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VGL.' I - ISSUE- I, NOV. ,'1971." COST:- $ PRICELESS

RACISM AT CAMP PENDELTON

INDOCHINA WAR IS NOT OVER • On November 15th, Congressman Ron Dellums and- the other congres­ In October- the. aircraft carrier smen and women of the Congressiona Constellation deployed to Indochina. Black Caucus visited 11 military On her were'millions of pounds of bases, across the United States to bombs and a crew that had voted to hold hearings-on racism in the stay home. "In November the attack military. Prior to this, Ron aircraft carrier Coral Sea deployed Dellums' office -contacted San Dieg for Vietnam. Of her crew, 1200 had Concerned Military (formerely signed a petition to have that ship Concerned Officers Movement), and stay home. asked us to organize the hearings At.the precise time that these at Camp Pendeltôri.- two horrible manifestations of our Charles E-. Knox, special assis­ nation's foreign policy are' dropping tant for'Rep. Augustus R. Hawkins, bombs on the people of Vietnam, a black congressman from the Watts Nixon is trying to make us think district in Los Angeles, conducted that, the war is over„ The war is the hearings at Camp Pendelton. not over. We can look out into San It was a bad day for the brass. Diego harbor ayjd see ships leave to One Chicano marine w-i-fch 1? year fight that war. We are on one""of service testified that although he those ships. The war is not over- had scored 130 on a marine corps for us. administered IQ test, and- that Ground troops are being with­ although he has sucessfully manage drawn, but it seems that Nixon a $250,000 a month post exchange,. plans to keep 100,000 "advisors"in he has twice been denied promotion Vietnam indefinately. Why? to an officer. Mc t of the people who voted for Knoxj' Do you believe .that if the r ASteHation to return to Viet you were anglo, you would, be an am „ j.j TO because "the ground'" • officer? "coops need air support". Nixon is • sing the remaining ground troops, . Sargeant Sarabia: I believe so in Vietnam for two purposesj '1. to because one of the reasons in private counsel that I received wa make the American people believe r. that it is necessary to send air-.', that I have an accent. ... It is craft carriers to Vietnam to support very hard for me to come up here them, and 2. to continue to train....' and admit this because I am a and support the South Vietnamese '.. marine and an American. I have been in Vietnam two times. But troops. Continued oonn pagpagee 2 .•". • continued on page 4 ^i»»«i.Him.imi»«««i«iw«i«Hm«iii«iiiiMi.i.iim.mi.imHl.i.».HmiiiiiHiKimii N W'iMiuw,nM»iii»ii«iiMMiHi»HMliïiiwiiiHiii«i»itiii<«ii'i»'il(w)r'»

There y^asp't a ni$ht when thought we'd live unfit morning, never a. morninj w« thought we'd s vive until mjht. Did owr children c Oh, yei,ùnâ wt did also, //ujtsfoj in 'my; .ctvi. I didn't see the run/i for fWo y'(Mr.j. What did (think, ob«" Oh, I used to repeat, "pleasedon't the ptohes come, pieose don't let: planes come, p/ease don't l*t 1 planes come..." -nfutte from the Plain of Jars The Berkeley city council offered sanctuary to sailors of the after the ship left they wer«; \.-.. '' aircraft carrier Coral Sea who apprehended by NIS agents an flown chose to stay home when that ship back to the ship. Aboard the ship left for WESTPAC The city council they were given a captain's mast, passed the resolution by a vote of 30 days in the brig*- reduction in 6 to 1. rate and loss of one month's pay. The 9 went on a hunger strike and BERKELEY CITY ACTION REGARDING THE refused to work. After their first brig term v/as up, they were written USS CORAL SEA up on a "mutiney" charge and put in 1. The City of Berkeley supports the brig.for another 30 days. The the men of the USS Coral Sea in men continued to resist and the their petition to congress and in their other nonviolent efforts to. navy finally decided it would be have the ship stay home from the better for the navy to discharge war. them. 2. The City of Berkeley encour­ ages people to support the men of INDOCHINA WAR NOT OVER (cont. from the Coral Sea by participating in page 1) the November 6 anti-war march in Now instead of Americans and Asians San Francisco and in the Nov. 8 killing one another, Asians are ' '. rally at the Alameda Naval Air killing each other with American Station. weapons and American -money. 3. The People of the City are It's quite clear that no American encouraged to aid in the walfare government will ever again be able and legal protection of those men. to put a large conscripted army in the field. For years American — Passed by the Berkeley City troops have been in silent mutiney Council II/2/7I. in Vietnam. They are refusing to fight. They have become aware that TEN BAY AREA CHURCHES OFFER the government has lied to them, it CORAL SEA CREWMEN"SANCTUARY has fooled them and tricked them and That's right. Not one, but ten conscripted them to fight a war they churches in -the San Francisco Bay intensely oppose. As the soilders Area opened doors to. servicemen saw "what was happening in -Vietnam.,- seeking sanctuary. None of the they realized that the Vietnamese . crewmen on the Coral Sea took were not their enemies. They began advantage of these sanctuaries. to select enemies within their own Possibly the lesson of the Constel-1 ranks, In 1970, 209 officers were lation Sanctuary taught them that killed by their own men. if you miss ship's movement to The message became clear to the avoid a WESTPAC cruise, you don't Makers-of-War. They could not com­ tell the navy where you are. mit massive ground troops.to an The University Lutheran Chapel unpopular war.' So, -if' you are a emphasized that they were not Maker-of-War, whatdo you do?. Do encouraging desertion, but were you say, this country is based on sponsoring the sanctuary for "any democratic ideals and since 73^ of one struggling with a decision of the people want out of Vietnam, we conscience". are going to end the war now? Not Other servicemen in the Berkeley* if you are a Maker-oi-War. You get area did take advantage of the ' other people to fight that war. You sanctuaries. At one of them, ! give them the weapons and you train servicemen, some UA and others just them and you create a society based looking for a place to go, came, Jon fear such that those people are crashed for a few days, and then ?afraid not to do what you tell them split. Legal and counseling ser- *to do. vices were set up to teach service- In order to create this fear, the men how to deal with the navy. "Makers-of-War need weapons that will tterrorize the the people and replace CONSTELLATION 9 TO BE DISCHARGED the ground troops. The Makers-of- Admiral Zumwalt sent a telegram,War believe that as long as Mother's to Rep. Ron Dellums saying that the sons are not: coming home in plastic remaining men of the Constellation , hags;^ there will be no domestic:';'. 9 who are requesting discharge will opposition to continuing that war. be transfered off the ship Nov. 23., In a special issue of the REPORTER They will be flown to San Franc is co:'RSPORTER, a trade magazine of the to await discharge.- Two men of the-Teledynë. Ryan Aeronautical Corp.*. Constellation.have already been 8was devoted to a discussion of the transfered to Treasure Island, and Remotely Piloted Vehiçls;. (Rpv)'...,.. one of the .9 decided to stay_ on theiLaunched^froip an air-craft carrier-, +1-, 0.-1 Y*r» vo «P-H- *or3*"r»omo-Ho'l : the so-called enemy gets killed. deî'ense, DUT: you neea nui answer There are no POWs, and if a. civil, any questions concerning the ian, woman or child is its victim, charges, DO NOT HESITATE TO USE there will be no warrior, consci­ THIS IMPORTANT RIGHT. ence struck, to expose the murder 5= Do I have the right to compel to the American eople<. It's a way the presence of witnesses and to to fight wars without having to cross-examine my accusers? draft Americans, or to convince Not at the mast., but you DO folks back home that the war is have this right at a premast just, or, for that matter, even investigation if one is held. having to tell them much about 6. What is X0 mast? what is going on. There are no provisions in The advantages of this weapons UCMJ for executive officers mast. system to the Maker-or~War Is that X0 mast is part of the pre-mast a handfull of specially trained, investigation. highly paid technocrats can rain 7. Do I have the right to appeal death on millions of people from a mast? sanctuaries 50 miles off shore. Yes. You may appeal in Teledyne Ryan is bold enough to writing within 15 days of the mast. say almost this very thing. "In ". Punishment may not be increased, summary, the future of Remotely so you risk nothing. However, the Piloted Vehicles is as bright as ite appeal goes only as far as your has ever been. The lower cost, CO's superior officer and since he political acceptability, low risk needs your CD's cooperation in of life, and versatTTe mission cap­ many ways, there is some reason abilities of RPVs make them very for him. not to antagonize your CO attractive candidates in a world of by overruling him on a disciplin­ shrinking budgets and unpopular ary action. Since the punishment military operations." must be executed while the appeal is pending, you might serve the CAPTAINS MAST; ARTICLES 15 and 31 entire punishment before the appeal UCMJ is decided. The military man encounters military justice (?) most often at HELP BLACKMAIL THE NAVY captains mast yet very few of us If you ever read the social know much about captains mast. The pages in the straight newspapers,' following questions and answers may you'll often see pictures of help to understand Captains Mast. admirals and their "ladies" in 1. What punishment is possible in dress uniforms drinking a toast to a mast? the latest baby napalmed in Viet- Substantial, but limited. The • nam. They do not represent the Constellation 9 got just about a real navy social life. The real maximum. 30 days in the brig, loss navy is the GI ghetto of lower broadway and the rip-off bars of of one hald pay for two months, and national city. The real navy is reduction in grade. the row upon row of bars and whores 2. Why is mast normally to my and hotels in Olongopo, P.I. advantage? You risk less. Punishments The kind of society that grows around a military instellation is are light compared to a courtmartial an indication of what the military and a conviction by a courtmartial t is like. We want to expose Olon­ amounts to conviction by a federal • gopo to the American people. We court, but punishment by a Mast does want every person in America to not. Normally, mast is not to our . know the kind of society that the advantage..whan you are clearly navy wants servicemen to relate to. innocent or have a strong defense. The navy does not want you to 3« Do I have the right to a- telate to Concerned Military or lawyer? San Diego Nonviolent Action, be­ At any time you are being cause these two organizations are questioned about -the charges against creating a society based on love, /ou, JJOU may request counsel and I peace, and freedom. The navy does you cannot provide a lawyer the mil­ • not want that. The navy wants a itary must provide one tor you.. If society based on fear because that /ou do not want to answer questions way they can make you do things you at a Mast, it is probably wiser to donrt want to do. remain silent than anger the Captain If you are a photographer, or by requesting counsel. The Captain if you know someone who is, get is under no obligation to ask the word to him. The GI movement questions and he can impose punish-- needs pictures of Olongopo, the uent whether you answer the q-ueS- whores and bars. etc.. in order to marine with 17 years service, tes­ ected by his Fort -Worth draft board tified that he had been given two tc be inducted into the marine weeks notice to be discharged. No corps. reason was given why he was to be There is a black studies program discharged. at Pendelton, but most of the GIs Of the 50 or more black and were not aware of it. A black Chioano marines who came to testify chaplin stated, "I think there is a their stories of racism at Camp need for the black culture programs, Pendelton were incredible almost to' but there are other problems that the point of disbelief. The brass are so unique to each individual at Pendelton are so afraid of the black that he is almost being • black GI and so incapable of deal­ siphoned off from the black culture ing with the racial problem, that trying to stay alive. I have talked an unofficial order has been issued with just about every man in here, to the military police that when­ both black and white, and- I know ever 3 or more black marines get what the problems are, They are together and are not in formation, trying to stay alive. They just • they are to be apprehended. There want someone to hear them out and was testimony of at least two give them some relief." incidents when small groups of The solution to the problem of black GIs, one walking from the racism in the military can only be mess hall to.their barracks and the approached by allowing people, other playing basketball, were black and white, to get together apprehended and taken to the brig. to organize around their greviences, One of them testified, "That Sunday to communicate with one another in morning after we got out I -came to order to create an understanding that same mess hall and there I see about the enviornment in which they about 9 to 11 white guys walking find themselves. Unfortunately, there in a group and nothing hap­ this is antithesis to the military pens. They make me feel like a ; mind, whose distorted perception of dog.". human relations dictates that people "They have a thing called "on who want to be together because the spot .interrogation'.. They will, they share a common culture and stop you, take your name, ID card, heritage are a threat and must be take your picture and everything." put in jail. "This is supposed to be for everyone." OPINION OF MILITARY MEN CHANGED "Mostly enforced on blacks." by Cindy O'Hara "Only enforced on blacks." It's amazing how much my ideas of "Blacks are more inclined, since men in the military have changed we are away from our homes and not since I have been in San Diego. ' in our enviornment, to be with each I've made friends with men in Con­ other more, and they think that we cerned Military and men from various are setting up plots." ships who stop by the Peace House "Even in Oceanside you see the to visit. same thing with the civilians out I come from an area where there there, especially the police. If are no military bases, so my ideas you are in the military, especially of military men were pretty stereo­ if you are black you are always typed by the mass media? those wrong. This guy, General Bowman, I stereotypes have little relation imagine he's uptight with the mayor to the men in the military I now and I quess if the mayor thinks he know. gets on the wrong side with Bowman, Now I see that men in the mil­ he'll restrict the base and take itary are much the same as my revenue away from the city," friends back home. I have learned "Whenever you find a group of that many of them are not gung-ho blacks on or off the base, you are at all. Many of them do not agree going to find police." with the war in Indochina, and many It was the opinion of many GIs of them are upset about their ships' that General Bowman, commanding mission in that war. I see also, officer of Camp Pendelton, is a how every time one of my friends "highly racist dude". attempts to act on these beliefs, or "Every base order he comes out tries to act on the injustice he with you can see that it's geared sees, he is transferred, or dis­ against the black man." charged, or given a captain's mast, Haircut regulations are selec­ or put in the brig. From this I am tively enforced on blacks, es pec-' beginning to get a feeling for the ially those who try to grow an Afro*way. the .military operates, which is "I've been to jail boucoup times.not at all the way I saw on T.V., for hair. I got 90 days confine-- »a^H T «im.i^i+ ^„„^^„_ u. J.». . ... '-IJ.1U Oi A J. KJX. KJ ^s\*L WWt_M»UCl± VAJ.XJ.I LI U J. L-O.1 i 11. -<-- like officers and enlisted men. will be openj whatever we want to So I find myself, now, not see­ talk about. ing all military men as the gung-ho Call San Diego Concerned Mili­ images held by so many of us civil­ tary (232-1238) for more details, ians who haven't been in the miliit- to make reservations and to coor­ ary. So very many of them were dinate rides. drafted or enlisted with the draft breathing down thffcfcc. necks. Then OFFICIAL BALLOT once they were inm/Me military, This is your Ballot for President they found their constitutional and of South Vietnam. You are encour­ civilian legal rights "do not apply',' aged to vote for the candidate of and were channeled into a system your choice. Only by voting in they don't like but feel powerless this important election can we be to change. And I find now, when I sure of preserving democracy and go down to Thirty-second Street and freedom in South Vietnam. see a lot of sailors, I look at their faces, and not at their FOR PRESIDENT OF SOUTH VIETNAM uniforms, 1. NGUYEN VAN THIEU 2. NGUYEN VAN THIEU GI RIGHTS (or lack of them) 3. NGUYEN VAN THIEU Although the military has tem­ (retain this portion) porarily ripped us off of many of Notice; Have this portion of your our constitutional rights, we have ballot stamped when you vote. It the right to possess KITTY LITTER. is your proof that you voted. With­ We have the right to receive it out it you are subject to arrest as through the mail and we have the a Viet Cong sympathizer. right to share our one copy with whomever we wish. This right is THIS IS YOUR NEWSPAPER. With your assured to us by Department of support it can grow into something Defense Directive 1325.&Ï- "Guide­ we can be very proud of and use as lines for Handling Dissident and a source of information on our next Protest Activities Among Members of deployment. Here's how you can the Armed Forces". In addition, support your paper. DOD 1325.6 states that-" 1. We need people to supplu us publication of 'underground news­ with information on any of our papers' by military personnel off brothers being screwed by the navy. post, on their own time and with 2. We need people to their own money and equipment, is write articles and editorials on the not prohibited .... " movement, the war in S.E. Asia, We know from past experience racism, and just about anything that many lifers do not believe we else you believe needs critism. have this right. This right was 3« We need bread, Paper, post­ won for us by GIs who faced court- age and printing cost money. Any­ martial and a few years in the brig thing you feel is right. to show that we do have it. How­ 4. Most of all we need your ever, the struggle for GI rights help. Typing, laying out, printing has just begun and it will continue and mailing your newspaper take until GIs are guaranteed all the much time and effort. constitutional freedoms enjoyed by 5. We need more readers. If you civilians. know anyone who would like a copy Don't let the lifer rip you off of this paper, get his nave, rate/ of your rights. If he tries, call rank, service number and division. Concerned Military (COM) at 232- Any contribution you can offer, 1238 and they can tell you what you info., articles, bread, labor, or can do. readers names - send or come to COM Remember, United we Stand, 21^3 Market St., San Diego, Calif. Divided we Fall. 92102, or see me, Steve Harris XMaa division. During working hours INSTITUTE TO SPONSOR MILITARY you can find me cleaning the head at SESSION frame 03-100/10^-6-L The Institute for the Study of Nonviolence was formed in 1965 by It is a sin to be silent when it is Joan Baez, Ira Sandpearl, and your duty to protest. others. Located in Palo Alto, it -Abraham Lincoln is a constantly changing educa­ tional community which reaches out I think it takes the maximum of to foster awareness of nonviolence courage and patroitism for a man in terms of todays political to refuse to fight in a war that is realities. illegal, immoral, and a disgrace KITTY LITTCR VOLUME 1 ISSUE 2 JANUARY 1972

