GG ,SRI * Against The War In_ Indochina fe pot¢ Av, brazs briefs is published in the spirit of tne veclaration of independence and tie United states Constitution. lt is a free press published by active duty GI's Stationed at fort bra, North Carolina dedicated to establishing responsible alternatives to the current military and economic systems. Vol. NO. July i970 25¢ “onation free to servicemen BRAGG BRIEFS v TOLSON | in depth: in Circuit Court of Appeals S.E.ASITA Cn June 2na, a district court bility -of: the 1st: nt to Gecision een that Fort Brags solaiers and % . ¥ recent sud-= I'he following are excerpts from auvhorities are risht in deny in:: reme vourt rulin’'s whi see the a story by John Everingham for distribution richts for sracz lst amendiien: 2s a \ “OVe Dispatch ews service which was Sriefs on post was appealed to ernmental abuse” chis varticu- first to release details on the the Uese Court of Appeals for the lar case, forcins the Ariiy to al- hy Lai incident. John has been Tourth Circuit in Richmond. low on post distribution of bra: sravelling extensively in Cam- Ar-uing that denial of distri- riefs end other worinted matter. bodia? bution rihts has nothings to do Crew-cutted assistant Ues.e ate Villasers in the Siem Riep area with loyalty, discinvline, and torney cee Proctor, presumably in western Cambodia, the site of “uorale of troovs but stems from referria”: to Fort: Bra ri.°S, ar= the splendor of Anszkor Wat, said the milit any coimuand*s disapproval gued that there is a “need for officials representins the deposed of antiwar sentiment anc activity, isolation of troops »rior to core- head of state had been polite when Gi'*s United attorney Leonard ¥ bat so that no one can cornmuni- visitins homes in the area, cal- Bnoudin urcsed the court to see it+ cate” with them and’ that “the Ist linz on the population to support self, not the ariay, as the varty amendment cannot be applied ina the new sovernmente Three «overn- qualified to rule on the applica- Continued on back page ment-emplcyed temple Suards in the outlyin: forest areas claim that more than 80 men whom they knew e : Blacks Begin Boycott — sse2 eng? , Liberaticn Army. (he Black Orsanizers from Fort Bragz are spearheading a major Loy- "When the fishting starts, many cott of downtown Fayetteville. merchants io pressure the town into in Lon Nol*s army will.change tearinz down the “Slave i.arket", the brick building at the center of sides. They are forced into his the traffic circle on Hay street which once was the site of the local army, but they really love Siha- Slave auction. Some city officials are quick to deny that the market nouk, an old man explained, say- was ever used for the sale of slaves, thouvh it is interestin= to in= that he would fisht for Siha- note that the market has been important in meintainins Fayetteville's nouk were he not so old. "Old South" imaze. Funds were quickly secured for rebuilains it when “ refuzee from Saanz, the town it was blown up several years azo. About twenty Stony or- destroyed by government bombers vanes wanizers have spent the huntinz very few Viet Cons, came sd | last two Saturdays on Hay looking for work. se had left his jtrect in front of the wife and family in the country- major department stores Side. He spoke warmly of the Viet and clothins stores ex- Cons, telling how they arrived in plainins the boycott and his village as the “Sihanouk “es- ackinz Gi's and black toration Army” wearing Sihanouk residents of Fayetteville badses and promising to restore not to buy anythinz in the Prince of the people would the downtown area until Support theme the slave i.arket is torn He emphasized that the Viet Gown. Cons stole nothing and paid for One brother empnasized what they took. that the Black Crzanizers A school teacher from Neak are askins for full sup- 4ounz, the liekong River ferry port startins this payday town that has exchanged hands and continuinz as long as several times, said, “In the necessary. | front they were Viet Cong but tle pointed out that Cambodians supported them from once businessmen be>in pages Hi Vietnamese navy marines . 2 = losin= money they're zo- a yea see ei rik in Neak +oung on the hiekong River NR page a eae E shes . expressed the desire not to fight bevin to set hurt badly the Viet Cong or Sihanouk Cambod- enouzh then they are coinz 22ns who they also fought but to -o want to see the clave turn against the army of Lon Nol warket torn down, whom they hold responsible for the massacres of hundreds of several attempts have pletumee eo ketru been made in the past to ger : : And at the army press rela- rid the town of the slave : : : " juarket. Once in the 19th tions office in Pnompenh, a Lon ‘ol military spokesman admitted, a EASES eee roadie FO "If we didn’t have the Americans ite 1 wes tomhed. behind the South Vietnamese, we : would have to do something to Know your Chain of Command — (MI) The very rich think dif- ferently from you ani me. Davi? Feckard, Deputy Secretary of De- fense, who is very rich, ence said