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Pam KITTY LITTER 18- 10 ; v v. What ;you don't mis,s by not reading the Flyer ; . - 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. 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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.