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PEARL HAR30R HOMEPORTED IN SAN DIEGO! FILIPINOS—NAVY SLAVES INSIDE: OKINAWAN BARWOMAN RAPS LEGAL: SEARCH AND SEIZURE THE BATTLE OF WOUNDED KNEE tii»Piiwwu»ii^iiitMi»WEWMiiniiniwii-iwinriiiTii[-im^ii-iiiiw^ in a » i paper loh&l proTDert-v. It cannot 1 m from 5 - < VIETNAM V AGAINST THE WAR/WINTER SOLDIER ORGANIZATION LIST CF OBJECTIVES
1. To demand an immediate end to all fighting in Indochina and a withdrawal of all American troops from Southeast Asia.
2. To demand the immediate end of US operations interfering with the rights of all people to determine their own destinies. This includes the end of all CIA operations.
3. To demand that all active duty and reserve people be given all those rights guranteed by the Bill of Bights and the Constitur tion. We endorse the struggle to democratize the military.
4% To demand immediate repatriation for all those in prison or self-exile because of their refusal to serre in the military against their consciences, as well as the freeing of all po litical prisoners.
5. We demand that all veterans receive the same rights and bene fits under the VA, that evereyone receive the same kind of dis charge, and that -everyone receive disability compensation cased on the decree of disability and not en rank or length of service. Jisckuir.-es should not be used as a form of punishment for ille gal acts, or acts considered illegal by the military.
6. To make clear that the US has never undertaken an investigation" of war crimes, and that responsibility for war crimes lies with those who made our foreign policy.
7. We are resolved to fight racism and show Americans how it forces Third World People through inferior schools to inferior jobs and combat arms and therefore die in war in disproportionately high numbers. i 8. We are resolved to fight sexism within our society, our organi zation and ourselves, and to show Americans how sexism forces women into lower-paying, unfulfilling jobs and how it reduces them to sexual objects, whose bodies are exploited for sex and profit. This dehumanizes men and women and robs them of their natural growth. The military uses this to control all enlisted people.
. We support the right of all workers to strike. We also demand full employment for all Americans, including free éducation and training far anyone who wants it. We condemn the use of active duty servie Le as strikebreakers.
-t). To ,, bership is not only concerned with the Vietnam War, bat with GEANGIl* IESTIC, SOCIAL' POLITICAL and ECONCM'I PIONS TEAT HAVE CAUSED *.ND -^«r^s rman AIDV/ÀY When we, the Midway, arrived in Yokosuka we were glad to find that the people of Japan were aware that many of the sailors on board were against the homeporting. They also wanted us to join with them in the struggle to send it back to the US. It is in the success of this project that lies the dream of no more Vietnams. As long as the massive US military presence continues, no Asian, country will truly be free to decide its own future. The US government hoped to end the resistance on the Midway by the use of a "volunteer" crew. When not enough volunteers turned up, they were forced to use newly en listed men who had no choice.. These men will be hurt more from the homeporting than the ones they replaced. For they are non-rated and therefore not elegible to bring .over their wives, and many will not be back to the states until their discharge. The Midway and the US government are now faced with a stronger resistance than before. In the short time the Midway has been in Japan,the response from the crew and the support from the Japanese people has been more than was hoped. For the crew to be able to go back home to friends and family and the people of Japan to be relieved of the massi\ J3 military presence may we all work together. In Solidarity, The Free CreWjof Midway
San Diego, California AP A crowd of approximately 3000 demonstrators marched past the main gate of the 32nd Street Naval base here, in the driving rain Sunday after noon, in protest of the arrival of the JMOFS ( Japanese Maritime Offense Force Ship) Pearl Harbor (CVA 4t). Although the demonstration was sponsored by student groups from San Francisco, many local citizens participated, The protesters were orderly and followed the directions of the 2000 strategically situated American riot police. The demonstration followed the course of previous marches: The demonstrators assembled in Balboa park: and marched through è infamous Broadway area, where Jap trol evented the Ja ors '...... by War III. Throughout the march protesters shouted c 1 e v e r slogans, such as " Pearl Harbor, go home. t! Sunday's protest is indicative of a growing anti-Japanese sentiment among the American Nationals. One reason for this feeling is the recent lay-off of 500 American Nationals from the 32nd Street facility, a move by the Japanese gov ernment to counter the latest yen devaluation. Also, the local citizens resent the tawdry Broadway (Fleet street) area where many American girls are employed as barmaids and prostitutes for the Japanese fleet sailors. According to one employee of the Sukiyaki stand "McDonald Snacks"; "Since the devaluation of the yen, the Japanese sailors aren't spending as much- the extra business wont defray the cost of the trouble that normally accompanies a carrier's liberty party." On a larger scale, American Nationals, many of whom sided with the MLF (Mexican Liberation Front), feel the homeporting of a carrier on American soil makes the 1.3. a junior partner to the imperialistic Japanese forces in the western hemis phere. Ironically, there seems to be some sympathy for the Amer- lean political movement among the Japanese sailors. As one seaman, identified as Saki Akadama stated: "San Diego used. to be on,ee of the best East Pac ports- you could go over with a thousand yen worth of dollars get drunk, laid, and come hack with change in your pocicet, All that' i changed now. I want to ao back ^0 uOi*JAP« Will protest marches have any bearing on government pol icies? That remains to be seen. For the present,however, the 'Tearl Harbor" and its killer aircraft are in San Diego Harbor, a grim reminder that ultimately,after the peace talks and treaties and agreements, might makes right.
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Power to the People" was the general feeling of the crowd. Music lovers were•treated to the sounds of American rock intermixed with Japanese folk music. TV cameras did not downgrade the togetherness as sailors and Japanese alike danced together. For six hours young citizens of Yokosuka and sailors both celebrated or protested, whatever the case, the arrival Of the ISS MIDWAY (OVA-41). The date was October 11 In Yashima Bowl near the Ginza, The bands were Shame, Deep. Tradition, and Home, unanimously voted the best of the night, A Sailor from the base played a guitar solo with numbers like "A Horse With No .Name", "Me and Bobby McG-ee", "Where Have Ail the Flowers Gone", "For What It's Worth", and more of the same. Free food and soda were served along with a couple of cases of beer that some sailors generously donated. The feeling of the crowd was overall rebellious as people sang "Freedom" and "Power to the people". Sponsored .by the Hew People's Center and Yokosuka Citizen's. Group, the i s behind the concert was t show people that ithere was someone who cared, someone co help them with -problems, someone just to rap with. Realizing that the crew off the Midway did not willingly request their present duty station, the NPC and the YOG is trying to help sailors get their shit together and fight back; against harassment by officers, harassment by lifers, against the Viet Has war, and all war in general. Hone of us want to be here and the Japanese people would like the United States to leave its • planes and ships and guns back in the "Land of the Free?". A young Japanese folk singer reflects our feelings as he sang about the tyranny in his own country. Muramatu was singing to be free in his own homeland as we wish to be free from Nixon and power-hungry politicians back in the States. The overall criticism of the concert was very good with the exception of the loss of a few dollars from making too many sandwiches "oec*ause we expected a bigger crowd. The WAW and the YOG are planning another concert around Christmas time for all Gl's and our Japanese brothers and sisters. We weed your support if vre ar« w. 'wv '-.aw. we rw: ;
:-.- )'U1 5Ut i .. .. I .- W L0C£ ,W W/: - ' WW- A pleasant and warm hello to each of my fellows,who is now serving in the American Imperial Navy. I am begging you to spend your little time reading this article. So as to know and realize our present situation in the Navy. Frankly, we Filipinos in the Navy are just nobody,but nothing. For the truth, we replace the black in slavery for serving the Navy. Some of our friends and relatives back in our native land believed we were very lucky guys,for the reasons we're earning more money than professionals in our country. "Unluc kily, we were just innocent victims of a treaty between the American Imperial government and our own puppet government. We have to accept the truth that we're forced to leave our country just to live and survive better, to escape from poverty that is caused by the imperialist Americans,for they control our economy and suck our natural resources. In today's Navy,blacks are treated better than us. When we enlist in the Imperial Navy, we have no freedom of choice, we automatically serve- as stewards or cooks. Our system of working is worse than a servant especially those assigned in quarters or to admirals. They work almost 24 hours a day. For the past years, we Filipinos have encountered severe difficulties changing our rates. We have to show them that we are good slaves to our masters in the Imperial Navy,be fore they will reccomend us for a change in rate. Presently the Armed Forces face severe budget problems. Americans on the mainland were also affected by increasing taxes. We also played a part In it. They canceled some of the variable bonuses for reenlistment» Once again, the imperialist guys in Washington,applied their politics. This time they let us change to various ratings especially in the field of engineering. For we know this is variable in re-up. We give them too many ad vantages. They believe that we are die-hard,dedicated and lifers. They spread us to different" rates,especially those that were.variable. But they removed or reduced the vari- Le bonuses." Ih lid this to continue a good and American sailors get out, they will not lose manpower in the 7 ratings we are part of. That's the philosophy behind it. So we're just patching holes. We are always mistreated by the Navy authorities. y We do not have the same privileges American sailors have, especially our dependents over in the Philipines. When the ship is deployed,especially in Subie,we lose our commissary ; axi.ufcsAûiiaûge privileges . Before we step out the gate, we encounter difficulties. Our personal belongings are sev erely inspected and sometimes the Marines shake our whole bodies. They confiscate our belongings. Our dependents are not authorized to use the Navy Exchange facilities. They are treated at the Fleet Post Office as whores, not Navy dependents. , Today's cost of living is high. Some of our dependents are forced to work. They are being employed at the Navy Fac ilities, another gimmick by the Imperial Navy. They prefer to employ a dependent to a civilian. The Navy saves'money again,for they do not have to worry about medical care. Dep endents are entitled to consult a quack doctor in the Naval hospital. MGA KABAYAN, Dare to say this is not our Navy,, if. we can not get along with it "get out" and go aome.'.We are part of, the Navy, most of us will prefer the Navy as.a career in life. Let us bind together, unite and fight for our rights. MAKI3AKA HLAG MATAKOI. I give my sincere thanks to the GI movement of lokosuka for giving me an opportunity to publish this article,
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On the night of October 15» two sailors from the Midway were arrested for passing out this paper. At Captain's Mast, one received 5 days in the brig and the other got 20 days. They were charged with violation of Article 92, UCMJ, Disobedience of a Eirect "Order. The order, from Comm. ? Fleet states that no person can participate in the distribution of a pamphlet, leaflet, etc., in or out of uniform in a foreign country, even off-base, without the prior permission of the CO. One Navy legal officer ad mitted that it freezes the constitutional right of freedom of the press. It was the men's first Mst, and the sen tences were imposed despite the Manual for Courts Martial recommendation that first Masts should normally have sus pended sentences. 'They were not allowed to see their law yers the night they were arrested, and were not given brig counsel for five days. The order also says that the CO should inform the crew of the contents of the order, so it would seem that the man who imposed the sentences has also violated the order.
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On October 1 3* s evidence continued to Souat that the L 3 wa s v Hing to committ troops to the Mid-East war, a group 6J aïs and civilians from 4 east coast military bases staged s protest in Jacksonville N.C.,the base town for lamp-Le jeune, the major Marine bass east of the Mississippi. About 15 GIs from Fort Bragg N.C.; Charleston Naval Base, S.O.; Camp Le jeune; and Norfolk navy bases,Virginia joined \Q civilians in circulating a petition against IS involve ment in the Mideast. In one day's leafletting at a shopping center in Jacksonville about 200 signatures were gathered. The petition read: "To Senator Fulibright: We, the undersigned citizens,sailors, soldiers, and marines, urge you to immediately introduce legislation forbidding the Introduction of IS troops into the current Mideast hostili ties, we do not want this to become another senseless Viet-, nam. M In an attempt to keep the brothers from distributing the petition, the Jacksonville hops' arrested 3 of the GIs for supposedly protesting and soliciting (this is a crime in Jacksonville ?), and threw them in jail. They were hoping to turn them over to MPs for a check to see if they were AWOL» and oy the time they got all that finished, the" brothers wouldn't be able to leaflet. But the other people got them out of jail without any formal charges being placed. On November 2nd, a delegation of active-duty GIs will go to Washington, D.O., to present the signed petitions to Full- bright. Its not only in Jackson ville that GIs are against being sent to the Mideast. ''•'e all learned a lot from the US military adventures in Indochina. Many people in Yokosuka have said they are against US involve ment and they wont go.
"There's too much criticise you media people..» to arrange a cease- ^H0» ma present conditions in Chile can only be described as ^being reminiscent of Nazi Germany in the 1930's. The mili tary government is trying to kill off all leftists and their sympathizers. Thousands of Chileans have been executed or killed in fighting, Thousands more are in prisons,many are being tortured. One of the; largest factories in Chile was bombed and 550 workers were killed,as they fought against the military Junta. The IS (of course) immediately recognized the new gov ernment. The economic crisis in Chile,which preceded the coup was directly caused by the IS government and IS big corporations. A secret boycott of Chilean copper "was orga nized by big IS copper companies. Also the IS and 13 con trolled banks severely cut back credit to Chile,even though they had a perfect repayment record. Its real important for us to support the Chilean people's struggle against the mil itary junta. We must condemn ail IS,and ISCIA,interference in other coutry's affairs. Omrjro,, sc he van^ar
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Vi.- *» S*"* M ikowjko. %Lse UJOT im». « As you were walking out of the main gate recently (bet ween October 23-2? to be exact) you may have noticed Jap anese men wearing red handbands sitting across the street from the gate. They were base workers demanding that their, employers", the US Government, live up to their promises. what promises? One of them was that the base workers would recieve the same salary raises as people working for the Japanese government. The US government is still refusing ,to grant an increase to some of the workers even though the Japanese government granted one 6 months ago! On October 31st all the base workers in Japan planned to sro cut on strike for 24 hours. Their demands included alary increase due them.As we went to press we learned i, frightened by the unity of the workers, has agreed to grant s af their demands. The strike has been • workers are struggling : st the •
it er /'tri, over 1000 black md white .aulers row d n t:. ;rttce • q - - son ' : ans larges1 . -! • t paper c .les strike was calls . : Pulpwood Association (GPA) i Iter paaer co; : aies refused to meet their demands. Their demands included increased wages,accident insurance, and union recognition. The solidarity of the black and white workers has been their key to-fighting the companies, CtFA. president Waltsrs (a woodcutter for 35 years) said, "once these coloreds arid whites get together,man you better not mess with them... the paper companies have got something on their hands that they never had before...We tried to tell them, man this is not the same thing you've bean dealing with,because we are all in this together. They will either have to start dea- ling with us or stop making tapeii-r i Its up tc ) themI" Walters went on to say; "I. have talked :o people up hie way I north when we went up there, and actually, see it Its the same. The same, man is controlling them people there that's controlling us down here. The same man. And he's got the government with him„and he's got the state,he's got the county, he's eot it all."
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If in this world there are women who are tossed aside and women who are chosed, then I have always been a tossed-aside woman. Without realizing it myself, I wanted to gain the po sition of a chosen woman. But I began to realize that I was not supposed to be such a woman, that there was never a possibility of becoming such a woman. Some time has elapsed since I realized that I had been hiding myself in a corner, that realization bursting into my head suddenly like fireworks. But I expect that even today if I were tossed" aside by a man I would taste the same bitterness, am realizing that I am a tossed-aside woman after all. ~o, realizing this, it was very pleasant to adorn my body with a red blouse displaying my breasts, hot pants, pat terned stocking's, long eyelashes, and alluring a customer with the words, "We have a good t-i-m-e," to get $20 ort* " s in a short time. T began to use my heart I would say, "Don't spend all your money cm drinks. s 5 Remember to save some money for taxi fare.** a I was a barhostess for ten months. To tell the truth, the pleasantness lasted less than two months. It was a tiny liberation from the control of men for the dessimated pride of a tossed-aside woman. For the past eight months GIs would not buy me drinks unless I kissed them. When a customer would sit for thirty minutes taking his time over a $1 drink, looking at his face I would feel -unendurable Irritation, humiliation, contempt, and desperately clinging to him, I would think, "There is no other way to describe me but pitiful." The relationship between men and women is clearly defined at bars that sell sex, but outside of the bars, I don't feel such a'gap be tween that relationship and our daily contact of men and women. It is said of the tossed-aside women that their noses are too small, or their legs are too fat, or their way of expressing themselves is bad, etc., etc., and it Is not really a matter of their style. But in fact in this world where relating to men is difficult, where living Is difficult, the women who are strong of spirit and do not try to curry favor with men are the -^nes who are tossed '.aside*
ine, £na Or rheUJap. Can you believe that war is over- And my sons are-coming home? Johnny has a bullet in his shoulder While David is sleeping beneath a dome. So many Americans have b&eü killed; J3o many young boys have died, pothers are crying and won't be stilled, ^Knowing their darling sons have- tried. But soon, another war will start •'To last as long as the first; government will become rich '«>•*,
The first battle of Wounded Knee In 1890 lasted one morning and resulted in the deaths of nearly 300 of the 350 unarmed Sioux people attacked by the US cavalry. fhe second battle of Wounded Knee lasted for two months during 'the late'-winter and early spring of 1973« Only two Indian •men died, but over 400 people were arrested on federal hharges, and 200 of them still face five years in prison. jMany others were arrested on state and tribal charges. Seven "leaders" can get over 100 years each. For over 70 days, a small group of Indians possessed. land they could t.rulv call their own. During that time, hundreds of FBI agents, US marshalls, Bureau of Indian Af fairs police, and tribal council president Richard Wilson's private goon squad tried unsuccessfully to take it from them. In addition to the military encirclement and siege of the village,;the US government tried, through its control of the news, to regain in the media what it could not win on the battlefield. The result was that many lies and myths were spread about what happened there. But people who lived and fought on the reservation know the truth. One of these people was David, a lawyer now at New Peoples Center, who wrote this article to uncover those myths.
THE MYTH- OF DEMOCRATIC TRIBAL GOVERNMENT The news media generally reported that the tribal go vernment, headed by Richard Wilson, was democratically elected by residents of the reservation. In fact, Wilson was elected by a combination of various ! ft h"j »*• ct a , similar to Watergate, but mariv residents of the res The Constitution of the Pine Ridge Reservation;was im posed by the US government under the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. It created a government modelled after that îof the US, but in much simpler form. This form is alien to Indian culture and unaccepted by many of the people, who ^generally respect the tribe's traditional chiefs and heads men and look to them, not the elected government, for leader ship. Nonetheless, Wilson would never have been elected with out, incredible abuses of the "democratic" process. Among them were the destruction of voting machines, or failure to ?set them up, in areas of the reservation where he was weak. His goons physically interfered with those who opposed him, and he bribed many voters with money and alcohol. Wilson's goon squad was composed of Indians with no other source of income, and. local ranchers who have gotten considerable benefits from his- corrupt government. Many Indians tried to get their rights under this power ful, repressive government. Over 150 civil rights com plaints were filed against the Wilsc cvernment, many in volving physical violence or threats. Not one of these was ever responded to by the US government. The Indians organized the Oglala Sioux Civil Rights Or- jganization long before the actual occupation of Wounded Knee, The OSCRO led three separate petition drives to have V/'ilson impeached. Despite the possible physical harm that could ; result from signing, more than enough signatures were ob- itained each time. Wilson's response was to dismiss all the jtribal council members who opposed him, and have the rest, {who did not even constitute a quorum, refuse to impeach him.
THE MYTH OF OUTSIDE AGITATORS Press reports usually said that the "militant" American Indian Movement "intruded" into the internal affairs of the Pine Ridge Reservation. In fact, the AIM was invited to come to the reservation by the residents, mostly because of their successes in the past. These included the occupation of Alcatraz island that lasted almost 18 months and the oc cupation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs office in Washing- " W- îvidence of aross manipula- 'turned to these "outsiders'* for help and advice, The occupation began as a result of the first meeting jafter AIM became, Involved, but was not only a result of 'its presence. Because the original meeting place was too small, it was announced that ithe meeting would be moved to •a village just past Wounded Knee. However, the group '.stopped in Wounded Knee because the goon squad was gather ing at the next village to forcibly break up the meeting. It was then that Wounded Knee was surrounded, and then that
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'the defenders of the village were forced to, and decided jto, fight .-hi - 'MYTH OF HOSTILITY TO OCCUPATION BY?RESERVATION RESIDENTS !'-. Interviews have been shown on TV and reported in the Press of Pine Ridge residents complaining about the trouble caused by the occupation. The facts indicate this simply was not representative. The occupation lasted for 71 days, during which time no food, medical supplies or ammunition were permitted in. he one period during which the US government was ordered ->v a federal court, to allow food into the village, the goon squad liJ halls looked che other [way.) In spite of the blockade, -sufficient supplies were p.waggled into the village through an elaborate network of people who risked their lives, and long prison terms, to aid the occupants. There are stil people unaccounted for iafter leaving the village, and many witnesses have said they Ifelt eight to ten freshly-filled graves as they crawled •past the roadblock at night.
The area around the village is almost flat, with no vegetation except grass, so those who entered and left the village had little cover to prevent their being seen. In other words, If not for the almost universal support on the reservation, the defenders of Wounded Knee could never have lasted as long as they did.
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MYTH OF GOVERNMENT NEUTRALITY All during the occupation, the US government claimed it wvs not interfering in conflicts between Indians. When ever the goons, the Wilson-controlled tribal court, or any arm of the tribal government interfered with the rights of supporters of the occupation, the US government refused to lact (as in'the case of bringing food into the village). ; 'The day the; occupation ended, when the residents returned1 to their homes in the village, after processing by the FBI, jthey found their cars' had been vandalized by the 3IA po lice. When an FBI agent was asked to Investigate, he said i not interfere in di? -en Indians, and MYTH OF GOCD-FAITH NEGOTIATIONS BY THE US
:J .y allowing the BIA police to enter the village befor« the residents returned, she -government broke part of the blement agreement. ". other part of the agreement since been broken, eithefcherr : in fact or in spirit. Thos broken promises came as no surprise to he people who saw . government break almost ever promise it made through ore than two months of negotiating. The statement made by an unknown Indian before 1900 is as true of the US government now as it was then, and always has been: "They made us many promises, more than I can.re- i member, but they never kept but oi îe They promised to take our land, and they took it."
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Despite all this, the Indian people learned important lessons and achieved many victories at Wounded Knee. In- ,dians have the shortest life expectancy, lowest income and ! highest alcoholism and suicide rates of all US ethnic groups. Yet they learned they could survive and prosper when they united and fought together. They learned their ,strength is In themselves and not the US government, nor -the news media it controls. They achieved support from broad sections of the American people-despite this.
They reaffirmed the lesson that the US has been, and still is, trying to destroy them, as it tries to destroy- all oppressed people who fight for their liberation. They learned, as the Vietnamese have, that victories can be won through unity and struggle. They have clearly seen who their friends are and what their enemy is. These are les sons for us all.
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King Dick the nix and his side kick the jerk Agnew, court jester of King Dick's court (former cottrt .jester that is) shall no longer reign over Capitol Hill his mouth a- flame. He has. spoken his last word as an official of the 1.3 government, (pardon the expression ), Spiro T. Agnew for mer Vice-president of the good ol' ISA (or should I say for mer court jester of King Dick's court) resigned. And do you .mow why he is no longer court jester? Because he got caught with his hand in the cookie jar. He was a bad Just lice many other citizen's of the ISA he go" caught. But unlike ordinary citizens his punishment 'was not so steep. Or you 4 "\;A could say,he got one of those soft headed naw pamoy a* ae is always complaining about, and got cd 1 sight . He said ao contest and resigned; was fined and pui probation with ao jail term* Just think what tne ordinary citizen would nave gotten for taking cookies out of his company It oalnf-Ul to think about.