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8 CONSTELLATION CREWMEN DISCHARAGED HONORABLY

CONSTELLATION SANCTUARY PARTICIPANTS SHOWING THEIR GENERAL DISCHARGES UNDER HONORAL CONDITIONS AT NEWS CONFERENCE SHORTLY AFTER THEIR DISCHARGE FROM THE NAVY DECEMBER 6, 1971. KITTY LITT«? VOICES OF THE COCKIEST HAWKS CQMIE 9 Jim Mikell, of Screven, Georgia, just had his 21st birthday. Jim ex­ pected to be 23 by the time he got out of the Navy; today he is a free At one time or another we man. Freedom wasn't handed to Jim have all had a gung-ho E-7 tell us and the other men of the Constella­ to get a haircut. Some of us have tion Sanctuary. Jim and each of his been escorted to the ship's barber brothers took his freedom... he for that purpose. The lifer's ex­ stood up for what he believed in,for cuse is that our hair doesn't meet what he knew was right, the standards set forth in the Z- Jim and the other people of the gram. After the so-called "regu­ Connie 9 expected to do a year or lation haircut", our hair is much two in federal prison. That's a shorter than the standards—but­ "A Navy s pokesman sa id the arresting pretty big risk. But is doing time chered, to say the least. officers, wearing ci vilian clothes, in the prison system that much dif­ 'entered tne church compound, announc- Have you ever stopped to ferent from doing time in the boiler ed they w ere there a nd called out the think why a lifer hassles you about room, on the mess decks, with the names of the sailors . As each man hair and other petty things? It's missle launchers...? At least they heard his name, he j ust walked out', because he knows something that may­ could look at themselves in the mir­ the spoke sman said." Associated be you haven't realized. ror in the morning and be proud. Press, Oc t. 3. This photograph con- Most of us would resist in They knew that their courage had tradicts the "offici al" navy version some way if our country were threat­ helped wake up people all over this of the Constellatio n 9 bust. The ened by a foreign power; we would numbed and misinformed country. navy lies oppose such a threat to freedom ar.d The Connie 9 were flown back to democracy. We are told that the mil­ their ship and given a Captain's itary protects freedom and democra­ Mast. They were charged with three "We have won. The navy has been cy. Many of us would be better able counts under the UCMJ: 1) desertion, unable to break us. We were free to put up with the hassles of petty 2) missing ship's movement, and 3) men then and we are free men now. things if that was what the navy was shirking important duty... and the We have all received General Dis­ doing. Navy gave them NJP. The Navy was a- charges under Honorable Conditions. Most of us know, as do lifers, fraid to give them courts-martial. For what we did is honorable. Now that we are not protecting freedom Together and individually the men may others join us in having the and democracy in Vietnam. So the were too strong; a court-martial integrity to take the risks invol­ lifer creates an environment of fear would provide a forum for uitting ved with seriously trying to end and coercion so we will do our jobs. out all the information, all the the war... the war that the Con­ Also stop to think that the man who feelings, all the facts and figures stellation and other attack air­ does his job well and agrees with that the government and the Navy do craft carriers are waging at this everything the lifer says is not not want to hear or have the people moment. hassled much. But the man who ques­ hear; the Navy's legal case was full "Wars end when men refuse, to tions his job and thinks for himself of holes; and there was too much ci­ fight." is hassled quite a bit. vilian, congressional, military, and Our society has taught that a boy The lifer has to use these me­ legal support for the action and becomes a man at his 21st birthday. thods so we won't ask why we're sup­ courage of the 9. Those charges are Jim Mlkell became a man when he was posed to do a certain job. This me­ pretty heavy, and the men were award­ 20. He stood up. thod makes us do things we wouldn't ed 30 days "correctional custody", normally do. forfeiture of one half pay for two Ed. note: one of the Connie 9 chose to stay on the ship. Without this environment of months, and a one rate bust. Later fear and coercion there's not much they were discharged with GENERAL they can do to you. So the next DISCHARGES UNDER HONORABLE CONDIT­ time you get hassled by a lifer, IONS. The navy has shown that it take the time to understand why he can't handle dissidents; that it is hassling you. can't handle publicity or bad press; Why'KITTY LITTER'? ? that it can't let the truth about Recently there has been some the air war and the mission of CVAs criticism as to why we named the be known. The navy knows that Amer­ paper "Kitty Litter." Some of the icans are sick of this war, so the members of the crew, who are not »•• CARRIER BRIEFS * * * navy reacts by hiding, by sweeping very fond of the work that we at things under the green carpet, and Kitty Litter do, think Kitty Litter Three Officers on the Coral Sea by trying to forget. is a ve^y appropriate name. Lt(jg) James Lanius, Lt(jg) James The Connie 9 released this We at Kitty Litter realize Meyer, and Ensign Frank Phillips ten­ statement at a press conference. It that the other form of kitty litter dered their resignations in protest relates their experience. is a clay-gravel substance that lit­ of their ship's war mission to Viet "We've learned that the navy can­ tle kittins scratch around and dump Nam. not deal with a man with a free their wastes in. In other carrier news, 500 men mind. We've also discovered that Well, we hope that our form of from the Enterprise signed an antiwar there are brothers and sisters Kitty Litter will help to clean up petition. Pilots on the Coral Sea arc who support us when we stand up to our big Kitty's wastes before any reported to being hesitant about fly- our consciences. As Daniel Ells- more damage is done. their planes because they don't trusi berg pointed out, to merely opp­ It is our sincere wish that their mechanics. Two pilots from the ose the war involves no risk. The the Kitty Hawk not return to Yankee Constellation are now POWs, having risk occurs when one has the cour­ Station and lay waste the people and been shot down over North Vietnam age to try and end it. land of Indochina. during the Christmas bombing. INSTITUTIONALIZED RACISM ENTERPRISE OFF EAST PAKISTAN POWs STEWARD The USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) For several years now, Presi­ was recently ordered to steam to the dent Nixon has been issuing pious ut­ SYSTEM Indian Ocean to "stand by for evac­ terances about the fate of the POW's When Concerned Officers Move­ uating Americans and other non-com­ held in North Vietnam and his deter­ ment first organized in San Diego, batants from the war zone in East mination to see them released. Usu­ it planned to take on as a major is­ Pakistan." This was the official ally during the holiday season, he sue the steward system in the Navy. reason given by the administration sends letters of condolences to fam­ Unofficial inquiries were made and to the American public. ilies of POW's which read, in part, it seemed at that time the Navy was Any sailor who has ever been "During this holiday season, I want planning to phase out Filipino stew­ on a carrier knows that there is to reaffirm to you my deep, personal ards and replace them with American very little room for war zone ref­ commitment to securing the release of Caucasian and Black stewards. Few ugees, unless pup tents are set up the men held prisoner and resolving changes have been made. on the flight deck. Also how do the status of those who are missing." The issue is not whether offi­ you get Americans aboard a carrier? These words ring hollow and hypocrit­ cers are served by Black, Brown, or Commandeer the captain's gig and ical. Hanoi holds the trump card in White stewards. The issue is wheth­ bring them aboard ten at a time? the game: our POW's. President Nixon er officers should be served by How many passengers can an A7 or an knows this and also knows that Hanoi stewards at all. The steward sys­ F4 carry? If you can land a plane on will not release our POW's until A- tem is a system in which enlisted Indian soil to pick up people, why merican presence in S.E. Asia no personnel provide an unnecessary, not send a 707 or a C5A? longer exists. Yet the U.S. esca­ luxury service to officers. It is Let's look at the real motive lates the air war—on Christmas Day an archaic aristocratic throwback for assigning the Enterprise to the no less! Nixon knows quite well that to the days of slavery. It is in­ Bay of Bengal. According to Linda escalating the air war makes any a- stitutionalized racism and it re­ greement to release our POW's rore presents what the military wants Matthews in the LA Times, January 1, 1972: difficult. in both the military and civilian The administration is trying to society. "The American people were once again mislead by their leaders make political hay out of the POW is­ Have you ever wondered why about the purpose behind the ass­ sue, but it is backfiring on him. retired-lifer-brass tend to set­ ignment of a naval task force, Most of us who Rtill have eyes and tle in foreign countries, economical­ including the aircraft carrier brains can see right through the ly depressed areas in this country, Enterprise, to the Bay of Bengal. smoke screen Deing created by the and in towns along the Mexican-Amer­ "Although the official explanation administration. ican border (San Diego for example)? was to evacuate Americans from President Nixon's handling of There is a reason for this. It is in Dacca, the deployment was actually the POW issue only serves to further order to exploit cheap Mexican do­ intend as a show of force against alienate the American public and to mestic servants and to continue the India. The ships were to divert fill them with bitterness and disil­ kind of racist society that exists Indian forces from the action on lusionment . in the Navy. The retired-lifer-brass We are tired of Nixon's hypoc­ point out that the poor Mexican who the mainland and weaken India's blockade against East Pakistan." risy. Pull all our troops out now does their dishes and sweeps their and cease air operations immediately. floors for $2.50 a day would starve When CVAs aren't actually bombing Delay only prolongs the suffering of without that work. This might be people they are used to intimidate the POW's and their families. true. It Is also true that the re­ other countries. Attack aircraft tired-lifer-brass form their own carriers are the face of America as right-wing organizations and consis­ global policeman. tently oppose any kind of social Aircraft carriers kill. Air­ change which could deal with the craft carriers don't save war needs of the poor people. The retir­ victims... thev create them. DRY RUN ed-lifer-brass are no social reform­ Carrier Air Group Eleven, the ers. They're out to keep the people air wing from the USS Kitty Hawk, oppressed so they won't have to pay deployed to Naval Auxiliary Air Sta­ higher property taxes to finance tion Fallon, Nevada (NAAS Fallon) schools. They're also interested in STEVE HARRIS shortly after Thanksgiving. The retaining a cheap labor pool . How­ stated purpose of the deployment was ever , the retired-lifer-brass is not DISCHARGED "to mold the skills we have develop­ against paying war tax, especially FN Steve Harris of E Division ed in our individual squadrons over when that war is killing orientals. was discharged Friday with an honor­ the past few months with those of our sister squadrons in CAG 11." This The attitude of many active able discharge on grounds of consce- entious objection to war- Steve had the pilots proceeded to do, bombing duty officers toward the Filipino the desert, sagebrush and jackrab- steward is as racist as the retired- been in the navy for a little over a year. In that time he had come to bits into submission. The pilots lifer-brass toward his domestic ser­ must be proud of their new skills. vants. While it is probably true that realize that he was part of an insti­ Now they can kill and maim more the Filipino steward has a better tution that kills people. He realized Asian people more efficiently on the job in the navy than he would have that he could not be part of that upcoming cruise. back home, this does not justify institution and he asked to be dis­ Several interesting events maintaining that system. If American charged . economic interests, which own 50% of A conscientious objector do>s occurred while we were at NAAS Fal­ Philippine industry, would ever get not have to be a religious person. TIe lon The first was a bumbling drug off that country's back, they might does .iot have to go to church or even raid Dy NAAS Security. Fire alarms be able to create a better life for believe in God. An athiest can be a were pulled at 8:30 AM and everyone themselves at home. conscientious objector. We are all was forced to leave the barracks and conscientious objectors to some ex­ stand in 35° weather in their under­ The steward system is just an­ wear and blankets. They were then other example of the institutional­ tent. For each of us there ire things that our conscience w : 11 not told to go back in and dress warmly ized racism that exists in the mili­ and leave again. By this time every­ tary. It is an issue around which let us do. To be discharged as a one knew what was happening and took the Navy is quite vulnerable because conscientious objector by the navy his dope with him. Station person­ most junior officers don't like that someone must have a deeply heid belief nel then proceeded to conduct a fut­ system. They don't like being forced that killing human beings is wrong, ile four hour search of the barracks. by Navy Regulations to pay monthly that he realized this after he joined They even used a dog, and deprived wardroom dues. They don't like to be the navy, and that he is not going to night check personnel of much needed a part of that institution of racism. help them in any way kill people. sleep. It would be nice to believe that To get discharged as a CO is not The second break In the bore­ the steward system is an oversight as easy as it sounds. Recent changes dom was the debut of KITTY LITTER. in sn otherwise non-racist military in military regulations makes it even It had been well received on the establishment. If this were the case harder to get discharged as a consci­ we could band together and point it entious objector. So if you are ship. Captain Oberg came on KTTY- out to the Secretary of the Navy who thinking a^out CO contact Steve at TV and denounced the publication, would then abolish the system. This the Peace ..ouse at 22nd and Market calling its writers "irresponsible is not the case. It has been said St., ph. 232-1234, and if Steve is dupes." Air Group people received above that racism is an Integral part not there ask for Norman. They can no such harangue from the CAG com- (continued last page) tell you mote about CO. ^continued last page) Caotain Oberg has stated that he doesn't agree with everything going on in Vietnam, but as long as there is one American serviceman in Vietnam he'll make sure the Kitty Hawk deploys on schedule to supply the air supDort needed to get him out. But the facts show that less than 10% of the air strikes actually involve air support of friendly troops engaged in battle; the rest goes for interdiction, harassment, and reprisal .

