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FEBRUARY 9, 1973 25 CENTS VOLUME 37/NUMBER 5 A SOCIALIST NEWSWEEKLY/PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE WORKING PEOPLE ' Vietnam revolution· & Nixon's world strategy -page 10 · ~ . While Henry Kissinger initialed cease-fire agreement in Paris, Saigon troops prepared to enforce Thieu's decrees in South Vietnam. See page 9. Behind Nixon's budget cutbacks/a Chicago teachers & Black community/1s What's wrong with 'illegal alien' laws/17 In Brief TRAIL OF BROKEN TREATIES: The January edition of Guinea-Bissau. It is believed he was assassinated by of Akwesasne Notes has a 30-page section devoted to last Portuguese agents. November's Trail of Broken Treaties and the occupation Speakers at the memorial meeting included Abel of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington, D. C. It Guimaraes of the People's Movement for the Liberation of includes a complete account of what happened, with photos, Angola (MPLA) and Owusu Sadaukai, president of Mal­ cartoons, reprints of editorials and columns from major colm X Liberation University in Greensboro, N.C., and newspapers during and after the occupation, statements of chairman of the African Liberation Support Committee. government officials, and the demands of the Indians in­ Robert Van Lierop of Africa Information Service chaired THIS volved in the action. the meeting. Reverend Lucius Walker of the Interreligious The issue can be ordered from Akwesasne Notes, Foundation for Community Organization gave the eulogy. WEEK'S Mohawk Nation, via Rooseveltown, N.Y. 13683. Single Community activists, various officials of African nations, copies are free, orders of 20 or more cost 25 cents per and delegates to the UN were in the audience. The Af­ copy. rica Information Service sponsored the meeting. MILITANT Sid Mills and Hank Adams, two of the leaders in the 3 Black steelworkers win November protest, were informed that they and six others VIETNAMESE SAILOR SPEAKS AT PORTLAND big victory have been named in federal indictments for damages to the FORUM: Ngo Chi Thien, a sailor in the South Vietnamese 4 Gov't cuts hospital work­ Bureau of Indian Affairs building. Earlier the government navy, spoke at the Portland, Ore., Militant Forum Jan. had promised that there would be no prosecutions. ers' pay 12 on "Political conditions under the Thieu regime." Militant correspondent Peter Grey writes that Thien has 5 Abortion law repeal spent the last two years in San Diego, where he was sent pressed across U.S. for medical training. He became an opponent of the Thieu 12 War protests from regime while in the U.S., and instead of returning to Viet· London to Mexico City ~.. nam for military service he came to Oregon. The Nixon 13 Cleveland socialist in administration is pressing for his deportation- a prospect ~ meaning imprisonment or death. mayoral campaign rA ')!)'~., JJ U.S. immigration laws provide for political asylum for 14 N.Y. cops attack Black - people fearing punishment from their government because community c==li of their political views, and Thien is fighting the attempts 16 Kitty Hawk sailor acquit­ to deport him. ted ~ !I 18 Corky Gonzales: evolu­ ~~ ~ tion of a Chicano leader • 21 Suppressed evidence Houston SWP faces exposed at Pentagon r papers trial _ renewed harassment 24 Detroit Blacks holding ... HOUSTON, Jan. 30- The Houston Socialist Workers l Party responded this week to a recent series of attacks hearings on cops against it. A letter to Houston Polic~ Chief Herman ';1.. ~ Short listed eight separate attacks on the SWP head­ 2 In Brief ~ ...... _, IJ I quarters and the cars of SWP members. The list in­ 6 In Our Opinion - - cluded four smashed windows in the headquarters Letters ''-li' and a total of 11 auto tires ruined while the cars were parked in front of the headquarters. 7 By Any Means Neces­ The most serious incident occurred the night of sary Jan. 27, when the SWP headquarters were broken National Picket Line 11 THI~ MU{.T Be lHE NEW SUIZEAU OF IIJDIAN into and ransacked. Many important records and 8 Great Society AfFAIRS 801LDIN' • " more than $100 of supplies and equipment were Women in Revolt stolen. La Raza en Accion POLICE HASSLE RAZA UNIDA: With little more than The letter pointed out that two years ago the Hous­ ton SWP was subjected to a similar, but more seriou·s, 20 In Review a week to go before the Jan. 30 primary elections, police conducted a raid Jan. 19 on a Raza Unida Party dance string of terrorist attacks. It also pointed out that 21 Militant Gets Around in Sun Valley, Calif. The dance was organized to raise the Ku Klux Klansmen indicted for bombing the funds for the campaign of Andres Torres for California SWP headquarters and the Pacifica radio station WORLD OUTLOOK state senator from the 22nd District in the San Fernando transmitter were recently set free when the district 1 Israeli socialists answer Valley. attorney dropped all charges against them. Two license-plate numbers of automobiles that may Zionist witch-hunt Speaking at a news conference, Torres charged Los have been used in the recent attacks were turned over 2 Interview with Bangla­ Angeles police with singling out his campaign for harass­ ment. He told The Militant that seven persons, including to the police. The SWP demanded that Police Chief desh guerrilla five Raza Unida Party volunteers, were arrested on charges Short put a stop to these attacks. 