of his cwn class that "Pro- fit is the monetary measurement of our contribution to society.e” We think his profit is the nea- surement of hic theft frem the people who work for companies he controls inside and outside the UeSe, from taxpayers, 2nd fror GIs who have to use the! procucts and protect his investnients. Before Nixon chose him to be Mel Laird*s number one honcho, Packard was chairman of Hevlett- Packard Electronics, on the board of directors of General Dynamics, the board of trustees of Stanford University, adviser to Stanford Business School, Di- rector of Stanford Research In- stitute, a friend of the Hoover Institute for War, Peace, and (counter) Revolution, and the Urban Coalition. He's only got about $300,000,000. Hewlett-Packard has about 13,000 employees and did $266,500,0C00 of business in 19€8 alone - most of it with the government, and most of that for the Department of Defense (DOD). That averages $20,500 per em- ployee, but no chance; Hewlett- Packard is non-union, and women assemblers in one of the Palo Alto, California plants sweat through poor lightinz, hotsolder, and robot treatment to get paid bare minimum wages.e Their overe- seas plants pay much less, and Hewlett-Packard has set up a sat- elite company in predominantly Black East Palo Alto, just like any other colony. Packard is into war and foreign policy, which are pretty much the same thing. General Dynamics built the F-111 for a whole lot of money, even if it has problems like the wings falling off. If you don't have to fly it or rely on it for air support, the F-1ll1l is as funny as Lockheed*s C-5A and Cheyenne helicopter, Chrys- ler's useless tank, and the M-16. General Dynamics Electric Boat Division also builds nuclear sub- marines like THRESHER. Men like Packard see a lot of connections in their world.e Take his relationship with Stanford, from which he graduated in 1934. That school produced a hel] of a lot of top manarers, lawyers, de- fense industry engineers, and ROTC wonders. Stanford Research Institute does defense research ranging from CBW (chemical & bio- logical warfare) to counter - in- surgency and riot control stud- iese The Hoover Institute (a joke to scholars) is staffed by pro- fessional anti-communists who can be counted on for a missile scare whenever profits for, say, Gen- eral Dynamics, aren*t fat enoughe Now, when Packard became Depu- ty Secretary of Defense, he put his money into a trust fund and took a lower salary than he got from Hewlett-Packard. He still has a 30 acre home plus a cattle David Packard ranch, and since inflation or a depression just can’t do that much to 300 million dollars, he can afford to be a “public ser- vant", especially since his fav- orite companies will be served well. Dudes like Packard don't lack for “walking around" money. Packard says of the brass, “They'. re just as gocd as the kind of people you have at the top levels of a good business organization. We've got a godd dedicated team, working together." The brass end the industrialists, it appears, are not only working together, they*re falling in love. Old generals never die, but what is worse they don't fade away ei- ther: Where do old generals go? Into the Elysian Fields of "De- fense" Contracting. 2,100 retired high ranking of- ficers are holding executive pos- itions in the top 100 war con- tracting firms. These 100 firms receive 68% of the Pentagon's business. The ten leading "de- fense” firms employ 1,065 retired officers. These ten firms ripped off 25% of the war trade. Almost 90% of the Pentagon's contracts and 98% of NASA*s are negotiated without competive bid- ding. Cost increase above the or- iginal estimates on major weapons Systems usually run 100 to 200% higher than originally projected. DS tse Lockheed harbors 210 retired officers - more brass than any of the other ‘defense giants. These include five former Air Force Generals and (because it has a major contract to provide the Navy with Polaris and Poseidon miss- iles) twelve former Admirals and three former Marine Generals. 88% of Lockheed's business comes from the Pentagon. ~* General Dynamics employs 113 ex-Officers and has $2.Z billion in defense contracts; Boeing Air- craft Corp. with 169 ex-officers had $762 million; McDonnell Doug- las Corp., 144, $1.1 billion; North American Rockwell Corp., 104, $669 million; General Electric Corpe, 89, $1.4 billion; Ling=- Temco-Vought Inc., 69, $758 mil- lion; Westinghouse Electric Corp,, 9, $251 million; TRW Inc., 56, 127 million; and Hughes Aircraft Coes 555 $286 million. Packard isn't stupid though, he thinks he's got us coming and f0inge He's got us as taxpayers fattening Hewlett-Packard and General Dynamics profits, as workers who produce the value those companies cet, and as men and women in the Armed Forces he helps control us so we can pro- tect his interests. But Packard is worried, as all those people he has exploited for years are beginning to get together, he has started to feel the pinch. "I haven*t felt quite the same sense of satisfaction” he