cneriss ¢ Van veloran — se coe OPO gets : Hs and sponsors area, eral guidell eeaips forming of in the process of form “ig at Coltimbia University, the University: of Tadiana, the “University of ‘Texas, and. in Detroit. have served in Viet-Nam are planning on ctanizing in opposition to the war - “The season for this," says Mr, Thocks,, who spent 18 months in Viet-Nam. as 8. - eommumieations sergennt) “Is because even thott¢h we are in contact with Vilet-'". Nami vets actass the countty-—we do not envision ourselves or intend to becami¢ & . national organization, We. feet that, at this sfaee anyhow, the inipetus should be at tha loval level—Yiet-Nam vets working to in~ fhuenee. and educate people in thelr own >’ wroa, Hopefully, we can provide an overall acordination for this. But coordination; nok command. We will assist and advise, andin national actions provide the ground. wore fopees, ‘but only withthe approval ef (he Jocal groups and individuals." : At present, VINT-NAM VETERANS AGAINS? THE WAR—working mainly in the New York area until other groups an form—has: picketed LET at two Demo." cratic. Party dinners in New York, pro- vided: four ‘speakers and a marching’ con tingont at the July 4th veterans’ demon stration in Philadelphia, sponsored a peti Gon for a referendum. on the war in New nea WA Dear Editor: . Tam a 24 year old veteran of the’ Viet+ nam crisis, and have recently been <dis« charged from the Marine Corps. I stayed is Vietnam for a period of 15 months, T served on the line for 4 months and thon was transferred to the Air Wing Detach mont. Ever since my discharge from the eorvice T've been speaking out against the evisig which pow exists in Vietnam’ and with the intervention of the United States, T have spoken in a number of places in the Boston and Cambridge area, sucht a8 linevard University Philosophy Depart« ment, and at meetines set up by the Boston Draft Resistance Group, and the Boston, and Cambridge Committee Against: the. war in Vietnam. I have also Had several articles wrilten up on ymy personal, viows, can’ <8 when + Tis Aleerind. commitred” “Oaolenee and bloodshed, | ae Thora jg noliing 1 eo “passibly Say AS eG Sihee humnan beings whic i ‘gif too often gabmeeged and obliterate 4 “ poiunanily perguasive » apalnst the" core: ” tHaued escalation of the slaughter of the™: “people of Vietnam, and, of course, the Joss<« ‘of our own soldjeras Surely. we have had < enough of the killing of men, women, and,” psehildren and can now search more diligens: Peat the Pars party ed. No one, of ler & a {he pact few months go the SN Coastal Fores, - i have- seen b this conflict, the farmers and Uneir families in the Delta mangled -by. alr shies, and the villagers. here. Killed and: burned. oat ally: oe: offen the real exsuallies of | any conch DUNS bok ee “opieed Lande), : - As you are probally aware, dar: ee” oly violating sevonless Housand CiteuGe ss mowing (6 you. Vigt (is sal possiblecia 2 Roe silent, as you-so auiply: Gomonstrates van-honorable peace in that ravaged land.) jgnoring for‘a mioment. the massive press. Vout “ba. clanior TT) tell thee thou doest vw Shave deleted the names of the authors’ | of these letters for thelr: protection. I ask. unanimous consent that the Jotters ; be printed at this point in the Record. sae: ‘appear tb fuure issues of V8tSP—cd). SSS CSS” REPUBLIC, OF VIETNAM * < Dear Senators.E have been yaeaning to § write this letter to you for a long whiles ©. _ Whis evening the pressures: are too. great - to be ignored, oven though they are the post of peveral snail occurrences rather than. ne large disaster. Although, itt one sense, the large disaster surfounds. me '” adding fresh dimensions of madness dally” ; ‘cPhen the French came. “Finding the | last evening T listened toa VOA broad. east on “Viet Nani War Dissent in the United States.” The essential theme was that those. who protest the war were either. Communists or cranks, And coupled with _ this was ‘a sly reminder that we have ‘our « -shate of lunatics