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SIGNED CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES ,OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT UNDER

WENT TO PETITION THE GOVERNMEN TGRIEVANCES, DO HEREBY REQUEST AN D

PRESENTATIVES, PURSUANT T OOF THE CONSTITUTION, TO APPROV E

D BY REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT F .S, WHICH READS AS FOLLOWS :

D M . NIXON, PRESIDENT OF TH ECHED OF HIGH CRIMES AND

OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE, VIC-NESE, WAGING SECRET WARS ,

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Birtiada cake, i ne . and 'child care ,1 all be provided a t SPC' s39th B~ticy party on Thursday evening, fb enlber 15, The pot-iuckd1nne''rvill be held at Plyrnot th Concega onal Church, Z3 2E. Oruondagac Street, at 5:30 pm. . Bring food to>share, :

Seymour Melman is a co-chairperson of SANE,a Citizens' Organization for a Sane World, Heis a professor of Industrial engineering, at Columnbia University, and author of Pentagon Capita .lisiMelman presents •a' IoglcaI refutation of the Arrler

icanideology that awar economy is economicallybeneficial .' One of his articles, Who Needy a War 'Economy? was reprinted in the July issue of thePeace Newsletter.

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30 ANNUAL' CIAFY' F** AND`1

These, Votes would never have happenedwithout the pressure, information and analy-sis generated by the peace movement. Un-fortunately, a widespread demand on behal fof the prisoners has not yet developed, be-,

ip Congress* to be cause too many Americans -think the war is"over" and too many Congresspeople stil lregard foreign aid solely ,as a humanitarianprogram,

;.afters to senators and representatives and.pitarsonal visits to their local offices are an1, iportan part of working for peace and soc-is change. The purpose of Legislative Report is_ to provide background information on

used as a resource in communicating withoongr-sspeople. ~ Copies of , letters shouldaiao be sent to the local papers .

The Abourezk ,amendment to the ForeignAid Authorization Bill, which would have 'pro-hibited US Wilding 'of any country's policeand prison system---thereby ending , US sup-port f r :Thidu's police-,prison apparatus--,was voted down 51-44 in the Senate-:on Oct.1 . The. Vote :was a setback but not a-final "Meat, ., for it reMealed unexpected anti-war,strength In Congress . and gave birth= to a newit 0f peace initiatives.

'The lea-ding 'fence-sitters on thi Issue -Mualcie, Hughes, Benso , Huddia .,Sroeiker and Humphrey -voted for the a- .to i

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ht, Javits and Hart failed to vote, theSenate is =~ 4 r to ending. aid, to Thleu' thanthe count i is i cotes.` .

p~la' oe- i f the Abc utez k a siiand ►es nt, theSenate attached-non inding .statetients tothe final aid, bill that it is the ''sen.se of Con-giiss'

t the political prisoners should berelea-ced"2 ndthat no aid should given to

'government which violates the peaceagreement.

Congre$e nal,peace ; Sentiment was alsorevealed by the recent 49-43 vote againstthe Hughe amendment, which ;Would havecy beck TS military aid to - Saigon t3 the41 4 replacement :level permitted by. theAte,- since the amendment, almost passe dIMln though 1#ttle organizedanti-war . lobbying preceeded it .

Moreover, the Nikon a dininistration'Work,e dbehind the scenes tq' block Abourezk's amend-ment In an interview with Focal Point, anIndocnina Peace bampa ign publication,, afte rthe vote, .:Senator Abourezk said "The ::ad-ministration's Agency for- International pe-velopment (which created Saigon's polic esystem). lobbied so ,fiercely that it`even sent 'sorheone over to lobby my own staff t

These recent votes ,prov that thereis asignificant Congressional base" (includingbetween 40-45 'senators) . willin to cut mili-tary aid to ` Thieu's regime,

Under usual circumstances, Abourezktype .amendments are. n o.t re-in" trod iced ' afterthey. have ' ,been voted;-,down. However, thevote_was• strong 'enough to act as a 'stimulusfor raising it again in the next` round of con' '' }gresslonia$'laWmaking,44il the Appropriation s-comtlittees where the .votee `will occur thi smonth. "

Jacob ;J'avits

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tents time sat which .; time all the bo esspeople should be pressed to vote for.,;thecut-off-provision.

Then the appropriations .bill goes- toSenate., Where the process begins again.Mem# rsof the Senate Appropriationmittee who should be a stied :to support anti*Thieu ,provisions during*the }fit- s ing in-clude; Chiles (tla), Srooke Wass); Hat

field (Ore), Inouye (Hi}'. arid Mathias-Ovid) a1 1 in Foreign 'Relations Sub-Corn.

Case (NJ) , Mensfield (Mont), and # ooke(Mass) in the Defense-Sub-Committee .