says. liaybe we should take up a collection for hime Brass & Business STA eS RON AAI NE Now lets trace the careers of Some specific officers. Major Gen- eral Nelson M. Lynde Jr. was Com- manding General of the Army Wea- pons Command from 1962 to 1964, He was responsible for the devel- opment, procurement, and field service support of Army weapons and negotiated the initial con- tract for the M-16 rifle. Five months after retiring from the Army he went to work for Colt Industries, the sole supplier of the M-16. The M-16 developed so many mechanical and financial problems that it was investigated by Congress. It was called a “worthless piece of junk" by the GIs who first used it in Nam and the jam-ups and other malfunc- tions in combat endangered lives. But the congressional sub-com- mitte investigating the M-16 some how forgot to pass judgement on whether or not General Lynde's employment with Colt was a con- flict of interest. In other words the congressional committee was too scared to get down to the real nitty gritty. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Procurement, Thomas D. Morris retired from the Pentagon in 1968 and went directly to the vice- presidency of Litton Industries. In the last year of Morris* power aS procurement boss, Litton's Pentagon contracts jumped from ~180 million in 1967 to $466 mil- dion in 1968 - a 20% increase. In 1967 Litton was 36 on the list of top 100 defense contractors, in 1958 it became fourteenth. Sen- ator Proxmire said, "So Morris? vice presidency can be viewed both aS a payoff for the huge Pentagon business shifted in 1968 and as assurance of immense future in- fluence for Litton." Again the Justice Department has not init- lated any conflict of interest proceedings. There are at least 2,V00 more brass biographies that could be told, ali with the same cynical plot - "From Military Academy to General to Defense Contracting In Three Easy Steps or, How I Learned to Take Orders and Make a Killing in Death." Military Intelligence Coke Boycott In his speech on the national economic “crisis” Pres Nixon called on business to live up to its social responsibility by not raisins prices and wagese It would be nice if tney would, out the drive for profit prevents it. the National Council for Economic Action says that only financial action by the consumer will cause our leaders in the business com- munity to pay attention to any- thing besides their ledgers. ‘The business community has refused to take a stand on any of the mor- al issues of our time unless there is a clear profit in it for theme For example, the race pro- blem has been worth a fortune to Insurance companies who were able to invests billions in slum areas in high interest loans suaranteed by the government as a part of the Black Capitalism prozram. Auto makers in Detroit hire a few hundred hard-core unemployed Blacks and make all sorts of points in the community; points which might well have saved their companies from Black riots di- rected at their real oppressors. Cheap Insurance! The war in Indochina is one issue concerning which the gov- ernment is not about to sive any incentive to anyone to discuss. Of course, no incentive would influence Kaiser Jeep, but there are many companies not directly involved in defense spending which could easily lobby for peacee Coca-Cola is an excellent example. As all major corpora- tions do, Coke maintains a lobby in Washington to help its inter- ests along. Therefore “all” we have to do is to make it worth Coke"*s while to have its Lobbyist work for peace. The tactic is selective purchasing, and it means quit drinking Coke and switch to Fepsi, Canada Dry, or Dr. Pepper. Will 1t Work? Coke has 45% of the domestic market; and 70% of its income is from sales of Coke. Besides, their mother company only sells the syrup, the bottlers do all the work and have formed a lobby to work against the mother cone pany. As soon as they start to hurt you can bet they will start to scream at lama Coke. Attackins Coke has other sood aspects; because of the hish ce- cree of automation, few workers will be hurt, and because of the large number of substitutes the retailers will not be hurt. ‘Thus the effects will be directed only at the tarzeve Cne other sisnificant fact is that 50; of the soft drinks are consumed by people under 25. This is a very important sessment of the population. Let's set behind the NCrA on this thine and see if we can't force our economy to end this filthy war before this filthy co war encs Us. Economics & Empire A bi1L recently introduced in the senate forbids tne president to send American trooos to otner countries for wore then tuirty days to protect"sAnerican Inter- ests" without tre consent of tre enate. jhe key onrase nere 1& A..erican Interests. At least one Senator tninkts thet tre sen- ate should heve a voice in de- terminines exactly whet Anericar Interests are. je can see financial reasons for every war and every. venture into otner countries: in Anerican history. In fact, we mizkt won- der if Awerican Interests aren't ldentical to Zusiness Interests s after all, it doesn't natter to a dead’ Gl that v...3..