United campa1gn• is launched against Los Angeles bombers By Joel Britton In response to the right-wing terrorist Art Kunkin of the Free Press. right-wing terrorists." They urged "the LOS ANGELES, Oct. 24 - At about campaign, a united defense effort has been The united defense meeting also agreed broadest united defense in solidarity among 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 22, a bomb launched. A meeting was held today of that all the groups would work together the organizations and newspapers who consisting of three sticks of dynamite was representatives of antiwar groups, the Peace to defend their headquarters and meetings. have been subjected to bombings or other placed at the door of the Socialist Workers and Freedom Party, Black Panther Party, They also agreed to make facilities and attacks on their offices by the Cuban exiles Party election campaign headquarters at Socialist Workers Party, Young Socialist headquarters available to any group which or other right-wing elements. It is out­ 1702 East Fourth St. The bomb did not Alliance, the Free Press, the Committee has its equipment ur headquarters rageous that during this election campaign explode. A "United Cuban Power" sticker for the Defense of the Bill of Rights and damaged in an attack. The participating where such an issue is being made of 'law was found at the scene. others to map plans to counter the rightist groups decided to try to widen the united and order,' that the law enforcement This was another in a series of terrorist attacks. effort by bringing in other groups. agencies art too busy harassing and acts perpetrated by rightists in this city. The meeting agreed to launch a campaign The latest bombing attempt at the So­ infiltrating black and brown liberation A week ago, on Oct. 16, a bomb was of publicity and protest of the failure of cialist Workers campaign headquarters movements and socialist organizations to exploded at the Socialist Workers head­ the city officials to do anything to stop took place a half hour after a meeting of be able to apprehend and prosecute the quarters. On Sunday, Oct. 28, the Free the terrorists. An open letter is being pre­ supporters of the Halstead-Boutelle cam­ right-wing terrorists." Press newspaper offices were bombed. On pared, and a press conference will be held paign. No one was in the offices when the One person has been arrested by the Long Monday the Malcolm X Foundation was on Oct. 28 where individuals from groups bomb was placed in the doorway. Beach police for the bombing of the SDS fire-bombed and burned to the ground. who have been bombed or harassed by Phil Pas sen and John Grey, SWP congres­ and Peace and Freedom Party head­ On Tuesday the offices of the Long Beach right wing groups or the police will relate sional candidates, issued a statement de­ quarters. His name is Robert Emery Har­ Students for a Democratic Society and Peace the facts about these attacks. One of the nouncing the Los Angeles Police Depart­ graves and he is alleged to be a member and Freedom Party were bombed. spokesmen at the press conference will be ment for its "inability to apprehend these of the Minute Men. THE Antiwar Gls under attack MILITANT -see stories page 12- Published in the interests of the Working People

Vol. 32- No. 44 Friday, November 1, 1968 Price 15c VOTE SOCIALIST WORKERS! The presidential election campaign of the Socialist Workers Party, buttressed by local campaigns in a number of areas, has been the most effective waged by the party since it first fielded a presidential ticket in 1948. And if there was ever an election year when a meaningful socialist alternative to the capitalist politicans was needed, this certainly has been it. Referring to Humphrey, Nixon and Wallace, an Oct. 24 New York Times story was headlined: "The Candidates and Foreign Affairs: Little Choice for Voters Seems Evident." This is, of course, the fact not only in relation to foreign affairs, but on every significant issue at stake in the election. All three favor continuing U.S. efforts aimed at world domination. All three favor repressive measures against liberation forces at home as expressed in their common racist stand in support of what they demagogically call "law and order." To this capitalist program of war and racism Fred Halstead and Paul Boutelle have counterposed a revolutionary program centered around the key demands of immediate withdrawal of U.S. forces from Vietnam and black control of the black communities. These demands have been tied to their fundamental program of basic socialist solutions to the terrible social evils spawned by a decaying capitalist order. And they have reached an impressive number of people with this program. De­ spite limited resources, more than a million pieces of literature were issued through the national campaign headquarters alone. Despite discriminatory regulations, the SWP ticket won a ballot place in 19 states, more than it had in any previous elec­ tion and significantly more than any of the other minority parties contesting in this election. The candidates themselves have not only travelled the country, but a good part FRED HALSTEAD. Socialist Workers Party presidential candidate explained of the world as well. his campaign to G Is in Saigon last August Paul Boutelle's meetings with black nationalists in England and his visit to France during the uprising of last spring contributed significantly to the impact of his revolutionary message, which was well-received on campuses and in black communities North and South. Fred Halstead's visit to South Vietnam, his participation in Japanese antiwar conferences, and conversations with .Gis in Western Europe underlined the serious determination to bring the Socialist Workers' antiwar message to the members of the armed forces. This was further concretized in the distribution of nearly a hun­ dred thousand copies of Halstead's antiwar "Letter to Gis." The campaign orientation toward the troops culminated several years of persis­ tent efforts in this direction by the SWP, an effort that contributed significantly to the present turn of the antiwar movement toward linking up with the antiwar sen­ timent within the Army. In addition to advancing concrete political demands and developing programs of action, the Socialist Workers campaign has, we think, contributed toward clarity among radicals on important political issues-particularly with its analysis of the McCarthy campaign and such nonsocialist formations as the Peace and Freedom and Freedom and Peace groupings. In the course of this campaign, several hundred new young people have been actively involved in socialist politics, and that process is not yet completed. In short, the Socialist Workers campaign has demonstrated that it is not at all necessary to either adapt to one or another form of reformist, capitalist politics or to take refuge in a futile, self-isolating policy of abstention from the electoral arena. It has shown that it is a perfectly practical idea to carry the revolutionary struggle into the electoral arena, popularize socialist ideas and win new forces for the movement. Now the remaining job in the election is to register the best vote possible for the PAUL BOUTELLE. Socialist Workers Partyvice-presidentialcandidatespeaking socialist slate. We urge a final effort to reach everyone possible with the one mean­ at Berkeley, Calif., rally. ingful choice: VOTE SOCIALIST WORKERS! Page 2 THE MILITANT Friday, November 1, 1968 THE MILITANT African struggle against Portugal Editor: BARRY SHEPPARD Business Manager: BEVERLY SCOTT Thus I get great pleasure out Publlahed weekly by The Militant Publishing Ass'n., 873 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10003. Phone 533-6414. Second-dass postage paid at New York, N.Y. Guerrillas winning of seeing others put Buckley down, Subscription: domestic, $4 a year; foreign, $5.50. By first class mail: domestic e.g., Norman Mailer, Herman and Canada $10.50; all oiher countries, $15.00. Air printed matter: domestic 'sweeping victories' Kahn. and Canada, $15.00; Latin America, $24.00; Europe, $28.00; Africa, Australia, On the show with Halstead and Asia (including USSR), $33.00. Write for sealed air postage rates. Signed articles by contributors do not necessarily represent The Militant's views. These are Los Angeles, Calif. Boutelle, Buckley expected to find expressed in editorials. Just as in Vietnam, where the the Socialist Workers Party rep­ U. S. imperialists, with all their resentatives dogmatic and doctri­ Vol. 32-No. 44 Friday, November 1, 1968 modern weapons of war, are being naire Marxists of a dull frame of defeated by the revolutionary mind. I think he was very much forces of the people, so too the taken by surprise. people of Portuguese-controlled The comparison of the Amer­ This column is an open forum Africa are demonstrating the ca­ ican and Cuban revolutions was for all viewpoints on subjects of An appeal to aid victims pacity of an armed people to most telling against Buckley. general interest to our readers. wage a successful guerrilla war. J.R. Please keep your letters brief. Where Mozambique liberation forces, necessary they will be abridged. of repression in Mexico aided by their Tanzanian broth­ Writers' initials will be used, names ers, are making sweeping victories being withheld unless authorization as their drive southward against Recommends Trotsky is given for use. The following are excerpts from a letter received by the the Portuguese imperialists gath­ U. S. Committee for Justice to Latin American Political Pris­ to CP candidate ers momentum. which is so necessary in these oners from one of the political prisoners in Mexico who was There has been an intensifica­ troubled times. arrested in the recent government repression. tion of mortar and cannon attacks Madison, Wis. Jerry Bridgman by the guerrillas on fuel dumps, Charlene Mitchell, Communist airfields and other military in­ Party candidate for President, [The Militant and the Daily ... These [persecutions] are forms of payment we have stallations. The Mueda Airbase spoke last night (Oct. 17) to stu­ World extend to each other the to make to make things better, and as for me, I do it without in the northern province of Cabo dents at the University of Wiscon­ usual courtesy of exchange sub­ Delgado is considered to be one regretting anything. The great advance that has occurred sin Student Union. She was asked scriptions. of the main targets. "From this through the awakening of hundreds of thousands of youth what she thought of the presiden­ Editor] airbase," said guerrilla leaders, and the perspectives that have opened will hurry events. tial candidacy of Fred Halstead. "napalm-laden bombers supplied But not everything has been easy; the events of October Her disturbing reply was that by the U.S. Central Intelligence she had been unable to get hold No sympathy (massacre at Tiatelolco) and the news of the arrests and Agency were frequently sent to of a copy of the SWP platform the dead people were very sad. Those events still weigh on raid villages, killing peasants and and so declined comment. for antiwar Gls me and don't let me work or think clearly. In addition, the destroying crops." conditions in which we live don't lend themselves to work: This is obviously evidence of In Guinea, the guerrillas have a serious breakdown of commu­ many live together (110 in a hall meant for 30); we don't forced their former oppressors to Portland, Ore. nication on the Left in this country. Without Gis we wouldn't have have tables, paper, books, pens or typewriters, etc. The flee from the capital city of Beli, Perhaps you could send a free while in Angola, the oppressors' an army to fight wars. I find majority of the youth have frayed nerves because they were subscription to The Militant to the the idea of Gis passing out anti­ by no means prepared for this experience. grip has been loosened by the Communist Party. If there is any­ deaths of 600 soldiers in the early war literature ludicrous. If any My fate depends mostly on how relations between the one over there who knows where summer. man is truly sincere about an Mrs. Mitchell is, they could authorities and the leadership of the movement (National Although the Western press has objection to war, he should refuse forward copies to her. Strike Committee) develop; nevertheless the question of judi­ successfully slowed down the to serve in the armed forces, or In the fond hope that someone cial defense and the intervention of important people would spread of information describing if he is already in, then he should from the SWP may see this letter, also be important ... We can assume that the charges were black Africans' victories over their refuse to continue and accept the I would suggest that he send some made up beforehand for the members of the Strike Committee oppressors, it has not prevented consequences. literature along to the CP or Mrs. My support and sympathy is the world from learning, finally, whom they planned to detain the day of the military assault Mitchell. Perhaps a copy of The