If 'the "Sena te Committee v~btes are► . sful, the 'focus Of. pressure should thin,to Senators Percy, Saxbe, `Hatbawap~, and -other. moderates who voted, against the Abourezl dmendment. ,

However, no, anti-Thieu vo ' should beconsidered 'a3soluteiy •set tfre and r a .sure ;.

f"must be kepon au, the Congresseven as vi!e focus on a few of . them

di+rectly.' Many Cor gresspeop'le fail to, utt0r-stand - the Increasing possibility of 8'

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The next. target for a nt#-war 1o~ willbe the: House Appropriations Committee where

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iiit( Unlik the F iunngs orgnae.eoregnRelation Comfnittees where the authorizatio nbills originate, the AppropriQtions Coln f ittees-have little consciousness and practically nodetailedAnowledge .abottt

'Thieu's police

state (norabout the. oc rater isof the 1 eaoeAgreement}.The prisoner 'issue mus`t .be F ..raised directly.' with' the C~ammittee rd a)nbers ,through visits to their. local os ices . .. .Next,letters should be sent from Constituents ,thoroughly documenting the , number of poliotidal -prisoners held in .Saigon, thosi extent ofUS. funding "responsibility and torture accounts.

. Members . . of the ' Appropria titan CQm>llitte esub-.,cgmmittees should be pressed, tb includecut-off provisions in the lanvuasie ofre billrather .than in.. .an amendment, whibh . is morevulnerable to being-;excluded ilrom the finalbill., Members; .a f the . Approriatipns `Co i mitestee in that House wlt

o, should be ConteiCted are:

.Roybal (Calif),. .~Long (Md), Roush (Ind) andYates (Illy all members the Foreign Open- `ations Sub-Committee .

Addabbo (N}, Gfanio (Conti) and Flint (GO) . , round Of full-soalew,ar in Viet . Nam and .-.intervention If .'hie is notu;

forced`io ra.-. .After , votes in these sub- • ' mittens and in

lease the prisoners and too implementThe whole, Appropriations Committeethe aid .

other ` provisions of the,Peace A tom

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A spontaneous' outpouring of impeachmentsentiment has followed Mr. Nixon's latest in!,suit --.-obstruction of Justice rough the fir-ing of Archibald Cox, The SPC has been over-loaded with calls running, ,as are call to 10-cal Congressman, :overwhelmingly for 'im ch-went. Activities ,have sprung up allover up-states NY; in Cortland,: Ithaca, Rochester .Oswego and 8yraciuse campuses : are orgar4 -

. ing abound the issue .. A meeting has , been..called by -the` Syracuse ACLU ix) help people s

know what to do.

SPC is calling for a large2 f1~ MEETI j.

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_OI ,Z4.'FACHIvIENT, to take place Thurs. ,Nov .8. The location and time aren'tyet. - A large number`-of co-sponsors will bat;sought for. this extent Reps. Hanley & Vial ehwill--be asked to'attendand respond to th etest1m ray and remarks of their cons tituents':A person knowledgeable on. Impeachment .will a (lain its work gs . !Qpit ris thpro and.con wil l ` be examined. This it -a Mergeevent that will take a good deal of stu ckTo help call Dik at".the SPC office, 472-5478.

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The Syracuse_'eace Council does not fee l

that Mr . Nixon', reluctant decision to turn averthe possible altered tapes should make anyferenc a .in the .American people's struggle for a

}ust government.

e Syracuse e'Peece Cc uneeil, . therefore, call sr th,e resignation or Spa hment of Richard

The Steering Committee of AP b s , issuedA tha following . statement :

r ms 'Itiohird N oithas blhtantly obstructe dprocess by the firing of Archiba d

This is'tte latest infamy . in a long ,has ina1

: :1) atl ast:6 millionMms Indochin from 1`963 .75; 2)' Water-

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Housc . Of Represent vas ,pursuant to article, section 2 of the" Sit, '"

to approve i . Res. 51$, introduced

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of high cz imes` arc ani`sdemeanor .

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"Hang in There";.no.

-Totalyraduse, NY' 13203

. 1n August of` 1972, . applied for a dischargef~tpm the Air Force as •a eor~rscierlt objec+tor. My opposition to Aitreriaa n action inViet Nitr 'ied enr .grOwing siince Lwss eta -tithed:theig in 197.0. Yith the stepped-un,bombing in the spring of 1972, became so-intense thet :I decided to resist any - attemptIto use me in the airWar . '

Thee deeision to file<a G . O. applicationwas ,a tecti l one,brought-on by .military.. .order§. I . was caught unprepared by . ordersto Ok awe in July of 72 .. The orders gaveme only 3 days notice for my departure .Three .; days is not 'much` time fora . decision.I.-was 'thinking of either making a public .stapd. ., a nd refusing , the order's, or finding anangl&that would ' get -me out .'of the

,Orders. .Conscientiou-s objection hadn't entered my

My experiences in Viet . Nam were thestarting point for my objection. Thwcis ttreatment of the. yetname a by Americanshad the most impact on me Every day, I84w _ AYnericans abuse the Vietnamese'.Ant r#can GIs would break aut ,ia ghingwhen their bus wbuid gun; a_ Vi+etname3semotorcyclist dff the road . ` "Gook" seemed

'to ,tae the most cgmmonly uaedP

aer canord.A, good example of the racists is in th e

triatmentof gong 'rhea . Prostitution was.;legal".. at the' Army base

Nha Tra ng- •,(*here . .I,waS . assigned) GIs and . prostitutes wereconstantly getting gonorrhea from eachother. ' The GIs would go to the dispensaryfor treatment. No lattempt was ewer madeto find thewomen .who had VI) and givethem .treaatment It wasn't even talkerd or.thought about .

