so doiri.g we are also ernment and party official who tions of Johnson's aggression in fighting for the working class for was Foreign Minister from 1947 Vietnam. Following are selections there is no bread without free­ to 1951. He and Kuron, who is from progress reports and corre­ dom, just as there is no education also the son of a veteran Com­ spondence received by the SMC without freedom." munist, distributed an "Open Let­ ter" to the Communist Party in national office. Le Monde reported what hap­ 1964 which called for the estab­ • pened next: lishment of workers' democracv In New York the Fifth Avenue "A resolution on these subjects and a return to proletarian inte;­ Vietnam Peace Parade Committee was adopted almost unanimously nationalism. Their views closelv has filed for a parade permit for by raised hands and acclamation... · parallel those of Trotskyism. • twin marches April 27 down "It was then that six buses ~arne Broadway and Fifth Avenue to into the university area bringing It is reported that they were part of an organized group led by converge at Sheep Meadow in onto the grounds 'workers' del­ Ludwik Hass, a well-known Polish Central Park. Buttons are already egations' - in fact shock com­ Trotskyist who spent 17 years in being sold and leaflets are being mandos from certain factories and Stalin's labor camps. Hass, who is distributed. The Parade Commit­ secret police agents in civilian tee plans to get out two million clothing who tried to break up a historian, was arrested shortly after Modzelewski and Kuron in leaflets before April 27. Volunteers the demonstration. But the groups January 1966, and spent nine are needed at 17 East 17th Street, re-formed soon in front of the months in prison for his Trot­ Phone 255-1075. rectors' office with cries of 'Long live the writers!' 'Freedom of skyist views . • speech!' 'Democracy!'" Another major figure in the In Seattle, Wash., the Seattle student ferment is Leszek Kola­ Committee to Build the April Le Monde continues: " ... police kowski, a noted intellectual and Days of Protest and Resistance, a of the special forces, helmeted professor of philosophy at Warsaw broad coalition of groups, has and armed with clubs, penetrat­ ed into the university and attacked University. Kolakowski was ex­ made plans for an April 27 march pelled from the CP in. Oct. 1966. to the World's Fair Center, a rally the demonstrators. The assault there and a folk-rock dance. The was brutal. Young girls in par­ The struggle for socialist de­ committee has called a Washing­ ticular were clubbed, thrown to mocracy has been mounting among ton State antiwar conference for the ground and kicked. Several university students since 1965, March 23 to make further plans. students who were wounded in the initiated by radical Communist An antiwar teach-in .at the Uni­ head had to be hospitalized." teachers and intellectuals and versity of Washington campus That night the two well-known carried on by Communist youth March 1 drew 4,000 participants. dissident Communist intellectuals, after the initiators were jailed or Speakers included former Green Jacek Kuron and Karol Modzelew­ victimized for their forthright Beret Donald Duncan; Edward ski, were arrested. Both are teach­ criticism of the party bureaucrats. Keating, former publisher of Ram­ ing assistants at Warsaw Univer­ Now this movement has taken to parts; and Peter Camejo, sena­ sity. They were both jailed in 1965 the streets and workers are be­ torial candidate of the Socialist for their opposition to the re­ ginning to participate. It is too Workers Party. pressive and conservative policies soon to predict the outcome of this of the leadership of the Polish struggle, but it is plain from th.e • Communist Party, and were only brutal government reaction that More than 100 students partic­ BRING THEM HOME! American Gls and Vietnamese people are recently released. the bureaucrats know that their ipated in a statewide conference victims of Washington's war in Vietnam. Rather than originating among rule is potentially at stake. at Ohio State University in Co­ lumbus, Ohio, March 9 to plan ac­ tivities for the April 26 student April 26 with a rally at noon and strike and the day of protest to teach-in during afternoon classes follow. Big demonstrations will be . . . Minnesota Mobilization is or­ ganizing a mass regional demon­ D·evel·opments in Czechosl·ovakia held April 27 in Cincinnati, Cleve­ land and Columbus, and organiz­ stration for April 27 ..." morals." (The defection of so high­ ing has begun around the April By George Novack in the newspaper Milad.a Fronta., 24 CHOICE 68 collegiate presi­ • ly placed a military man to the "In those days (before Dubcek's DODGE CITY, Kan. (St. Mary The clash between the support­ U.S. imperialists certainly exposes dential poll, which contains a re­ election) many people· did not of the Plains College) - "If pos­ ers of President Antonin Novotny grave moral and political rotten­ dare use the telephone openly and ferendum on the war. sible could you send me informa­ and their opponents in Czechoslo­ ness at the top of the regime.) they are still not sure they can . tion concerning antiwar demon­ vakia is becoming aggravated with A regional Student• Mobilization Prochazka expressed surprise Silent fingers reach for your cor­ strations and draft deferment... " each passing day. The controver­ that the general was allowed to respondence. Watchful eyes follow Committee conference will be sies which led to Novotny's re­ slip across the border "in the everywhere. It was better to avoid held March 23 at the University • placement as first secretary of the of Pennsylvania, for students from BOWLING GREEN, Ohio critical days when the state pro­ some people because they served Czechoslovakian Communist Party secutor had already asked for his more than one employer. Eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware (Bowling Green State U.) - "I by Alexander Dubcek quickly· support the aims of the Student arrest." He added that Sejna "is "We have often heard the word and New Jersey. passed beyond the confines of the nothing but the top of a floating 'democratization' in the past years Mobilization Committee . . . I'm Central Committee and upper par­ • a member of SDS and the Ohio iceberg and, as we all know, nine­ and it was always described as a The Philadelphia Mobilization ty circles and have drawn one tenths of all icebergs are sub­ gift from above. It was never a Committee has announced that Peace Action Committee, and I segment of the people after an­ want to start extensive leafleting merged under water." real democracy. It was only an the mass march there April 27 other into heated nationwide de­ adaptation of the length of the in Bowling Green ..." bates. For the first time since Feb­ will convene at the Jewish War ruary 1948, the Czechoslovak reins." Memorial (16th and Parkway) The already weakened position KINGSTON, R.I.• (University of press, radio and television are Predominant is a determination around noon and march to the of Novotny and his orthodox Stal­ free from effective censorship and to prevent any reversion to the old Revolutionary W a r Cemetery, Rhode Island) - "As part of our inist faction has been further the reformers now control all the Stalinist methods. where a rally will be held. big smash week or 10 days, April shaken by the flight of Major 21-30, we are having a campus mass media. Television officials A program of action is reported­ General Jan Sejna to the United ly under consideration by the • teach-in on the war in Vietnam... " have been in the forefront of the One hundred black people met States. He was the secretary of critics of Novotny. Communist Party Central Commit­ at Wayne State University in De­ the Communist Party unit of the Sharp debates between defend· tee that would include provision troit March 2 for a Detroit region­ NEW YORK, N.Y.