, APRIL 21 I l972 25 CENTS A SOCIALIST NEWSWEEK~ Y/PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF- THE WORKING PEOPLE I I u.s. Marinas airlifted to Phubal battlefront. lbout100 balked at patrol orders 1Pril11. ··Story on page a. · ,LOS ANGELES: Assemble 10 a.m. at Bronson and Wilshire, near Crenshaw. Rally 1 p.m. at Mac­ Arthur Park. NEW YORK: Assemble 10 a.m. at Central Park West and 72 Street. Rally 1 p.m. at Bryant Park. VOLUME 36/NUMBER 15 . BEEF BOYCOTT: Sixty women in Keene, N.H., an­ Forum in March."' Andrew Pulley, vice-presidential can- nounced April 4 that they were boycotting beef to pro­ didate of th~ Socialist Workers Party, spoke briefly before test the current high prices. Eight supermarkets in the the film. Stressing that .. an injury to one is an injury to Keene area will be affected. all;" Pulley expressed ·the Socialist Workers Party's sup­ port· for the Angela Davis defense. Money was collected to PRISONERS ALLOWED TO REGISTER: Richard Hon­ aid the work of the defense committee. gisto, San Francisco county sheriff, has arranged for deputies to register inmates of the county jails to vote. MILITANT FORUM II (LOBOTOMIES): Dr. Barbara THIS/ Inmates at Santa Rita jail in Alameda County have alSo Roberts, a coordinator of the Women's National Abortion been allowed to register. Action Coalition, spoke at the March 31 Washington, California law permits prisoners to vote if they _have D. C., Militant .Forum on the topic "A Feminist Looks WEEK'S not been convicted of "infamous crimes"-certain felo.nies. at Psychosurgery.'' The activist physician described the The county registrar decides which' prisoners are eligible. threat posed by the increasing use of lobotomies, a form MILITANT of brain surgery, to control bepavior judged undesirable. Lobotomies irreversibly destroy brain tissue of the frontal 3 Nixon mobilizes forces TERRORIST OPPOSED IN AUSTIN: Meir Ka~ane of lobes, the area affecting a person's emotions, creativity, to save Saigon regime the Jewish Defense Leagde spoke to 500 people at the and sense of self. 5 Antiwar protests planned University of Texas in Austin on March 15. A rally and The "mildly disturbed"- the "neurotic housewife" and picket line of about 75 people protesting the JDL's ter­ .the "hyperactive child," for example-are the chief targets­ in Belgium rorist practices were sponsored by the Organization of of the "new wave of psychosurgery,"· says Roberts. "The April 22 countdown Arab Students, the Palestine Solidarity Committee, and political implications are obvious." A recent book on psy­ • 8 Women set May 1-6 the Young Socialists for Jenness and Pulley. chosurgery suggests that the method be applied to "po­ abortion activities Picketers carried signs with slogans sue~_ as "Jews yes, litically a-ctivist groups (students, racial, etc.)" that en­ 9 Berrigan jury dead­ racists no!" and "Defend the Arab revolution," and gage in "unacceptable violence." locked passed out leaflets telling the truth about the JDL. Among those funding researc~ in the field are the U. S. Most of the audience was hostile to Kabane's- views. military and the Justice Department. Although there is 10 CP's antiwar st'rategy: When he made such remarks as "Arabs don't do things not yet an organized moveme;,t against ~ese prac­ - 'broad people's coali­ as well as Jews do," he was met with chants from the tices, opposition is growing. The Medical Committee for tion' audience denouncing his blatant racism. The question Human Rights and some members of Congress are seek­ 11 West Coast ILWU con-: period exposed Kahane's Zionist views as serving the ing a formal investigation. tract still uncertain interests of neither Jews nor Arabs. 12 Kremlin's campaign ACTION HITS ANTI-GAY BIGOTRY: On April 10 sev­ [email protected] hundred people picketed the offices of .the New York agai-nst Solzhenitsyn Daily News to protest an anti-gay editorial the paper 14 Jenness answer to Ohio had run. The editorial-" Any old jobs for homos?''-had Sec' y of State rrws welcomed the U.S. Supre:nw Court decision in the Mike l5 Jenness testifies on Yf5 McConnell case, misrepresenting the decision in the process. Penn. election laws \AC 15T5N_ The News called gay people "fairies, nances, swishes, r·~ 1 fags, lezzes.'