At e the same timethat f .-was seeing. thisracism,'1 was lso :reading .about My 'Lai ,

-the "free-fire Bone! `policy, and' the der ,can . reliance on artillery-and apower .It ,became clear"to me that -an essentia ltrait of our peo le and a n e s ssentia l part o four war policy as..' .00a....denial of the humiartityof the, Vietnamese . "This racism was eyi-dent n all political, age, regional, racial, -educational groups .: When I began think-ing more about war in general, it seemed.that thjs racism was an essential papart .ofwaging war.

mind.

ACLU suggested a C . O. application.Thee thinking wes That it :might stop mycarders, especially if my security clearance

were withdratin, So 11' announced my Antonin.tion to file for. a C . b., started preparing

yepplicati©n, and :sj ent the .last day'be--fore my departure trying to lose my security

,.oleerance. 'The attempts to lose. the clearance didn't

WW1" and 1 go t on *Plane ne for Okinawaft.wasis

'i until a week before 1 was sobed-

tiled to return, that my security elearenwas withdrawn. That' was six months . later. .`Commanders in North Carolina 8nd Qkinawawere . more concerned with having a body tofill sldt,than with buy statements that I

.,1nould release classified •information insome; situations.

_ ` Although I didn't Think of myself as , acrone ietitiou8 objector when I decided t o

►ply, the .' basis nor a; C. 4. position'was„4

4 .sent in my opposition to the Viet Ham It '

: `k'tiihking through my application caused

is specialized enough that each indivi -:'war.

dual can-be absorbed in the technica lsome changes .

moved me from the post-

aspects of 'a task without thinking abouttion n-of a selective objector to .. .a More general final results ._ Clerks, mechanic's- etc ;objection

don't seem to realize that they are in akilling busigess .

A ther .,important factor in :my- objectionwas the irresponsible professionalism ofthe military. Thie ::pt`ofessidealism.isespecially characteristic' of the Air, Force.

Even bomber crews felt far enough re-moved from the killing .thet theyld ice*nore it. I remember one pilot expressingthe desire to get back to Guam "where theaction is. You can really build fty'ir g tithe

there." Marty Officers volunteered fortemporary dtit In'Asia` as a way to advancetheir careers

One seextted to considerthe consequences` ; his actions, in anywa y

: ..othe than Freer-serving terms.

Getting ' a ' C. O. di

rge requires awritten' statement, a in ievog with apsychiatrist, a chapla ;

d an investige -tingofficer. You,have

:sincerelyopposed to "war in any for And the op- .paeition must be based on rerigtous trainingand belief., The, later is so, f~c ;y definedthat it' is meaningless: Siti ity and gen-

In 'convincing the military of your . Sincereopposition to war, sincerity and honestyarenot , as important4s'literaow debatit .-skills, . ,and a pragmatic attitude about, theprocess . Sincere objectors with poorlywritten statements, `and people who areeasily,badgered and confused by ani inter-viewer have their .applicatiens rejected. Iknew one C . O. whose applic ation -was re- -jected primarily because he began his chap-lain's interview with an attack on chaplains .

The application is supposed to be proti ceased in 3 months, Mine took almost 9 ./

months before it was approved. "Bur'eau-cratic bungling artd indifference was th esource of the delay. Minor errors by per-sonnet and legal offices .refiulted 'in ' inypaperwgrk : being shuffled' from one orgado- n tip ,"another, A`lot of the delay is`builtinto the processa: ' An application . has- to gothrough each level in . the 't±hain of commanduntil AF headquarters makes a final decision .This is unnecessary to begin with . And itgives°each-organization the oppartu,nity toreturn an applic ,tior,,because they . each

' interpret regualtions differently, . A numberof the' people who handle an applicatio nare unfamiliar with the -process .

I . encountered only one instance of mititary hdstillty thward,Me .! This was` . ftbm aCatholi+ aplai from whom I had taught .

information abou

t his Church's pos<ifion onwat ~Te

gib, she the information ,but he did` git'e me a' lot of_condescensionand verbal abuse. lie also gave the per-sonnet office the -idea that r couldn't applybecause I wa s only . on a" temporary duty .assignment to: Okinawa.r

Civilian' groups were pf . some-1 help to nyp..Lawyers from the National Lawyers Guild ,ACLU, and the .Center for Constitutiona lRights advised me at various times - maininn my efforts ;ta .. spy ed up the process,There- was no local :OI counse if ng servrto eand no anti-war organization where .I ;we ss ation .in the U. . .,S ' (Se iur JohnsonAPB Golds bore, N. C, i. If...there 'had been,perhaps I would have filed for a C . O:

n-er or height have been better. prepared to.resist. There . are still quite a few bates .withoutthe kind bf ant -miiitary suthe GIs need.

B=OUT 1The choice the obj

-'in the military :het -tci. make is quint different froth -the one the. objector faciniethe draft .n ust make. . Thecooperation of a' Seect#,ve . .:Service C, . Q.minimal.. The C. irk the military l as todo ell the things (except ` ha~hdle weapons 'that he or she is o .sed to '

A :C . C?.- in. 19 military is not eo'hcuchcopping out a s ' being strung a long by t ie , .military. I .had noidea that it would take`so Tong , to get out°or `that . i would, have to.cooperateas much a5 I"did while my apcation was being considered, f t' had . 1' .would have taken another course . . Fngfc ai C, O. is not making a stand. It isdevice ter, getting out, ~ff ` getting out is tl -only stare a GI wants to make,'`and it is 'not`-important what he dies befdre he,getsout, thena C. © may be` fbr lam. But asincere objector. &it:St't want to do the rnXirtary's work. .There are options \a Gl ha sbesides filinq fora ,C. O , and short .c om-plate 'resistance . Making oneself unsuitato 'the military involve s nc~n-coOperation a4dmay get a GI .out eventually. Gimmicks 'nibget one out a lot quicker than a' C . O. Iwould suggest these' routes or complete noCObperatioh to anysincerein thee `military.

eral . objection to war are the important tests .