• (Rhodes High Ministry of National Defense and ers and opponents of Novotny and for a wider role for other political al conference of the National School) - "I go to Rhodes School a member of the presidium of the his Old Guard took place at many parties. . Black Anti-War Anti-Draft Union. in N.Y.C. and our whole school is National Assembly. He is said to of the 67 regional and local Com­ The Dubcek leadership is trying The meeting discussed plans for intending to strike on April 26 ... " be the highest ranking official munist Party conferences held to establish a new balance of building the International Student ever to defect from East Europe. throughout the country March forces between the government Strike. NBAW ADU will hold a na­ • Sejna is officially charged with 10-11. In a major departure, most and the people which would facili­ tional conference April 12-14 in In Italy, the weekly paper La misappropriating $20,000 worth of Sinistra (The Left), widely read of the party meetings held secret tate and consolidate the shift of New York City. state-owned seed. But far more is ballots and elected new slates of power from the old-line Stalinist among radical student&, printed involved. He reportedly conspired, in its March 9 issue the full text officers for the party units in­ diehards to the new team of tech­ More than 150• students from as a partisan of Novotny and pos· volved. nocrats and permit the graduated of a letter from the Student Mo­ sibly in collusion with him, in an high schools in the New York bilization Committee calling for Despite their disarray, the No­ introduction and application of the City area attended a citywide abortive coup d'etat designed to votny forces are attempting to proposed reforms. support to the International Stu­ keep the Premier in power. Mlada high school conference March 9. dent Strike. counterattack. On March 10 one But despite the refusal of the The conference set plans for high Fronta, the newspaper of the Com­ of his defenders, Martin Vaculik, Old Guard to disarm, Dubcek ap­ school participation in both the • munist youth movement, disclosed leader of the Communist Party of pears reluctant to engage in a tho­ student strike and the April 27 NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.-"Not that a tank division was mobilized Prague, urged the president to roughgoing cleanup of the ap­ demonstration in New York. much to report on April 26 as of for that purpose during a session appear before the people and ask paratchiks who will not admit de­ yet, but plans are definitely in of the Communist Central Com­ for an expression of confidence. feat. Meanwhile, he must keep the works at Rutgers, the State DELHI, N.Y. •(Delhi Tech) mittee last December. After the Vaculik charged that he himself one eye cocked on Moscow's reac­ University in New Brunswick, and attempt was foiled, the general had been silenced in recent weeks tion to his course and the other "We are planning a student strike Princeton University in Princeton, for April 26 along with other col­ was protected by his superiors and by the press and radio. In reply upon a restless population which N.J." lege campuses across the nation. allowed to escape the country. the chief editor of Czechoslovak is elated with its new-found free­ This will be our first antiwar • Jan Prochazka, recently restored television invited him to state his dom of expression. demonstration at Delhi Tech ..." SOUTH FALLSBURGH, N.Y. deputy chairman of the Writers views the following night on tele­ When the gigantic statue of (Sullivan County Community Col­ Union, wrote ironically in its vision. Stalin overlooking Prague was ST. PAUL, Minn.• (Macalester lege) - "On April 26 Sullivan newspaper Literarni Listy that he The liberalizers are clearly in torn down, its base was left stand­ College) -"The Macalester Com­ County Community College Stu­ regretted the flight of a figure the ascendant and on the offensive. ing. Will this incompleted job of mittee for Peace in Vietnam voted dents for Peace is sponsoring a "who could have contributed so Thus, Jan Prochazka, one of their demolition be equally symbolic of unanimously to participate in teach-in to protest the war ..." much to the sociological study of most trenchant spokesmen, wrote the Dubcek regime? Monday, March 18, 1968 THE MILITANT Page Five

• • • Rose Karsner Cannon (Continued from Page 1) day can read about them in the CP, our chief work was one of Young, Boardman Robinson, Floyd Labor Defender, the official clarifying the issues involved in Dell, John Sloan and others, who monthly organ of the ILD." In our expulsion - internationalism subsequently joined with Max contrast to its subsequent sectarian versus Stalin's theory of socialism Eastman to convert it into a rad­ policy, Rose emphasized that "the in one country. That took hours ical-literary periodical. ILD at that time was a genuinely upon hours of discussion and re­ The great change in Rose's po­ nonpartisan defense organization cruitment was almost exclusively litical thinking, as with so many which aided all victims of the from the CP one by one.'' revolutionists of her generation, class struggle regardless of their In addition to combating sys­ came with the first world war political beliefs." This principle tematic lies and slanders and and the Russian Revolution. In the of defense for all victims of class watching the depressing sight of victory of the Bolsheviks she saw injustice, abandoned by the Sta­ a revolution being betrayed, Rose clearly for the first time what a linists, was to be carried over into suffered the pain of severance Marxist party, which fearlessly the Trotskyist movement. with long-standing friends. "It is and consistently applied its rev­ The bureaucratization of the So­ very hard to break with old and olutionary principles, could be and viet regime after Lenin's death intimate comrade-friends," she do. That transformed her into a in 1923 did not disclose its perni­ said. "However, it was not our communist of Lenin's school - cious features all at once to for­ choice. We were eager to discuss and she never thereafter deviated eign observers and sympathizers. with them, but all fraternization from that course. When Rose made a visit to the So­ with us was forbidden by edict Toward the end of 1920, as part viet Union from December 1924 from Moscow. Our attempts to of the revolutionary left wing of to April 1925, her predominant reason with CP members were the Socialist Party, Rose went feeling was one of harmony with met by physical assault and our over to the new Communist Par­ a country creating a new socialist papers torn and thrown in our ty of the U.S. She first met James order. "I felt that when I walked faces. They had the temporary ad­ P. Cannon in 1921 at the Unity down the streets of Moscow, I vantage over us." Convention of the two rival com­ belonged," she said in 1960. "To­ The small but resolutely deter­ munist groupings named the Com­ day, I am sure I would not have mined group of pioneer Trotsky­ munist Party and the United Com­ that same feeling; as a Trotskyist ists opened headquarters on East munist Party. Cannon belonged to I would be regarded as a strang­ lOth Street, New York, with a the central leadership of the UCP er." little print shop in the rear. Here and Rose was assigned by the na­ Despite increasing disquiet, it The Militant was born and pub­ SACCO (right) and VANZETTI. Rose Karsner Cannon worked tional office staff to take notes of was not until 1928 that the rea­ lished regularly, as well as some for International Labor Defense which helped defend the two the convention proceedings. This sons for the undercover difficul­ pamphlets by Trotsky whenever anarchist martyrs. ' Unity Convention was held in se­ ties in the American Communist finances permitted. The few forces crecy because of the witch-hunt Party became clear. Rose's flash allowed for little division of labor The spirit with which Rose met. and prepare the future. Noting atmosphere unleashed by the in­ of illumination came when she and much of the administrative the contingency inspired all the the spectacular growth of a youth famous Palmer raids. read the copy of Trotsky's Criti­ responsibility fell on Rose's women in the party, including movement adhering to the Trot­ cism of the Draft Program of the shoulders. She organized small wives of the defendants who were skyist program, she later wrote Relief Work Communist International which crews of voluntary workers and not party members. In a speech to me, "I am thrilled with today's Subsequently Rose went to work J.P. Cannon smuggled out of the got out The Militant with their she .made on behalf of the wives youth and with the promise they in the national office of the