~teel i zetting its tunesten nore cieaoly in Viet :.ex than solivie. Capitelis;a provides; part o°* tre motivation for our vresence in Indochninne economists say that there are three elements in production: Land, Labor, and Vap- ital. and as used here implies not just dirt but various cor- ponents of dirt, such as University of -aison supported by PR a inajority of the students and “°° many faculty members. During the * boycott there were a nember of ifasts and several rallies of more _..%, than 5000 students. "veterans took to the —— s About the middle of i.arch some of Vietnam*s 300,000 disabled war streets with mr Wheel chairs, wooden lezs y; and crutches. The veterans A moved into Saizon and set up vemporary housinz in the plush lawns in front ' Of Zovernment buildin-:s. Folice came with clubs and beat or arrested many vet- eranse*isublic outcry a- 7ainst the clubbin’s has forced police to be re- Strained. A loose coali- tion ha:: now been formed by students anc veverans What’s All That Talk About Our Not Bein A Broadly Based Government?” lect pension money because the fhieu re ine has found "better" uses for the funds. In wic-April, just as demon- strations bean to wane, news of the massacre of Vietnamese in Cambodia by the Lon Nol govern- ment reached saigon. Students occupleu cine old Cambodian em- Oascey aiu used it as a head- quar texe their demonstrations which bezan as a proveste a. ainst Lo wb. It soon became clear that Sai- gon had a hand in the massacres. Police bezan breakinz up demon- strations azainst Cambodia, and the Saigon government, which had remained strangely silent on the massacres, recoznized the Lon Nol regime. Refugees from Cambodia told of fleeing from Lon Nol's troops and being rescued and es- corted to the border by NLF and URV troops, who had to fight off attacks by the Jaigon army as well. Buddhists joined the protests by occupying the Quoc Tu Pagoda, headquarters for the pro-Saigon Buddhist faction. The occupation, a protect against the pagoda's Silence on the complicity of the UeSe and jaigon in the massacres, was broken up by Saigon police disguised as Buddhist chaplains. At least three persons were killed in the attack and scores were woundede lore fuel was added to the fire OL leaders torture leaked out. Condi- tions of three students who failed to appear at the Military Field Court on April 20 were described in an article in the ‘Saigon news- paper Tin Sang: “Nguyen Tan Tais Electricity, anesthesia, soapy .” water, and truncheons were used on him. Presently he lies unconscious with a weak pulse. Doung Van Days S0apy water was put in his ears; his ears were then beaten. He is now deaf in one ear, which also drains blood and puss. Nor can he hear clearly from the other ear. His two legs are paralyzed. Than Khien: He is about in the same condition as the other two but more severely beaten. His two legs are paralyzed and his knees show little reflex." The Saigon government refused tO comment on the accuracy of the article. But the paper was confis- cated for the ninth time ina month because the article was deemed “harmful to national secur- ity”. During May and the first part of June, the struggle heightened. Néarly 80 students were arrested by Thieu*s police during a mass demonstration on iiay 9 at the hiinistry of Education when they tried to block traffic. Agence France Presse reported that the students “were well organized" to disperse quickly when the police hurled peppergas grenades and their attacks at once." In response to the skyrocket- ins cost of living which is cur- rently rising by about 7 to 10% a month, more than 60 of Saigon's 124 unions began a one-day strike on June 15 in sympathy with gov- ernment workers who have been fired recently. In demonstrations of solidarity with the striking workers, hundreds of students fought riot police in front of the Ue3e embassye The students’ rage was not turned merely against the Thieu government: The New York Times reported that, “During the demonstrations, a U.3. military police jeep was set ablaze with gasoline, and its occupant, a sergeant, was clubbed and kicked by several young Vietnamese men as he fledee.™ The political repression by the Saigon sovernment is uniting: the many factions opposins the regime. any Vietnamese see a strong sim- ilarity between the present ac- tions of the sovernment and the oppression of the Diem recime just before it was brought down by a coalition of students, Buddhists, and dissatisfied.