SOLIDARITY WEEK WITH CHIL EThe week of October 8-14 was Interna-

tional Solidarity Week with the Popula rForces in Chile . Throughout that week,both in the U.S . and abroad, demonstra-fions were held to protest the militar ydictatorship which overthrew the legall yelected government of Chile last September .

Here in Syracuse, the Ad Hoc Committe eto Defend Chile was formed to co-ordinat elocal activities during Solidarity Week an dthe weeks to come . The Committee' sefforts centered on two principal events :an educational gathering on Thursday,October 11, and a demonstration at theoffices of Anaconda Co. in downtow nSyracuse, on Friday October 12 .

EYEWITNESS ACCOUN TDr. James Ritter spoke Thursday after a

showing of the film, "When the Peopl eAwake, " an hour-long chronicle of th eAllende government. Dr. Ritter lived i nChile throughout most of Salvador Allende' sPopular Unity government, and he was inChile at the time of the military coup.Arrested by the police, he was incarcer-ated in the national soccer stadium withsome 7000 other political prisoners . Hisstory was a terrifying one-- and he wa scareful to describe only events that h ewitnessed personally . He told of thetorture and murder of some prisoners, an dof the innumerable and repeated beating sthat befell all prisoners . "One man in mysection, " he said, "was beaten with arubber hose filled with cement . He wa sparalyzed, and they just left him lying inthe open. We cared for him as best wecould. "

"My experience, " he went on, "must bemultiplied by 10 million-- the populatio nof Chile-- to understand the reality of Chil etoday. Literally everyone knows someonewho has been arrested, shot, or is simplymissing. "

DEMONSTRATION HELDThe demonstration on Friday was mounted

against Anoconda Co . because Anaconda wa sthe second largest U .S . copper mining com-pany in Chile until it was nationalized in1971 by the Allende government . After thenationalization, Anaconda participate dwith ITT, Kennecott, and other U .S .corporations in the economic .blockadeof Chile designed to undermine th eChilean economy and thereby discredi tthe Popular Unity government . The demon-stration drew about fifty people who pickete dAnaconda for several hours .

The Ad Hoc committee is now in th eprocess of planning a number of futureprojects; anyone interest in participatin gin the work of the committee is urged tocall the Peace Council .

The committee has also incurred a numberof debts in connection with its activitie sduring Solidarity week . Since our work iswholly dependent on donations from sypm-pathetic people, we ask that you take thetime to send just a dollar or two to help u scover our expenses . Donations should besent to the Syracuse Peace Council (ChileCommittee) 924 Burnet Ave, Syracuse, NY13203.

Bill Leo Gra nd e

Demonstrators listen to Allende's final wordsprior to marching to the Anaconda Copper Co .

photo by Elana

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PEACE CAMPAIGN TOUR IN SYRACUSEJANE FOND A

TOM HAYDE N

HOLLY NEA R

JEAN PIERRE DEBRI S

BOB CHEMOWET H

SPEAK WITH GRAVE CONCERN FOR VIET NAM, ITS PRISONERS, ITS FUTUR E

The Indochina Peace Campaign Tour visite dSyracuse again this year, and again they spok eof the plight of the s . Viet Namese, and againthey appealed to Americans to end the war .

The war, they said, cannot be considere dover as long as the Peace Agreements are beingso blatently violated by Thieu . The Council o fNational Reconciliation and Concord, made u pof the three political segments in s . Viet Nam ,was to have been constituted by April 27th .This, and therefore the holding of free election sremain an impossibility as long as Thieu hold shis political opposition, over 200, 000 people ,in prisons. Jane Fonda placed this situation i nthe context of the U.S . -- imagine 2 millionAmerican citizens, including the Democrati cParty, in jail! They warned of new outbreak sof fighting, including U .S . military reinter-vention, if the people were continued bein gdenied their right to self-determination .

But the message was also one of optimism - -ending the war is well within the political pow-er of Americans . U.S. economic support o fThieu is a two-edged sword -- he can be fi-nancially pressured into compliance or deposed .They pointed to the growing concern of con-gressmen, the increasing support for bills likethe Abourezk amendments . Americans mus thelp educate their congressmen -- the fundin gof a Texas company to build new and bettertiger cages last year was provided in an ob-scure piece of farm legislation .

Over 1000 people filled Hendricks Chapel forthe major event of the Tour's one day stay in 11

Syracuse . Long time peace activists, whoshould be jaded by now, felt the two-hour pres-entation to be the most moving, effective the yever witnessed.

jean Pierre Debris was nearly overwhelming i nrecounting his own experiences of torture in Sai-gon prisons . jean, a French school teacher, wa sarrested the first time he stepped out on a Saigonstreet with leaflets calling for peace . He spent2 1/2 years in jail and was released last Decemberafter the French government mounted an all-ou tcampaign . This, of course, has convinced himth,'Vrnericans can also bring personal pressur e

-bear to save the lives of the political prisoners .