newly Soviet Union. This is her account help. and relatives of the prisoners at hold for building a sane society established Friends of Soviet Rus­ of how she found out about the "As I look back," she said, "my the farewell banquet in New York on the road to a truly democratic sia in New York City. When the ideas of the Left Opposition: task remained that of taking care on December 28, 1943, just before society and with the profit-system second "underground'' communist "When Jim returned from Mos­ of office details and organizing the 18 went to prison, she said: abolished." convention held at Bridgman, cow in 1928 from the Sixth World the work of volunteers for wrap­ "Comrade Dobbs told you about Rose did not believe that serv­ Mich., was rai~ and some of the Congress of the Communist Inter­ ping and mailing The Militant. the solid front the 28 presented ing the cause of a socialist future leaders arrested, Rose was put in national, he brought with him the Later on I became business man­ in the courtroom during the trial; need involve great sacrifices on charge of the FSR relief work and copy of Trotsky's Criticism of the ager of the paper. Then, there how wonderful it was, and how the part of an individual. On the was then elected its national sec­ Draft Program - which he had were funds to raise, convention everybody was astounded when contrary, as she often said, "the retary. smuggled out. This had been dis­ arrangements and many other there was not the slightest sug­ party gives more to the individual "We collected food, clothing and tributed to members of the Pro­ tasks to be taken care of - so gestion of a break in the line. It than it takes.'' She felt that its medicine for the famine-stricken gram Commission he served on. necessary for the smooth running was marvelous. I was there and grand perspectives took one Soviet Union," she recalled. "We Light of any organization. And, in my I saw it and was inspired by it. beyond the confines of the self also raised funds to purchase the book, just as important and hon­ But there is a story behind that. and the family to the most cre­ first American tractors for the "I was the first person to whom orable work as speaking and writ­ All of these men have wives. Most ative kind of work - conscious Soviet Union under the slogan of he showed it, and after I finished ing.'' of them are in the movement, and social change. 'Tractors, Not Armaments.' The reading it, although I did not even those who are not have stood FSR sent half a million dollars grasp its full implications, I did Toward New Party by them through the years be­ Courage worth of aid to the young Soviet get the essence of it. My reaction After Hitler came to power in cause they agree with them and In facing the facts of life and Republic and its Soviet Russia was: now at last light has been Germany in 1933 without serious understand what they are fight­ death, after learning last year that Pictorial did a great deal to dis­ thrown on the troubles we, the resistance from the German Com­ ing for. Not only have they never she had cancer, Rose displayed pel ignorance about the USSR.'' American section, had been hav­ munist Party or self-criticism by stood in the way; on the contrary, her characteristic courage. "At When the Soviet situation im­ ing with the Comintern. the Third International, the world they have been companions to age 77," she wrote me, "with a proved after 1923, the FSR be­ . "The mystery Of how the Co­ Trotskyist movement set out to their husbands and ready to see full and useful life behind me, came the Workers International mintern could dare to take away create the preconditions for a new them go when the needs of the I have little to complain about and Relief which raised funds for the leadership from the national international. The Communist movement made it necessary. No much to be proud of. At least I hungry German workers. Its head­ committee majority, elected by League of America abandoned the complaints. No whining ... did not spend my days in money­ quarters were in Chicago. The the convention, and give it to the attempt to reform the CP in favor "We are gathered here to dem­ grubbing and thinking of myself next big task Rose undertook was minority by merely sending a of building an independent rev­ onstrate and to proclaim - to first. So long as I can continue the defense of class-war victims cable to the convention was clear­ olutionary party in the United demonstrate our solidarity with without pain and crippling effects, both in the United States and ed up." States. Two major steps along this these men and to proclaim our in­ I intend to go along as in the past. abroad through the Internaional Together with Cannon, Shacht­ road were the fusion with the tention to continue the fight where What more can one ask for?" Labor Defense in 1925. man and Abern, Rose was one of Workers Party of A. J. Muste in they leave off. Although Rose was the best The International Labor De­ the charter members of the Left 1934 and the temporary entry into known and best loved woman in fense was launched under the di­ Opposition which became the the Socialist Party of Norman We Will Not Mope the party, her own view of her­ rection of James P. Cannon as its Communist League of America af­ Thomas during .1935-6. The en­ "We will miss you terribly . self and her work was exceed­ national secretary. Rose was both ter their expulsion from the Com­ larged cadres thereby gathered but we will not sit about and ingly modest. Reviewing her life, his wife and chief assistant. "We munist Party. The first five years around the program of Trotsky­ mourn. We will not mope. We will in the same letter she observed: participated in so many cases, in­ of its existence from 1928 to 1933 ism founded the Socialist Workers carry on. We will be more active "Applause from audiences cluding that of Sacco-Vanzetti, were "real tough," she recalled. Party on New Year's Day 1938. in the movement than ever be­ never had any glitter for me. Nor that it's not easy to enumerate "To begin with, our numbers were During this period, Rose for a fore and we will continue in this did any special position or post them," she said. "But anyone to- very few and, as a faction of the time administered Pioneer Pub­ work until you return. We know or special recognition in the par­ lishers, whose list of publications what you are going to prison for. ty. I was satisfied to make my represented a big step beyond the We, too, believe in what you are contributions according to my earlier primitive efforts at pamph­ fighting for.'' abilities. Even with the benefit let publication. In 1939-40 the par­ James P. Cannon's letters from of a formal education, my contri­ ty set up its own print shop for prison, sent to Rose and recently butions would have been essen­ the second time; it was equipped issued in book form by Merit Pub­ tially of the same type, but the with two linotypes and a press. lishers, give an insight into the content would have had a differ­ However this ambitious venture trying experiences of those war ent quality, But that was not the failed because of financial diffi­ years. fault of anyone in the party any culties. "I was sent in," said Rose, Rose's last official post at the more than it was my own. So "to supervise its administration close of World War II was similar what is there to complain about? and later its liquidation.'' to the one she held after World It repels me to hear some blame Trotsky's assassination in Mexi­ War I. She served as secretary of individuals or the party leader­ co in 1940 and the coming of the the American Committee for Eu­ ship for their lack of personal de­ second world war were severe ropean Workers Relief because, as velopment, when the real blame tests for the Socialist Workers she said, "we could find no one is the unfortunate circumstances Party. The war pressures precipi­ else who could or would under­ of the society they were born tated a split in the party in 1940 take responsibility for the work into.'' which deprived it of almost 40 at that time.'' Rose's self-estimate was far too percent of its members. Then, a In 1952, at the age of 62, Rose modest. The revolutionary strug­ year later, Rose's husband, James and Jim moved from New York gle demands so much determina­ P. Cannon, National Secretary