with those men who refuse to of the destruction of an entire on the University City. Revolution Betrayed by the Bol­ serve and those who think killing enemy unit in Dala, Lunda Prov­ Once the leading group is detained, they will probably shevik L. D. Trotsky (Merit Pub­ is right (they really need help), ince, and the demolition of enemy direct the stiffest penalties against them, an act that will lishers, 1965) could be included. but not those too cowardly to administrative headquarters. The I am sending a copy of this stand up for their antiwar beliefs open the road to possible maneuvers . . . dwindling number of Portuguese letter to the CP in the hope it may and continue in the service because My lack of contact with friends from outside ... has left troops has forced the colonial facilitate the establishment of the it is expedient. me without money for the most elementary needs and entirely authorities to extend the length dialogue between the two parties Karin Garnica dependent on ... who I am sure doesn't have anything ... of military service and to decree I think it is important to have a good defense and good by law that women must serve witnesses . . . Right IM>W it is necessary to give the lawyer in the army. Morale is low, and $500 in order to pay for copies of charges ... desertion is frequent among the Portuguese troops, now that the fighting is tougher. In some cases troops flee during or before battle. (If you are interested in the ideas of Woodward Ave., Detroit 48201. (313) TEl- The U. S. Committee for Justice to Latin American Poli­ The ever increasing costs of socialism, you can meet socialists in your 6135. tical Prisoners is sending funds to aid the victims of the maintaining a colonial empire is city at the fallowing addresses.) East Lansing: YSA, Ginny Osteen, 409 repressiPJn that has jailed about 300 students, professors putting an ever widening strain W. Holmes, 353-6170. and sympathizers of the movement. Arrangements were made on the economy in Portugal itself, Ypsilanti: Ed Mattos, 913 Washtenaw which will aggravate the class CALIFORNIA: Atascadero: YSA, Bill Blau, by the committee to cover legal costs and the elementary '16 • Ypsilanti, Mich. 48197. Phone 482- antagonisms and ultimately lead P. 0. Bax 1061, Atascadero. needs of the prisoners through its representative, Richard 7348. to a revolutionary upsurge by the Berkeley-Oakland: Socialist Workers Garza, who went to Mexico recently to talk to the prisoners MINNESOTA: Minneapolis-St. Paul: SWP, Portuguese masses. Party (SWP) and Yaung Socialist Alliance and their families. Funds are urgently needed. Latin American YSA and Labar Bookstore, 704 Hennepin HM.S. (YSA), 2519A Telegraph Ave., Berkeley jails don't provide things like clean clothes, decent food, or 94704. (415) B49-1032. Ave., Hall 240, Mpls. 55403. (612) even beds for the prisoners. These must be provided by friends Los Angeles: SWP and YSA, 1702 East FE 2-7781. or by the families of the prisoners. Fourth St., L.A. 90033. (213) AN 9-4953. MISSOURI: St. Louis: Phone E V 9-2895, Make checks payable to the U. S. L.A. Justice Committee, Sacramento: Sacramento State College ask for Dick Clarke. P. 0. Box 2303, New York, NY. 10003. Taxpayers & Jackie YSA, John Montgomery, West Bridge *192, NEW JERSEY: Newark: YSA, c/o Walt and 1025 University Ave., Sacramento, Calif. Andrea Brode, 425 Mt. Prospect Ave., 95825. Newark, N.J., 17104, tel. 483-8513. San Diego: San Diego Labor Forum, NEW YORK: Albany: YSA, Carol French, Fort Bragg, Calif. P.O. Bax 2221, San Diego 92112. 194 Jay Street, Albany 11210. Why should the American tax­ San Francisco: Militant Labor Forum and New York City: Militant Labar Forum, payers be forced to give Mrs. 873 Broadway (near 18th St.), N.Y. 10003. John F. Kennedy a lifetime pen­ Pioneer Baoks, 2338MarketSt., S. F.94114. sion, bodyguards around the (415) 552-1266. (212) 982-6051. clock for her and her children, Santa Rasa: Young Socialist Alliance, OHIO: Cleveland: Eugene V. Debs Hall, and an unlimited expense account Stefan Bosworth, 808 Spencer. 2nd floor west, 9801 Euclid Ave., Cleveland for her pleasure and publicity GEORGIA: YSA, P.O. Bax 6262, Atlanta, -44106. (216) 791-1669. trips around the world? Ga. 30308. (404) 873-1368. Kent: YSA, P. 0. Bax 116, Kent. The Kennedys, with their hun­ ILLINOIS: Carbondale: YSA, Bill MoHet, Yellow Springs: Antioch YSA, Michael dreds of millions of dollars of 406 S. Washington. Schreiber, Antioch Union, Yellow Springs inherited wealth safely invested Champaign-Urbana: YSA. P. 0. Bax2099, 45387. 767-5511. in tax-exempt bonds and secu­ Station A. Champaign, Ill. 61820. OREGON: Portland: c/a Tonie Porter, 5203 rities would have more money Chicago: SWP, YSA and bookstore, 302 S . W. Pomona, Portland, 97219. than the government if our na­ S. Conal St., Rm. 204, Chicago 60606. PENNSYLVANIA: Philadelphia: SWP and tional debt was paid off. (312) 939-50-44. YSA, 686 N. Broad St., Philo. 19130. (215) J.O. INDIANA: Bloomington: YSA, Russel Block, CE 6-6998. 207 East 2nd St., Bloomington 47 401.339- TEXAS: Austin: YSA, Charles Cairns, 1803 4640. Enfield Ave., Austin. Evansville: YSA, Ronald Hicks, 1619 Houston: YSA, David Shroyer, 1116 Halstectd & Boutelle Franklin St., Evansville. Columbus St., Houston 78703. (713) JA 9- put down Buckley Indianapolis: Holstead-Boutelle Cam­ 2236. paign, P. 0. Bax 654, Indianapolis, Indiana, UTAH: Salt Lake City: Shem Richards, 957 46206. E. First Ave., Salt Lake 84103. (80 1) 355- New York, N.Y. MARYLAND: Baltimore: YSA, Toby Rice, 3537. I saw Halstead and Boutelle on c/a Brram, 1518 Park Ave., Baltimore. WASHINGTON, D.C.: YSA, 3 Thomas Cir­ the Buckley show. I thought they MASSACHUSETTS: Baston: Militant Labar cle, N. W., 2nd floor, Washington, D. C., handled themselves quite well. Forum, 295 Huntington Ave., Rm. 307. 20005. (202) 332-4635. I frequently watch that show (617) 876-5930. WASHINGTON: Seattle: SWP and YSA, for the skill with which Buckley MICHIGAN: Ann Arbor: Nan Byam, 921 5257 University Way N. E., Seattle 98105 debates. His skill has nothing S. Forest, Ann Arbor, 48104. Phone 761- (206) 523-2555. to do with the reactionary content 0828. WISCONSIN: Madison: YSA, 202 Marion of his philosophy. Detroit: Eugene V. Debs Hall, 3737 St. (608) 256-0857. Friday, November 1, 1968 THE MiliTANT Page 3

'Peace and Freedom' no real alternative

By Jon Britton ister Peace and Freedom first and later "Your paper has talked scornfully about reregister as Democrats. PFP returning to liberalism, as if a party Boosted by the prospect of a Nixon­ soon to give its nomination to Eldridge Wallace-LBJ line-up in November the bal­ Cleaver is in any danger of doing that! lot drive succeeded beyond anyone's ex­ The prophets of the SWP have even gone pectations, with over 100,000 people reg­ so far as predict, in conversation, on many istering Peace and Freedom by the early occasions, that the PFP will not outlast the January deadline. Tens of thousands of election, which is just nonsense." So wrote liberal Democrats registered Peace and a California Peace and Freedom Party Freedom, and members of virtually every member in a letter to The Militant in early radical organization except the Socialist August of this year. Workers Party joined up to get in on the It's true that the Socialist Workers Party action. does not consider the Peace and Freedom In late March of this year, after the bal­ Party to be an anticapitalist alternative to lot drive, a "founding convention" of the the Democratic and Republican parties. It's Peace and Freedom Party was held in Judith Mage also true that the SWP anticipated the ten­ Richmond, Calif. The main political ten­ dency within the PFP toward fragmenta­ dencies in attendance were the Communist no basic solutions and glosses over many tants and went on to call for unity of all tion and dissolution because of the dispa­ Party, the Independent Socialist Club, Pro­ political differences within the organization political forces "to the left of center." He rate political forces making up the PFP. gressive Labor Party and liberal Demo­ which were bound to break out in other concluded with a carefully camouflaged For a time the SWP's assessment of the crats. A number of politically unaffiliated forms. but unmistakable appeal for people to vote Peace and Freedom Party appeared to be antiwar activists also attended. This is graphically illustrated by the pres­ for- Humphrey. dogmatic, sectarian and "just nonsense" The convention delegates voted to launch ent fragmentation of the Peace and Free­ Eldridge Cleaver, presidential candidate to many people in the radical movement. a permanent "radical" political party and dom movement nationally and in a num­ of the PFP, also spoke at the Oct. 17 rally. This was especially true at the height of to make the projected election campaign ber of states. In New York, for example, It's apparent that Cleaver conceives of his the euphoria produced by the PFP ballot serve this goal. The new party was to there are a Freedom and Peace Party and, campaign as nothing but a Yippee-type victory in California last January. It was unite the diverse political tendencies at the within the Peace and Freedom Party, two put-on, a parody of a presidential cam­ this campaign for ballot status, however, convention, including the liberals, around rival local groupings. The political differ­ paign. The bulk of his speech was devoted that provided the first indication that Peace a "minimum program" to which all could ences nationally have produced two rival to a witty, sometimes hilarious, but not and Freedom was not destined to be an agree. This meant that the program had presidential candidates, Eldridge Cleaver very enlightening derision of "the pigs," anticapitalist political alternative. to be limited to the least common denomi­ and Dick Gregory, at least six vice-presi­ liberally sprinkled with the profanities he The ballot drive was organized not nator-the liberal Democrats' criticism of dential candidates, and a number of rival is becoming famous for. Cleaver urged around a formal political program or a "the system's" uglier aspects. local candidates. Ballot status has been people to boycott the election, "especially slate of candidates representing such a The "policy statement" actually adopted achieved in only 1 0 states. if you're planning to vote for one of the program but rather on the basis, primari­ in Richmond attacks various ills of "the The opportunist, reformist character of pigs." ly, that the Democrats and Republicans system" and calls for a series of reforms, the Peace and Freedom Party movement The various Peace and Freedom cam­ were not going to provide the· American including the militant demand that the U.S. has come into sharper focus recently as a paigns do not serve to educate young radi­ people with a "peace and freedom" presi­ withdraw from Vietnam, but it fails to call result of the pressures generated by the cals about the ruling-class character of the dential choice in the 1968 election. for overturning capitalism as the only per­ approaching election. Democratic and Republican parties and the To gain ballot status for the PFP in manent solution to these ills. Judith Mage is the vice-presidential can­ need for independence from and opposition California as a recognized political party, Five months later the Peace and Freedom didate chosen by the New York PFP to to the politics of the capitalist class. On the approximately 67,000 qualified voters had Party "national convention" in Ann Arbor, 'balance" the national candidacy of contrary, these campaigns serve to mis­ to be registered into Peace and Freedom. Mich., adopted a "policy statement" which Eldridge Cleaver. She is a former president educate young radicals and foster illusions The support of liberal Democrats was ac­ is a very brief, watered-down version of of the Social Service Employees Union. that something less than the overturn of tively solicited by assuring them in news­ the one adopted in Richmond. Speaking at a Manhattan PFP election capitalism can solve the problems of war paper ads and letters that they could reg- The net result is a program that contains rally Oct. 17, Mage justified the PFP's lack and racism. of a socialist program: "The Peace and The various fragments of the Peace and Freedom Party can't speak in the language Freedom movement stand as obstacles to of social revolution if we want to get building a real revolutionary party in the Afro-Americans for Halstead and through to people. When I talked to people United States, a party that can lead a suc­ upstate [she had just returned from a speak­ cessful socialist revolution. ing tour] I talked to them about turning Nevertheless, many young radicals have Boutelle discuss black party the $72 billion military budget into build­ learned valuable lessons as a result of ing decent housing, schools, parks ... I their experiences with the Peace and Free­ In an article entitled 'Where the Strug­ Nebraska. told them to stop accepting the lesser evil dom debacle. We understand that the young gle for a Black Party Stands Today," The