Speaking in contrast to jean was Bob Chemo-weth, an American POW released last March af-ter five years in n. Viet Nam. Bob's own exper-iences, and all that he witnessed contradict the"horror stories" of some . For several months im-mediately after his capture, Bob lived with Vie tNamese villagers . This period proved crucial tohis deepening understanding that the U .S. wa sfighting a true peoples' movement .

The audience seemed genuinely aroused . Afterthe main program, many stayed for questions/an -swers. They surrounded the literature tables,buying jean Pierre's personal account of repres-sion "We Accuse", 'Women Under Torture", an dpolitical prisoner bracelets .

The evening was ended with Holly Near sing-ing her poignant songs of protest at jabberwocky .

The fund-raising cocktail buffet successful-ly netted over $400 -- the efforts of the commit -tee headed by Ruth Tanks are very appreciated .

MIDDLE EAST CRISI S

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The following letter was sent to the editor sof the Post Standard and the Herald Journa las an initial Peace Council response to th eMiddle East War .

To the Editor :

The Syracuse Peacethat the history of the pat ,'years has shown that armednot bring lasting peace to theEast. Nor do we believe that militvictory by either side in the current;will bring peace . Consequently weon all parties to initiate an immediate

acea sefire.

Believing the military involvement o fthe super-powers will lengthen the wa rand indeed risks World War III, thePeace Council has sent telegrams to thejovernment of the Soviet Union and thegovernment of the United States, call-ing on each government to halt the ship-ment of arms to the Middle East .

The Peace Council is pro-Israeli andpro-Arab. The people of all these nation sare undergoing tremendous sufferingbecause of the inability of their govern-ments to come to a solution. Israel as astate is an historical reality and has aright to fixed and secure borders . Jordan,Egypt, Syria, and Lebanon have a rightto fixed and secure borders . The nation-al aspirations of the Palestinians ar eequally justified and the Palestinians ar eowed justice and dignity as any othe rpeople . There is no solution to th eMiddle East conflict that will totall ysatisfy all parties involved. Negotiatedcompromise based on common humanit yis the only direction toward peace .

The Peace Council feels that it is vita lto focus public attention on the variousproposals for a negotiated settlementthat have been put forth by all side sduring the past few years . AccordinglySPC is holding a public forum on pas tand present peace plans, to be heldMonday, October 29, at Grant Auditor-ium, Syracuse Law School; 8:00pm .The peace proposals will be made by

WAR PRESSURESThe crisis in the Middle East has present-

ed a test to the Peace Council which in pas tyears the organization has more or les savoided. The Peace Council is dedicatedto searching out non-military solutions t ointernational conflict and to carrying out a neducational campaign for the adoption ofthose solutions. Yet as Peace Newsletterreaders are aware, we have said very littl eabout the Middle East, despite the fac tthat the Middle East conflict is a classi ccase of the complex pressures leading towar.

Each side in the war feels itself threaten-ed and can produce credible evidence t odocument its fears . The Arabs see Israelas an expansionist state and have see npart of their lands taken away . Israel live swith a constant threat of surrounding Ara bcountries that have called for Israel's extinc-tion and indeed Israel has seen its armie sattacked.

Each side can defend its cause on th ebasis of nationalism . Israel asserts it snational right to exist as a state, and th ePalestinians with their Arab supporters asser tthe Palestinian right to national self determina-tion . Economic considerations add to the -

pressures for war with oil in the Sinai desertand in Arab lands complicating the consider-ations of all concerned. In addition eachside fights for strong humanitarian reasons .Israel to provide peace and security for apeople who have been persecuted fo rcenturies by vicious anti-semitism; th eArabs to ease the plight of thousands o fPalestinian refugees .

local people knowledgeable on theesenting all

dition to the proposalspen mike so that any-

sy speak. We invite theas and , share its views.

David Easte rSyracuse Peace Council

L.IGNT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL

SUPER POWERSThe Middle East Conflict is made more

dangerous and frightening by the involvementof the super powers who have expende dmillions to arm all the countries involved .Shortly after the current war started, know-ledgeable observers reported that the wa rcould not last ten days without the resuppl yefforts of the U .S. and the U.S .S.R.

A regional conflict threatens the world whenthe super powers are involved . Despite pro-tests to the contrary, the super powers haveconsidered the possibility of sending troops .Just one piece of evidence is that last Augus t9, 000 marines carried out desert trainin gexcercises in the Mohave Desert in Califor-nia . Time Magazine (August 27) reported:

"Armed with sophisticated Communis tweaponry, the Yermonian army last wee kswept across the frontier of its southernneighbor, the peace-loving desert nationof Argos . While the Argosian army reele dback toward its coastal capital, Port ofPalms, a U .S. Marine amphibious uni tbegan streaming through the Sea of Bristol . . .

The "aggressors" in the war games wer eclothed in uniforms resembling those of theLibyan army.

The test that the Middle East conflictbrings to the Peace Council is to seewhether we advocates of peace have any -thing to say that could help move the conflic tto a peaceful settlement . Up until now thePeace Council has by and large failed thi stest by de/fault . We have said practicallynothing.

