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Senate Refuses To End War

A coalition of Republicans and
Southern Democrats has defeated
55-39 a Senate amendment which
would have forced President !l'ixon
to end the war in Vietnam by De-
cember 31, i971.

Just before the vote began one
of the sponsors of the bill, Sen-
ator George McGovern of South Da-
kota gave one of the most outspo-
ken speeches in recent Senate me-
mory +

McGovern bLuntly said:

"Every Senator in this chamber
is partly responsible for sending
50,000 young Americans to an ear-
ly grave, and in one sense this
chamber literally reeks of blood!

"Every Senator here is partly
responsible for that human wreck-
age at Walter Reed and all across
this land--young boys without
legs, without arms or genitals or

BRAGG BRIEFS

faces: or hopes.

"Tf we don't end this damnable
war those young men will someday
curse us for our pitiful willineg-
ness to let the executive carry
the burden that the Constitution
puts on US.

After defeating the Hatfield-
McGovern proposal, the Senate
rejected by a one sided, 71-22
vote an amerdment by Senator
William Froxmire, D-Wix., to ex-
empt draftees from combat duty
in Vietram against their will.

Proxmire had explained ~that
casualties amon draftees are
far higher than casualties of
enlisted perssonnel because so
many draftees are put into in-
fantry.

Proxmire argued that draftees
have become the "cannon fodder"
of this war.

The War In

Indochina

is published in the spirit of the Declaration of Independence
and the United States Constitution.
duty GI's stationed at Fort Brage,

It is a free press,

. Ke =
gins one sense OF tA

this chamber

literally reeks of blood�

Sen.
George S.

McGovern

published by active
North Carolina and dedicated to estabdli-

shing: responsible aiternatives' to the present military and economic systems.

ORPTEMBER |

DONATION

FayettevilleTs WomenTs Movement

On August 26, women all over
the country gathered for a one

day women's strike. August 26
marked the 50th Anniversary of
women's suffrage (the right to
vote); however, in most coun-
tries in the world women are
denied their full rights and are
treated as something less than
whole human beings.

The largest action was held in
New York, where over 30,000 women

and male supporters marched down
Fifth Ave. Thousands more demon-

strated in most major U.S. cities.

All the women were united

around the following demands: (1)

24-hour community controlled day

care for children, (2) free abor-

tions on demand, and (3) equal

opportunity for jobs and education.

Women in Fayetteville are be-
coming increasingly aware of
their oppression as women. For
the strike, women raised a Wwo-
mens strike banner at the slave
market, then joined other area
women (400 strong) in Raleigh
for a noon rally.

On September 26, women from
all over the state will hold
a conference here in Fayett-
ville. If you are interested,
whether you're a wife, WAC,
waitress, student, or worker,
you're invited.

SERVICEMEN

GITs & Friends

» Busted In

Rowan Park

"Something's happening here,
what it is ain't exactly clear,"
go the words of the song. On Au-
gust 30 and 31, they described
what was "happening" at Rowan
Park.

Shortly after the M-16 Day
rally in May, the City Council,
no doubt with some prodding from
Ft. Bragg, passed an ordinance
limiting the use of Kowan Park
after 10 P.ii. That, they thought,
might limit the use of the park

by "undesirables."
aking their cue from the

Council, police have been busting
people in the park (one for being
there 3 minutes after 10:00). But
on Sat., the 30th, they went too
far. A number of ples (what else
could we call them?) ran through
the park, firing shots while try-
ing to make some arrests for
"dope." The shots were fired not
far from a group of yourg chil-
dren, playing in the park. Luck-

(cont. on page 7)

BRIEFER
BRIEFS

HARASSMENT

According to Army regulations,
a parachute rigger has to pack one
parachute per hour, but in the 82
Airborne Division riggers are re-
quired to pack 25 a day ---and
there's still only 24 hours in
most days. With short cuts and
a lot of husstle, a rigger can
pack his 25 chutes in an & hour
day, and a good rigger can get
done in less than & hours.