-army officers. A Vietnamese student writes: “If these are the last days of the Thieu rezime, then they (the ar- rested students ang inonks) will Surely all be killed. This is what happened before Diem's sovernnent fell," Pgh ~ 7 a ~~“ —- - IN DEPTH: S.E. ASIA (continued fron paze 1) stop them. If we can't make the ~outh Vietnamese leave, perhaps the Americans can do something.” “te also said that reports of ARVN soldiers raping Cambodian women, killing civilians, looting and stealing in the occupied east were probably true and that his government “has an agreement with the South Vietnamese sovernment to. Stop “it.” Pnompenh, a beautiful city of leafy boulevards, cool street restaurants and nsmerous parks, has been captured by a grim mili- tary atmosphere. Few people dare Speak against the military soverrn ment in public. General Lon Nol, when imposing INMartial law June 1 threatened, “All those who oppose the govern- ment will be killed.” He then read off a lengthy list of crimes against the state for which peo- ple would be court-martialed and executed. He was, in effect, hans ing a threat of execution over anyone who acted to assist the “restore Sihanouk" movement. To mark the introduction of martial law in Pnompenh on June 1 the army imposed a surprise one hour curfew at four in the after- noon with the explicit warning that anyone who ventured on the streets would be shoteece.e All high school and university students, alongs with their teach- ers, have been forced to take up arise Some volunteered for ser- vice, were siven a few days trai- ing and then sent out to war. The~others must stand guard duty in the city and take military in- stuction in the city parks. The militarization of the country has been thorough. All police in the country have been drafted. Every civil servant, down to bellboys in zovernment hotels, has been made into an army “commando.” Vivilians holding key govern- ment positions have been jailed or replaced by army officers. Civilian zovernors of all 19 pro- vinces have been. replaced by ma- jors, colonels and generals. Yne of the most interesting clues of all is the failure of the massive anti-Sihanouk propa- sanda campaign. Posters sisned by sovernment departments and univer Sities, both extensions of the army at the present time, are torn down, except from government | offices. Ye , < ae ~ ~PsS ( = ss 5. VY X] “Mr. President, while we're here we really : should destroy one remaining sanctuary.. Gli’s Plan for Action GI*s United has begun a program to stimulate massive support from the U.S. Congress to take action on grievances and war protests. Many of us have gripes, or have witnessed injustices, but for one reason or the other have remained . Silent. July is time for GI Strike- back. Picking up pencil and paper is one way to begin. We will attempt to collect all Statements from GI's concerning injustice and present them to different Congressmen who have shown sympathy to the cause. Also they will be sent to the newly formed GI grievance -lobby- office headed by Jane Fonda, Mark Lane, and Donald Duncan. Some action will be taken. The anti-war sena- tors and representatives have not been reluctant to initiate inves- tigations in the Defense Depart- ment and other areas for remedy. There are no irrelevant injus- tices. Certain areas of Army prac- tices are definitely held in con- tempt by the Congressmen and the nation. These are political re- pression, racism, corruption, abusive administration of mili- tary justice, and the disclosure of war crimes and atrocities. The following outline is intended to be a general guide as to what our statements may focus upon: Political Repression A. Restriction from anti-war protest activity like the May 16th rally. . Be Harrassment for anti-war views C. Transfers due to anti-war views D. Loss of security clear- ances * It is supposedly your constitu- tional right to freely express viewpoints. You're a citizen; the military at least by word recog- nizes this status. Off duty you may participate in anti-war groups and may exercise your inalienable right of free speech. Any in- Stance of harrassment intended to threaten you and thus prevent free expression should be reported Racism A. Discrimination in any aspects of treatment: MOS, promo- tions, punishment : Be Views on the racial sem- inars C. Suppression of cultural identity. * There is a viewpoint stemming from Black ideology towards re- luctance to deal with the Con- gress of the U.S. However, we feel this program may help bring needed reform - why not give it a shot. Military Justice A. Unfair Article 15's, court-martials, etc. B. Stockade conditions Let Congress Know WHE « FIRS FAS, ALI Tee, TALK Bour A REFoRP OF THE Ai.MY DRAFT SYSTEM... ...1 WAS WORRIED. .. -..