Agnew the court jester of King Dick 3 court will no * o .Ight 3 03 :he king himself. Voted Mr. y e 1\.\j XX1 VV P v ars as g Dick (also know^ rilflims ide; out the Watergate client,among otb w. I ask youw«,, dw,ov jwyo«u ceaieve that? The president of tb ;ea sxaxes di&n t know what coma n x s o wn :? As big as it la. w- .•*$r 0 0 w-:
• "' <~-: "• jj Y) OW* ' U £2c? T' ' il ~-w': GS 1 i 1 r"- Impeach,Impeach. J£ven the conservatives want to see your head rolling! The folks who voted for you twice. Your h^nd was in the cookie jar even deeper than your sidekick Agnew. You'd better drop the cookies and surrender. You were a bad boy too. Shame,shame,shame. You did it and you know you did it. And the vet mti still cry;Impeach, Impeach. "LAV ANE ORDER ARE CODE WORDS FOR GOODNESS DECENCY" WW NIXON CRIME BILL FURTHER STRENGHENS GOVERNMENTAL CONTROL AND RESTORES DEATH PENALTY "There are those who say that law and order are just code words for repression and bigotry. This is dangerous nonsense. Law"and order are code words for goodness and decency...the only way to attack crime in America is the way crime attacks our people—without ipity." 'Richard Nixon in a letter to he Congress and broadcast on U>AS submitting the "Criminal Code ^ he Reform Act" to Congres %viarc n 14, 1973*
SEARCHES ^PIQS KNOU YOUR RIGHTS Naval Inves tifff'tive Services-Japan appears to be in the process of a th orough investigation of dope dealing on base, so here's some info on what to do if they come around, or want to talk to you. As far as t alking to them is concerned.there is only |ph*» thing yôu h ave to know. You have the right to remain ilent Exercis e it 1 The onlt thing you should tell them is that you hav e nothing to say to them. If you lie to »n investigator , you can be courtmartialled. You can't out- smart them. It' s their game and their ballpark. They can also change the rules if they have to. If you sign some- thing, you cant deny it later. If you don't, then It's y* v p"- "w! : !ss who A. .A. f can't always keep them from searching, even if they are do- - ; ing so ilegally. But, if you know your rights, you can make it a little harder. These are the main kinds of sear ches. Pat-Down Frisk - If a cop has reason to believe you are armed and dangerous, he can frisk you. That means patting down your clothing, not going through your pockets. He can only do that if he feels something that might be a weapon. r\ n
u VS'REBHMTO MAWÎ TAUC,ÎQN»,OR SORS YCWISE NOT WHA* t© do ELSE V2 KNOW, INVOLVED, QU> WW- vKeN ïou^ GUILTY' THEOSI K(S,cone ClO,FÇl,dr<-s . RDW'g THAT COK? 0*1 THEY FAY RAY YOUP, LKFT Bl& „ ' ÎYJKB AND T£Mi%, lTQ£DOiN&finch?> YOU TO ÏB-YTO QUiiryi WHAT IS AMNESTY? Amnesty means "abolition of the crime." It differs from pardon, which says that a crime was committed but the sentence is abolished. For some people, amnesty is associated with weakness, They feel draft dodgers, deserters, and vets with bad discharges broke the law and should be punished. But in the US, especially during the Vietnam War period, it was the government that committed the real crimes; it violated the Constitution (Congress never declared war)? violât« the Geneva Accords of 195** which called for , ... --.... ,>ie auric h • L itary « And this list should include the criminal draft system that forced poor and black people of the US to suffer in Vietnam while others were spared.. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS "HELL NO" It is the US government that should be asking for pardon from the military and civilian people it dragged into the war. And amnesty should'be given to everyone who broke ill egal laws and refused illegal orders by any means that were available ta them. The government and its military cannot admit they were wrong. If amnesty was granted, they would have to tell the truths that the war was wrong and that resistance was leg itimate. Overall,amnesty would weaken the government's abili ty to scare people into other wars. There is also a real economic problem for the government to worry about. There aren't enough jobs and the economy can't create them. If all the deserters, exiles, and people with bad discharges could get into the job market, the sit uation would be even more explosive than it is now. It helps to have 500,000 people with bad discharges put out of work when work is hard to find, or keep them from receiving VA benefits for school or disability. Another big problem is that the government would lose its biggest club over people now in the service-'-the fear of bad discharges. Current discharge policy is like non-judicial punishments you can be severely punished quietly without much public attention, without a jury or trial and without any criminal charges, and sentenced. The military hesitates to admit, for example, that black servicemen in 1972 got 20$ of all BCDs and yH of all DDs, even though blacks'are only 10^ of all personnel. WHAT KIND OF AMNESTY? The government tries to avoid the issue of general am nesty. It prefers to deal with each person individually, on a case-by-case basis. That way it can reinforce its class and racial biases by being easy on some people who are will ing to accept their guilt and blame, and harsh with people who refuse to fall In line. The government will push for, ternative service either in the military or public pro grams to- avoid the question of its own guilt and respon sibility. It is up to us-- civilians, active-duty people,vets, deserters and exiles— to work for unconditional amnesty. This means no case-by-case evaluation. The civilian courts should not be able to punish civilians who broke the law, while military courts have freedom to carry out their par ticular form of "justice against servicepeople without the public's knowledge. Unconditional amnesty means that about 60,000 Americans and their families who fled the country could return and resume their lives with friends and relatives. It means that over 560,000 vets with less, than honorable discharges would all get upgraded discharges, and get veteran's benefits or unemployment. Only one type of discharge should be given. About if-OO people in military people in prisons would be released and their records would be cleared. And all people who are listed as deserters should not be tried, but discharged. UNCONDITIONAL AMNESTY FOR ALL WAR RESISTERS I ...VWTiWCRUtim 1 R€V0UmON*RV RAS! \ its PRiWTED THE <0» &• • #» ,----••;-';.•• if"' "•' '" ,>••** SB" & i «•**% 1I| 0N IKIAL In March 1971»the black community of Riverside,Ca. became outraged over the shooting death by policemen of Bro. William Palmer. A month later,two white police were killed. The police department (185 strong) was put on alert, and set out to find the killers. First reports said that three whites and one black were suspected. Later this changed to four blacks between 16 and 18 year^ old. But the search dragged on without much success. . The police narrowed down their search to one person, Gary Lawton, a heavy set and balding black ex-marine.- He was picked because he had been an activist in the black community for a long time and pj>rt of the movement to pro secute the police for killing Palmer. Two oiîiêx people »CIS added to the trial—Zureba Gardner and another brother, whose charges were later dropped. Their first trial cost the government over 3 million dol lars, and the juryvoted for acquittal 9 to 3« Then the gov ernment started a new trial which is still going on. No con crete evidence exists against the two brothers, but the prosecution has pulled some tricks to make up for this small problem. Cameron a chief prosecution witness, has been brag ging to other prisoners that he was vgetting $5°00, parole and a new identity to testify against Lawton and Gardner. Other prisoners who heard about this bribery have been bea ten and threatened with longer court sentences if they tes tify to this in court. One of these people, Sonny Robinson, is testifying any- :way. Now there is good reason to fear for his life. WAW/ WSC asks people who want this intimidation to stop to send letters to the judges .John Hewsi Dept #8; Superior Courtj ';050 Orange Street, GARY, F THE. PRESS is p- at New Peoples Center. Box 26, Yokosuka, SCHEDULE» »Hours—Mon, Wed thru Fri 4 pm to 10pm Sat & Sun from 2pm to 10 pm •WAW meetings Thursdays at 7*30 pm •Every Sunday nite at 6«30 we have a pot luck - dinner, and movies or slides, etc. LEGAL HELP» There are two lawyers and two civilian counsellors if you need legal help. Special lawyers hours» 12 to 2 pm Saturdays. If you can't make it, just call. You have the right to legal counsel. mis*)*® \ v Z_JL_Il UÜ1NE BOYCOTT-DO \T/ The Uuited Farmworkers Organizing Committee (UFWOC) has asked people to boycott Gallo wines (Ripple, Boone's Farm, Spanada are some)-and Napa Valley wines. Gallo land Napa vineyards so far refuse to sign contracts with rfehe UFW, wl "«presents almost all farmworkers. When .erf ewer s havi a forced bv strikes and bovcOtts w-i g v ï%m I l\t J 'VIETNAM VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR CLDIER ORGANIZATION Issue 9 Thanksg FREE OR DONATION Yckosuka, Japan /> VIETNAM VETEMKS ÀÛÀlHST THE WAR/VIHTEB SOLDIER ORGANIZATION ** LIST CF OBJECTIVES 1. To demand an immediate ead to «11 fighting in Indochina and a withdrawal of all American troop© fro« Southeast Asia. 2. To demand the immediate end of OS operations interfering with the rights of all people to determine their own destinies. This includes the end of all CIA operations. 3. To demand that all active duty ana reserve people be given all those rights guranteed by the Bill, of Rights and the Constitu tion. We endorse the struggle to. democratize the military. k* To demand i»i ,9 repatriation for all those in prison or ©elf-exile because• of their refusal to serve in the military against their cons» yinucee^ as well as the freeing of all po- litical prisoners, 5, We demand that all veterans' receive the same rights and bene fit» under the V» that evereyone receive the same kind of dis- Charg«i and that «V'éryoa« receive disability compensation basée en the degraa of usability and not on rank er length of service. Discbarges sfa i Bot be used as a form of punishœent for- ille gal act©» or acta considered illegal by the military. 6, fo make clear that the ÖS has never undertaken an investigation of war crises, and that responsibility for war crimes lies with those who sad« our foreign policy, ?. Wa are resolved to fight racism and show Americans how it forces Third World People through inferior schools to inferior job« and combat ar»« asd therefore die in war in disproportionately high nujBhere. :8. We. are resolved to fight sexism within our society, our organi sation and ourselves* and to show Americans how sexism forces women into lower-paying» uofulfilling Jobs- and how it reduces the» to sexual objects, whose bodies are exploited for sex and profit. This dehumanises men and women and robs them of their natural growth. The military uses this to control all enlisted people. i , port the right of all workers to strik« loyment for all Americans» I Ling >e education anyone who wai - We condem* »se ~>t :, v;*: L3o i (Baumh>ldf»r, V'est Germany) On Oct. 1?. PV2 Tom Stein- helppr"resigned from the Army. In his statement he outlined hip reasons: "I do not feel that thp man who has been pla- c*fi- in charge of the American people, that is President Nixon, is caofihlp of exercising that power in an honest <-?-v Therefore I do not think it is right to work, even indirectly T*'ith P dishonest mai? who. I think, only wishes to u^p the American people, I cannot support a -government who suüT)iies «'-papons ammunition. ?m6 funds to the Portu + gese £JT the a-pnocidp of thousands o " black people In V.QZ? t\^hlquf This is outright racism and I could not live ith »yself I was to support the organization or government •hut ifi responsible or P n o c I c P i bout what has,happpnec :ion Since I submitted this have not had a uniform on, have refused to u°ed to iro to work. So far all they have done privileges and offer mp an Art- to ei èf one. I took oif f to r e n " see some friends in Heid- plbprf, '' h "a. I go r I found that 4 of our Black com- en p about 10 K?s armed with night--- sticks. Phis incident Imost caused a riot between Black : rothers and sisters, but we finally got together zed that we ill had the same enemy. The pigs were or a riot, but- just when, the fighting.was about to explode, about 1.5 brothers and sisters got together and chose ?i delegation to ao see Séri, 'M.ichàè.1 Davison, who • is commander, of th^ US Army in Europe. We demanded to see him, and aftpr about two hours, were allowed to talk to hi*», V;p told him that we wanted race relations and drug ororrams to be in the hands of the E?/'s because they are the write up a program that would be acceptable to him and his staff, he would consider it. Although we dent see much chance of anything being acceptable to him, but we consider a major-victory in forcing him to talk to us'. The real vic tors are the people who proved that, combined their minds are stronger than all those threats the brass could hand out! POWER TO THE PEOPLE» " * /\T FT.LEKVeNW)OKTr\ DISABLED VET IN • ]• ISON F (.Cnicago } V i a X « S a i t a, s 2 ^ - y s a r - o. 6 ci man, . x cing murder charges In ùoi s a o Q u i n g i. a ietnas, Saith has al ; - ieà and convicted once, and at the pre: in the US Disciplinary Barracks at Ft, This is not just another murder-ln-Vie- the circumstances surrounding the kill: to raise grave doubts as to whether 3m: orison at. ai'X» Meivin 3m; X U fall ^JLIJL, k*c*.&~o iiOUti' À OiUC the Army Vietnam, til Support Group. At that time with a few friends ~.s .n« marcer, Luthorities said his In April 1971, a frisnd of his ; was very upset by the death. Tte the top of a 30-foot observation t; vi: X * • ijs ü -u c v X. ai c; i.ng, Smith slipped and fell off thf f n v- a •>•' rS n 1* h ^ i c: w w 'ft C A wu uJ Ü X O oaes. Still conscious, he Wait til. his duty ti over before reporting to the dispe; ,^w -*-<* ,i, ££» \jl lump on his head, out only his A. ™" J ea released after first.aid care. One 31 noticed Smith sitting and talking to himself the torning of the killing, something he had never done before. Smith never drank coffee in his life, he didn't like it. let a fplew r),q ys after his fall, he went into an orderly room a pun nf d>Qffpp ' ?;~W ;1 thflt thpv -:<-; >••,' + w * and a ' '" : "red s bu It didn't work out that way. On May 7, 1971, ' Melvin X.b into the mess hall at 12 noon and shot end Killed a white first sergeant and wounded two other enlist ed men. After the shooting, he walked into his hooch, and shots were heard. 'He was found with multiple bullet wounds probably self-Inflicted, Evidently he had suffered brain damage in the fall and was not afterwards responsible for his actions. Smith himself is amnesiac about almost every thing that happened to him for some time.following the fall, . to this day does not remember shooting himself or anyone else. He was evacuated to Gamp Zama, Japan, for medical and psychiatric treatment; he was in critical condition as a result of his wounds. One bullet had .nearly pierced his rt. Prom Zama he was sent to Pitzsimmons Army Hospital in Denver. When his mother visited him there, she found him glassy- eyed, incoherent and confused. His handwriting had changed, and some of his friends said that he had become excitable and agitated, .ties he never showed before the fall. The Army psychiatrists who attended him at Fitzsiamons ran tests on , in their opinion, crystal-clear evi dence of extreme schizophrenia. A psychologist there said ;ts that Smith's schizophrenic reaction .o severe that it could not be measured on the present scele was clearly a service-connected disabil ity, ani .ould have been discharged for medical reasons and paid disability benefits. But the Army wanted a court-martial. In August 1971 Smith was taken out of Pitzslmiaons against'his doctors orders, and, •n to Da Nang where he was put in the stockade. He stayed for over 5 months with little . I par Pi, : wounds . . :.. and ti -in: . Wl J. . ... i ., was disregarded in favor of an almost un believable finding that he could tell the difference between right and wrong at the' time of the shootings, and thus was legally sane. """Even the board found him "schizoid," though, and he still could not remember what he had done. The Lawyers Military Defense Committee, a military def ense office in Saigon, got wind of the case, and LMDC lawyer 3d Kopanski went to Da Nang to defend Smith., Despite the best efforts of Kopanski and the FltzSimmon s doctors, Smith was found guilty as charged and sentenced to life in prison at Leavenworth in February 1972. Another attorney of the National Prison Project worked on an appeal, and late September 1973 won a re-trial on a tech nicality—not on the major absurdities of the easel Plans - now are to try and get a new sanity board hearing in the hope of reversing the previous board's findings. In that case, Smith might be vindicated. If this fails, Melvin X. Smith will face another harrow ing trial and possible life imprisonment In December or January at Leavenworth. The attorneys hope that .just- discovered tape recordings of the original sanity board hearings will show that grave errors were made. Meanwhile Melvin Smith sits in Leavenworth, wounds ha ve still not healed completely, and he need s surgery for :os teomyelitis. He has young wife and two-year-old son wh om he has barely met. He has spent much of his confine me nt in maximum security as a result of his work with the ack Muslims, whose religion he has adopted. He is one of ei ght children, and the family has no money to pay for get- ng a psychiatrist out to the prison, for findin witnesses, r the ... i ••• • - '* ire I erres working res i bu sxne ses. WOKÖ ÄKOSÖ mua jt&Lwu&r • ./ CAS TOu" tffilîj i-0 BxM?itfi&Ja.ïATr?B SUS BiMÜMS t® ~sa©Tf tfaat ther* are people who want to see Justice dome la- tMs o»Mrf CAS TOÎÎ BÖüATI AMT MOKBÏ—aven one ©r two aollarv—to pay for getting a psychiatrist out to Leavea«orta to ses .HellÄ Smith, and to pay travel asd phase bills for the laiyere? If Kelvin Smith cannot get publicity and mossy* a« will spent the rest of ai s life in Leaveaimrta for aa act *m&&% mit tad Ail® he was gravely ill, and which he aoes mot eirsa 'remember* - .' Checks or cash may be sent to? Mrs« Borthea Smith Slaughter* iMelvia X* Smith Befease fuaâ, Independence Baait of Chicagoy 7936* S- Cottage Grove Ave.» Chicago» 111* 606î9* Letters of support caa be sent to Mrs. Slaughter* 8T32 S» Wimoheetery Chicago,, IIL6062O. Be sure to Include your name and address to get further information about the cmam» The. following is compiled from letters recleved fro» the- USS Kennedy by YVAW/fSO in Chicago--« We. are off "the coast of Athens, Greece", and it seams like we are preparing for war because we've been building & hell. . of a..lot of bombe and mlslles after beings «x&ended and. sent back into, the Mediterranean. They wont teli as where we are goings what-we are doing* or when we* 11 get back* and' morula is .very low. Well* the pigs are really coming down hard on us now« After we held our,..first meeting of the WAW/Vso chapter ." here* someone went.and told the Caif «aster at Arms all about our meeting and now they know who all the organisers are.. The Master At Arias and his side-kick first class intend ted »e for 3l hours about WAW/Vi'30 and tried 'to scare me by threatening to fine us $100. for everycn- gat caught -tira?«. The .X hi sailed s into his office 6 MARCH rWfili iVSài if you look at' the front of the paper, you'll see that Freedom.of the Press is put out by Vietnam Veterans Against The War/ Winter Soldier Organization. But if you haven't teen by the center in lokosuka or met people wh worked with WÂw/WSO in the states, we should tell you about the his tory oftVVAW/WSO and what it Is doing In Japan. Six veterans of Vietnam started WAW in 1967. Like a lot of other vets their age, they'd been to Vietnam and been part of the US war there, which was going very heavy by 19c?. President Johnson was escalating the bombing and about 300,000 troops were trying to put down, the rebellion against the US-supported government. For many years many of these vets had stood by on the sidelines of antiwar demonstrations that were getting larger every year. But most of them were still not sure what was happening in the US, and how they felt about what they'd been told to do in Vietnam. But in 1967, these few vets joined a large antiwar march in Hew York Gity, and carried a banner which read "Vietnam Veterans Against the War. " This action showed Americans that their sons and brothers did not plan to remain silent. Haturally, this action got of the country. By Î968, v cerans alt over ;he east coast L"orming groups under t : wame of VVAWi Unlike the American Legion or Veterans u Foreign Wars, which- supp- orted the war, WAW g£ "e vets a way to unite and express their opinions about ** tat the government was doing. One of their first big actions was a march to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, Scores of vets wore their fatigues and carried plastic M-l6s, and carried ouf'search and des troy missions'1 using the same tactics they'd used in Viet nam. Some members were dressed in black clothes similar to what the Vietnamese wear, and these people were grabbed off the sidewalks, blindfolded, and marched at gunpoint to the center of towns where they were tortured and shot. This really blew the minds of a lot of Americans, to see the war they saw in a cleaned up way on tv suddenly happening on the streets. It wasnt long until veterans all over the country were carrying out similar actions. But most of the vets needed more than pub! .ic action 9-1 to get to the root of how they were feeling . Sms-1 1 groups med where guys would get together and ta Ik about their periences. It was more than atrocities they rapped ab 3U' They tried to understand what Vi,« 3 ulia-iii .„.. d done to them people. Most of them felt what i#Xi.£* v lie» U. done, and couldn't talk to many people about FREE FIRE ZONE Short Stories by Vietnam Veterans for other vets. For sure their fathers and the people down at the Am!ïrica n Legi on cot Idn't relate to the differences feel \0 together to solve the particular problems they were faced with. These small group grew, anw redlvided into other small groupsj and ally chapter's of .',.1'. grew out of 7. them» A national office was formed to coordinate Ideas, actions, and problems that came up all over the country. By 1970, WAW had grown into one of the largest and most effective antiwar organizations in the US. They joined almost every anti-war march, often at the front under the WAW banner. In .February and March, 1970, vet: bered .in Detroit for a week of public testimony about w. going on in Viet nam, and what they had done there» This was called the Win ter Soldier Investigation of US war crimes in Vietnam, It was named from a poem by Saei w w X£ tionary'War. He talked about u.t* went home when the war got difficult, and the " wants' diers" who struggled even through difficult times for freedom of the American peopl a This investigation prompted tion led by Hon Dellums, the test' Congressional Record and pawl:. ernment as. a whole Ignored it and the press. To this day there h; U5 CU US violations of International Law in Irwio : tigation is called for in point #6 of the WA ... People in WAW began to realise that the roots of war within the US system must be attacked as well as the Indo china war itself. Ten objectives were drawn up which talked about the broad and radical changes that must be made in the US, if other wars were to be avoided and people were to have equal rights. The objectives are printed on the Inside cover of" every issue of Freedom of the Press. They relate to the racism, sexism, and economic inequality within the US. They also talk about US-imperialism which spreads all over the world, denying rights to the people of the world and the GIs forced to fight for the US. In 1973, WAW added Winter Soldier Organisation to its name. This was to recog nize the fact that it was not only an anti-war organization. The other reason was to recognize the many people, especially women, working within the organization who were not vets. Between Hay 1970 and March 1971, the US had publicly la ded' Ca Ls (a rruètra! country} and Laos. The civilian antiwar mov is hugs by this time, and active duty ;people were fighting back against the war from the inside. H - .-•Y; ^\*je çoVrx wKwr Tt? f \£nT MMN ,ÏMT Vf W -We$"TWcrCC€? 5TV5TOV 'S IJ&%*£gp*ï In April, 1971, V .W ha; its .largest et U.U. "Xw ional demonstration. Thousands of orters came to Wash!ngto n D.O. in an operation called Dewey Canyon III, a "limited incursion into the halls of Congress. Nixon had called his invasion of Laos a "limited incursion, " usine the news-speak that characterizes recent presidents. Veterans went to Arlington National Cemetery to put flowers on th e tomb of the unknown Soldier, and were locked out by the po lice. They went to talk -to their Sena- tors and Congresspeo pie, who mostly didn't want to under- stand or listen, and tried to keep the vet's out of their offices. Hundreds o f Vets went to the Justice Dept. and the Lincoln Memorial and were arrested. They put their hands on top of thei r heads POW-style and freaked out the D. police. Finally, they gathered on the steps of the Capitol in front of barricades set up to keep them out» One by,one, hundreds of them gave a short message to the American Vi; er the abarricades . They fell near a sign that said "TRASH." VVAW/WSO TODAY [he strength of VVAW/WSO comes from î..u8 cas do he main work in their areas. Most big < »\ -M f h fi T" R have chapters which help veterans with the endless i @ s they face getting VA benefits, getting their heads back toge ther, and working with other oppressed people f TVÜ 1" -* for their rights and a decent life. VVAW/WSO went to Wounded Knee to support the Indian Occupation. They b avM H P l t) ed blacks in Cairo Illinois In their several yy boy C O 1~t against white businesses there. They are sponsoring and working in a clinic in rural Alabama,to take simple bu need© medical care to the poor In that area. Corps- rr p ft >pr> act as barefoot doctors, providing medical care er areas too. One of the most active offices is in Dayton,Ohio. -This group maintains contact with the hundreds of active-duty servicepeopie who are members. Every month or so they send out'letters and packets of information about what VVAW/WSO is doing and what is happening in the.US and around the world, Member i subscriptions to the VVAW/WSO paper Winter Soldier. WMWSO IN rEtfi*^-WM 5i i A M R î" c t ire have been chap ters of VVAW/WSO in Japan; at ko Kin in Okinawat I wakuai KCAS and In Yokosuka» Ea supported mainly by Dr-n< *M r Piryt • Service (which gs ts its money from chur< £ .... ^ j., i. J. L> \j w v-,i.~. i an liberal. f< .ons in the US) an ers or a ;fi e WAW/ H so i to other people without getting ripped together to send US forces, here, and all over the world, ho_ we do and what we are depends on-servicepeople and their families here. We re always working on Freedom of'the Press, we're having a Rock and 3oul concert at the end of • December- and we just took • trio to Kamakura, with the vokosuka Citizen's Group, • share the center with. There are lawyers and civilian counselors to help you and back you up if your into fighting back against the military. There's more we can do and learn, but we-can only do it together. Around here there's ao rank and no chain of command, there's just people. ppwssf Since the occupation of Wounded Knee ended, there has not been much oress cover; o\ a i.O u .13! nappened. Re pression on trie fine Ridge Réserva .on s worse now than ever. The Bureau of Indian Affairs Police has been res- -ponsible for, among other things, shooting out the eye of a nine-year old girl and killing Oglala Sioux•Civil Rights Organisation leader Pedro Bissonette with a shot gun. But the people are fighting back. Russell Means, a leader of the American Indian Movement, and an Oglala Sioux, is running for tribal council president. His chan ces of winning the election are high, although he faces upwards of 100 years in prison. Only the combined forces of Dick Wilson, current tribal president, and the United States Government, the same forces tha." : nave oeen oppres- people all along, could stop I „a * AX v.no i gh th e :. the I ad thi sfcl :""• i ; people rt XKeu Rect&us Instructions ^o4T\€t Ch.de RECIBEX ÖRDKXKS CONTRA CHILE Pero detras de todos cllos hay que • lui scar, hay algo detras de los traidores v las ratas que roen, hay ttn imperii) que pone îa mesa, ijue sine !as eomidas y las balas. Quieten hacer de ti lo que logran en Greeia. ho* seftoritos gricgos en el banqueté, y balas ai pueblo einlas montaïias: hay que extirpar el vuelo But we lune to see behind all them, there is something behind the traitors and the gnawing rats, an empire which sets the tabic, and serves up the nourishment and the bullets. They want to repeat in you their great success in Greece. Greek playboys at the banquet, and bullets for the people in the mountains: we'll have to destroy the flight of the new Victory of Samothrace, we'll have to hang, kill, lose men, sink the murderous knife held to us from New York, we'll have to use fire to break the spirit of the man who was emerging in all countries as if born front the earth that had been splashed with blood. We have to arm Chiang and the vicious Videla, give them money for prisons, wings so they can bomb their own populations, give them a handout, a few dollars, arid they do the rest, they lie, bribe, dance on the dead bodies and their first ladies wear the mo«t expensive minks. The suffering of the people does not matter: copper executives need this sacrifice: facts are facts: the generals retire from the army and serve as vice-presidents of the ChuquicamnW« Copper Firm, and in the nitrate works the "Chilean" general decides with his trailing sword how much the natives may merit ion when they ask for a raise in wages. In this way they decide from above, from the roll of dollars, in this way the dwarf traitor receives his instructions, and the generals act as the police force, and the trunk of the tree of the country rots. Translated tty Robert Hlf and Jam?t Wright "rkts poem. u><3\& winitect bq >\kta ^erodts^ K 'Ckileoifv. poe*^ ê ^öcidLU^ VU died %ke doj4 M*ec Hve reeeivV tkilmt* too*. H^ t$ . thjeu § The whole climate•started to rise about J months ago when the mess cooks staged a sitdown strike In protest of all the bullshit they had been getting from the brass in the past» The claims of the brass were that the mess decks weren't clean enough and that the men were doing a lousy job.' So they secured the mess cooks' liberty. They r etaliated (the mess cooks, that isl} with the strike be cause; (1} How can you keep the mess decks spotle s s whe are the main work center of the ship! ? (2) We hav a » ' crew and the officers are eating thi. 3 up by taki advantage of-the men. Every man •• seems to work for 6 0.3.1 ' ferent bo sses and gets a new order everytime he turns around, s o nothing gets done and they get the blame. (3) Wé had just gotten a bunch of Marines on board and their at« titudes d efinitely did not add to the good o the morale with the griping and complaining ' and throwing ood on the decks and ies at thé people i1 un tne scullery As soon the mess' cooks formed a ""union" and went on st rike, the knife was immediately f Lt. The XO (the max ho speak: wi th sStK, vAtfr Atmete ÖSHJ«» 'feu &%* A YCXJH& MJkH ^asot/r "K> f &f?.g*gK 0ti A. MtUTA.füY £M&g#t- v___ r__ , «aäCSJSSS a very forked tongue) came down and "promised1* cooperation*' If they would go back to work and clean the place up a-s much as possible. Then in August we were sent of the coast of Cambodia for "evacuation" purposes. (We were not supposed to tell. Everyone but the imerlcan people knows about this—WidCE Ü? AMERICA!). But I'd like to know how we intended to evacuate with tanks, cannons» and mortars along with a couple of thousand Marines! It wasn't so bad the first week» but then the mail started coming in only once a week and there was very little time off. People were still bitchy about the poor liberty in Subie (being on constant 48-hour standby), and to top it off, the officers began inventing all kinds" of necessary watches for people to stand. The mood was gradually growing blacker as we stayed out on the line for 32 days. Then we went to Okinawa to off-load people—no liberty and round-the-clock work hassles. Bow that a lot of people have seen the stickers (Art. 133 information stickers and MBo Man Is Good Enough To Be Another Man's Master") and have read TÏÏRNIJÎG THE REGS AROUND, the brass fuck-over has begun. The enlisted per sonnel are now starting to kick the shit back where it belongs by putting various first-class POs, Cos, and div ision officers on report for infractions of regs and filing Article 138s—guess what, they workII The gears are in motion and we're starting to gain momentum. Wish us the best of luck. SOLIDARITY! QKi Q¥J Toy«- ioosy moral« hat mad« tba general .. TU WCS Will' 'OIL• BEFOKETH: Almost every day, there is a new headline story about the "energy crisis"—about Arab oil cutbacks, US shortages and Nixon's proposals, and shortages in Japan and Europe. But what Is behing. the ener gy crisis and what will happen? We at FREEDOM of the PRESS have some Ideas that we have discussed and want to share. TOs IS THERE AB ENERGY CRISIS? Europe- . .. Japan--"...... Oil is the basis of industrialization. There Far cast-.: .. are substitutes for other materials used in pro Australasia duction, but there is no immediately available M. America substitute for oil and oil products. When there (East Coast) . were only a few Industrialized nations, the sup r*l. Af¥$6tfCQ ply of coal and oil appeared unlimited, and people (West Coos») were confident that new fields would spring up if S. America old ones ran dry. But now, many countries are In (East Coast}* dustrializing, and we have found that the supply 5. Amonco is not infinite. In the long run, there is not (West Coast) enough oil to meet the needs of all Industrial Africa! ized nations, and other sources of energy will Others! have to be found. «r N. 1res, and Tapfe. , SOUK* H. f. Dram For the past year, however, Bison and the big oil companies in the US have not been talking of a long-range crisis, or how oil must be shared. They have been talking about an immediate crisis, saying that it threatens the ability of the Amer ican people to heat their homes and use their cars, But the oil industry's own research has said that there is enough in the US to last for fifty years, and the government has estimated that there is sufficient supply for thousands of years, as tech nology advances and makes it possible to tap sour ces that are now unusable. THWCS MIL CET yORSJ BEFORE THEY GET Y/O But the crisis is real for othe a new headline story have extensive domestic reserves. ut Arab oil cutbacks, the face of the Arab countries' c sals, and shortages where do they get it? This table Is behing the ener- FROM: ? We at FREEDOM of we have discussed TOs Persian North fast West Fi Gulf* Africa Wed.f Africa Caribbean E« C»*\ 4i\cisa.w,ti$ o4 »«.vw CRISIS? Europe.