May #695 - Syracuse Peace Council

SYRACUSE PEACE COUNCIL
4TH ANNIVERSARY !!
SPC MAY 1974
MONDAY
POTLUCKS
6 HOLLY NEAR - CONCERT & SONGFEST
Holly, who has been in Syracuse twice with the Indochina Peace Campaign, will be here onl y
one day. Her beautiful, moving songs- (many on her popular, new album "Hang In There" )
speak of the Viet Nam war, women and change . An evening of joy and rededication . $1 .25
admission this Potluck only.
13 AMNESTY : WHY & FOR WHO M
The amnesty issue must be given full consideration by this nation's people without furthe r
delay. Every citizen's civil liberties depend upon its thoughtful resolution . The Presiden t
ignores this deep national wound . But the Congress has amnesty power . This Potluck wil l
initiate a week of effort by the Peace Council to bring this issue the prominence in the publi c
mind that it demands . The panel discussion will deal with why amnesty must be viewed a s
a question of the morality of the Indochina war . Also included will be an analysis of the ,
numbers and varieties of Americans who suffer without amnesty .
20 "DRY SUMMER"-PRODa ULVI DOGAN SPEAKIN G
This is an extraordinary cinema verite film, made in 1964, on the social anthropology of a —
Turkish village . Criticized by the Turkish government the film was smuggled out of th e
country by its producer (and one of the actors) Ulvi Dogan, who has just completed hi s
Ph.D. in mass communications at S . U. Winner of several international awards, includin g
the Golden Bear at Berlin (competing against films like "The Pawnbroker") the 83 minut e
film and discussion offer us an informative and rare viewing experience .
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POTLUCK MEAL 6 :30 P .M. PROGRAM 7:30 P .M.
food to share . Place settings provided . All welcome !
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Contact persons for Peace Council projects and com rmittees are listed below . If you have any questions or
would like to help, feel free to call the person listed .
AMNESTY
Chris Murra y
"ANALYSIS" (monthly SPC leaflet)
924 Burnet Ave .
Chris Murra y
SYRACUSE PEACE COUNCIL S yracuse, NY 1320 3
ANNUAL DINNE R
Steering Committee
ARTICLES
REPORTS
ATTICADEFENSE COMMITTE E
Ellsberg
People's Bicentennial
4
Bill Whistle r
Rest
of
the
New
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WTR
Fund
5
AUCTION (June 22) .
Military in the School s
New SPC Staff member 5
Bob Russel l
Teaching Notes
B-1 BOMBER/G.E . PROJEC T
Smashing Imperialis m
9
Pat Vitacolonna
in Your Hometown
21
1 2 Book Burning
BICENTENNIAL
UPCOMING
EVENT1
REGULAR FEATURES
Susan Ashle y
SPC Garage Sale
3
Literature/Revie w
CLASSIC DOUBLE FEATURE S
Dik Cool 412-547 8
Glenn Witkin 478-6107
Dialogue : Middle Eas t
38th SPC Annual Dinner 4
DOOR-TO-DOOR DISTRIBUTION NETWOR K
Legislative Report
Kent State Rally
6
445-161 6
Jim Gagliano
PEACE
S
Country
Blue
Gras
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.SLIDESHOW
FILM . TAPE
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Ronnie Vitacolonna
Classified s
23 SPC Benefit
FOLK FESTIVAL
Calenda r
24 Liberated Angol a
Tom Dieh l
E
NEXT
ISSU
Slideshow
15
GARAGE SAL E
(copy deadline 5pm, Fri .
Ramonda Tawil visit
Sue Strunk
17
HOUSE REMODELIN G
5/24/74 )
United Farm Worker s
David Coon s
The B .I .A . In Syracus e
Rally
18
IMPEACHMEN T
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Tawil
Interview
with
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Amnesty
Week
21
Dik Coo l
INDOCHINA PEACE CAMPAIG N
Chris Murra y
The PEACE NEWSLETTER is the monthly publication o f
INDOCHINA PEACE PLEDGE PROGRAM
the Syracuse Peace Council . PNL circulation - 6, 000 ;
Toppie Simonfay
2, 700 mailed and 3, 300 distributed from over 70 out LITERATUR E
lets . VERY REASONABLE ADVERTISING RATES -- Cal l
Pat Sullivan
445-123 0
472-5478 for our rate card .
458-213
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MAILING LISTS: Marian Price
475-284 2
High School : Michelle Wyak
May PNL Production : Susan Ashley, Sally Brule' ,
MICRONESIA
Diana
Ellis, Paul Frazier, Joe Horsington, Dere k
Jim Elli s
472-188 . *
Manier, Dawn Martin, Bob Nicholson, Bob Swanson ,
MILITARY RECRUITMENT INFORMATION PROJEC T
Bob Nicholson
SPC Staff .
NEIGHBORHOODGROUP S
April Mailing Party : Joe Horsington, Craig Knob Fayetteville-Manlius . Toppie Simonfay
637-862 5
luth, Tod Knobluth, Marilyn Miller, Chris Murray ,
Liverpool, Linda Negus
457-350 8
Salt Springs, Gloria Whistler
446-230 4
Linda Popoff, Valerie Popoff, Bill Sethman, Pa t
Westcott, Sue Strunk
472-372 6
Sullivan, Susan Waters, Chuck .
Ackerman, Janet Bogdan
479-761 8
SPC Staff : Dik Cool, John Maddaus, Marilyn
Valley. Lila Walker
492-073 1 *
PEACE NEWSLETTE R
Miller, Chris Murray .
( ADVERTISING : Dik Coo l
Joe Horsingto n
DISTRIBUTION : Dick Kornblut h
PRODUCTION : SPC Staff
Just think, for a .measly $5/year, you can have the ,U .S . Postal !
PHONE NETWOR K
Service drop the PEACE NEWSLETTER -- the antiwar newspaper of
Marilyn Mille r
Central NY -- neatly in your mailbox each month . No more hav SOUTHERN AFRICAN LIBERATIO N
472-1884 ing to stop by some store and hope that one's left. And, what' s
Diana Elli s
more, you'll receive periodic special mailings that SPC sends .
SPC MONDAY POTLUCKS
472-5478
Dik Cool
What does SPC get out of it? Well, to he frank, your $5, whic h
472-2856
is sorely needed, Maybe there will be a little more 2-way com SPC PRESS
Terri Gill
Bob Nicholson 479-5844
Nancy Traver s
478-2827
a munication too . Thanks .
STEERING COMMITTEE
Enclosed is $5 . Please send the PEACE NEWSLETTER to :
446-582 5
Patricia Durgi n
SYRACUSE COMMITTEE IN SOLIDARITY WIT H
' How about articles on
Bill Leogrand e
472-640 1
LATIN AMERICA
Nam e
TEACHING THE WA R
479-633 4
Bill Griffen 696-8184
Joe Horsingto n
Address__
Zip
TEACHING NOTES
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479-5844
Phyllis Denno 479-8478, Kathy Nicholso n
THICH TIEN CHAU SPEAKING TOU R
.3203
(315)
472-547
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SPC 924 Burnet Ave . Syracuse, NY 1
Joanna Macy
446-5488
WAR TAX RESISTANCE FUN D
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I SUPPORT THE PEACE .NEWSLETTER I
422-0385
Pete Wirth
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FUND RAISING:
OUR MOST IMPORTANT PRODUCT T
The Finance Committee, recently forme d
to oversee the continuing state of SPC' s
finances (dismal) and to brainstorm fund raising events, is outdoing itself! Activities projected over the next 3 months tha t
are now in the planning stage include :
WESTCOTT GARAGE SALE
Saturday, June 1
Sponsored by the Westcott & Ackerman Neighborhoo d
Groups . Watch for handbills announcing the Place .
Temporary repository of items needed NOW is 83 4
Westcott St ., 472-372 6
2ND ANNUAL AUCTION
Saturday, June 22
St . Andrew's Church on Alden St . Better bargain s
and higher vibes than even last year !
SOUVENIR POSTERS
Available Jul y
A pictorial history of the .Viet Nam Resistance in th e
Syracuse community
cl
move rnent
print shop
SPC P
feaErL5
MIMEO & OFFSE T
PRINTIN G
up to Ce r al size
• posters business cards.