article attacks "those who have crit­ argument with which we have been black­ PFPer who wrote the letter quoted above the latest issue of the Afro-Americans for icized the 1 0-point program of the Panthers mailed for the past decades ..." is now an ex-PFPer and a supporter of the Halstead and Boutelle Newsletter assesses because 'it is not revolutionary'" and goes In practice, however, Mage continues to Socialist Workers campaign. the progress toward the formation of a on to explain that the principal demand be 'blackmailed." A few weeks ago she black party independent of the Republicans of the program- black control of the black "personally" endorsed Paul O'Dwyer, New and Democrats. Support for the building community - "cannot be brought about York Democratic senatorial "peace" candi­ of a black political party has been one without the destruction of capitalism. date, at a membership meeting of the Social of the main themes of the SWP campaign. Rosenshine has "Black control of the community would Service Employees Union which then went The article, written by Tony Thomas, mean smashing the control of the white on to vote formal union endorsement to points out that "the growth of the Black capitalist rulers over the lives of black O'Dwyer. Participating on a panel Oct.l8, Panther Party on a national scale, as people- schools, places of business, and which included SWP senatorial candidate successful N.Y. well as the Newark United Brothers Cam­ other institutions of the black community," Hedda Garza, Mage stated that she would paign and the Lowndes County Alabama Thomas says. "This cannot be done with­ "probably vote for O'Dwyer." This is how Panthers, shows the depth of sentiment out a revolutionary confrontation with the major New York PFP candidate "edu­ tour for YSA for, and the steps that are being taken capitalism. cates" young radicals on the need to "stop towards, the formation of an independent "Such a demand sets the black masses accepting the lesser evil argument." Dan Rosenshine, national field secretary black party." into action against the imperialist rulers The other major New York PFP candi­ of the Young Socialist Alliance, has just Describing the Black Panther Party as while at the same time relating to the date is Dave McReynolds, who is running completed a speaking tour of the New "one of the most important recent develop­ York region. He traveled over 1,000 miles present level of consciousness of the black for Congress in the 19th congressional ments in the black liberation movement," masses." in this area, ranging from New Brunswick, district. McReynolds is a member of the Thomas points out that from their original N.J., to Buffalo, N.Y., The article criticizes the Black Panther Socialist Party of Norman Thomas (which base in Oakland, Calif., the Panthers have Speaking on the topic, "From Student Party's electoral alliance with the Peace is supporting Humphrey in this election), spread to other parts of the West Coast Revolt to Socialist Revolution," Rosenshine and Freedom Party, while at the same is a registered Democrat and was an active and across the country, with branches addressed students at Hunter, Brooklyn time pointing out that the Panthers' de­ supporter of McCarthy. in New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Cleve­ Polytech, Columbia, Brooklyn College and cision to run candidates in the election In an article published in the July 11 land, Boston, Iowa, Detroit, Indiana and was "another major advance" of the BPP. Queens College in New York City. SDS issue of The Village Voice, McReynolds members helped organize a large meeting r------~ disclosed that he had "voted for the Mc­ for him at the Rutgers campus in New Carthy slate in the primary because, per­ Brunswick. AFRO-AMERICANS FOR HALSTEAD AND BOUTELLE haps irrationally, I can't view McCarthy The composition of the audiences ranged NEWSLETTER as simply another Democrat. If," he added, from O'Dwyer supporters to young people "McCarthy gets the nomination the Demo­ who consider themselves socialists and are Special issue: WHERE THE STRUGGLE FOR A BLACK PARTY STANDS cratic Party will take on the appearance looking forward to the Young Socialist TODAY of the party of quasi-radical social change Alliance national conference to be held in Single copies 1 Oc; 5 or more copies, Be each and America will have blundered through Chicago over the Thanksgiving weekend. once again." Among these young socialists were a Enclosed is $ ...... for .... , . copies of the AAHB Newsletter. McReynolds doesn't view O'Dwyer as number of students newly won to radical "simply another Democrat" either. In a ideas, including freshmen and fraternity Name. recent panel at the City College of New members. At all the meetings, there were York, McReynolds praised O'Dwyer's rec­ good discussions and indications of great Address ord and stated that he welcomed voters' interest in socialism. support to O'Dwyer as "a step in the right Rosenshine wound up this leg of his City State Zip direction." national tour in upper New York State. Another speaker at the Oct. 17 PFP rally As a result, people joined the YSA in Send to: Afro-Americans for Halstead and Boutelle, 873 Broadway, New York, was William Kunstler, thewell-knowncivil­ Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo, and Roch­ N.Y. 10003. liberties attorney. Kunstler described the ester. YSA locals were established in both ------increasing repression against black mili- Albany and Binghamton. Page 4 THE MILITANT Friday, November I, 1968 How to spealr out of three sides of your mouth The CP's slippery election policy

By Dick Roberts The application of this ''two pronged" narrow partisan competition, should be Recent letters to the American Commu­ approach, the Daily World editors say, stressed." nist Party newspaper Daily World indicate will "unify" those "forces in American so­ Davidow's argument is a combination of increasing doubt in and around CP circles ciety that are decisive for the achievement demagoguery and political duplicity. He about the CP's 1968 election strategy. of the changes needed in the nation." uses the term "fascism" rather light minded­ In Washington and Minnesota, the CP But the so-called two-pronged approach ly. Not so long ago Davidow wrote an is running its own presidential and vice­ is essentially a continuation in changed article in which he said that CP general presidential candidates, Charlene Mitchell form of the long-standing CP policy of secretary Gus Hall called the Nixon-Agnew and Mike Zagarell. In other states it is supporting capitalist candidates, especially slate "racist, reactionary and fascist-like" supporting various third-party candidates, Democrats. Some readers of the Daily (Daily World, Aug. 13, 1968); the Gold­ most notably the Freedom and Peace cam­ World are beginning to ask questions about water campaign in 1964 was "racist, reac­ paign in New York State headed by Dick it. tionary and fascist-like," etc., .etc. Gregory. For instance, in a letter published Oct. This is supposed to scare people into GUS HALL. Principal CPspokesman And the Daily World is giving consider­ 16, young Freedom and Peace activist voting for the Democratic Party. One has for reformist politics of that orga­ able publicity to various Democratic Par­ Frank Goldsmith asks why Daily World to ask what kind of "unity" Davidow is nization. ty "peace" candidates. It publicized attempts reporter Mike Davidow continued to sup­ talking about. Where would it be? to put Eugene McCarthy on the ballot long port McCarthy after he lost the nomination: He wants to unify political movements after he lost the Democratic Party nomina­ "Davidow's writing would have people "inside and outside" the Democratic Party, tion; it has devoted page after page to the think that voting and supporting a candi­ but it cannot be both ways. This has the history on this question. In fact, the policy New York State senatorial campaign of date for President in New York State who effect, as deliberately intended, of keeping it is following in the 1968 elections in re­ Democrat Paul O'Dwyer. does not want to run for office is more people entrapped in Democratic Party lation to the Democratic Party was laid Daily World editors attempted to explain important than voting for a candidate that politics. down in 1936. their election policy Oct. 3. According to does want to run for the Presidency [Dick The alleged two-pronged approach has At that time the CP ran its own presiden­ them, it supports candidates "who are anti­ Gregory]." been forced on the CP by the circumstances tial candidate, Earl Browder. But then, as war and pro-peace"; it offers "independent The contradiction is even more glaring of the 1968 elections. It cannot come out now, its real intention was to support the candidates for congress in districts where in the case of the Daily World's publicity directly for Democratic Party presidential Democratic Party '1esser evil," Franklin the old-line capitalist parties' candidates for Democrat O'Dwyer at the same time candidate Humphrey, the way it supported Roosevelt. Here is how Browder described are reactionaries"; and it is supposed to that the CP is backing Freedom and Peace Johnson in 1964, because of the deepened his 1936 election strategy in an article writ­ mount "continuing pressure on the candi­ candidate Herman Ferguson. They are radicalization of the people the CPistrying ten last year: dates of the capitalist parties to force change both running for U.S. senator from New to attract. ''My final argument [was] that ifwereally on them." York. It makes a show of supporting the Free­ wished to assure Roosevelt's re-election we One is asked to support capitalist candi­ A letter written by CP youth leader Paul dom and Peace campaign and even runs would not endorse him because that would dates who are "opponents of the war and Friedman, printed in the Oct. 19 Daily its own candidates on a token basis, to cause him to be labeled 'the Communist of racism." Where there is "no such choice," World, takes Davidow to task for support­ appeal to those forces who have broken candidate' by the newspapers, most of one should vote or write in a vote for ing O'Dwyer: "Actually I am of the opinion with the Democratic Party. But this is not which opposed him ... various candidates outside the two major that a vote for Herman Ferguson ... going very far. These campaigns have "On the other hand we could put up our parties. would be of much greater value. We must not broken with capitalist politics. At most, own candidate but conduct such a cam­ do the most to encourage a vote for the they are pressure campaigns on the capi­ paign that would assure Roosevelt all votes Freedom and Peace ticket." talist parties. under our influence except the diehard op­ Checking out the Daily World's coverage The Oct. 19 Daily World carries an article ponents of all 'capitalist' candidates ... of these two campaigns since Sept. 1, we on CP candidate Zagarell, who "met his ''fhus I became the logical Communist counted over 30 articles containing over first New Left critic" at a meeting at Bran­ presidential candidate and made my am­ 300 paragraphs on the McCarthy-O'Dwyer deis University. "It's not enough to talk biguous campaign in favor of 'my rival' campaigns. Herman Ferguson was men­ revolutionary phrases to bring about a Roosevelt. The more the newspapers puz­ tioned in only six articles with a total of Socialist revolution," Zagarell told the meet­ zled over this tactic, the more effective it 22 paragraphs. ing. became." (As We Saw the Thirties, p. 234) The explanation of this apparent discrep­ "Criticizing some on the Left for 'aloof­ It is with the same utter cynicism and ancy is that the CP is not serious about the ness from real life problems' he warned contempt for the people it manipulates, Freedom and Peace campaign. It is using that ignoring real issues before the work­ that the CP today is giving lip service to this campaign and its own Mitchell-Zaga­ ers ... has 'created a vacuum that allows the candidacy of Herman Ferguson. "All rell campaign as a cover for its fundamen­ George Wallace to do his dirty work.'" votes under our influence"- in other words, tal support of "lesser evil" capitalist candi­ It is another version of the same line. those who really understand the party dates, above all in the Democratic Party. Z agarell dodges the fundamental issue, line-are doing leg work for O'Dwyer. This will be clearer if we look at Davi­ which is the necessity of completely and We urge those young people who not dow's reply to the Goldsmith letter cited totally breaking with capitalist politics and only want to make a complete break with above, which appeared in the Oct. 19 building a revolutionary movement Democratic Party politics, but who want Daily World. "No more urgent question against capitalism. He wants to stick to to build a revolutionary movement against faces America's democratic forces," says the "real life problems," "the mainstream," capitalism, to supportthe Socialist Workers Davidow, "than achieving unity