In the past, as a "favor" for
breaking his back all day, when
a man finished his 25 chutes he
was free for the day. Since the
last edition of this paper, word
came down that no matter when
they finished, everyone in the
platoon would have to make a 5:0U
roll call formation.

One thing that the Army didn't
count on was that there are still
people who want to be treated like
human beings, and who know that
they have rights.

When nobody paid any attention
to logical complaints, the riggers
of the 82nd got together and or-
ganized a slowdown. People packed
just what they had to( one, maybe
two parachutes an hour} and the
lifer reguiation-makers were sho-
cked to see their slaves revolting

After only one day of working
together, the riggers of the pack
platoon were able to get out of
this new level of oppression.

They proved that by standing to-

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RIGHTS oe THOUGHT POLICE
On September 4 1970, Spec. 4

BO Aa Se ie i ai
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gether they can fight the absurd
attemptsthe army makes to control
every moment of their lives.

It works. Remember, you're a

real person---be one. Get together t
now. 7

in

for a Conscientious Objector
discharge.

After handing in his applica-
n, First Sergeant Waldo Deason
said, "Why do I always get the

eight balls? Get the out cf States.

here!"�"�,
When will lifers ever learn?
Every G.I. has the right to apply

BRAGG BRIEFS NEEDS PEOPLE !! for this discharge or reassignment SYsten.
under A.R. 635-20.

Richard A. DeGarmo of the 612 Q.M It has been reported that Mili-

Co. turned his application request Cary Intelligence units that are
part of the &2nd Airborne Division

at Fort Brage have been given the
responsibility of cotiecting intor-
mation on college campus!'s in the
Southeastern area of the United

This information is concerning
individuals and groups considered
potential threats to the present

- Photograpners Because Spec. 4 DeGarmo knew
his rights this problem has been
7 Sen eienteay: 4 GI's United 1s taking a hard
look at itself and putting to-
- Typists gether actions and a program.

BUT MOSTLY PEOPLE !

See us at GI's United meetings.
Tuesdays at 7:30
Haymarket Square

Bragg Briefs is published by GI's
United Against the War in Indo-
ee oa China. P.O. Box 437, Spring Lake,
CONSTITUTI ON oOK"you don't believe in killing. Have you any NC pick Aa 7 Seca re et sie
religious or moral objection tu heing killed?� : Tuesdays, 7:30 PM, at Haymarket
This summer, dependents of Fort Square Coffeehouse.
Bragg soldiers were provided trans-
portation to vacation bible schoois Brieter Briefs 1s to let you Editoral Board:
in the Fayetteville area. Know some of the things that co Rick Olson = 28th C.A.
. Funds for busing these children on at Fort 3rage, and now people Dave Bunten = WAH
were provided by Fort Bragg, with are organizing for their rights. Phil Friedrich - 12th Supp.
the expressed approval of the Staff || you gain strength and knowledge Richard DeGarmo - 12th Supp.
Judge Advocate, in spite of arg- by Knowlng what your brothers are Pete Gorezynski - HEB. XVIII ABCAR
uments against it from people doing. Jim Horne " 464th BW (SAC) USAF
in his staff. intormation for this page can Hal Noyes - JFK Center
Such support of religion 1s in be brought to any Tuesday evening|| Larry Street - HHD, 327 Sig. Bat.
direct conflict with the First GI's United meeting, or .to the George Vlasits - Ft. Brage Coll.

Amendment&s prohibition of gov-
ernment establishment of religion.

This Tuesday it starts to
happen. Come and help.

Coffee jiiouse st any time. Bill McDonald - 5th Evac.