!. It said, "government ... should have full 16 Rail right-to-vote group _.;.d' TDL hAS freedom to bar them from jobs in which their peculiar.ities expands activity ~- would make them security or other risks." ./ Bangladesh suffers deep­ (.) nT- TC The protesters demanded an apology for the "abusive ening crisis and bigoted" editorial and a retraction of the "false re­ 17 What's wrong with port that the ... court has upheld the banning of gays from g~vernment e~ployment." They also demanded that 'Dump Nixon' strategy the Daily News "allow its hundreds of gay employees to 19 Underground press in Photo by Howord Petrick openly acknowledge their sexual orientation without fear America University of Texas students pr~test JDL of reprisal" '21 The crime of Willow­ Four demonstratprs were arrested after about 30 of brook them talked for over an hour to News employees in their 'offices. According to the Gay Activists Alliance, one of ·workers suffer from DATE SET FOR MANDEL HEARING: The U. S. Su­ many gay groups supporting the protest, the response pension plan abuses preme Court has scheduled its hearings on the case of Ernest Mandel for April 18. The Justice Department is was very favorable. 24 The state's own witness-· Marching in the demonstration was Joanna Misnik, es contradict Davis pros­ appealing a lower federal court decision that declared invalid the Belgian Marxist scholar's. exclusion from this Socialist Workers . Party candidate for Congress in New ecutor country in 1969 under the McCa:rran-Walter Act. York's 20th C. D. 300 rally for Feliciano Eight prominent professors, including Wassily Leontiev of Harvard and Noam Chomsky of the Massachusetts 2 In Brief Institute of Technology, were co-plaintiffs in the original 4 The Militant Gets suit. Attorneys for the plaintiffs are Leonard Boudin and Around· :Qavid Rosenberg, acting for the National Emergency·· - Civil Liberties Committee. The court is expected to issue 6 In Our Opinion its opinion on the case before it adjourns in June. Letters 7 The Great Society TEAMSTERS IN BOYCOTT ACTION: On March 31, Women: The Insurgent about 300 striking bottlers . and drivers from the ;Bay Majority Area Teamsters locals pn strike against the soft drink industry held a demonstration in Jack London Square 9 By Any Means Neces- in Oakland. The demonstrators urged the patrons of the sary many restaurants· and bars in the area not to purchase 15 '72 Socialist Campaign the struck soft drinks. 18 The National Picket Line In addition to several officers of the Alameda County 20 In Review Central Labor Council and the Alameda County Build­ Bella Abzug speaking at gay rights rally ing Trades Council, more than 70 members of the United Farm Workers Union were present. The militant, chant­ ing pickets kept it up for more than nine hours and re­ THE MILITANT turned the following evening for a four-hour demonstra­ DOMINICAN MARCH: The Partido Revolucionario Do­ VOLUME 36/NUMBER 15 tion. minicano is sponsoring a demonstration and rally in APRIL 21, 1972 , New York on April 22 to commemorate the -seventh an­ aOSING NEWS DATE-APRIL 12, 1972 FILING FEE VICTORY: A California district appeals. niversary of the invasion of the Dominican Republic by court has declared that state's filing fee unconstitutional U. S. Marines. The action will start at 1 p. m. at 137th Editor: MARY-ALICE WATERS for candidates who can't afford to pay. Previously, all Street and Bro-adway and will proceed to 159th,Street. El Managing Editor: DOUG JENNESS candidates for state offices, were ·required to pay\ fees •of Comite Vietnam- Santo Domingo, a supporter of the April Business Manager: SHARON CABANISS 22 march against the 'war in Indochina, is also building Southwest Bureau: HARRY RING 1 ·to 2 percent of the annual salary of the office. Sandy Knoll, Socialist Workers Party candidate for the Alameda the Dominican action. Published weekly by The Militant Publishing Ass'n., County board of supervisors, filed the suit. 14 Charles Lane, New York, N.Y. I OOI4,_phone: Edi­ CALLEY RALLY FLors: American Legion members torial Office (212) 243-6392; Business Office (212) In a related action, the ceurt ruled that the county could not require advance payment in order for the candidates and other supporters of Lieutenant William Calley, the U.S. 929-3486. Army officer convicted a year ago of murder in connection Southwest Bureau: II 07 I /2 N. Western Ave., Los to have a statement appear in the pamphlet that goes out with the Mylai massacre, arranged recently for a gigantic Angeles, Calif. 90029. Phone: (213) 463-1917. to all voters. Thus, candidates will have the option of Second-class· postage paid at New York, N.Y. Sub­ rally in the Municipal Auditorium in Columbus, Ga. The contesting the pamphlet fee when billed after the Novem­ scription: domestic, 56 a year; foreign, 57.50. By first­ rally was to urge President Nixon to grant executive ber election. class mail: domestic and Canada, 522; all other coun­ clemency for Calley, who is now under house arrest at tries, 524. Air printed maHer: domestic and Canada, These suits were supported by the Committee for Dem­ Fort Benning, Ga. 526; Latin America and Europe, 540; Africa, Australia, ocratic Election Laws (CoDEL). Asia (including USSR), 550. Write lor sealed air post­ According to the Atlantic Constitution, rally organizer age rates.