in action etc., etc., in other words, "achieving coop­ campaign. in face of what is in fact a rising fascist eration" with lesser-evil capitalist candi­ This is the way to unify forces which are danger ... dates. truly opposed to the Vietnam war and sup­ "The various independent political move­ Those people inside the CP and around port the black struggle for black political ments, those still operating in the Demo­ it who are beginning to question the seem­ power: outside the capitalist political sys­ cratic Party and those which have gone ingly contradictory character of its election tem and on a principled program of revo­ beyond the two party system, constitute strategy would do well to study its past lutionary opposition to it. an important element in that united front. Thus their mutual relationship is of vital HERMAN FERGUSON. Officially, concern ... CP supports him, but Daily World 'What is needed . . . is to aid this pro­ HHH speaks out on law and order is campaigning for O'Dwyer. cess and give it the most effective direction. To achieve this, cooperation, rather than -- more money for more cops Big antiwar action set By Robert Langston order and justice" issued a report on Sept. Hubert H. Humphrey, in a major policy 16 which was the basis of the Hump's speech on nationwide TV Oct. 12, took the Oct. 12 speech. This report calls, among offensive on '1aw and order." Speaking of other things, for: for Nov. 9 in Boston "crime and riots," the Vice President vowed e "Appointment of a second Deputy At­ that as President he "would stop these out­ torney General responsible for administer­ By Linda Sheppard servicemen's reaction has been highly fa­ rages whatever the cost." ing the Crime Control and Safe Streets Act. BOSTON, Oct. 23- The November vorable. While leafleting at Fort Devins, The Hump was not referring to the bru­ e "Development of Federal law-enforce­ Ninth Mobilization Committee, a broad two young women were arrested by mili­ tal, racist attack by off-duty cops on a ment technical assistance teams to respond coalition of antiwar organizations, r_as tary police. As they were being driven group of Black Panthers in a Brooklyn to local requests for help. set Nov. 9 as the date for a mass march away in an MP car, they made the ''V" courthouse last Sept. 4. He was not refer­ e "Creation of regional criminal justice and rally against the war in Vietnam here. sign, and a crowd of soldiers that had ring to the sadistic killing by policemen centers to develop and evaluate law enforce­ The action is receiving the broadest sup­ gathered around the car returned the sign. of three blacks in Detroit's Algiers Motel ment programs and new ideas." port that has ever been gained for such an The women were driven to the post gate summer before last; he was not referring e The establishment by the Federal Gov­ action in this area. Clerical, legal, medical, and released. to the behavior of his colleague Mayor ernment of "an ambitious and comprehen­ liberal, radical, faculty and student orga­ A special leaflet has been issued for G Is Daley's police force during the Democratic sive research and development program to nizations are sponsoring the demonstra­ which describes the success of the Oct. 12 national convention which gave him the develop new law-enforcement techniques tion. GI and Vet March for Peace in San Fran­ nomination. and to design new crime-prevention de­ cisco and urges the Gis to march with vices." He was referring to the actions of the The central theme of the Boston march thousands in Boston who support their e Maintenance, by the Federal Govern­ and rally will be support to the Gis by victims, not the perpetrators, of these crimes right to speak out against the war and ment, of "small, highly trained National demanding that they be brought home and riots. who want all Gis brought home now. The Guard riot-control units on continual alert, now. A concerted effort is being made to leaflet includes a statement by Boston law­ For he insisted that the "first problem" for short-term service in any community." get the active participation of Gis in the yers informing Gis of their constitutional is that police forces are underpaid and The establishment of a small elite "riot" march, and an open mike will be provided right to demonstrate. undermanned. More money for more police force; overall supervision of police at the afternoon rally on the Boston Com­ The march will leave the Boston Com­ cops- that is the heart of Humphrey's activities by a central, federal agency; ap­ mon for any servicemen who wish to speak. mon at 10:30 a.m. and culminate with a "law and order" proposal. plication of the most advanced scientific Teams of students from Boston cam­ speakers' rally on the Common at 1 p.m. The whole emphasis in Humphrey's '1aw techniques in police work: that is Hubert puses are leafleting Gis at nearby Fort For further information in the Boston enforcement" platform is on greater central­ Humphrey's proposal for dealing with the Devins and in downtown Boston. The area, call 864-5225. ization and efficiency. His "special panel on demands of black people. Friday, November 1, 1968 THE MILITANT Page 5 Blade high school student Seattle cop goes free describes Chicago action By Wanda Jones presented their own demands. CHICAGO-Thornton Township High It was ironic that this should occur at in killing of Panther School has an administration which con­ a rather happy event-preparations for tinually insists that there is racial harmony Homecoming weekend. The gaiety of deco­ By Debbie Leonard among the students of the institution. rating floats was dispelled by an outbreak Young people from approximately 10 by white students at an assembly. The SEATTLE, Oct. 20- Sixteen cops lined a courtroom here for thetwo-daycoroner's areas attend Thornton- and not in racial assembly announced the members of inquest into the killing of Black Panther harmony. Incidents during the period of Homecoming Court. Out of 20, nine blacks Welton Armstead by a Seattle cop. Every­ Friday afternoon, Oct. 11, throughFriday were nominated. This was a rarity indeed. one passed through a double line of cops morning, Oct. 18, dispute the administra­ Friday morning, approximately 150 stu­ tion's contention that Thornton isthe"ideal dents walked out shortly after classes in the corridor and was frisked before he high school." began. The action by the students resulted entered the courtroom. Despite numerous On Oct. 11, Dr. Orner Renfrow, principal in a display of force by local and county state witnesses, including pathologists, de­ of Thornton High, received a "before first police (this means the billy club, with Mace tectives, cops, and criminologists, and after period Monday" deadline on five demands and tear gas standing by, just in case). the predictable "justifiable homicide" verdict from the chairman of Black Student Liber­ Mayor Haines imposed a curfew from was reached, many questions remain un­ answered, and criticism of the proceedings ation. The letter from Black Student Liber­ 10:30 a.m. Friday until 7 a.m. Satur­ continues to mount in the black community. ation was printed in the Thorntonite, the day. (Haines is well known as an "I love More than 100 people, mostly black, school publication, on Oct. 16. The Daley" man. ) filled the courtroom for each session. One demands were: 1) A course in black history Shortly after the walkout, in which 50 of the points in dispute was whether the with credit going toward graduation­ blacks participated, students scuffled at bullet entered Armstead's body from the taught by a black teacher. 2) Black coun­ the main high-schoolintersection. The lead­ selors. 3) More black cheer leaders- the ers of both black and white organizations front or the back. Only one person, Dr. junior-varsity cheerleaders have only one agreed on one point-that school autho­ Gale Wilson, chief autopsy surgeon for now, and the varsity has none! 4 )Soul rities meet separately with white and black the county, actually examined the body music at PXs, as was promised by the students. Students known to have parti­ itself before it was prepared for burial. president of the KIP. 5) More black repre­ cipated in the walkout were suspended. Dr. Wilson, who happens to be the broth­ sentation in school activities. er-in-law of King County Prosecutor Monday began the first of long dis­ Charles 0. Carroll, claimed the bullet en­ cussions between black students, and Dr. tered through the left chest. Dr. John Green, Welton Butch Armstead Renfrow and his immediate staff. The Mon­ neurologist associated with the University day meeting lasted five hours without any of Washington, who examined the body A cop slammed Armstead's 16-year-old final decision. More meetings only brought on the family's request at thefuneralhome, sister against a patrol car and banged more cAgust. On Tuesday, after school, expressed the opinion that Armstead could her head repeatedly against the door as black students concluded that the only have been shot from behind. He requested she also attempted to prevent the shooting. possible way to receive any action would that further pathological investigation, in­ She was arrested for "interfering with an be to stage a walkout. White students then cluding X-rays, be conducted, but this was arrest." denied. Other conflicting reports were given on Armstead's mother, Mrs. Gladys Mapps, the number of shots fired. Erling I. Butte­ Mass boycott had been arrested for "attempted assault dahl, the cop identified as having killed of an officer" as she rushed toward the cops, Armstead, claimed that he shot three times, screaming, "Please don't shoot my son." but examination of his gun showed he had hits Chicago She sharply criticized the cops, saying fired four shots. Witnesses stated they heard that if they had stopped shooting and ex­ many more. There was even some doubt amined what was going on, she was certain as to whether Buttedahl or another cop high schools she could have prevented the whole thing. had fired the fatal shot. Armstead's stepfather testified that instead By Wilbur Allen However, the 16 cops comprising the of listening to what his wife was saying, "security force" which occupied the court­ CHICAGO, Oct. 15-During the past the cops shouted, "Get that bitch out of four weeks there have been mass walk­ room, who observed the witnesses and Wanda Jones here." outs of black students against the racist spectators closely, helped to assure that Chicago school system. these unanswered questions would be The Black Students for Defense, a city­ brushed under the rug. After two hours of wide black student organization, is de­ deliberation, the jury, composed of five manding Afro-American history, a black Black Phila. students whites and one older black woman, reached school board, the observance of black the unanimous verdict-"justifiable homi­ holidays (including the birthdays of Mal­ cide." colm X, W. E. B. DuBois, Marcus Garvey Kenneth A. MacDonald, chairman of the resist racist attacks state board against discrimination, criti­ and Martin Luther King), revised mili­ tary training, better lunchroom food, and By Joel Aber Philadelphia Inquirer reports that he was cized the police handling of the inquest more homework to challenge black stu­ PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 20- Thousands shouted down with cries of, "Burn the school and said the large number of officers present dents. of Afro-American students at several Phila­ down now," and 'We need another Mus­ made him feel he was in a "police state." After the Black Students for Defense called delphia high schools have responded to soHni." The board wrote letters to the corporation a "Solidarity Day for Liberation" for today, intensified racist hysteria, demonstrating Meanwhile at Olney High School black counsel, Prosecutor Charles 0. Carroll, 35,000 students boycotted school and the effectiveness of mass action in demand­ students gathered in the auditorium to listen county commissioners and the superior 5,000 students came out for a rally at ing black control of the black community. to a militant black speaker and to demand court inquiring about procedures for pro­ Crane High School. This was followed As a dramatization of their demands, the more control over their school. The high viding police security. by a march of 780 students to the board students at one high school seized control point of the black student demonstrations The president of the United Black Front, of education where they met with a flunky of their school so that they could discuss came on Tuesday, Oct. 15, when the stu­ Dave Mills, announced that his group of the superintendent of schools. A contin­ for 24 hours the racial oppression which dents at nearly all-black Benjamin Frank­ would conduct their own investigation into gent of 75 students then marched to City has stifled their education. lin High School, led by the student govern­ the killing. Hall, where they met with an administra­ The political action of high-school stu­ ment leaders, requested of the principal tive assistant to