-.: =•. „•. 6,780 2,945 1,280 1,100 440 3,960 10 — 15 j ialization. There 600 ' - - ' "" " rials used In pro- Australasia 300 iately available H. America , ducts. When there (East* Coast) ..,.. 360 70 155 2,690 nations, the sup- N. America nllmited, and people (West Coast) 145 __ so i S. AiTNsncoi , would spring up if (Eat» Coast)* 420 255 — 395 80 ny countries are in- 5. Amonco nd that the supply (West Coast) 40 — 140 - run, there is not Africa! 420 — . _ .— f all Industrlal- Others! s of energy will 'incfedtt itiifwwu vie liraoli ptfxfim »Ufoitatwi to be 2SyS0t> fa/d is 1771. end forecast te reach 700,0« «r N. Iraq one Topfes. pJfwiifta »nrttnefa. tifsdud« Coribfewm area, {manly Sou* Africa, jmeir Sourafc H. P. Oratory (Shipping Comuftan») lid., London. Nixon and the big ot been talking of i Source: The Petroleum 1 must be shared, n immediate crisis, . National Institute f billty of the Amer- From this table we see that the i s and use their cars, immediate crisis are the biggest earch has said that table doesn't take into account '. ast for fifty years, countries in Africa, Asia, and L, ed that there is to industrialize. The already in< s of years, as tech- also using more oil every year. '. ossihie to tap sour- scarce oil. 1 Who .s going to "oil powi sr' ïûlnar t* be used? tf ÇETU EL Y GET WORSE But the crisis is real for other countries, who do not have extensive domestic reserves. It Is even more real In the face of the Arab countries' cutbacks. Who uses oil and where do they get it? This table answers that; FROM: Persian North East West Far Gulf* Africa Med.t Africa Caribbean East Soviet Canada Europe Total Cirv 1rïïoii«.Kris o^Wwds ©é» cUy| 6,780 2,945 1,280 1,100 440 800 13,345 3,960 10 — 15 640 — —. 4,625 . * , 600 — 600 300 — — "" — 70 — — 370 360 70 155 2,690 — 540 130 3,945 145 __ 50 110 210 — 515 420 255 — 395 80 — 1,150 40 __ 140 ___ 180 420 420 Z Z Z Z Z ^40 Z r 240 uu.lt ptpoSa« .s&Aatac! to be 250,005 b/d in 1771. and forecast te r«ocb 700,000 b/d in 1975. fcompra« boding« rlEwnn» temiaak. findudw Caribbean area. JrrsaWy South Afrka. fmainry South Anwies, y (Slipping Comultarrt,) Lid., London. IPE I Source: The Petroleum Encyclopedia . National Institute for Petroleum i' — • •— —• i Prom this table we see that the countries facing the most immediate crisis are the biggest Importers. But what this table doesn't take into account is that many third world countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America are begiinlng to industrialize. The already industrialized countries are also using more oil every year. There will be competition for scarce oil. Who is going to decide who get - what? How is "oil power" o laar to oe ?ed? WHO WILL EXERCISE OIL POWER For the last century, the International oil trade has been controlled by the seven major companies (Standard of New Jersey, Royal Dutch Shell, Mobil, Texaco, Gulf, Standard of California and British Petroleum). In 1950, they* owned 10% of the world's refining capacity, every major pipeline and, except for the Soviet Union, 2/3 of all tankers. Five of them are American, three are Standard oil corporations, and ail are closely-tied to the largest, Standard of'New Jersey, which is owned by the Rockefeller interests. Oil repre sents yo% of all US investments overseas. What this shows is that, until recently, US and allied big business had oil power tied up. They could decide how reserves should be used, where oil could be transported and how much should be used. Since these were large corpora tions making these, decisions, they were made on the basis of how to make the most profit, which is not necessarily the same as who needs it the most or how fairly it is divi ded. On July 8, 1973 the federal Trade Commission released a study showing efforts by the oil companies to manipulate prices and thus increase profits. A week later, another PTC report accused the major companies of conspiring to monopolize the refining of petroleum products over a period of 23 years. The oil companies monopoly prices and profits are so blatant that a government agency was forced to re cognize the facts. But nothing will probably come of the reports, because the oil companies have a lot of political power. They work with the US government to exercise power all over the world, and almost every US Secretary of State has close ties with oil interests.. Kissinger was Rocke feller's policy advisor for years, Bean Rusk was president of the Rockefeller Foundation before he bacame Secretary of State, and the list goes on. Right now, Nixon is much"more unpopular with people than he is with big oil. His plan for coping with the energy crisis Is to get enormous new powers for himself, to con trol consumers' use of oil. Congress has already decided that the DoD would get first priority, although even the Navy is cutting back a little. •'The ships are going slower, they can't go to certain ports because there are countries that won't sell thera oil. But everybody on a ship knows it "' ! ..'Ithout doing anything Le. The biggest change is that fewer cars are dri- ven around the base, while the ships continue to waste fuex.* That's because ships using fuel are, in large part, pro tecting the profits of the companies whose fuel they use. So the big oil companies are selling fuel, at huge profits to the Navy so that the Nàvy can help them make mors money. te people *e not only iVlilt nat tie oil comparu created the domestic shortage, but managed the internat shortage as well New York Times of Nov, 19? xoJBins y a woria-wn shortage is to the advan- t ?'!£"< ani.es and th< 55 economy* ITEM; The crisis Is supposed to . weaken the United States economic- airy, and yet the dollar has regained some 10 per cent of its international value in the last two weeks. Even money managers of the Arab nations are snapping up dollars. STEM: The big petroleum companies complain absut expropriations and the higher prices they are forced to pay the exporting governments for crude oil Yet .the companies are enjoying the highest earnings ia. their history. And some Europeans think there is indeed a' grand American energy de sign., which can probably best be summed up as follows: Get oil prices up as high as possible to weaken the competitive position of Europe and Japan, to increase oil company profits and finally to restore the dominance of coal. " Though the theory fails to take into account a Middle East war and Arab embargoes, many believe that it com mands some credibility. As long as oil was cheap in the . Persian Gulf, Europe.and Japan, as the" major customers, had an advan tage over the united States, which was still reiving for most of its needs on its more expensive domestic pro-' duction. Now- fhe United States has become an importer but still for a "Sënrtjgï? $HA! soortl-II... OK *ou relatively small propsrtion of its needs. that iwiiht ft RTt -hoclagi-r The strength of the dollar is mani festation of the belief.here that the energy crisis is actually increasing American economic power and influ ence, relative tô other areas of the world. . • i>3. Pirht now, the big- companies and the US are walking a thin line. As lone- as the Middle Fastern oil-producin-producang countries withhold their exports, me US will suffer less t HP n .-- tiropf or Japan. '3ut the companies would much prefer to exercise the control themselves, rather than rely on the producing countries, US oil companies had too much'at stake to permit the oil producers in the Middle East control over their own oil. without a fight. So the 6th and 7th Fleets ' were on alert to intervene on behalf of the oil companies, *? *he ri?me of "freedom*** The attempts by countries in the Middle rast to control their own resources ii«s *•? of increasing concern to the companies. 1972-1973 COMPARATIVE DATA FOR THE EIGHT MAJOR AMERICAN OIL COMPANIES 1973 PROFlf I COMPANY 1972 TOTAL SALES INCREASE i Exxon (Standard of New Jersey) $20.3 Billion 54% Mobil 9.2 N.A. Texaco 8.7 45% Gulf 6.2 82% Shell 4.1 54% I Standard of California 5.8 42% Standard of Indiana 4.5 37% Atlantic-Richfield 3.3 50% although the western-owned oil giants traditionally have completely controlled their subsidiary companies producing oil in the Persian Gulf and Horth Africa, the tide is changing. In the last ten years, six countries (Egypt, Syria, South lernen, Somalia, Algeria and Iraq) have nation alized their oil fields by taking over from western owners at least a 5ï% interest in operations in their countries. Perhaps more Importantly, the Organization of Petroleum sporting Countries (OPEC) was formed in 1971, so that the oil-producing countries could bargain collectively with the International giants. These countries, led by Libya and %3 the Persian Gulf states, supply 90$ of all petroleum ex- oorts to the non-Communist world. his new bargaining strength of the OPEC countri has ;Ut deeply into the profits of the major oil compa es. It ,?.s also affected their long-range planning. Net come ; s r barrel to the industry is down by almost 50;|. t is tow clear that all the International oil companies foreign >ub sldlaries could by nationalized by the early 19 ' s oil no longer has a free hand to exploit the r ources oil-exporting countries. Since 60$ of the prof s of .- O & American petroleum companies come from oversea ven- as, the despair in the boardrooms is deepening. Raislng ces at home can take up only some of the slack. pven before the current crisis, Senator Fulhright warned the American people that, "Our present policy makers and po- licy-influencers may come to the conclusion that military notion is required to secure the oil interests of the Kiddle t our ally, ere: 1.1 the government ir oil power, Le Fas-1 iries are exercising oil power, r" H T\ ' apan, which imports 90$ of her oil from t\& -ocean countries which import of f hpî y* oil r* -pArrt he Mideast. As we have seen, these coun- •f*y* î (sc* j-\ p c r ! ;-,]_] o producs industrial goods competitively. WHY ARF ARA:3 COUNTRIES CUTTING EXPORTS? Leadership in the Arab countries is trying to manage oil production so as to conserve their reserves and rationalize production. They are cutting back production from 20-million to 15 million barrels per cay. This will raise the price of their oil. •They are deciding who gets oil en the basis c sup ports them. The US, Canada, Holland ana termed hostile and will get 11 LI. three are the countries that hi oast» South Africa 'is considered mac 1st racial policy» Allies reel, the powerful European eountra.• at lese oil than developing countries, wb are put e of friendly countries. So they are using oil power against the bis: oil countries and the US. The result will weaken some US-controlled alliances, and.force countries like Japan to take a more^ independent position regarding the Kiddle 'à'st'. There is one direct effect on the US. The US military overseas is dependent on the Kiddie Fast- • This 'is especially :true of the Navy. Singapore has already stopped selling cil to the US, and there are rumors that Thailand may follow cult. Japanese Prime Minister Tanaka has informed the US overnment that Japan will not supoîy US forces here with • ; :. after January Î, 1974. •urtrios are taking these actions for two reasons. Japan trs that f countries? will cut her supplies even Lf-tl ,: t; L] ' try, which rep- - '• . . :":. - v 11 e r c Les i tary be- >* cause of US intervention in their affairs. Having to find other sources for their fuel-, or having to bring' it over oi tankers would-make it a lot harder to play war Karnes or in- tervene in other countries. This is hard to say, and there are changes going on. It seems like the big oil companies will try to hold on to their power with the help of the US government. They will cort "' •u e to use the "energy crisis" scare to get their way YJt "I t h ;rican people. Keanwhile, there is a real energy cris .*_ w -i_ *.. % 5 real one, will be shaking up alliances and threatening US imperialism all over the world. It seems like a lot of the countries that are using large amounts of energy will have to cut back. The US may even have to share her resources, but that won't hao p e n w i t h o ! it a f ^ i-a t tatistics and sources used In available at the Is gw People's p '*'< T £* V bv if you want to ret ö more about h P e y\ {•-: r i s. In particular, ther e are lots x copies e Case of the Peopl e Again St "H Dale (Boonesbury) Duggleby from the Midway was recently shipped back to the states on 2 hour notice. He was a mem ber of VyÀW/WSO for three years, and.active at Hew People's Center. We recieved the following letter from him. "Within a month I should either be a civilian with an honourable or at a new duty station. Its really freaky, nobody knows what to do with me I "At least what happened shows we were on the right track. The project's potential is great. To foul up the Midway homeporting would also take care of future plans for home- porting. As long as all who get really active, stay out of trouble there is nothing that can be done. The Navy loses no matter what they do, The " I dont give a shit" attitude is the thing that has to be fouhgt hardest. Its good to hear that people are still coming around. How do the plans for the Christmas Rock Concert look? Maybe thi orked out for the best. It has showed that Sis can get very in volved in the movement without fear of legal trouble. showed that people can come around with and it got the word spread around to a let of peopl proof that it Is true. It also shows how de. avy is. *îb the Yokosuka Citizen's Group—You made me feel wel come in your country and I was happy to know you all and call you friends. Next party you have, drink some sake for me! " He is planning to write a story for the next issue of the paper about everything that is happening to him. But [from the first letter, you can see that he is facing no disciplinary action. There has been a rumour circulating, that he was shipped back to TI for committing a Diplomatic Affront, whatever that is. But the real reason,and the reason he was given. Is that he was unfit for overseas duty. This is pretty ridiculous, he had lots of Japanese friends rid wanted to stay here to .work with the movement. But he gave the command a lot of grief by being vocal about his opinions and. by exercising his rights, If they think you it to be fit for % they are all 0V€ le, -; r After teaming of company plans to fir* nearly 350 workers at the'' Lip Watch Factory in Besancon, France, workers took over the j,|ar»l and ran it for two months. .. * crt orrfy forced cjut last month, after 3000 police evicted the SO workers on guard at the plant the night of Aug 14. the occupation is already taking its place as one of the most important examples of the new tactics being developed by the in.Western Europe. "It ban be done—We are producing and selling, (signed* The v '... • s, " read a banner by the factory's entrance. That is exactly ..;>iw'- the workers did. r'or the workers, as Charles Piaget, ieader of the Democratic General Confederation of Workers (ÇFDT) in the factory, said: "Wè knew ;di along that the workers .can get along very well without the bosses, but this time we proved.it." And for the owners, as the Paris Chamber of Commerce put it, "Lip is thé most disturbing social conflict. . .. because the con tinued operation of the factory, after a robbery, in essence, of the shareholders, calls into question the principles of authority, of property, of responsibility, which are at the very base of our economic system." Then on June 12, the administrators öf the factory announced that the company was applying for bankruptcy and the workers '»'ouid receive neither their salaries nor their vacation pay (with vacations due to start July 2S>, With that announcement, worker; held two managers of the factory while they searched their of' .es to find out more about the company's plans. Going through the files they found plans to layoff : •>arly half of the Up workforce starting June 15 and ending in .August f*he next day, the Lip workers voted for an unlimited occupation of the Factory "to safeguard our tools." They demanded guar in- teed jobs, continued payment of wages and staggering of vacatioi ' " t naer me management os tne Up workers, the factors took on a new appearance. In the entrance hall of the factory there was an exhibit of some of the documents found in the management's files. There «.ere financial statements about how the worker-run factory' French government was. doing. There were messages o* Support from different parts ot negotiator caught the world and press clippings on how the occupation was reported. Also hung on the wails were posters which the workers had JLJU X.XM factory distributed before the taktier • Iske brightly colored ones saying, "There wilf be no firing.** In the factory itself, the atmosphere '.sas relaxed. Cone was the electric device which set the speed that the watches »ere to in produced- Instead, the workers on the line decided how many watches they could produce and worked at that speed. Lunch of sandwiches, fruit and drinks »ere provided a!, a very small fee. Everyday at 2 p.m., everyone stopped working in order to go to a general assembly to discuss how things were going. The workers *.* J» »à,min a ting une had divided themselves into six commissions to carry on all the • lu ,Lv>-diem an they ••'ark. including producing watches, that needed to take place. tne government also suggested that the workers uecome sol d ov er- 60,00C shareholders of the company. "We're not going to fall into that wat che s at 40% trap. . . " said a statement by the CFDT. "We would soon be stuck dis w ount s and wei' 6 hi the contradictions of the capitalist system and could easily be A t* o pay them- strangled in the economic arena." "We are stru ainsi capitaüs; " "said another statement. i "'.We don't *ant Uj beci italists!;' • U-/-1 Finally on Aug. .10, the aurt ordered the workers to leave the factory. They refused to do so. They also refused to meet a mtiâïat£>r. Thai rial txiin* mtm0 in Ans ii NiAV)'-:Hij()KHj ON FUEL LVr^vmw The fuel situ? around the world %-Is very bad at this time., ano so the s erments are. concerning themselves with th& amount of fue] hat wç as the working class waste, but t vj p y d Q not sa v a Ï hing about the '.vasted fuel the armed forces around the rid u?:e everyday to show a force of powe r to people who do not care. t^YpTs tod?iv T,r e have s h i o^ ! rid planes in the donkin Gulf, ••'hv are they there in the first place? Remember we are at pe -«ce. So 'just how much fuel does the Navy waste each day? ''"ell I will give you an example of the amount wasted each day, pach carrier in .the Gulf a t any given time will have at least one escourt, so then this small shio will have to 1 on fuel, so sometimes It will have to do this three tin "'pair,. It will take on about SS.GOO Gals., Or if only twice r. wc'sv, it would still amount tc count the carrier, so if a small ship what about a Ship the size of hu~e to vision, another example is rtin 28 year old destroyer oui for, four days all it did was steam bac1' te coast of Jaoan, the crew had asked why they did not dc h ir.fi: but hold Q d •" i 1 1 « ^ . the brass would tell the crew amounted this has just been a few examples of the waste. Soon the USS Midway is to pull out foh an extended per- iod of time, with her wil1 go three other ships, with the tount mentioned above, her esccurts will II«. V Ü use approx week, this als; include the Midway, so if they stay out three weeks, It would come to ^50,000 the email ships, I ri r\ i j *** six times tl tount for the I'ldway, Jusl how would this hea' his cominê" winters hese are just, a few ships overseas, what about the rest? . have quite a few over here, so to even try and fuel they waste would be Quite hard if rv. ess t h e am oun t y-\ f* t 1 r1"! ^ o ^ *~ 1 d "^ P 3o each time ship gets underway, I stop and think about the teoole left behind and how most of them will 23 heated this winter on 50,000 Gals, of sas? And what about J1* children who will have to miss school because it is to co^ to walk and Dad has to save the gas sc he can go to work? So next time you go back to your ship, think about your warmth and how happy you are to be out of the cold.' ] nfeiy^d T_; ry arc stop this waste of fuel bv writi; i\i this and other articles on the suDiect 1er, congress I helned elect, It. is this wav •ri< protect the loved ones, we left behind w' A concernée sailor. V0TA8E PDUÏ| 11 vS-CiS x «Q 05 rH-j2tt*i AJjL i3AX« OL Ï AI "SE 1,000 OALLOHS OF FUEL E MEANS THAI THE MIOvfAY USES 4o,000 GAL] FIEL E'fBHI HAY WHS» IS 13N*I OOliîG AST WH3H II "IS Oil THE WATER, II USES 192,üuu *JU*« L0H3 OF FUEL PER DAY. EACH 30IL3E, lit 0Ù;3 HOUR, USES ENOUGH '^SL ?0R A OAR, A7BEAGIK0 13 MILES PER GALLOS, IC 00 36-0,000 MILES, OH, THAI'S ENOUGH POR 3& 31RS TO 00 10,000 MILES. THAT STILL LEAVES A FEW HOIRS OF Fl£L PER DAY TO HEAP HOMES ANJ HELP PEOPLE. Aiîu THAT'S JUST OSE BOILER! STILL rtONEERIÜG WHY THERE'S A FUEL SHQRTA PEAKS OUT ! » • f% *^i ^Em about 5&-5G between his own pencha safety sad his being sent tu some other country where these exotic women flirt «Ü . a» them that they have to work, and aU« Q. What cassas this? they may. be completely ignora A. The male factor is probably ioae- what that husband really makes. 8$ lines. Fer ycnager women, leaving. in a shop a lot of times the foreign- home, rsd as time goes by, trying to born women will offer to work becatJ»! compete with the Army, which is as the money means so much to them, • > do. For kutanes, •and they will offer to do the job Of Uie Amr.>- yon to hava a '-.her employee too, for the same wift, Üssy'a i .'.:;.; :'"a c-as" jr i% that they ire getting or maybe ittie bit extra, la the laundry on i - Pashioo QeanM :«re •maß-bom warn*«. Q.I., ..:;. pe Q. How does this affect the kids'.' 31 tition? A. The military itself has a very bad A. Yes. For instance, the Army makes effect on children because the kids this big ploy to make WAC's look like net only.have to live under parental liberated women. And of course that rules, but the parents living under is ludicrous. All that means is that a military rule makes it difficult. For few of them have full time jobs that a instance, let's say the kid is going to lot of us can't get. In the Kileen base a military school and the kid skips paper, the Armoured Sentinel, they - school. Now, in ordinary circumstances also have this "Female Chauvinist of if you; child skips school the principle the Month" where they have a WAC wouldn't call the husband's boss, but tell how she likes having her rank and in this case, first they do cai! the hus having people say "Yes, Ma'm" to her, band, and tell him that his kid has and she doesn't believe in this women's been naughty and skipped school, and liberation because she likes men to that they can't have this happening in open doors for her. Then, they always the future, or they'll be forced to have a "WAC of the Month" with a write a letter to his company com sexy picture. mander. The way they tell you is that the letter will go through the chain of Q. How-do wives feel about WACs? command, so you can see this letter A. Oh, God. Most wives consider about this poor kid, maybe in, the WAC's to be women who can't get sixth grade, right, passing through the men, and who join the Army to get hands of a clerk to the captain to the one. Or gay women. Of course there's colonel and then finally to the general a lot of bad feeling about that. I have and then maybe to God. Then, if the never known of a friendship between father doesn't deal sufficiently with, WAC's and Army wives, never. And the child, I don't know what he's to I've known a lot of WAC's who've do - theyli give him a DR or an married GTs and gotten ou! of the Article 15. WAC's, and somehow they always In the era when the antî-war n wind up seeking out other women who ment was very strong, many depen were in the WAC's. U people found dents that J know in Germ: out you were in the WAC's they'd involved. Some high school kids staged always look at you kind of funny. a walk-out to protest the Kent State They'd say "Oh, why were you. in?" or and the Jackson killings. And of the "Oh !" (with disgust). families that were involved, almost all ' Q. What's the official attitude toward got orders in a very short time. And .civilian women?., in tours that were cut A. Well, in this paper, the Armoured short. Families were sent back, .with husbands often sent, to Nam, wli which is supposed to be a ; aper, they have scattered figured . . d way to near-naked women, with .. the "çute" captions. For :;ans were ry strong i woman with this-dirt riders anti-Vietnam and anti-America feel dub .— where Ehey go out and ride ings. A lot of German students there their bikes around on dirt tracks — were members of organizations that and there's one woman member of the were very anti-war and anti-American, team. And they ran a picture of her so the Army had to break up any with a caption "How would you-like solidarity between Americans and Ger a little bit of tîlis?""" as,a come-on, Or mans on this issue. at the EM club — to keep GI's going to the clubs on post — they have topless Q. So the Army makes it impossible go-go girls, evert at lunch time, for all for a wife - and the kids - to give I s so you can run over and c; support to the husband/father unless •• .: rfc they support the Army's iine? 32- A. Definitely. There's a rigid code tor Q. Dependents, then, contntutc a cap the whole family, and if the whole tive work population? family doesn't conform, the husband A. *r I is punished. Say if your wife should they hire an awful express her political views. Many wo 20-2 i week, Ihci men were involved in the anti-war considère- they movement '- and their husbands got don I i pivc life: extreme pressure for their wives voic half foi oven ing their right to dissent. notice v/i dancers and s the Q. What kind of pressure do they use? other kinds cfjob.v A. Well, depending on how vociferous are young and at or militant the wife might be, depend make S380 a week at tl and ing on what cause she. espouses. Let's you «an make , ivtnl say for anti-war activities. At the very to sleep with the cusi sell least if her husband were in the States your panties, after ihr the he would be called in, and they'll play mayor or whatever. Also prostitut on his masculinity with remarks like has quadrupled in the two year» since "Can't you control your wife?" or I've lived here. "Aren't you the man in your family'.'" or "Are you pussy-whipped?" And Q, Does shopping tn the commissary he'll catch shit from then on. The men help ease the economic pinch1 are put in the position of living up to A. The commissary on the whole is trie image the Army promotes of a' not cheaper. There's a surcharge on real man being a hard drinker, carrying the entire purchase you make at the a gun, arsd killing people, being a > PM -Y * - ii's sup- in the house. £.UM.-Ù to cover ine bags. To have your groceries sacked into this hag you have Q. For families ••'• E-S's and lower, is to pay a bagger, «who, incident there enough of an economic strain works on a tip basis only. So they're that it's necessary for wives to work? old. old men. dependents, and retired A. Oh, definitely. Especially with the military who have to work on a tip current economic conditions. basis. The Government can spend $8 million a day to bornb the hell out of Q. What kind of work is available for an innocent people, but h3s to bring dependents? in bag boys to work in the commissary A. Tnere 3ie many, many jobs avail on a tip basis. able. Most- of them are part-time, which pay mostly from S Î .00 to SI -6:> per hour. These are in .dry-oteancts, hock shops, restaurants, that's about it - or baby-sitting. {j p tfß OL^O I/J«Û- \^*V % Wrf»» %**wa*- H E~r OMT c 9, o rv\ u. fu D & R 3? If you fallow My dm® we- fmf b$ve cmßht it in ime.T(.; ARTICLE 136 '-i.