DUNCAN

The Haymarket Square GI coffee-
house opened Saturday, August i1,
with a program of speeches, movies
and music that ran from early «~
afternoon until midnight. "Battle
of Algiers," a film dramatizing
the Algerians fight for indepen-
dence against the French, drew a
large afternoon crowd. Folksingers
Barbara Dane and Bob Laroy then
took the stage and earned warm
applause from the swelling (and
often sweltering) crowd with their
repertoires of popular and anti-
war songs. A cooler, standing-x
room-only evening audience of 200
heard main speakers Don Duncan,
@exz-Green Beret, and Susan Schnall,
~@ze-Navy nurse, blast the U.S.
military and call for its reforn.

Sue Schnall began by describing
her career as an officer in the
nurses corpse OCS training dis-
illusioned her. oAs officers," she
recalled, owe were told we weren't

Supposed to fraternize with enlist-

ed personnele The example that was
given was that if you were bank
president, you wouldn* be seen
fraternizing with the janitor."

At Okono Naval Hospital in Oak-
land, her duties caring for wound-
ed Marines turned her azainst the
Ware After marching in uniform in
peace rallies and taking part in
an anti-war leaflet drop, over the
hospital and Treasure Island area
she was brought before a general
court martial board.

~ Sehnall cited her court martial

as a typical exmaple of military
injustice. At a hearing to test

the impartiality of board menbers-
all superior officers, she noted--
her lawyer asked their opinion on

peace demonstrations.

oTerrible,� was the unanimous ans-
Wel e

"What would you think of military

personnel taking part?"

"That's even worse$T"

"What about an officer who takes

Partece?"�"�

"inexcusableeseea breach of loyality"

was the verdict.
Schnall was found guilty and

sentenced to six months at hard la-
bor and six month forfeiture of pay

Because she was a woman, however,

the sentence was eventually sus-
pended by the Navy.

"T*'m Sure you guys are aware that
if the same circumstances applied

to you, you would have served the
sentence," she concluded.

Don Duncan's hard-hitting talk

climaxed the evenings Sitting cas-
ually on the edge of the stage,
he recalled his years of Army
service-in Germany, at Bragg and
in Vietnam as a Special Forces
NCO=-and his change of mind over
the ware

AmericaTs evolution into a
militaristic power was Duncan's
main thesise "We have a nation
of people now who have ll been
through basic training, directly
or indirectly," he charged. To
prove his point, he touched on a
wide variety of toplcgg. among
them: ad
BASIC TRAINING: oThe whole think-
ing process changes in a few
weekse Things that were incompre-
hensible when you were inducted
now seem reasonablee It doesn't
seem unreasonable to you getting
up at 6 AM to go pick up cigarette
butts.�

INSPECTIONS: oYou see grown men

Standing along side beds pulled

so tight no human being could
possibly sleep on theme Displayed
on 'the bed is equipment no one
has any use for. An officer re-
marks, "Good bunk, Smith," and
you say, oThank you, sir"--as if
all of the sudden making a good
bunk has become the most impor-
tant thing in the world. What's
happened to one's value system
and how much of the mickey mouse
do you take back into civilian
life?"
MICKEY WOUSEs: oFor instance, can

Se a ee en ee . . .
you imagine=--1it 1s not against

VIETNAM BETRA

On July 4, 1976, we: Americans
will officially celebrate the
200th anniversary of our Revolu-
tion. Unofficially many Americans
and mixdtons of disappointed for-
eignerd will be questioning wheth
er we really have anything left
to celebrate.

Twenty-five years ago this
ey

month H6 Chi Minh stood on a bale

cony in Hanoi and read the Viet-
namese Declaration of Indepen}
dence,

This is how he began:

"All men are created equal.
They are endowed by their.creator
with certain inalienable rights;
aomong these are Life, Liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness,

After noting that "this immor-
tal statement was made in the De~
Claration of the United States of
America in 1776, Ho said: "A peo-
ple that has courageously opposed
French domination for more than
60 years, a people that has
fought by the Allies side these
last years against the Fascists,
such a people must be free, such
a people must be independent, o+

The people of Vietnam were
overjoyed. They thought that the
War was over and Vietnam was ine
dependent.

instead the British and the
French, with American acquies-
cence, began to use troops of the
defeated Japanese army to restore
French rule in Vietnam.