Mayor "shoot-to-kill" Daley. dents throughout the city began as a mag­ that all the white teachers be asked to leave Although there were no incidents along nificent display of solidarity with the black the school so that the students could meet Hits Seattle the route of the march and the students students threatened by racist mobs at Bok by themselves and formulate demands for were orderly, several hundred cops in Technical High School. Students at Bok, improving their education. The principal full riot gear patrolled the outskirts of the which is 88 percent black and located in acquiesced to their demands, and the stu­ mayor on demonstration. the heart of all-white, predominantly Ital­ dents stayed in the school all night. Parents A spokesman for the Black Students for ian, South Philadelphia, had been subjected brought them food, which they cooked in Defense has said that '1iberation schools" to physical attacks by racist thugs while the school cafeteria. Panther smear will be set up for those who participate on their way to school. The demands drawn up by the students SEATTLE- Debbie Leonard, Socialist in further walkouts. The racist hysteria among South Phila­ included the appointment of a black ath­ Workers nominee for U.S. senator, at­ At Harrison High School, 200 Spanish­ delphia whites reached a fever pitch two letic director, replacement of the eight pres­ tacked Seattle Mayor Dorm Braman for speaking students joined the walkout, rally­ weeks ago. Hundreds of whites, wielding ent white department heads with at least his assertion that Seattle is the target of a ing to the demand for a Latin American bricks and bottles, gathered around the some black department heads, and assur­ conspiracy to foment guerrilla warfare. assistant principal. school at dismissal time. Busloads of po­ ances that Swahili and Afro-American his­ "I am particularly concerned," she wrote There are 35,000 black students out on lice were sent to the scene to cordon the tory will become part of the regular cur­ to the mayor, "that you single out the Black the streets today in Chicago! students from the mob. On Thursday and riculum. Panther Party, and by implication the Friday, Oct. 10 and 11, Mayor Tate or­ The board of education agreed to all of majority of the black community, as being OCT. 22-A second mass citywide boy­ dered Bok and neighboring South Phila­ these demands and said it would seriously the nerve center ... of your alleged con­ cott of Chicago high schools took place delphia High School closed to "cool down study the students' request to change the spiracy." Oct. 21, one week after the first walkout. the tension," after rumors were reported in school's name from Benjamin Franklin to Noting that she has seen most of the More than 700 teachers joined 40,000 the news media to the effect that the black Malcolm X High School. material circulated by the Black Panthers, students in the boycott, which emptied students at the two schools were planning On Wednesday, Frank Sullivan, presi­ she said she had seen nothing in this ma­ many of the South and West Side high to defend themselves. dent of the Philadelphia Federation of terial to substantiate such a charge. In schools of a large percentage of students. The racists in South Philadelphia staged Teachers, joined city officials in denounc­ fact, she added, "it appears to me that the Students from over 2 0 different high schools a march last Monday, demanding that ing the presence of"outsiders" in the schools. Panthers have done a remarkable job of took part. Bok be closed permanently. "It doesn't Sullivan's years of teaching experience attempting to publicize and win support The mass action took place despite threats matter if you're a JeworaPolack;if you're apparently had given him no hint that for their views. by School Superintendent James Redmond white this demonstration is for you," students at an all-black high school might If there is any conspiracy, the Socialist that he would take legal action against shouted one of the march organizers over regard white teachers, not black community Workers spokesman continued, it is the the students involved. Victor Adams, one a bullhorn. members, as the outsiders. He also spoke racist police attacks on the black commu­ of the leaders of the revolt at Harrison Tuesday evening City Councilman threateningly about possible strike action nity, including illegal raids on the Panther High School, was taken into custody during Thomas Foglietta met with 200 whites in unless the school board agrees to stand office. The police she said, are trying to the week, when students attempted to hold a South Philadelphia police station and tough in not letting students and parents thwart the political organization of the a meeting in the school cafeteria. attempted to be conciliatory to their racist run the schools, thus placing the union black community. The shooting of black A rally of thousands of students, held demands. But apparently he was not con­ squarely on the side of the racist city ad­ people, such as Welton Butch Armstead, in downtown Chicago, took place on the ciliatory enough. When he suggested the ministration and against the black com­ by police, she charged, are "acts of political day of the second boycott. eventual permanent closing of Bok, The munity. assassination." Page 6 THE MILITANT Friday, November 1, 1968 SWP senatorial candidates

County

Eric Reinthaler, Ohio Peter Camejo, California

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Freedom slate in Hedda Garza, New York - Pearl Chertov, Pennsylvania Lowndes County

By Nelson Blackstock entered in this fall's elections. Every now and then someone asks about Last spring a black woman ran for what has happened to the Lowndes County office in Lowndes in the Democratic pri­ Freedom Party, the original "Black Panther mary and was defeated by a significantly Party" founded in Lowndes County, Ala­ greater margin than the Freedom Party bama, in 1966. had been defeated by in the previous elec­ I visited Lowndes County, Alabama, tion. This has quieted those who said recently to find the answer to this question black people could win office in Lowndes and found that the Freedom Party is still if they would only abandon their own very strong, with a full slate of candidates party and go into the Democratic Party. In the past the Black Panther Party has received close to 50 percent of the vote. 'We would be supporting those already Mandel talk set in office if we just went down and registered as Democrats," I was told by Freedom Party chairman Frank Myers. for Columbia U. During my visit, party activist John Henson showed me a combination service Ernest Mandel, noted Marxist scholar station and supermarket which is being and editor-in-chief of the Belgian left-so­ built by the Lowndes County Co-op. "I cialist weekly, La Gauche, will wind up am proud to say that all the financing his two-month speaking tour in this coun­ has come from the people in the county," try with a big public meeting at Wollman he told me. He said they were hesitant Auditorium, Columbia University, Wed­ about getting assistance from the federal nesday, Oct. 30, at 8 p.m. The theme government, because, "If you go to the Dan Styron, Illinois Cliff Connor, Georgia of his talk will be "The Dynamics of World government, you have to sell your birth Revolution Today." rights." Since his appearance as "the star per­ I also talked with John Hulett, the found­ former" at the Socialist Scholars Conference er of the Black Panther Party, and asked at Rutgers early in September, Mandel him what problems the party is faced has been in great demand throughout with in the coming elections. He mentioned the academic community. In the past six that some of the people on the plantations weeks he has given talks and participated were still intimidated by the foremen and in seminars on Marxist economics, the that bosses from the plantations are theory of alienation and the problems brought in to serve as officials in the of Soviet economy at more than 30 uni­ election proceedings. The federal observers versities. who have been brought in are not compe­ The revolutionary ideas he has presented tent, he said. If a black person is used as have been assailed by Barron's National an observer he is a "Tom." Business and Financial Weekly, by the I visited one of the weekly Sunday meet­ conservative columnist William Buckley, ings held jointly by four organizations and in front-page editorials in the Hearst in Lowndes County- the Lowndes Coun­ press signed by Editor-in-chief William ty Freedom Party, South-CentralAlabama Randolph Hearst, Jr. They have met with Farmers Organization, Lowndes County an altogether different response from his Co-op and the Lowndes County Christian university audiences, which have numbered Movement - with the chairmanship over 600 at the University of Wisconsin, rotating between the organizations. These 450 at Berkeley and several hundreds on meetings are well attended and reflect the other campuses. continuing vitality of the movement. Ralph Levitt, Indiana Debbie Leonard, Washington Friday, November 1, 1968 THE MILITANT Page 7 SWP election conference Trials start for ft. Hood Gls set for New York, Nov. 3 who wouldn't go to Chicago NEW YORK- East Coast regional sup­ President; Hedda Garza, the party's candi­ OCT. 24- The court-martials of 19 Fort the Gls told him that they did not want porters of the Socialist Workers Party presi­ date for senator from New York and Ralph Hood black soldiers who demonstrated to go to Chicago where they might be dential ticket of Halstead and Boutelle Schoenman, secretary-general of the Inter­ against going to Chicago during the Demo­ used to fight black people, Major General are holding an election rally and confe­ national War Crimes Tribunal. cratic convention began Oct. 22, when the Boles gave the Gls permission to remain rence here on Nov. 3, the Sunday before The afternoon conference will feature first six soldiers came to trial. at the parking lot until they heard from the elections. three panel discussions: GI Rights in the The men face up to five years at hard him. He said he would consult with higher The rally will be at 8 p.m. at the Em­ Fight Against the War; Black Political labor, dishonorable discharge, and for­ authorities to see if they could be exempt pire Hotel, 63rd St. and Broadway. Power and Action; and What Strategy feiture of all the allowances and civilian from duty in Chicago as a matter of The conference will be on the theme, for the Antiwar Movement? Participants benefits Gls are entitled to after discharge. conscience. He promised to report back "The Revolutionary Road: Nov. 5 and in the GI panel will include civil-liberties Michael Kennedy of the National Emer­ with an answer. He never returned. In­ After." It will be from noon to 6 p.m. attorneys Michael Kennedy of the Emer­ gency Civil Liberties Committee will be stead, at 5:45 a.m. the PostProvost Mar­ in the Butler Library at Columbia Uni­ gency Civil Liberties Committee and Row­ the civilian lawyer for the Gls. shall arrived with an MP company and versity, 116th St. and Broadway. land Watts of the Workers Defense League, The demonstration took place on Aug. ordered the remaining 60 men to return Speakers at the evening rally will include and Sp/4 Allen Myers, a recent victor 23 when rumors began to circulate at to their companies. Minutes later, the MPs Fred Halstead, SWP candidate for Presi­ in a GI civil-liberties case. Fort Hood that the First and Second arrested 43 of the demonstrators. The dent; Paul Boutelle, SWP candidate for Vice Herman Ferguson, Freedom and Peace Armoured Divisions would be sent to Chi­ prisoners were held incommunicado, sub­ Party candidate for U. S. senator from cago for riot duty. One hundred twenty­ jected to intensive interrogation and beaten. N.Y., will join Clifton DeBerry, 1964 pres­ five black soldiers from those divisions idential candidate of the SWP; Muhammad met in a parking lot at the Fort to talk The "Fort Hood 43" were all charged Vote for Curtis Harris, Hunt, director of Brooklyn SNCC; and about the impending call-up and the griev­ with failure to respond to a lawful order a representative of the Brooklyn Black ances of the black Gls at Fort Hood. to disperse- but they have been treated Panther Party for the panel on black power. Almost all the men had recently returned in different ways. Charges against two Seattle Blade Panther Dave Dellinger, chairman of the Na­ from Vietnam. of the Gls were dismissed, 22 were re­ tional Mobilization Committee, and Fred At about midnight, Major General Boles, ferred to a lower Army court where 10 Halstead will address the panel on the the commanding officer of the First Arm­ were acquitted and 12 received prison antiwar movement. oured Division met with the men. After sentences ranging from three to six months. A contribution of $2.00 will be requested for admission to both the panels and the rally; $1.50, to the panels alone; and $1, to the rally alone. For further information, call (212) 982- Black Liberation Notes 6279.