The Ho Chi Minh trail is a constantly changing network of paths through rough terrain and heavy jungles. Even when the South Vietnamese army invaded Laos and attempted to block the trail they were not able to significantly reduce the volume of supplies moving down the trail. How can anyone expect reliance on air power alone to stop the movement of supplies down the trail when ground troops and air support were unable to do this? The -ruth about what aircraft carriers actually do are documented in the pamphlet Attack Carrier: The Constellation Papers by Dr. William B. Watson, professor of history at Massachusetts Institute of Technol­ ogy." Excerpts from this pamphlet are quoted below. Copies of the complete pamphlet are available by writing to Harbor Project, 2143 Market St., San Diego, Ca-92102 or calling us at 232-1238. 'Vir War in Indochina. Cornell University, Center for International Studies, Ithaca, H.Ï., 1-13,par.3

In addition to refined methods of killing, the accuracy of guided weap WHAT ATTACK CARRIERS HAVE BECOME ons and automated bombing systems has increased so much in the past few years that now all the old concepts about aerial bombing will have The bombing of peasants is a long way from the traditional role of to be thrown away By using laser beams, infrared seekers, television attack carriers. The carrier was originally designed to increase the pow­ cameras built into the heads of bombs and missiles, and various forms er of naval forces. It provided air defense for surface ships of the fleet of radar and radio guidance, it is now possible for pilots to hit targets and a strike force to be used against enemy naval ships and aircraft. dead center almost every time with weapons released from as far as 3 to This is what it did in World War II in naval encounters like the Battle of 25 miles away. Coral Sea. This kind of bombing accuracy not only represents a mj|Or technologi cal revolution in weaponry, but will make "conventional" weapons more Since World War II, however, the attack carrier has not been used devastating than today's tactical nuclear weapons. To illustrate the against other naval powers, but against people who did not have the power of these new weapons, Deputy Defense Secretary David Packard technology or the weapons to oppose it. In 11 major and some 40 explained to Congress that with 500 pound bombs, the standard weap­ minor post-war conflicts, the attack carrier has projected American on of tactical bombing, it once took something over 1,000 sorties and power to all corners of the world: Greece, Korea, China, Suez, Jordan, cost over $15 million to destroy 6 targets a highway bridge, a railyard, Lebanon, the Congo, Guatemala and Nicaragua, Laos, Dominican Re­ an airfield runway, an anti-aircraft machine gun battery, a mortar com­ public, Thailand, Cuba, Vietnam, and Cambodia-countries that belong pany, and a moving assault gun battalion. With the guided weapons now to what is called the Third World. being developed, he said, "You can eventually kill all of the targets with 20 sorties for $600,000." In the process of applying its power in these conflicts, the attack carrier has been completely changed. Its battles are no longer fought at sea or in the air, but on land. Its primary targets are no longer ships or In other words, the new munitions coming onto the attack carrier will aircraft, but guerrilla forces and the civilian populations that support be about 50 times more lethal than the munitions used up to now in them. Once, it was a weapon used to fight other naval powers. Now, it Vietnam. (18) is a weapon used to crush popular uprisings and to bully the weaker and poorer countries of the world. The ultimate weapon of the attack carrier system will be the so-called "electronic battlefield" now being perfected in Vietnam and Laos By These changes in the use of the attack carrier have brought about radi­ dropping remote electronic sensors along roads and trails and at selected cal changes in its weapons system. The planes that flew off the decks of gathering places, it will be possible to pick up the sounds of human carriers in World War II were armed with machine guns and a small voices, to detect the presence of metallic objects (such as a rifle barrel), number of 100 or 200-pound bombs. Today even the lightest carrier to sense the footsteps of someone passing by, and to transmit plane (the A-7 Corsair) can carry more munitions than the B-29, the this information immediately to carriers hundreds of miles away; heaviest bomber of World War II. All of the attack planes of the carrier there it will be evaluated by computers and programed into the auto­ have been redesigned in the last decade to make them more lethal mated weapons systems of waiting aircraft. against ground targets. For example, the F-4 Phantom, developed in the 1950's as an interceptor, was redesigned in the 1960's so that it could Thus far the attack carriers have not integrated this system into their carry 16,000 pounds of bombs, missiles, and rockets. In 1963 the Navy other reconnaissance and surveillance systems, but the Navy is plan began using an all-weather, night attack bomber that could fly by auto­ ning to take this step in the next few years. It will do so because the mated controls at low level over mountainous terrain. The A-6 Intruder electronic battlefield, already being used by the Air Force in Laos, will has the most deadly and sophisticated automated bombing system in provide the attack carrier with the final pieces of information needed the world. (17) to control all but the smallest movements of thousands of people over hundreds of square miles. (19)

The munitions launched by these aircraf : have also become many times A weapons system which can have this kind of control over the move­ more lethal than the weapons used in World War 11. In less than a dec­ ments of people and which can use its devastating power to turn these ade almost all the munitions on the carrier have been replaced by new movements into a nightmare, is an instrument of terror. When this kind types of bombs, missiles, and rockets. For example, during these ten of power is put into the hands of a small group of people, to be used years the Navy has developed more than a dozen different types of anti whenever and wherever it wishes with little fear of retaliation from a personnel weapons, weapons designed to kill and maim people. One of peasant society, we are no longer talking only about war, but about the most vicious of these is a new type of napalm bomb developed un­ terrorism, a techonological form of terrorism. der a crash program started in 1965. It employs a new type of gel that burns more slowly and sticks faster to the human body than the old The attack carrier has become a weapon of terrorism to be used against napalm. Just last year the Navy began outfitting planes with a fuel air the peoples of the Third World. Any other claim for the attack carrier explosive bomb that scatters small aerosol bombs spraying vaporized is a deception that hides from the American people the real nature of fuel. When the fuel-air mixture is ignited, it not only incinerates every­ this country's most devastating weapons system. thing in the jrea, but produces a concussion blast equal to a 500-pound bomb. Other types of cluster bombs hurl flesh-tearing fragments and (17) For a general rlescriprion of these aircraft see Jane's All the World's armor-piercing projectiles over an area the size of several football Aircraft. 19/0-71 (London, 19711; Jane's Weapon Systems. 1969 70 (London. fields. 19691.

The radical feature of these and other new munitions on today's carri­ (18) For the Packard statement, refer to 1972 Department of Defense Appro ers is that each one has been designed to "kill" a particular kind of tar­ priations: House Appropriations Subcommittee Hearings (March 18, 1971), pt. 2, get. These are some of the targets for which weapons used by the attack p. 37. carrier have been specifically designed: the operator of an anti-aircraft (19) For Navy plans to integrate the electronic battlefield into the attack weapon, an air-defense radar installation, an armored vehicle, a truck, carrier weapons system, see Investigation into the Electronics Battlefield and small groups of people. Program: Senate Preparedness Subcommittee Hearings (November 1970), p. 104. FALLON cont. STEWARD SYSTEM cont. "INDEED, EXCEPT FOR ADOLF HITLER'S EXTERMINATION OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE, mander. Numerous comments were of the military establishment. It THE AMERICAN BOMBARDMENT OF DEFENS- heard about how well written and exists because the brass wants it to PEASANTS IN INDOCHINA IS THE MOST truthful KITTY LITTER was. Even exist - it performs a service for them. BARBARIC ACT OF MODERN TIMES. some career men made favorable com­ The fight to end the steward ments . system must be seen as part of the -Senator George McGovern NAAS Fallon is a lonely, des­ larger struggle to end racism every­ December 14, 1971 erted, cold place in December. Six where. It will do little good to miles from the town of Fallon (pop. abolish the steward system unless at 3,500) and 60 miles from Reno, the same time the economic influence squadron personnel found little to of American corporations and the mil­ CARRIEXS BOMB PZOPLE do since few had cars. Most spent itary presence in the Philippines their time whiling away the hours in can be minimized so that Filipinos "The Fallon Hilton" (the open-bay bar­ can develop their economy and create racks), reading or playing poker. new jobs. The bad living conditions, coupled with the cold working conditions and lack of anything to do made everyone very grateful to leave on December 11 So here we are at our "home Thinking is fields." Soon it will be the real thing... again. Cancer to an Ai rcraf t Carrier STOP OUR SHIP f/V rHATCH£ù Ht/TS J

WILL THE COCKIEST HAWKS PLEASE STEP FORWARD?