-fip'p ' /YD COW! ft Tr-.iT T'ot Officer Exercising General Court-Martial Jurisdic tion over Copt, Blae,, USS Bounty, Yokosuka, Japan Dates January 5* Î9&5 From t «5i Cn the four "inuary 198r Hiptain Bias ra fused me red re ider Article 138 01 the UCMJ. I feel this action by hi: has wronged me under article 138 nnd I am filing a col nt against him, Attached you w .1 find a copy of my redress letter and supporting evi >,. and the written denial of Capt. Blae. I request to be. redressed as stated in my letter dated December 25, 1964, 1 demand that this letter be forwarded through the chain as-provided for in the UCMJ. Copies of this letter to^ SA Wright Awn Senator Home Town ' Senator Bought Off Congressman Home Town Congressman Sell Cut •t - IT $»-r rem» cm Wjttne w» IU .s rou: ;. î-she.o c'y -- .enter PO BülTf ' •-or to 1.0um co 10pm *VVAW meetings Thursdays at ?: 30pm • *Pot luck dinner and movies or slides eve?" Sunday, starting at 6tJ&, LEGAL HELP: There are two lawyers and two civilian counsellors if you need legal help. Special lawyers hours:.12 to 2pm Saturdays, can't make it, just ca You have the right to légal counsel. V Phone (0468) 25-0157 1 * rfT""~ U)1NE BOYCOTT-DO \Tf ?he Uniteo Farmworkers Organizin v g Committee ( *J 4. ^ v o boycott Gallo 'ines (Ripple, Boone's farm, Spanada are some) and Napa Valley wines. Gallo and Napa vineyards so far refuse to sign contracts with theUFw, which represents almost all farmworkers. When grower? hav? ' :; by strikes and boycotts to s: "•• ., t Lone • tter. A from our support of . N X3WT LET THIS HASPEN.,. BS WuSS, READ VIETNAK WINTER VETffiANS AGAINST THE WAR JOLDIER ORGANIZATION Vol.. II #3 Feb. 15. 1974 FREE OR DONATION Yofcôsufcat Japei ••—» IN THIS ISSUE &%& svftie em p.3 FICHT MJPÜr"» hlUTARY BUDGET ~" '.R ÄJt© 9. OFFENSE Oft DEFENSE ?,ir ^* EnèrauCnsis-Rtchesto *. ^ ndtc^loos o. ft> THIS IS TOUR PAPER - .NO OHE CAN TAKE IT FROM XOV (DEPARTMENT OF DEPENSE DIRECTIVE 1325.6) IP SOMEONE TAKES IT, THET ARS BRSAKING THE.LAV,* 'J Gl «NEftAL WfTH THE 3HfT £uAA#C rirrmnirroFHii The US array in Europe*s elaborate drug search plan has been declared unconstitutional by District of Columbia District 'court Judge Gerhard A. Gesell. In aaking the ruling, Judge Gesell stated, *The doctrine, of military necessity does not embrace (everything the mil- y, itary may consider!desirable. One does not automatically forteîi the protections of the constitution when he enters : military service, The constitutional rights of a SI, in cluding his privacy, may not be infringed except to the extent that the military can demonstrate by concrete proof an urgent necessity.to act unconstitutionally in order to preserve a significant aspect of-discipline pr morale." Gesell then added, "The Army has the burden of establishing military necessity, however, end it HAS fMJLed to «Lo so." - t-(m*/*U XXXXX : Something very weird was going on at lockbourn« AF3 ever the holidays. With practically nc warning, half the KC-135 refueling planes on the base suddenly took off for Hawaii. GIs were given temporary orders for Hawaii and were shipped out very suddenly. It's all a little scary because the KC- - 155 has only one purpose in life; "to feed B-52sl Now they certainly did not get a sudden influx of B-52s into Hawaii. ..Could the Jets have been ordered to Hawaii as.a cover for a real trip to Guam or Thailand, where they were being readied for a resumption of bombing in Indochina? The South Vietnam ese government admitted a month ago that it vas. bombing Na- .'• tional Liberation Front forces—in direct violation of the cease-firé agreements—"in order to head off a Communiet offensive." Are the refuelers jneaat for. Thieu and his gang* In Okinawa, the brass has reached, previously unimagined heights of absurdity, by busting two bAack GI's, Pvt. £. Johnson and PFC H. Cuqro for dapping. Although it"s still OS to shake hands, they don't like the idea of brothers do ing things that might bring them closer together.' The result has been, of course, that black resistance on Okinawa has grxjwn with every act of oppression. t - - i** : • % . 'i -!V.* »••:;- ** * This interview with a young, Filipino woman who has the misfortune of being a bar hostess in Olongapo City, K.P.- She has been working in the bars for some thirteen months and she. told me the circumstances of her working there. DAVE FROM VVAW/WSO: Gina, why do you work as a bar hostess? GINA; Dave, I am sure you have heard many versions of this story before, so maybe you will understand. I needed money because my family was in trouble, and I needed money to help support them. One year ago I was a sophomore In coll ege, studying to be a nurse, something 1 always wanted to - do. My father had a good job with a large Filipino company and was paying my way through school. DAVEi Vfae the company, connected in any way with an American business? GINAÎ Yes, it was owned by Bsso Inc. of America. Anyway my father had a heart attack and at the same time came down with a bad case of ulcers in-December of T972. DAVE: Does he get any hospital benefits? Does the company pay for any of your father's hospital bills? GINA: No, only Americans In my country have those kinds of benefits. So my father lost hi's Job because of company "policy and he has remained in bed for almost a year now. DAVE: Kow does the family live? GINA: Ky uncle sends my mother some 5000 pesos a month and she also.has a part-time Job. But we have a big familv-and many bills to pay. That Is why I have to work. It was" very hard to leave school. • """..' . • • DAVE: How many are In your family? GINA: One brother is 13- I have an older sister who is married and has her own family. Four mone sisters are in high school or lower schools, not old enough to work. . DAVE: Gira, I don't understand why you chose to work as a bar hostess. .Vas 51 th*r. only work-Available* H ...... ••'- GINA: Working in a bar is as bad as the US Navy witn regu lations and traps and full bf lies. I was recruited, you know, with promises of much money, an American boyfriend, and a chance to marry an American and live with him in America. Everything sounded beautiful like a dream Job* A couple of sailors would buy.oe drinks 'every night and I " wouUi earn P60-P90 a day just for sitting with them and dancing once in a while. I should have enough money to go . back to school within eighteen months. The owner brought me fancy clothes and I stayed with*my-cousin. But something went wrong! • '...•• DAVE: I know what happened but tell me in your own words. GINA: I have been working In two bars for over a year and have made very little money. I am lucky to makj more than P120 a week. Many sailor*" eh«-»t *2e and try to take advan tage of me as if I was a sex machine. I dislike many Amerl- cans for that. I owed the owner of the bars money for the clothes he bought, and .it took awhile to pay off because money was not made as easy as he pretended. I do not want to take sailors home or to hotels because it disgraces me* Besides, many sailors are dirty or sick and it is easy to catch diseases from them. Many Americans sleep with'a dif ferent girl every night and they don't care what the result Is. I must go to a medical clinic every Friday morning to mate sure I don't have the clap even if I do not sleep with anyone for sonths, because the owner checks on us to make sure wè «re clean. - DAVE: Gina, do:you think that you will quit your Jot in a couple of years? GINA:. I wart to. quit sooner than that,/Dave, - today if I jould. 3'tit it will take me a long time.to earn enough mo- • nsy to quit because pay is so low. I do not qualify for any other Job because I did not finish college. I really have no skills. Ky only hope is to get.carried to an American, if he t will have me. I am not trying to sucker anyone, I have gone from good to bad. In my country ralong with thousands of other girls. I want a chance tc start a new life. Some Americans are under s tending and really will be happy v;ith me because I want to maïe things better. . L^vid Vm. Heiser USS Oklahoma CI*y -.._. rnih-rcLr u academies vtolaie rtr^s a THE GREATTSRAIN WASHING MACHINE A study published in the Law Review of NYTT on the 5 mil itary academies states that cadets' legal rights are commonly violated and their lives made absolutely miserable.The sur- r vey done by AF Capt. Michael I. Rose says the academies foster a contempt for the law that leads to the Justifica tion of "undesireable military practices". "Unless we.mod ify existing-service ideology, we're going to have increa-* singly great polarization of civilians and the military and the military will be a great danger to society." said -Capt. Rose.. - M MG .ID mmim A HtSTORCAL TALE written by: Car won't smoke, engine won't choke Fourscore and about two years ago, a man named Mr« B»0. Biz, that is Mr* Big Oil Biz, decided that he too should have a little Watergate of his own. So what he did was to announce a big oil crisis and do a. little moneymaking of his own. Why not? The big people in Watergate were doing a lit tle of their own through various ways, such as publicity, court payments and so for.th. y As we all know, that so-called energy crisis caused the oil and gas prices to go to the ceiling. All the good people In America decided to do their share by conserving, which gave Mr. Biz the chance £o sell more of his products overseas, Even while the good Americans tried to save as' much as they could, Mr. Biz began to tell of his big profits. Al ready many Americans have gotten* the Idea they were having their legs pulled.'Now those same Americans tnow that some thing is up and they don't know exactly what to do. Even' though there are some that are trying to do something,and pretty soon Mr. Biz is going to get his own legs pulled • out from under him. . Many Americans ha« their own Ideas about the enrgy cri sis but the way they see it is simple. We all know that the oil companies are making profits that are almost and some times doubled. The reports are that there- is an adequate supply of oil, because . the reports state that there is more on reserve than in 1972. So what you do is a little . . adding. ...;•• adequate supply 4 high gas prices* more exports • = the 'American public is getting screwed. Even if you have a simple mind you can see something is wrong. Look at the truckers. They are trying to do some thing about It. There is a little violence with what they are doing. That ie what it -taices to be heard sometimes these days. "- In answering these questions you car- fora your own idee. Ally all the Ï\R pzof\t?? 7ihy all the adequate Eupply .that is or has b*cn^reported? 7 •Shy all the more exports? '•"..-".' Why all the higher prices for the American consumer.? -- Why all t.ha- trexYA»^ i>vt about ;?i*/.Lsrin5" enough gas *h*. :_*.;_.. i--v", •vli.cii" iae v.'i> gets most of its gas from its o^n resources? • • •;•"•. vHow long are you, the gas .buyer, gcing to be 'a sucker? . - nOO.VESBURVHvCarrvTrudeau Tttê £V-J v« Csh* «^ 1 ^- *- -*' ~ * ,-v • îi \ /• ff&A vxwnrfVGc fïrf&tUÛMS mimer •:... 1 ,*rvrtttpy. « I ?ff JWSf IKCCK' \ WE HAwr&ame wrmf m*. . 1 Mf*fl*W LA f *$ *MÛRr CI NEWS* tf Äoa iy sor#±i«t.A sou, m^t fîtj, ^4 tft uk+ aÄ ****{ "I was on a recent cruise when after three weeks at sea, both boilers on the ÜSS BRUMBT blew up. There were no in juriés, but the ship had to be towed to Scotland. The radio shack had been standing port and starboard watches due to t . the exercises we were participating in. After the explosion, the brass wanted us to stay in'port and starboard, even tho the work didn't warrant it. Everyone in the radio shack was very disappointed when our request for relief was-turned down. •. "We all got together and talked about our problem, we even had the CO and the ops Officer come in.so we could talk to , them. We got no satisfaction. So we all decided to put in for Captains Mast to see if we could resolve our problems there. The chits went in» but they never got to the Captain. "Kh«s2i the Ops offider saw all the chits 03 in all), he . stormed down to the shack to find out what was going on. We explained the ease thing to him again, and showed him our request for relief. He Immediately approved it. "When the brass saw that we had unity and were willing "to -fight for what we. thought was. right, they gave in. the com mon sailor does have rights in the Navy's system, but most of the time they won't listen to Just one person. But If you get \0 people on your side, and If it*s a legitimate bitch, you'll hare the brass listening to you, and more than likely you'll get what you want, "•-.'•. WHEN Crnnmis Ait J*àass (Fort Carson, Colo.) In a decision that may have a wide spread effect on the amnesty movement in the coming months, Richard Dean Bucklin, a deserter who voluntarily returned to military custodyA.n order to dramatize the issue of amnesty, was found guilty of AWOL and was given a harsh sentence. On January 8, a general court-martial sentenced Bucklin * to 15 months' confinement at hard labor, total forfeitures, reduction in grade to E-1, and a BCD» Bucklin will serve:.his time at Fort Leavenworth, where he will be among many other brothers who have resisted military oppression? Bucklin had turned himself in at Carson on October 4, 1973. He realized at the time that "They are going to throw the book atme." However, he felt that it was important to present a public defense at a trial of the issues surround ing amnesty for our brothers in exile. He stated at the time - of his surrender that he wanted his ordeal to "mean some thing» to have an-effect—to make the American "people aware of the plight of all war résistera," He wanted to expose the military for what they are—"headless giants who not only don't mind killing the peoples of foreign'lands, but also ' don't mind destroying their own people in order to further their goals." Bucklin1s-court-martial was short and ugly. The defense tried to present a series of witnesses who could provide the people's view of the Vietnam war, which was the main reason Bucklin had gone AWOL: he had found he could not go there and fight. The Judge looked at the list of witnesses that the defense wanted to present—Jane Fonda, Dr. Benjamin Spock, and other anti-war activists—and refused to let any of them onto the witness stand. Defense protests were ig nored, and the trial ended on its second day, with Bucklin getting an unusually severe sentence for a simple case of AWOL. The ixmy would have liked to nail hin for desertion» but couldn't prove. It. Sexsét fission •t^ In Okinawa this month, there*s a lot of unusual activity involving snuffles of the.3rd-Marine Division. These Marines think they may be headed for Cambodia on a dangerous mission. Here are some of the Nstrange doings reported by snuffies there : " - ' • . —Heavy preparations.for the "routine" float scheduled to leave April 'l. People are-being told-to make out" ' their wills. They can't take any personal items like guitars or casette players on board the LSDs.and LSTs, and won't be allowed to bring aboard anything they buy in liberty ports. --Everything personal must fit in one seabag or less. Everything else,, they are supposed to send home at their own expense, even though about k of them are supposedly coming back to Okinawa after the float. —People in Ammo Co., Supply Bataillon, 3rd FSR are . working long hours loading ammo of all types onto trucks headed for Kadena Air Base. This Includes " white phosphorus. Officially this is going to VS bases ' in Thailand, but NOOs in the unit say it's for Cambodia. — Six LSTs and LSDs are being loaded, more than Usual. Included are the Hood, Denver, and Anchorage. In the 3s years since the US invaded Cambodia in 1970,' • the TS position has steadily deteriorated. Almost the entire country is now in the hands of the guerrillas, and several departments of the revolutionary government are now working fully in these areas.* But as in Vietnam, the major cities are still controlled i>y weak regimes supported almost entirely by VS money and weapons. This is the dry season in Cambodia, and the people are pushing to bring down the.tottering regime and kick the VS out. It isn't clear how far the VS will go to try and save this lost situation.' But these floats, manned by. the US's traditional firs invasion force—the Marine s--may be an indication. ixemavr *»' PP tum(HUM» ft«** -rs et««» •Ift SM BUDGET " DEFENSE OR OFFENSE? - The military is in the processs of getting Its new budget approved for fiscal year 1975« As always, the military budget has increased and is the largest (27.2%) except for social security, payments. The Navy, as in the past three years, has top status. ' What Is the purpose of this high budget? What are the goals of the Navy? " IS THE NAVY'S PURPOSE TO PROTECT THE VS FROM USSR? During budget hearings there is always talk by military and congress about protecting the US from the Russian threat, (one of Kennedy's campaign issues was the missile gap). Servicemen constantly hear of the Russian threat. Even people who are opposed to most military actions - Indochina - argue for a strong military to counter the' USSR and the rising China, Some of thèse same congresspeople, however, think the size of military budgets are way out of control. Senator "Proxmlre, using information supplied by the Pentagon and the Center for Defense Information, said "The Pentagon has arti ficially made it appear that the Soviet Navy is a massive,' modern force that directly threatens the VS, When in fact the US leads the USSR in almost every catego'ry. The American Navy has a strong offensive posture» whereas the Soviet Navy Is predominantly defensive in composition."1 5he Navy Journal Sea Power agreed with this In March "^The massive Soviet efforts are to develop a potent ocean-going navy most of which is Intended to destroy aircraft carriers." When the military" and promilitary leaders talk about the Russian threat, **> most people think they mean the threat of nuclear weapons or the USSR closing *1>rey «otVt orv>**»*> ****** .-••* sea lanes. But this threaVdoes not •ctr 65 Wtion tor dclen;» may be * lot seem to be the primary basis-for US oT moiwy bv» •* o«*'* topped o bomb defense spending. There are more than »J* Of tf! T'" enough missiles to destroy the T^SSR in case of an attack. Sec. of Defense Schles inger denied at his confirmation hearing that he thought the US should continue to develop more of a first-strike capability.2 The nuclear race now Is In terms of defense sys tems, continuing on indefinitelyf and each side knowing they would never survive a nuc lear holocaust. Many, weapons are not designed primarily for defense against the USSR, rather they are designed to protect US control of small coun tries and keep them within the "free world." The US WHAT IS THE PUSPOSE OF THE HAVT BETOND - DEFENSE AGAINST THE USSR? US business-is spreading throughout the world. As labor becomes stronger and the US economy more developed» -business found new markets and cheap labor in underdeveloped fTTAHEf AKÉSKAK WéÉ &VKrAMZ£ TH» ÉtOfiAi countries. "American resources are becoming- 1WÄ tr wrc A fftff i«* depleted, so for the-superrlch t'o stay that - » WHEK- W HEAR TX£ t way, they have-to insure that the US controls Of tÖUK «ew tM&XJÜ countries with raw materials, cheap labor, VW CAK FEB. A KMM and markets. The US is the dominant politi flRIWE M W«Wt*lé Wf cal power.in the world and wants'to stay ptefr m vœiru there. Power "is not decided by moral force or persuasion, but by money power combined # irç twet-c« with military power. fense Schles- The Navy ts on hearing that naval power ac nue to develop to establish F It?.2 The countries* Ms f defense sv^*- Park In SIT are lyv and each they are pro-T survive a nuc- All US mil'] WWII have beer ed primarily "• and not the bl rather they are enemies. Bxan of small coun- Korean War, m3 "free world." the Dominican ontrol a large Lebanon in ' 191 et threat is 'to Greece in 1 military bud- am. At the budg -reavoy speaking at 1« ry spending? Admiral Zumwa] lean working ww WÊMT and outlined 1 US corpora- budget.. He 6\ ervleepeople Kaval Capebill f-determinatioD, OFTWS _ businessmen, 1 ) Assure e benefactors. ^sc> «ami »tars*, «»^asü*, 2) Contre 'WJafjmW Mas in&iwu*, 3) Projet 1111on worth -T^ÄU&Ä, «BUM*. Ate «KM protect their 4) Overs« Id -collapse if .I* tttafRow Hftrraft cally. Mean- .He went on ve- ggn Pat um^cATKm A*e* manifesting ai powerful and i '^fj^***^l • •!••• M ^^W^M».^^^ ^ .any possible « f BETOND É*-Off l*S OF COfWR that any effoj FROM cÄ^fteR«£ seas interests roughout the THÉY IKTiÔHAUÏ*& could bring cc ger and the US armed might.*'• se found new ensive s traten srdeveloped ff TAKE* AMCSHIÀK WÉeUlfTY A» tttO&feW tt «*S*K«É TH» eLBßfii. «W-OT A(» KOW DO CARRIE] are becoming- UflÄ TT WIS A fftffi IWBClH* AUTO»««. t'o stay that - Hi WHEft W *«K "HiE ttEUO« 58UW& the US controls Of YOUR «e?T AKKKAK JVGÏ3Î1AL. VHS, Carriers hi îheap labor, VW CAK FEH. A «ÜWM At the budget hearings for 1973» after speaking at length about the Russian navy, Admiral Zumwalt-finally got down to business and outlined the goals of the Navy and its budget.. He outlined the four important Kaval Capabilities: \ -. ' - •* « '. *JC7tK 1) Assured seer strike îftBW «WW fWMKJUWy 2) Control of seaplanes and areas ^ «âme tors*. «»«utac &, r Ai« Mas wewMgp^ 3) Projection of shore power 4) Overseas presence •-s» twsf saaati Mjinv» .He went on %o say; "We have the mission of manifesting an overseas presence sufficiently powerful and visible enough to make plain to .any possible adversary, as well as our allies» that any effort to challenge cur vital over seas Interests, or those of our allies, could bring confrontation with American armed might."3 This doesn't sound like def ensive strategyl T A«a> HOW DO CARRIERS PIT. INTO DBPMSS STRATEGY? AL VHS, Carriers have been used in 11 ma^or and OF ^tOffiinor actions since WWII* According to the Navy., in 1970: "In the years 1965-70, 39# of the Navy budget was spent on tactical air power (carriers, planes, etc.^.*" This Wïli ft M»wCTÀ£.> does not include support ships. Today this 'figure is'probably higher since two nuclear carriers, the-3isenhower and Sinlxs. are being completed. The 1975 budget authorizes building a third unclear carrier at the cost of two or three billion dollars. . Carriers are an important part of the defense budget and their major purpose is pretty clear. But the military and the defense lobbyists try to cloud the issues. First\they talk of the need for a strong deterent force against the USSR, Then they ask for billions of dollars for carriers and other • counterinsurgency weapons. It-is common knowledge that car riers and many other ships have nuclear capability. Zumwalt has testified before Senate Committees that carriers are an important part of our nuclear defense force. But smaller ships could also be part of that force. Although the Navy is more powerful than the Soviet Navy, it needs more strength to retain its top political and economic position. (The Karine Corps is another example of a strong US military wea pon against o tb er. count rie s» ) .T ... ^i.- -J**^- •--"£* >.-•?"*- ff Me believe that countries have the right to defend thea- vselves against agression by other nations. '• But, despite the rhetoric, the US military's power is not used primarily against possible "agression." We muBt sort through' the facts and see . how military power is actually used and then decide whether further buildup is in our interest or in the interest of the rest of the world. The American people stood up against the Indochina War, but we must continue to fight against building a military that will push us into other Vietnams. We believe that the VS is an imperialist country and the debate about the mili tary budget should be a debate about American Imperialism. That part of the military budget concerning the arms race should be seriously examined - is it needed? Does it defend us? The government should be forced to search for limits on the arms race in the new SALT Talks. - STOP AMERICAN IMPERIALISK{ END THE ARMS RACÉ - SUPPORT THE SALI II TALKS/ •• SOURCES - We have these and other information about We" subject at.Hew People's«Center. . Peel free to ask. 1 .-"The New Imperial Navy" by Michael Klare, .NACLA Report, November, 1972. NACLA-is a group of researchers, students, and teachers who study the US military and Latin America with a leftist perspective. 2. SEA POWER magazine, March, 1372.- SEA POWER is a semi official Navy publication. Articles are written by re tired or active-duty officers and military supporters. 3- Statement of Admiral Zumwalt before the Senate Armed Services Committee when they discussed the ?Y73 Navy Budget. 4. This is from the Senate Armed Services Committee hearings on the FY70 military budget (page 667). 5- Congressional Record, #B5717^(House of Reps) and #S7299 (Senate). :6. An Inside Look at Tomorrow's Navy" by Tom Englehardt, for Pacific News Service. This was printed in Par East ern Economic Review, April 9, 1973 (Asian equivalent of Business Week}. 7. Time Magazine, February If,-197*. fclihcai. Education. Proj«c* Reports: 06» IX DO UTTKOUT fODD 1 Anyone who has walked into a supermarket lately knows th? sinking feeling you get when you look at food prices. inflaA tion has; climbed to it's highest point in 22 years. Why??? Many people believe that farmers are.responsible. But the ordinary small farmer is'haying a difficult time surviving. Each week more than 2000 small farms fall, many of which are- - then bought up by big corporations. It is this new breed of "farmersj'corporatlons like Dupont, Mobil, Boeing and greyhound, who are making large profits from rising food prices. In the last agricultural census, less than \% of all farms made more than 2$% of all sales. This kind of concentrated control over food production often allows large companies to get together and raise prices without fear of competition. They can also easily limit the amount of food produced each year. Thus> higher prices for us. _Our government says that prices are going up because we buy too much food. In fact, the government itself is a major cause of high food prices. Every year it pays farmers $4 billion HOI tt> grow food. This mates food scarce and aore expensive. This farm subsidy began in the 1930*s as a way of helping ssiall farsers. By keeping the food supply down esd prices up small faras could stay in business. Food subsidies now, how- .' ever, work to put the small farmer out of business. Most of the subsidy goes to'the large corporate farms who pushed small farmers off the land. . ,..'"-. One of the biggest "farmers" receiving this ay.bsidy is Ten- neco Corp., which is also one of the biggest defense contract ors. Others are Sen.James Eastland, a high ranking member of the Senate Agricultural Committee and W.R. Péage the head of the House Agricultural Committee. juovernment restriction of production make food, scarce thus Ithe prices go up for us and profits go up for tig "farmers." SICKENS- (Because of the higher feed grain prices, chicken farmers have said they were unable to keep their chickens alive. So, chicks are being slaughtered at the same time that consumers are paying higher and higher prices for the». This was done at the suggestion of the.Agriculture Department, which. It seems, should be more interested in providing hungry people with food. But, in a system based or. profit, people's neeài, don't matter. r— MILK The government, in addition to subèidies, buys huge quanti ties of different foods, wholesale, to keep demand high and prices up. This is to Increase farm income. With milk,- for example, the government first decides on a price that will in sure profits for the industry, then buys large amounts of milk at that price, so that the market price rises to equal the go vernment's "support" price. In March, 1971» the government raised the support price of milk—prices went up a 'dollar a gallon and the milk companies' profits went up.$300 million. At first, the government wasn't going to raise the support .price. What changed its mind? (Watch the dates.) JMarch 12: Then Secretary of Agriculture Clifford Hardin denies ; the dairy industry's request for an increase in milk r support prices. «arch 22: Dairy industry gives.Republican Party $10,000. garch 23: Sixteen industry leaders meet with Nixon and Hardin. March 2A; Dairy industry gives Republicans $25,000 more. March 25: Hardin grants the requested price support increase. Throughout the rest of 1971 and 1972"," the industry gave the Re publican Party $400,000 in additional contributions. (tttiWftf- Wfcï* g *M#r3&çT* tî •RUSSIAN W H E A T D E A Lr« The government has tried to blame-high food pi ices on the Soviet Union. It is argued that,-because so much wheat was sold to Russia, prices rose in the US. Since wheat Is used as livestock feed, beef prices, as.vteli's.s vv:t-i t.^d ^--.-^, r&*-. However, the sale of the wfeeat was'known to the government as early as July 3, 1972—according to the Senate testimony of the vlce-oresident of Continental Grain—well, before the fall planting of winter wheat. Since the government regulates the amount of wheat planted every year, enough could easily have been planted to oompensate for what was sold to the Soviets. And, of course, "the corporations that owned the farms have been xaklEg sioney on. the higher prices, after making money on the icrigitLal sale. ^_ fir, "^^f^fe fe^Sf-^3 ^^Tïr-_ - v ^ U c. É Y* ^^SÈ^^l /r~fe K E A T- Companies that slaughter the cattle and -cu't it down to car casses for the local butcher have been reaping enormous prices, as consumers pay through the nose. In 1972, beef prices soared and the largest packers aarg jfesn tosXXS& their profits.. Workers don t make out so well, however. The union at low« Beef, the largest packer, wsnt on strike to raise Its hou**lv ltiuiEvn from §2-1.8 aii the pc»,pany dug sreschis arouo,î the plant, e«rr;Cvao.cd it '«it« -rasi 'war£.%nad fUw'lr ^h* r%,j •Tez3 .s ÄEC M g.»:!•. ;wo .:- •:.-•-**. t:k^'. Turning ihe. Regs Around* il Many people think the military is a necessary evil. With out the military, who would keep the woria free? Who would protect your rights and freedom guaranteed In the Constitution? Why is it that we do not have these same rights? "We realize, after spending time in the military, that PEAR is the main tactic used to get and keep enlisted people quiet and In line. From the day you start boot camp, the military be gins its well-planned mass behavior control. This behavior con trol campaign is designed to get you to do as you are told without asking questions. Without fear, the military system would fall apart. To keep the EMs In line, they keep on intimidating you in two main methods. First, they use the fact that enlisted people are cut off from their friends" and family at home and thrown alone in the midst of the most technologically-advanced military machine known'to man. And second, theykeep enlisted people'uninformed about their rights under the UCMJ and é.wout what the military brass can and cannot do to you. ' The purpose of this article is to give you some knowledge of what Is going on around you. If you are Written Up, you will be given an Article 15 {nonjudicial punishment), called Capt- ainTs Mast In the Navy, Office Hours in the Marines, and just plain Kangaroo Court everywhere. Article 15 is used by the military for day-to-day violations of discipline that they consider minor. In addition, they have you do Extra Military Instruction, which is often illegal. Pu nishment and harassment by. Article 15 and E&I are much more fpequent than by court martial. The reason is that courts mar tial take up too much time and money. And sometimes, you get £ound innocent.... •***«-**####-******##** *####**#•#**#*#-***#•stà&àjm* ##•*•###«#* ^?tt^~sfm ao uese, 6b >~y •-***- i V — y VOUA** , (Q/^y^s^L SAjjfaiK You have the right to refuse KJP unless you are on board a ehip. Then, the brass will have to decide if it is worth it to court martial you.