Martyred Denver Panther framed Socialists on TV Pierre Mulele, the well-known Congolese Denver Black Panther leader Lauren rebel leader, is dead. He was executed by Watson has been arrested on frame-up Fred Halstead, Socialist Workers Party the reactionary Mo butu regime, apparently charges of "conspiring" with eight others candidate for President, will appear on the morning of Oct. 9. to burn a cleaning establishment during a program sponsored by National Edu­ Mulele was the Congo's first Minister of a rebellion which took place in the black cational Television on Thursday, Nov. 1. Education under Premier Patrice Lumum­ community on Sept. 12. Check your local station for the time. ba in 1960. After the murder of Lumumba Leading up to the arrest, articles ap­ It will be a special program on "The in 1961, Mulele became a minister in the peared in the Denver papers proclaiming Minority Candidates: Where They Stand," pro-Lumumbist government of Antoine the initiation of a campaign to provide and will include presidential candidates Gizenga in Stanleyville and when Gizenga more police protection for ghetto business­ Charlene Mitchell of the Communist Party was jailed by the Leopoldville govern­ men. and Eldridge Cleaver of the Peace and ment in 1962, Mulele formed a rebel army In the Sept. 27 Denver Post, police Chief Freedom Party. The broadcast will be to oppose the neocolonialist regime. Seaton is quoted as blaming the "Negro nationwide to 140 stations. In 1963 and 1964 the rebelsmadeheavy community's problems" on black militants. Halstead will appear on the Joey Bishop inroads into the power of the Leopoldville He charged Watson, who he referred to as show (WABC-TV) Oct. 30, and Paul Bou­ puppet government, but the revolutionar­ "a self-professed Black Panther," with being telle will appear on the same show Nov. 4. ies suffered a severe defeat in November, part of a general plot to "take over and In New York, SWP senatorial candidate CURTIS HARRIS. Seattle Socialist 1964, when the U.S., Belgium and Britain run things" in Denver. Hedda Garza will be on channel 7 at Workers Party urges vote for Black parachuted forces into the rebel capital at When asked why he didn't take action 3 p.m., Oct. 27, and on channel 2 at Stanleyville and carried out a bloody mas­ against the Panthers, Seaton complained Panther Party candidate for Wash­ 4:50 p.m. the same day. On Oct. 28 she sacre to aid the white mercenary troops that he had trouble dealing with them be­ ington State legislator, 37th district, will appear on channel 9 at noon. On of Tshombe. cause they were "too careful." They are position two. Nov. 4 Hedda Garza will be on the Barry Mulele returned from exile in Brazzaville "pretty sharp," he said, "but I hope that I Gray radio show at 11 a.m., WMCAradio. last month when the Mobutu government do put Lauren Watson where he does be­ gave assurances that he was included in a long." Five days later Watson was arrested. general amnesty. But when he arrived in Kinshasa, he found that the promise of Defense campaign JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL amnesty was a trap. He was arrested, with Mobutu claiming that the amnesty applied for Captain Dixon only to political prisoners, not ''war crim­ An active defense campaign is being or­ inals." SOCIALIST YOUTH MOVEMENT ganized in Seattle against the frame-up of Journalists and the public were barred Seattle Black Panther Party Captain Aaron from the mock trial which began Oct. 7. Dixon. On Oct. 18 a defense meeting of Mulele was denied a request for a lawyer. over 800 was held at the University of ATTEND THE YOUNG SOCIALIST On Oct. 9, the government announced that Washington. the rebel leader had been shot by a firing A new pamphlet, "Hands Off Aaron squad. NATIONAL CONVENTION Dixon" has been published by the Aaron The Brazzaville radio paid tribute to Dixon Defense Committee. These can be Mulele as a national hero and compared ordered for 25 cents each (20 percent off Panels with: him with Che Guevara and Patrice on orders of 25 or more) from the Aaron Lumumba. Dixon Defense Committee, P. 0. Box 15460, Revolutionary Youth Leaders from France, Wedgewood Station, Seattle, Washington 98115. Germany, England, Latin America • 0 • The facts Antiwar and Socialist Gls One of the best summaries of the facts behind the present New York teachers' Discuss Their Experiences in the Army strike is contained in a little booklet pub­ lished by the New York Civil Liberties The convention will chart the course for the young socialist movement for the coming year, discussing such Union. developments as the international youth radicalization, the black liberation struggle, the antiwar movement, The booklet, which supports community and the student movement in the U.S. control of the schools, documents how the United Federation of Teachers leadership CHICAGO, NOV. 28-DEC. 1 created the issue of due process, as they UNIVERSITY OF IlLINOIS (CIRClE CAMPUS) put it, "out of thin air." The board of edu­ cation's consistent attempts "to scuttle the YOUNG SOCIALIST AlliANCE experiment in Ocean Hill-Brownsville" also P.O. BOX 471 COOPER STATION come in for attack. 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City ... State Zip Pierre Mulele Page 8 THE MiliTANT Friday, November 1, 1968 HeadUnes from the past: It pays to fight back

Union-Busting FBI Raids Taking time out on the fortieth anniversary of the 1928 founding of The War-Crippled Veteran Fights Militant to review our contribution to the fight for civil liberties, one thing Trotskyist Headquarters becomes strikingly apparent- it really does pay to fight back. Discharge in 'Loyalty' Purge -Moves to Indict Party This truism is worth emphasizing because there is a tendency among some - Nat'l Campaign Launched Leaders, Union Militants radicals to underestimate what can be accomplished in the defense of civil In Defense of James Kutcher liberties. The underestimation tends to be of a two-sided character. One is a failure to grasp that even reactionary government forces can be moved by -Aug. 30, 1948 -July 5, 1941 effectively applied pressure. The other is a failure to appreciate the extent of popular pro-civil-liberties sentiment and the role it can play when effectively Prominent Liberals Rally appealed to. Cannon Answers 'Sedition' The facsimile headlines on this page indicate the highlights of the principal In Defense of Kutcher Charges -Defends Socialist cases involving The Militant and the Socialist Workers Party since the begin­ -Nov. 8, 1948 Ideas on Witness Stand ning of World War II. Despite the fact that most of these cases were fought during periods of war or witch-hunt by a small movement, each of them ex­ cept the World War II Smith Act case ended in victory! N.J. CIO Urges Locals -Nov. 29, 1941 Not every civil-liberties case can be won. But effectively fought, the damage To Aid James Kutcher of an attack can be reduced to a minimum and, often, political gain can be registered as the very result of the attack. -Nov. 29, 1948 Judge Sentences 18 In the Smith Act trial of the 18 SWP leaders during World War II, a re­ Minnesota Defendants markable amount of labor and liberal support was rallied for the defendants -12 Sentenced to despite their distinctly minority antiwar views. Because of the militant, effective Legless Vet Makes His 1Oth Prison for 16 Months; defense, the defendants at least received minimum sentences. And despite the Appeal in 'Disloyalty' Firing attack, both the SWP and TheMilitantweremore influential when the defendants Six Get Terms of a emerged from prison than when they entered. -June 15, 1953 Year and a Day The eight-year struggle in behalf of James Kutcher-ranging across the entire McCarthy era- demonstrated that even in periods of witch-hunt, liberties Legless Vet Hounded; Faces cari be effectively defended. The victory of the same period over the Michigan -Dec. 13, 1941 Trucks Act, which would have illegalized minority parties, is a further dem­ Eviction As 'Subversive' onstration of this. -Aged Parents Also Hit Supreme Court Throws Out The Indiana "sedition" case shows how an attack can be turned into a rout for the other side. -Jan. 29, 1953 Petition for Review of There, Prosecutor Thomas Hoadley had three Young Socialists, Ralph Levitt, Smith 'Gag' Act Case James Bingham and Tom Morgan, indicted under the Indiana Anti-Commu­ Stay Eviction nist Act on charges of plotting to overthrow the State of Indiana. He apparently thought the prosecution would be the making of his public career. In Kutcher -Nov. 27, 1943 The case wound up with a legal victory for the defendants. Hoadley left Housing Case the state and Ralph Levitt is presently running for U. S. senator on the Indiana -March 30, 1953 Labor Defense Bodies Lash Socialist Workers ticket. To repeat: It pays to fight back! Decision of Supreme Court Kutcher Wins Socialist Workers Party Socialist Youth Fight Court Decision -Dec. 4, 1943 In Housing Case Contests New Police-State Frame-up Indictment Law in Michigan- Temporary -Dec. 26, 1955 18 Framed SWP Leaders -May 13, 1963 Go Behind Prison Bars Order Restrains State Move to Bar SWP Nat'l Gov't Move to Cut Off Indiana Indictment Quashed; Ticket from Ballot Legless Vet's Pension -Jan. 8, 1944 But Another Is Submitted -April 28, 1952 Hit By Storm of Protest -July 15, 1963 Pardon of Eighteen Urged -Jan. 2, 1956 By Liberal, Labor Leaders Mich. C IO News Defends Right of SWP to State Indiana Jury Re-Indicts 'You Restored My Pension, Three Young Socialists -Feb. 12, 1944 Ballot- CIO Paper Now Give Me Back My Job!' Says Trucks Law Is -Aug. 5, 1963 Kutcher Tells Witch-hunters 'Totalitarian' Measure -VA Retreat Opens New York Mass Meeting Way to Victory To Welcome Minneapolis -June 2, 1952 Young Socialists Win Case Defendants Acquittal in Indiana; -Jan. 16, 1956 ACL U Condemns Trucks Law; 'Anti-Red' Law Declared -Jan. 27, 1945 Files High Court Brief Unconstitutional Legless Veteran Wins Gov't Job Back After -March 30, 1953 -March 30, 1964 Eight-Year Fight Post Office Holds Up 2 Issues of The Militant Labor, Liberals Hit Socialists on Indiana Ballot -June 25, 1956 Police-State Law in - Nov. 21, 1942 Mich. - Inspiring -Sept. 13, 1968 Deportation Case Hearing Slated Detroit Rally Defends American Civil Liberties Union -Sept. 13, 1965 Protests Attack on The Militant Civil Liberties Against Trucks Act Calif. Socialist Defends Notables Join Fight to Bar Right to Be Teacher -Nov. 28, 1942 -Nov. 2, 1953 Joe Johnson Deportation Militant Defends Mailing Rights -Dec. 25, 1961 -Dec. 27, 1965 At Washington Post Office Hearing Anti-Trucks Law Victory Scored by SWP in Suit Wendell Phillips Noted Newsmen Support -Jan. 23, 1943 'Man Without a Country' -March 8, 1954 Tells Audiences In Ohio About -April 18, 1966 Militant's Second Class His Case Mailing Rights Revoked Carl Skoglund Ordered 'Man Without a Country' -Nov. 26, 1962 Runs for U.S. Senate -March 13, 1943 Deported, Will Appeal -Dec. 25, 1950 -Aug. 15, 1966 Militant Wins First Round ACLU Backs Court Appeal In Fight for Mailing Rights Carl Skoglund, Minneapolis In Phillips Case Joe Johnson Again Unionist, Held at Ellis Island Ordered Deported -March 18, 1944 -Jan. 7, 1963 -May 31, 1954 -Oct. 17, 1966 Postal Authorities Remove Last Minute Writ Blocks West Coast Teacher 'Man Without a Country' Restrictions on Militant Move to Deport Skoglund Wins Liberties Case Wins Four-Year Fight -March 25, 1944 -Sept. 6, 1954 -Dec. 21, 1964 -July 5, 1968 Friday, November l, 1968 THE MILITANT Page 9 Division in CP over Czechoslovakia

By Milton Alvin graphs are to be seen of Dubcek and LOS ANGELES-"HowWorkers Rallied Svoboda everywhere. to Dubcek" is the banner headline on the The response and attitude of the workers front page of the Oct. 12 issue of People's is described by Richmond as at least 90 World. The article that follows is a first­ percent in support of the Dubcek leader­ hand report direct from Prague written ship. He reports on the congress of the by AI Richmond, editor of the paper. Rich­ Czechoslovak CP- held on short notice mond made a special trip to Czechoslo­ one day after the occupying troops first vakia recently to see for himself what has entered the country- that "it is worth em­ been going on in that country since the phasizing that the congress was held in August invasion by the Soviet Union. a factory, shielded by the 3,000 workers The division that currently exists in the employed in this unit of the CKD complex, American Communist Party over the in­ with the People's Militia standing guard vasion reflects what are apparently irre­ as Soviet tanks and other military vehicles concilable positions on this question. Some, rumbled by, presumably searching for the including a majority of the leadership, congress site." Richmond found that while support the Soviet-led occupation, while there is confusion among the students and others, including Richmond, are opposed. pessimism among the intellectuals, the Judging from his first report, Richmond workers were solidly behind the Dubcek was unable to find any evidence of a regime and the "new socialist course" capitalist-restorationist tendency in Czecho­ charted since January. slovakia that was threatening to make a bid for power. Nor does he say anything An interesting aspect of Richmond's in­ about signs of an invasion from West terviews with various people is the fact Germany. Reporting on the latest poll that six months of relaxation of the dic­ taken in Czechoslovakia (he says public tatorship meant so much to them. He opinion polls are continuing) he writes, writes, "And yet most of them talked of "The latest poll (late September) showed those six months with great exaltation, "This was compounded when the country's munist parties have gone on record against 96 percent of the people behind Alexander like men and women who had seen a ran king leaders-except for President Svo­ the invasion. Now it is important for all Dubcek, first secretary of the Czechoslo­ vision of what life- socialist life, and this boda- were abducted to unknown destina­ those who look upon themselves as Com­ vak Communist Party." they underscored- could be like." Here tions." munists to probe the developments in The unanimity with which the masses we have direct testimony of what will Czechoslovakia right down to the bottom ultimately be released from the depth of In his first report, Richmond does not of the people met the invasion is attested