• Letterheads • news Letters
• enveLopeS
• bumper stickers
Desj5n t Layout avatbble
most reaconabte rates in central new York
discounts for movement 4non-Prato 9rour s
Contact : SPC PRESS 4725475
There's also the Country Blue Gras s
Concert at the Everson, May 18 (see p . 9) ,
and don't be surprised to see a Pancak e
Breakfast pop up .
All well and good -- these events ca n
and with good hard work will realize a few, .
thousand dollars . But good hard work for
fund-raising means less time and energ y
for program work -- which is what we're
all about . We do attempt to organize pro jects that raise social consciousness a s
.well as money, but sometimes we mus t
content ourselves with a literature tabl e
alongside the pancakes .
The backbone of the Syracuse Peace Coun cil is still the regular contributions and
pledges of all its members . Will you help?
this month's cover . . .
In the spring of 1970 Sari Knopp and Di k
Cool began what are now called the SPC
Monday Potlucks . The original idea was to
bring together a group of community antiwa r
activists for a weekly evening of educatiori
and solidarity. A number of actions flowe d
out of these meetings, including the "mining "
of the barge canal as a protest of the U .S . mining of Vietnamese harbors . The Syracus e
Direct Action Project (SDAP) took over th e
Potlucks and, 'guided by Tony Avirgan, the y
continued to play an important, dynami c
role in local social change work . The SDA&
then became a committee of SPC and Tony '
joined the staff collective .
The Potlucks gradually assumed the dimension of a project in themselves . To m
Diehl, newly arrived in Syracuse, coord inated them for most of 1973 and Dik Coo l
has had the job since then . The Potluck s
now emphasize varied and topical programs .
and offer all of us a weelky opportunity t o
share a meal, comradeship and education .
Ideas for programs are always welcome .
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38TH ANNUAL SPC DINNE R
The 38th Annual Dinner of SPC will b e
held in June . The Steering Committee i s
working on details of time, place an d
speaker and the announcement will be in
the next PEACE NEWSLETTER .
Each year the dinner not only renew s
our old friendships and adds strength to
our purpose but also performs one ver y
important function - the election of new
Steering Committee members . It is for thi s
reason that everyone is urged to attend an d
take part in the elections .
The Steering Committee is rotating .
Every year 6 members are automaticall y
retired and new members voted in. A term
of office is 3 years . It is very importan t
that the Steering Committee reflect a s
nearly as possible the entire constituenc y
of the SPC . A nominating committee is i n
formation but we are also anxious to hea r
nominations from our readers . If you hav e
any ideas of people you think should b e
nominated will you please call the office 472-5478 - with your suggestions ?
The night of the Annual Dinner ballot s
will be made up and elections will be held .
If the SPC is to be a strong force we need
a strong participating membership !
SPC POLITICAL EDUCATION GROU P
The Steering Committee at its monthly
meeting made further plans for the Politica l
Education Study Group . The next meeting
will be at Lillian Reiner's home, 100 9
Cumberland Ave ., April 30th at 7 :30 pm .
At that meeting we will discuss Prisons
under the capitalist system . Followin g
the discussion period we plan to pull to gether an outline and bibliography o n
"Political Economy" to supply material s
for a 6 month period . These meetings ar e
open to everyone, will be held once a
month and will be coupled with
Consciousness Raising .
PEOPLE'S BICENTENNIA L
FOLKS ROUSE
LOCAL INTEREST
"Those who do not scruple to bring
poverty, misery, slavery, and death upo n
thbusands, will not hesitate at the mos t
diabolical crimes" .
Abigail Adams 177 4
Kathy Johnson and Sheila Rollins of th e
Washington PBC were in Syracuse April 5t h
and 6th . They received good coverage o n
Channel 9 and 5 evening new s
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A & R
SELF SERVICE GARAG E
EQU I D FUR WoRK ()NI FOREIGN lom6sTic O S
Pe-pair work done on Volk5via,.en5
Well I iyhted, heated area • Discoun+ p rfis
Tools • Mechanic . oh defy for 3dvico.
1750 Erie Blvd . E .
Open la da(.Is a wee k
Pant), la-9 pm- .
(We4'cofU- Erie)
Sat . 10-6 pm.. .
Kathy and Peter Shipman (SPC member )
appeared on Community Forum . (aired Apri l
21st .) as members of a panel which discussed the significance of the bicertennial .
Other panel members were Marcie Browso n
of the Cultural Resources Center, Nolla .
Claire of N .O .W . and Mrs. Todd of th e
D .A.R .
Later Kathy and Sheila met with the PBC
committee and showed their film "The Boston
Tea/Oil Party" . Everyone felt the 'film wa s
inspiring and useful to initiate discussio n
on the bicentennial . On Friday Sheila an d
Kathy met with SU history students eft Maxwell.
We are planning a May meeting . Any one interested call Susan Ashle y 446-242 9
WAR TAX RESISTANCE -STILL
Straight tax preparation help and, for thos e
interested, counseling on open resistance to
war taxes - but it looked more like a resisters '
underground railroad station there in the coffe e
house basement .
THE UR FREE EXPERIENCE
Despite our low suggested contribution of .1%
of taxable income, and all the $0 taxable in comes of resisters (after war crimes deduction) ,
we received donations totaling about $60, whic h
will help with the Tax Resistance Fund's clerical and other expenses .
"Pull up a chair . . . No, not that one; it' s
sticky because the Food Co-op uses it whe n
Next year? We're all set to do it again, bu t
."
The
they pour honey . Try this comfy crate
with bigger publicity so that more communit y
new coffeehouse, whose offer of a place to op - people not already acquainted with us will see k
erate we gratefully accepted, wasn't quit e
out our help, in whatever dungeon or jail we'r e
ready by pre-tax-time to compete in decor wit h
located .
Margaret Rusk
HR Block. But under the mellow glare of a dangling bare bulb, 5 cooperatively-trained counselors led about 20 clients through IRS's maz e
Many area telephone tax resisters have
of W-4s, 1040s, itemized deductions, and schedrecently
had levies placed on their bank ac ules X, Y, and Z . A majority of pur customer s
counts
or
salaries by IRS . If you have rewerq already-committed ,resisters whb wante d
ceived
one
(or more) "final notice before
to learn how-to-do-it for maximum legal and
seizure", you can probably expect simila r
philosophical impact . But there were some symaction
. Call SPC, 472-5478, for advic e
pathetic non-resisters and a few who decided to
. IRS is being confronted !
and
solace
resist for the first time after talking with us .
BUSY, BUSY IRS
NEW STAFF MEMBE R
JOINS SPC
Mon. 7-10r rot.
Coll 40
ueS-,Wed . 7-10 p .m .
General Medicine
Mon.— Fri . 1-3rn .
Nurse Available
John and Linda Maddaus pose for photographer Terri Gill .
John, as of April 22, is the new member of the SPC staff collective . They have been doing a lot of movement work in th e
SChenectady area for several years . Linda will be focusing
on the United Farm Workers organizing . John, of course ,
will be sharing,with other staff,responsibility for the ful l
range of SPC activities
476-669 2
KENT STATE MAY 4
RALLY
FOUR YEARS LATER
DANIEL ELLSBERG
JANE FONDA
RON KOVI C
JULIAN
BOND
American Veterans Movemen t
Civil Rights leader,
SOKHOM HING
DEAN KAHLER
Khmer Residents in the United States
Kent State student, wounded in 197 0
JUDY COLLINS and HOLLY NEAR will sin g
reopie will convene at Kent State on Saturday, May 4th ,
To remember an d
To remind themselves of the need of continued resistance to the war in Cambodia .
And in south Viet Nam ,
The war crimes of the Watergate Administration, and , th e
Kent State and Jackson State coverups .
The Syracuse Peace Coundil is a
local sponsor for the rally . Call
492-9643 for rides and riders .
RALLY : 2 :30 pm
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ELLSBERG
Daniel Ellsberg, the liberator of the Pentagon Papers, spoke to almost 2, 000 peopl e
recently at the Cortland College . After hi s
speech, he noted that some people wer e
distributing the "Pentagon Papers Digest "
outside and urged the audience to read it .
The Peace Council's remaining stock of , a
few hundred were quickly exhausted . Dr .
Ellsberg observed the importance of "gettin g
out" the Pentagon Papers and praised the efforts of the Indochina Peace Campaign .