- If you want to. fight your ease, you should demand a court otrtial when you refuse the KJP. , You should be very careful in deciding whether to refuee KJP and how to do it. Never make a decision like this without consulting a lawyer» preferably a civilian. ? Tou bave certain rights that cannot be violated end there are certain procedures the service must follow before giving KJP: 1. You oust be notified of the charges against you and that there will be an MJF hearing; 2. You must be given" **8 hours to.refuee the KJP| 3. You have the right to be present at the hearing and it has to be public unless there are.security reasons for mak ing it closed. - .- • ' _. *f. " You oust be told your rights under Article 31» which are your rights not to incriminate yourselfj 5. All the evidence against you must be presented. You have the ri£ht to cross-examine witnesses against y*ju and .resent evidence in yoür favor)- *...... it You have a right to counsel, who can be, but doesn't have to be, a lawyer. This can be a civilian counsel, if you retain aiia/her yourself| and 7, You have a right "to remain silent. ï^'r ' jsgfjm*,.. r^f?: .;> The tuniahisent you can receive is "limited to the following: ï-uni savent by an 0-4 or above 1. Admonition or reprimand; 2. Confinement on bread and water, or reduced rations, for not more than 3 days, only if attached to a chip; 3. Correctional custody for not sore than JO 4ays; 4. Forfaiture of hot more than l/2 south*e pay for 2 months; 5. Seduction to the lowest pay grade; 6. Extra duty for not more than 45 days; 7. Bestriction for not more than 60 days» 8. Withholding of not more than 1/2 of one month's pay per month for not more than three months. All of these punishments can not be given at once, but some that are different can be combined. The Procedure for Article 15 ie more clearly and completely laid out in Turning the Kegs Around. So if you have one coming up, order the book or coSe bv KP.C to talk to a lawyer or counselor. The DoD-has already directed that punishment awarded un*c der Article 15 should be stayed until appeals are completed. However, the'Navy has notNfollowed tthat« In Hawaii,, -recent ly» a Federal judge ordered the Nav;- o abide by the DoD di rective in the case of a sailor on the tîSâ Hassayampa who had requested court-martlcl instead of noa-judicial punish ment. The same Judge will next decide whether the provision that people on ships cannot refuse Captain's Mast and demand court martial. CûmtT^ oeft »Stws-HÄO) ^o do Art.15 Appeal« ! FIGHT B 15's ! Only $1.00 at * IT'S HBŒ ! THE MEW PEOPLES CEETER Make the OCMJ work for youj Information on: .!• Right of protest o'Rrnmg 2. Sedrese of grievance >. ytling charges against officers \-feh.ejEèg$-.J 4. Plgnting non "judicial punishment JAv&saà 5. ::uch ücre I 0 /v It Is common in Europe for servicemen of two or more HATO powers to be stationed in the same area, but soldiers of dif ferent nationalities rarely get together. They feel divided by language, pay scales and lifestyles, and assume their problems are too different for common solutions. All — ex cept one.: their hair. Everywhere, the military tries to take lt offhand the soldier fights to keep it on. It is no accident that the first multi-national GI movement has ari sen around the question of Sgt. Dan Prultt's haircut. On 2S January 1974, a special court martial at Alconbury Air Base, England, sentenced Prultt to 4 months'-in Jail, reduction to E-1, a fine of $l50/month for 4 months, and a BCD. All for not getting a haircutI Prultt, who knew he would go to Jail, said this: "I am a GI who.is tired of being, enslaved by the system as i't nw stands^ and I am confident that I do-not stand alone... The ; only logical explanation of euch (haircut) regs Is that they exist to keep the people In the service separated and segre gated from the public by obvious physical differences. They force us to look different and try to make us different. We are not. This is more true at home, WHERE WE KAY BE ENGAGED IH DOMESTIC WARS AGAINST OÏÏR BROTHERS AND SISTERS. The ef fects of this hâve been proved in atrocities in Ken^t Stats and Jackson State." Dan Prultt, 25» comes from^ Birmingham, Alabama and Is white. He has served six years in the ÂP, was a Staff Sgt, until September, 1973, when he was administratively reduced to Sgt. because he wanted freedom to wear his hair according to his own taste. After sentencing, Dan was carried out of the court-room shoulder-high, by dozens of airmen In uniform, with clenched fists." He said, "We have got something started here and It*s not going to stop...- I shall fight this verdict all the way, even to the Supreme Court... I did not think it would be that bad. But we went Into it with our eyes ooen and I'm still smiling.11 •.-,-,. Dan was sentenced on Monday afternoon and by Tuesday evening soldiers in other NATO countries had jumped to his support.' ' rlrsT we're the Dutch" GÏ * sf thé we sterh' world * r> be st a* organized solders. The two Dutch Soldiers unions» BVD and WDM, representing over 20,000 draftees, sent telegrams of support and alerted their members. Asked if they were not interfering in the internal affairs of an allied NATO na tion, zhey said: ''Sure... Just as much as the interference by American and German generals in Dutch affairs, when they tell our Generals that our long hair, the hair nets we Dutch' soldiers-won the right to wear, are a disgrace and are den moralizing other,"short-haired,' American, German NATO soT-. diers when we go On Joint maneuvers..." X TELL yOU RALPH/ X OOfrfT KNOW WHAT THE. KeLL THE. AWNVf IS CÖMM& T*V LOOK. AT THE HAtft. OH WAT SONOFABncrt/ (until i97l Dutch soldiers also had. short hair, but then a draftee, Rinus Wehrmann, refused to be cut. He was sentenced to two years for disobedience, but soldier-led campaigns in and out of the army forced the military to abolish all hair regs. Wehmann was released and finished his time in the ar my. The Dutch GI unions emerged strengthened and self-con fident from the struggle. Soon after, German and French GI papers expressed support for Dan. It appears that Dan Pruitt's hair is bringing all the GIs in Europe together to fight their oppressors. OP£N; evei-fwi^ ijetfÇÊPT-tvesw) iw*^e'*-K>w-i UEQAV. HEUP : TuewB :**e -n/oo uweis *•» TWO CAM'T fAMCC IT , WT CAsU. - U»M»S) >^01 *7 You we T\re ftxiHT 1* «*ftv annseu! djtor*g >^-oiyT —L. . , , - l J V^ .i i... i ?f*ep^ TO tcMC WJT evet-v -TWO WSCKS * ÇLst22L? pect* yoofc v\eur— cj^Tias^v^^ft^^^V**^1^' fO€T«L% Kn* tww£; TH's *\ SKKU- oyretr *N& IT4 CI*? TO no* oar. - ' /' f ouoe(wTt> Tyre ?ecgt£r/ t**$Ztfàlto/f-oPt VIETNAM WW WINTER .,- VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR^^SÖIDIER ORGANIZATION Volume II #7 May 15, 1974- FREE/DONATION Yokosuka, Japan THIS IS YOUR PAPER - NC ONE CAN TAKE IT FROIt YCUl Department of Defense Directive 1J25.6 - "mere possession of unauthorized material may not be prohibited." IP SOIŒONE TAKES IT, YOU CAN «RITE THEM UP POR THEFT UNDER ARTICLE 121 UCMJ 1$ Black Vet Gets 8 Year Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas--SP/4 Melvin ..„.& was found gull v^ of involuntary manslaughter in the killing of Sgt..Archie Carnell in Kay 1971. He waa sentenced .to 8 years on that charge, and on two previous charges of assault. The trial was held from April 8-13. The Judge ruled that while Smith was not legally insane at the time of the killing (the defense claimed he was), his mental capacity was sufficiently diminished that he wasn't of sound mind when he fired into a mess hall and killed Carnell and wounded two other enlisted men. Thus Smith was convicted by the judge on the lesser'charge. CROWDED COURT HAKES DIFFERENCE The trial and surrounding events were, in the judge's words, "like nothing he had ever seen before." The court room was small and packed to the bursting point with Smith's family members, reporters, and supporters from WAW/WSO and other organizations in the area. A long string of defense witnesses, many of them veterans who had been in Vietnam with Smith, documented that Carnell was a racist of the v/orSt kind, who prevented blacks and other people of eclor froa getting promoted.or even from transferring out of the unit. He had publicly stated that Slack, Puerto Rican, and Chicano GIs were."animals,M and he had actively thwarted Smith's many attempts to get a transfer,, The defense was able to prove that combat conditions, a fall from an observation tower» and Carnell's attitude com bined to induce temporary insanity, and that the killing was à result of his greatly altered mental state. In a week of testimony, it became clear that the government's case was a travesty. SENTENCE S Approximately three years «ere lopped off the sentence by the Judge for the time Smith has Already been in Leavenworth« Smith will be eligible for parole in a few months» In addi tion to s shorter prison sentence, it appears that he will get a discharge under honorable conditions. He may also get back pay for the period he's been donfined. If the Army had been able to carry out this trial in secrecy, as they did with Smith's first trial, things would hot have turned out so well for him. Everyone who helped on this campaign has shown that once again the best defense is popular support. In iu latest • erase, the Hissa admirrfetrattae an nounced Maren 29 as Vietnam Veter an« Day. TMe day was to honor those who served in Vietnam la spite et* the feet that the administra tie* has fen« red VIETNAM the issue» of job«, benefit« *nd health cere for veteran« and families, and in spite of the fact that the war in Indo china continue« unabated since January 27. 49.73. In New Tor* City WAW/WSO held a march from the VA to the unemploy ment center and hack to the VA to point out that o:i Vietnam Veterans Day, vet erans could not find jobs, in part be- c*u*«s of their U-u'. <*:jsk,-geö isw.edui a régula of eh* v Other actions occurred 1» Yarba Unda, Santa Cran, fcOatni. Chicago and Wcatdngtoa DC. As a direct result of Chocs''£&&&> ptraticne. President Kiseea was tsfvoQ • t-ijB war ans* iîs* nailfiasy. Thay erier- ' to mxbe a speech two éàçtt tater'aa* ed the VA'iRïigîC'Bœï Gt'£ée: an*! «îftmand- * heuncing the formation of a Dew ccea- cd to *i>«»*'fc te* **>? #d?TV;*il*t?*£*or ^!i^ finally submitted Hmacli ta that* «uee- aad spy*.-$»d Bsaa^JfeSfesca as hss4 tione. fie deeded knowledge of basic of Che ceaamittee along wit* A» Seerv» facte about the VA sad at one point taries of Labor. Defe**«» «tc/T%«etf stated, 'I'm only one of 260, 000 em hacke are soapoasdhfe ter ployees of the VA. " TMi from the Ad lerne ia the first place, alflfegv ministrator of the New York Area Re business interests Êtà* «swrneor SJSÎT gional Officii I criminel act». This Voacee lies' OtttSaft part of Kixcaa le as m%ch of a hos-rs so In fcUlweut.ae, 17 KKsmbers wkli^d tha Vietnam Vet«r*:r.s Dr-y feaçe.. into the YTccda VA Hospital director's Office to confront him with demands Joe Hirsch, of the NYC chapter, for a «ingle-type discharge, adequate summed up the day tbsaly, "Watte flR^r medical care «nd full »taff, recogni on has committed mer« bjSioae for site tion of Post Vietnam Struggle, univer destruction and slavery of Indochtaa, sal and unconditional amnesty and an Usa people of the Dotted States softer end to the war la Indochina. The re more each day with skyrocketing pri sults of this meeting were the same a« ces for food, spiralltnf unatu^oyfitenx, in Hew York City; nothing happened as inferior medical care and terrible the administrator tried to pass die housing. Veterans in particular «otter buck to Washington. But there wa« a »even with honorable die charge at Un spirited rally outside the hospital at employment for veterans sims racsnant the same timers the teke-ove-r^with m ^>^vej8i^th^bad^ecfca,rß*9.- * picket UnelSi*»tirî^^d miafpf ^the^ bospital'a patients. ~ peîvée$ ^SEtfflls^! 'nadelt" I have been standing shore patrol for a little over three years. In this time I have seen much good and bad done by the shore patrol. Tou must remember who 1 s stand ing shore patrol. Most of the shore patrol is made up of petty officers from ships and different commands. There are permanent shore patrol and there are petty officers jTAD to shore patrol. The permanent shore patrol here in jfokosuka is made up of about MO petty officers and one shore patrol officer, First Lieutenant Zebal, TJSMO. The permanent shore patrol stand two days on and two days off for as long as they are attached to shore patrol duties. What lype of Petty Officers jg_..Tja_Permanent SP Pu tie s? Many of the petty officers that I have talked to want ed to get off their ships* They wanted, In addition» extra time off. Some of these people were ordered to go, but for the most part, they are volunteers. I talked .to one third class petty officer that was ordered to permanent shore patrol, who said, "My command wanted to get rid of me," If an unbiased poll were to be taken, I believe that the majority of the petty officers would say that standing shore Patrol is simply the lesser of two evils as far as a Job is concerned. What Kind of Attitude Do Most Permanent SP*s Have? If any person is assigned or volunteers for a job he does not really want to do, would you expect him to put out all he hast HELL NO! There are very.few people in this world who will do their best when they are doing a Job they dislike. Well, believe it or not, petty officers are the same way. Few petty officers are motivated by duty to god and country alone. If the desire to do a good Job is not there, you Just cannot expect any person to have a good attitude. Who Ara the Street-Walking Shore Patrol t Host of the street«walking SP's come off the ships in port. The method of ploking street-walking shore patrol is usually petty officers ont of the duty section. These people do not want to stand shore patrol and walk up and down a street for 6 to 8 hours. Shore patrol is one of the worst watches a petty officer c« get. Just think, do you like to stand watches. I have been called "pig" by people I thought were my friends. Have I changed that much by being ordered to walk up and down a street for 6 hours? What Is the Shore Patrol'g Job The shore patrol was formed to guard the beach back in the very good and old Navy. In the good, old Havy, the EMs could not get liberty overseas, so the Havy had to watch the beaches for EMs who would Jump over the side and try to go on liberty anyway. Today, in the Hew Havy, the shore patrol is the police, watching over the liberty party. Here in Tokosuka, the authority shore patrol has comes from CIHOPAOFLTIHSTR The shore patrol is to pick up any violators of the- ÏÏCKJ. This is a big job, it puts the shore patrol in a very powerful position. As put by First Lieutenant Zebal at shore patrol indoctrination school: MTou will not concern yourself with the legality of the apprehension. Tc-u Just bring him in. It is my problem to make sure you were legal." Shore patrol is a needed organization» but as in any large md powerful organization, there will always be soms corruption. t .Tuât Stay Out of Their tfay The shore patrol gets very tired of running in drunks. Drunks are their biggest Job. Most drunks verbally harass shore patroVahd» after working as a permanent SP, you get fed up with drunks. We have all seen shore patrol putting a drunk In their truck. They do not like the hassle of driving a drunk around and having to fill out all the paper work involved. It Just pisses the shore patrol off. After working as a perma nent SP for a long time, many petty officers get very mad at having to pick people up. There are some that would like nothing better than to kick your drunken ass. Do not let this happen. If the shore patrol asks you to do anything, do as r ask. They are.the ones with the power and system behind them, not you. If you think you are getting fucked over, do not tell the SP that Is picking you up. Wait * til you get back to the shore patrol headquarters to explain what you were doing. If the shore patrol ha rassed you or picked you up for no good reason, ask to see the duty shore patrol officer. Do not try to talk to the petty officers that are there. Tou can demand to talk to the duty officer. If you act straight and do not piss off ta« petty officers, you will have a much better chance than.you do by scramlng and shouting. As my shore patrol indoctrination Instructor told the class; "Do not start trouble. It will not help our public re lations* dive people an even break, but if he gives you any shit, or has done anything before, run him in.w It Just will not do you any good to fight the shore patrol. If you feel you have seen the shore patrol use too much force, or feel too much force was used on you, report lt to the shore patrol officer. You probably will not see any good come of it, but the report must be filed and a few reports will start an investigation. There have been -people kicked off SP dutiei for having too many reports filed against them. Just one report will do very little, but there may be a few acre filed, ay vhat one more ' could do the trick. But the best way to handle the shore patrol is to swallow your pride and do as they say, then hit them back later if they have made a mistake. There is much more that should be written about shore patrol and the Hew Havy1s shore patrol school, but 1*11 have to wait for later issues. I have many quotes by the new shore patrol officer, First Lieutenant Zebal, that will be published later on, so watch for it in upcoming issues... Lyle V. Daunt USS "OBDEH DLG 18 VICTÖftV FOR FARÄR STRIKERS t After 22 months, striking workers and the Farah pants factory in the southwest von a major victory. Owner Willie Farah was forced to recognise their union and negotiate with them. Sow they will begin the struggle for better wages and conditions. the Farah strike began'spontaneously May 2, 1972 when worker's at a Farah plant in San Antonio, Texas walked out over the firing of 6 workers who dared to take a grievance to a supervisor. The walkout spread quickly to other plants. Working people at Farah*s southwestern plants had been fight ing to have their union recognized since 1970, and recog nition became one of the major demands of the strike. People knew they needed an organization to protect themselves from arbitrary firings and improve conditions. FA&AH'S FABK willie Farah said he would never allow a union at his southwestern plants. He- built plants there and hired aminly Chicano men and women to get away from unions and their de mands that would cut Into profits. The factories aren't sweat shops old-style—they are huge, sterile, air-condition ed plants, demanding assembly-like precision of workers and machines alike. They turn out 30 million pairs of pants each year. Strikers said, "Farah is determined to continue using 20th century machines and î9th century policies." Before the strike, average pay was 32.13/hour, or about #é5/week take-home. Men make up to $5/hour, women up to 45. There was no procedure for grieyances and employees were treated like children, with supervisors standing over them all the time. . For most of the workers, it was a hard decision to strike. Unemployment is high for women and Chicanes in the"southwest. If the strike failed, union members could have been fired and blacklisted. But it succeeded. The .strike1, itslef was supported by boycotts of Farah pants by ether working people all over the 1-3. .i'he boycott out about ^l^iil-lon from Farah's saies in 1973. Farah workers traveled all over the US to organize support. The had strong ties with the-United Farmworkers Organizing Committee, who have also won recognition using strikes and boycotts. SIP-OFFS STOPPED Besides the victory for the union at Farah, this strike explodes the myth that women workers and southern workers cannot get organized. People like Farah have moved their shops from north to south, and to other countries, so that they can cut wage costs. y There are 100,000 unorganized clothing workers In the southwest and many other workers in other industries. It is in the interest of all working people that there are no cheap labor areas for industry to move to. Organized Workers lose their jobs by this move. No one would have to produce**pro fits for corporations by getting ripped off. Mît! Î--2 ;>:=;<:f:<>^-s = - f-ï*L ^ 1 *» « :. t î ; > §£ e' ...ç» S*?ï il n? = iHJj _9^ A£- <3fel.3«àS •> * 3 -• Z r 5rs5*•r 9 «£3 Ö ï > I \ \ o m É=«5E s S S' - f f s CO iliii fJïi il!J!HH&Iii Hb'!! 12 fetJ ? s! r?e >~,>tBT-S^S"K:; CS!98!ffiSW^$«s»5*B^^ Nçuj Truck BKôtdc-u:a- »w 1ft* Independent truckers are organizing for another shut down in May. Grass roots organizing is going on in Delà- • ware, Hew Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and Michigan. The shut down could spread further In a week or two if it isn't smashed first. There are several reasons for the shut-down. The prices of all petroleum products are going up again, and the lid on-diesel prices is off. The surcharge truckers were granted does not begin to cover cost increases, but is a a book-keeping hassle. The trend towards monopolization is increasing, after the last shut-down several truckers lost their trucks through bank foreclosures, Due to high costs, many independent truckers are going bankrupt also. During the last strike strong women* s organizations were formed, and they are talking to other women about inflation and the strike, organizing broad support for the shut down. 3SÏEKI3S OF T&Z SHUTDOWN The media did a job on the truckers during the last shut down. They were pictured as violent thugs starving out the cities. There were ve ry few interviews with the truckers, but lots of intervi ews with teamster officials and others trying to sell the strike out. We have to • rem- ember who controls the media. Big businessmen like Hearst and Rockefeller don't want to talk about high prices and high profits. The truckers'st rike had potential to spark off a ma s j r. o v ers en t a g'i lastisin r g fuel prices and infla- . , tlon in general. 3ut this wou Id be a disaster to the people' who are profiting from the hi gh prices. So the. media treated *77w country's going to ft» dogs Happiïf, ifs th« top dogs. " r-ji *tti^- C'~*& ".•'-£ i**3 \?™J&\ the truckers like they did the first demonstratorJ a.ra'..:..;• z I '-.ht ';rr 1» 71etr.&.m, and like they do othvrr s :ri.'.-rrr-.... .•""- ';;i stureU them ÄS crpzl s s "rü £ threat tx"' tr,:; '!••." "-i.-.-r •.. / ' ; country. Ths reasons for t.h.4 strike-- high prices an-i i:..;.•••' lation were hardly ever mentioned. But a look at the isjr.-:-.£.; makes It pretty clear that lt isn't the truckers who are a threat to the welfare of the people of the US, The government used the threat of the"green machine" • to intimidate the strikers. The national Guard was mobil ized and they talked of mobilizing GIs at Fort Bragg,Fort Campbell and other bases. When the final strike vote was taken, a government official told the truckers they had better end the strike "or else"—"or else" meant the 32nd or 101 st. The strikers believed him, thinking- the choice was to tight the s.rmy or surrender. Almost no one believed that the army enlisted people might be on their side. Host of the National Guardsman who were mobilized and the GIs in the 3 2nd and 101st knew very little about the strike issues. They were told- they were protecting people's food supply. The same image the media projected to the Ame rican people ws-s prelected by the government to the GIs. This time the propaganda, «ill be even mors pointed. Because if there Is another shut-down, the government and big business wants to make surs it Is the last. DIVISIONS -AMONG «OSKISG P20PL2 The tactic used to end the last shutdown was to. create divisions between the "truckers and the American people, and between the truckers and enlisted military people. But 'we are all affected by inflation and fuel prices. But this tactic has been the most successful one used by the people with power in this country since the formation of big bus iness*. All of us in the military know the ways we are cut off from other people in the US, even when we are stationed there. Part, of "the preparation for this shut-down is orga nizing to break down the isolation of. the truckers. The women's groups are passing out leaflets about Inflation and the strike in shopping centers, and talking to other women about the strike whenever they can. Newspapers and a petition about the issues of the strike are circulating among guardsman and GIs. HOLD BACK GAS PRICES COMPLETE FILLUPS rD.OLIC DISCL0;:uH."£.' OF AL'j YUEL SUFPLT'ES 'CrpiH'RO- "^"^•A™!'"''"" From the Watergate transcripts, Nixon shows his real nature: a sly, cunning, ruthless manipulator trying to keep the people in the dark about the payoffs, eoverups, pressure, and spying. The transcripts Indicate he knew about, and covered up, the break-ins long before he admits—from the summer of 1972 Just before the elections. The tapes show that our lives are on the line in Nixon's game. Anytime he wants, Nixon has declared some action he needs to protect "national security:" secret and unsecret bombings; conviction of spies (when he was Vice President) and "conspirators*(Berrigans, VVAW/WSO, NT Panther.21, etc); spying'on "enemies and everyday people. Here is a White House discussion on March ST, 1973- They are trying to prevent Howard Hunt, a Watergate 'plumberJ from telling about another break-in (at the office of Daniel Bllsberg's pyschlatrlst): President: "What is the ans wer on this? How you keep lt out, I don't know, Tou can't keep It out if Hunt talks.." Dean : "You might put it on a national security basis." Haldeman: "it absolutely was." Dean: ''^Shd say that this was ... Haldeman: (Unintelligible).. "CIA. » Dean: "Ah." Haldeman: "Seriously." President; "National security. We had to get information for national security grounds." Dean: "The question is, why didn't the CIA do it or why didn't the F3I ào it?" President : "Because we had to 3 evidential ba^ls." Kaldeman Seoaus! were checking thsa." . President: "Neither could be trusted.ff Haldeman: "It has basically never been proven. There was reason to question their pos ition." President: "with the bombing thing coming out and every thing coming out, the whole thing was national security." Dean: "I think we would get by on that.^ President; "On that one I think we should simply say that this was a national sec urity investigation that was conducted. And on that basis, I think the sasae in the drug field (this reference is not explained J with Krogh (a for mer "plumber"). Krogh could say he feels he did not per jure himself. He would say lt was a national security mat- . ter. That is why..." . Dean: "That is the way. Bud {Krogh) rests easy, because he is convinced (that is) what he was doing. He said there was treason about the country...." President: "Bud should just say it was a question of national security..." Who can say when Nixon will decide to put our lives on the line for "national security?" And whose security is he talking about—the security of working people, or the rich who pay him to do a Job. Nixon should be Impeached, and our pressure will see that a weak-kneed Congress does its Job. KICK NIXON OUTI DON'T TALK- DÖWTTMK- bONl'T T/\LK KLiQI There at the desk sits John J. Sailor, who camt In the Navy two years ago at the age of l3* His parents are res pected people in the small country town where he lives. Everyone in his town Is proud of him because he Joined the Havy* went to Vietnam to"fight for his country" and is sta tioned in yokosuka,Japan-to "defend the freedom of the seas." His major movements are printed in the local town newspaper, everyone knows that John J. Sailor is a "good America»- sailor, " At the other end of the desk sits Norbert Hedgehog, who has been in the Naval Investigative Service for the last ten years. He believes that communism is tearing America apart, he believes his Job is to root out communism.that is present in the Navy in Yokosuka,Japan. He hated when the Warren Report came out and stated that every American had rights, because he was forced to go about his Job in an wwi-i v»-^ » t- i JVJ. v tjj. najt * ij fc j, a uus «cuer«u ui uxauy illegal searches and busts and is proud that the charges stuck. As he looks at John J. Sailor, he doesn't see the slightly long hair and shaggy beard, the wire rim glasses and ass orted blemishes, but he sees an extremely nervous person (the kind he likes, because they are so easy") who is chain smoking. He decides to use the same approach (that worked so many times) to get what he wants. "John J. Sailor, analysis-of the roach clip which was fc^is'i cy your rack, showed a substantial amount of resin on it. Dc -you understand? " VSteKK'TO MffA BOW« THAT I io do ELSE VE KNOW ÄÄK YDUM WOT YOUR 1EFT CK YOif&S, GOUTY/ wvaLreDtoi*WBtf TOE DOING,] ßW(S,ClO,F*T,dk. cottes p}^T.W&H...s MOB ^BHaiV^SÎKiaîY-RBoy n As John J. Sailor shifts around in his seat because it is so uncomfortable, he manages to utter out a stuttered, "Yes, sir." "You also realize that it has been decided to give you a General Court-Martial, which probably will result in . you being dishonorably discharged, and you will be placed in the brig until your court-martial. You will be deported out of Japan and serve your sentence In the states, unless" -and Norbert pauses and shows, the grin that he knows will make John squirm, "unless the Japanese decide to prosecute you. If they want to try you in Japan, you will be placed in a Japanese Jail before and during your trial, which could take years, and your sentence will probably result in you going up to Otsu prison for some time, after which you will be deported to the States. You will carry the name of criminal for the rest of your life." John J. Sailor squirms in his seat while Norbert talks, He closes his eyes and sees headlines of "John J. Sailor CONVICT 2D ON JHUG CHARGES. IS JAPAN." He knows he wouldn't be: able- to go back home, because his parents would kill him while his neighbors would watch and nod in approval. He thinks he will never get a Job back in the United States. rtprds like "brig, court, prison, deported» Jail" float through hi s mind, while he sees himself getting beaten by a Japanese guard {because he's heard about Japanese Jails). Hs opens h is eyes and sees Norbert smiling at him. Norbert is smiling because he got the reaction he wanted. He knows that this man will talk now. Norbert knows that most of what he said is bullshit, it would be very hard to prove that the roach clip actually belonged to John. He also .knew that the charge would never stick either. TUfff HAY1 a am Seek ley I BCJHB AND TEW_ T ai a 4* /«n •«»TO TBYTO- ..., „rr i« A ,.,>KE£T0K3. £ *o MY ID WW Th*r* m ' TW m Eut he also knows ...