who wish @ wider wat: and that they also dissent from present VIET VET | about the ‘erisi¢ in’ Vietnam, and lastly» + have done a radio programt.on my pete. --gomal Viewser 3 yoo oe 8 Se ey N > XZ think. that is now for mé to come’ fo~ the point. Z would like to fornt a- Veterans ~ “For. Peace Organization in the - Boston ‘and Cambridge area. In order to do this, * ms the support from your Organization and , from others whieh have the same purpose, « whieh dg oding the war in. Vietnam. © t would appreciate any literature “Cin (The first letter follows. The others quill os ence of Americans (a thing in-practice Ime : possible), ig there any moral distinction between ,the infiltrating of North ‘Viel- Sw Vietnam Remembered: | His) my a “se the canals which crossed the city, These + loeal facilities incompatible with the cor forts of lrome, they adapted Saigon to the “French way of life, This. created problems which have plagued Vietnamese living in Saivon ever since. 6s. .6 So Oo - ‘The canals. which had been ‘Saigon's ‘plumbing —— were filled to ake broad, . ‘tree-lined boulevards. ‘To compensate, for ‘this, running water was piped to French “. vitlag.and hotels, but it apparently was not part of the “White Man's Burden" to extend the blessings of running water to the rest of the population... wh ey, -ssThe boulevards were built presumably -go° the French could have traffic circles upon which to build monuments to French herees. Conscquently,. Saigon fs dotted and for if to become effective I must have with uscless and dangerous traffic circles where the timid dare not cross. on. fgot.. “Lately, however, the military regime has found these areas useful for eorralling * anlicovernment and bulk supply) and Information that would. strators. =" feat a holp us form a more effective organization. ~* Today. Saigon has the appearance of a “such ag Yours, 6. 8 ae “+S aaiiitary. garrison. The well-to-ito “Viela- tre aw Dens = : ! seca and the Amerleans who now occupy 188 River Street > : Cambiidwe, Massachusetts “Boston Draft Resistance. Group * " * “avails, of have afokert, las amese units and the importation of Kore... backs. Goodenight, site 2 ey ay Pe ANH RE gy ANT YT Para OM Wiha a Be eth Tpy MES SO USL ORE RE SE aR DEE ES le BY Bov_Witkinson, Co . Saigon is one of many “Asian cities which have at one Lime or another beon called ‘the “Pearl. of the Orient.” To even the most casual obsecver, it is immediately obvious ~- hat this namie no longer applies to the éapital of South Vietnam, ety ‘, “xt one time, Saigon might have been called a “Venice of the Orient’ owing te anti-American demone . oo. . gd ; “men, Galloping “Inflation even slings. the .- Ps pockstbook and drives poor Vicinae ~~ “snese into the black market in order to ~ the old villas have found it necessary to” ‘ arbed wire across. the Lops of “half-jokingly pleads: “T want my country vg phi GML HE rr oe canals were; for the Vietnamese, a principal “means of transport, and provided adequate facilities for washing clothes, bathing, ete iia ai ai i hina Pe Sage ter Nr NA INN “Poh Wilkinson served with the Air Force tacvietnany ta 1068-6. Ie is now. celire ti: Vols for. Peace in Vietnam iv Madison, Wise, VSESP well publish uw series of his . :etrticles. “ aii Ne Ae imibedded in them to keep out would-be ~~ tapvorists. The Hroad boulevards now care. ‘py military convoys which crowd out the pedieabs: WS. Cirepower has provided -Saivon with a steady Influx of refugees, which has increased Saigon'’s population ~~.” _ by at Toast 50%, . » Alorig with troops (some 90,000 in Sat. : “Seon, 50-60,000 In the immediate vicinity) eanie the camp-followers — the har-girls, . the prostitutes, the black market, Rela- Hons between. Ameticnns and Vietnamese are almost entirely mercenary; the U.S, exploits Vielnarn to further its concept American troops to enhance their own ~qwealth at the expense of thelr country- » survive, “vers have been stained by over a-contury of milsrule. - 2»: : . : You renvind me of Meni iu Lear, ache. ine bole face ef dire Caveats [rom iia ding: tex: Im addition, a number: of doctors who.s/ ty for a way to the conference table ind’ by our friendly Korenn mercenaries, Even plicd: “Whilst my: tongue. ean ye. gives; eve. T pray that you fare far better than - va . Kent, And as a certain comedion less than «5 of nrtl-cotimunism, Vietnamese trade with oe ‘The “Pearl of the Orient and its citi * ae