| THOUGH THEY SAD ARMY GRAFT Corruption A. Officers using Army property for there own use B. Misappropiations of Unit Funds C. Harrassment to partic- ipate (money wise) in Army func- tions (Y.A.C. etc.) War Crimes A. Witness to My Lai type murders, or other unscrupulous activity Be. Treatment of prisoners of war C. Any statement by Vietnam returnees involving abuses of good justice - ie. working in in- proper MOS‘s, extended front line exposure, command incompetence, stockade conditions Vietnam A. Statements critical of U.S. policy in S.E. Asia B. Letters disclosing il- legitimate activities by the U.S. in say Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, South America, etc. If you have been a victim or have witnessed incidents of in- justice like those mentioned a- bove here*s what to do: 1) Clearly state the incident, with brief explanation of the background in the case. 2) If you're a victin, try to get witnesses to verify the inci- dent 3) Send one to a Congressman of your choice (example: mailing it to Hon. John Je Senator, U.S. Sen- ate, Washington, D.C.) Send one.. also to GI's United, Box 437, Spring Lake, N.C. 4) Write separate statements for each incident or topic. Be- Sides seeking individual remedies, we are trying to show Congress and Defense Department a pattern of Military misconduct, whichwill - increase the effect of our protest. Your statements will be for- warded to the Fonda-Lane-Duncan office and to various sympathetic congressmen. Allard K. Lowenstein a congressman from New York (got the 1968 McCarthy campaign rol- ling) has been in contact with us, and has expressed keen desire to be of assistance. Senators have initiated inquiries in most of the topics mentioned. Don*t hesitate to bring forth any basis of grievance. Really, all it takes is # hour of your time. Who knows it just may help. It is definitely worth our efforts to at least try. Write On! =learn the Facts=— GI*s United has initiated a new educational program which will bring major issues to focus at weekly meetings. World crisis should be a time for a quest for information and meaningful dia- logue. Dick Olson heads the educational committee, and hopes to provide a wide range of topics for discus- sion. All facts of the Vietnam War crisis, are of grave concern, and will hopefully be covered. This includes the history of Vietnam, Rand Reform, U.S. Foreign Policy, up to date coverage of the pro- gress of the war, Vietnamese cul- ture, and prospects for peace. Other relevant ‘today’ topics as Women's Liberation, the Black crisis, Latin America, Thailand, Politics in America, GI rights, and ecology will also be stressed. There will be lecturers, and of course all are invited to join in discussion. Everyone is invited to these meetings, and urged to partici- pate. i * GI’s Enjoy Free Concert at Rowan Park Many of us do not have ac- cess to Army regs; or just do not have faith in adequate as- sistance concerning legal or ad- ministrative rights. GI‘s Uni- ted now offers guidance in areas from discharges to court martial rights. Headed by Bill Lyneh(a lawyer prior to induction) the counseling committee will attempt to either all questions, or at least guide everyone to proper channels to- ward desired remedies. Efforts are being made to provide a col- lection of people well versed Legal Protection for YOU ———= in all facets of military jus- tice and Army regulations. We also call out for anyone who help as a counselor. Here a just some of the fields of the endeavor: CO classification or discharge; 206, 200 and 212 discharges; compassionate reassignments; Civilian litigation information; Article 15 rights; court-mar- tial and other military jus- tice related problems. Got a problem, don't hesi- tate to call the following num- bers: 485-1570 or 497-6526. Training Center Extorts Money From Trainees For the past three pay days and the days immediately following there has been a flurry of activ- ity at company formations through- out the Training Center as Company officers and cadre "persuade" trainees to buy thousands of dol- lars worth of Youth Activity Car- nival tickets. These tickets are sold under the super hype of win- ning a car or a number of other small token prizes. There is only one car being given away and even the number of ridiculous “bubble gum machine” type prizes are highly limited. Especially when you consider the amount of train- ees which are cajoled in every way but physical force into buying these tickets. Even they are in competition with the rest of the post for prizes. That limits chances of winning anything to a- G.1.S UNITED MEETINGS GI*%s UViited meets every Tues- day at 7 Pat the old Queher House, 324 Ray Ave., rijtit a- cross from tine USO, For in- formation aid catra cepits of Bragg briefs (for betiy friends and general distribution) cull 497-6526 bout 1 to 50,000. Not very good odds. The pitiful and disgusting aspect of the entire situation remains in the fact that the trainee, the most underpayed and exploited soldier in the service, does not, in reality have a def- inate choice as to whether or not he will buy tickets. To quote one Company Commander whom I heard addressing his troops "You will cooperate in these sales". Having been associated with the selling of these tickets on a Battalion level for about a month I wit- nessed many of the ways in which trainees were intimidated into buying tickets. Some examples are: Group punishment, such as pushups or low crawling, taking down a list of names of men who did not buy tickets or did not buy ‘enough'® of them, threatened restriction to company area over weekends, and the list could go on and on. I know of companies in which there were five tickets to every man in the company and the sales were 100°. This 