Of this, General Douglas Mac-
Arthur said it made his "blood

boil to see our allies in Indo-
china "deploying Japanese troops
to reconquer the little people we
promised to liberate, He said it
was "the most ignoble kind of be-
trayal."

But the worst was still to
come,

In 1950 the American govern-
ment began to actively support
the French reconguest in Vietnan.

By 195% when the French were
defeated at the battle of Dien

Bien Phu, the United States had
directly paid for over half the
costs of the French imperialists.

M#hus did the first modern .na-
tion to revolt against European
colonialism become a supporter of

colonialism 200 years later.

Since 1954 the American gov-
ernment has been trying to pre-

sérve the power of an unrepresen-
tative elite who gained their

special ~privileges when the
French were in power.

Robert Frost, one of our greaé-

test poets wrote that "América is
promises."

How much longer can we allow o
our guns, tanks, napalm, our CIA
men, missionaries and greedy cor-

porations to betray our finest
traditionscand ideal which is the

true promise of America to the
world.

HERE
LIES THE REMAINS

AMERICAN
REVOLUTION
Bovn 1776
pied 19762

BEI RAYED AND
BLED TO DEATH IN
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ANGOLA, GREECE,
VIETNAM

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Coffeehouse

army regulations to carry an un-
brella while in uniform. But it
is against AR's to open an um-
brella, when it*s raining, while
in uniforme"

DISSENT WITHIN MILITARY: "Depri-
vation of individual rights and
dignity under the guise of mili-
tary discipline just isn't going
down anymoree There are so many
guys=-both in and out of service-
who are no longer buying the
argument that you can*t let people
express a political opinion or
it's going to cause the country
to fall apart.

The Army has put down the GI
peace movement as being only 2%
of the Armed Forcese Well, even
granting this low figure, that's
still equivalent to four airborne
divisions%" 3
GI_ OFFICE IN WASHINGTON: "What
happens if your senator is John

Tower of Texas, or what if your
Representative is Mendal Rivers of
SeCe--who do you write about denial
of @ivil liberties? Or a Congress-
man gets a letter and the Army
tells him this is an isolated in-
cident, caused by an aberrant ind-
ividuale.e.e. We're going to compile
these complaints, document them,
and get Congressional hearings--
with the aim of eventually taking
the court martial system away from
the UeSe military."

JANE FONDA: oShe got tired of being

ripped off posts for doing nothing

illegal. She complained to a few
Congressmen about it and they re-
fused to believe themilitary could
be that flagrant in ripping people
off and asked her to prove ite One
of the Congressman's aides accom-
panied Jane to Ft. Belvoir and all
they were carrying with them was
a copy of the Bill of Rights. They

were on post three minutes, slammed

up against a car and iven orders
to get off. The Consressnan was
Ooutragedt"�

BLOODBATH IN VN: "We've been told

that we can't get out of Vietnam
or we're going.to see a bloodbath.
That's based on the assumption
that what we've done has not al-
ready been a bloodbath!"

FREE WORLD FORCES: "In most cases,
the so-called 'free world forces!
are countries ruled by military
juntas or dictatorships, sometimes
without benefit of a constitution.
In Laos, Vietnam, Thailand,
Greece, Spain, Portugal, Brazil,
Bolivia, Taiwan, and so on...We
pay to keep crooks and tyrants

in power!"

In a question and answer ses-
Sion later, Duncan was asked what
practical changes he wanted to
see in the military.

"We can make the military live
up to its own rules and regula-
tions.

"We can weed out the psycho-
paths that are now commanding
units.

"We can put the military out
of the propaganda business.

"We can start paying people a
decent wage.

"We can take the court-martial
system away from the generals.