^t this "scare" approach ,riiich has vorfce d meny times . tore) wil1 work again. ZJ cits nüd le ta John think far £.whl'..e, knowing what is-going through John's head. Norbert thinka the time is right. "But, you can avoid all that "hassle" and Norbert notices John sitting up straight and listening intently. "We understand that you have friends that sell dope, You can avoid all that I Just told you about, by giving us, uh, a little information on the sales your friends made." John sags. He realizes that most of his hassles can be done away with if he turns into a "narc". The label of narc always -bothered him, but being concerned only about himself, "It*s a free country and you're fighting to keep it free— whatsa matter» don'.t you believe in freedom?" he decides to go through *d.th it. /# John ar.sv^rs "0.7'." "I'm glad you see it our way, John. I'll,uh, help you make some statements. Your charges will probably be dropped if the statements you make lead to a conviction. We'll try not to let anyone know." Norbert smiles as he chalks up another one. This is one of the favorite tacticB employed by NISOJ. It turns what most people would classify as "good people" into what is considered lower than whaleshlt, a "narc". • Most of the scare taotics used by NISOJ are pure lies. Everyone will know if you turn into a "narc" because you have to sign your name to the statement you.give and appear as a witness against your "friend". Your charges will prob ably not be dropped if they are major. Even If you do leave the country people will remember you. Furthermore, what business is it of yours what other peo ple do? How can you be as selfish so to deny another per son the right to live a normal life? If you get busted, take your rap like a human being, and don't get someone else involved. Be strong when it ce;.:. , to deciding whether JVU nA>^A, ÜC pUOMvU OAVUUS* J*V4 «ii-t. i. <~ s* v w A. j (Schofleld Barracks, Hawaii) Two Hawaiian GIs, Danny Orance and Pete Kealoha, are facing general court-martial on charges of disrespect, assault, and threats to an offi cer and a sergeant. After being subjected to discriminatory treatment in Germany, ever since they entered the military, Danny and Pete went A#OL,to come back to Hawaii. They turned them selves In at Schofleld Barracks. On December 12t Danny and Pete got drunk in their room at Schofleld. Their commanding officer was called in, and tried to "handle* the situation with the help of one'Ser geant. According to MPs who were there, the Sgt. was ob viously intoxicated. The Lieut, ordered Danny and Pete to beooae aober. The ensuing scene, with attempted explana tions being cut short by commands of silence, became more and more heated, until longstanding anger and frustration finally exploded. Now, Danny and Pete are charged with serious offenses, and the wheels of military "justice" are turning. Follow ing the incident, both of them were confined" to the stock ade for seven weeks, because the Lieut., the same man who had provoked the incident, decided that- they were a "dan ger to society." The evidence against them, and the mili tary's whole case, proved to be very weak when it was pre sented at their preliminary hearings, but the commander of the division, 3en. Gatsis, decided to convene a general court-martial anyway. Legal and defense work is being handled by lawyers at the Liberated 3arracks, a GI center in Hawaii, QJ ou H c n r" u Y\! c Ko t U L-VJ .?#^f V>^ After a winter waiting in gas lines to buy 73^ gas, Americans m ay feel that they have taken the brunt of the so-called o 11 crisis. But a Special Session of the UN General Ass embly, which started on April 10th makeé it clear that, while Americans have been victimized by giant oil c ompanies, the poorer countries of the world have been e ven harder hit. The session reveals that these countries a re rapidly becoming aware of their power over the ad vanced countries and the giant corporatbns, that force the people of the Third World (less- devel- cped countr ies) to follow the orders of the superpowers. V • 3PBAX BITT3RN3SS These Third tforld countries iniated the Special Session to discuss the problems of raw materials, and' are using it. also to "speak bitterness"- against the few powerful countries. Their words represent more than talk. They reflect the real battle in the world between the exploiting countries, and countries repre senting dO% of the world's people who are getting poorer «ach year in relation to their exploiters, Houari 3oumdienne, President of Algeria, opened the debate, saying: •~ "Today, international relations are dominated by a many-faceted worldwide confrontation pitting the forces of liberation against the powers of domination and exploitation, and these powers In fact pose a renewed threat to recently ac quired independence whenever their privelege's are' contested*" .."*•'• He-'said-'That'-following the Kon-Aligned Nations 'Confer-' ence tn' Ali-in-rs last September, "the overwhelming mal- v/iAj ••ï*Y AV 3 T."- Third World countries are responding to the unity shown among the Middle East oil producing countries during the oil embargo last fall. They showed that the Third World countries could use their raw materials as a political weapon. The same way the exploiting countries use their aid, capital, and military as wea pons. The poor countries, according to US oil company plans, were supposed to rise up and criticize the Arab embargo and price^rises. It is true these countries are the most seriously affected by oil price increases, despite the development bank established by the Arab countries. They will have to pay several times more for the mana- factured goods they import from industrial countries. Plus they must pay more for the oil they need. Yet, at the UN General Session they generally have lined up on the side of the Arab countries. Why is this? President aoumedienne cited some of the statistics that brought unity. He pointed out that, in recent years, even before the oil embargo* •The price of wheat (mainly from the US ^Canada) was up 40C# •The price of fertilizer was up almost 200# •The price of cement was up 4O0;5 •The price of steel was up 300# A îtÂ\ M Ks ^ p • ^i> /A; r>" P*^; y. J K 1 Vy l $*e- These are not the prices consumers in the US pay, but 25 are the export prices Third World countries must pay for these vital materials. Bousedienne noted that even though these price increases were difficult for poor countries to pay, there was no outcry by the"developed countries on their behalf, Of course, the developed countries were making the profits. To emphasise this problem, the Iranian Finance Minister pointed.out that most Middle East crude oil had been very cheap\ever since 19*7» it had declined as low as #l.>0 a barrel. But the price of manafacfared goods and food imported from the developed countries had risen several times over. Why, he asked, didn't the abundance of cheap cil for over 25 years help solve the problems of poverty and misery in the Third World? THE "FREE «OfiLD" SYSTEM This last question raised the real problem of the poor countries. Despite the "aid" that many get, as a whole they are getting poorer ever year, and are forced to bear the brunt of world-wide inflation. Their import prices are going up, while their raw mate rial exports are staying the same price or declining- Giant multinational companies (most based in the US, like Exxon,Gulf, ITT, International Harvestor, and CocaOola) constantly need to keep expanding and invest ing the profits they make from overcharging consumers and underpaying workers. They must invest their profits.to keep growing, so they set up plants In Third World countries. They use the cheap labor power to exploit the rich natural re sources of these countries. They have more money than any business or individual inside the country, so often they end up owning rights to natural resources as well as processing plants and other enterprises. This usually leads the poor country to develop in a lop-sided way, relying on one raw material for its survival; for exam ple Columbia and coffee, Chile and copper, or Malaysia and tin. The big corporations control the markets as well. With only one-product to sell, countries must sell to a highly organized consumer. Usually one company or a few cooperating corporations set the price for the raw materials they will buy. Thus these prices are stable or falling. If a country decides to set up a manufacturing plant to make some of the expensive goods it needs, the giant multinationals will cnil for free trade (no trade bar riers) and. crush the small national Industry with a glut of cheap goods from Japan,Europe or the US. And all the time it is the same multinational corporations that hare the monopoly on both ends of the trade: they buy for what they want to pay, and sell for what they want to get. 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'S, that this :- -,.fo>, their weapons, went into firing j^^i^o^anA^^mß»^aafptöorsMre r ,.,...... „-ü .-• • at'unarmed pebpië^oh.lâièii*^^ 1 werva rae exhausted andd «oarescaredd ;* ahanda liKiüw ^e^^b^|»^ii^^thlv ^ftt^&Kàr»rafeW^fch^: r -r ,.fire:»-^some.,?cf;v,themwdi)|* • • .-•. • : While ..bpme.:; ©f^ the-Jïuardsmwil^ l be scapegoats fo„r Kent1$S State, there lis no one being -Indicted', xSûr^ of stttdents at Jackson State University-,ïà Hlsslppi. These students were - ol*ek*VaM-their||>a^ *«m ' tlmldètlon and- threats when they looked for•' Ju^tiee^r:^^*^;:^ ; : : ; : .;..r: ..:.,. vr'.>::r -:;.v '•?'•'...• :-.~.rj-'"'-.-j >•',:••''•'•:•-••'•' •:=>•-'=• ??*&&'•*.Ç:-ù"^-*i'$£&ï? ï-^i&:?'^^ï\'-' ï- '.';•'- 'r'*'3£"-; r overmU Ussor that wê .:mKbttAÏf^Aw:^»^^ie-wn^elliMs^^ That lesson Is how the Setlonal Guard i* Use* by the govern" ment to suppress the American people in their'struggles for ï decent working and living conditions,' foran end'to imperial ist, wars, and for an end ^o-'.pfcli^ieai^reprebaikW m fe-^Xti -^Okamotb wants deaths for absentèeismrifrom^ elaase^,' death for pa^tibtlsm, death;,for;:,dem;o^^^:-v cracy^" dëatdi for freedomy; death for human dlgni^y^^ Here for your study is a full text of7 the so-called^v Emergency. Këasurés No. ;V proclaimed on'. lifciX*'i&$;J!$Zr/# ^974 by South Korean dictator Park. Anyone who reads read s it will be, shocked and 3tunned. 3)eïo,braojp;f^.- and freedom, human dignity and national.'"iaÄepC-^fe'v. endence are crying for world-wide help. . : AfiTIöiiB 1 .r It shall be prohibited for any person to organ- iàe or participate in the national Democratic, 'Youth-Studënts* league or any organisations affiliated or related therewith (hereinafter referred, to as the Organ!zationsj, or ,to. praise, inci te or encourage the Organ! za tiens or a e ti vi tie s' thereof» ' or to.communicate with member or members of the- Organizations f thrpught assembly or correspondence, r.tp provide any , 5ic5iï>èT ÛJT ic5ru6rö ûf thè Cr&ôiîï&à.viûiiû with plavea, xaciiit- ; i;|;ea|;r' jgpodsrbr ojfrèr • conveniences f or ;1Ûie; purpo se of; fBCillt- •••; >:'à t ÏA& ;ebneealmèn t y.';as s ëmbïy•'? • communï ca tion «or,; b ther : ac ti vi ti e s ;:of ahjjr member or'members of the Organ!zations, orvto:affiliate .diybotly;.,or. Indirectly wili the Organizations or ofv^any,; 'member or members thereof. ,'ljlj-:f(^'---1 • ;£..;*; •••'^l-^/j-''..* : AÉTICXB Je. S it shall ;be'prohibited'fö^any^ per sob ' ;^rintylp!oWs^^ ^picture» i-'irtcblfcd^'or' any written*" or'printed matter concerning £vthe: 'Organizations:- or actlvlt:)^ rAftTICLB 3* ;V7It w VihstjL^tä or prbpa>àtë^a^ ^;ib'Arlioie^-iv^and;;Article 2 Of ^^e present JEtaergency Measures. : AETICIiB:';;'•$;•• Any person who commits any act or acts which are prohibited in Articles 1 through 3 of the present Baergency l ICeasüreb •^ia^^^9^i^A6il:.:piAor:^ the proclamation thereof shall appear" before law ehforcement or Intelligence author ities nbt later that the 8th dcy of April, 19^, and-, shall make a.full disclosure as to the contents of such, act or -acts. .Act or acts of which the foregoing disclosure has been /made shall not be subject to punishment* '•- v to, ordinary or nbn-pblitlcal activities in academic instltu- ;:; .,- "-,.•*>,-,".',.-• ,-/-. 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'-:•"•' :"'= • it'v.]:-."./,-.•••}/ ^-.Äv^>*S'--;-rr>>i ••?:.: -;•• r-"-,----- '----r.r-v.-r-.r^'r^.-:'.--.^ ::--.v-•^T-.A-K1 U*m&m0i7r;V'^-- - ^:\'"•-. -i-•:":. -, ' r; ^ . •- .:, .".-, - '- ^V-^; ' CiV-4"^.; ^^CE^^^The,present SaergeneyMeasures shall be effec-, , } iifiÏ^VAV,': : !#&; . KA1C0IM X> .: ?/i : *'^£^i .. ^JMUPTS THB JIACK MAN ;; :tî; '^yV';^ïtr;y^v-.',V'."*' -ri-'i'* ; ' '*é have all seen BAI. The. euperiore*will try and cut the lowly Äs some slack and Juat impose B*I on a WMJ : offender. I have talked to people that would rather impose MI than write a person upunder thé WOKJ. f. »r":,,, rationalise that Ell is much better- for **& person not Irart the person later eft^^ v rfhisl^l*fïns-;ana l^^ nAoavJJ it would not be abnaed. iWIria: _ ,.."., the tKMJ, and none of tha armed forcée ia euppceèj Sv''' "- ua* it.thereason for 'JOB beingillegal Is that;^h * only peraon that has the power to imposé pttniénabnt on you la the commending officer in charge of you. Article 1$ of the WÊa «kplainarthaae very well;; ' '' -. ''.'rvf-..1'. V-ÎVJ.'S -'r*. '' _ it to the captain. Por scathing like that ..::-.^C- you mould refuse the MI. But if you get popped*for thineyon can do and that is do the T*I and then write up the person that told you to do the HK. If you are going to write up one of your so called superiors you had better have some witnesses to back you up. The captain will probably Just throw it but but then again . there might not -be anymore EUT .given.; iq^ ait^r».. ^J^ ^ -^ EMI is'lUe^ ^ttiiieim^•i V •^;>t" ,ih Vi., V. ;:"W ;i'-:: ^fca--^y^^è. v.'î.->. >,-": ipwledge;«of ; the; law la only on.uie» helpful tool; in\a .long apdrdiffi- ., ;oultr"f ight^ "Turning? the^eg&*^^ . ^und*:/is mhis^b^k.;ott^ilïta^^ •.- law and counseling; It aipiain^lin^ .*! -.r,,^:..' '-"! Ë9fe • 1 _| l l'I^I IWI •Vj-tf-^i pp^ ^î:ï:Sï-^^^>i^;'.--; ?2»&^^ i ./,:;V>, ;:;.;•-.,. : -r" 8 ; g*& -V - , là i iÉÉi ÉÉttiÉi THË VIETNAM WW WINTER ÏNST THE WARVSOLDIER ORGANKATION jTôluae IT #9 June 28, 1974 _ FHEE/DOKATICIî Yokosuka. firepan MIDWAY PROTEST demands: •End raüfsin *0@©8rrt ftvii workii * horn® HiU t THIS IS YOUfi PAPER - NC CNE CAN TAKE IT FROM ÏCU! Department of Defense Directive 1525.6 - "mere possession of unauthorized material may not be prohibited." IP SOMEONE TAKES IT, YOU CAN ÄHITE THEM UP POR THEFT „ UNDER ARTICLE 121 UCMJ •et talked about a walkout over two months ago. 41 the Midway. Tensions kept building id Black» White and Brown crewmen • The command was not about to People talked about a strike or a walkout to force the brass to deal with their grievances. By the time the Midway pulled into Yokosuka June 5th, a major topic of discussion was— "Will a walkout work?" There was no one organization or leader that organized the walkout, People in different divisions and different-groups fries] ;:raade plans and made 'up demands. e command is very well organized, though. Special secu rity forces, a Marine- "reactionary force", dire warnings by the old man, musters every half hour in crucial divisions, and checks on people leaving the ship without an official reason; these combined to make a walkout leading to a demon stration on the pier impossible. About 150 people ended up in the base snack bar in the afternoon, some people decided to split even -fhough a unified demonstration was not possible at the time. Other people decided to return to the ship, so people could be better organized for next time. Some people who planned to walk off were never able to get off. the ship. s them have made public statements giving their reasons. People had 6 basic demands : 1. End Midway Racism 2. Improve working and living conditions 3. End Brig brutality 4. Relieve Captain Schulte-- Abolish Captains Masts 5. End Homeporting- Send the Midway home 6. Human and Constitutional rights for GIs "Crewpeople are pressing for a congressional investigation of the Midway. WS ARE NOT ALONE Support for the walkout has been phenomenal. The word was sent to people in the US through CBS news, stories in the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and other papers all over the country. VVAW/WSO se'nï an article to the under ground and people's press in the US also. Every major Japa nese newspaper and news magazine has carried the story. Even Stars and Stripes was forced to carry the official news that '"nothing"1 was happening. The Yokosuka Citizen!s Group held a support demonstration June 20th, supporting the striking sailors and their 6 demands, At Iwakuni- MCAS, 44 Marines so far have sent letters to their congresspeople supporting the Midway walkout. VVAW/WSO has sent messages of support from the states, and will publicize the demands and carry them to Congresspeople during the July 1-4 national demonstration. Other people in Yokosuka have been supporting the Midway • demands. In fact, one sailor from the Oki Boat was trans ferred to Treasure Island for interviewing Midway people June 1 4th to write an article for Freedom of the Press. The Navy has been freaking out all the way to the top. CBS-tv contacted Zumwalt to appear on the news to answer the demands. ÖINCPAC issued a statement saying there were: no demands. Yokosuka brass claim this is all the work of some mysterious local anti-war group. If anybody doubted the power of a walkout before, they can't anymore. The repression is already coming down. One crew member TAD to the base is on restriction and under investigation for concealing and abetting the ua people. Crewpeople who have turned themselves in or been apprehended have been sent back to the Midway (at least 9 and maybe more) or *fare in the brig on base (4 people). The next articles are quotes from interviews with Midway sailors. They explain the conditions on the Midway that led to the walkout. The action is not over though, it has just begun. If support for the walkout dies out from the Midway crew and other people— those who walked out will be given punish*» . ment through Captain's Masts or courts- martial, and suspected "troublemakers" will be transferred or discharged. Conditions will stay the same, maybe the screws will even tighten. But if people continue to stick together, like they did last inport period, if activity continues,then conditions will have to change« POWER TO THE PEOPLEI Officiai Navy (This is WAW/WSO's opinion of this Navy statement:) St&tement "This statement is intended (The Navy called the press on for civilians and Japanese June 22 with this statement:) people who have no clear Idea about the real conditions on "None of the men who are Un the Midway. It is a joke to authorized Absentee from USS most lower enlisted men, both Midway, and in fact no Mid white and Third World, who way crewmen, have a pending have talked an unknown num complaint of such allegations ber of times to higher-ups through the many official about their problems. This channels which are open to "stonewall" attitude shows them. the real cause of conditions on the ship. In the past six months, there was one request of alleged This statement is also racist' racial discrimination and and is an outrageous attack investigations were conducted on lower-ranking people. It and the allegation was deter says that these>people are mined to be unsubstantiated. too stupid to see how they are being treated, and in The sudden appearance of such stead of organizing to change charges support the conten things are being led like tion that these men are being sheep by "outsiders." This misled by a private organi attitude only spotlights the zation trying to exploit the gulf between the command and men for their own purposes." Midway sailors." / % > '•?£> »ri I * ^ bT In my division there aren't that many Blacks. Every time one of us gets fucked over, we try to do something. Like when a brother gets money stolen, they don't do anything. If it was a PO, they'd search everybody's locker looking for the money. But since it was his,and being Black, I guess nothing was ever done about it. We started asking questions. And they said "We don't know anything about it. You'd better re port it to-thé Master atArms". The MAA got an office about 8 feet wide and 12 feet long, and there are about 4 of tnem in there. So 12 of us go in there, and as soon as they see us together, they say- "Trou ble"- The MAA comes and says, "Get out of here, you can read the signs, it says POs and watchstanders only." This one guy was just leaning on a plane and this PO said "Get off the plane." So he said- "OK, I'm off the plane now." He was just kind of leaning over, you know, and the PO said again, "Get off the Plane. "I'm not on the plane," he said. The PO said, "Come with me." They took him into the office. When he came out he had a big red bruise on his cheek. He said, "That man hit me." This Is common in my division. It's becoming almost an everyday thing. One night all the blacks were on the forward mess decks, where they show the movies. Somebody called the XO and said "There*s trouble on the forward mess decks." In less than 5 minutes, all the MAA on the ship— they have this thing cal led a security force or something— are down on the forward mess decks. The XO says, "Let's go down to the crews lounge and have a conference." So we all boogie down to the crew s lounge. I had been talking to the XO about 8 times before, so he said he didn't want to hear me anymore. He said, "What seems to be your problem?" I said, "It's not just our problem, it's everybody's problem. Every time I get to talk to you, you say, 'what's your problem?'" I sya it's not just the Black's problem, we'reaTl in this together and we're all getting screwed the same way. When I first came into the Navy, I wanted to better my self» and become a photographer's mate when I got out to sea.... but I became an AT instead. Since I checked onto the Midway last October, lîve had nothing but harrassment and been treated like a boy. I've been kicked around and just brutally abused. I'm in a squadron- VAU5- and in a squadron they have 2 officers, an XO and a CO. If you go up there to see them and you're black, you can hang it up. They're very predju- dlced and they're out to get you at the mast. We started off with about 30 brothers in my squadron, but there's about 6 right now, Including myself. If they haven't been dischar ged, they've been transferred for some bullshit reason. It's ' just a big hassle. The Midway's nothing but a ship of fools to me, because you have to be a fool to stay on it. And that's why I want off it. Eventually I'll return, but if they don't do some thing about it, I won't stay very long. The ship needs to be brought In and they need to evaluate those people (the command). That ship is not a place for Blacks, JC CftW HöWESTL/ SAU "Mere ÙS NO IRficfsn fibowi) ms resse/. More Coffee GtuW/utk*^ i c it's not a place for Chicanos, it's not a place for Puerto Ricans, it's not a place for down and out whites. There are a lot of whites in oui* position, but they're more down on us than anybody. • lly.the ship is no place for a black.man^o^.«»; , way. I've seen a lot of my partners go dow *§ C! •<•""• V /4...... ;,.,' , V*«* £* V U, J. i> * The POs don't treat you'with respect, but they think you should always treat them with respect. Like I feel nobody's a boy. If he sets Out to do something in life that he really wants to do, I don't think they should treat you like boys. I know I'm not a boy and I'm trying to prove this by showing them how I feel by leaving the ship, and I hope things will get better. Those white people in my division* those chiefs, those officers, they don*t care. They get these brothers with A schools and have high school and college educations, they won't even let them qualify for those jobs down there. You stand a messenger watch, that's the lowest watch a person can stand. You're constantly up, -running all ;i .over the place. Here I am, an E-2 and I've been in the Navy a year and I'm getting E~1 pay. My supervisors are aware of this. There's no justice on the ship, there's just no justice. We had a meeting one day with the XO. He was to sit down and just rap to the crew, mostly blacks. He said, "Right now just feel free," He put it in a way, that he was just another man up there. He was going to listen to our problems and things. Every time somebody brougnt up a fact that would catch him in something- he would say* "what article is that under?" And then he said to"feel free," One person got up, and said "Hey,uh..." And he-said "Dont hey me, Sir!" just like that. I mean what kind of justice is that? A lot of people on the ship, they are always fighting and that's the reason the XO came down to talk to the Blacks when he did. All the time we had to talk to him and try to straighten things out. He would never come down. That is the" only time he would come down and I haven't seen him down since. rfrriiiTifri *^r.y*r>;«,,'5fN» o h 0 ^incj lAy I went through career counseling and I had a reccomendat tion that I was supposed to get into photography. They told me that they had made a mistake- they jived me really- be cause when I was in bbot camp, they sent me to a seaman's school and I was supposed to go to an airmans school.' Still again I was supposed to get what I wanted because I signed a contract for photography- the contract that I was supposed to come over here for 2 years. I am in 3rd division which is boatswain's mate. This is one of the hardest jobs on the ship. When I went to be inter viewed for the job that I was going to be getting. All they did was look at my records and say boatswain's mate. And then towcome uldn t get photography and., he siad i About 2 seconds later another black : and they told him he could C,et in ie went to the officer in charge he told i't go' ' i. The officer discrimi nated against him, so he went to storekeeper. Boatswain's mate Is the division where they paint the ship, and they handle the unreps (underway replenishment). This is real dangerous, like my job in the unreps is holding a phone line and you hold this line so the other ship can hear you talking. They dont give you no gloves. I walked off the ship really because of my division^my division officer when I first got on the ship was alright. But after awhile he was always on my back for every little thing. Every time there was dirty work to be done I was the one to do it. I wanted to learn,so I put in for 10 A school, which I never got any answers for. I put chits in for things and I had to go in and force them to sign. It seems to me that people just won't listen. There's only 2 Blacks in the whole IC gang. I want to go back and see about getting off the ship. The Navy's really not as bad as people say it is, but when you're living on the Midway, yo^re living lies. You're not living. I work in #1 Engine room, in port it's ok. You work 8 hours a day and you get your liberty until 7:30. Bin you're out to sea, you work \6 hours a day and r ...... •.. b or 7 and yuu don't get them straight. Working conditions are unreal. The heat down there is from 90 to 120 degrees (F), warmer in some places. The POs that are down there on watch are supposed to keep you awake, and they're falling asleep themselves.-Officers come down there sometimes to catch you nodding out. They don't realize how it is down there for 12 hours strait. Really we don't even have to be down there, because all we do is just clean up. We do the same thing day after day. I've had many jobs aboard the USS Midway, and I've tried to do my best in these different jobs. And so many times I've been disappointed by them saying, "You messed up here." It really is depressing, and sometimes I just sit aboard the ship and just think: "Am I losing my mind? What's going on?" I've been aboard the Midway for about 2 years now. And I have put up with a lot of stuff. You try to do your best, try really hard, so you won't get in trouble. And they come up to you and hasèle you, "You did something wrong." Then it really makes you feel bad, you feel depressed. What's the use of trying to do yourcbest. And then they get on you more, and you start slufflng"off, and they start getting report chits on you. You try to explain to your division officer what's going on and he says "Yeah, yeah." It just goes in one ear and out the other. If you were the only person to ever be in the service, boy, you might have something to complain about. r \ D> aw&y You can't argue with anyone who has been in the Navy for 20 or 30 years, because you'll never win. They really dont want to listen to reason on the ship. Once you start talking and they realize you are right in the points you are trying to put across to them, they try to cut you short and throw this punishment on you. After they punish you, they figure you are supposed to go straight. So you're trying to live straight on the ship, but every time you. turn around they've got these dictated rules. Ï have experienced from time to time; we can go into the ss deck and sit down and eat and bugs and things just appear 1 re yo.ur eyes. I know the guys. They work 12 hours a day hi their work because they be tired. So you m ir your plate ana see the plan of the. day. I have "e •,.•... s, this is from experience. The c( fcment's are filthy- dirt on the walls and things, i; .. nights you wake up in the morair you get a ;. or something to clean-your .nose and you see rts really bad, the Ti 1 c; TP V : tours a day, doing your reg» bo clean up, you would :eal ring you partaient and making sure s saua keep the compartment cles here, don't take showers 's filthy. Bo .'