and to understand just exactly why the the masses once the political revolution deal with the details of what the occupa­ to by outward signs Richmond saw. "On Soviet leaders, despite what they knew tion has actually done, the revival of walls and fences," he says, "inscribed by against bureaucracy is completed. Czecho­ world opinion, including the opinion slovakia had only a modest beginning, censorship of the news media, the firing an infinite variety of hands, were the names of other Communists, would be, decided of those critical, or thought to be critical, 'Dubcek-Svoboda.'" Despite the number only a promise, and yet it revealed a from their posts. Nor does he deal with to take the steps they did. of these that had been obliterated, he says, "great exaltation." demands reportedly made by the Soviet Since their claims of capitalist threats the inscriptions and erasures were evident Richmond describes the shock, disbelief are now known to be completely false, leaders that have not yet been put into everywhere. He also reports that photo- and anger that accompanied the invasion. the aim of their policy is exposed for what effect. But everyone interested in the socialist it really is: to prevent freedom Of speech; development of Czechoslovakia, as well freedom of the press, radio and TV; free­ as the other East European countries and dom to criticize and to propose various the Soviet Union itself, must ask himself solutions to problems from a socialist what are the real reasons for the invasion. Los Angeles keeps first place standpoint. This and this alone is the The key question of whether the invasion reason for the invasion of Czechoslovakia: helped or harmed the cause of world so­ the fear of the Soviet bureaucracy that in 40th Anniversary Fund Drive cialism must be asked- and it must be the few freedoms granted to the Czecho­ answered with the greatest objectivity. The slovak people would lead to a flowering old excuse for crimes committed by Soviet of socialist democracy and that this would By George Novack, Chairman leaders-that one cannot disagree with spread to the rest of Eastern Europe and The Militant 40th Anniversary Committee them or it will help the capitalists-doesn't to the Soviet Union and bring with it the go over so easy any more. Many Com- downfall of all the privileged bureaucracies. Los Angeles is the pacesetter in our $40,000 Anniversary Fund Cam­ paign. For the second week this area is at the summit of the scoreboard, having sent in $2,800, or 64 percent, of its $4,400 pledge. On the whole the fund is moving along at a propitious rate. If the Fund Scoreboard same average can be maintained over the next six weeks until Dec. 15, Area Quota Paid Percent the goal can be attained and possibly surpassed. The increasing flow of coupon contributions from Militant readers Los Angeles $4,400 $2,800 64 indicates that the considerations presented in this column have had a St. Louis 100 58 58 certain power of persuasion. Last week these responses came from Phila­ Chicago 1,950 1,100 56 Twin Cities 2,200 1,115 50 delphia, Pa.; Madison, Wis.; San Jose and Napa, Calif.; Chicago, Ill.; San Francisco 2,300 975 42 Indianapolis, Ind. and, by no means least, from old and firm friends Philadelphia 1,300 450 35 in Plentywood, Montana. One was from a G I in the service, who, like Boston 1,200 400 33 The Militant, is dead set against U.S. intervention in Vietnam. New York 7,200 2,180 30 Cleveland 1,800 300 17 * * * Detroit 2,000 330 17 Last time we reported a discussion with parents who were apprehen- San Diego 300 22 7 sive about their son's total commitment to the socialist cause. This week Allentown 150 0 0 we have a different story to tell. It concerns a couple who also happen Newark 150 0 0 to live in a New York suburb and have not one but two sons who Oakland-Berkeley 2,000 0 0 150 0 0 belong to the Young Socialist Alliance. They have an altogether different Portland Seattle 300 0 0 attitude toward the participation of their children in the socialist move­ Other Areas 500 373 75 ment. They've expressed this by making a contribution of $250 to the Anniversary Fund. $28,000 $10,103 36 Other parents- and grandparents-who are eager to redeem the honor $12,000 $6,000 50 of the older generation, please note. Lifetime Militants * * * $40,000 $16,103 40 Membership in the Lifetime Militants Club (initiation fee, $1,000) is climbing slowly but steadily. This week two items of progress deserve to be recorded in its minutes. We received an inquiry from Minneapolis whether membership was George f-49yack, .· ChairmPuerto Rico. When they get • A case in point is an incident reported gesture of his, since farm workers have rid of those silly superstitions, they'll be CHICAGO in the Oct. 9 issue of the Los Angeles no protection of federal labor laws, and good Americans ... The schools will help WALLACE, WHITE RACISM AND BLACK POWER. Times which, in microcosm, serves to illu­ the only way they can protest their con­ more than anything else. In time the Puerto Speaker: Dan Styron, SWP candidate for U.S. senator minate the utter political bankruptcy of dition of employment is by the boycott. Ricans will think and act like Americans, from Ill. 8:00 p.m. Dinner, $] a plate, 6:30 p.m. Sat. the labor statesmen. "But," he added with the spirit of true but a lot depends on whether we can get Nov. 2. Debs Hall, 302 S. Canal. Ausp. Militant labor The AFL-CIO United Farm Workers labor statesmanship, "we know that this them to switch from Spanish to English. Forum. Organizing Committee has been locked is the first time we have been unhappy Every day they speak Spanish; they think • in combat with the owners of the largest about a Dorn position, and we will base Puerto Rican." NEW YORK vineyards in California over the basic our support for him on his overall record." These remarks seem to exemplify this VIVA PUERTO RICO LIBREI Speaker: Florencio Mer­ issue of union recognition. As part of (Emphasis added.) equating of Anglo-American origin and cez, one of 25 FUPI (Federation of University Students the struggle the union, with the "official" This petty shopkeeper's method of poli­ Anglo-American ways with virtue, with for Independence) defendants, on tour from Puerto backing of the national AFL-CIO, has tical accounting has been reduced to an goodness, even with political purity. Rico. Fri., Nov.l, 8:30 p.m. 873 B'way, near 18th been carrying out an aggressive, nation­ art by the union brass who pride them­ This notion of Anglo cultural superiority St. Contrib. $]. wide campaign to boycott California selves on being practical politicians. That is reflected in a hundred ways. Here's grapes. is, politicians without a shred of principle. another example. We tell Polish jokes, we THE REVOLUTIONARY ROAD: NOV. 5 AND AFTER. Recently, a $1 00-a-plate dinner was held Prior to an election a scorecard is com­ tell Jewish jokes, Irish jokes, Chinese jokes, East Coast Regional Conference and Rally for Hal­ at the Los Angeles Statler Hilton Hotel piled, based on an arbitrary selection of Negro jokes and Puerto Ricans tell jokes stead and Boutelle. Sun. Nov. 3. See story, this issue. to honor one Warren M. Dorn, who was issues, citing the voting records of the about Juan Bobo. But, tell me this? Have elected last June to the Los Angeles County various candidates. If the record shows you ever heard of an Anglo joke? board of supervisors with the endorsement that labor has been kicked in the teeth You know, in all the shabby vocabu­ and support of the AFL-CIO L.A. County only 1 0 times out of 22, then on balance lary of ridicule that Americans have de­ Malcolm X organization. The Times reports: you have a "friend of labor" worthy of veloped for ethnic groups- such as "spies," "Handsome centerpieces of fresh grapes endorsement and support on the basis "wops, "''kikes," "micks,"''bohunks, ""coons"­ The Man adorned the tables in the banquet room, of the "overall record." there's not a single comparable term of including the tables of union leaders who The only hitch is that when the chips derision for the English. "Limey" is such and His Ideas have joined farm-union leader Cesar are down these "friends of labor" always a feeble attempt that it can be used to ex­ Chavez in pressing a nationwide boycott wind up in the camp of the strikebreakers. press affection. &y of California grapes." Usually they try to be a bit more cir­ We might count it as some kind of lin­ George Breitman The Times further reports: "Angered cumspect than Dorn about "affronting" the guistic triumph that the black American by what they regarded as a deliberate labor fakers- at least in public. But the has finally come up with a name for whites 25 cents affront, AFL-CIO County Labor Federa­ spineless bootlickers who pass as labor that packs a bit of a bite. You know, older erit . tion President Irvin P. Mazzei and four leaders have so earned the contempt of denunciations- such as "the man," "white other union leaders walked out of the all and sundry that a public boot in the trash," "Charlie," "ofay"-simply lack the ::.~·;::-~·...... rubhshers affair." Previously, Dorn had voted against backside is deemed a fitting reward for force which ''honky" projects. "Honky" does a board of supervisors resolution support- services rendered. sound objectionable. friday, November 1, 1968 THE MILITANT Page 1 1 Halstead position on UFT strike

The following is a letter sent to Fred black and Puerto Rican children are to get Halstead, Socialist Workers Party candi­ the education they need. date for President, and below that is Hal­ Over 50 percent of the students in the stead's reply. New York schools are black and Puerto September 28, 1968 Rican. In many areas the schools are Dear Mr. Halstead: 7 5 to 100 percent black. For years the Although it is not always easy to dis­ school districts have been gerrymandered cern Mr. Murray Kempton's intent from to prevent black people from having a his writings, I gather from his column say over what happens to the schools in last night's [New York] Post that he in their own communities. was praising you for your having voted Anything less than full community to open P. S. 33 in spite of the strike by control will mean that black and Puerto UFT. This is to inform you that this Rican children will continue to be sub­ action on your part lost you my vote ject to the dictates of white school ad­ in November, as well as the votes of ministrators who do not care about or others like me who were considering voting understand their needs. It is the black for you as a protest against the candi­ and Puerto Rican communities which have dates of the two- or is it now three­ raised demands for more Afro-American major parties. Furthermore, I should ap­ history, for Spanish- speaking teachers, preciate your explanation for your vote. for a curriculum which speaks to the needs As a socialist, a worker, a union member, of black and Puerto Rican children, for how do you explain a vote against another textbooks which do not reflect the racism union which is now on strike because of of this society, and for more black and two major issues: violation of due process Puerto Rican teachers. and rejection of racism in the public You mention "rejection of racism" as schools? I await your reply most eagerly. being one of the issues of the strike. This marchers that j am me d c0nlrol of the Ocean Hill­ Very truly yours, turns the question inside out. By "racism" Murray St., Monday evening, Brownsville district and blast the United Federation of Teachers leader­ following the march around Albert Shanker, president of (Mrs.) E. S.C. city hall. T.1e crowd voiced the teacher's union. 1 (;iJcJCr: ship means the teaching of black pride, their approval of community Photo l. Dear Mrs. E. S. C.: black history, and black culture. The fact You are right that I voted with other that they equate the black pride of people parents to open P. S. 33, the school which struggling for freedom with the whiter acism my 1 0-year-old daughter attends. I did of the oppressors shows just how prejudiced FROM AMSTERDAM NEWS. Oct. 19 issue of newspaper carried this photo­ they are and how little they understand this because I believe that the present graph, taken at Oct. 14 New York demonstration of 20,000 in support of teachers' strike in New York is a reac­ about the very children they say they want black control of the black schools. tionary strike directed against the black to teach. and Puerto Rican communities. The reactionary and racist nature of Mayor Lindsay himself-in opposition to ing a half-million dollars lobbying in Al­ The issue at stake here has nothing to this strike is reflected in the slogans which the struggles of the black and Puerto Rican bany against even the phony, half-wa ~ do with job security or "due process." have been carried on UFT picket signs. people. decentralization proposals being consid­ It is rather the culmination of a two­ "End mob rule" can only be interpreted ered in the legislature. year effort by the leaders of the United as equating black parents with "mobs." Lindsay is not a friend of unionism, Federation of Teachers to discredit and An advertisement placed by the teachers' and he is not a friend of black and Puerto The union leaders do not mention the sabotage any and every move toward union in the Oct. 8 New York Times Rican people. It is his cops who are beating fact that they were opposed to the Ocean black and Puerto Rican control of the warns against "vigilantes, racist extremists, up parents, teachers and children when Hill-Brownsville community governing schools in those communities. and ordinary crackpots" who have been they seek to enter the schools. It is Lindsay board before it even had a chance to get The Shanker leadership has pitted the "emboldened to abandon other pet projects who has suspended the Ocean Hill-Browns­ off the ground. But the truth is that the teachers' union against one of the most and direct their concentrated, bizarre efforts ville community governing board and who union went into court to get an injunction significant and potentially powerful strug­ toward the school system." One of the so­ has offered to close experimental school to block the creation of the board. gles in the fight for black and Puerto Rican called bizarre projects the ad refers to is I. s. 271. In carrying out this struggle against freedom this city has seen. Scores of com­ the