"We can put the military back
under civillan control.

Asked for his opinion on the
provosed all-volunteer army,
Duncan replied: "The idea that
we're going to lose control of
the military because we have an
all-volunteer army begs two
points: First, the fact is we
already have a professional mili
tary, over 50% of personnel
being in grades E-5 and above*
and second, we already have lost
control of the military, witness
what they can do with absolute
immunity--either in court mar-
tials, in foreign policy, with
kickbacks on war contracts, or
whatevert"

*The Uniformed Service Almanac
of 1969, pel5l1, shows the per-

centage of E-5 and above to be
HUG.

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GI� Get Involved

Many times small numbers of
G.I.'s have had the guts to stand
up and let the world know of
their strong discontent with the
army, only to be put down and put
away. I for one look upon those
people as the fathers of the G.I.
movement. But I can't help but
think that we often let them
down. We often forget those G.I.'s
are in prison who tried to set the
world straight on what the army
really is: it's an organization

having ideas of your own?�

powerful people in this country.
Many people say, "Yes, I hate
the army and I believe that it's

wrong. I'm all for the movement,
but I don't want anyone to know

I believe this. I could get in
trouble; I might even be put in
jail for speaking out against the
Army and the government", This can
be true, even though the First
Amendment to the Constutution
gives us the right of freedom of
speech. But you may goto Viet-
nam and be Killed, whicn to me is

a lot worse than 6 months in jail
for saying and doing what you be-
lieve in.

Suppose you get killed in Viet
nam: what have you done for the
things you pelieve in? Nothing -
but hurt them. You have supported
a@ government which has killed or
help kill your brothers and sis
ters in Vietnam.

Those. men died because they
had little or no choice, Many

died because they didn't know
truth about the war, and they

Joined the army because they
heard the same great speachnea@.

And they . _. Only learned the
trutn when it was too Late or

when they thought about what
they were doing. Civilians may
never have the chance to see the
real story behind the army un-.
less WE STAND UP AND SHOW ~THEM.

Stop and think about what
would have happened if all the
men who died in Vietnam nad re=
fused to go, if they had stood
up and said it was wrong, What
if they had screamed at the top
of their lungs the truth about
the Army? Yes, they may have gone
to jail for some time, but many
more people today would know
the truth and, most importantly,
those men would still be alive
today to really help their
country.

It's time you stop hiding in
the corner. We go toG.I.'s United

in order to Let the truth be known.

It's time we stop letting unfair
things happen to our brothers in
the Army. It's time we refused to
zo fight the capitalist war in
Vietnam. It's time we go and

tell all the people the truth
about the army and the govern-
ment.

K.P.Ts Speak Out!

How long has it been since
you pulled KP? Let me tell you
how it is, if yOu naven't
pulled it in quite a while.

You get up at 3:30 in the
morning, rush to the megs hall,
and they tell you that you have
been chosen to be the side-
sink man. This entails cleaning
off the chow line, putting milk

into the machine, washing up all
the stuff the cooks have been
using, and somehow grabbing a
bite to eat. The rest of the
day ils spent sweating blood in
105 degree heat and washing off
1,009 trays, glasses, and any-
thing else they throw at you.
After this, you go out and
pick the weeds from under the
mess hall. Then the mess sat.
has the gall to hassle you
about your hair and boots. No
one with a star or bird is here
to protect you. Here you are
in the palm of their hands, a
virtual slaves Do what they say

or they "will take care of you."
One man went AWOL after KP
and the officer who inventoried
his clothes nearly vomited at
the stench of his fatigues. The

reason? He had been on back-
Sink duty.

-Finally» after 16 hours of
back-breaking duty, the KP goes
back to his barracks, collaspes
in the bunk, and sleeps until

revellle.

KP is a raw deal for any GI.
In the Air Force, civilians pull
KP duty in place of airmen. The
Army, apparently, is too solid on
the idea of KP as a "training
device for soldiers." The cooks
work only an elght hour day; the
guards get at least a naif day
off after pulling guard duty.
But what does the KP get? Only
KP the next day.