Reviewing the lessons of the Pentagon Papers (which trace the secret, keep-it-hidde n
from-the-people history of U .S ., involvemen t
in Indochina from 1945 to 1968)he noted th e
tremendous growth and concentration of power in the presidency culminating (have w e
culminated?) in Watergate . The lack of le gal, constitutional restraints on our foreig n
policy leading to a 7 1/2 million ton carnage ( 4 million tons by Nixon) of berser k
bombing, came home to find expression
through no-holds-barred invasions of pri vacy and criminal acts of repression by th e
government against its citizens - Ellsber g
amoung them .
Ellsberg stressed tha t one half millio n
tons of those bombs visited death on Lao s
and Cambodia through Nixon's and the Pentagon's secret war . The awesome horror of
this one-man war waging is still largely uncomprehended by the American public a s
saen by the lack of attention it receives a s
an impeachable act . (Since Ellsberg's vi sit, a court decision has said the secre t
Cambodian bombing is not an impeachabl e
offense! )
At two small meetings, Dan Ellsberg
demonstrated a strong understanding o f
movement needs and an energetic persona l
commitment to help realize those needs .
He met the morning after his talk with a
group of students and faculty and pumped
them for 2 1/2 hours on kinds of information and suggestions for actions to share
with audiences as he launches his national speaking tour of college campuses .
Ellsberg listened and responded in genera l
agreement as the students' indicted ou r
,system of placing corporate profits over
meeting human needs . There was also agreement on organizing and educating around th e
issues affecting everyone - the "energy crisis" and inflation .
Something that Ellsberg wrote in his Pa Pers on the War (Simon & Schuster) over tw o
years ago . . . " . . .the war. ., needs not onl y
to be resisted; it remains to be understood "
. .,was still felt, by Dan ; to be a vali d
statement . He was particularly excite d
about the plans the Syracuse Peace Cou n
cil has for working on an honest history o f
Indochina for the schools .
At the press conference before his speech ,
Ellsberg responded to a question that he wa s
in favor of blanket amnesty for those who -refused to take part in the Viet Nam War. He
also contributed to the de-mythification of
the administration's only "Mr. Clean" Henry Kissinger . Dan observed that Kissinger received the Nobel Peace Prize apparently for using more of Dr . Nobel's product dynamite - than any other diplomat in history !
Bill Griffe n
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The Rest of the News (ROTN) is a non-profit media collective in Ithaca, New York. We produce radio news tapes about
the central questions Americans face to-day : labor simples,
the prison movement, Native Americans, Thiel World liberation, political trials, women's issues, the environment. We
have given special emphasis to Attica, Wounded Knee, an d
the continuing War in Indo-China .
Since the spring of 1971 we have produced daily tapes played over WVBR in Ithaca These early tapes were made on a
borrowed tape recorder in one member's apartment . Then,
in the fall of 1972, a grant from a Boston church group enabled ROrIN to buy some basic recording equipment.
In the spring of 1973 two reporters from the Rest of th e
News entered Wounded Knee and remained there throughou t
the occupation . Their reports, distributed daily by ROTN t o
radio stations in the US and Canada, furnished the only consistent media coverage from inside the besieged village.
Joanna Brown interviewing Oglala leader Gladys Bissonette
With this experience behind us, we began to undertake weekly distribution of news programs on a national level in November, 1973 . Every week the Rest of the News now sends
out a 10-15 minute program on a subject of national interest, with an additional 10-15 minutes of short news reports ,
to 25 radio stations in the US and Canada Stations are
charged $25 a month, with fee reductions for less affluent
community stations. This service is unique : ROTN is the
only alternate media group in the US producing radio news
tapes for regular national distribution.
the rest of the new s
new york
ithaca
306 east state street
(607) 273-413 9
Recent titles from the Rest of the News :
Richard Nixon vs. the Peopl e
Paris Peace Agreement : One Year Later
Energy : Crisis or Conspiracy ?
Small Farmers
Guinea-Bissau : A Struggle for Liberation
Wounded Knee : One Year Later
California Farm Workers
Martin Sostre : Prisoner No . 79969
14850
The Rest of the News is organized so that a collective o f
part-time people makes the tapes played daily on WVBR A
ble for prosmaller core-group of full-time people is r
ducing the weekly. national tapes and for office work . The
core-group members are unpaid or receive minimum subsistence salaries .
A typical ROTN program includes : 1) background material,
based on research, that form a script providirn a framewor k
for the program ; 2) interviews and `actualities' — recorded
on-scene from participants or observers — constituting th e
bulk of the program ; 3) appropriate musical cuts that enhance the impact of the program. In the Syracuse area ROTN
tapes are played over WAER at 10 :15 Sunday night.
Anyone coning to Ithaca is welcome to visit the Rest of the
News at 306 East State Street . However, on Thursdays and
Fridays we are often busy producing the national programs ,
so please call ahead (607 273-4139) .
We are always looking for new people with communication s
or engineering skills. However, experience is not necessary
and most people learn on the job : if you have time and interest, there is definitely a place for you at the Rest of the
News. If you know of a story that should be
write
it up and then read it to us over the phone. F
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tributions are also needed.
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The April issue of TEACHING NOTES contains 2 articles on teaching the Viet Nam war ,
including experiences in Syracuse schools by joe Horsington . Also an article entitle d
"The Military in the Schools" by Bob Nicholson . If you are a teacher, you'll find TEACH ING NOTES a valuable resource .
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THE MILITARY IN THE SCHOOLS
Over 150, 000 high school students ar e
receiving military training in the nation' s
high schools . Recruiters go into gramma r
schools showing films glorifying the military. High school students are` given aptitude tests designed by the military whic h
describe aptitudes in terms of military jobs .
One state (not identified by the Pentagon)
has proposed that recruiters be given offic e
space in their schools and that the recruiter s
become part of the staff as military guidanc e
counselors . These are some examples o f
the increasing involvement of the military
in our schools .
With the volunteer army, the military ha s
rapidly increased its recruiting apparatus .
They are trying to maintain a huge standin g
army (2 .2 million) . This will requir e
354, 000 recruits for the present year . To
do this the military has increased its recruiting budget to the point that it cost s
over $900 to recruit a single person . Th e
number of people involved in recruiting ha s
been increased to over 20, 000 . And th e
military has focused on high schools as a
target area for recruitment .
The military does not try to get people to
drop out of school . But they are constantly
in schools pushing the military as a career.
Schools such as North Syracuse hav e
started giving student lists to recruiters .
The State Assembly is considering a bil l
(A-10337) that would require all school s
to do this . Guidance counselors are seen
as key people by the military. In April ,
at the American Personnel and Guidanc e
Association meeting, a major theme wa s
"Military Career Awareness : The Nation' s
Largest Combined Employer ." The militar y
had booths there and conaucted three of th e
workshops . The aptitude tests mentione d
above are presented to school counselors a s
a service - a way of easing their workload .
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The implications of the close connectio n
between recruiters and schools are serious .
The legitimacy of the military career is go ing unquestioned . The close relationshi p
between recruiters and school counselors i s
making it less likely that the counselor s
will act as aides to students in evaluating th e
the military's claims . Schools are seeing
recruiters as "career representatives" rathe r
than as high-pressure sales people . Citizens who wish to help students evaluate th e
recruiting pitch are kept out of schools .
Junior ROTC is another aspect of the military's incursion into schools . There are
1200 of these high school military units .
Locally, there is one at St . John the Baptist and another planned for LiverpoolHigh .
Militarism is inherent in these programs .
They are presented to schools 'as an inexpensive, quality career education . Citizenship, leadership, military history, an d
national security comprise a major portion
of the course . The military, with schbo l
sanction, is thus defining such things a s
citizenship duties and the needs of the nation for many students . By accepting junio r
ROTC, schools accept such program objectives as "an appreciation of the role of th e
U.S . Army in support of national objectives "
and "an understanding of their personal obligation to contribute toward national security" and "an appreciation for the tradition s
of the Air Force ." No other organizatio n
could get into a school with this kind of "
partiality in its objectives .
This article is a shortened version o f
an ANALYSIS leaflet which is availabl e
at SPC . ANALYSIS is distributed door to-door monthly throughout the Syracus e
area . If you can take a quantity o f
this piece to distribute at upcomin g
school events (concerts, graduations ,
etc .) call the Peace Council .
device when the, military's previous opposition an d
present support of the program are put in the contex t
of changes in the draft and college ROTC .