There are three reasons I feel for why thePeace Council has not acted: First, theproblem is so complicated and overwhelmingwe have preferred to deal with issues whic hhave seemed simpler.

Second is the fact that our membershi phas been and is divided in its sympathies .We have found consensus difficult to reach .This was most clearly illustrated by th ePeace Council Middle East committee whichmet on a regular basis for over a year. Theidea was to have a study group made up o fpeople with opposing views, which coul deventually focus on possible non-militar ysolutions to the crisis . The committee ,made up of people quite knowledgeabl eon the Middle East, found that it coul dagree on little other than the next meetingdate . Although it must be said that in theeyes of the participants the fact that th edialogue could continue at all was a victory .

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The "third reason for not pushing on withpeace work on the Middle East. I feel,, Wasfear of criticism for stands taken or activities: 'held. In a situation where the . membershipa divided and feelings run high, any

activity would invite criticism .

Despite these three' rea'sOns, which :_ 'remain with us, 'the Peace Council SteeringCommittee decided a _its last meeting that:we den' 'not ev+vid theMiddle i:ast, =Therielcs and sufferinghat~`resglt from war are'too-great to ignore. The Steering Co tniittee bfeu -that' despite the .compiexityCf the . issue'there some things the Peace . CoBfloen say- and SPC ntust'tnvolve itself

with' -

We can help make clear that like any,otherinternational corifltct the Middle East crisis` ,isn't Just a case of two sides . Each of the 'countries involved has its own positiondetermined by -its ' own interests and Withineach country or group there are, . hawks anddoves, shades of Opinion . The followingad describes a ;first step i , doing this .

'What the Peach Council continue$ to do.will depend on its membership. , .tiYoti' are ,urged to :not only inform yourself .about theMiddle East but involve yourself in thinkingabout peaceful `-solutions .Two books and a narticle -'the. the. Peace Council now - has instock are:

Search fir Peace in the,Middle , EastprePered for . the Amerman Priends Servic eCommittee .

-Toward . Middle East DialoaueResponses to .,the Quakers S' earch for Peaceinthe Middle East .

;

"Nationalism and -Conflict In Palestine" `by Noam Chomsky.

_ Additional study . materials are beingoride+tOd•now by the Peace Council literaturechauii ttee. Yoi

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The Peaoe Council would . be going. against.reaon-for-being if it supported the war.

support the senseless and futilecif the Palest2ne liberation, groups,•

eft' hutiv #etaliatlan strikes of'nor'trhe ; ;keeping of the-refugees in : ,

far political reasons ,on the part oYb states, xn d4lition we : must spea kRinst the . proven failure of the use' of .

i~broe' arms to :bring 'peace to the Brea .

AMA TAX RE

UND ELP ~ `E T

Areaa ,tax resisters . have now poolednearly

$20, Q00'ef refused tax monies for

recycling . into t vial causes . A.brig boostto the Fund's wets came when IRS un- 'questingly (fart time being) granted thelarge inc

ome tax refunds that some resist-

ers claimed for vvarr crimes. .

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The two largest loans ever considered bythe rund were recently'granted to the Nationall War mac Resistance org ,nization($2000 )end Glad'Dey Press ($4Qt3 :

' . National WTI is the clearinghouse for ,tax.resistapce' ,grroups throughout the country. it!athe primal" source of .educational resources T-

publishint "Tax. Talk" monthl`y,, , and having ,provided sucsh bibles . as "ain't -gonna pay forwar . no more'" and "Hang up on the War" .

Glad Day, in Ithaca, NY, is a nationallykr wn,, heavily used alternate`press, ; arid ha,s',served the anti-war movement since 1967: .lt$ printing "Work is of the highest quality a tunbelievably leiv prices, One of its custom-

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Ire Nonviolence Group of . SPC is Meetingregularly on-alternate Thursday_evepings forsupper and, self education, Part pfleachmeeting is given, to sharing concerns and of-r', ;feting support and sometinies solutions . Animportant aspect Of ;the group is its constant ieffort to recognize each member as a4s'individ-ual with' unique needs and priorities . -Thisgiir is the freedom' for.'members to opt out ofan ao°tSvtyvhih doesn't interest them but,more importantly, it enables people to workcreatively on those things Which seem-vita lto them. The group is acquiring trice* skillin the use of idols for solving, problems zon-violently. . The spin-off study group' has met

'`-several des (alternate Sunday evenings). and will begin studying a new beak in mid'-November. Anyone interested in the studyof,n nViolence is welcome to attend. SeeCalendar for . dates anal place.

-ers is SPG' of course. The money loaned Gla d-Day will go toward buying a' . much neededfolding machine. ` 'el.

The next . anti-war 'group to . api y forfrom the SPC WTR Fund May Just be SPC, if gip .its financial'situa±tion doesn't,imptevs.

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At the 'next nieetting, the Fund will coltsa Mass request to help start a "hosglt ltgr

~ ~house" in Syractiteii. which would beafter those run blr Catholic Worker gro41 .The meeting will be Wednesday, No'

etReg Riley's, 137 Clark St. . - potluck at 6 ,3 {Everyone is welcome.