The man who pulled KP should
be given a day off. This can be
done without hurting the image
of the soldier as the precious
defender of the nation. It won't
even damage the integrity of the
Army (what little it may have).
It might even get us some good
publicity, say in LIFE of LOOK.

But most importantly, the general
might even get that all-important
next star for Lnnovations "above
and beyond the call of duty."

Something Useful ?

Something that just about every
Gele in the military and especially
at Ft. Bragg soon becomes aware of
is the purposeless kind of exist-
ence that he is made to live. Every
day thousands of men have to do
more made up work so that every-
body can be kept occupied and pass
the time. We fill sandbags, rake
the dirt, beautify the company area
and much of the rest of the time is
spent hanging around doing nothing.
Whether you sit behind a typewriter
or run ®& company, you're still part
of the same sick institution with
no purposeful end except that of
waging war and the odefense� ma-
chine.

Youfre not un-American when
you oppose the policymakers that
place you in such a situation, be-
cause leading administrators in our
government including many senators
and representatives have spoken
out against the military*s monopo-
lization of men and money while
at the same time depriving other
areas of our society of these
needed resources. Not long ago,

Dr. Howard Yolles a leading fig-
ure in the field of national men-
tal health and others were elin-
inated from their posts because
they dared to speak out against
the Nixon Administration for its
blatant neglect of the pressing
needs of so many of the people of
this country.

President Nixon also recently
tried to eliminate use of federally
owned vehiclés by VISTA workers.
Just look in any of the motor
pools at the thousands of trucks
and jeeps and tanks that sit idle
waiting for the great war and all
the men that sweat their guts out
keeping them in top notch condi-

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tion. Each day a few jeeps and
trucks are used to shuffle men
around the base for more needless
work.

Everyone wants to see the
practical application of his ef-
forts toward some meaningful and
worthwhile accomplishment. People
are needed to work with the poor,
the ignorant, the physically dis-
abled, the mentally and emotional-

ly distrubed. People are needed

to do positive, constructive work
and yet they are kept imprisoned
here and in military camps across

the world.

Many Americans today want to
Stop the military from what they
are doing. They need our help to

do that. Come together and fight
back.

)

GI Movement News

WHITING FIELD, FLA. - A Navy
enlisted woman, Anna Flores,
stationed at the U.S. Naval Air
Station in Whiting Field, has
filed suit in a federal court to
block a pending discharge on the
grounds that the Navy unconstitu-
tionally discriminates against
women, Flores is being discharged
by the Navy because of her "unwed
pregnancy." Her fiance, who is
also in the Navy, does not face
discharge.

Washington, D.C. (LNS)--The
Army's own records show that over
80,000 GeI.S are missing, accord-

ing to a reliable Pentagon contact.

To combat this problem, the Army
has recently established a 300-man
team whose sole job is to track
down the 80,000 names to see if
they belong to people.

Gel.S have been submitting a
large number of fake change-of-
duty forms to jam the bureaucratic

records, permitting themselves and

others to desert more safelye The
Marine Corps desertion rate is up
50% over last year, and late re-
ports from Vietnam indicate that
10 G.I.S split from US ranks each
daye Persistent rumors say that
many, especially deserters who are
black, are now fighting with the

National Liberation Front of South

Vietnam.

AA AE ERR RGN A Um ed ai PDO

e CAMP PENDLETON, CALIF. - Four
white marines were arrested and
Jailed Aug. 19 when they flashed
a@ peace sign at an MP 4s they re-
turned to the base. They were
charged with making obscene ges-
tures. The previous night 12
black marines were attacked and
beaten because they wore unity
bands, braided bootlaces which
are a symbol of black solidarity,
and refused to remove then. Pre-
viously, a black marine, who was
aiso arrested for wearing the
band, Was beaten severely in the
stockade. He was also arrested
for distributing the newspaper of
the Black Unity party in Ocean-
side, Calif.