This issue of KITTY LITTER was written by crewmen of the Kitty Hawk and the air wing with the help of ex-navy people in San Diego Nonviolent Action. This issue cost us about $50 and we would like you to help us with the cost. Please help by send­ ing donations to Harbor Project, 2143 Market St., San Diego, Calif. 92102. Sending bread is only one of the many ways you can help. It took about three solid days to do KITTY LITTER. If you would like to help with the next issue, write articles, photograph, type, etc., come by the Peace House at 2143 Market St. (22nd and Market). The Peace House is a good place to be. There are a lot of ex-navy people there who know what it is like to be in the military in San Diego. There are a lot of just plain ordinary people there who are trying to build a nonviolent society as an alternative to the militarism in the Navy. Monday evening at 7:30 is a good time to be at Peace House. That's when we have our weekly meetings. That's when those of us on the Kitty Hawk decide what we should do next. There is a lot of hate and violence in San Diego but there is a lot of love and good feeling at Peace House. It really is exciting to be with people who care about other people. VOLUME 1 ISSUE 4 FEBRUARY 15,1972

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Legal help will be available FREE at Newtown Park on Tuesday afternoon beginning at 1:30. There will be numerous lawyers there for you to talk with along with Joan Baez and many other good people. Newtown Park is between India and Columbia on G Street. That's just a couple of blocks from fleet landing. So come on by! NAVY WIFE KITTY HAWK SPEAKS OUT SANCTUARY

On February 1st, I was one of 250 wives, parents and children who flew to Hong Kong Two Kitty Hawk crewmen have taken Sanc­ for a reunion with crewmembers of the USS tuary, Todd Pisarek and Roy Hawkins have Constellation. The men arrived mid-morning both taken Sanctuary at the San Diego First on the 4th, and by the third day of our Church of the Bretheren, 3850 Westgate "second honeymoon," rumors were circulating Place. There is a unique aspect of this Sanctuary so far: neither of the men is as the men ran into each other in stores UA yet; both are on leave. and restaurants that the ship might pull out early, My husband was never official­ Traditionally churches have been places where people could go when they need ass­ ly notified, but by word of mouth, we istance. Both men are finding that Sanctu­ learned that all the men were to report on ary is an environment where they can find the ship at 1 a.m., February 7th. We said the kinds of moral, spiritual, and legal our tearful goodbyes that evening; we went guidance necessary for them to make their through the old Navy "anchors away" ritual, own decisions about their own lives. Roy crying and weeping. It seemed as if the is currently working on his conscientious 12th floor of the hotel was in mourning. objector application. He is finding the I felt like Shakespeare's Juliet knowing kind of legal guidance that the Navy is in advance what was going to happen to her, often unwilling or unable to give. Todd's We were still hoping that he might be able CO, application has been in BUPERS for to return in the morning, but when I awoke, about four and a half weeks. On Thursday it was to an empty hotel room. I had no he asked his Personnel Office to check on way of knowing whether the ship had actu-r the status of his CO. On Friday they said ally pulled out except that my husband had they had "forgotten." left me the phone number of the Shore Pa­ trol. Yes, they were gone, and I was alone Both of these men are finding the kind in a foreign city, 6,000 miles from home, of support and information they need by on my "second honeymoon," seeking sanctuary. If I could see a valid purpose, maybe these separations would be more bearable. But virtually no one believes in this war anymore. The ship's mission is one of un­ justifiable killing and destruction. And permanently. It's a fanciful account, but for a war that we are lead to believe is the basic theme is absolutely valid and is being "wound down," escalation from two to extremely apropos for Navy wives at this four aircraft carriers off the coast of time: 1. war disrupts your family life and Vietnam certainly raises suspicions, affects you directly, 2. your opinions are Breaking up all these families is not only important, and 3. women hold tremendous un­ tragic and senseless, it's ironic because exercised power. of all the wives and children in North Vi­ Some people reading this article may be etnam who are just as heartbroken when surprised to find a Navy wife who will pub­ their men leave home. It seems to me that licize a dissident viewpoint. The reason if a man intends to defend his homeland, he the Navy is able to go on and on using peo­ ought to be there, in his home, protecting ple without any regard for their feelings and caring for his family every day, rather is that they intimidate us, threaten us, and than running off across the ocean and leav­ try to keep us afraid. But sometime,Navy ing them all alone. wives will have the courage and honesty to Thousands of years ago a Greek philoso­ voice their real feelings and opinions. pher wrote a play called "Lysistrata" in The Navy has already punished me in the which the women of two warring cities band­ worst possible way—they've taken my hus­ ed together and refused to engage in sex band away. with their men until the war was terminated Catherine Colvin continued at right.,. "~1

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"We are starting that generation of peace in this year of 1972,'" Melvin Laird, San Diego. Feb, 11, 1972.

Far out! Let's all sail and bomb some more people for peace. Let's bomb another Commie for Christ. Maybe it doesn't matter if he's a Com­ mie or not... after all it's pretty hard to tell when you're flying at 450 knots. Why do you think they draft 19 year olds? 26 year olds wouldn't go. They're too smart. I mean how much brains does it take to kill someone you never see and don't know anything about? Some grey orders from Washington tell you to do it. Now there's a good reason? Why is this discipline business so imp­ ortant anyway? There's an answer: people wouldn't blindly kill other people if they took the time to think about it, THINK ABOUT IT!!! DamnitT PEOPLE ARE DYING!! The Kitty Hawk will kill thousands of people on this deployment... people just like you and me except they happen to live in thatched huts. What is a gook anyway? Walk up to your Division Officer and ask him. Those people in those rice paddies and thatched huts are caught up in this bull­ shit just like you and me. We're all prisoners of war! If you're not a prisoner of war why are you going to sail with the stupid ship in a day or two? THINK ABOUT IT!

Remember: ACTION LINE IS OPEN 232-1238!

A lot of servicemen get into trouble because the Navy doesn't teach them much about the U.C.M.J. So if you don't know what to do, or have any questions call Concerned Military (232-1238) and we may be able to help. If you prefer to come by, truck on up to 2143 Market St., San Diego, Ca. 92102. That's at the corner of 22nd and Market. There are a lot of people there with experience and the desire to help you out. GOOD BOOKS ON THE GI MOVEMENT

Conscience and Command: Justice and Dicipline in the Military. James Finn, Ed. $1.95 paperback. Random House Inc., 201 E. 50th St., New York, N.Y. 10022. HELP!

Military Justice is to Justice as Military Music is to Music. Robert Sherrill, Satterfield (of Kitty Comix fame) $1.95 paperback. Harper and Roe Publishers, 49 E. 33rd St., New York, N.Y. wants to do a comic book! FAR OUT! And 10016. he wants ideas for comics• Do you have a good story you'd like to see as a The Unlawful Concert : An Account of the Presidio Mutiny Case. Fred Gardner, Kitty Comic? If so, send it off to $1,25 paperback. Viking Press Inc., 625 Madison Ave,, New York, N.Y. 10022. Kitty Litter, and we'll see what we can do. GIs Speak Out Against the War; The Case of the Fort Jackson _8. Fred Halstead, We would also like to do more $.75 paperback. Pathfinder Press Inc. (NY), 873 Broadway, New York, N.Y.10003. issues of Kitty. Litter. Keep up on the news on a WESTPAC cruise. We need sup­ GIs and the Fight Against the War, Mary A. Waters, $.25 paperback. Pathfinder port in many ways : We need money—this Press Inc. (NY), 873 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10003. issue cost us about $40 to print. We need articles, photographs, cartoons, Turning the Guns Around: Notes on the GI Movement. Larry G. Waterhouse and poems, ideas, and anything else you'd Mariann G. Wizard, $6.95 hardback. Praeger Publishers, 111 Fourth Ave., New like to send. Help us out! Send any York, N.Y. 10003. contributions to Concerned Military, 2143 Market St., San Diego, Ca. 92102 Up Against the Brass. Andy Stapp, $1.95 paperback. Simon and Schuster Inc., 630 Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y. 10020.

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SF-1201 (R5-M) must begin to stand up and speak out ourselves. Write people in Congress. Similar telegrams and letters of sup­ Shirley Chisholm (Dem.-New York), John Get together. Be human. port were received from Senator Vance Conyers (Dem.-Michigan), and Walter Hartke (Dem.-Indiana), and Representa­ Fauntroy (Dem.-Washington, D.C). How many people a day does the tives Bella Abzug (Dem.-New York), Kitty Hawk kill?

And left the old captain in the lurch. That the Navy's planes have run aground . . . Coral Sea Shout How the helicopter came and pulled 'em out, From the Oriskany and the Midway too, Before they could know what it was all about, The Ranger and the Hancock and God I know you've heard of the Vietnam War, How military injustice came down fast, knows who . . . And you know what we are fighting for; Whey they took 'em before a captain's mast, Then the Okinawa's men got wise, Standard Oil and Republic Steel, And put 'em in "corrective custody", and a Telegram came from the Enterprise, And I'll tell you how all the people feel; Tryin' to keep 'em away from you and me . . . "The men of the Navy have one solution; Well 70% say it just ain't right, But that kind of truth you can't hide, Make the Pentagon obey the Constitution! " And a whole lot of soldiers just won't fight, And it flowed all across the rolling tide . , . SOS stop our ship ! SOS stop our ship ! Airplane pilots settin' airplanes down, SOS stop our ship! SOS stop our ship! And if they can't hear us when we yell, And a whole lot of sailors comin' back to town. They made their petition and they wrote it down, The politicians too can go to hell, Well here's a story you got to hear, They circulated it all around, Cause the people are tired of destruction and 'Bout a thousand men who have no fear. In just a few hours so many had signed murder, Here's to the men of the Coral Sea, That it clearly blew the captain's mind, So before the death machine goes much further Expressing the conscience of you and me. Well he tried his best to put it down, Destroying more humans in a foreign land, But it just kept poppin' up all around. The people's own power gonna take a hand, SOS stop our ship! SOS stop our ship! He ripped it off, but it wouldn't stay ripped, And when it comes to the sailing day, First they heard about the Constellation And we're gonna sign up the whole dawmn ship! The people's own power will find a way . . . As the story rolled across this great broad SOS stop our ship ! SOS stop our ship ! SOS stop our ship I SOS stop our ship ! nation, Now the word is comin' from all SOS stop our ship ! ! About the people who hid in the church, around, (CAMP NEWS, 2801 N. Sheffield Chicago, 111. 60657)

The Coral Sea's §m JFrawrisw <£!)r*nirif *••• Wed., Mar. 1,1972 Anti-War SOS By Elaine Elinson ing. They're a constant re­ "They try to keep every­ right up by the water, and Pacific !\p.ws Service minder of what it's all thing from us — they never they are afraid what might about, why we're out there let us know how many mis­ happen to them if they do Olongapo, in the first place. sions the ship flies, how come and try to stop us." Philippines "When I first got on the many villages have been "The Brass is really up- The USS Coral Sea had ship in '68-'69, everyone was wiped out. So we started tight now," David said. been "on the line" — gung-ho war-crazy. We all putting out a paper called bombing off the coast of "Afraid of th SOS move­ wanted to be part of the ac­ "We Are Everywhere," with ment. Captain Harris put Vietnam — for 37 days tion. The next time around, statistics about how much without letup. out an order to get anyone there was an anti-war feel­ ordnance we carry, how who is involved With SOS many people had been I0ÖOÖ00Ö Most 0 f the sailors ing, but we just didn't know and they're trying." looked pale and war- what to do. killed. We print it right on the ship ana spread it all The sailors said over 30 weary as they passed the "This tour, no one wanted men have been discharged main gate of Subie Naval around. We've had three is­ to go and so we started the sues so far, they they can't or transferred from the ship Base onto the "strip" of SOS movement — Stop Our for SOS activities to date. Olongapo. figure out who's doing it." Ship. One quarter of the ship There is now a campaign on David Smith has been with signed a petition saying they We left the bar and board to write Congress ask­ the USS Coral Sea for three didn't want the ship to go to walked along Magsaysay ing for an investigation. One years, through three tours of 'Nam. Now that we're out, boulevard, the heart of the sailor alone has written 17 'Nam duty. In loud voices, the Brass thinks that by "strip" here. On both sides, congressmen; another to overcome the blare of making you work so hard bars like "D'World" and wrote a 237 page letter to his juke box music, we talked you won't have time to "Paradise Alley" beckon. senator, complete with a set SEE THE GQRPSMAN in a bar frequented by U.S. think. Because if you think, "We have meetings every of documents. sailors about life on the car­ night on board. It's hard, be­ you'll start thinking about As we parted, David's This is Corpsman 'Doc' rier. the bombs and the war." cause everything is geared glance returned from taking and he works in sick bay. "Have you ever been to the war effort, and func­ BOMBS in the Asian capital around The Navy has kindly provided floating for 40 days? When tional. The sailors are just us. "Yeah, but some tilings cogs in the bombing mach­ Corpsman 'Doc' with 3 months of we're on the line, we're "It's hard to imagine that working port and starboard you can't ignore," said Jeff ine. We work, eat, sleep and Corps School at Balboa Hospital. Dinsmore, also from the that's all we're supposed to tomorrow we have to go —12 hours on and 12 hours back and bomb Vietnam: During this 3 month period Corpsman off. When we get a watch, Coral Sea. "They assemble do." the bombs right near where Two Shore Patrol in white When you're out there, you 'Doc' has learned to conquer the field it's even worse, 14 to 16 know you're in the most hours a day. Then We go we eat. I see them putting uniforms with billy sticks of medical science with one simple pill. them together — the 500 hanging at their sides eyed miserable place to the From the common cold to cholera, from back to the compartment to whole world — a U.S. war­ sleep—with 120 other guys. pounders — and at Christ­ the two sailors with me and laziness to leukemia,the one sure cure mas they wrote on them ship in the middle of an Can't sleep anyway, the en­ then passed by. Jeff picked for what ails you is the wonder drug 'Merry F— Christmas, up, "We used to have meet­ ocean. Maybe we didn't stop gine is so loud and on a this one, but the movement ASPIRIN. Ever wonder if the A.M.A. has ship it never stops. Charlie.' We bombed right ings in the mess hall, but the through on Christmas Day, Marines broke those up. is spreading throughout the ever heard of the Navy? Ever wonder if "And then there's the 15 miles from Da Nang; that Now we meet at night be­ fleet. And a ship can't run the Navy has ever heard of the A.M.A.? planes, taking off and land­ really p— off a lot of guys. '' hind the gunsponson. It's without sailors." KITTY HAWK SANCTUARY T C- (continued from page by too long a time in the Navy. Too western union Telegram much power, too small a circle of asso­ ciates, and personal vindictiveness make a man lose his objectivity. Alas, — S5A PST FEB 15 72 LA233 tf^ /6>, 7 ( our poor captain. „ L WA066 BF INTER R REG COLLECT TEL W WASHINGTON DC 8U 02-15 The fact is that the Navy is \^T>5A EST scared. The Administration is trying CONCERNED KITTY HAWK CREWMEN CARE JOHN HUYLER, DLY I^O to make this ugly war invisible. In the 21U3 MARKET ST /SAN DIEGO CALIF last week it has imposed two new gag I SHARE YOUR OBJECTION TO THE ESCALATION OF THE AIR WAR IN rules on the press. If the American people know that the Kitty Hawk is INDOCHINA MARKED BY THE DEPLOYMENT OF FOUR AIRCRAFT CARRIERS, launching air strikes day and night then INCLUDING THE USs KITTY HAWK TO THE WAR ZONE. THIS ACTION FURTHER they will know that the war is not over EXPOSE THE VIETNAMIZATION PROGRAM AS A FORMULA FOR CONTINUED ' (remember, we just left a month ear­ WAR AND BLOOD SHED IN INDOCHINA, FOR AN INDEFINITE AMERICAN ly...); the Administration will be hap­ INVOLVDENT, AND F CR PROLONGED CAPTURE OF AMERICAN PRISONERS. py as long as people merely think that I WILL CONTINUE TO PRESS FOR WITHDRAWAL OF ALL U S LAND, AIR, the war is over. Seven of the men who had the courage to stand up and reveal AND NAVAL FORCES BY AN EARLY DATE CERTAIN. this deception are among us, seven men SENATOR GEORGE MCGOVERN(S.D.). who have gone through a whole lot be­ cause of their convictions. We must /2025U3I+413/ support them every chance we get and we

SF-1201 (R5-M) must begin to stand up and speak out ourselves. Write people in Congress. Similar telegrams and letters of sup­ Shirley Chisholm (Dem.-New York), John Get together. Be human. port were received from Senator Vance Conyers (Dem.-Michigan), and Walter Hartke (Dem.-Indiana), and Representa­ Fauntroy (Dem.-Washington, D.C.). How many people a day does the tives Bella Abzug (Dem.-New York), Kitty Hawk kill?