Oc tele 21 st 7 (Continued “from front’ “peige warinaking éantor’s organizing wholesale death. the marcliars are expicted 10 leek all Pentagon entrances lo Stop the war mnchine for as long us pussibic. . Those people who can are urged. to TOs _ main in W ashington Sunday, Oct,.22, an aijonger’ for additional actions. = “ng will hold their first rouiovsl cons : ference Sunday. : ones BUNGUp 3 activities, for October, Bist ine 9 witline to. neaptinte. ° The progrant opened with Une followtag tribute paid to Gerieral Shoup by President Wfehnson in a White Howse coremany fn” 1963 pen. Shoup'’s retirement as Com miandant of the Marine Corps: . : Wo have come here to the first house of the Jand today to honor General David M. Shoup, not beéause of the victories which he lias brought to our country, but aiso-for-the lronors he Has brought to our hetitage. He isa man of great discipline --  syvho- cates about peoples sce ss ot vi"E decply regret his retirement from the “sepvice for he is one of an breed whose numbers are ‘teo small and” “whose duplication is foo rare. T would per- ‘sonally have had im continue as Com cmandant of the Marine Corps.” TE followed: with: OQIEN. SHOUP: (speaking to Seali, Aur rust, 1967):.I don‘t-believe that, wi spect to the freedont and security: of the “people of the United States of - American: for today or in the future that the whole ~ of South Vietnam is worth the THE. oa single America. Me ha - anta vets raarch, | — stain Levy > : Atlanta's vineshting Day: Peaee Parade, the kirgest: demonstration against the Viet wat so far inthe South with-over 600). miatehers, was: led by” the newly formed: . Vetorans for Peace in Vietnam. The twe dozen vets, black and white, andl weatlnis thicly caps, included the Rey, cnathy, 3 leader of Dr. Martin ra rcs Leadership Cauneil. "rhe Atlantic vets. organized a solidarity. _ Gclegation. which visited Capt.» Hawsual : Lovy's the Arniy doctor court-martialled for his antivvar convictions, 20th, at Ft, dackson, Columbia, Sout sb. ined cist wi vail 1 thls ‘eeantey: «2 joined the Velorans for Peace a “Nam Decatise {hive a vislon- of a. better, “world T leaflet the induction center here in. Chicago every week with the enclosed tents, . Job whieh quotes sin military Jeadors. They. The jettoicing retlor aay gone ‘to Presi< by a, Chicago vets a Viotnam was “normal” business: ofS “Many. thou. “Dear Me, oaslennts Pe : _Reeent events oprompl me to write: ou: Words fall Yno to express miye aa vhorvor’ and éondemmnation of your present <“coxnpress yt sentiments MOPS, ¢ COUTSG: of action in Viet. Nam: : ; “Wot: too long aga Thad a vi wid dreanr ‘that T.can not forg ete a gaw'a South Viel-r. < ae ‘on his Jenecs i than T-over could: _ Iwelosing Eheseech’ you, Me, ‘president to" : yoverse our present policy which can only - wae In his black. Joad- this mation toward destruction. With | “draw our boop now, and end the war Il. ‘i for any reason you féel you can mot do tis, “Thasd are “the. Unies that “ey nien's iT stegest you cesipme Otherwise, history. “yeritten of this period, will, Ioan sure re- ‘gotd-evou ng being the -niost dastardly. Pres. sient: (his nation ever had. or the ea Wood-Culter frony Iinois. oes Tumi dg. Subet : Dissent right periled “Cam@ressional hawks and genvegatton- jets are pushing a series of Jaws aimed at stifling dissent and protest. ‘These include the Cramer (so-called) - “ant Mot" bil CLR. 421); a revival of the defunct Subversive Activities Coulrel (MeGarran) Act cH. R. 10590 & Tosh: dissenters” . ‘bill namese nated ~ Pajamas, pennll while hidden in a rice aires “souls. The black marketeer and the Saige inle from: the servied. of 0 his counlry, but te who stands’ It now © » deserves ‘the Tovesand thanks of maneand- woman. Tyranny lke, Hell is mot, easily < Conquered, Yet we have this one. consoln ‘tion, that the harder the fight the. frat, ‘ ‘glorious the ‘triumph! O° oe Later, coming. to’ a harnlet, “ft ‘saw a _ group of South Vietnamese soldiers inter: “yorating a so-called Viet Cong about. 