FT. ORD, CALIF. - A stockade
rebellion, Aug. 12-13, ended with
two barracks and a mess hall
burned to the ground and another
building partially damaged by a
firebombing. The rebellion at the
Special Processing Detachment
Stockade, a minimum-security
prison where nearly 80% of the
inmates are held for being AWOL,
was sparked when military police
at Ft. Ord arrested two prisoners
because one did not wear a hat
and the other didn't have his
shirt tucked in, The jailing of
three black WAC's on various char-
ges also contributed. The women
were apparently arrested because
they associated with a militant
black GI on the base.

IN MEMORY OF JOHN I.B. VAIL II

E.T.S. 3 Sept. 70

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John I. B. Vali? LIs* late a
Stalwart member of,GI's United,
has departed to the land of
Civilians.

Affectionately known as the
GRAND LACKEY of GI's United,
John Vail served the cause well
both in and out of uniforn.

To his memory, we dedicate
this issue of Bragg Briefs,

CAMP McCOY, WIS. = Four men-
bers of the American Serviceman's
Union were transferred to Ft.
Carson, Colo., Aug. 19 for their
union membership. The four had
been restricted to the base for
over a month and were being ques-
tioned in connection with a ser-
jes of bomb explosions on the
base last July.

YouTre in Good Hands

Larry D. Street, HHD 327 Sig.
Bn.e, a Vietnam veteran with over
a year in combat, has changed his
Serviceman's Group Life Insurance
over to the U.S. Committee to

Aid the NLF.

FT. BENNING, GA. = After the
Army invited "militants" on the
base to attend a special meeting
with the Pentagon's director of
an Army Race Relations Program to
express their views, SP5 Jim
Goodman, an editor of the GI news-
paper, Rap!, received orders two
days later transferring him to
South Korea. At the meeting Good-
man gave a speech in which he
said the Army, as an instrument
of the state, could never hope to
eliminate racism in its ranks be-
Cause it was irrevocably tied to
white supremacy and imperialism.
Goodman pledged that once in
South Korea he would try to inte-
grate the GI struggle with that
of the Korean people and the Revo-
lutionary Party for Unification.

GITS & FRIENDS

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ily, nobody was hurt.

That night the people in the
park reacted by organizing a non-
violent "park-in" after curfew.
The man "reacted" too, sendirg
highly armed protectors ot the
law and property to clear the
city's park of the people.

The order to disperse was giv-
en at about 11:30. -The 70 or so
people did not. A protestor des-
cribes what happened next:

"Out of the night marched the
blue meanies....whoosh-ssst and
crack=-ow went their toys -
really disgusting things that
make nose run and eyes cry and
skin burn. We got walked to the
street where abput 10 people
were arrested."

The protest continued with a
march down Hay Street and back.
Plans were made for a petition
drive and further protests.

The next night saw a smaller
group gather in the park to break
the curfew. This time there were
some misguided tools ot the man
across the street, threatening
the protestors with chains and
tire tools (and, according to
some, shotguns). Ihe demonstra-
tors made what they thought was
a deal with the cops = they would
leave it the cops would give them
safe conduct to haymarket Square.

Next time they'll know better
than to make deals with the man.
half way there, the chief ple
around, Major Hall, ordered the
crowd to disperse and immediately
ordered his "boys" to arrest
everyone. A total of 22 were ar-
rested - some as far as # of a
mile away. As one marcher put it,
"T was dispersing as fast as my

little legs would carry me."

Since thin, things have died
down. There seems to be a number
of reasons - frustration, fear,
the inablility to get a lot of
people who use the park inter-
ested in fighting for it. But

people still tace up to 6 months
in jail.

You can help. Petitions are
being circulated and money for
bail (9210 still has to be
raised) is needed. Stop by Hay-
market Square and help out with
the bail fund.