of to Los Angeles where they could tion, devotion and stamina that a the SWP, was convicted under the continue to make their contribu­ decade or two is a good span of Smith Act together with 17 other tions to the movement at a slower service for the average militant. SWP and Minneapolis teamster pace and in a more beneficent Rose was exceptional. From 18 to leaders for their socialist opposi­ climate. Although Rose missed the 78, for six decades, she persisted tion to the second world war. This dynamism of the party center in in her dedicated work for a social­ sequence of events imposed con­ New York, she recognized that it ist America. She exemplified the EUGENE V. DEBS. When she was 18, Rose Karsner Cannon joined siderable responsibilities upon was proper for younger people finest qualities of a revolutionary Socialist Party of Debs. Rose. to take over the leadership posts Marxist. Page Six THE MILITANT Monday, March 18, 1968 Anti-Riot low Contested Black Liberation Notes By 'TSU Five' De lent/ant Last week was "LeRoi Jones Charlie one of these days, baby,' HOUSTON - The trial of the under the 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th and Week" in many cities around the Pratt [a black soldier] said, after "TSU Five,'' scheduled to begin 14th amendments of the U.S. Con­ country. In New York a series of pulling patrol for the third straight on March 4, has been postponed stitution. In addition, attorneys defense activities, including dra­ night. as a result of moves by attorneys Smith and Caldwell stated that matic presentations of Jones' poet­ "September 9-I never felt I for both the prosecution and the Floyd Nichols was miles away ry and numerous smaller poetry was fighting for any particular defense. The "TSU Five" are five from the campus of TSU at the readings, was climaxed by a meet­ cause. I fought to stay alive, and Afro-American students who were time the alleged criminal act took ing at Town Hall. I killed to keep from being killed. framed up on charges of felonious place. . In Los Angeles a benefit party Now that it's all over, there is a rioting and murder in the wake Judge James Noel granted the was held to raise money for the funny feeling running thro\lgh my of last spring's police attack on request for a temporary injunc­ defense, and in Philadelphia, stomach, when I think of what Texas Southern University. tion pending a three-judge hear­ Jones' play, "The Dutchman," was could have happened to me.'' On March 4 Benjamin E. Smith, ing on the constitutionality of Ar­ produced. Other activities were a prominent New Orleans civil ticle 486. A date for the hearing • rights attorney, and Bobby Cald­ scheduled in Chicago and San The students at DuSable High has not been set. Francisco. At Yale University well, Houston civil rights attor· School, one of the largest ghetto ney, filed suit with the U.S. Dis· The question of the constitu• $1,000 was raised at a meeting schools in Chicago, staged a 100 tionality of Article 486 is viewed where Jones spoke. trict Court on behalf of Floyd percent effective walkout recently Nichols, one of the five defend· here as the central question in de­ • over the reassignment of a pop­ ants. The suit seeks to restrain the termining whether the prosecu­ The March 19 issue of Look ular Afro-American history teach­ state from prosecuting Nichols. tion will be able to bring the de­ magazine has reprinted word-for­ er. The defense maintains that the fendants to trial. The boycott at DuSable came on In another legal move on March word excerpts from a diary kept LeRoi Jones so-called antiriot law under which by a black GI fighting in Viet­ the heels of a two-week boycott the defendants were indicted is 4, District Attorney Caron Vance at Englewood High School in pro­ and the president of the Harris nam. The diary gives detailed de­ "March 2-I'm not sure the na­ unconstitutional. The law, Article scriptions of the war, including test against the firing of another 486 of the Texas penal code, County Bar Association, Harry tive pe'ople are with us. They well-liked teacher of Afro-Ameri­ Patterson, filed separate motions accounts of how black soldiers are smile at us in the daytime, and violates the defendant's rights fingered for the most hazardous can history, Owen Lawson. for a change in venue in the TSU their sons shoot us at night... Five case. A change of venue and dirty jobs. Here are some "April 4-Then some of the sample quotes: • means changing the place where guys have been mutilating the Herman Ferguson of the the trial is held. The move on the "March 1-I think I'm getting VC bodies like they claim Charlie "Queens 15" is now out of jail part of Bar Association President a little too casual about death. does. I've seen some of them wear­ after an appellate court lowered Patterson is unprecedented. Both And I'm wondering if some of our ing a pair of VC ears around their his exceptionally high $100,000 Vance and Patterson say that the fellows aren't trigger-happy. This necks on a string. bail to $10,000. Ferguson, a form­ "great amount of publicity" and morning, we were out on patrol "I've heard others were cutting er junior high school vice-princi­ "high public feeling" surrounding with an ARVN [Army of the Re­ off privates. 'Higher up' has or­ pal, is under indictment on a the case justify a change of venue. public of Vietnam] unit when we dered our company out of this charge of plotting to kill . Roy They want to move the trial away spotted a guy about 40 years old area. It seems the villagers com­ Wilkins. His bail had been raised from Houston, which has a large sitting inside the treeline. The plained about our company's loot­ to $100,000 after he gave a speech black community. ARVN sergeant tried to question ing and burning their homes. They at a Malcolm X memorial meet­ The speculation here is that him, but the guy tried to get away. are right to a great extent. ing at Intermediate School 201 in they will seek a change of venue The ARVN just gunned him down "June 8-Damned tired living in which he allegedly "advocated to rural East Texas, the heart of with his carbine; I don't even re­ dirt, taking orders and being called violence." the so-called Bible belt. Defense member that he told him to halt. names by my superiors. Paulson Attorney Raymond A. Brown, who The guy's guts were spilling into (the Sergeant) insults the Negro The Malcolm X• Memorial Meet- is representing Charles Freeman, the mud. His legs were torn off. soldiers just for kicks. 'I'm going ing which was made famous by the student whose trial was It was so awful I couldn't react... to mistake that son of a bitch for the press because of alleged state­ scheduled to begin March 4, has ments by Herman Ferguson was opposed the change of venue. in reality a very meaningful and Moreover he charges that the Bar moving occasion for most of those Association has no right to act children and adults who attended. either for the state or the com­ King's· March on D.C. A high point of the meeting was munity - and certainly not for the appearance of Malcolm X's the defense - in requesing a widow, Sister Betty Shabazz, who change of venue. spoke and introduced her six little Hearings on the motion for a Picks Up Mom,entum girls. They were greeted with a change of venue were set by deafening ovation. Judge Wendell A. Odum for By Elizabeth Barnes -Elizabeth Barnes Floyd Nichols March 24. Martin Luther King's ''Poor Peo­ nation to respond to nonviolence ple's March on Washington" is before the summer threat of more beginning to gain some momen­ riots." tum. A coordinating office has During the presidential election Detroit Newspaper Strike been opened in the capital, · and period in 1964 King joined with organizers are going into the black other black leaders in a call for a community in Washington and moratorium on street demonstra­ elsewhere to enlist volunteers to tions. Their slogan was "move Deepens in Fourth Month take part in the campaign, Many the civil rights. movement from the of the demonstrators are reported­ streets into the ballot box." The By Sarah Lovell The striking Teamsters at the the shutdown, the publish­ ly being trained in "passive resist­ threat of Goldwaterism was held DETROIT, March 10 - The con­ News are being asked to vote on ers' refusal to seriously negotiate ance" techniques. up