4th of July ticket sale Situation serves as another prime example of the trampling of human rights and dignity which is so much a part of the military today.” Not until all GI's stand up and demand their rights and refuse to be exploited will this sponging of individuality cease. A bit of advice You open your wall locker and scratch another wasted day spent in the army off of your calender. You take off your fatigue shirt and lay it on your bunk. As you glance at it you notice the com- bat infantrymans badge above your breast pocket and the combat patch on your right shoulder. Once again your mind conjurs up the memories or the atrocities ana senseless murders against the Vietnamese people that you had witnessed. Yu are not proud of having been in Vietnam and yet you wear trite cloth patches glorifying the senseless killing. Finally ina rush of emotion you rend the cloth brands from your uniform and hurl them into space. This fictitious account of a soldiers internal struggle of cone Science can be mirrored by the teelings, thoughts, and beliefs of many of our Vietnam veterans. One . needs but talk to them to see that there are many who are ashamed, not proud, of our governments ac- tions in Southeast Asia. It is only logical then that they should Strip their uniforms of all para- phenalia and decorations that deal with this unjust conflict. Thisis Simply one more way in which an individual can assert his opposi- tion to war. Don't parade infront of the world daily covered with blaring patches and ribbons for ali to see that you are proud of your former presence in Southeast Asia! Instead, before you put on any uniform again make sure you have removed all evidence of your participation in war. On your fa- tigue shirt remove the combat out tit patch from your right shoul- der. Take off the combat infantry mans badge above your pocket and any other patch or badge which you may find objectionable. When wear- ing greens or khakis don't pin on a combat infantrymans badge or any Vietnam campaign ribbons. Also leave off a purple heart ribbonor any other decoration which you may question. In this small, but significant Way decry the farce and pity that is Amerikan policy in Vietnam and Cambodia. Now wear your uniforms With a littie more pride and a dot less guilt. G.I. ALLIANCE On the weekend of May 28th, GIs representing over 30 bases met in Atlanta to set up a much needed national GI organization. The representatives agreed ona proposal to start a national clearing house. The basic activi- ties of the national office are; information center, establishing a network of communications be- tween bases, acting as liason be- tween CI and civilian organiza- tions, coordinating (through re- gional conferences) national ac- tivities, contacting lawyers and organizations interested in doing GI work and making contacts with national media with press state- ments from the various bases. The office has been set up and is opperating in Washington D.C., staffed by the former ‘GI Task Force’ of New Mobe. This office and staff is completely disafil- iated with New IMobe now, and is functioning for and in the inter- ests of GIs. The first two regional confer- ences have been held and the of- fice has distributed its first newsletter. The Southeastern corfference was held in Atlanta, tune Mae 14th. Ft. Bragg was represented in this region. Those present expressed their backing of the alliahce and laid plans for the GI Strickback action, to begin June 30th and extend through the entire month of July. Proposed actions in ¥ast.- ington were discussed and agreed to initiate a Washington vigil that would call GIs on leave to Washington to express their dis- sent for current government pol- icies. BLACKS BEGIN BOYCOTT Continued from page 1 "ie feel that it is downsradins to our people and we feel that the white people are usins it to let the blacks know that they were once slaves and because we don*t control anything we will always be.a kind of slave. The black sisters and brothers that are comings up will look at the Slave market and ask questions and when they find out that it was used to sell their sisters and brothers back in tne 1800's and it still stands today, they'll automatically feel that whites are superior to them. This is what we are tryinz to get rid of. Another brother added, “As long as hiarket Square stands it will remind black people that we have been stepped on. The more black people think of such thinss the more hatred will develop in our heartse” The Black Crzanizers also plan to circulate petitions amon the black residents of Fayetteville to try to get the slave i.arket torn down. He pointed out that once busi- nessmi2n bezin losing money they're zoing to bezin askinz what's cau- Sing this and if they bezin to set hurt badly enough then they are zoing to want to see the lave Inarket torn down. Several attempts have been made in the past to rid the town of the Slave liarket. Once in the nineteenth century it was burned down and once about ten years aso BRAGG BRIEFS