And left the old captain in the lurch. That the Navy's planes have run aground . . . Coral Sea Shout How the helicopter came and pulled 'em out, From the Oriskany and the Midway too, Before they could know what it was all about, The Ranger and the Hancock and God I know you've heard of the Vietnam War, How military injustice came down fast, knows who . . . And you know what we are fighting for; Whey they took 'em before a captain's mast, Then the Okinawa's men got wise, Standard Oil and Republic Steel, And put 'em in "corrective custody", and a Telegram came from the Enterprise, And I'll tell you how all the people feel; Tryin' to keep 'em away from you and me . . . "The men of the Navy have one solution; Well 70% say it just ain't right, But that kind of truth you can't hide, Make the Pentagon obey the Constitution! " And a whole lot of soldiers just won't fight, And it flowed all across the rolling tide . , . SOS stop our ship ! SOS stop our ship ! Airplane pilots settin' airplanes down, SOS stop our ship! SOS stop our ship! And if they can't hear us when we yell, And a whole lot of sailors comin' back to town. They made their petition and they wrote it down, The politicians too can go to hell, Well here's a story you got to hear, They circulated it all around, Cause the people are tired of destruction and 'Bout a thousand men who have no fear. In just a few hours so many had signed murder, Here's to the men of the Coral Sea, That it clearly blew the captain's mind, So before the death machine goes much further Expressing the conscience of you and me. Well he tried his best to put it down, Destroying more humans in a foreign land, But it just kept poppin' up all around. The people's own power gonna take a hand, SOS stop our ship! SOS stop our ship! He ripped it off, but it wouldn't stay ripped, And when it comes to the sailing day, First they heard about the Constellation And we're gonna sign up the whole dawmn ship! The people's own power will find a way . . . As the story rolled across this great broad SOS stop our ship ! SOS stop our ship ! SOS stop our ship I SOS stop our ship ! nation, Now the word is comin' from all SOS stop our ship ! ! About the people who hid in the church, around, (CAMP NEWS, 2801 N. Sheffield Chicago, 111. 60657) The Coral Sea's k+*k Wed., Mar. 1,1972 Anti-War SOS By Elaine Elinson ing. They're a constant re­ "They try to keep every­ right up by the water, and Pacific !\p.ws Service minder of what .it's all thing from us — they never they are afraid what might about, why we're out there let us know how many mis­ happen to them if they do Olongapo, in the first place. sions the ship flies, how come and try to stop us." Philippines "When I first got on the many villages have been "The Brass is really up- The USS Coral Sea had ship in '68-'69, everyone was wiped out. So we started tight now," David said. been "on the line" — gung-ho war-crazy. We all putting out a paper called bombing off the coast of "Afraid of Ui SOS move­ wanted to be part of the ac­ "We Are Everywhere," with ment. Captain Harris put Vietnam — for 37 days tion. The next time around, statistics about how much without letup. out an order to get anyone there was an anti-war feel­ ordnance we carry, how who is involved With SOS many people had been I0ÖOÖ00Ö Most 0 f the sailors ing, but we just didn't know and they're trying." looked pale and war- what to do. killed. We print it right on the ship ana spread it all The sailors said over 30 weary as they passed the "This tour, no one wanted men have been discharged main gate of Subie Naval around. We've had three is­ to go and so we started the sues so far, they they can't or transferred from the ship Base onto the "strip" of SOS movement — Stop Our for SOS activities to date. Olongapo. figure out who's doing it." Ship. One quarter of the ship There is now a campaign on David Smith has been with signed a petition saying they We left the bar and board to write Congress ask­ the USS Coral Sea for three didn't want the ship to go to walked along Magsaysay ing for an investigation. One years, through three tours of 'Nam. Now that we're out, boulevard, the heart of the sailor alone has written 17 'Nam duty. In loud voices, the Brass thinks that by "strip" here. On both sides, congressmen; another to overcome the blare of making you work so hard bars like "D'World" and wrote a 237 page letter to his juke box music, we talked you won't have time to "Paradise Alley" beckon. senator, complete with a set SEE THE CORPSMAN in a bar frequented by U.S. think. Because if you think, "We have meetings every of documents. sailors about life on the car­ night on board. It's hard, be­ you'll start thinking about As we parted, David's This is Corpsman 'Doc' rier. the bombs and the war." cause everything is geared glance returned from taking and he works in sick bay. "Have you ever been to the war effort, and func­ BOMBS in the Asian capital around The Navy has kindly provided floating for 40 days? When tional. The sailors are just us. "Yeah, but some tilings cogs in the bombing mach­ Corpsman 'Doc' with 3 months of we're on the line, we're "It's hard to imagine that working port and starboard you can't ignore," said Jeff ine. We work, eat, sleep and Corps School at Balboa Hospital. Dinsmore, also from the that's all we're supposed to tomorrow we have to go —12 hours on and 12 hours back and bomb Vietnam: During this 3 month period Corpsman off. When we get a watch, Coral Sea. "They assemble do." the bombs right near where Two Shore Patrol in white When you're out there, you 'Doc' has learned to conquer the field it's even worse, 14 to 16 know you're in the most hours a day. Then We go we eat. I see them putting uniforms with billy sticks of medical science with one simple pill. them together — the 500 hanging at their sides eyed miserable place to the From the common cold to cholera, from back to the compartment to whole world — a U.S. war­ sleep—with 120 other guys. pounders — and at Christ­ the two sailors with me and laziness to leukemia,the one sure cure mas they wrote on them ship in the middle of an Can't sleep anyway, the en­ then passed by. Jeff picked for what ails you is the wonder drug 'Merry F— Christmas, up, "We used to have meet­ ocean. Maybe we didn't stop gine is so loud and on a this one, but the movement ASPIRIN. Ever wonder if the A.M.A. has ship it never stops. Charlie.' We bombed right ings in the mess hall, but the through on Christmas Day, Marines broke those up. is spreading throughout the ever heard of the Navy? Ever wonder if "And then there's the 15 miles from Da Nang; that Now we meet at night be­ fleet. And a ship can't run the Navy has ever heard of the A.M.A.? planes, taking off and land­ really p— off a lot of guys. '' hind the gunsponson. It's without sailors." you out, these people will help more GIs AND than others (remember, you always have the right to write to Congress-DoD Di­ CONGRESS rective 1325,6, federal law 10 USC 1034): Individuals in Congress are sup­ 1. CONGRESSMAN RONALD DELLUMS (Dem,-Ca­ posed to represent the people in their lif ornia) : right on man—special inter­ est: black GIs (he's black himself). (<• districts. With a few rare exceptions, however, they do not represent the peo­ 2. CONGRESSWOMAN BELLA ABZUG (Dem.-New fe4 ple at all; instead, they represent York): good woman-votes consistently // particular, moneyed interests such as against the war, for civil rights— / big business. Senators and "represen­ special interest: problems of wives, tatives" depend on such organizations girlfriends, and dependents concerning Someone told me that "Your Analysis" is for their campaign funding, and it is the military. the title of a high school under­ natural for them to support their inter­ 3. SENATOR SAM ERVIN (Dem.-North Caro­ ground paper. Far out! ests in return for those funds. lina) : pretty conservative-voted against It is this same alliance that the Gravel amendment to cut funds for Does that mean I stole it? Did I steal keeps Congress voting appropriations for bombing S.E. Asia-still, he's inter­ an idea? Can anyone steal an idea? more and more military spending, instead ested in protecting GI rights—special of for things people in the United interest: constitutional issues, issues I've got an idea. Anybody want to States need, like better schools and involving freedom of expression. steal it? Believe it or not it has housing, cheaper medical care, pollu­ 4. Those senators and representatives to do with ideas... and aircraft tion-free air and water, and job train­ who sent support telegrams would be carriers. Here goes: ing. Political talk about "representing good to try also: SENATORS GEORGE MC- the people" is cheap; campaigning to win GOVERN (Dem.-South Dakota) and VANCE THINKING IS CANCER TO AIRCRAFT CARRIERS in the electoral system isn't. To get HARTKE CDem.-Indiana), and REPRESENTA­ campaign money from companies like Hon­ TIVES SHIRLEY CHISHOLM (Dem.-New York), What does that mean? I wonder what Joe eywell (anti-personnel fragmentation JOHN CONYERS (Dem.-Michigan), and WALT­ up in E division thinks. What's bombs) and McDonnell-Douglas (major ER FAUNTROY (Dem.-Washington, D.C.). wrong with "thinking?" What's wrong contractor for the F-4s), members of 5. In general, local representatives with "aircraft carriers?" Why "cancer?" Congress vote for a continued war and will help also. Even those with con­ I wonder what Joe thinks. (does my exorbitant military spending: increased servative and hawkish political views chief think?) military spending=more contracts (and will usually assist a GI from their profits) for defense industries=more district with a non-political problem. If you've got an idea and you don't campaign contributions from them for want people to steal it you'd better Congressmen and women. not do what I did. You'd better sit Beyond this4 corporate business and Almost all Congressional people spend on it. You'd better not mention it the military establishment are organized; 10 to 200 times more than the law al­ to anyone...or talk about it in your ordinary citizens like us aren't. Vast lows on their election campaigns (legal­ sleep. Don't whisper it over the amounts of energy and money are spent on ly $5000 for House candidates, $25,000 IMC. Don't write it down. Don't legislative lobbying to get bills in for senators). From "Annals of Poli­ lick it and stick it. In short, their interests through Congress— the tics: A Fundamental Hoax," Richard Har­ don't let anyone help you make it Pentagon allotted $3,810,458 to its ris, The New Yorker. Aug. 7, 1971, pp. bigger...or better...or fuller. "legislative„liason" lobbying force in 37-64. Sit on it. 1967 alone. 2 With these forces working, it is The Military Establishment. Adam Yar- But some people are ideas. The powers- little wonder that Congress never votes molinsky, Harper and Roe Publishers, that-be often react to those people to cut off funding for the war in Indo­ 49 E. 33rd St., New York, N.Y. 10016, by sitting on them. We all get sat china, even though the majority of Amer­ 1971, p. 42. upon to one degree or another. We all icans want to see the war ended. don't like it, but some people and A few people in Congress do not some ideas do something about it: sell out and are not bought off; they they don't stay underneath. Some try to answer to common people and not people and some ideas are heavier to big business. There are other peo­ than the sitter. RET IT? ple in Congress who are more establish­ ment, but who will help out individual What's your analysis? GIs. If you have a specific problem and want someone in Congress to help (continued top of next column) S£wfj OUR AND: ^ Eg&A ^ CARRIERS SÜCKE8 BORK em) MINUIT. BOMB PEOPLE

Pham Thi Nga, 37 year old, wounded on Dec. 27, 1971 at Trung Trach commune. Her daughter, Nguyen Thi Tri, 7 years old, was SEE THE RECRUITER wounded. Recruiters are funny people. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA They are just full of all kinds of IN funny things. Remember your recruiter? Remember all the funny things he told you? Remember the school he promised you if you signed up for 2 more years THATCHED that you never got? Ain't that funny? Remember how he forgot all about the UCMJ and the officer/enlisted class HUTS structure in the Navy? Remember how he told you there was no racial discrimi­ nation in the Navy, and how the Navy Tu My hamlet, Trung Trach takes care of its own? They sure commune, Bo Trach dis­ took care of you didn't they? Recruiters trict, Quang Binh pro­ are funny people. They never promise you vince destroyed by US a rose garden but they sure give you aircraft of Dec. 27, 1971. enough shit to start one. 3 LEITERS FROM THE HAWK KITTY LITTCR M*>» cU^ 4 L^ /V^_ p^ p^ ^ ^ VOLUME 1, ISSUE 6 MAY 1972

SECOND THOUGHTS BOOKSTORE

Concerned Military has

opened a bookstore on

Lower Broadway of down­

town San Diego.

Who cares, we're off the

coast of Nam.

You may be wondering what

a bookstore at 609

Broadway means to you off

A/O \J-D**V the cost of Nam.