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$PC FOLK FaveIYAL

Friday„ December 7 ' `8100.m. '

,'With

MICHAEL COONEYFENNIG'S ALL-BTAR, F STRING ' AND:LW'IA DRAPKIN & BILLY VANNAUE R3

Tickets $ 3 .., 00Available at :

Syracuse Peace Cbuncil '924 Burnet Ave .

Dragon's Emporium742 South Beech

Syaaciise Book Center113 Marshal $t

Watch for the location to be announce

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WERE ON WRONG SIDE

•TME'NATURE Of WHVTE . MINORITY RULE:=Southern Africa

many ways am ant►chro- , .

The wave of inrtependenae %znovements across*ride.' in the 1960'6 had its; effect on the white,.minority regimes of So4tttern: :Africa ., But `the re -,

ponses of the' governments in these areas weretably different: in the Sharpesvilie: Massacre of

61 nolicfeme-din the Republic of-South Africaed on .a crowd of protestors and killed 16 4

Africans . In the Portuguese colonial territory ofo Ia' a ..massive genooidel-cariapaign to put

gin_ the beginnings of the liberation struggleere is said to°have killed 75 5-0, 000 Africans

n' 'aik weeks' (Nielsen, The treat Powers a ndIn `Rhodesia,.;,, the' Unilateral' Declaratione, ;

Independence (UUIJ of the whites ,in 196 5united the impris'ottme'nt ''of African leaders

bit'neingof African political parties. More$c," io Mozambique, Catholic bishops have

ported the :mas. sacre of_400 Africans in the vi i4i of Wiriitainu.

the countries of"SoutherrcAfrica (Republic .of South Africa', l~ersibie (Southlnfest Africa),; Ziin-

bwe (Rhsa"des'ia), ,A#~gola and Mozembique). haveMuch in common- besides their #}4.r gal repression

t esplracion,of their. African peoples . They ;

t~xa1 White minority riled- regimes that today .ce serious guerrilla or sabotage movements .

*re important for the "American people, . theseregimes have found moral, OcOn6mic, 'and , military6upport 'froth the . U. S . government in their-strug-.

against the'Afridan majority .

nism in the modern world, but a dangerous One. ,Na only is it a'scene of 'the perpetuation of themost barbaric" colo'niar occupa tion .tn' history (tha tof the Portuguese in Mozambique end Angola), butalso of white domination, anti radial 'segregatianand oppression on an -unparalleled wile. .

i n the Republic of South Africa, under apartheid-Africans are subject ter race-registration, segregatedand inferior facilities, housing, education, healthcarol' incredibly low wages, . --Rimed removal fromtheir _ancestral 'homes,anu threat 'of. da ily policedrroror imprisonment . In . Rhodesia, where whites re- .present only

oEthe population, :t4e .*ituationis .virtually the' same . ,In the Portuguese territories ,Africans have been subjected to-four ` cent Ties refthe' stave trade and contract labor sYstenn, andPortugal's "civilizing ,miasion" has failed to devel e

.any significant eduoatioral or health care pro-gram: for the African 'people .

THE LI ATION MOVEMENTSThe brutal nature of these regimes has`nfesnt

that African=de'sir

r self-determination has tar nthey form of, wars o liberatiort . The open racia lrya ante-of'these conflicts' makes it of .s prom ,sig.ni.- 'fica`nce for the ',world and for 'the' O . S CongressmanCharles Diggs' has noted, "the racial overtones ofour alliance' with .the Portuguese in Africa are the /most potentially'disruptive , of our own society.

. .The Portug rese face .a serious guerrilla . .threatin Guinea Biseeu,, West Africa; led by PAIGC1 inAngela, .led by M LA and in Mozambique, led ., byPRELIMS). ;These:con1ifcts .now involve 160, 000Portuguese . troops and between 27'-43, 000 guerrillas,This represents 3 times .the number of soldiers , percapita than t ie,U.'S., sent at the height of Johnson's

- ,escaie ,ion in- Vietnam . ,,,10%, of the Portuguese bud-get goes ,to these wars, Which is causing inflationand growing discontent at home .

U .S. INVOLVIMINTThe ' V.'S. is 'supplying the Portuguese, -much , .:

needed'help'.in these wars . Through NATO we , pro 'vide the Pootuguese with arms,' 'eirplaness,-'herbic'ides ,defol*ants., napalm and money ' We'pre, spendin g 'over $1 million a. Year onxtreinin$ Portuguese

,air personnel . Renewal of the Azores .Agreement, -elwhich allows U . S ., use of Portuguese African terri-tory fora military base, in 1971 netted the Portuguese$436 million from the Nixon government .

This Military support has been supplemente dunder. Nixon by diplomatic and moral w suppert of the

enam should underscorethat the Portuguese cannever win these wars inAfrica . We must remem-ber that the struggle issimply being prolonge dby virtue of the strongmoral and material support provided by the Un ited States ." - Rep.Charles Diggs, Jr., Chi. .House Subcommittego n

tAfrica .Il••11111110.11rd,

ASA Conference Activities :Oct . 31-Nov . 3

Everson Museum : freefilms, art show

Nov .l: Oliver Tambo ,leader of ANC of S .A. ,will speak at Henrick son SU campus at night

CONFERENC EThe African Studies Associa Lion Conferenc e

sponsored by SU from Oct .31-Nov. 3 at the Hote lSyracuse will also provide a focus of activitie son the subject of Southern African Liberation .Films on the liberation movements will be shownat the Everson on those days . Oliver Tambo, lea -

in the banned African National Congress ofin Southern Africa . Last year Gulf Oil paid the An- de

r South Africa will speak at Hendricks on the S Ugolan government $50 million in taxes and royalties ,which nearly covered Portuguese war costs there.

campus the evening of Nov . 1 .