REVIE W
MILITARY TRAINING FOR 14 - YEAR - OLDS
THE GROWTH OF HIGH SCHOOL ROT C
BY RICHARD MALISHCHA K
Military Training for 14-Year-Olds is a study o f
Junior ROTC commissioned by the United Church Boar d
for Homeland Ministries . Richard Malishchak has pu t
together a useful booklet for communities that ar e
opposed to :or have reservations about high schoo l
military training . Only a small portion of the book i s
in the form of an argument against JROTC . Most of it
is descriptive material on who wants JROTC and why ,
course outlines, the organization of the program, ho w
the program is sold, and how it has grown . Thi s
material makes a strong case against JROTC .
For instance, the authoritarian and indoctrinationa l
purposes of the program are apparent in the argument s
of proponents such as Edward Hebert . Malishcha k
points out the discrepancies between the military' s
promotional material and the actual course objective s
and outlines . While the former emphasize technica l
education and leadership, the latter consist mainly
of the military's view of history and citizenship, an d
drill . JROTC is clearly shown to be a recruitmen t
A brief section on JROTC, citizenship, and militarism raises questions that ought to be asked of an y
school considering JROTC . Malishchak points ou t
three main dangers in JROTC : The close identification of military values with citizenship values ,
"re-institutionalizing the military's demands o n
youth" - in the absence of inductions, and the tendency "to take at face value the military's appreciation of the nation's needs . "
There is section on how communities have oppose d
JROTC . This offers only a start and needs to b e
supplemented by other case studies on opposition to
JROTC which are available . The section on curriculu m
is also only a starting point for those who are face d
with 7ROTC .
The book's introduction says "Communities tha t
want . . . (ROTC) in their high schools will probabl y
get it . Communities that do not want ROTC, or ar e
not sure if they do, are likely to get it anyway ,
unless they have appropriate information and tak e
decisive action ." This book is informative for those .
who want to learn about JROTC and a must for thos e
who have to combat it in their community .
Bob Nicholso n
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5/74 PNL 1 1
SMASHING IMPERIALIS M
OR HOW TO' DESTROY ITT IN 7 COURSES
A huge Florida land development scheme by ITT .
ITT ! There it was--"Palm Coast"—in garish col or in some piece of junk mail . "Send away for more
information . . ." How could I resist? That's ho w
it started .
More hooplah and gloss soon arrived in the mai l
--47 square miles of sunny beaches, swaying palm s
--and an invitation to send for tickets for a fre e
dinner to learn still more . Far out !
Next comes a phone call--a lady from their Buffalo office--would it be convenient for a salesma n
to drop by next week? Not so far out-they'r e
checking up on us, maybe, to see if it's cool t o
have us for dinner . Okay lady, send your salesman .
THE SCREENIN G
Salesman arrives late PM--black, uptight i n
white Oswego . Family (also uptight) plus interested friend (Chris Murray of SPC) all dressed respectable for the occasion . House straightene d
up, fire lit . Salesman stays for dinner, then start s
his rap ; we listen politely, then hassle him with
lots of questions 'about ecology and community con -
BY PETE CAPLA N
the breeze--new youth for the menopausal! En d
of film ., We're limp with nausea, but smile weakly . More questions . Salesman upset that we'r e
not yet convinced ; waves original-and-six-copie s
purchase agreement at us . We tell him we'd really
like to go to the dinner first . Why? (It's getting
a little heavy, now) Oh, we'd kinda just like t o
see who else from around here is interested—good
to know your future neighbors, heh-heh-heh . Sales man hostile, but we insist . Leaves in a disgruntle d
head--apparently prospects are supposed to ge t
either salesman or dinner--not both .
GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNE R
Days pass ; we prepare anti-ITT leaflets . (se e
insert) Scene shifts to local Holiday Inn, 7 PM .
Enter Pete and Ruth Caplan ; leaflets hidden in
cloakroom . The small gathering has already convened--three salesmen, including our friend, eac h
at a table with two couples in their 20's and 30's .
By luck, we are seated with a couple we know fro m
a community peace group, but we say nothing abou t
our plans . We're assigned a new salesman, who
turns out later to be a head salesman and the evening's M .C .
He ushers us in, we sit down, and he question s
us suspiciously about why we're there if we've al ready seen The Film . How do we happen to know
the other couple? Are we considering living in Florida, or speculating? What do I have against speculating? Didn't I know that everybody is motivate d
by the profit system? How much of a monthly pay- '
ment can I afford ?
trol . Nothin•
y about ITT itself, but w e
gather that it's all part of a huge nation-wide campaign, featuring visits by salesmen and dinners a t
local Holiday Inns .
Then comes the high point--the film . The literature modestly admits that it is "one of the mos t
exciting color films ever produced" . He puts together his portable rear-screen projection unit, th e
screen comes to life, and we see : Aging, but care fully made-up actress Barbara Britten being show n
around the property by various functionaries wh o
radiate manly competence and tolerant kindliness .
Barbara gasps, giggles, simpers, and wiggles fro m
discovery to discovery . Breathless footage fro m
speeding boat on palm-lined canal, hair flying i n
12 PNL 5/74
He gets up front, cheerfully welcomes the thi n
turnout, rattles off a couple of tired gags, the n
is into his pitch . Incredible! It begins jus t
as if it has,come right from our leaflet! Th e
hugeness of ITT, its many subsidiaries —Wonde r
Bread--how many of you have ever had Twinkies ?
You've heard of us (ITT)--we've been getting a
lot of free publicity on the front pages lately, haha-ha-ha . Then, some general information abou t
the development scheme, then dinner, then the
main rap--a heavy speculation pitch aimed at th e
(probably) unexpectedly young audience . Rea l
estate is the only way to make money; facts an d
figures about the phenomenal growth of Florida ,
skyrocketing land values . Buy now--all kind s
of guarantees, backed by the friendly ITT giant .
Then, The Film . Urg . I amble out, wait a n
appropriate few minutes, get hold of the leaf lets, then begin distributing them in the mids t
of the post-film wrap-up . Instant consternation!
IN YOUR HOMETOW N
"Let's see one of those! Sure .
Let's see the rest . They're all the same .
Let me have them . No .
I want them . No .
Did you come here to buy land? Maybe .
Please step outside so we can talk .
After I give these out .
You can't . I will .
Are you here to buy land ?
I'm here to get information and to giv e
out some that you have neglected to .
I finished distributing them, one to
each prospedt (frankly feeling a bit
guilty, because I had found out that th e
salesmen operate on a commission-only
basis) ; then we began a long and animated talk, outside in the vestibule .
CONFRONTATION It
At first, he had trouble dealing wit h
the awful realization that we had rippe d
off a free dinner, and no amount of as surance that we indeed had more important objectives seemed to make muc h
impression . Gradually we got to the is sues . The defense offered for Chile wa s
that a corporation has a right to protec t
its investments, just as you protect you r
family . He is protecting his, and w e
are interfering, since he gets no salary ,
just commission . Ruth suggests that h e
is being exploited . No reaction . Then ,
incredibly, still trying to sell us th e
goddam land : what's wrong with buyin g
things from ITT? You can't existwith out buying things made by ITT (that' s
the problem, buddy) . Did you ever ea t
Wonder Bread? (no) Do you have a telephone? (got us there! )
Who is I .T .T . ?
International Telephone and Telegraph is an $8 ' billion worldwide conglanerate . It has grown at a rapid rate by swallowing up smaller ccmpanie a
--32 of them in 1972 alone . Its varied U .S . subsidiaries include Sheraton
1,
Hotels, Avis, Continental Baking, Canteen Corporation, and scores of others .
It has been one of the leading producers of sophisticated equipment for the .
"electronic'battlefield" in Vietnam, with over $100 million in 1971 in defense contracts .
and Nixon's re-election :
In 1971, the Justice Department
was about to stop I .T .T . frcn absorbing the $2 billion Hartford Fire
Insurance Company, the biggest merger in history . Just ten days after
I .T .T . offered a $200,000 contribution to support the Republican Part y
convention in San Diego, however, the anti-trust suit was dropped . Impeachment proceedin7s will consider evidence that Nixon personally influenced this decision .