Simon

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The GlI-Civilian Coffeehouse

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Tues. -GITs United Meetings -7:30
Wed. -Political Discussion Groups -7:30
Thurs. -Films 7:30 & 9:30

Weekends -Live Entertainment

Schedule

sept. 10 - "The Inheritance"

11°) Pat Welch (Folksinger)
12 Bob Laroy +2
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Sept. 17 = "ag Tribute to Malcolm x"

18 Byrd Talbee (Folksinger)
19 BSR (Rock group)
20 |

4

radical bookstore

Sept. 24 - "Hanoi 131
Haymarket Square has a Rooke book- 25
store with literature, books (used
and new), posters, buttons and stickers, 6 ¢ Down Home Country Music

Also the latest underground papers 7

from N.Y., Boston, Chicago, Atlanta, ae :
Detroit, North Carolina, San Jose Inside North Vietnam"

and bases across the country.

oEVERY INDIVIDUAL IN THE MILITARY SERVICE IS ENTITLED TO THE SAME CONSTITU-
TIONAL RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES, AND GUARANTEES AS EVERY OTHER AMERICAN CITIZEN,
EXCEPT WHERE SPECIFICALLY DENIED OR LIMITED BY THE CONSTITUTION ITSELF.�

Judge Robert E. Quinn
Court Of Military Appeals, 1954

Unfortunately for the men and women in service this enlightened opinion does not square with the reality
of life within the military. As General Leonard F. Chapman, Commandant of the United States Marine
Corps, states, oI can think of nothing less democratic than the military.�

Freedom of speech, for instance, is guaranteed only to those GITs whose opinions are in agreement with
official military policy. This is certainly true of expressed opinions relating to the war in Indochina.

**At least one GI has been arrested for distributing subversive material when he passed out copies of
the Bill of Rights.

**GITs are regularly harassed, intimidated or arrested for having a perfectly legal ounderground�
newspaper in their possession.

**Unpopular opinions (especially political ones) often result in job reclassification, sudden shipment
orders, harassment, additional details promotion pass-over, or:

**Selective application of the UCMJ and excessive punishments for trivial or non-existent offenses
while those holding oproper� opinions get away with murder " literally.

**Those GITs who donTt have a opopular� skin color (white) are too often discriminated against in
military courts, job assignments, promotions, etc.

Servicemen and women who write their Congressman or Senator to complain about denial of Constitutional
rights often discover they have written to someone more Gung Ho military than the person who denied
those rights in the first place. The usual response is advice to shape up"or a form letter from an assistant

saying the complaint has been forwarded to the oproper� agency. That usually means the letter will end up
back with the C.O."and more oheat�.

There are, however, certain Senators and Congressmen who do want to help. Unfortunately they lack the
machinery to document and check each letter received. But now servicemen and women have their own

G.!. OFFICE

**Letters to Congressmen and Senators sent through the GI OFFICE will be hand deliveried to those
most appropriate and sympathetic.

Brage Briefs
P.O. Box 437

**The GI OFFICE will immediately send a receipt to the sender Stating to whom the letter has been
given and what action is being taken. In short the GI OFFICE will obird dog� your complaint.

**Certain Senators and Congressmen have agreed to pass along letters received directly from servicemen
to the GI OFFICE so complaints can be documented and collected in one central place. This is so it can
be shown that your unit or post is not the only one violating the rights of individuals.

The GI OFFICE is yours " Use it

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G.I. OFFICE
P.O. Box 9746
Washington, D.C. 20016

Please state if you desire your name to be kept confidential. Always include a return address.

If you want copies of your complaint sent to the Senator and Congressman from your home district also
include your home address.

Sat. & Sun. Ipm-12pm

Near The Corner of
Hay St. & Bragg Blvd.

(behind SolTs Arcade)

Phone
485-9792

Spring Lake, N.C. 28390