3 World News Notes such as interfering with an officer and drunkenness. One 4 An end to the interna­ minor was charged with illegally consuming alcoholic tional recession beverages. SUPREME COURT RULES ON CIVIL RIGHTS IS­ Trouble began when two plainclothes cops armed with SUE: For the first time the U.S. Supreme Court has clubs and guns circulated in the crowd of about 150, ruled that defendants have a constitutional right to have threatening to close down the dance. Seeing this as a juries screened for racial prejudice. On Jan. 17 the court provocation, dance organizers asked the cops to leave ordered a new trial for Gene Ham, a South Carolina and decided to close the dance early to avoid further prob­ civil rights worker who was sentenced to 18 months in lems. jail on a marijuana charge. Ham insisted that police As they were cleaning up, about 20 uniformed cops had been out to get him because of his political activi­ arrived and made the arrests. ties, but the trial judge refused to ask prospective jurors Torres called on his Democratic and Republican whether they could disregard Ham's race. In the same opponents to express their opposition to the harassment case, the court refused to extend the ruling to include THE MILITANT of campaign workers. So far, none have responded. prejudice against beards. GAY RIGHTS VICTORY IN OHIO: When Ohio's newly VOLUME 37/NUMBER 5 reformed criminal code goes into effect next January, it FEBRUARY 9, 1973 will be the seventh state to have removed legal restric­ Notice to photographers CLOSING NEWS DATE-JAN. 31, 1973 tions on gay sex. Other states that have legalized homo­ The Militant welcomes photographs and undevel­ Editor: MARY-ALICE WATERS sexuality are Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, oped film from its readers. We do not, however, Business Manager: SHARON CABANISS Oregon, and Delaware. Southwest Bureau: HARRY RING have the facilities to process color film, so photo­ Published weekly by The Militant Publishing Ass'n., GAY ACTIVIST RUNNING IN N.Y. CITY COUNCIL graphers should use black and white. 14 Charles lane, New York, N.Y. 10014. Phone: Ed­ RACE: Jim Owles, a former president of the N.Y. Gay itorial Office (212) 243-6392; Business Office (212) Activists Alliance, announced Jan. 27 that he would seek THE MILITANT GETS REPRINTED: The Jan. 25 issue 929-34B6. Southwest Bureau: 11071/2 N. Western the Democratic Party nomination for a city council seat Ave., los Angeles, Calif. 90029. Phone: (213) 463- of High Street, an underground newspaper from Oxford, 1917. here. Owles is the first avowed homosexual to run for Ohio, reprinted Stacey Joslin's review of Midge Deeter's Correspondence concerning subscriptions or changes office in New York City. The New Chastity and Other Arguments Against Women's of address should be addressed to The Militant Busi­ Liberation. ness Office, 14 Charles lane, New York, N.Y. 10014. Second-class postag·e paid at New York, N.Y. Sub­ MEMORIAL MEETING FOR AMILCAR CABRAL: Close scription: Domestic, $5 a year; foreign, $8. By first­ to 400 people turned out Jan. 24 at St. Philips Church ANTIWAR ACTIONS: In addition to the antiwar actions class mail: domestic and Canada, $25; all other coun­ in New York City for a memorial meeting to honor Amil­ reported in last week's Militant, smaller demonstrations tries, $41. Air printed matter: domestic and Canada, car Cabral. Cabral, who was murdered Jan. 20 in took place in cities across the country. One thousand $32; latin America and Europe, $40; Africa, Australia, Conakry, Guinea, was the leader of PAIGC (African Party people demonstrated in Champaign, Ill., and 700 marched Asia (including USSR), $50. Write lor sealed air pos­ tage rates. for the Independence of Guinea and the Cape Verde Is­ in St. Louis. Youngstown, Ohio, and Phoenix each had Signed articles by contributors do not necessarily lands). His organization was fighting Portuguese control demonstrations of about 100. represent The Militant's views. These are expressed -DAVE FRANKEL in editorials. 2 Nixon's budget slashes social programs, sets arms s di at near-record level By DICK ROBERTS Richard Nixon declared in his sec­ ond inaugural address, "Government must learn to take less from people so that people can do more for them­ selves." The president also declared, "In our own lives, let each of us ask not just what will government do for me, but what I can do for myself." The meaning of these words came clear in the budget Nixon presented to Congress Jan.

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