IT .T . and the
Seeking to protect its $200 million investment in Chile,
met with
and other Nixon Administration
officials to persuade them to prevent the election of President Allende ,
and later to create economic chaos to bring about his overthrow . Th e
chaos occurred, the overthrow has taken place, and Chile is now ruled
by a brutal military dictatorship .
I .T .T . andFlorida : Harold (Hal) Geneen, president and board chairman of I .T .T . is, at $750,000 a year, probably the world's highest-pai d
corporation executive . A close friend of Nixon's, he is one of the developers of ley Biscayne and, along with Bebe Rebozo, has built one o f
his hoes not far down the road inn the Florida White House .
his is the corporation that is bringing you Palm Coast .
re you sure .that you want to place your future in its hands ?
For more information, call 343-2412
When we pressed hard on the blood shed and suffering in Chile, he wen t
through the acrobatics of trying to sep arate the Palm Coast operation from the parent corporation, while at the same time asserting his righ t
to use the bigness of ITT to establish the credibility of Palm Coast . To the last, he could not for give us for eating that meal, nor believe we coul d
resist buying a piece of land .
. . . AND DON'T USE OUR LOG O
Ruth was called the next day by someone fro m
ITT (turned out to be the District Manager from Buffalo) who started by claiming that it was policy t o
follow up on dinner-eaters . He gave her a lot o f
grief about people who rip off free dinners and wast e
their salesmen's time . Doesn't a full-commissio n
basis exploit salesmen? No, they're better off tha t
way, sell more land, make more money; if they can't
1-?ee-m-Cc#L-,,
hack it they can always leave . In among repeate d
references to ITT products she no doubt uses, he man aged to chide-us about the alleged illegal use of th e
Palm Coast trade mark on the leaflet, and in closing s
hoped that we would . not be disappointed to realiz e
that we wouldn't be getting any more free dinners .
The experience was educational for us and perhap s
for some of the people there, but by itself is obviously not going to have much of an impact on the ITT empire . According to Buffalo, dinners are booked soli d
through May in western NY, and another office wil l
open soon in Syracuse . Others of you may want to .
do similar actigns in your communities--besides, th e
roast beef ain't bad . If you do, let's hear from you .
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SLIDE SNOW ON LIBERATED ANGOLA
WED . MAY 1 3 :30 P .M . MAXWELL AUD ., S .U .
Bernard Rivers, British journalist, wil l
talk and show his slides of African liberatio n
in Angola on Wednesday, May 1, at 3 :30 p .m .
in Maxwell Auditorium, Syracuse Universit y
campus . Rivers, who spent two months las t
summer walking with the guerrilla fighters o f
the UNITA liberation group through the free d
eastern area of Angola, is one of the few journalists to have gotten "behind the lines" unofficially . His first-hand observations an d
the slides will provide a valuable report fo r
all those interested in the progress of Africa n
liberation and the dem ise of im perialism .
requirement for the limited franchise, whic h
elects a legislative council whose legislatio n
can at any time be vetoed by the Portugues e
government . There would seem to be littl e
government by the people, and certainly no t
for the people . In Angola today, there are
70, 000 Portuguese soldiers, proportionatel y
seven times a many as there wereU .S. soldiers in Vietnam at the height of that war .
Over one half of Portugal's budget goes to` ;ttense . NATO weapons, supplied by the UA . ,
are used in Angola, including napalm . Pro
tests against the war in Portugal itself are:,; ,;
crushed, as events last month demonstra t
LEGACY OF COLONIALIS M
Angola itself is the, largest of the thre e
African colonies Portugal still considers he r
"overseas provinces ." Angola's great minera l
wealth accounts for Portugal's tight grip o n
the territory . U .S ., British, and South Africa n
companies, exploiting these minerals, pa y
royalties to Portugal, enabling Portugal t o
carry on a colonialist war, and thus contributin g
directly to the retardation of human developmen t
of Angola's people . Formerly, Angola was a
vast reservoir for the slave trade . Many o f
the U .S . and Brizilian blacks' ancestors cam e
from that area . Today, Angola's people are
no less exploited . Portugal's colonial recor d
is sad: in Angola today, 97% of its people ar e
illiterate . Yet Portugal has made literacy a
Our action is irecte toward t e conqu e
of the future . And for the future towar d
which we are struggling, we must fight t q
resolve the present contradictions betwee n
our desire, our right to self-determinatio
and the arrogant colonialist imposition ,
force of arms, of its domination over the :Angolan territory .
Our patriotism, at this moment, can onl y
be expressed through participation in th e
struggle . And by the struggle I mea n
participation in both the military and political actions taking place inside th e
country . - Agostinho Neto, Angola n
Liberation Leader
The liberation movements have a bette r
idea . UNITA, like the others, began from th e
grass-roots up, winning the confidence of the : :
people . When it became evident in the earl y
1960s that Portugal was not going to make any: ;
real concessions to the aspirations of the Angolan people to be free, the liberation m bvements resorted to armed struggle . Working
side by side with the people, they provid e
schools, clinics - undersupplied in every thing except hope . This is the hope o f
having a free country some day . Bernar d
Rivers' report and slides will documen t
this struggle for dignity and freedom on th e
part of the Angolan people .
- Judy Butterman for the Committee o n
Southern African Liberation (119 College Pl .,;; .:;+
423-2552 or Diana Ellis 472-1884 )
5/74 PNL 15
Nevertheless, the Soviet Unio n
has abstained from using its position of supplying military an d
economic assistance as leverag e
even on the issue of socialism .
DIALOGUE is a new feature of the Peace Newsletter intended to giv e
more area people a forum for exchange of views . The Middle East crisis , Most of the Arab nations no w
and the accompanying confusion of fact and opinion prompt us to make i t receiving Soviet aid have extremel y
anti-Communist domestic policies .
the first concern of DIALOGUE . The focus will remain on a particula r
To speak of "exploitation" by th e
topic as long as responses warrant . Please address letters to : Peac e
Soviet Union is to debase the meanNewsletter, 924 Burnet Ave ., Syracuse, N .Y. 13203 .
ing of the word, to mock the Englis h
The following statement was initiated by SPC's steering committee i n
language . Moreover, it is to mock
response to a member's fears about the Syrian-held Israeli POWs . It i s
the
peoples of the world who
not intended to be inclusive or definitive, nor is it based on extensiv e
expertise in the complicated Middle East struggle . Rather it is a poin t
struggle daily against the repressio n
of departure in the beginning of dialogue . SPC may never issue anothe r
of US-supported military-fascis m
such statement, but it will continue to seek out and promote non-mili(Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, Bolivia ,
tary, just proposals .
Greece, South Africa, Mozambique ,
Rhodesia, Angola, South Vietnam ,
n
"Position Statement for the SPC o
STATEMENT BY S .P .C . STEERIN G
South Korea, Cambodia, and th e
d
the Mideast," which I understan
COMMITTEE ON THE MIDEAST :
Philippines, to name only the mor e
was accepted .
monstrous examples . )
g
The
whole
Mideast
area
is
bein
1)
I am gravely disturbed by thi s
If the mere fact that the Sovie t
exploited by the U .S . and the
statement, particularly point one ,
Union supplies arms to nations i n
' •Soviet Union in order to jocke y
and I hereby register the stronges t
the Middle-east is enough to "prove "
for positions of power . They ar e
possible protest with all those wh o the charge of exploitation, then w e
doing this for their own economi c
participated in its adoption . I ca n
must conclude that the Soviet Unio n
interest in oil and control of th e
only
hope that my objections ,
exploits Vietnam because it supplie d
Suez at the expense of smalle r
detailed
below,
are
persuasiv
e
the DRV and PRG with the arms to
nations and their peoples .
enough
to
cause
a
re-evaluation
o
f
meet
US aggression ; that the USS R
l
2) Israel should return to its origina
the statement .
exploits Cuba because it supplie d
designated borders thereby relinThe charge that the Soviet Unio n the arms needed to defeat the CIA
quishing control of the lands obis
"exploiting"
the nations of th e
at the Bay of Pigs ; that it exploit s
tained in the 1967 war .