as the reason for concentrating a publishers' offer they have twice with all the newspaper unions, King has been traveling around on getting out the black vote for tending sides in the newspaper shutdown here - the men and rejected, a $30 weekly wage in­ the "rumor" that the publishers the country making speeches call­ Johnson. crease over a three-year period in have strike insurance. There were ing on people to join the march. This year King's March on women of the newspaper unions vs. their employers, the publish­ a three-year contract. The offer is other Detroit daily newspapers He has announced that April 22 Washington is being criticized not dressed up with two "concessions" published earlier in the strike, will be the· date when thousands only by authorities in Washington ers of the Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press - are girding by the publishers, small technical­ called interim papers, but these of people, traveling by foot and but by many of his former allies ities that don't cost the publishers were closed down by action of the bus, will begin to converge on in other civil rights campaigns. for battle in the four-month-old strike and lockout of the papers. anything: a change in the markup Teamsters Union. Washington from all over the Bayard Rustin, who was one of of the next-week work schedule Recent efforts of the Newspaper country. Once in Washington, the the main organizers of the 1963 Two more unions, the Pressmen from Saturday to Friday and the Guild to publish a strike newspa­ demonstrators will take part in March on Washington, has cau­ and the Typographers, joined the allocation of a surplus of a Team­ per in conjunction with all the what King calls a mass "lobby-in." tioned King against the Poor Peo­ Teamsters and the Photo-Engrav­ sters' fund into the payment of unions have been hindered by The goal will be to get congres­ ple's March and is doing nothing ers in strike action at the News their hospitalization. refusal of the Teamsters officials sional legislation granting full em­ to help organize it. The NAACP and the Free Press this past week. to cooperate. A prevalent view of The Pressmen went on strike at The vote will be conducted by ployment, a guaranteed annual and the Urban League are opposed mail this week, a ballot sent to this attitude of the Teamsters of­ income, and at least 500,000 new to the demonstration because, as the Free Press on Wednesday, ficials is that they do this to mol­ March 6, and the News on the fol­ each teamster at his home, as was low-income housing units. If no Jet magazine put it, they believe done in the previous votes. lify the publishers, that the pub­ response from the government is that "the stakes are too great in lowing Friday. On the same Fri­ Once again, the TV and radio lishers are behind the Teamster forthcoming, King has said "we a presidential election year, and day the members of the Typo­ refusal. Mayor Cavanagh has not will escalate our methods, using such a demonstration would add graphical union voted overwhelm­ news programs report that an agreement has been reached, giv­ pursued this line of inquiry. disruptive measures only as a last woes to a President who has tried ingly, 441 to 16, to authorize strike Although the general public may ing the impression that there is a resort." to do something." action. think the situation is settled, the It is significant that the "Poor President Johnson is also aware The strategy of the publishers settlement of the strike. This "set­ newspaper workers aren't laying tlement" may very well be un­ People's March" will be .a protest of the fact that the demonstration to force a settlement on the Team­ any bets that the Teamster rank settled by the vote of the team­ against the Vietnam war as well would be to his disadvantage and sters and then to use this to coerce and file will accept the latest as a plea for congressional action would further expose his do-noth­ the other unions into a settle­ sters. The publishers hope the onus for the continuing newspaper "new" offer. Whether the Team­ against poverty. At a news con­ ing policies. At a news conference menton the same terms was given sters do or do not accept it, there ference in Washington, King called Feb. 2 he said of the march, "I an assist this week by Mayor blackout will then be placed on the striking Teamsters. will be no newspapers published for a simultaneous ending of the would hope that our (sic) ener­ Jerome P. Cavanagh. He asked in Detroit without the agreement war and opening of a "bloodless gies, our talents and our concerns that the publishers and the offi­ Mayor Cavanagh says he is con­ of the workers of all the unions, war" against racism and poverty. could be directed in a more pro­ cials of the Teamsters union meet cerned about the absence of news­ and this agreement will not come "I don't think the two matters can ductive and a more effective man­ with him to consider a proposal papers in Detroit because "wildly until the · publishers grant the be separated as some people con­ ner." to end the strike. Whatever the irresponsible rumors'' are being demands of these workers. tinue to feel," he said. Washington authorities are clear­ proposal was that was made at circulated about an impending The Council of Newspaper The fact that King is carrying ly afraid of what could happen this meeting last Wednesday, the racial war in the city and "what Unions is out to defeat the pub­ out these demonstrations during when large masses of black peo­ result of the subsequent negotia­ may happen next summer." He lishers' "divide and rule" tactics an election year is an indication ple gather in Washington, only to tions between the officials of the says the city needs the newspa­ and "is prepared and determined of the pressure he feels as a result be met by a Congress which is Teamsters union and the publish­ pers to dispel these rumors and to negotiate the established wage­ of the radicalization of the black deaf to their demands. At military ers was nothing new - simply a to give the facts. fringe pattern" which has been ob­ community. He has called his bases near Washington 7,000 troops proposal for a replay of what had He did not question the pub­ tained by the unions in major march "a desperate plea for the are being trained in "riot control." transpired before. lishers' seeming indifference about cities across the country. ·..

Monday, March 18, 1968 THE MILITANT Page Seven

I turn with particular enjoyment to "The Great Society" column. Thought for the Week The on-going ludicrous aspects "The time has come to abandon this bankrupt policy. The and antics of our "civilized" world American people have been pushed beyond the limits of gullibility." and its "eminent" leaders are served up in delightful little sharp -Editorial on the Vietnam war in the March 11 New York Time·s. - and succinct news items. r- Keep them coming - they're great! nam wih Tom Kerry's incisive ar­ them into agents of subtle "red M.B. ticle on the "Third Camp" in the imperialism." Feb. 26 Militant was beautiful. It is interesting to note, how­ For me, personally, it·recalled how A Criticism ever, that one of the Draperite Letters Los Angeles, Calif. my own disaffection from the third Your series of articles about the camp began when I attended a internal discussion bulletins last Peace and- Freedom Party [see series of lectures by Kerry in Min­ year contained an article by a "Politics of 'Third Camp' " by neapolis a little over a year ago, Charles Leinenweber (Berkeley) ·From Tom Kerry, Feb. 26 Militant,] are As Kerry wrote, the "distin­ which argued that the Third a bit disappointing - nothing but guishing feature of the 'third Camp must abandon the practice an excuse to chop old political camp' itself is its amorphous and of condemning every real revolu· enemies. How about some mean­ diffuse character." This fact ex­ tionary movement in the world as Our plains why, as well' as the extreme "Stalinist" . . . must either aban· ingful, in-depth comments on the PFP, making use of political per­ right-wing socialists Kerry cor­ don this practice or accept per-. spective which usually shows rectly labeled as "shamefaced sup­ petual irrelevancy, Leinenweber Readers much depth and wisdom. porters in the camp of U.S. im­ argued for support of the NLF. I Or call