15° years old, The American adviser had just turned fins over to this group. He had. just been catight™ with some stolen: hand” grenades made in the UGA. ¢ : F.. ‘Truc, which: -+, + Would you tow that he gureled: theu, ‘the blood as they slowly’ slit his throat,‘ . these-avords: “E-repret that I have but one "necks + te lose for my ountry." * Ais | ‘name. was Nathang Hang.“* o 7 Before Tavoke up I eanie upon. a "of guerillas gathered around junele tive, > Thely leader appeared to he. giving art ime. -passioned speech cuding with these’ word dss “As for niysell, either give, me liberty or give me death.” : "Does. this ring a bell? AVhor: will we tes turn to our traditional policy of: self -der: termination for, all people? . g0 oy. * The so-called credibility aap is fast’ | ‘coming a chasn.: Mr: President, “tHe ten ne! i: “song you and your administration | give: us for our involvement: Ja Viets Nam-are’ toot. _ Shallow arid narrow for any thisking cite . fooled “all of the: poorly Sow The dime Gs fast * > approaching when wou wi. feed opabeder Atpport kanye vy ae Washington “Setectiv Daily actions at and Senate. Arm Semiee Hq, and diouse Services Committers starting A National Draft: Refasal neon ‘Oct. Agi, sponsored by The Resistance mover: et General will shr Peace caravans of cars, from all pata of the U.S, A. lrge Washington folk-rock fun fag soneert. Friday night, Oct. 20th, ing off the weekend. - ve Vets aré signing.a_ st opposition to the w former U.S. , and Tear Adniiral Arnold wilh be published in papet the UWS. along w “Yooal ‘citizens to join the Peace ar The full text and a signature plank ap-~ below. Please siga it if you ‘are as it back to us at BO. Box... ans, Chicago, HH. 60680, Vels and non. know how many additional. aie you want fox ci ; Signed core of the st mailed in hy October 1, 1967 tieation, Be sute to indicate Die group is planning | to. pu oF eain eat ne atement: atine: éneral David M.: Marine Commandant, © tly. calls. 0, awh. the. Pool “H R. 424 hae passed the ‘Hoitse: ihe aithers Avil be coming up soon for vote ta both the: Wouse and Senate, Your tetler-or wits to your Congressman and Senators: can help stop those blows. to ist Amendment ‘freedoms. — .. Wor Turther informationon these buls andawhal to de about them: Write Nae Honal Cemmittes to GNvolish: UAC, PO Bos TST Los Angelos, Callfs 90004 w481-S, Dearborn St, Room 808, Chi spe. TM, seid ie Be veler an, and get i atement must. be. o insure pubs - wheflier jour blish.. the ad. oth Christin ans Against the “War ‘are ad in the: New -York- at 1? Beivih, 942 989-9376). Viti Veter on Sunday, be contacted ines wa may NAY, 10008 Cel, ‘Ae. xt issue off VS&SP> will earns” speciiie plans eoncenning lion inv this Antportant peace : vet walt o< shark your local organ Write us with your fdenk Sa We CATES: af of ite vets’ role Dear Kaditor:. 3 Could you send we ‘the. list tof velotans” serainst - the wait who live in Now Te nehind (Conncetlent, Static, oe They. report De. chevy it in oxetlenat-spti its, “Lavy has suprarters an the Tewe Possibts: pro-lows s. gqhthes ein elvilinn cites in Taack Bntiaver ; zen. You chav vets. parlictpa:-” “some of dhe, dine. ee wi aesactsclts. 1-15. 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Thos 00 Camberley ‘Mass. “National Moptication Commit og ladder PQ gs wes The tests = = “ _ / HOW SHOULD WE SUPPORT ‘OUR “MEN, IN. VIETNAM? SL. Do we send more to he killed and maimed? ‘Already (6 ha led in wiht th current ‘Figure whan pull ished)’ Americans aye: “ween wills ed and. soa fives Wounded, Over 1,500,000. Vietnamese, nien,’, avorien and children’ are chsunltios,, : vu . Or should we bring UWerniohome. nowe-ALIVES ~ he : Seed : : We Neterans of Vietnm-and cariiar ware agrec. with Gen, David M “Shoup. (net, , U. S$. Marine “Cots: Conmanitant “aaring ‘the i Cuban mmiissile crisis, who saids8." 