Dear Concerned Military, circulating an open letter to Senator NOTHING 1 ...My case is by far not unique among McGovern protesting the Kitty Hawk's involve­ sailors serving in West Pac, but perhaps what ment in the war in Vietnam. The lifers had Bull shit! If you need I say will help others. a field day trying to verbally rip him and his letter to pieces (harassment, threats, Until about the first of March I was a a book such as CCCO on how member of the ships Master At Arms force, a the whole bit). I was told to escort him to the X.O. for an informal inquiry, which job I was given with out my choice or consent. to get out on a con­ My sole purpose was petty harassment (hair­ turned out to be another threat session, only at a higher level. I, being very much cuts, uniform regs, keeping the enlisted scientious objection rabbel from officers country), a job I could opposed to this war and in support of the man's right to his letter, stated my feelings not bring myself to do. For this reason discharge or a book on many times I recieved threats, harassment, to the X.O. The X.O. said he was not there to argue the morality of the war (he gave me and later expulsion from the force (much to how to keep the brass off my pleasure). During my two month stay on the feeling he could really care less), that the issue was the letter and the damages it the force I experienced, first hand, most of your ass, write to the wrong things that in my three and one could do to him and the captain. He said that if we continued to circulate the letter half years in the Navy I tended to over­ Second Thoughts c/o look; things that I now realize are the he would have to find a legal way to stop us. basic problems with the military. At this time the letter is no longer being circulated. Along with 120 signatures Concerned Military at One instance that sticks in my mind of supporters, it has been sent to Senator (one that caused me much mental anguish) McGovern. The consequences of my involve­ 2143 Market St., San occured shortly before we reached the P.I,, ment: I was in danger of losing my security PHOTO BY JIM MOHLER about the end of February. A man was Diego, Ca. 92201, brought up to the MAA office. He was (continued on page 3) Vol A ^o. G Mc^t I KITTY LITTER THE THINKING LAMP IS LIT Nixon wages war for re-election Several interesting developements or the men that President Nixon has war as a way to win re-election. You have taken place in the last few months sent to Vietnam in the last three years and I are only pawns in the struggle to in the South East Asia Air War: died a useless death. They will be maintain his power. If he had so de­ 1) The attack aircraft carrier telling us that all of our tax monies sired, Nixon could have ended the war U.S.S. Kitty Hawk left San Diego a spent on this gigantic war machine two years ago. But now he chooses to month earlier than scheduled on February could have been better spent by building end it after he has been re-elected. 17. schools, cleaning up the environment, Once he ends the war, South Vietnam will 2) On March 23, Marshall Green, solving mass transit woes, and providing inevitably be overrun bv the North Assistant Secretary of State, announced better health care for all Americans. Vietnamese, and since Nixon will have that the air war would continue past the The American people have long sus­ been re-elected by this time, he will date that all American troops had left pected that all of this is true. How­ have four years to soothe the troubled Vietnam. ever, Nixon has pacified their doubts American conscience. A very clever and 3) The attack carrier U.S.S. Sara­ and fears by political double talk. With shrewd strategy, but it will only work toga is due on Yankee Station soon from a North Vietnamese victory in the South, if Nixon can stave off the inevitable the East Coast. President Nixon's lies and deceit will North Vietnamese take-over until after the November elections. This is the 4) The annual Tet offensive by the be clearly exposed to the American public real reason behind the suddenly es­ North Vietnamese Army failed to material- Predictably, the American public will be ize at its usual time this year. Normally outraged at being taken to be such fools calated air war. it occurs between late February and the and will dump him in the November presid­ What we have here is a classic game of power politics. The unfor­ end of March. ential elections. tunate fact is that lives are in­ 5) Two new airstrips have been Thus it can be seem that Nixon's built by the North Vietnamese near political future rests on the assumption volved and many billions of dollars the demilitarized zone. that his past policies were good policies, that could be much more wisely spent are 6) The build-up of North Vietnamese that they were not in vain; that all enstead spent on one man's lust for men and equipment in the South continues those deaths and dollars pent were not power. Money, your tax money, that unabated down the Ho Chi Minh Trail, wasted. Whether or not President could be spent to benefit the American despite the efforts of U.S. aircraft Nixon is re-elected depends largely on people, is instead spent to consolidate strikes to cut down the flow of mater­ the outcome of the North Vietnamese one man's power and fatten the bank ials. offensive. accounts of the businesses that make 7) The Air Force has re-deployed Defeat in the fall elections is up the military-Industrial complex. F-4 Phantom aircraft from Clark Air Base something that Nixon will avoid if at Is all this killing and violence worth in the Philippines to land bases in all possible. The reason behind all it? All this bloodshed for a man who Thailand. of the interesting developments of the pays lip service to the needs of the 8) B-52's have been re-deployed to past few months now becomes apparent in people — you and me? Tens of thou­ Thailand from their former bases in Guam. the light of President Nixon's sands of deaths for a man who claims to 9) On April 2, the U.S.S. Kitty strategy for re-election: step up the be interested in the environment but Hawk pulled out of Cubi Point with less air war, hopefully destroy the North stalls and backs down in the face of than 10 hours notice and 3 days ahead Vietnamese advantage over the South corporate resistance? Billions of of schedule. Vietnamese and prevent the fall of the wasted dollars for a man who claims to All of these events point to one corrupt South Vietnamese administration. be interested in the painful effects of inflation on the wage earner, then thing: the Nixon Administration 1? Thus Theiu's regime will hopefully be expecting a massive North Vietnamese able to survive and provide an example freezes wages while putting no re­ offensive against the American supported of Nixon's ability to deal with revolu­ straint on corporate profits? All of Vietnamization program. If the North tions in third world countries. The this waste for a man who claims to be Vietnamese can smash the Vietnamization result of the hoped-for success of the winding down the war while escalating program, they can discredit Presidert air war, coupled with the successful the bombing? Nixon's claim that he has obtained a China visit and the Moscow summit, will Ask yourselves, is all this killing just and honorable peace in Vietnam; ensure Nixon's re-election in the fall. and violence worth it? Is this man instead there will be a peace that will It now becomes apparent to any worth a damn? enable the people to determine their own thinking person that Nixon is using the destiny. In short, by defeating the Americans and the U.S. financed ARVIN the North Vietnamese will be clearly telling the American people something that we have known for some time but that President Nixon has failed to see: that American style government, which favors corporate interests over the needs of the people, is not a desirable form of government. The North Viet­ namese, if they succeed in their goals, will be telling the U.S. that we have been decieved by Nixon. The lesson will be that all the South Vietnamese people ever really wanted was: 1) freedom from heavy taxation by a distant, corrupt, and unresponsive Saigon government, 2) freedom from harrassment by corrupt government officials, and most signif­ icantly of all, 3) a piece of land which they could call their own and that could be used to grow food to feed themselves and their families« The North Vietnamese will be telling us that all BY GEORGE PRG OFFERS PLAN KATSIAFICAS (Editors uote: George Katsiaficas and Khan, one of the world's great con- POW's can be released, and the people Pam Cole from the San Diego Convention querers, in his attempts to dominate of Vietnam can live in peace and inde­ Coalition recently returned from the them. They fought tenaciously from pendence. Paris World Assembly for the Peace and generation to generation for over 800 The two key points of the PRG Independence of the Indochinese People years against Chinese attempts to con­ proposal are in which 1500 delegates from 84 coun­ trol them. More recently they have 1) The U.S. must immediately stop tries attended. The week before the defeated a series of invaders which in­ it's bombing and set a date for the Conference Nixon had the Peace Talks in clude the Japanese, French, and the total withdrawal of all troops and Paris cancelled because he said the American ground troops. equipment; Conference violated the "neutral atmos­ In 1954, after the defeat of 2) The U.S. must agree not to prop phere" in Paris. This was Feb., 1972.) French troops, it was agreed at the up Thieu as dictator of South Vietnam. Geneva Convention that Vietnam would THE PEOPLE OF VIETNAM WILL FIGHT President Nixon has attempted to be temporarily divided into a northern UNTIL NIXON AND THE U.S., GOVERNMENT WILL disguise the truth about the current zone and a southern zone but only until ACCEPT THEIR PEACE PROPOSAL. offensives in Indochina by talking 1956. In 1956, elections were to be A copy of this peace proposal is about "an invasion of South Vietnam". held to reunify the country. The U.S. printed here. It is obvious to even However, in reality there is no North prevented these elections by exporting the most casual observers that this or South Vietnam, only one Vietnam. Ngo Dinh, then in exile in New Jersey, proposal asks for the fundamental right There are no words in the Vietnamese back to Vietnam to serve as President to self-determination to which all language that distinguish North Viet­ in the southern zone. It is the United nations are entitled. Read the proposal nam from South Vietnam. To the people States that has tried to make the and decide for yourself - isn't this of Vietnam there is now, and since the southern zone of Vietnam into a sep­ proposal what you would be fighting for year 2000 B.C., there has been,one arate country. if your home, your family was Vietnamese? Vietnam. Culturally, socially, econ­ In the present war with the U.S. When you read the proposal, ask your­ omically, and politically there is the people of Vietnam have a concrete self what you're doing ... who and for only one Vietnam. proposal for peace. This is the Seven what are you fighting? Who has taken For over 4000 years Vietnam has Point Peace Plan of the Provisional away your freedom? Is it the people of been invaded and for over 4000 years Revolutionary Government of South Viet­ Indochina or the rulers and rich people the people of Vietnam have defeated nam. Their proposal very simply lays of the U.S. who have channeled you into their invaders. They defeated Kublia out a way that the war can end, the ships of death? The outcome of this era will be decided by masses of ordinary 2 — Regarding the Question of Power tions between the North and the people taking positive action 7 POINT in South Viet Nam. South Zones. for life. People everywhere- here in San Diego and through­ The U.S. Government must really re­ a) The re-unification of Viet Nam will spect the South Viet Nam peoples' right be achieved step by step, by peaceful out the U.S., in Indochina, to self-determination, put an end to its means, on the basis of discussions and and on board the Kitty Hawk. PEACE interference in the internal affairs of agreements between the two zones, with­ People who no longer will South Viet Nam, cease to support the out constraint and annexation from simply accept the rulers, their bellicose group headed by Nguyen Van either party, and without foreign inter­ rules, and the death from which Tnieu now in office in Saigon, and stop ference. all maneuvers, including tricks on elec­ Pending the re-unification of the they profit. PLAN tions, aimed at maintaining the puppet country, the North and the South zones I wish you a quick and Responding to the Vietnamese Nguyen Van Thieu. will re-establish normal relations, guaran­ safe return and strength in people's aspirations for peace and nation­ By various means, the political, social, tee free movement, free correspondence, fighting our real enemies. al independence, considering the Ameri­ and religious forces in South Viet Nam free choice of residence, and establish can and the world peoples' desire for aspiring to peace and national concord economic and cultural relations on the peace, showing its goodwill to make the will form in Saigon a new administration principle of mutual interests and mutual Paris Conference on Viet Nam progress, favoring peace, independence, neutrality assistance. basing itself on the 10-point over-all and democracy. The Provisional Revolu­ All questions concerning the two solution, and following up the September tionary Government of the Republic of zones will be settled by qualified repre­ 7 SAILORS 17, 1970 eight-point and the December South Viet Nam will immediately enter sentatives of the Vietnamese people in 10, 1970 three-point statements, the Pro­ into talks with that administration in the two zones on the basis of negotia­ JUMP visional Revolutionary Government of order to settle the following questions: tions, without foreign interference. the Republic of South Viet Nam de­ a) to form a broad three-segment b) In keeping with the provisions of clares the following: government of national concord that will the 1954 Geneva Agreements on Viet SHIP assume its functions during the period Nam, during the present temporary parti­ 1 — Regarding the Terminal Date for between the restoration of peace and the tion of the country into two zones the the Total Withdrawal of U.S. holding of general elections and that will North and the South zones of Viet Nam Forces. organize general elections in South Viet will refrain from joining any military Nam. alliance with any foreign countries, from Seven seamen jumped over­ The U.S. Government must end its war board from the ammunition of aggression in Viet Nam, stop the policy A ce^e-fire will be observed between allowing any foreign country to maintain of "Vietnamization" of the war, with­ the South Viet Nam Peoples' Liberation military bases, troops, and military per- ship USS Nitro April 24, 1972 draw from South Viet Nam all troops, Armed Forces and the armed forces of 5 annal on their soil, and from recognizing as the ship sailed through a military personnel, weapons, and war the Saigon administration as soon as a the protection of any country or of any flotilla of antiwar demonstra­ materials of the United States and of the government of national concord is military alliance or bloc. formed. tors in canoes, the Coast foreign countries in the U.S. camp, and 5 - Regarding the Foreign Policy of Guard reported. dismantle all U.S. bases in South Viet b) to take concrete measures with the necessary guarantees to prohibit all acts Peace and Neutrality of South Viet The seven were picked up by Nam, without posing any conditions Nam. whatsoever. of terror, reprisal and discrimination by two Coast Guard ships The U.S. Government must set a ter­ against persons having collaborated with South Viet Nam will pursue a foreign and then were transferred back minal date for the withdrawal from South one or the other party; to ensure every policy of peace and neutrality, establish democratic liberty to the South Viet Nam relations with all countries regardless of back to the Nitro. Viet Nam of the totality of U.S. forces Jim Schrog, a spokesman and those of the other foreign countries people-, to release all persons jailed for their political and social system, in accor­ in the U.S. camp. political reasons; to dissolve all concentra­ dance with the five principles of peaceful for the demonstrators, said tion camps and to liquidate all forms of coexistence, maintain economic and cul­ the Coast Guard and the New If the U.S. Government sets a terminal tural relations with all countries, accept date for the withdrawal from South Viet constraint and coercion so as to permit the people to return to their native places the cooperation of foreign countries ir Jersey Marine Police used Nam in 1971, of the totality of U.S. the development of the resources of grappling hooks to pull the forces and those of the other foreign in complete freedom and to freely engage in their occupations. South Viet Nam, accept the economic canoes out of the path of the countries in the U.S. camp, the parties and technical aid of any country without will at the same time agree on the c) to see that the people's conditions Nitro. of living are stabilized and gradually any political conditions attached, and The canoe flotilla was modalities of participate in regional plans for economic a) the withdrawal in safety from South improved, to create conditions allowing launched earlier this morning everyone to contribute his talents and cooperation. Viet Nam of the totality of U.S. forces by members of an antiwar and those of the other foreign countries efforts to heal the war wounds and On the basis of these principles, after in the U.S. camp; rebuild the country. the end of the war South Viet Nam and group that saw 19 of its mem­ the United States will establish relations b) the release of the totality of mili- d) to agree on measures to be taken to bers arrested yesterday for ensure the holding of genuinely free, in the political, economic and cultural entering the Earle Ammuni­ tarymen of all parties and of the civilians fie'ds. captured during the war (including democratic, and fair general elections in tion Depot to protest loading South Viet Nam. American pilots captured in North Viet 6 — Regarding the Damages Caused by of the Nitro, Middletown Nam), so that they may all rapidly return 3 — Regarding the Question of Viet the United States to the Vietnam­ Township police said. to their homes. namese Armed Forces in South ese People in the two zones. The protests were organized These two operations will begin on the Viet Nam The U.S. Government must bear full same date and will end on the same date. by three Philadelphia peace The Vietnamese parties will together responsibility for the losses and the des­ settle the question of Vietnamese armed truction it has caused to the Vietnamese organizations: the Movement A cease-fire will be observed between for a New Society, Phila­ the South Viet Nam Peoples' Liberation forces in South Viet Nam in a spirit of people in the two zones. Armed Forces and the armed forces of national concord, equality, and mutual 7 - Regarding the Respect and the delphia resistance, and Phila­ the United States and of the other foreign respect, without foreign interference, in International Guarantee of the delphia Vietnam Veterns countries in the U.S. camp as soon as the accordance with the post-war situation Accords to be Concluded. against the war, who claimed and with a view to lightening the people's parties reach agreement on the with­ The parties will reach agreement on the Nitro was being loaded with drawal from South Viet Nam of the contributions. the forms of respect and international aircraft carrier ammunition and totality of U.S. forces and those of the 4 — Regarding the Peaceful Re-Unifi­ guarantee of the accords that will be other foreign countries in the U.S. camp. cation of Viet Nam and the rela­ concluded. was destined for Vietnam. troops in the area because of sad­ AK/N RETURNS TO BRIG istic reprisals." The people won't Dave Akin, one of the members of inform on Viet Cong positions be­ the Kitty Hawk Sanctuary, is once again cause they recognize who their friends in the brig. He is getting an admini­ IKittyHiawk are. They see the government troops strative discharge. Captain 0. as they go to expensive nightclubs awarded Dave another 30 days in the in their limousines and compare them brig. The Captain calls it correc­ with the Viet Cong area representatives tional custody, but Dave knows the term DISNEYLAND who walk from village to village in his to mean "brainwashing." sandals made from an old tire. They Dave went into hiding aboard the can easily see who stands for their interests and who steals their money. Hawk on April 3rd. Twenty-seven hours THE TOTALITARIAN FIGHT FOR FREEDOM later he was caught and restricted. On "The North Vietnamese are aggres­ the 6th of April he went to another sors in South Vietnam." This argument According to the government of the "kangaroo court" (Captains Mast). is almost too ridiculous to dignify United States and the Navy Department, Why? Because Dave still cannot with an answer. North Vietnamese and the Kitty Hawk is engaged in a life-or- accept the lies about the war and the South Vietnamese are all citizens of death struggle for freedom of a people. part the Navy is playing. Dave could the same country. How can they be the This struggle takes place in Vietnam, a not accept the mass extermination aggressors in their own land? The nation no larger than the state of caused by American bombs in Vietnam. actual aggressors are the soldiers of California, The excuses used for our the foreign nation—the Americans. Dave feels that Nixon's "winding presence in that nation are many. All down the wav" is just a farce. Although "If we pull out of Vietnam, all of of them are lies. The following are Nixon is pulling troops out of Nam, he Southeast Asia will fall to the Commun­ some of the major arguments used to still has four carriers on the line. ists." This is the old domino theory. justify our unjustifiable presence Two more carriers are expected before In order to defeat a government, there there: the end of May. Millions of tons of must be internal dissatisfaction with bombs are being dropped and pilots are "The Vietnamese people asked us that government. The only other nation being shot down to become more POW's. to come in and help." In reality, in Southeast Asia which falls under Dave cannot and will not par­ the people of Vietnam hate our part­ that description is Thailand, which ticipate in organized crime. He feels icipation as much as we do. They are has a corrupt and greedy government, it is better to have an administrative fighting against a corrupt govern­ deaf to the needs and desires of the discharge and be out of the military ment which steals their land and people. Cambodia has a government which than it is for him to consider himself forces them to pay outrageous taxes is responsive and alert to her citizens an instrument of the government and in order to pad the pockets of the and therefore, is under no threat of be authorized to kill. bigwigs. It is the Saigon govern­ revolution. The same goes for Laos and ment, which had been installed by the Burma. There is no such thing as a emissaries of the United States and revolution from the outside—it has is, therefore, a puppet government never happened and never will, because to defend their status quo against it can't. All revolutions begin from people who are hoping to give the within the country. little man a voice in his government. These are only a few of the "rea­ "The Viet Cong is a group composed sons" for our continued presence in of China-oriented Communists who plan Vietnam. They arQ. the most overused and world domination." Only about ten least understood of the group of cliches percent of the Viet Cong is composed the Johnson and Nixon Administrations had of Communists—and even they are not the gall to throw at the United States. China-oriented or the type of Commun­ These Presidents considered the people ist one is used to hearing about. of Amerika to be idiots. Let's not Most of the people involved with the live up to their expectations any longer. North Vietnamese forces are merely people who recognize the graft and dictatorial manner of the Saigon (continued from page 4) See the war? government of Nguyen Van Thieu. A clearance. For now I have been allowed See the horror of the great many of them couldn't even to keep it, as long as I do nothing to people as bombs fall define a Communist. Furthermore, "jeopordize the national security." I on them? the Vietnamese people have been am fairly certain however, that by See the senseless bloodshed? bitter enemies of the Chinese people writing letters to Senator McGovern See the destruction that for a number of years. Before the and you, I will eventually loose it, American anti-personnel weapons discovery of America, in fact, the though I do not see how writing do to human flesh? Vietnamese fought off a 500,000 man letters protesting the war and military See the barren wastelands army which was attempting to install injustice breaks security. My letters that were once green jungles a portion of their present dynasty may not do me much good, but perhaps and productive rice paddies? in that country. they will help a fellow shipmate in his NO? "The people of Vietnam are personal fight against this war and Men stationed on a ship fifty afraid to inform on the Viet Cong military injustice. miles off the coast of Indochina never see chese things. Therefore, for many, the war is UNREAL, The war is UNREAL for politicians. The war is UNREAL for desk top Admirals. The war is UNREAL for the American public. But, for the men who must load 500 pound bombs onto fighter planes and the people and land these bombs destroy, the war remains a crushing REALITY. SEE? *This isn't very funny, is it? Neither is war! A lot of people have lost their sense of humor. A lot more have lost their life. ttSatJerfM. ft II We would like to do more issues of Kitty Litter. Keep up on the news on a WESTPAC cruise. We need support in many ways: We need money—this issue cost us about $40 plus postage. We need articles,photographs, cartoons, poems, ideas, and anything else you'd like to send. Help us out! Send any contributions to: Concerned Military, 2143 Market St., San Diego, Ca. 92102 Indochina now braces against the most desperate U.S. escalation to date. An armada of 150 B-52 Super-Stratofortress bombers and 1000 attack aircraft ravage North and South Vietnam daily. The largest naval fleet ever assembled in the world strikes at resistance forces from off­ shore waters. And now, the intricate life-saving network of dikes in North Vietnam are being breeched under the weight of 7 ton bombs and clandestine Pentagon rainmaking. > KITTY LITTCR Vol 1 Issue 7 August 1972 printed by Concerned Military, 2143 Market St.„ San Diego 92102 Hi,