.mes I don't even sleep in my rack bsc ae of the guys who sleep around iae have sse peculiar smells. It's just terrible. e PO aren't any better themselves. They walk around compartment with their underwear all torn apart* And they got the money I know, they can better themselves. They don't sea an example for the men. .1 Know of oa Lslôï . ;ipp- UoV . ' •'••• people 'o ist we] f A. A / S \P i Mil In my opinion, the Midway is over here for one thing. America is an aggressive nation, they'always want to be. ahead of other countries. It's just a cold war. When we came over here, Schulte came over the 1MC and said, "They're having a demonstration out there today. It's not aga;ainsj t you, it's against what yoe u stand for. I wouldn't recommend going out there."I That's just like sayin&1 'Don't go out there, they're going to kick your ass. " I said I'm going out there anyway just to see what the people are into. I went out with a few Puerto Rican friends of mine. There were beautiful Japanese people out there, and they really had It together. We didn't know if the people were for us or against us. We.said we'd fight or run back to back. We were new to the country. A young guy, I don't know if he was a freak, threw us a power sign, and we did it right back. Shore Patrol came along and harrassed us and said we couldn't participate in demonstrations. I said,go» ahead, write me up. We have been promised to hit so many ports which we really haven't seen. All we do Is go out to sea and GQ (gen eral quar ' GQ all day long. And we're playing war games all the time. They sit there and talk about fuel: I got a trouble call one over the phone, they wanted to take a few hundred thou gallons of fuel on. You figure out what that could, do for the people back In the states, they are just out there doing figure 8s burning it up. We were building bombs day and night. The war is over, so they say. In December we were building bombs 12,18 hours a day. All these planes are leaving the ship fully armed. But you dont ask any questions. We're off the coast of Vietnam in December, and we were just constantly buildiiig bombs. We built something .like 600 bombs in 20 days. .Talking about get ting into a bomb a minute. The war's over man! They're still flying then • One day I decided to quit, We're not Ä1^' I««?. The only American people you see are on ships. Everybody turns into alcoholics really. I, myself never even drank before I came over here, but I drink a bottle a night now. W.e'jfe going out for 20 days, come in for 15, go out again for 30. And this Is supposed to be your homeport. Any where you look, from side to side, there's water, water, water. Japan's allright. if the ship weren't here I don't think the people would get hassled so much. The Midway is not wanted here, the people don't want to be here. I think if the ship wasn't here, we wouldn't have this many problems. I can see hoy? the Japanese people feel. If this was my country, and they pull in and they got all this on there, to fight me in case I mess up somewhere, they're going to use it against me. I can dig where the people are coming from. There have been a lot of fights on the ship out at sea, people just want to tear it up. So many people have come over here to Japan that didn't sign up. They didn't volunteer for Japan. I volunteered for Japan. But it was for the simple reason that I wanted to travel. But I dont like it after getting on a ship that is in the condition that the Midway is in. There's a lot of married men who don't worry about the single men, they just go home to their wives. The single men, like me, have feelings too. They.dont have any families to go to, just the Honcho. All they have to do is go out there and drink, and then the Shore Patrol harrasses them. Then people automatically get upset and things happen, and they get hauled in. I am married and my wife lives in Missouri. I'm an E-2, so I can't bring her over here. I haven't seen her for al most a year and I feel like I am going crazy. Cause if you love someone you want to be with them. I thought maybe if I went ua, I could get home faster or something. /\ 0 k\ I was put up against the »all, with my face towa:• d the wall. And this Marine—"jarhead" I call them now, I don'•tt like them too much—rammed my face against the wall« It my tooth, bloody nose, lips cut. They're just havingchippe fun dwit h you down there. If you meet them on the Honcho, supposedly they're all-right guys, because It's just their job. A-lot of people are -get tin hurt down there» If yoxi want to go to sick bay or something» they won't let you go to. sickbay. The re and asks, f!An; •thi.' wrong with the prisoners?" • to say •If you don't they -han Let's se You're not supposed to talk. If the: i" to someone s all the prisoners h: to Shout something that the Marines have al ready told them, and they take a few swings at you. They choke you, grab your Adam's apple so you. can't even breathe, and they want you to yell at the topo f your voice. . ided that I would Anything you dos i - tt T + ' e? 3 V ,V UUI .! what they call a-"red line" brig procedure. I did this for'* the first day. The second-day, they put two 45-pound cans of wax in my arms and told me to stand there. I stood for about an hour and a half, and finally I passed out. They got me up and started hitting me and throwing me against lockers. We had two prisoners from the Parsons come over. One was a very frail person, and he was just beaten to the point he had bruises all over hie body, and he was taken up to sick bay. Usually they'd come in and start screaming at me to get up off the ground. I was weak from not eating, and I wouldn't respond. So they'd just pick me up and put a pillow over my face and beat me through the pillow so there were no bruises. The main thing that they usually did was take a pillow case and put It around my neck and squeeze my Adam's apple to the point of unconsciousness. They had to use artificial respir ation once to wake me up. You have to sign a paper before you get out saying if you were mistreated.. I was approached by the guards: more guards than usual since I had more gripes. The first one I wrote was ripped up immediately, and then the second, and finally the third one they let n ,ite what I wanted. I wrote that I had been maltreated. Most prisoners write that they haven't been maltreated or they do not get out, or they get out with big bruises. I got a few bruises, but I had them a lot down there. Thfc ferïg Icont) They make you play stupid games, like the first thing they do when you come down is they give you a working party and take you in the back room and you lie on the floor. You got to stay there and the Marines jump on you. Then they play games, like the turn off the lights and you are supposed to hit the floor, so they just keep turning off the lights. And you keep jumping up and down hitting the floor, bumping your head against the lockers and dumb stuff like that. There's not one Black Marine there. The Marines down there try to dehabilitate you, so when you come out of there you come out madder than when you went in. After I came out, I just oouldnH hack it anymore. I told myself that I just had to get off the Midways There's too•Tf.uch. going on on the Midway—especially in the brig. The welcome party is: You come in and they take you in the back room and you lie on the floor, while 15 other prisoners jump up and down on you. They have to jump on you as hard as they can, because if they don't, they have to get down on the floor with you. I experienced Marines banging my head into the lockers. v I saw them take people into back cells and. There's no way out of the brig. They can put you in solitary, its nothing but a room, it's all sealed off. They had one dude in a cell and they were doing something to him because he was yelling mighty hard. They were tor menting him pretty good. • oi ber I cai t of the brig, I had a LI fron corpsman. He wanted me to come down and testify against the brig because marines beat two dudes really badly and they were In the hospital downstairs with casts and shit on. There seems to be a lot of trouble in the Midway brig, I think one reason is because the prisoners don't know their rights. Like the narines are not legally allowed to hit you in any way unless you strike them first. The only way it seems like we'll change this is to stick together and start pressing charges amd start getting some pressure from the outside. Seems like the Marines who go down there, volunteer so they can get out of their regular duties. The impression I get from people going down to the brig is that people come out with a screwed up attitude, more screwed up than before they went in. The brig is supposed to correct wrongdoings. But there ain't no way with all that BS down there. Stuff like this is always happening and will keep on happening unless people start doing something about it besides talking about it. We have to start writing up these people, and start protesting about the situation in the brig and then it will change. rt a MS Right now I feel that it is a good thing that we all came together to straighten out things, because the way people on the ship run the organization, it's really getting to the point that it is not fit for a person to live under. It's not fit for a black man to live under. We need someone to Investigate the ship because the ship is just not run right. It's just not part of the real US Navy. It's a little navy all it's own. I'm not going to name any names because I might incriminate someone, but this ship just needs to be docked In and everybody on the ship needs to be evaluated as far as administration is con cerned. e morale on the ship is .001 . It's the way that the captain—I would like tc use the word "dictates*" The captain is supposed to be responsible for the morale of the ship, and he's not doin' his job» That's all there is to it. If you interview the people on there, you'll find that about 95^ of them feel the same way. 'erybody seems to be afraid to do what we did« But re afraid they have so much to lose. But what have we it? We lost It already, The captain of the ship is trying to make rate--you know, admiral«-- but since things aren't going so well, he's trying to take it out on the ship, on the crew. I imagine people here will do this again if conditions on the boat don't change. If the captain isn't relieved of hi:5 duties. - I think the problem is the captain. are trying to make- it a better ship to spend two years , I don't want to. spend two years like that. I'd rather jail** Sometimes I feel like diving over the side : ge" " fitEp ou lrycl<(K W J. ? $TEp op thf> uj I feel If yowi want respect you have to give respect. It's.not just the\captain, it's the petty officers too, Change the command. I think the problem lies in the way he feels abov t en- ted men, I really don't think he cares too much about I don't think he cares whether we pull into ports« He certainly doesn't care aboutrour morale, because he hasn done anything to help it. In my opinion, 1 don't think 1 even thinks we exist, except as tools, like for chess play ers as pawns. I served under the last captain and I can say that was 4 or 5 months in the Navy that I really liked. Since we came over h&re he promised a lot of things, but I haven't seen thing that he promised yet, Promised a, lot of übt ports, good working conditions and living conditions* sore« /> eOlTOfclKU ORGANIZE TD'UIN/ The resistance that many enlisted people wage daily on against dehumanization by the Navy reached a new stage ay the Midway this month. Por 8 months, the Navy and MidwMid - command tried to suppress the legitimate complaints of way people. If people could not be kept quiet by threa brig of bad discharges, the captain did his best to keep the overflowing. In spite of the power that the Navy seems to have, about 60 people refused to board the ship on June 14. Right now we haven't heard news about what people who went on this cruise have done, so the story isn't complete. The Midway uprising is not over, and it's not an isolated event. It is part of a long struggle inside and outside the military for the rights of working people. CONNIE STRUGGLE In the Pall of 1972, Black sailors stripped the Navy of its expensive "new" image when they sat down on the mess decks of the USS Constellation. They had tried for months to get Captain Ward to change his discriminatory policies in (1 ) job assignments', (2) non- judicial punishearn ts, and (3) discharges, Thi Lk, and sent his Human Relations Council of: ey admitted they couldn't do anything about s brothers forced the Connie to return to S* forced Zumwa.lt to call his admirals in on the .se 130 brothers put the Navy In the spotlight and for- it to admit that the "hallowed tradition" of Navy racism was alive and well. Shortly after their strike, the Depart ment of Defense released figures that proved that each branch of the military gave Third World people more than their share of bad jobs, non-judicial punishment,- and dis charges they didn't want. With public opinion against the Navy, the brothers escaped heavy charges. Most of them were simply sent off the ship. BACK HOME! The power of mass action was also clear in the "Back Home Movement" of 1945-46. Hundreds of thousands of GIs who had fought fascism demonstrated In Manila, Berlin, and even Yokohama. They demanded to go hr -0 rather than police the world. (See the history on pageV/. ) CIVIL RIGHTS FIGHTS Fifteen years later, Blacks In the South rose up again to end 400 years of oppression. The white ruling class of 2Z both. North and South hadn't done anything to help because they benefitted from repression of Black working people. Slowly at first, then rapidly, Southern Blacks organized themselves and by 1965 they had won major victories. The power of their organizations forced Congress and President Johnson to pass a Civil Rights Act. And this struggle changed forever Blacks' consciousness of themselves. FARAH FALLS This spring, working people in the Southwest won another battle against bi usiness. For almost two years, 4000 Chicano workers ( K>7o of them women) went on strike against Farah, the largest manufacturer of men "s and boy's pants in the US. In April 1974, their struggle paid off: they won -the right to 'organize a union' to protect themselves from low wages and unjust firing. Ff\Rr\fl STRIKE- ON VIRGIB, WE'RE GOING ON STRIKE" described how £>»t during the weetol Jvfa y 9th:' mars • 9:30 k Virgi .gomg.on.strikfe,*.8tii I di.dp*« c/;.'V lag on .;r heverybiji ^y in the cutting room wealed ( i so i „ . *sc>fijtîter$aîffcrwc•'.-, ' .-r y *c 'ÜB'e.'Ättd hi:.. • ! and my sisters work at Farai our family. Ï had to go boa••- - I I wss goifôa to o. i ïd to .e •\^ht was:tight. ; The nest, öor ibjjgl |ot my gfrïv friends' together ^d said we werfe going !»., -t.^| J;. their purses.-We started m the -very/back *nd started cal&g iQ'iUèmhSrX.iy -. . : r •with es. My logs we^e shaking the whole lime. We were reàJly';Scared.hec8i' kBQW S what was going tphappen. W 3 âsîers joîâed us and ai,these giiys apd gir|$ I t&e.we. got to the front door I looked baçïf ,aa_d saw ISO people.behind ùs'.-' ; v • e vn Ï IQ walk out the door who?' wheredid^e I g. Soi töjd r .» Kb"3t- >ohs|bîe for • ûo,''lh i f ffo'ügb we c :. her.î . • :?;«i»a»iK»!^^^ißwffiHt;K.äW: i iww»mini»**;.' THE REAL "NEW" NAVY r;,; The "peacetime" Navy is now the scene for another part of this struggle. The US Government is trying to get the drop on poor people in Asia by homeporting the Midway in Yokosuka. just by steaming for a few days, the Midway can bomb any country in the Western Pacific from Korea to Thailand. There is more than a flag behind the idea of "showing the flag." The Havy command, right down to junior officers, is fully aware that they have a -job to do. They don't plan for enlist ed people to have any say about this mission. But most people didn't /-join the Navy to fight for big business. They joined to get the GI Bill, to get an educa tion and skills, or for a better job than the US economy can provide for millions of Americans. Prom the raps by Midway sailors, it's clear that the Navy doesn't live up to its promises. On top of that, to work on a ship homeported overseas, and especially the Midway, is about the worst duty possible. So in addition to repression in c '1er countries, the Navy has to repress its own workers, the lower enlisted people. Captain Schalte, or any other more 'liberal' officer, relies on fear and even brutality to keep his ship together. The greater the resistance, the bigger the guns the military • will try to use. But then they find that resistance gets even stronger. This tension between first-termers and the Navy guarantees that the people will fight for their rights. As long as we are pawns being used against our will and interests, the military will face greater resistance. Sixty people can't change the Midway, but if everyone who supports their demands stands together, the people will win! ______UNITY - STRUGGLE - VICTORY ZOOMWAIT S&YS... *Mke. W\AV vs -HvfcJ- V\t^fma CCWVLV iV h% * Stw*W re«i^ei+ -f^ov^ A- sVw«\W ùevjoi'v ow c*~ ùv\e\*~ «\t-ce- e»t &2^fcV, wi doi\"? eive.s|> "Vke \vs.\ew«iTV (A ^ee\ii\^ -4WT cm«.--«vtxs vakew py\€- \'\sVtv\s T> 1 & ^vo ^ VU^VT, ritMbos \v\teyvttv^,xjuv?- nil *y FPU. Poet ^Vuffsi Oui Tom Barrett from the Oklahoma City wrote this song right before he was transferred to Treasure Island. The reason he was'given two days notice to transfer- he was "unfit for overseas duty." His"crimes" were working working.with New e's Center and .Preedoa" of the Press, He was on .the peir ,4th as the Midway pulled out to interview people for X ,-k C o t? i •to investigate what was happening, He as pretty thoroughly checked out, questioned and photo raphed, r& days later be was informed he was being trans ferred« As far as wè know the active duty people on the pier from the Seahawk and Stars and Stripes were not questioned or transferTiaT" {to the tune of When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again) If Johnny coses marching home again Wïho knows who knows He may have no arms and blind he may be who knows vrho cares If Johnny comes marching home again They'll give him a medal, it don't mean a thing And we'll all turn our backs When Johnny comes marching home \ If Johnny comes marching home again Ehey^ll make a day People will get a day off from work and sleep and play And nobody really gives a damn about some guys Who died for no reason! Hey, do you have The right To turn your back j When Johnny comes marching home» You read in the paper about 40,000 Who died, tell me why You read this and you don't spit-up You just turn the page You ass you feel your not to blame But we're all guilty just the same And we'll tum pur backs When Johnny comes marching home. Could be they'll bring Johnny home again In a casket with a flag He died you say to keep us free And for democracy Well, wake up you fool You know that isn't so - He died so some capitalist pig Could make some "dough" Ptow tell me is this right Oh, Johnny cant march no more Now you will probably read this poem and turn the page But please read it and think abc :llfl_*%l£_ c*«rnrwm It, too for goodness sake I ItllLlC, 3>*§Iïl You know this killing is insane So, speak and get those • : Who really are to blame It's got to stop Before its too late Before its too late Before its too late I DL»CCL/0 . Yi,iU 2-6 1 learned r*M ß job W."V E CODES 'Tbe Defense Department announced, oh.A^.i^^?i&.i^Xy0iter^9^.i^y..Ql^ -, tain s^'w discharge paper* oh request that will omit the controversial Sépara- tiob-Äograr» Numbers(SPN) which indie rita- -tht re-aeon, tor-.di*charge. "these humb^fs and classifications are gïveh arl \ '.£hout the knowledge of the . veteran' and with no process of appealing the.çlassif^cj^içà, 'Over 500 euch ,r.. ,-, code» $re in use, and include «uch labels ae "Sh 1 rking'V "Apathy1 *, "Criminal- istn", "3ed T/i?ettiBg*V ''Character piaordèr", "^rginal producer" atiß}'jjjci~ - clean Habits'*,! On ,-ïaty'; 1st, the Petttagon wUlh^egW using a hew eojee "besr|bg ;. ; 126 classifications. Hie classifications Will no longer appear on separation u paperf (BD 214), bot W1Ï4J be »èf! **i the veteran*s permanent. ill$&,(Zp}}* "JÉm.«!,^ ployers have always bad-access to theeefiles, »and so this c^asfUâofttipû ay*"'* tern 'mil continueté» ;be uèed against the yeterajnloo^ng for a decent jot»"or a ...^ promotion. The only solution is to eliminate thé §PN claf sificâtipn system ; COMPILETEI,y. ..-'-'• v'-t- ;f?-'-'-. "^ :'• •-.'•''-' * ' ' vc^ '" V [[• '' 'ß .W'^ou would like; to know thfe'i|rief^hg'of.:,your ,$PJW. number apd would like;'; tö havW'§ie élittamt«éri^^'j^t^p'^4ti:^.^^,_pT call the VVÀW/WSO Natiopit; lOffi« X7 Qï fjovemeré - M ySU e This article is about a movement that sprang up at bases and troop camps all over the world at the end of World War II that, came to be called the "Back Home Movement". Occupation Duty Millions of GIs including probably a lot of our fathers, after fighting a lot of battles to kick the Japanese fascists out of the islands of the Pacific, and the German and Italian fascists out of countries in Europe and Africa that didn't belong to them, suddenly found themselves on "occupation duty"-— playing the same role as the armies they had fought against. On Okinawa, Guam and throughout the Pacific, U.S. infantrymen read in the paper that the war was over, but were told by their commanders* that more battles might have to be fought against the armies of H Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam, and Mao Tse Tung in China. While Gi's'sat and waited, troop ships were being loaded with arms and ammunition for the Dutch in Indonesia, the French in Indochina and Chang Kai Shek in China. Meanwhile, GIs who had fought their way across Europe were being loaded in trains not for the states, but for occupation duty in Asia. GIs Fight Back The GIs, realizing that the US governement was scrambling to estab lish itself as the dominant worldwide power and had no intention of sending them home soon began to fight back. They hung sign« out the train windows reading "Shanghaied for the Pacific". They wrote to newspapers and :heir families protesting the transfers. Senators and Congressmen -'ere bombarded with letters ?nd telegrams demanding that the GIs be brought home. Groups of GIs bought advertisements in their hometown newspapers. in December of 1945, the Gïs in Asia decided that the time had come to take action. On Christmas Day, 4,000 men marched through Manila carrying banners that read, "We Want Ships". On January 6, two .more marches were held in Manila. The Army, thinking it could scare the soldiers, ordered MPs to attack the marchers. But after four years of fighting they weren't scared of MPs,,. The next day, 2500 men marched to the commanding general's headquarters, where a demonstration was held demanding troop ships home. That night a mass meeting of between 12,000 and 20,000 GIs was held. Speakers demanded the right to go home and supported the Asian people's right to self determination without coertion from the Army. Back in Europe, on January 7, over 2,000 GIs held a protest meeting at Camp Boston, Prance. On January 8, there were more demonstrations at more bases than anybody could keep track of. At a rally on Saipan 6,000 GIs sent telegrams to Washington demanding to be sent home. On Guam, 3,500 GIs held a hunger strike. The next day, January 9, 18,000 men joined the protest on Guam; 1000 GIs marched in Paris; .1800 GIs put their names on a telegram from London demanding to be sent home; 5,000 marched in Frankfurt 5,000 marched in Calcutta; 15,00 marched in Hawaii; and there were smaller demonstrations in Yokohama, Japan and Rheims, France. — „m • !„•, •-— c^^o c^ la Brass Frantic The brass was frantic. They censored all GI newspapers and punitively transferred two staffers from Stars and Stripes when they protested the censorship. An order went out ordering any soldier who demonstrated for démobilisation to be subject to court martial. On January 17, General Eisenhower called the "Back Home Movement" hysteria and ordered a ban. on public demonstrations. GIs Keep It Together and Win But it was,too late. In the Philippines, GIs held meetings in their units and elected representatives to a Soldiers' Committee. A total of 139,000 GIs elected 156 representatives. A similar committee was formed in France. On January 13, 1946, that committee met in Paris and drafted a document which they called "The Enlisted Man's Magna Carta". The "Magna Carta'1 was ratified at a meeting of 500 GIs. Among its demands were: (1) that aj.1 officers s as enlisted men for one year during time of war; (2) that officers clubs, officer's messes and all other extra privileges be eliminated; (3) that court martial boards include enlisted men; (4) that Secretary of War Patterson.be replaced; (5) and that the Magna Carta be acted on by a Senate investigating team that was due in Paris. The group established a"Gl Liberation Conraittee" to fight^for the demands of the "Magna Carta?. FAced with this kind of open rebellion, the military command had to give in for then. From a high of 8 million, the Army was down to Ih million by the middle of 1946. The GIs came home. Back home again!M One last reminder folks- If you are going to be on the east coast July 1st-4th dont miss the VVAW/WSO national demonstration. The first three days will consist of militant actions directed at different targets- raising the demon stration demands. We have asked them to deliver the Midway demands to different Congresspeople on those days. July 4th will be a mass demonstration in support of the 4 demands VVAW/WSO will, be joined by other anti-imperialist groups. THE DEMANDS universal and Unconditional Amnesty This means amnesty formal1 people.who resisted the war, including veterans with less than honorable discharges, draft resisters, military resisters, those in prison for acts of resistance,and those living "underground". Implement the Peace Agreement-- End All, Aid to Thieu and Lpn Hol The US government- continues to send over a billion dollars a year to Thieu, we also aid the corrupt Lon Hoi regime in Cambodia. We signed a Peace Agreement- now we must force the government to follow it! à Single Type Discharge for All Vets A bad discharge means you are punished twice and for life,for military resistance. The threat of a bad discharge keeps people in line. We also demand that no bad discharges be given to Midway resisters. Decent Benefits for Ail Vets The VA should be reorganized and responsive. Vets should get the bennies they were promised with no hassles or hitch. Kick Nixon Out Heeäs"'no explanation! s** ft 3! ^m0 r;-'4 ^s-' Are you tired of the Navy's BS? Well, if you're iy- one else who is still in touch with reality, you should bei Where else but in a great institution like the Navy could" you find racism, hypocrisy, and a warped sense of values? The only way to free yourself is to fight back using the Kavy's ultimate weapon against itself. That^s right,use the UCMJ to mess over those who are messing you over. Let the lifers and oth rsorted assholes know where you stand. Buy a copy of T^.rnln^ The fiegjs Around (#1.) at the Pi r n how to fîTê" report chits iated against, having M iE to fight the unfair •-racti; itaryl SN CL. Cherrie USS Midway "Big Pig" 41 ôcxd News V COEDITIONS ON SHIPS IN ÏOKOSUKA ARE FINALLY BECOMING PUBLIC IN THE UNITED STATES—AND JAPAN! But it's important to follow-up with letters to Bews- papers, friends, and Congress. These people need your letters with specific informa tion about what's happened to you or your friends: "Your Representative and Senator - "Congressman Ronald Delluas •Congresswoman Shirley Chi.sholm "Congresswoman Bella. Abzug "Senator Alan Cranston Addresses: Reps—House.Office Building Washington, D.C. 20516 Sens—Senate Office Building Washington, D.C; 20$10 Ur i m VIETNAM mW WINTER VETERANS AGAINST THE WARVSOLDIER ORGANIZATION am,, —•...—.. •—p^l- I 11 | II 111| |, | ———»»I • HI II I • I II I I» Ill l| Ill •l-'l »I • I —-— —.—.• III' 1 • P i iw-i -....•• I -•• i • W.I——. mm« —n m •—••.. -a .•...I.II.M,.. „• »,•...—.», .1 • • ,F..i .- — „.. .-^ - • — W. Volume II #12 August 15, 1974 FREE/DONATION Yokosuka, Japan TVÏSTice? THIS IS YOUR PAPER - NO ONE CAN TAKE IT PROM YOU! (Department of Defense Directive 1325.6 - "mere possession of unauthorized material may not be prohibited." IP SOMEONE TAKES IT, YOU CAN WRITE THEM UP POR THEPT UNDER ARTICLE 121 UCMJ Hit il P TUST tee WiERl WORM NC RMLROKD Three more brothers who left the USS Midway on June î4 were tried last week: Earl Chambers, Walter Sandifer, and Terry Myers. The military cracked down and all three bro thers got heavy sentences, despite evidence they presented about conditions on the ship. WALTER SANDIFER Walter pleaded under a pretrial agreement to charges of missing the ship by neglect (rather than by design) and to UA. The crucial issue for him was to show why he didn't go back right after the ship left. He testified that this was because he had talked to several people who had been to the brig, and wanted to avoid it if possible. So he decided to stay UA until the ship returned June 27 so that he could talk with his work super visor before his Captain'3 Mast. This didn't work, since he was catight up at Yokote i\ast before June 27. From then until his. court, he was confined on base. He decided to go to trial without a panel (Judge alone). The Judge, head executioner at C-3» decided that 45 days in confinement and 'fine of $75 for six months was just about right. No BCD was "awarded." wmw;*tWm[mMma&mÊii&tiBcur O EARL CHAMBERS Earl also went with Jud^e alone, with Chris Coates as civilian defense. He pied guilty to missing by design and UA (Articles 87 and 86, UCMJ). His court happened during this last cruise, and witnesses were flown off to testify anout racism and conditions on board. One of them was Hardeman, also from CR Division, who was E&rl's race relations rep, said that Earl had asked for help through the channels about discrimination. Some thing did happen—Hardeman was harrassed by his division for trying to help. Other than that, nothing. Another witness had a long Interview with Lt. Oadr. Ellis from ship's legal office. Brian Richman testified that Ellis grilled him about what he was going to testify- about. Pirst of all, if Brian wanted to talk about discrim ination, why hadn't he complained about it to others in the division? He responded that he'had , but nothing happened. . Ellis, continuing the attack, started to slander Earl's lawyer, saying that he couldn't be tr^ted. This is from a legal officer who told another deft that If he wanted a certain civilian lawyer from Okinawa chat he would have to pay his fare up here. Ellis had no knowledge about that, yet said it to drive the person into' the arms of the military lawyers who sacrificed him in court. Judge Miles Eastwood, in his wisdom, decided that Earl Leserved 45 days and a fine with a suspended BCD. i-j • TERRY MYERS Terry spoke out publicly at a press conference in Tokyo June 20, along with 7 other brothers, and the military was out for blood. They wanted'to crush the idea that even people in the military should have freedom of speech. "I left the ship not only because of discrimination against me, but because of discrimination against everybody." He talked in court about working condtlons, racism, and brig' conditions. Although his recruiter promised him electronics, Terry was stuck in M Division. He learned to do such skilled jobs as chipping paint and cleaning up. He stood only thrust box watch, the lowest. He testified about long working hours. His First Class and Chief Rice made frequent racial slurs. They used the word "nigger" in front of White friends of Terry's, and Rice referred to his billy club as a "nigger stick." When. Terry was mess cooking, 50^ of the mess-cooks were black. There were 17 non-rate Blacks in M Division out of about 150 people» "When Terry went, 7 of the 8 TAD people to mess cooking were non-white'« He felt that there was a conscious effort to keep brothers down. Por example, "his Third Class and space supervisor gave him 3.6 and 3.3 quarterly marks and said he was an out standing worker. - But when his marks came back from the Division officer and Chief Rice, they were below 3.0. The Third Class testified about this, and said when the two of them went to complain, they discovered there was a list the division officer kept with maximum quarterly marks for cer tain people. The Third Class was told "to not stir the lower enlisted people up anymore." A close friend of Terry'stold him about his visit to the brig where he was beaten and pushed around. Terry, by himself and with other people, looked for ways co change conditions. He and two others visited the chaplain who ended up testifying for the prosecution! The chaplain promised to look into their complaints about racial slurs and discrimination, promising a thorough investigation. So he talked to two officers and a chief (thorough?). He decided that there was only one instance of a racial slur, and felt that Chief Rice should be given the benefit of the doubt. 