demand for an independent, commu­ By calling this strike, the UFT leaders decentralization, the UFT leaders have munity organizations are springing up, nity-controlled school district in Harlem. are not only helping to cover up the true fabricated the issue of "due process" out involving people who for the first time It is racism pure and simple when the role of Lindsay and the board of educa­ of the whole cloth. The fact is that the are organizing on a grass-roots level to leadership of a union which is 90 percent tion, but they are doing everything they 19 teachers who were removed from ex­ make basic changes in this racist society. white is so arrogant as to deny the right can to give the union a bad name within perimental school I. S. 271 were trans­ The march of 20,000 on Oct. 14insupport of an oppressed community to run its the black and Puerto Rican communities. ferred and not fired, as the union hm' of community control reflected the mass affairs. Not only do the leaders of the That is one of the reasons why there is a tried to claim. The UFT has never fought character of this movement. UFT hope to deny the black community growing opposition within the union to this for "due process" for teachers who ar·· The present school setup has proven the simple right of self-determination, but strike, causing more and more teachers to transferred from one school to another­ incapable of providing decent schools for they are ready to line up with all the break with the strike and to cooperate with and hundreds of such transfers occur even­ black and Puerto Rican children. Com­ traditional enemies of trade unionism­ parents and teachers who want to open year. munity control is thus not only a funda­ the cops, the school supervisors and the schools. It is these teachers who are The issue is not job security. The UFT mental democratic right but a necessity if principals, the board of education and organizing within the union to build an has never even stood up for the 40 per opposition to Shankerism who are the hope cent of the teachers in New York whu of the UFT. have no job security whatsoever because As a unionist, I believe that a strong they do not have tenure. Many teachers teachers' union is needed to fight for teach­ have been victimized for their involvement The Great Societ}' ers' rights, better conditions, salaries and in the antiwar movement, and the UFT job security-but even these things can­ has not defended them. Last year when not be achieved unless the union joins two teachers were fired for taking their THE GREAT SOCIETY- Elizabeth, making love to be offered to schools which with the black and Puerto Rican com­ students to a Malcolm X memorial meet­ N.J., merchants are providing the kiddies have sex education classes. The lead roles munities in the fight for better schools ing, the UFT tops never raised the least with tiny chocolate candies in containers have not yet been cast and the producer through community control. protest. resembling hypodermic needles and sy­ is looking for "a young, married, church­ The Shanker leadership is heading down As a socialist, as a supporter of black ringes with such slogans as, "Hippy Sippy going couple of fine moral character ..." a path which will severely weaken the liberation, and as a unionist, I support Says I'll Try Anything." The distributor union itself if its policies are not changed. the struggle for community control of the said candy is often packaged on topical COFFIN NAIL, ANYONE?- The death While the UFT should have been concen­ schools, which is part of the general strug­ themes. rates on most forms of cancer have either trating its fire on the school board, de­ gle for black control of the black com­ remained stationary cr decreased. But the manding better conditions, better schools, munity. CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION- Sri­ death rate from lung cancer has increased job security and better pay, it was spend- Fred Halstead pati Chandrasekhar, India's Minister of 14-fold in the past 35 years. Cigarettes Family Planning, age unreported, pro­ are a major contributing factor to lung ------·clip and mail posed that every married couple in the cancer. country observe the centennial of Gandhi's birth by abstaining from sexual intercourse FITFORAQUEEN-TheOnassis yacht for a solid year. 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ZIP EMPWYMENT OPPORTUNITY­ idency go to the one with the highest Brodie Educational Films in England is popular vote. planning a film showing a nude couple -Harry Ring Send to: The Militant, 873 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10003 Page 12 THE MILITANT Friday, November 1, 1968 Army hounding Antiwar Gl 2 socialist Gls leaders face By Lillian Hopkins under constant surveillance. OCT. 24- The Army is attempting to Glover has been singled out for special silence two antiwar, socialist G Is through attention, but his friends on base have not a trumped-up court-martial and physical escaped punishment either. A group of them intimidation. The two Gis are Pfc. Walter are being harassed or court-martialed, Kos and Pfc. Edwin Glover. Both are apparently on various charges of "insub­ members of the Young Socialist Alliance. ordination." As far as can be determined court-martial At Fort Bragg, N.C., Pfc. Walter Kos (and communications with Fort Benning on this matter are extraordinarily difficult), faces a court-martial for allegedly vio­ OCT. 18-Two servicemen and a Navy no charges of any sort have been made lating an order. On Aug. 20, Kos re­ nurse who participated in the Oct. 12 ceived a written order not to distribute against Glover himself. GI and Vet March for Peace in San Fran­ any publications not authorized by the The persecution of Pfc. Glover took a cisco are being attacked by the military military officials. Then on Sept. 8, as very serious turn over the weekend of brass, reports the GI Civil Liberties De­ Kos stood outside the mess hall, a ser­ Oct. 19-20. Someone spread the word that three-day passes were available to anyone fense Committee. geant asked him for the copy of Vietnam On Oct. 12, 500 active-duty Gis joined who wentafterEdGlover. TwoGisattacked GI he was holding. Kos handed him the the march of 15,000 against the war. him and were duly rewarded with the antiwar newspaper- and this unconstitu­ The historic action was the first large­ promised leaves. tional order and frame-up trap is the scale GI action in opposition to the war. basis of the Army charges! The military's failure to observe legal Lt. J. G. Susan Schnall and Airman First niceties is not peculiar to the Glover case; After a series of bewildering develop­ Class Michael Locks, who were both pro­ ments, where the Army scheduled court­ other antiwar G Is have been subjected to restrictions without the bringing of minent in the building of the march, are martials, dropped charges, and introduced being court-martialed on unconstitutional new charges, Kos has now been told that charges, and have been given confusing and contradictory information on their charges designed to deprive soldiers of he faces a court-martial on Oct. 31 or their rights. Lt. Hugh Smith, another ac­ Nov. 1. own status. Two factors make this case tivist in the march, is being harassed by Pfc. Kos is being defended by Rowland especially serious, however: the use of physical violence against the dissenting the authorities. Watts, president of the Workers Defense The charges against Lt. J. G. Susan soldier and the effort to bar any com­ League. The noted attorney's services are Schnall are: 1) That she wore her uniform being provided by the WDL. munications between Glover and his civil­ on the demonstration in violation of a The case of Pfc. Edwin Glover at Fort ian supporters or legal defense. general order; and 2) That she "did on Benning, Ga., involves an insidious vio­ The persecution of this GI must be met or about Oct. 10, 1968 with design to with the most vigorous protest by the anti­ lation of GI rights. Since being drafted, promote disloyalty and disaffection among war movement and supporters of civil Glover has continued to assert and ex­ members of the armed forces of the United liberties. This effort is not only crucial ercise his right to express his own political States, participate in dropping of leaflets for Glover's sake- although obviously this beliefs and to discuss the war with his from aircraft on various military installa­ is an important consideration, especially fellow Gis. tions in and about San Francisco, Calif., now that his physical safety seems to be For over a month Glover has been and Oakland, Calif., which leaflets an­ in jeopardy. It is also vital that the Army under tight restrictions from the authorities, nounced opposition to the conduct of mili­ not be allowed to establish a precedent which made it virtually impossible for tary policy of the United States in Vietnam, LT. J.G. SUSAN SCHNALL. Navy for victimization that would endanger the him to contact outsiders about the actions and which leaflets urged members of armed nurse speaking at Oct. 12 antiwar rights of other antiwar G Is. taken against him. (Army regulations pro­ forces of the United States to attend and demonstration in San Francisco. The G I Civil Liberties Defense Committee vide that a GI may be restricted for only participate in a public demonstration in­ eight days before being charged with an has issued an appeal for telegrams of tended to impair the morale, discipline, war in Vietnam and everyone who be­ offense.) protest to be sent to the Commanding Officer and loyalty of said armed forces such lieves in civil liberties. Funds are needed At one point Glover was told that he of Fort Bragg on Pfc. Kos' behalf, and to conduct being unbecoming to an officer." for the defense. Send money and messages would be out of the Army in a few days, the Commanding Officer of Fort Benning of support to: Schnall and Locks Defense on a "less-than-honorable" discharge for Airman First Class Michael Locks is on Glover's behalf. Copies of such tele­ Committee, P. 0. Box 31268, San Fran­ his political affiliations. He was not dis­ grams and contributions to aid in legal presumably being charged with violation of Article 92 (wearing his uniform at the cisco, Calif. charged, but he was confined even more expenses should be sent to the G I peace demonstration). Peace activists have Telegrams of protest should be sent to: strictly. His bunk has even been moved C. L. D. C., Box 355, Old Chelsea Station, been unable to get in touch with him to Commanding Officer, Oak-Knoll Naval into the orderly room so that he can be N.Y. 10011. discover the precise details of the charge. Hospital, Oakland, Calif., in the case of He is presently restricted to base pending Lt. J. G. Susan Schnall; and to Com­ the court-martial. manding Officer, Hamilton Air Force Base, The rights of these brave soldiers must Calif. 94934, in the case of Airman First Cuban exiles boast of attacks be defended by everyone opposed to the Class Michael Locks.

Don Munson, writing an article from the counterrevolutionary spokesman said. Los Angeles in the London Daily Mail, Munson's article also says, "Pedro Arno, reports that a spokesman for Cuban Pow­ 45, a veteran of the Bay of Pigs invasion er, a counterrevolutionary Cuban exile and a California exile leader, said the group, boasted that the organization would arrest last week in Miami of Dr. Orlando continue its terrorist bombing attacks in Bosch and eight other Cubans accused of the U. S. (see story on L.A. bombings on sabotage attacks would not weaken" the front page). 'When we see targets or op­ group's terrorist activities aimed at Cuba. portunities we will continue to hit them," "Our people are angry," Arno is quoted, "and our plans now are to continue to fight against any government that con­ New Yorkers will tinues to help Castro. Great Britain is help­ ing take away the liberties of the Cuban people by aiding Fidel. We are going to picket HHH, Nixon continue to hit anybody and everybody who lends him economic aid." Arno said NEW YORK-Antiwar demonstrators British shipping will be a special target. will picket the headquarters of Humphrey 'We will find a naval means of attacking and Nixon here on Saturday afternoon, ships directly,"he threatened. Arno revealed Nov. 2. The action will be followed by a that Cuban Power terrorists were trained midtown antiwar rally. The picketing and by the CIA. "Hundreds of us were trained rally is sponsored by the Fifth Avenue by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Vietnam Peace Parade Committee. and we know all there is to know about Humphrey's New York campaign head­ where to get the stuff [explosives] and how quarters is at Fifth Ave. and 52nd St. to use it." Nixon's is at Park Ave. and 57th, a rela­ Meanwhile, nine members ofthereaction­ tively short distance away. The picketing ary terrorist organization have been ar­ will begin at 1 p.m. at the Nixon head­ rested in New York in connection with a quarters at Park Ave. and 57th St. It is series of bombings of offices of nations hoped the turnout will be sufficiently large who trade with Cuba. They are also to have the line extended to picket both charged with plotting the assassination of simultaneously as an expression of the Dr. Ricardo Alarcon Quesada, the Cuban Parade Committee's opposition to the pro­ ambassador to the United Nations, and war policies of both. other Cuban officials. The Veterans for Peace in Vietnam are Detectives reportedly discovered a cache asking ex-servicemen and servicemen to of weapons in the homes of the arrested assemble at 12:15 at Park Ave. and 60th terrorists, including guns with silencers, St. to move in a body to the picketing at other guns and Army uniforms. Gls MARCH. Front of Oct 12 demonstration in San Francisco. Airman First the Nixon headquarters. They are also charged with plotting to Class Michael Locks is at extreme leftinfront row, and next to him is Lt J. G. The rally will be held at 2:30 p.m. at invade the 1 06th Infantry Armory in Susan Schnall. GI contingent was in front of march of 15,000. Historic action Park Ave. and 48th St. Speakers, yet to Brooklyn, planning to kill the guard and by brave soldiers has shaken brass, who now are trying to deprive antiwar G Is be announced, will include servicemen and steal munitions and take them to a farm of their rights. veterans. in New Jersey for storage.