This issue of Kitty Litter has some very good and timely information in it, %

We feel that you will find it interesting.

We have a lot of those CCCO handbooks "Advice to Conscientious Objectors in the

Armed Forces" available for $1.00. We also have copies of BUPERS NOTE 1900 on CO if you're having the run around trying to get one on the ship. For those of you who are planning to submit requests for discharge as 'a conscientious objector, be sure to send us a copy of your application before you turn it in so we can point out any mistakes.

This could save you a lot of hassle later.

We also have several copies of GI_ Rights and Army Justice: The Draftee's Guide

to Military Life and Law for $1.84. This is the book to have if you're tired of putting up with the hassle. Don't let the title fool you. It's just as good for people in the navy as the army.

We've recently written a pamphlet titled Why Wait: Organizing Within the Military.

It's about the in-service organizing experiences of some of the people here. We've

sent copies to every one we know, but if you haven't received one yet, write for one.

Things are kind of slow in San Diego right now. After the Republicans moved their

convention from San Diego to Miami in April, the anti-war movement here organized a lot

of really good demonstrations to protest the recent American escalations. In the last week, though, many San Diegans have left for Miami and the Republican Convention. The

Republicans left San Diego when it became clear that there would be over 400,000

demonstrators here. If that many turn up in Miami, watch out. We might not have a

Republican Convention! Hurry back soon your friends at Concerned Military. GQîè McQoverri Candidacy

From The" Ally, a newspaper for servicemen and veterns. Vol. 41, rJuly/August 1972. Box 9276, Berkeley, California 94709

Senator George McGover'rP" *! JTvTçGFovern's, friendship' wïïîT of Mattel Toy, is his supporter. men. The military has begun to swept to a well-oiled first ballot Kimmeiman is one of the strang­ Mattel Toy moved some big whine that McGovern's defense victory at the Democratic con- er relationships in US politics plants to the Mexican border policies will destroy them. Ad­ ventioh in Miami amid rumors of In 1970 Kimmeiman was named towns where they pay workers miral Clyde Van Arsdall, Com­ a shift to the right to guarantee 'finance chairman of the McGov- 55^ an hour. Mattel also has mandant of the 12th Navai Dis­ success in the November electipn ; ten campaign. . . he donated plants in Hong Kong, Taiwan trict, Mid McGovern's cut would against Richard.Nixon. The anti-' $4O,0Öa: ter<;of < the lese summet and Japan, which pay from one- "probably spell the death knell war senator promised that all of 1971. Kimmelman's fortune, half to one-third the wages of a of NATO." Alto, Van Arsdall bombing of Vietnam would halt f- «hich he modestly puts at be- U.S. factory. At the same time, expressed doubt "whether the on inaugural day—if he is elect­ jtwe'fén $é and'IJS'tnillion, while McGovern party reforms, which Navy can carry out" its mission. ed— and that all American bthers estimate it closer to $50. account for his rise from senator McGovern scares the military troops and POWs would be home hiilliqn, is almost entjrely de­ of a rural farming state to the (though they will exaggerate their from Vietnam within 90 days. rived- from his real-estate hold­ nomination, have paved the way fears). Nevertheless he must carry On the other hand, McGovern ings in the Virgin Islands and for a broadening base for the out his budgetary threats if run­ said that he might keep a resid­ Florida, x . He is chairman of Democratic party. For instance, away inflation is to be controlled. ual force in Thailand and he said . the board of the West Indies the'Palevsky money went, In Some might argue that support nothing of troop reductions in Corporation;; which he describes part, to pay the cost of welfare for McGovern strengthens the other areas of the Pacific. as a 'mini-conglomerate;''and is recipients and youth delegates system, that "liberal" reforms The main promise of the Mc­ ftlso co-owner of the Virgin Is­ who couldn't pay their own way make further radical change un­ Govern candidacy is the retire­ lands Hilton. Si*' '-: .,, ; ; to the Miami convention. This likely. But failure to support pro­ ment of the blood-soaked Nixon ! The wqrking people of'tlw. money -can be meant to co-opt gressive change is equivalent to administration. This possibility Virgin Islands" ar*e somej36;00,0 ,- progressive forces, but the reverse support for more of Richard can become a reality if McGovern blacks who* warlc fqr.$1.75 an js also possible—progressives in­ Nixon's brand of war and repres­ can overcome the political ad­ hour in the hotels and* rçstau- ' side the delegation can press for sion. Those who are not pre­ vantages that the incumbent rants of the tourist industry." more militant reforms. It is im­ pared to enter the political strug­ Nixon has and the Republican tThey also work at places like portant to use the system and gle with some degree of realism, bankroll of $50 million com­ Hess Oil Refinery, owned by the system's fat cats for radical setting aside their own passivity pared with the relative lack of friends of the Kennedys,, who, change when possible; to cop out or moral purity, can never expect money of the Democratic party. along with McGovefn? .fojjbjed«. 7 on, that .opportunity leaves more to make the changes so desired McGovern's association with the for oil interests in the area. contrörW in the hands of the and will never be in a position to anti-war movement and the more ; Though Kennedy has not been political manipulators. grasp political advantages when liberal elements of the Establish­ a conspicuous part of ïhëjMc-;- The ^McGovern candidacy is they occur. It is not a question ment make him a likely candi­ Govern campaign thus far, Ken­ important because, despite the of the lesser of two evils but the date for the type of political nedy money doubtless helped unsavory side of McGovern poli- better of two alternatives; one McGovern in the primaries.There; alternative is active involvement smear tactics at which both Nix­ C/tios,ivhe still represents the most on and Agnew excel. was even speculation that if the progressive element of the Estab­ to press for radical change; the Stop McGovern effort had.suc­ other is political and moral pur­ While the McGovern candidacy lishment. His candidacy means ism leading to relative isolation represents the personification of ceeded, McGovern would have a direct assault on the military. thrown his support to Kennedy First, McGovern has repeatedly and to eventual defeat. Further­ the anti-war sentiment through­ for the nomination. Though;Mc- more, active involvement only out the country, he still operates insisted that he will end the war outside the political processes is with the shrewdness of a tradi­ Dovern has planned to "go to and his support is based on that (the people" to solve his party's claim. Ending the war.means a self-limiting. If total change is an tional politician. For example, he financial problems, a few mil­ impossibility now, partial change supported a tax break for Ameri­ major blow against the American is the first stage toward driving can Motors before the Wisconsin lionaires—Kimmeiman, Max Pa­ empire in Asia; even Hanoi has levsky of Xerox Corporation and indicated that "it" supports Mc\ the military against the wall. To primary while damning the huge others—will doubtless provide abandon the opportunity to government loan to Lockheed Govern—that is, an end to the weaken an illegal and oppressive Aircraft. Party reforms which he the backbone. Despite Demo­ war. Furthermore; McGo/pern, has cratic pleas of poverty, look for called for major defense 'cut­ -military establishment through and reform Democrats inaugur­ a well-heeled McGovern- cam­ passivity, alienation and indiffer­ ated guaranteed his nomination backs which add up to over $30 ence or moral purity is a cop-out. victory, but he still has fat cats paign. Palevsky contributed and million. This Would mean .the behind him who are likely to helped gather $350,000 for the cancellation of ail "anti;ballistic The McGovern candidacy rep­ exact their own rewards. In McGovern primary campaign in missile systems, of the B-l bomb­ resents a political force that is California which was a decisive er and the F-14 and,F-15 fight­ short, McGovern is not pure. factor in his nomination. ; responsive to the demands and Chief among his associates is ers. More than half of the Navy's, initiatives of the anti-war and multi-millionaire Henry Kimmel- The McGovern campaign might carrier fleet would be mothballed anti-military movement. We need seem a contradiction. For in­ and U.S. forces in Europe would this advantage. man. In Robert Anson's McGov­ J ern it is noted that: stance, Ruth Handler, president be cut from 300,000 to'l30,000 WHAT IS A MILITARY TARGET?