4c) : “y believe that if we had and would keep our dirty, bloody, dollar-croolked fing 10Ts, ‘out at the ‘puisinoss of these nations 86 fault” of depressed, exploited poople, they will arrive at a solution af thelr “own, That they design and want That they feht and” - Americans. Des cae re es Soe fa Poa wawl world catastroplia® $6 or: * 4 ‘ " We veterans of Vielnatn and cavllos wars. agree with “Kana. ‘Atnotd Ri True (Ret, * U.S, Navy, who! ‘has written:?®- : oa oo Ve erat ond (re Vietrian fiasco without dishonor: by eet antiving. “OUR: troops and Jetting the Vietnamese, settle ihoie own problems,” : Bs ™ REAL SUPPORT FOR ‘ouR MEN iN VIETNAM COMES. FROM THOSE WHO DEMAND: - : asp BORING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW! YP oe ey “ *Saeallen at the vanniat ‘Juni or Col lege World Abtcirs Day, Pierce Gollege, Les Argel es, May 14, 1968, cand reatfiemed i in an intarview, AGC-TY Scone program, August & 1967: ce ee eh Weiti ting to the edilor of the Pal o Alte, Cal it, Times March 3, 1966. Veterans . Stats & Stripes for - Poand poblished” by. Veterans for Peace in oop Setnan, 1608 W. Madison St. Pio, 201, . Chicago, Te GOGT2. 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Box A898,: Chicago, Uinels 60690, 055 J rr * eres eee ee City, State, Zin (ar APO or FPO) Page 12 “These. tems wit be” ot teat uselo: Lae work for... and net the Amgrican style, which they don’ t want and: ahove all don't, want; crammed down, their treats bys ; oes What is hoppenhig, no matter how caetully, and slogly the military, sgcalation ‘bas promessed, may bo: projecting Us. toe « NY Regional de ciaeee Ron Wolin re 2 4 poe : M : a ree Bs a prAl iste “ot APES Fear ea ay a poo articls on lhe rewmeey Fbi toe stl Postal. (ahee movement in lhe OVS. Stowrmchile. situation tan eohtaet the Dratt Resistance  Glearinghoure, 2 Francis Ct, Madison, me : Wisconsin 53708, ie (608) 255-6575, . “BLY. vets: “Free Levy’. Now York veils joined August Sth in a” . ‘2000-strone marel kal flew Midvown Blins . Wittan streets hy a large contingent. of whitt-clad doctors, noses, medienl shu. dents and hospital workers. Tie marchers alled for-release on ball of Dy, Howard BP. “Levy, US. Avmy Captain sentenced - to three gerrs af hard Iabor tar refusing to ittain Special Forces aldmen” on grounds ’ they use medicing primarily for political ‘and mallilary purposes, At a concluding rally (he demonstrators hoard two Viet vals: Dp, Agi thar 5.3 Plank. Jr, chiel paychiateist in “Salon and Tiktien Hoa fosplinis in 1955-0; and Jan Crumb, '. Coordinator of Victnant Veterans Agmins “the War. : Dre. Blanks said, "Offleevs and sergeants - “in this country and abroad, im basin train ing centers, In hospitals, and In the base amps in Vietnam, boilding and maintain: ing an army and fiehtings a war, ienow sent from national policy anid: objeat to - the war, Opposition docs mot stop at the fuduction center, In my experiende, the belie? that what we are doing in Asin is : Wrong, ig as widespread In ihe Arai as at ig arnorg all our people.” "The soldict'’s patience Is great, bub i is not endless,” De, Blank concluded, “and we thank De. Levy for reminding the na- tion of that. Someday, what is happening this summer in America’s elites, could hapnen in “moeviea's arhiys We do riot have fokover to ond: this wan” RSME TS NM aa This copy of VETERANS STARS & FOR PEACE distrlbured by: & OGRE METERS SS oN Bene (iit Qrese whacare ‘interested In this frat oat? coonpesilion te: tie svi oF Wank cospenilite . ndview on ihele own Selective. Setvier ” full well that. anione them many dise« eNO IRR a fe He adie BA ett ite: «kee he gs ETN EME en be Ret ns te ate mnt te heme ge renner se bt renteg eset we ph cke MR ghee Lig Pattee speci Bea Bae sg ges la aig