v TOLSON a (continued from page 1) military context." He also made lengthy mention of his own ex- periences as a military command- er. On the ‘same docket was a case involvins the rizhnt of Fort Jack- son soldiers to hold public meet- ings on post. Another crew-cutted US attorney provided the hishlicht or this case when ne arrued that the only tnint objectionable in neevins by ort Jackson coldiers wae the fact siley were held on the wilitary reservation and that soldiers hac been and woulc always be allowed to mect and be livolved in political activities off post in nearby Columbia, south Carolina without interference by the armye Viv atents and unifornec NCC*s patrol the streets of Colun- bia warnings trainees froia she fort not the take newspapers and otner antiwar literature, sayin that they mitht set article 15s or court martials for doins so; army azents were also involved in harrassins and eventually closin- the UFO - an antiwar GI coffee- house in Columbia. The main problem in both cases lies in working out conZlictins provisions in the Uese Constitue tion, one which provides for the establishment and maintenance of an army and Tt! OC= se ju che Vv the other which cassionally provides for certain basic rizhtse The ~overnnens ar- “ues in both cases that GI's have no constitutional rishts at all. A decision is yet to be made, Ne SS BOY «ey Tus N A . x QR” ‘ . ’ " one Aas s RY ~ - w nu 4 : - ¢ ; : Y 4 x . ,- ‘ ; ~ th . “ _.who bore midst sage advice. a banner with a ~ ” strange device. .. FORT LEWIS -- PVT Willie Williams is facing seneral court martial charses for makin a poster for his wall locker which says “I will no longer be an enissary for this imperialist military machine. Freedom - or death to Fresident Nixon. He has spent about ‘five months in pre-trial confinement. Cn June 15th, four Ft Lewis Gis and four civiliars were ar- rested for dedicatin:" the main post chapel to St imaximilian dur- ins the recsular 11:00 service. ot inaximilian was executed in 95 AeLb- for refucin: induction into the Roman arny. FOR? PCLK -- A stockade rebellion left the library ransacked and ceveral fires for authorities contend withe to BRAGG BRIEFS c/o GI*s UNITED Post Office Box 437 3 Spring Lake, North Carolina 28390 * \C Yeele MU.Y0 Yinsten . \ev\ae Linsten, & .¢ FT LEWIS CG GOES BANANAS Ft Lewis (JKP)...4n what some fear could be the first steps in a military coup in the Us, lkajor General Willard Pearson has placed himself in contempt of 6 Us sena- tors by refusin= to recotnize consressional holds barrin* ship- ment of 13 conscientious objectors from Ft Lewis. The whole problem arose over the probable procedural errors and denial of due process in the pro- cessins of the 13 CO applications. “after tne applications were den- ied, the 13 enlisted the aid of senators i.uskie, Goodell, bunson, Tercy, vYranston, and others to investizate the manner in which the applications were processed. fearson, who travels in a staff car with ::P cars in front and back tivint DR*s to GliI*s who don't sal- ute, has bunzled similar cases in the past perhaps causins him to be denied promotion to Lt. ven. te refused to process article 138 investigations initiated by the 13 azainst himself and company con- mander CrT i.elvin Ginzery ques- tionins the use or misuse of their powers in the CO cases. There would be no lezal recourse in the local federal court as Judre James bolt, a retired colonel, has never juc.zed against the Army. sy direction of Pearson, 8 of the 13 were put on orders for Viet Nam.- 2 are now AWOL, 6 refused the orders and are now in pre- trial confinement, one of the ot- her 5 with only 50 days left in the service was finally taken off orders. Efforts were made to use force to shang-hai several of the CO*s to Vietnam, a practice not unknown at Ft Lewis. it was rumored that Department of the Army was going to send a Pentagon “heavy” to Ft Lewis to look into the possibility of re- lieving Pearson of his command. As for the threat of a coup, it seems that FPentazon officials are upset that Pearson had taken pre- mature and independent action and will try to eliminate Pearson from their future plans. In all probability, Pearson will be giv- en a psychiatric examination and be processed for elimination from the service under the provisions of AR 635-212 (Unfitness and Un- Suitability). CAMP PENDLETON -- PFC Jesse i/ood- ard, while sittirs in a hiovement for a Democratic lilitary staff house alone with 25 other GIs and Civilian oranizers, was wounded by a burst of automatic weapons fire from a passins automobile. Official memoranda have been sent around the post urzins tisht- er security on aerosol paint which has been used to paint slovzans on buildinss and other zovernment propertye S4ZULN -- Reports indicate that many who desert to Sweden collect reenlistment bonuses and Army loans before leavine. | t! KELLY AFB -= A 2nd Roer Priest, Georze Edze, is to be tried for "solicitin=s and counselin~ troops to desert” and “promotins dis- loyalty.and disaffection." gala LE,