For years the underground press in the U.S. has been documenting American atrocities in Vietnam. Recently in San Diego we saw a film smuggled into the country from Paris which showed extensive bombing of hospitals and schools in North Vietnam. Faced with voluminous evidence of American war crimes in Indo­ china, the administrations from Kennedy to Nixon have insisted that we are bombing only "military targets". We recently came across a definition of a military target.

MILITARY TARGET (Fundamentals of Aerospace Weapons System, Manual of the USAF ROTC, Air University, May, 1961, P. 202) Any person, thing, idea, entity or location selected for destruction, inactivation, or rendering non-usable with weapons which will reduce or destroy the will or ability of the enemy to resist. The Manual says that attacks on such threats are designed to dispell the people*s befief in the invincibility of their forces, to create unrest, to reduce the output of the labor force, to cause .... fear, panic, hunger, and passive resistance to the government.

According toihis definition, the Red River dikes of North Viet­ nam would be a military target. If the dikes were destroyed, millions of people would starve because of the flood that would wipe out their rice crop. This would certainly " ... destroy the ability of the enemy to resist." Likewise, a village in Viet Cong controlled territory becomes a military target because rice grown by that village may be used by the Viet Cong. Some people say that we are fighting a genocidal war in Vietnam. They say we are trying to kill all the people whether civilian or military. If the military is operating according to the above definaticn of a military target, they just might be right. IS THE UNITED STATES BOMBING THE RED RIVER DIKES?

The North Vietnamese say we are. Western visiter/? in North Vietnam say we are.

The Secretary General of the United Nations says we ara.

"No", says Nixon. The United„States has no policy to systematically destroy

the Red River dikes» At a news,conference, Nixon said he would give proof that

American planes were not bombing the dikes - but he never did.

Sounds wierd? Not to us, Nixon ha3 become such a master of the deceit that we think he's lying. We think the.U.S. and possibly planes from the Kitty Hawk are bombing the dikes. Here's why. ..••>.

As early as 1965,the Vietnamese were accusing the Americans of bombing the dikes.

On January 13, 196.6 Jojin McNaughton, then Assistant Secretary of Defense, wrote,

" ..».destruction of locks and dams, however »... if handled right (perhaps after the next pause) offer promise. It should be studied. Such destruction does not kill or drown people. By shallovr-flooding the rice, it leads often times to wide­ spread starvation (mora than a million?) unless food is provided »... which we could offer to do 'at the conference table',,.,, " *

On July 11, .1966 a pro-^mericari newspaper in Paris L'Express reported that between the months of February and June, close ;tp, 500 small dikes were destroyed by bombing.

In World War II the North Vietnam dikes were bombecTby'' the American air force to keep the rice crop from falling into the hands of the Japanese. One million

Vietnamese starved to death in the north because of the ensuing flood and the drought which followed.

Vietnam is not the only country whose dikes the Americans have bombed. On

Ilay 13, 1953 U.S. air force planes attacked and destroyed the Toksan irrigation dam in North Korea,

The Germans used dike warfare in World War II, In a desperate attempt to stop the allied advance through Holland, the Germans destroyed that country's dikes. Red River Dikes cont.

Like the Germans, Nixon is desperate. On October 9, 1968 he said, "Those

who have had-four years to bring peace and could xiot should not be given

another chance." Nixon's time is almost up," aria he's till has not been able

to defeat the liberation forces in Southeast Acia. In desperation he has

j .*-.;"..• unleashed thee military on the civilian population. " *

Huge bombs are dropped, not directly on the dikes, but at some distance

; from them on the alluvial crest over which the rivers flow." in this way,

• enormous hollows are produced which shock and weaken the base of the dikes

and could cause the entire river's flow to spill out' into* the plain. This

•: strategy has the "advantage" of apparently not touching the dikes and" of

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pellet;bomb, attack« on the workers who have come to repair the damage,

.' Unlike the use of nuclear weapons where the' responsioility^would be too

obvious, flooding the plains in the North can be caused "indirectxy and then

'.fîj; attributed to a series of "natural accidents," Propaganda would then insinuate

that the North Vietnamese ought to Mave attended to their dikes rather than

engage in combat,„, • ; ]

.We must make clear that if the dikes break this summer in the North, the

responsibility for this genocide falls directly on President Nixon, no less

directly than if he had ordered a nuclear attack.

The material in the above article was taken from "Documentation of American . .Bombing of'Dikes and Dams in North Vietnam" prepared by American Friends Service Committee, 160 North 15th St., Pniladelphia, Pa. 19102

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THE NEW CAPTAIN: ANOTHER QUEEG?

On June 5, 1S72, the Kitty hawk's skipper, Captain Cbea E. Oberg was relieved by Captain Mariana W» "Doc" Townsend. Thus began en oraeal that has become the talk of the ship, at least among the lower caste in the Navy's structure. Full details of Captain Townsend's personality are not available, since trie Captain himself is frequently unavailable, Ke hides in his cabin or on the bridge and is never seen without his Marine lackey. Captain Oberg (no« Rear Admiral), while a super-patriot and war hawk, was always available for anyone In the crew to talk to. Captain Townsend has shown himself to be one of the original "law 'n order kids", both at mast and on the IMC. lie has imposed such arcane and ridiculous punishments as 3 days' bread and water for such tiny and meaningless "crimes" as unauthorized absence. In two consecutive masts, Captain Townsend has put several black men into the brig for fighting with white men, while dismissing "with a warninn" a white man who spoke in a demeaning manner to a black man ar.c then proceeded to punch him in the stomach! Needless to say, this angered the black men on board, as well as many white men (one of whom is the legal officer). Lis reason for the dismissal: the man was performing his job ip the only way he knew how. This is the same quality of argument as "I like blacks okay, as long a3 they know their place," Racism, it appears, is all right if the racist is in a position of power. In direct contract 'to Captain Oberg, who only came on the IMC in order to tell the crew of important events which are out of the ordinary, Captain Townsend talks every day» Usually, his speeches are nothing mora than propogaxtda machines, telling us of the day's wanton destruction and compunctionless murder, adding after each seperate description of individual atrocities, "which is good." Gcod for whom? Certainly not for the people we kill every day in "protective reaction strikes," Probably the only person these actions are "good" for is the Captain and other lifers who want "feathers in their caps" for murdering their fellow human beings. In order not to make the wrong impression, it must be stressed that the Captain, no matter how misquided he is, is not an orge» Jâe has relaxed the haircut regulations on the ship (much to the chagrin of Kitty hawk's number one jingo, Morris Peelle) and said people can have their hair as as they want, within reason, as long as It's neatly combed and not "fuzzy." After his incident of blatant racism, he spent several hours talking to black sailors on the forecastle, finally adopting at least one of their suggestions, the formation of a Human Resources council to replace the old token Minority Affairs Committee. The Captain may or may not be an "Arnheiter". but he certainly needs to realign his priorities. Instead of cheering the Kitty hawk's disregard for life, he should be racking his brain (even to the point of asking the "inferior" enlisted men their opinions) to find ways to amke life a little better on the Hawk, he must obey his orders, unfortunately, and continue with this stupid war, but he is not tied down with Oberg's paranoid anti-communism. Is it too much to ask that we be given near- human living conditions?

G.I.'s/Vets/Reservists for McGovern

If you are interested in working for McGovern's election, contact G.I.'s/Vets/ Reservists for McGovern at 1910 & Street, Northwest, Washington D.C. 20006. They can tell you what you can do as a member of the Navy. Also, the Hatch ^ct has been declared unconstitutional by a lower court and the government will probably appeal this rulling to the Supreme Court. In the meantime you can probably get away with violating it, but x*e wouldn't advise one to push too hard. If you want to contribute money to McGovern, make checks payable to McGovern for President and mail to McGovern for President, 505 Hotel Circle South, San Diego, California 92110. October »71

The Honorable Melvin Laird Secretary of Defense .. Washington, D. C.

Dear Mel, I have your letter concerning the news report that I said Bresident Nixon has lied blatantly about the war in Vietnam, You indicate your disagreement. Let me give you some instances of deliberate deception by the President about the war, . Your letter speaks of his reversal of "the escalation policies he inherited". President Nixon himself has repeatedly-spoken of the war as something started by somebody else and merely "inherited" by him. Yet the facts are the opposite. You know ho'rf he worked with Secretary Dulles in 1954 to get us to help the Frencn in Vietnam, even if this meant sending U.S. troops. I remind you of his April 16, 1954 speech to the Society of Newspaper Editors in which he said we could not afford further retreat in Asia and "if this government cannot avoid it, the Adinistraticn must face up to .the situation ana dispatch forces." And. you know of the Dulles- Nixon rejection of the July 1954 Geneva agreements. Mr. Nixon was one of the leaders who started the war - not an inheritor. Furthermore, President Nixon was not the one who reversed our unfortunate escalation of the war. It was Lyndon Johnson who reversed it when he stopped our bombing of North Vietnam and developed an understanding that led to the, Paris peace talks. President Nixon merely followed President Johnson's ce-escalation. Of course, Mr. Nixon is now apparently reversing the reversal by resuming the bombing on a large scale and thus escalating our military attacks, to the tune of 200 sorties in one day. ;i- Let me remind you of Mr. Nix"bn*s statements auring his 1969 campaign that he had "a plan to end the war." As" intended, this was interpreted by the public as a promise to end the war rather soon. Suppose, instead, that Candiuate Nixon had said througuout the 196b campaign that he had a plan to end American ground forces combat in the war after four more years and ZO.uOO American lives. Do you tnink for a moment that he would have been elected President? Could he have kept his premise to end the war? As early as May 14, 1969, Presi­ dent Nixon told the Amsrican people that he could have.ended the war immediately after his inaugeration. "Tais," he said, "would have been the easy thing to do .." But he chose not to do so. he chose to continue tae killing for what is now almost three more years. This is the crux of the matter. President Nixon's main purpose is to keep in power the dictatorship now propped up by our arms in South Vietnam. To put it another way, his main purpose is to carry out the Nixon-Dulles objectives in 1954 to impose a Frencn or American colonial government on the people of Vietnam. That is why he turned down the policy offered by the Senate. That is why he rejectee the Paris proposals - and, incidently, timed that rejection so that it would be swallowed up in larger news stories, and the public would not realize that he had rejected an offer for peace and release of POWs. That is manipulating puolic Information. Mel, I am sorry to be so blunt about tais, but I want you to knov? that there is ample evidence concerning the deception practiced by the President on Vietnam.

Sincerely yours,

Vance Kartke Unitea States Senator A ghost ship ,, Drifting in the timeless void ... Cast off by phobias and fears Of the self, Not of others, A grave disaster has taken place, We've cut our throat it seems, Painting the sun black Is hardly a game.

The author of this poem is a Kitty Hawk crewmember. So- n (?

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