Middle-east is, in my view, com - Africa because it supplies arm s
3) All the Arab countries must guaranpletely without substance . On wha t needed in their struggle agains t
tee and make very clear their accepfactual
basis can such a charge b e Portuguese colonialism and apartheid .
tance of Israel as a legitimat e
founded?
The Soviet Union owns no The foolishness of such an argumen t
nation-state with rights to exist a s
DIALOGUE : Middle East
a sovereign country .
4) A political solution should be foun d
for all nations involved - a resolution made possible by committe d
people who will negotiate in goo d
faith .
5) Syria should indicate its goo d
intentions by immmediate releas e
property of any kind in any Middle- quickly becomes obvious . It has lon g
of Israeli POW information and by
eastern nation, or, for that matter, been obvious to the Vietnamese, th e
allowing immediate inspections o f
in any foreign nation . The multiCubans and the Africans .
the POW prison camps by a neutra l
national corporations which own or
The document you have adopte d
party.
control the oil of this region are is also deficient as an overall state --- Prepared by: Tom Diehl
predominately based in the United ment of position on the Middle-east .
Sam Feld
States . Nor does the Soviet Union While it recommends a solution of
Rose Fleishma n
import any substantial amount of
sorts, it fails even to mention th e
Lillian Reine r
oil from this area since its own
real
issue at the heart of the regiona l
Adopted on : March 12, 197 4
reserves make it self-sufficient .
conflict -- the issue of the PalestinIf the Soviet Union has any econo- ian people . This omission, togethe r
RESPONSE TO . MIDEAST STATEMENT :
mic interests in this part of the
with the attack on the USSR, implie s
world, they are the same interests that the entire conflict results fro m
Friends ,
I have just received "New s
that all progressive people should the intrusuon of the superpowers -Between the Newsletters" announcing have for all areas of the world -as if the nations of that region wer e
the hope that economic resources
a Steering Committee meeting o n
no more than puppets on the string s
will be used for the benefit of all
of their respective masters . While
Tuesday, March 12 . Today is Marc h
the people rather than for the
this is obviously a caricature of th e
14 . I wish I could have attended th e
"meeting to voice my objections to the enrichment of a select few .
(continued next page )
NEXT MONTH- INTERVIE W
WITH RAMONDA TAWI L
16 PNL 5/74
THE PALESTINIAN .;-i:
PEOPLE &
MIDDLE ' EAST PEAC E
SPEAKE R
RAMONDA TAWI L
Ramonda Tawil lives in Nablus on the West Bank with her husband and fiv e
children . The Tawils' home has long been a gathering point for Palestinia n
leaders and intellectuals and s common ground for encounters among Palestiri- ;
cans and Israelis .
Ramonda writes a column for a Jordanian paper and works as a journalis t
for the Agence Press France on the West Bank . Her firm and outskoken support
for the rights of her people have brought her to forums in Israel, meetings wit h
Palestinian Resistance leaders in Beirut, and to films done for European TV .
FRIDAY APRIL 26 197 4
819 MADISON ST .
(Grace Church, corner of University Ave . )
POTLUCK MEAL
6 :00 P M
(bring food to share - place settings provided )
RAMONDA TAWIL SPEAKS
8 :d0 PM
Sponsored by American Friends Service Committee (475-9469), Christians Aware of th e
Middle East and the Syracuse Peace'Council (472-5478) .
DIALOGUE continued - actual situation, it is surely an
insult to all the nations of the Middleeast, an insult whose racial implications are outrageous . However, I
suspect that the omission of th e
Palestinian question and the attemp t
to place blame for the conflict on
the US and the USSR alone wer e
politically motivated -- an attempt b y
the committee members to sideste p
issues on which the membership i s
divided . Need I remind you of Dante' s
admonition about the hottest places i n
hell ?
The most telling point, however ,
is one which, in your haste to maintain your "neutrality" albeit at th e
expense of the USSR, you have
overlooked evn though it was right i n
front of you . Save for your omissio n
of the Palestinian question, the
solution you propose in point 2-5 is
Union to prove your "fairness" . N o
precisely the solution that the Soviet one demands br expects that everyUnion has been advocating since the one on the left will always be i n
end of the 1967 war . If the USSR has agreement with the Soviet Union o n
imperialist designs in the Middleevery issue . But everyone does •
east, how can it be that their solution have a right to expect that critiis the same as that reached by a n
cisms will be factually based an d
well considered . Gratuitous an d
ostentatiously 'neutral' SPC comunsupportable insults will no t
mittee? In this light, the statemen t
build trust and co-operation either
you have adopted appears not onl y
among those on the left in thi s
deficient or unfair, but downright
country, or among the nations o f
foolish .
the world .
In the past, the Peace Counci l
I strongly urge the SPC to re has shown a courageous willingnes s
evaluate its statement on this issue ,
to adopt unpopular positions whe n
that it eliminate the charge of Sovie t
such positions were demanded b y
"exploitation", and that it fort h
the facts and by elemental consirightly take up the question of th e
.
It
i
s
derations of human dignity
very depressing to see that courag e national rights of the Palestinia n
evaporating on such a crucial issu e people .
Respectfully,
as this . You will do a grave disWilliam M . Leogrand e
e
service to all progressive peopl
if you fall victim to the age-ol d
March 14, 1974
practice of red-baiting the Sovie t
5/74 PNI:'1't
Twenty-five members of UFW suppor t
committees throughout New York Stat e
met last Sunday in Syracuse to develo p
strategies and tactics for union support .
With New York State selling more Gall o
wine than any other state except Calif. ,
strategies focused on individual cityby-city approaches on the Gallo boycot t
and because of supermarket chains ,
a well-coordinated plan for supermarket s
among several cities .
ALF-CIO' President George Meany has . urged
all affiliated unions to rally their suppor t
for the nationwide product boycott under taken by the United Farm Workers o f
.-erica against lettuce and grape growers .
Al
` any declared that AFL-CIO suppor t
continue until the growers recogniz e
the United Farm-Workers as the legitimat e
bargaining representative of the far m
workers . "
Iv! .
The AFL-CIO support for the UFW come s
just less than 'a month before the firs t
California table grapes hit CNY market s
in the 1974 season . Coupled with th e
beginning of the new produce season ,
the Union finds itself needing over $1 .2 5
million during the next three months t o
carry on both strike and boycott activities .
Although the Union gains great strength b y
the AFL-CIO support, the struggle is still
hard and difficult . The Teamsters recentl y
hired Charles Colson (of Watergate fame )
~t $125,000 a year to develop strategies .
''NL 5/74
The Union has urged local support fo r
National Farm Worker week, April 27 May 5th. In addition to the rally a t
Green Hills Farm, local efforts wil l
go toward church invitations t o
bring the message of the union to
parishioners . St . Lucy's parish ,
for example, will be showing th e
UFW slide show at all masse s
and meeting with teachers, parents ,
and students on ways to support th e
farmworkers .
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The following could be called a chronology of frustration :
WASHINGTON POST 4/5/74 - In a surpris e
decision, the House last night rejected ,
177 to 154, any increase in military assis- .
tance to South Viet Nam . The Nixon administration had originally requested an extr a
$474 million for Saigon, raising the Congressional ceiling from $1 .126 billion t o
$1 .6 billion . House Armed Services Committee Chairman F . Edward Hebert, in a n
effort to compromise, offered the reques t
for additional funds to $274 million . Hebert said the Pentagon had told him tha t
was a figure "they could live with" . Th e
defeat of Hebert's proposal left the ceilin g
at the present $1 .126 billion . To Hous e
and Senate doves the request represente d
•a re-involvement in *let Nam that the y
strongly oppose .
NEW YORK TIMES 4/17/74 - The Pentago n
has told a Senate committee that it ha s
found $266 million extra for military ai d
to South Viet Nam this year - funds tha t
military officials said they did not know
they had. When members of the Senat e
Armed Dervices Committee looked at detai,ls of a request for increased aid t o
South Viet Nam, they could not understan d
the accounting procedures . The Commit tee asked the Pentagon to straighten ou t
its books . After several weeks of study,
Pentagon officials reported to the Committee that they had discovered an ac counting error . The Pentagon maintaine d
that it had found . $266 million left over
from fiscal 1972-73
A congressional source asserted, "It cannot be ex plained! " .