3o this man who is supposed to help you and be God's man on ;he ship shows who he's really working for. Terry talked to .the XO and got about the same i ...... with the chaplain. At the time of his trial, Terry had served 35 days in maximum security in the base brig. In spite of this, and the government's inability to refute the reasons he gave for walking out, he was given 134 days at hard labor, and bust to E-1, and a fine of $200 for three months. The jury, to ease its conscience, recommended that the fine be suspended. Terry will only do 70 days because of his pretrial agree ment, but that will make 105 days in all. f TtfcCMSrfiyTfaN "Orangeburg, South Carolina, where I grew up was like any typical southern town—segregated schools, public facilities, It wasn't until Black students demonstrated against segrega tion in a bowling alley and 3 were killed by SO Highway ?atrol, then segregation started to change." "They aren't going to presecute us for going UA and missing ship's movement. They are going to prosecute us for voicing our opinion about the boat and letting people know how the boat really is. You could miss the boat almost every day. It's just if you let the people know." "This ship just needs to be docked in and everybody on the ship needs to be evaluated as far as administration is con cerned'. " \A/EICOMETO "The H IOWAYno^LZ I Instant Snap-In If you are planning to go to the great Midway Hotel or know someone who is in the near future, here are some help ful hints to make your stay more enjoyable. This Is a small course of things you will learn in the , brig. It is called "Snapping-In.1' The first day in the brig the turnkey will tell you everything you will need to know, in a short time. If you don't catch It the first time, stand by. That is why this article was written. If you think you might be going to the brig or someone who is, get snapped-In before you go. Better yet talk to an ex-prisoner. "HOLIDAY ROUTINE" If you like to be hunillated, cursed at, and stand at at tention for hours on BXLÇL, yell permission" to get a drink, scratcivmake a head call or even move, the brig will be an ideal vacation spot for you. You have a fabulous 20 minutes to wine and dine in the great Midway Chow Hall, from the time you leave the brig until the time you return, if you're lucky. Procedures for eating; Hook up and "gangway" to the mess decks. No eyehalllng area, side step down the line, get what you want to eat but eat all of what you get. Move down salad bar then line up along table facing outboard. Turnkey will give permission to face inboard, set trays down, face outboard, hook up and "gangway" to get drinks (milk, Juice, or water). "Gangway" back to table. Face outboard, face inboard, set.glasses down, pull chair out and be seated. Always keep hands flat on table. The word "eat at ease" is given, but keep one hand flat on table and silverware on napkin. When finished eating, wipe silverware and hand in by the tips one at a time by saying "prisoner number so-and-so...." Put glasses on tray. Then turn trays back into skullery and "gangway back to the hotel. Dirty "TUftji^ REST AND RELAXATION To shit, piss, and drink water there is no room service. You Just stand on the line at attention and say "Prisoner number so-and-so is going to make one standing (or sitting) head call, duty turnkey." Turnkey: "Do it." Prisoner: "Aye-aye duty turnkey, by your leave duty turnkey." Duty turnkey: "I said, do it." Prisoner: "Aye-aye duty turnkey.1 When you're finished go back on the line and say,"Mission accomplished, duty turnkey." For drinks, there is no bar. Just say "Prisoner number so-and-so Is going to make one scuttlebutt call, duty turn key." The duty turnkey will not give permission if you don't yell, the first time. ^ WORK PROGRAMS There are many things to keep you occupied. There is work ing. When working, don't put knees or hands on deck. There is no leaning on bulkheads* When walking from one room to another, sound off your prisoner number« When using steel wool, keep both hands on steel wool. If you break any of these rules you go back to the line at attention. Por fun and games there are light drills and alarms. When lights go off, hit the deck with hands behind your head and start sounding off prisoner numbers in sequence. This can happen anywhere in the hotel or on the grounds. Por sports and exercise, there are two thirty-minute PT periods. To get you motivated during the day» NO NO'S 1) No looking eye to eye with turnkeys» 2) No names or pronouns. Your name Is "prisoner number so-and-so," jaot "l" or "me" or "mine»" 3) No talking with other prisoners. • 4) No moving without permission. 5) No eyeballlng area. 6} No singing, humming, smiling, or acting In a belligerent manner. It is Y&TJ simple to get in the hotel-*»just fuck up. Signed, Two ex-hotel residents /so MCGH ¥^T\ XN^BO&)!NV\T\OAJJ ABOARO OKLAHOMA CITY q I?m writing this for the paper because I want people to know about this screwed up boat. My name is Sammy Oleen,I'm on the Oklahoma City, I've been on it for 7 months. Por 4 months now I've been trying to get out of the Navy. Every day it-' s getting clearer and .clearer to me how screwed up . the military is. I want the people to get an idea of how screwed up this boat is, by knowing what happened to me In the last 4 months. The first thing 1 tried was talking to the doctor. I need a hernia operation and they say I have to get it, but I tell them I will not get it. I told the doctor why and how I feel about the whole military operation* You know what ha did? He wrote a nota to the XO saying they should put- military discipline on me to scare me into changing my ideas»' and if that doesn't work I should be discharged. "•> Well, they started playing these litt;.,, uaes with me,like screwing me over whenever they can. I just got so fed up with it that I almost went UA* I was UA for 4 hours one •day. After that they started to think about my discharge» because that same day I was really pissed off and I talked to officers about the way I felt. -' So they decided to send me back down to see the doctor» The dootor was supposed to call me to tell me what day I could see him. A week passed and I never heard from him* One day I was tired, because I didn't go to sleep at all the night before. So I asked if I could go to sleep for 7 hours, and they said ok. So I want to my rack. I didn't feel like taking my clothes off so I went to sleep with them on* About an hour later m.y LPO comes down and starts shaking me back and forth and yelling, telling m© toget out of my rack. I was so mad. I got out of my rack and he asked me "What the hell is wrong with you." I Just could not hold back any more I was so aggravated. So I told him off. About 30 minutes later I was supposed to go to a working party» My division knows about my hernia problem. If I pick up anything heavy, I have a good chance of dying. But they iù don't care. So 1 told my Lj?0 that I wasn't going to the working party. Instead I went down to see the doctor. He told me 1 either have to have the operation or put up with the pain, even If it kills me. He also told me he wasn't going to renew my light duty ohit. He sure was a lot of help. After I left his office he wrote another letter to the XO saying they should put more military discipline on me. The next day I found out my LPO had written me up for unauthorized sleeping! sleeping with my clothes on; and disrespect to a Petty officer, I'll die before I give him any respect, and for not being at my appointed place of duty. So I went up to the XOTs Inquiry. Boy was that a joke. He gave me a BS speech and looked at the notes the doctor wrote. The division officer and chaplain said I should be discharged. But yoy know what he did? He .gave me Ginderella liberty and threatened me, saying if I did not straighten out I'd go to deck force» I'm the chaplains assistant. I haven't heard anything about a discharge yet. They're sending ms mess-cooking now, trying to taaoh me a lesson. Let me tell you some thing, the day I sjart going along with their madness will il be the day when I Just can't think, the day my brain just stops working. The people that work for this insane system are like that, they can't think. I think they take out their brain and leave it at home 'before they come into the Navy. After they get out they put it back in, well maybe they dont* look at oivilian society. POWER TO THE PEOPLE POWER TO FREEDOM AND FTN. FTN FTN PTN! MORE ON OKIE CITY I came on board the Oklahoma City about December of 74. My division LPO is a drunkard and irresponsible towards the division's problems. For example, in mj case he held back reccomending me for S.A. for about 3 months due to lack of Careful planning. His supervisions, actions, and vulgar language show his intelligence. Another problem I have is my feet, (flat feet) they bot her me and nothing is being done about it. I visited the doctor on board the ship and explained my problem. It was a hassle getting to see him. When I saw the doctor I got a limited duty chit, and was able to wear sneakers for 45 days which expired August 5th. This was only given to me till I can see the orthopedic clinic. During the interval period I was on a full work load. As time went on I deoided to talk to the doctor (tide doc tor on the ship) because he had given me a limited duty chit. The next day I saw the Corpsman because the doctor was too busy. The corpsman explained to me that "your chit was lifted and you are on full work and watch status. The next day I had duty and my divisions officer told me to stand watch. I explained "I would like to stand my watch but I am unable to because of my feet." My division officer showed me a paper which said I am on full work and watch Status» I «still did not stand the watch. Therefore I «aw I> A licjK.t clutu, ckt+ Por a, booKerx 1e the captain and he failed to see my point and gave me 20 days restriction, 15 days extra duty and #75 ^OT 1 month with a suspended bust for 6 months from S.A. to S.E. .... About a week later while all this, was 'going on I- went to the orthopedic clinic finallyi Basically what the ortho said- was- "your J flat and there is no- thing medically it m _t„.*.X %* J*. X ' the ship and to. all he saidI wareturnes "w», ed can not do anything for y; " After all this .the' doctor still did not gi duty chit or anything. I fail to understand the doctor his job is to help the patients and not tell them how to feel or brush them to the- side. At first the doctor puzzled me — because he hel ped me when I was sick. But I realize he. is like all the rest of the officers on the ship, selfish and narrow-minded. A good example of narrow-mindedness on the ship is when I put my chit In to see the captain. I saw the executive officer but all he said was "I sympathize with you but the doctor said your feet should-not-hurt." In all this I have relieved no help just frustration, anger and hurting fee UFI8 ©f H To all the people living (also the sutatations like Capt. Schulte) First, what we are trying to explain is the U.S. Military has too many mutated and narrow minded creatures. On this ones entry to the US Navy he had no way of knowing about the "sub-culture" commonly known as lifers. Captain Schulte, who as we all know is the fine skipper of the USS Mudway. We have experienced live and in living color, his GO's mast. To us it seems more like a carnival than a place of justice. You stand before this creature of the sea, and you are degraded and demoralized. He is a cold dictator. We could say more about this fine member of the military but time does not allow it. So AttaBoy Captain Schulte. Next we have to mention an exmember off the CVA-4l. 1st Class MM'Blair. You all must remember his antics In try ing to stop drug useage aboard the Midway, and his evil twist in his left eye. We award you --''tation of the year award. . And for our XO Y.S.M.P. And last but not least, our beloved Division Officer, LTJG Hoffman. You try to play like one of the guys. But everyone sees through your .plastic escapades, and are aware that you are mutated and narrow minded. We award you kie of the Year. Written by 2 mutations caused by the USS Midway, OVA 41. We seri ously believe you are a cartoon. Bye Bye. m THE On August 14, the next to last walk-off trial began. Military judge Miles Eastwood denied Mike Hammond's motion to have a jury, assuring him that he would be fair and Im partial. So the cast assembled: Prosecutor Jerre Dixon, looking bored. Since Eastwood gave the maximum always and disbelieved all the witnesses anyway, there wasn't much for him to do. Mike and his civilian lawyer sat at the defense table, Mike In his splfflest whites, chatting with the Japanese and American press people and friends who had come to watch the trial. Mike had talked to the press before about his react ions to the Midway, homeporting, US Imperialisa, and Vietnam. So they had come to see what would happen to him for speak ing out. HERE COME DE JUDGE We all stood when Miles Eastwood entered the room. He had on his usual wise and sincere look, with a sense of relief— these Midway troublemakers were almost disposed of. He was probably also feeling good after screwing over Î.K. Myers, Sandifer, and Chambers in the same week. The number of spectators may be a problem, but he'd gone{ through the routine enough times to be a good performer. The whole thing was serious enough for Mike, His ass was on the line. Through some "mistake" the Midway command had not flown off all of his witnesses in time. So instead of direct testimony, the def ense had to present a review of the tes timony. The prosecutor and the Judge went through the motions of accepting the statements and listening to them. PA Don Kleinschmidt was planning to testify about brig conditions. He had talked .with Mike extensively about them. took the wraps o: last walk-off trial began, He had been brutalized and w; i denied Mike Hammond's motion and chipped a tooth and cut ] that he would be fair and Im- Led: Prosecutor Jerre Dixon, Darneel Jones, a brother : 3d gave the maximum always and testified to the racism agai] s anyway, there wasn't much for division. Mike is white, bu low crewmen to end racism on srer sat at the defense table, Robert Hartoln was going • , chatting with the Japanese and Mast with Mike and hearing ta Lends who bad come to watch the bum." Hearing the statement; îe press before about his react- hearing witnesses. Looking < Lag, US Imperialism, and Vietnam, ing smugly, I wondered if it would happen to him for speak- ILLEGAJ DE JUDGE Next, ADJ3 Brian Rlchman ' illegal searches conducted b: istwood entered the room. He had Kong. He described 500 guys s look, with a sense of relief— in rocking ferrys in the p.ouj jre almost disposed of. He was supervised by officers, whlci 'ter screwing over Î.K. Myers, i same week. The number of Although it was supposed 1 but he'd gone like a gur .mes to be a ages aparl weren't in searches > is enough for ed several ie.. Through there are imand had not is in time. y, the def- of the tes- We all ;he Judge took the s .cceptlng the walked ofi hem. was asked his lawyei .arming to lot of pec He had about them. Mike Is took the wraps our secret inonl if TRIAL He had been brutalized and was slammed up against lockers and chipped a tooth and cut his mouth. Darneel Jones, a brother in Mike's division, would have testified to the racism against third world people in the division. Mike is white, but supports demands of his fel low crewmen to end racism on the ship. Robert Hartoln was going to tell about attending XO's Mast with Mike and hearing the XO call Mike "a degenerate bum." Hearing the statements read was not as powerful as hearing witnesses. Looking at Miles sitting up there listen ing smugly, I wondered If it was even worth bothering. ILLEGAL SEARCHES Next, ADJ3 Brian Richman testified Te talked about the illegal searches conducted by the MAAs in Pusan and Hong Kong. He described 500 guys lined up to be searched—some in rocking ferrys in the pouring rain. The MAAs were not supervised by officers, which made the search illegal. supposed to be random, if you didn't look like a gung-ho type, they tore your pack ages apart. The prosecutor and judge weren't impressed with the fact that the searches were illegal. Instead they ask ed several times: "But isn't it true there are drugs In these ports?" MIKE'S STORY We all sat up trying to hear as Mike took the stand to explain why he had walked off the Midway June 14. First he was asked routing backgroud questions by JrJ his lawyer. His story was similar to a lot of people In the Navy. Mike is. 20, from California, and. joined UFI8 ©f H To all the people living (also the autatations like Capt. Schulte) First, what we are trying to explain is the U.S. Military has too many mutated and narrow minded creatures. On this ones entry to the US Navy he had no way of knowing about the "sub-culture" commonly known as lifers. Captain Schulte, who as we all know is the fine skipper of the USS Mudway. We have experienced live and in living color, his GO's mast. To us it seems more like a carnival than a place of justice. You stand before this creature of the sea, and you are degraded and demoralized. He is a cold dictator. We could say more about this fine member of the military but time does not allow it. So AttaBoy Captain Schulte. Next we have to mention an exmember off the CVA-4l. 1st Class MM'Blair. You all must remember his antics In try ing to stop drug useage aboard the Midway, and his evil twist in his left eye. We award you --''tation of the year award. . And for our XO Y.S.M.P. And last but not least, our beloved Division Officer, LTJG Hoffman. You try to play like one of the guys. But everyone sees through your .plastic escapades, and are aware that you are mutated and narrow minded. We award you kie of the Year. Written by 2 mutations caused by the USS Midway, OVA 41. We seri ously believe you are a cartoon. Bye Bye. 60 seconds later head of base legal Captain Bruner "happened by" and stormed into the office too. REACTION About 20 minutes later court hurriedly reconvened. The cloistered Japanese press were not Invited to rejoin the pro ceedings. " Judge Miles entered looking .'.: hole and angry—this time we all stood up and smiled at hiiu. He sat down, col lected himself, and put on his somber and sincere look before speaking. This Is approximately what, he said: "Whether or not (I) are eapons on the Midway.is classified mater- r both military and Jaj re this i ation. I assume your attorney imony and ; you had sussed this. I consider t bhical and will report him to the proper authorities. "The convening authority (Captain Schulte) must give per mission for you to discuss classified information and must issue your attorney a security clearance before you discuss this with him. "Mr. Coates, did any government or military authority give authorization for SN Hammond to testify about this matter?" Chris replied, "I know .of none." Judge Eastwood announced, !tThls case is continued (post poned) until further notice....." u. -fc'ENËMr When we pass out the paper, some people say; "That paper Is nothing but communist propaganda." When we say what do you mean by communist, they reply,"Like Hitler." Well Hitler was not a communist he was a fascist. Most people who talk about communism have no idea what it really is or what the socialists say about capitalism. After Vietnam,inflation, and Watergate it's pretty clear that there are serious pro blems in the U.S. We think lt is important to look for radi cal solutions to these problems. The following article is from the book Introduction to Socialism, it gives the soc ialist view of whai is happening with the U.S. CLASS STRUGGLE No matter whether they're rich or poor, strong or weak, white, black, yellow, or brown, people everywhere must produce and distribute the things they need in order to live. The system of production and distribution in the United States is called capitalism. Many other countries of the world have the same System. In order to produce and distribute bread, clothes, houses, auto», radios, newspapers, medicines, schools, this, that, and the other thing, you have to have two essentials: i. Land, mines, raw materials, machines, factories—what economists call the "means of production," *. Labor—workers who use their strength and skill on and with the means of production to turn out the required goods. In the United States, as in other capitalist countries, the means of production are not public property. The land, raw materials, factories, machines, are owned by individuals—by capitalists. That is a fact of tremendous importance. Because whether you do or do not own the means of production determines your position in society. If you belong to the small group of owners of the means o£ production—the capitalist class—you can live without working. If you belong to the large group that does not own the means of production—the working class—you can't live unies« you work. One class lives by owning; the other class lives by working. The capitalist class geb its income by employing other people to work for it; the working class gets its income in the form of wages for the work it does. Since labor is essential to the production of goods we need in order to live, you would suppose that those who do the labor—the working das- - :xr But they aren't. In capitalist society, it isn't those who work die most who get the largest incomes, it is those who own the most, Profit makes the wheels go round in capitalist society. The smart business man is the one who cays a* little as possible for what he buys and receives as much as possible for what he sells. The first step on the road to high profits is to reduce expenses. One of the expenses of productipn is wages to labor. It U therefore to the interest of the employer là pay as low wages as possible. It is like wise to his interest to get as much work out of his laborers as possible. The interests of the owners of the means of production and of the men who work for them are opposed. For the capitalists, prop erty takes first place, humanity second place; for the workers, humanity—themselves—takes first place, property second place. That is why, in capitalist society, there is always conflict between the two classes« Both sides in the class war act the way they do because they must. The capitalist must try to make profits to remain a capitalist. The worker must try to get decent wages to remain alive. Each can succeed only at the expense of the other. All the talk about "harmony" between capital and labor is nonsense. In capitalist society there can be no such harmony because what is good for one class is bad for the other, and vice versa. The relationship, then, that must exist between the owners of the means of production and the workers in capitalist sock? is the relationship of a knife to a throat. Bun aiu !'~?r-""" "He M^ktaToois by v IMPERIALISM Large scale monopoly industry brought with it greater devel opment of the productive forces than ever before. The power of industrialists to produce goods grew at a more rapid rate than the power of their countrymen to consume them. That meant they had to sell goods outside the home country. They, had to find foreign marke« which would absorb their surplus manufactures. Where to find them? . There was one answer—colonies. The necessity for finding markets for surplus manufactured goods was only one part of the pressure for colonies. Large scale mass production needs vast supplies of raw materials. Rubber, oil, nitrates, tin, copper, nickel—these, and a host of others, were raw materials which were necessary to monopoly capitalists everywhere. They wanted to own or control the sources of those necessary raw materials. This was a second factor making for imperialism. But more important than either of these pressures was the necessity for finding a market for another surplus—the surplus of capital. This was the major cause of imperialism. Monopoly industry brought huge profits to its owners. Super profits. More money than the owners knew what to do with. More money than they could possibly spend. More money than they could find an outlet for in income-creating investment at home. An over- accumulation of capital. As with other imperialist nations, so with the United States» The profits from all the private investments went to the financial groups involved, but government policy, government money, and government force were employed to make available and to safeguard their private ventures. President Taft was frank about the tie-up that existed between monopoly capitalist necessity and government policy. "While our foreign policy should not be turned a hair's breadth from the straight path of justice, it may well be made to include active intervention to secure for our merchandise and our capitalists opportunity for profitable investment." THE STATE Private property in the mean* of production is a special kind of properly, it give;, to the possessing class power over the non- possessing class. It enables those who own, not only to live without working, but also to determine whether the non-owners shall work and. under what conditions. It establishes a master and servant relationship, with the capitalist class in the position of giving orders and the working class in the position of having to obey them. Understandably, then, there is a perpetual conflict between, the two classes. The capitalist class, through its exploitation of the working class, h handsomely rewarded with wealth, power, and prestige, while the working class is plagued with insecurity, poverty,, miser able living conditions. Now, obviously, there must be some method whereby this set of property relations—so advantageous to the few and so disad vantageous to the many—is maintained. There must be some agency with power to see to it that this system of social and economic domination by the wealthy minority over the laboring majority h preserved. There is such an agency. It is the state. It is the function of the state to protect and preserve the set of private property relations which enables the capitalist class to dominate the working class. It is the function of-the state to uphold the system of oppression of one class by another. In the conflict between those who have private property in the means of production and those who have not, the haves find in the state an indispensable weapon against the bave-nots. We are led to believe diat the state is above class—that the government represents all the people, the rich and the poor, the high and the low. But actually, since capitalist society, is based on private property, it follows that any attack on private property will be met wstn me resistance ot the state, carried to the length of violence if necessary. The class that rules economically— that own* the means of production—also rules politically. It is true that tn a democracy like the United States, the people vote the respective candidates into office. They do have a choice of Democrat X or Republican V. But char, is never a choice between a candidate who is on one side of the class war and a candidate who is on the other side. There is little basic difference in attitude toward the system of private property relations between the candi dates of the major parties. What differences do exist have to do mainly with variation in emphasis or detail—almost never with fundamentals. tçy UF£ IN BS " The Navy within A Navy M Within B.E.Q. "A" (Bachelors Enlisted Quarters) There are 4 types of statuees( R.I.L.A.1)Restrioted to the barr acks. ( R.I.L.A. 2) Restricted to the base* Restriction which is about the same as (R.I.L.A. 2) And Legal hold (Off base liberty) •-*?*» The master at arms are oompletly screwed up. Por instance, One day they will be on your side about matters then the next day their totally against everything you say . For instance, One day Uli go to the Master At arms shack to see the Master At Arms, The first thing He will do is Jumo in.my shit for no reasonI At exactly 6:30 HT1 Swissher (Master at arms ) Will come to my room and holler GET UP il ! He wont wake anyone else up. When I bring this to his attention he says "He isnt prejudiced". But I personally know he is. Por example,He will single out a blask POR EVERYTHING. He will holler and' scream uselessly at us blacks. One day they (Swissher ) took away our stereos and lounges, And told me I was the reason for it. The Master At Arms says I instigate the blacks, because they oome to my room tollsten to some good muslo. Since they cant make -Oxis"Instigation Alligation" stick they start telling people, Dont assooiate with me, Because Im now a troublemaker. I truly hope the barracks Master AT Arms reads this because If I were a troublemaker, they would* nt^EVEN able to take the pressure I could put on them» Then there are the Master At Arms that constantly use racial slurs TO PROVOKE Tha blacks. If that does'nt work M 2 Danford has some special ways of provoking us. L.G.J. JdHArifW team fttfte is OUT TO äcr vw-Toe AKouTToeer 1 _^\jTo6er ^by Brian Richman) "tum the Recjs Rrouuid! YOU CAN FILE CHARGES Have you ever been court-martlallled for refusing a dir ect order? If you have, it was because ^ ™°one filed char ges against you for the violation of article 92 of the TJOMJ. There are articles of the UCMJ called "punitive arti cles" Articles 77 to 134. The brass gives the impres sion that the only people who violate these articles are enlisted people, and the brass are the only ones who can write you up. Anyone in the military (Including an E-t) can file charges against anyone who violates a punitive article. You can also file redress of grievance letters,Article 138s, against officers and chiefs. So the next time you are given an illegal order"to do EMI, overhear a racial slur, of witness other offense against the people right the vio la ter up. When To Pile You should file charges as soon after the offense as pos sible. You can file against any NCO or officer ifi 1) he does something In violation of the Punitive arti cles to you, for example, your Chief takes your one copy of Freedom of the Press. Pile charges under article 121 for theft. 2.) They do something in violation of the punitive articles to someone else. Por example if you hear your div ision officer make a racial slur concerning someone else in the division, write him up under Article 134. 3.)You have knowledge of an Incident where an officer or UCO has violated an article of the UCMJ. It doesn't nece- sarily have to conoern something that happened to an indi vidual. Example— your GO rips off #500 of US paper clips. Pile charges under article 108. As long as your charges are true and you have information to back them up, no one can stop you. You chn't have to do any investigating at all beoause the legal office is paid to do it for you. How to Pile When you have all your information together and your own statement written up, go to the Legal Office. The legal office has to accept your Information and write up the cha rges on Legal forms. The first page will Include the name, rank, and serial num ber of the person who committed the violation. You also have to give the names of any witnesses at this time. The second page asks which article was violated. Give them your statement, and tell them that you want it to read the way you wrote it. The next thing you have to do is swear the charges are true to the best of your knowledge. Here it is helpful to have statements of witnesses. If the Legal Office tells you that your charges are not legitimate, question them very carefully, and do not give in unless you are sure they are right. You can come out to New People*s Center and talk with people there about the validity of your charges. If you feel that Legal Is refu sing to accept your charges just because you are a peon, file a redress of grievance letter against the Legal Offi cer concerned, or write him up for not complying with procedural rules—Article 98. uiutu- struggle -vwHrg >,;'-^/P '"'• FREEDOM for KORtfX The Yokosuka Citizens Group is having a vigil and hunger strike outside Chuo Train station from noon August 15th to noon August 17th. A MESSAGE OP UNITY TO THE YOKOSUKA CITIZEN'S GROUP from concerned Yokosuka and Iwakunl based Sailors 4 Marines. We fully support you in your hunger strike and are behind you in your demands. 1. Free all South Korean political prisoners. 2. Down with President Park Chung-: 3. Stop the Japanese eoonomic invfc,-xon of Korea. 4. Keep the US 7th Fleet out of Korea. , We feel the U.S. support of fascist president Park Chung HI has gone far enough. The US government is being used by Park as a big brother to allow him the power to execute students.attempting to exercise the advantages of a democratic structure and "Free dom of Speech." As long as the 7th Fleet frequents Pusan for liberty we are confirming support for that pig Park Chung Hi. We say right on, kick the 7th the hell out of Korea. While Park Chung Hi remains president, a dictatorship will remain in South Korea, and democracy will be another war away. We say right on to the Korean people in their fight to oust Park Chung Hi. To the people of South Korea and the Yokosuka Citizen's Group we at the New People's Center in behalf of the WAW/WSO and concerned sailors and marines, we say once again in the name of freedom- THE PEOPLE KICKEb NIXON OUT/