the series what it really perialism" - Irving Howe, the think if we realize that, in order is; but don't insult yourselves or Dissent crew, the Socialist Party to do what Leinenweber wants, the readers by this sort of· shallow - there are also grouped beneath Third Camp would have to chuck glossing over, the meaningless rubric of "Third out its whole inadequate analysis of extant workers' states, we can [This column is an open forum four days after a day of 'hanging.' It would be disappointing to see Camp" some small clusters of in­ Angry dogs are sometimes re­ the people who caught the left and dividuals whose line on the war, agree that the Third Camp must fM all' viewpoints on sub;ects of either cease to the Third Camp general interest to our readers. leased into the cells. The prisoners the blacks with their pants down if nearly as confused, is a bit 'be are sometimes thrown around as - about Malcolm X, Vietnam, more principled. or continue to be irrelevant to the Please keep your letters brief. struggle for socialism in the Unit­ Where necessary they wiU if they were balls. The Gestapo is and the Cuban Revolution - show Those Third Campers grouped be ed States and the whole world. Writers' initials will nothing compared to what has interest in PFP on such a shallow around Hal Draper in Berkeley abridged. be Lee Warren Smitli names being withheld unless been going on. Some specifics. level. advocate immediate withdrawal used, Member. Young Socialists authMization is given fM tLSe.J "Prisoner S has a beard now Surely you must have meaning­ of U.S. forces from Vietnam and that reaches to his stomach and ful information and criticism on elsewhere in the world, simply on For Halstead and Boutelle Torture in Greece is insane. Prisoner T says that ev­ the Peace and Freedom Party and the basis of opposition to im­ New York, N.Y. erything he admitted to while at people instead of what you have perialism and support of the right Well-Wisher The following letter came into Dionyson is the result of un­ been printing - or don't print it of self-determination. The problem Whitewater, Wis. our hands recently. It was smug­ bearable torture. Prisoner B says at all. Better still ... do it well! with the "Draperites'' is their I enjoy the paper very much. gled from Greece by the new re­ that he was no sooner 'unhanged' M.S. stand (or limp?) on the National I only wish the truth could reach Liberation Front, based on Drap­ sistance. It supports the report re­ then Prisoner M was put in his many more people. Perhaps then cently given by Amnesty Interna· place. At nights they open the A Compliment er's agonized analysis of the NLF tional (Great Britain) to the UN. cells and released dogs. Prisoner Madison, Wis. and other such movements as we could really gain a choice of "I repeat once more. Expose K is in isolation and in critical The juxtaposition of the Fourth creatures of the "totalitarian" systems. what is happening at Dionyson· condition. Why is nothing being International statement on Viet- communist governments, making G.S. Attiki. · Its existence was con­ done about this?" firmed by the government at the Dan Georgakas and Costas trials of October 22, 1967. The Stergriou prisoners in that place are hung Co-chairmen. Democratla from hooks with handcuffs. They (incorporating Ritsos­ are hosed. They are pierced with Theodorakis Committee) needles. Their hair is pulled out. Box 6'78, Stuyvesant Station "Prisoner L was paralyzed for New York, N.Y. 10009 Red Paint in Britain Sussex, England Calendar. I Demonstrating students at Sus­ ~ekly sex University threw blood-red Quantitative Change - While New Decor for Libraries - A cently told a Midwestern regional paint over an American Embassy crisscrossing New Hampshire for UPI dispatch from Buenos Aires, Democratic conference: "Where The rate for advertising in this column official and penned him into a reporting the machine-gunning of war and peace are concerned, the is 40 cents a line. Display ads are $2 a votes in the Presidential primary, column inch. T.here is a ten percent dis­ university building Feb. 21 until Richard Nixon had a run-in with the "cultural center" of the U.S: American people have the right count for regular advertisers. Advertising police reinforcements arrived. a skunk. Reliable sources indicate Information Service in Rosario by to a full and clear expression of must reach us by the Monday prior to When the American official that the odor surrounding Nixon opponents of the Vietnam war, views." So that's why Dean Rusk the date of publication. eventually was driven off campus isn't really different - it's just reveals: "A steel curtain protect­ refused for more than two years ing the library reading room was to appear before the Senate For· BOSTON by the police, American students more so. HERBERT MARCUSE-THE POLITICS burned the American flag as the punctured." eign Relations Committee to ex­ Such Popularity - The inven­ OF DESPAIR. Speaker: Robert Langston. car passed. The Reason - For those of you plain the administration's Vietnam Friday, March 22, 8:15 p.m. 295 Hunt· The previous day, two-thirds of tor of the ''Hostility'' dart board who may have wondered why policy. ington Ave., Rm. 307 (one block from game, Robert Cenedella, reports Liz Taylor and Richard Burton Mass. Ave.) Ausp. Militant Labor Forum. the audience attending a three­ that Johnson dart boards are out­ It Makes Sense - An Ohio day teach-in on Vietnam gave a selling all the others by a wide had to charter the Patillo yacht butcher workmen's union newslet­ • prolonged standing ovation to Mrs. for the London sojourn of their ter offers a counterproposal to DETROIT margin. Of the total 50,000 boards four pet dogs, we have just Linhgui, a journalist from North sold so far, 30,000 bear LBJ's LBJ's travel tax to close the Potluck Supper and introduction of Vietnam. learned that the Burton yacht is Socialist Workers Party state and local picture. "tourist gap." They propose a lim­ candidates in 1968. Friday, March 22, When he was pelted with paint, presently in drydock at Marseilles it on the amount. of spending 7 p.m. 3737 Woodward Ave. Ausp. Fri­ the -U.S. official was surrounded The Apartment - Rand Devel­ being redecorated - at a cost of opment Corporation, whose ex­ abroad, to be called the "armed day Night Socialist Forum. by 75 students who had cornered about $120,000. The three main forces gap," and suggest that "we him after a long chase; the flag­ ecutive vice president is a "for­ staterooms will be in Regency mer money-raiser for Vice Presi­ have no more armed forces in LOS ANGELES• burning was attended by 250 stu­ style, the main bedroom all in other countries than they have in MEMORIAL MEETING FOR ROSE dents, who waited for the official dent Humphrey," is including rent canary yellow, and push buttons of a New York apartment (which, ours" - and that "we begin tak· KARSNER CANNON. Sunday, March to appear from his hiding place from any room will operate the ing care of this deficit by bring­ 24, 3 p.m. Ch11nning H111l, 2936 W. in a school toilet. with "other expenses," totals yacht-wide stereo system. $9,710.39) as part of its overhead ing our boys home from Viet­ Eighth St. University of Sussex officials More Double Talk - LBJ's nam." * * * and the press are attempting to charges for the year. on contracts Report and evaluation from partici· with the Federal Water Pollution stunt man, Hustling Hubert, re- -Ruth Porter pants in the PEACE AND FREEDOM blame the incident on one or two Control Administration and Office PARTY CONVENTION. Frid11y, March (to quote the U.S. official) "un­ 22, 8:30 p.m. 1702 E. Fourth St. Don!l­ kempt agitator types." They have of Coal Research. Rand, which I­ tion. Ausp. Milit11nt Lllbor Forum. also has a contract with the CIA, taken up the line put out by the says that the two-bedroom, two­ * * * U.S. Embassy: "I realize that this bath pad on New York's posh BIWEEKLY RADIO COMMENTARY is not representative of the uni­ I over KPFK {90.6 FM) by Theodore Ed­ versity and I feel sorry that it is Sutton Place was used instead of New Readers wards, So. Colif. ch11irmon, Sociolist going to get a bad name." hotel rooms to accommodate not Workers Party. Mond11y, M11rch 25 11nd only its. own officers but also fed­ On Feb. 26 the vice-chancellor If r.ou would like to be