We call this whole affair a type o f
Dark Ages, bartering system but the rea l
outrage comes through the acknowledgement that the Military can so easily undermine the legislative processes of thi s
country . Since the Pentagon's $266 mil lion "accounting error" relates to fisca l
year 1972-73, it does not look as i f
Congress will be able to divert the funds .
It does seem that Congressional circle s
should be able to respond however, with out using proselytising responses o f
their own . •The Pentagon's ingenuity i s
blatantly obvious but so are the contradictions in government responsiveness, '
as a result of this latest revelation . ,
PEACE-MAIL
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ing, in pain, for acupuncture to
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legal . Will you help? Write
letter,
supporting the legalization of acupuncture, '
to Senator Tarky Lombardi, member of the '
Committee on Health of the state legislature, Hills Building, Syracuse, New Y55k.
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TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION CAN BENEFIT YO U
Transcend lal Meditation is a simple mental technique that provides deep rest fo r
clear thinking and more energy . It is no t
a . religion or philosophy and its practic e
requires no change of life style, no special diet, nor any kind of exercise . It i s
done only for 15 or 20 minutes each morning and evening . It's easy to learn and eas y
to practice .
Studies indicate that those who practic e
T.M . have a faster reaction time, increase d
learning ability, improved job performanc e
and, with this, increased job satisfaction .
In addition to free weekly introductor y
talks, there will be a Science of Creativ e
Intelligence course offered this summer .
Order in nature and man's ability of ordering show that intelligence is at the cor e
of every physical existence and every huma n
mind . The understanding of the nature of
intelligence can be the common ground o f
all knowledge .
The Science of Creative Intelligence o r
SCI course consists of 29 one-half colo r
video tapes in which the nature of creativ e
intelligence in man and the universe i s
explored.
Come to a free SCI video preview at 7 :3 0
May 19 or May 26 at 1115 E . Genesee . Both
non-meditators and meditators are welcomed .
For information call 475-1434 .
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Today has been proclaimed Viet Nam Veterans day . Thi s
is a good time for us to consider the questions of amnesty .
Many veterans are in need of amnesty . There are over
500, 000 Viet Nam era veterans with less than honorabl e
discharges . Some were outspoken opponents of the war .
Some could not endure the military without having a sens e
of purpose . Most are black, Puerto Rican, or Mexican American . All are victims of the military's inferior syste m
of justice, a system that makes the GI a second clas s
citizen . While Mr . Nixon "asks" employers to hire a vet ,
he opposes the amnesty that would give 500, 000 veterans
a fair chance for employment .
to draft resisters aria not deserters would be an injustice
to the working class and poor of this country . They were
forced to fight the war in disproportionate numbers and no w
there is talk of discriminating against them in amnesty .
All discharges must be upgraded and deserters must be al lowed to return without punishment .
Since today is supposed to be a day of recognition fo r
the Viet Nam vet, a good place to'start would be by listening to them on issues such as amnesty . The traditiona l
veterans organizations, career officers, and the Pentago n
do not represent the Viet Nam vet . We have found stron g
support for amnesty among many Viet Nam era vets .
There are also thousands of deserters in exile or under ground . The difference between deserters and draft re sisters is one of timing and background. To give amnesty
Bob Nicholso n
March 29, 197 4
VETERANS CONFRONT HANLEY & WALS H
A contingent of veterans will visit the local congressional offices to demand the upgradin g
of the less-than-honorable discharges held by half a million Viet Nam era veterans . Som e
will make their statements by officially handing back their honorable discharges .
"AMNESTY : WHY AND FOR WHOM "
The SPC Monday Potluck on May 13 will initiate this week of effort to bring the amnesty is sue the prominence in the public mind that it demands . The panel discussion will deal wit h
why amnesty must be viewed as a question of the morality of the Indochina war . (see cover )
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD CHURC H
An "Analysis" leaflet will be prepared especially for Amnesty Week . The leaflet will contain excerpts from the SPC formal position paper calling for universal and unconditional amnesty ; a survey of the variety, numbers and present status of those Americans to benefi t
from amnesty ; and an update on current legislation before Congress .
Congressional action is a must -- the restoration of personal rights now being denied mus t
be legislated . But remember, amnesty is also a state of mind of the people . You can touc h
your neighbor by handing out an armful of leaflets at your neighborhood church on either Sunday .
BOOK BURNING T
Teacher study guides on the Indochina War ar e
being prepared locally for national publication . Th e
s*udy guides will appear in pamphlet form and ar e
being put together by Bill Griffen and John Marcia no ,
professors at Cortland State . Gloria Emerson of Ne w
York city, who has written extensively on US involvement in Viet Nam will be an important consultant fo r
the study guide .
The essence of the guide will be undertaken in 3
segments . First, standard textbooks will be reviewe d
so inaccuracies regarding the Indochina War can b e
weeded out . This means that basic ommissions and,
in most cases, the absolute erroneous statements abou t
US' role in Indochina appearing in texts presently use d
will be dealt with .
As an alternative to these textbooks then, other mor e
accurate resources will be suggested for study of th e
War . This includes specific criticisms of American ag gression in Indochina . This part of the study guide wil l
identify materials on the War and suggest ways to us e
them .
Finally, the study guide will deal with an overview o f
American imperialism other than in Indochina . More importantly, it will help develop the first real "case study'‘ :
of the Indochina War available to the public schools an d
colleges alike .
Joe Horsingto n
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The first charge of " incitement to disaffection"
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has been brought in connection with the Britis h
Withdrawal from Northern Ireland Campaign' s
leaflet "Some Imformation for British Soldiers, "
which gives information about legal ways o f
leaving the army, going AWOL, and encouragin g
resistance to the war in Northern Ireland . O n
Tuesday September 18, Hugh Clark, of the Omega
Centre, Glasgow, was charged with'having in
possession at premises at 56 Carnarvon Street ,
leaflets addressed to Her Majesty's, forces wit h
malicious intent to distribute', following a' rai d
on the center Saturday .
On Wednesday, March 12, Pat Arrowsmith of BWNI C
was also arrested and charged with"incitement t o
dissaffection . " She was held without bail . Th e
charge carries a maximum penalty of two year s
imprisonment and a fine of 400 pounds . She i s
still awaiting trial .
Peacemaker
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The government reported that the Gost-of-Living Index jumped to 8-9% last year, which is certainl y
inexcusable. But was it really only 8-9%? Gar y
evans of Fresno, California estimates that the rea l
figure is closer to 15% . Gary investigated prices i n
1#is-area of California and some of his findings are a s
follows :
1- some foodittems have increased as much as 100 %
i two years while 25%-40% increases are typica l
- - housing costs have been rising at a calcu'ated unaccrued annual rate , of 14% for the last 15 year s
- - electricity rates increased 40% last yea r
Cs NIKON 'S FOOD FOR 7HO4G14 1
natural gas rates increased 32 .4 %
David Brinkley was musing over Nixon's tax dilemn a
- - pre-tax gasoline prices have risen as much a s
two weeks ago on the 6 :30 news . He wondered i f
120% in less than two years .
the President, having to pay some 450, 000 dollar s
Although many of these statistics are in variance with t a
in back taxes, might be willing to reconsider th e
local area, investigate yourself and see how muc h
next Defense budget . It seems that the Defens e
more you are really paying . Gary suggests startin g
Department spends an average of $165, 000 a minan alternate price index . Our President tells us tha t
ute, every minute of the day, 365 days a year .
there will be no recession, but what do our ow n
Nixon's large sum owed for back taxes would no t
pockets tell us ?
even keep the Defense Department running fo r
three minutes . Will our President maybe no w
be more likely to see the light ?
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There was a report on the NBC Evening News 4/8/7 4
that during the so-called , Arab oil embargo, 40 millio n
barrels of oil were imported from Mid-East sources .
Apparantly
it was in the "national interest", tha t
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the Administration had to withheld this imformatio n
until this time . It seems even the Shah of Iran ha s
more veracity than our own government ource s
when it comes to the subject of oil .
(Cuasc of T ~Y SNATctiCR
The Bertrand Russell Tribunal ; which was called t o
investigate crimes against humanity in severa l
atin American countries, ended its first session i n
.ltome on April 5th . Some of the crimes discusse d
were political imprisonment, torture, and governmen t
ponsered assasinations of political opponents .
Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, and Uraguay were the counr tries whosthrepressive governments the Tribuna l
,centered
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on . Also discussed was the role of U .S . ,
-mtiltinational corporations in helping and main taining such governments, along with direct
covert military aid from the U .S . . One of th e
most deplorable practices brought to light, wa s
the purchase by U.S . "scientific institutions" o f
the blood and corpses of Haitian political victims wh o
pparantly bring a nice price to thdir government .
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An article in a W . German daily, the Frankfurter Rundschau, reports that corporal punishment is a commo n
practice in South Africa . Based on statistics of th e
'South African Ministry of Justice, 120 people are subjected to corporal punishment each day and on a average
of every three minutes someone is beaten. Betwee n
July 1, 1972 and June 30, 1973 corporal punishment wa s
used on 45, 333 persons of whom the vast majority ar e
black . This is apparantll a 15% increase over the,
previous year .
. .CLASSIFIEDS,
RATES : Free if no money exchange involved (20 word limit) . $ 1
for first 15 words, 104 for each additional word . DEADLINE :
Friday, May 21, PEACE NEWSLETTER c1 culation 6,000 .
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RAFFLE! coming next month the all new SPC raffle .
Lawyer needed to work with SPC war tax resisters - cal l
472-547 8
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John & Linda Maddaus (John : new SPC staff member ; Linda : UFW
volunteer) need cheap place to live (willing to share wit h
others) . Call 472-5478 or 492-3740
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Family seeking "together" person(s) to share living in university area . Explore options by calling 472-2151 after 6pm .
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Newspapers-- save them! SPC will be having a paper drive
in the fall .
Workshop in Nonviolence : The Study of Alternatives to Violenc e
especially appropriate to teachers interested in peace/conflic t
studies ; July 22-Aug 9, 3 cr . hr . S . U . course, taught by Gar y
Eikenberry & Neal Katz . For more info, call 423-3870,475-482 2
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CONTACT is a good number to call when you can't sleep and yo u
need to talk to someone . 445-150 0
Recycling for cans & bottles -- at Coca-cola (Farrell Rd . of f
690 towards B'ville) 457-921 1
ACLU Job opening 1/2 time exec . sec . position, 25 hrs ./wk .
$4000/yr . commitment to civil liberties important; call 471-282 1
Items desperately needed for SPC's 2nd Annual Auction, June 2 2
Call office, 472-547 8
NEPA News The Voice of New England Prisoners' Assoc ., Prisoners, Ex-prisoners & Supporters . Monthly pub dealing wit h
prison life, prisoner rights/services, community-based corrections . $2 .50/yr . NEPA also provides speakers, films .
Contact NEPA, Franconia College, Franconia, N .H . 0358 0
Now in Paperback! - The Politics of Nonviolent Action by Gen e
Sharp . $13, 85, 20% discount befofe May 15 . Porter Sargen t
Pub ., 11 Beacon St ., Boston, Ma . 0210 8
1/2 Price! - 1974 :ART/MOVEMENT the fine wall calendar of .
SPC, spiral bound, 11" x 17", multi-colored, 1/2 month to a
page, beautiful art, photos & info ; $1 .34 ea ., 3 or more $1 .0 7
ea . (tax included), $ .20 for postage please .
House Sale : sofa, chairs, stereo, old buffet & china closet ,
deacon's chest, dresser, typewriter, mirrors etc ., plus kitche n
stuff, books & assorted small things . Sunday, May 26, 9am 8pm, 365 Furman St ., 2nd floor
Wanted - 2 or , 3 bedroom apartment Westcott area . Call Lor i
or Bill 472-715 3
"A Luta Continua" (The Struggle Continues), an excellen t
film on the liberation movement in Mozambique, available soo n
from the SPC Film Library.
Puppet shows
Punch & Judy Playhouse, 479-5264, call eves .
CHEAP PRINTING by SPC Press, a movement print shop, lega l
size and smaller, mimeo &\ offset, discounts for movemen t
groups & noprofit ones, call 472-5478 for our friendly rates .
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HANG IN THERE a great record album of songs that speak o f
the Viet Nam war, women & change, written & performed by
Holly Near ; $4 .82 (including tax) from SPC, 204 for postage .
Holly will sing at the Monday Potluck, .May 6, $1 .25 adm .
Corner of Ltcct~
peen -tAI 10 : 00 p.rn .
"IMPEACH" & "IMPEACH NIXON" bumperstickers, 4"xl5" ,
day-glo colors, 50 (bulk rates available) ; also smal l
Impeach Nixon bike stickers at 2/25$ . From SPC, includ e
20 for postage please .
Rubber Stamp with the words, BOYCOTT! ! I
LETTUCE-GRAPES GALLO is now available through the SPC for $2 .50 ($1 .50 for
the stamp & $1 for the UFW Strike Fund) . Use it on your letter s
and correspondence . Spread the message!
Send check an d
order to : SPC
Ann O'Connor, 1929 Volley Dr . Syr ., 13207 .
c/o
La Lecho League monthly discussions on the womanly art'o f
breastfeeding . mothers, expectant mothers and babies welcome ,
call Alice, 445-1409 .
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The Palestinian People
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1'a4e$tinian journalis t
taraanda Tawil speaking
B pm-potluck mea l
(bring food to share) ,
Grace Church, 819 Mad icon St . (details inside)
MAY 19 74 SPC CA LENDAR
' Every Mon, noon-(;o m
on Southern Africa n
Liberation mtgs . a t
119 College Pl . 423255 2
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Potluck-"Fun &
Game s & Social Change "
Valle y Peace Group Pot - role playing, simulate d
luck supper, 5 :30 pm. a t conflict situations, more,
Judy & Len BJorkmans ,
facilitated by Gary Eiken 5063 Bradbury Dr ., 492 - berry . Grace Church, 81 9
073 1 for information .
Madiso n St. 6:30 p m
Door-to-Door canvassing
for Attica Bros . 476-3414
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ice Coalition Mtg . 5 Holly Near-Concert &
Pm . 550 Westcott St .
kst-SPC Potluck
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6:30pm ; concert 7 :3 0
Why Attica.?film on Mc- Gracie Church . 819 Ma Ka y Corn . A Corn . mem - Bison S details cover)
ber & Attica Brother a t
N.Rodit~eller speaks ,
Im . Concep. Church, - 9 am War Memorial, Ac 40 0 Salt Springs Rd.
Lion around Attica plan Fayetteville 7 :30 pm .
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AMNESTY WEEK BEGINS!` Whom " SPC Potluck 6 :3
LEAFLET YOUR NEIGH- a t Grace Church, 81 9
BORHOOD CHURCH .
Madison St . (details on
Every Sun .7 :30, 8:30 & cover)
9 :30pm - Anti-imperialis t
News on WAER FM
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Free video . Science o f
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(SCI) preview 7 :30p m
1115 E . Genesee St .
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Bernar d Rivers, Britis h
journalist-talk & slide s
SP C Political Ed. Study_ on African Liberation i n
Grou p - 7 :30 pm at 1009 Angola (details p.15 )
Cumberlan d Ave,
3:3 0 pm, Maxwell Aud .
Free talk on Transcendental Meditation any
Wed . 6pm,1115E,Gen - j
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Potluck - bring food or
drink to share-6 :30 pm .
Claire Browne, Mythology & Folklore at 8pm .
very Tues . 8-10pm "Work , NOW membership mtg.
•n g Together" Women' s
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potluck ; award winnin g
film followed by dis cussion, 6 :30pm, fil m
a t 7 :30, Grace Church
81 9 Madison St. (details on cover) .
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INFO, 104 Avondale Pl. 'YWCA several workshop s
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potluck-bring food o r
drink to share- 6:30 pm. Law Bch . Dean speakin g !
Denise Hart, Women in - COUNTRY BLUE GRAS S
Concert SPC Benefit,
prison Women in Law .
8:30pm Everson Aud.
(details on p.9 )
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food, crafts . bring your
kite . Sponsored by INF O
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NVS film-Gifford Aud .
m t g . 6 :30 pm potluck,
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ride co-ord . #479-980 2
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UFW Rally Green Hills
Farm, 6000 S . Salina 2 4.30 pm
Tawils at UN Mart, 46 0
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Newslette r collating &
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"A Day At The Studio",
Laure l & Hardy 7 & 9p m
Giffor d Aud . $ 1
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