sure of receiving every issue I April 10 11t 6:45 p.m.; repeated Tues­ eral employes - one "as high as contain ng Harry Ring's special on-the-spot series from day, M11rch 26 and April II at 9:45 a.m. threw out two students until the an Assistant Secretary of State." end of the term for being in the Cuba, order an Introductory four-month subscription now. 1 • demonstration. They had no trial Wages of Finkery - About the In addition, you will receive FREE a copy of the November­ NEW YORK time the British pound was being MEMORIAL MEETING FOR ROSE ~ they were just informed of the December 1967 issue of the International Socialist Review I KARSNER CANNON. Sund11y, M11rch 17, decision, based on hearsay evi­ devalued, two office workers made containing Fidel Castro's speech at the OLAS conference 2:30 p.m. 873 Broadway, near 18th St. dence. international news by announcing held in Cuba last summer, and the general declaration is· Furthermore, the students were that they would work a half-hour * * * overtime each day without pay to sued by OLAS. Send this coupon and $1 to JULIAN MAYFIELD, novelist, journal­ told that they would be complete­ ist, former aide to Kw11me N'Krumeh, ly expelled if they made any state­ help Britain's economy. Just six 11ppointed to the Schweitzer Pro.;Jr11m of ments in their defense on or off weeks after launching their "Back the Humanities at NYU for lectures on campus, in meetings or to the Britain" campaign, both girls were Afro-American and Afric11n liter11ture, press, during their period of sus­ fired. Company spokesman said will speak on THE REVOLUTIONARY they were "in excess of our re­ THE MILITANT pension! And that they would be IMPERATIVE IN THE U.S. Fridoy, March quirements." 873 Broadway 22, 8:30 p.m. 873 Broadway, near 18th expelled if they were suspected of St. Contrib. $1. Ausp. Milit11nt Lllbor having aided other students to de­ Minor Annoyances - Thailand's New York, N. Y. 10003 Forum. fend them. Deputy Premier Gen. Praphas Reader Charusathiara, who favors invad­ Name TWIN •CITIES ing North Vietnam, said that the ··-······ .... ~-·-.·······-·~·····-···~~-·· ·---····· ... ···---··---...·------·-···_...·····-··--·--~·--- BLACK NATIONALISM AND so. "Great Society" Fan allied war effort was being ham­ CIALISM IN THE 1968 ELECTION. New York, N.Y. pered by having "to pay so much 1 Street ... ·------·-·-.. ·---·--.. ------.. ·-·--· Zip .. ____ Speaker: Paul Boutelle, Socialist Workers Although I am a regular reader attention to such things like the Party candid11te for Vice President. S!lt­ of The Militant and find its com­ United Nations Charter, the Ge­ urday, March 23, 8:30 p.m. 704 Henne­ City --·---.... --.-·.. ·--·--·-··---·-----.. - State ... -._.. ___ -· pin, Hall 240, Minneapolis. Ausp. Twin ment on national and world af­ neva Convention and Human fairs penetrating and stimulating, Rights Declaration." I Cities Soci111ist Forum. ------. --t Page Eight THE MILITANT Monday, March 18, 1968 Antiwar Sentiment Is Deep At Ft. Jackson Army Base

By Nelson Blackstock when time for the meeting arrived feared a repetition of the unfav­ about 25 Gis showed up to find orable publicity surrounding the COLUMBIA, S.C., March 3 the chapel locked and the sur­ Levy case. Fort Jackson here has seen what rounding area filled with MPs. David Stanley has since been may be the most significant ex­ Blumsack came forward flanked ordered by a superior "not to par­ pression of antiwar sentiment by two MPs and mechanically an­ ticipate in any meetings or gath­ among Gls since the beginning of nounced as he had been ordered, erings whose purpose is to ques­ the Vietnam war. For the third "Permission to use this chapel or tion the mission of the United consecutive Tuesday, Gis at Fort any other building on post has States Army." Both military and Jackson this past week have been been denied." civilian lawyers believe this is an turned away in their attempt to When two basic trainees, named illegal order, which violates Stan­ enter the base chapel in order to Rosenberg and Rivera, stepped ley's constitutional rights. Photo by Nelson Blackstock express their feelings about the forward and began to protest, they The following Tuesday evening, DOUBTS ABOUT WAR. Pfc. Robert Tatar (left) and Pfc. David war in Vietnam. were taken into custody by the Feb. 20, the Army placed all Stanley. As on two previous Tuesday MPs. At that point, two more sol­ known participants in the pre­ evenings, all entrances to the post diers, Pfc. Robert Tatar and Pfc. vious week's activities on restric­ of these men are typical G Is, plained the punishment that have been sealed off and the Stephen Kline, knelt down before tion or gave them special work who have had no contact with the Rosenberg was receiving, with the chapel surrounded by MPs armed the chapel and began their medita­ duties. Nevertheless, a number of organized antiwar movement or implicit warning that a similar with riot equipment. The chapel tion. When they were ordered to unidentified Gis approached the the more complex arguments punishment would be waiting for and the area around it, normally leave the area by the MPs, they darkened chapel and once again against the war. Rather, they are any other soldier who attended well-lighted, were reported dark­ refused and were taken into cus­ attempted to hold a meeting. The like the majority of Gis who a "forbidden meeting." However, ened every night since the original tody also. entrance to the door was blocked haven't been convinced the war most of the men surrounding this incident on Feb. 13. Army regula­ Pfc. David Stanley, who had and they were informed by MPs is in their interests, and do not black GI appeared to be in sym­ tions state that the interfaith come to the meeting as a result that the chapel was closed and want to go to Vietnam. pathy with Rosenberg. chapel must be available for use of receiving one of the leaflets, were ordered to move on. One of these men said he was 24 hours a day. At least several Another G I reported a total lack was detained by MPs because he By the third Tuesday, Tatar and confused and had doubts about of enthusiasm about the war. of the Gls are intent on con­ failed to move out of the chapel Kline were off restriction and the war when he enlisted in the "Nobody wants to go or feels that tinuing to demand their right to area fast enough. the charges had been dropped by Army 17 months ago. These we are there for a good reason," use the chapel, I found out on a Within the next two days, the the Army. They felt that this doubts were reinforced by discus­ he said. · · trip here this weekend. army filed charges against four might be an indication that the sioR with soldiers who had been to The actions of the Gis at Fort The present developments date Gis. Tatar and Kline were charged brass intended to permit use of Vietnam and those who were back to the time in early Feb­ Jackson have placed the brass on with disorderly conduct and fail­ the chapel. However, when the about to go. the defensive. The demand to use ruary when a group of soldiers ure to obey the direct order of a two attempted to enter the chapel Last year he heard about the hit upon the idea of using the the chapel is perfectly legal and superior. Stanley was charged with MPs once again inforiifed them case of Pfc. Howard Petrick and chapel to hold a meditation for the Army's refusal is a violation Article 134, which is action tend­ that the chapel was closed. felt that Petrick was innocent of those wishing to express their of the Gis constitutional rights of ing to discredit the armed forces The Universiy of South Carolina any crime. When he heard the doubts about the war. When they freedom of speech and freedom of of the United States, and carries is in Columbia. Some of the stu­ Petrick Defense Committee was religion. delegated Spec. 4 Martin Blum­ severe penalty. Rivera was given dents organized a meditation in looking for statements of support, sack to request official permission an Article 15 (nonjudicial punish­ support of the Gis. They wanted All the G Is this reporter talked he wrote a letter expressing his to were agreed that if the major­ to use the chapel, he was in­ ment) and received a 45-day re­ to have a meeting and invite Gis views. formed that the chapel was open striction and $90 reduction in pay. to attend, but the university has ity of Gis at Fort Jackson are not to soldiers at any time, and that After Tatar, Kline and Stanley a ruling against nonstudents on Free Sp·eech conscious opponents of the war. permission was not required. secured the services of ACLU campus, which would place any they at least have more than a few He now feels that the Gis at questions and doubts about it. The After the Gis had distributed a lawyer Charles Morgan, all soldiers attending in danger of Fort Jackson face the same sort leaflet and word of the meeting charges a g a i n s t them were being arrested. number of all-out supporters of of situation as Howard Petrick. the war is extremely small. had spread over the base, author­ dropped with no explanation. The total number of Gis in­ The Army is attempting to prevent ities at Fort Jackson announced Morgan had been Dr. Howard volved in the meditation attempts For two days prior to the first them from exercising their right meditation attempt, the local radio that the meeting had been can­ Levy's lawyer, and some observ­ would be difficult to determine. to free speech. celed. Despite that announcement, ers speculate that the brass One gets the impression that most and press were announcing that When the idea of using the the meeting had been called off. chapel came up, he felt that he When the time for the meeting had found a way that he and other arrived, the chapel area was Gis could express their feelings blacked out, surrounded by MPs L.A. Mexican-American Students about the war without fear of re­ and a huge police van was parked percussions. The fact that it was nearby. Yet, 25 Gis turned out to legal would permit maximum par­ express their feelings about the ticipation by all those concerned war. about the war. As one GI asked, "If 25 guys Strike Against Low Level Schools This GI feels that the Army showed up despite all this, what has shown it has something to hide would have been the response if They want elimination of restric­ American Students and members By Della Rossa by refusing to permit the soldiers the meeting had been allowed to tions on dress and hair styles. They of the militant Mexican American LOS ANGELES, March 9-With to exercise their constitutional go on as scheduled?" want classes reduced from the defense organization, the Brown cries of ''Chicano [Mexican-Ameri­ rights. Most of the Gis whom he present high of around 40, and Berets. works with have expressed sym­ can] Power," a high school student they want more counselors. Students reacted angrily when strike on Los Angeles' East Side, pathy. They are friendly and have Students at Jefferson High de­ television newsmen suggested that which is predominantly Mexican asked him questions about the manded a black administrator, and outside influences had organized incident. Antiwor Vote American, has spread from Wilson school board member Rev. James the strike. A Garfield High stu­ High where it began on March 1 It seems that none of the other E. Jones, a black man, promised dent leader shouted, "We have our men involved have experienced to Garfield Roosevelt, Lincoln and on March 7, "By Monday you will own organization, our own Gar­ Belmont high schools. any signs of hostility from their Is Pressed have a black administrator at Jef­ field Strike Committee! And the fellow Gis. He believes this is an The strike also spread to Jef­ ferson High." However, there was motivations for the strike are right important sign, an indication of ferson High in the black ghetto no indication the Board of Educa­ here on this campus. Wipe out the how few Gis have been sold on and by yesterday the school was In Motlison tion would support this commit­ reasons behind the big dropout the war. closed down, with teachers boy­ ment. rate and you'll wipe out the rea­ By Patrick Quinn cotting their jobs because of strike Open City, an underground sons behind this strike!" Encouraged conditions. newspaper, estimated that 5,000 Some indication of motivations The G Is were very encouraged MADISON, Wis. As the School and social conditions are students had walked out in the behind the student strike came by the responses they received April 2 primary election day ap­ so bad in the East Los Angeles first days of the strike, with the from Raul Ruiz, an alumnus of from their fellow soldiers when proaches, supporters of Madison's barrios that there are more high Wilson High students symbolically Lincoln High who is now a grad­ they began leafleting. Most guys antiwar referendum calling for school dropouts here than in the holding one shoe high as they uate student in Latin American seemed to think the idea of the "an immediate ceasefire and the black ghetto. Horace Quinones, a fought their way out. A student studies at Cal State and a member meeting was a good one. They withdrawal of U.S. troops from neighborhood minister, said the reported: of the United Mexican American would read the leaflet and say, Vietnam" are hard at work in a dropout rate at Wilson High is 60 "When the cops came they really Students. "I'll be there." massive campaign for a "yes" percent. ran through the school. They threw "Lincoln High has inadequate They passed out most of the vote. The students say they are being any kids they found up against a and unsafe conditions," Ruiz said. leaflets in downtown Columbia, The referendum effort is being shoved out of school by indifferent wall or against lockers in the "Three major buildings there have where G Is catch the bus back to coordinated by Madison Citizens and inferior education. They are hall." These police attacks on the been condemned, There's a com­ Fort Jackson. Students at the for a Vote on Vietnam. Other co­ angry about the denigration of children were also shown in tele­ plete lack of academic atmosphere, University of South Carolina as­ operating groups include the Mad­ their Mexican culture by the pre­ vision newscasts. it's like a factory, it's ugly, sisted the Gis distributing the ison Committee to End the War dominantly Anglo teachers and Two police cars were stoned "Lincoln has 3,000 students but leaflets. in Vietnam, the Student Referen­ the white middle-class orientation March 7 when they arrived at Bel­ the cafeteria seats only 200. Dur­ A black GI who is in Rosen­ dum Committee, and Madison of the textbooks. They want bi­ mont High as students were urged ing the noon lunch period the berg's company reports an inter­ Veterans for Peace. All have been lingual teachers and classes on to walk out. Officers with riot buildings are closed and locked, esting incident. On the Wednesday distributing literature, arranging Mexican history. They want Mexi­ sticks ordered all youths back into including the restrooms. The stu­ morning following the original meetings for speakers, and can­ can food in the cafeterias. Student their classrooms. dents go outside to eat but there meditation attempt, the First Ser­ vassing neighborhoods. signs said, "Education, Not Eradi­ By March 8 at least 1,500 East is no roofed area for protection geant called Rosenberg out in At present an important aspect cation," "Education and Justice," Side students met at Hazard Park and when it rains they get wet, front of the company. The Ser­ of the referendum effort is a reg­ ''We Demand Schools That Teach," and presented their demands to there's no alternative. geant said, "Come here, you peace­ istration drive. City officials have and "Mexican American Libera­ Board of Education members. "Over half the students at Lin­ nik ... This is a hippy." Then made a number of attempts to tion." At least 19 high school and jwl­ coln study industrial arts but the the sergeant explained to the com­ deny the franchise to individuals, The students also resent being ior high students and several program is about 50 years behind pany what Rosenberg had done. especially students, on completely locked behind chain link fences, young adults have been arrested the times. They can't even turn He had left KP - "the line of spurious grounds. These attempts even during the noon hour, so that during the strike, including college out a good mechanic. All they do duty'' - to go to a "forbidden have been successfully countered they cannot go home for lunch. students of the United Mexican is turn out functional illiterates." meeting." The sergeant then ex- by the MCVV and MCEWV.