In 1968 U.S . corporations in the Republic were of-ten netting as much as 25% in profits from their

$1 billion investments in cheap black labor.

Portuguese . Clark MacGregor, Nixon's formercampaign manager, said in Mozambique, "The tie sthat connect Portugal and the United States arestrong, and they will become stronger still in th efuture." In the U. N. we have voted against grant-ing observer status to the liberation movement sand refused to back resolutions seeking to forcethe white minority regimes of Southern Africa togrant political representation to the Africans .

U .S. corporations are also deeply involved

dons against Rhodesia . Future activities of Lhegroup will include programs at local churches, aPC Monday Night Program, and, hopefully, bring-ing Rep. Diggs to speak on the SU campus .

In addition the Committee will have a litera-ture table at the Conference and will be collecting

contributions for medical supplies for the libera-tion movements. The following books, some o f

which will be available at the table and are beingordered by SPC, will provide you with a backgroundto the situation in this area of the world :

Basil Davidson, The Liberation of Guinea-James Duffy, Portugal in AfricaAlbert Luthuli, Let Mv PeopleGoEduardo Mondlane, The.Struggle for MozambiqueLeonard Thompson, Polit . in the Rep. of S .A.

The Committee actively desires the ideas andhelp of the community in these activities . People

In the past two weeks a petition campaign

are needed to man the table at the ASA Conference .aimed at local Congressmen netted 254 signatures You can contact the Committee or drop in on it sand the pledge of at least one Congressman (Rep.

meetings, Mondays at noon at 199 College Pl .Walsh) to vote in favor of reimposing U.S . sanc- 17 (423-2552) . Or call Diana Ellis, 472-1884 .

COMMITTEE FORME D

Recently a Committee on Southern Africa nLiberation has been formed in the Syracuse areato educate people iabout the white minority regimes ,the liberation movements and growing U.S . involve-ment in this area of the world . The group als ohopes to raise material support in the form of medi-cal supplies, food and clothing for the liberatio nmovements .

ACKERMANThe Ackerman group worked to distribut e

No Peace No Honor door-to-door in the areaas part of the Peace Council campaign onbehalf of the Saigon political prisoners .We are searching for people in the Ackerma nvicinity who would like to participate i n:peace activities . If you are new to the areaand would like to meet peace minded neighbors ,call Janet Bogdan, 479-7618.

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VALLEYThe Valley Peace Group held meetings a t

Morton's on September 30 and at Diehl's onOctober 21.

The mass leafletting on Oct. 7 aboutVietnamese Political Prisoners was cancelle ddue to illness and colds. It has been re -scheduled for Saturday, October 27 at 10:00a .m. Meet at Lila Walker's home, 22 5Maplewood Ave .

At the meeting of Oct. 21, members of th egroup planned two actions for next week .First, each person plans to write statementsto Congresspersons and Senators aboutpresidential impeachment and the propose d$2.4 billion military support for Israel,which may lead to increasing arms buildu pin the Middle East. Secondly, members wil :duplicate and distribute a flyer on th eMiddle East situation.

Next meeting is November 4, at 7 :30 p.m.Diehl's .( 120 Crippen P1. #3- 469-7053)

LIVERPOOLThe Liverpool area peace group will

hold a seminar on methods for directing

a class in creative conflict resolution on

.November 21, at 7:30 pm in the FirstPresbyterian church in Liverpool. Theproposed course in creative conflic tresolution for the Liverpool adult ecuca-tion curriculum was reviewed by a schooldistrict advisory committee and highlyrecommended to the school board fo rinclusion in the spring semester. It willnow go to the board for final approval .

WESTCOTTThe Westcott neighborhood group leaf -

lets once a month . Approximately thirtypeople presently leaflet one block each ,distributing a thousand leaflets eac hmonth door-to-door . We could use more

help to keep this project strong. On Oct-ober 18 we had a small social get-togetherat Linda Popoff's . On November 15 we wil lgo as a group to the SPC Birthday Dinne rfeaturing Seymour Melman . Phone Linda ,472-0877, to pick up a ride via maxivan .

The Westcott group is looking for place sto sell SPC Holiday Cards . Do you knowof any neighborhood bazars or convocation supcoming where this might be a possibility ?Do you belong to an organization which ma ybe willing to give exposure to these cards ?Call Sue, 472-3726 .

SALT SPRING SThe Salt Springs group met October 15

with Attica defendant Charles Pernasilic eto discuss Attica defense activities andto make plans for a fund raising dinne rfor . the defence fund. In addition thismonth members worked to distribute N oPeace No Honor in the neighborhood .The group plans to work on the tow nmeeting on Impeachment to be held Nov-ember 8, described elsewhere in thi sPeace Newsletter .

NEIGHBORSPC

HOODGROUPS

SOCIAL CHANGE THROUG HCREATIVE CONFLIC T

A weekend symposium sponsored by the Non -violence Studies Program and the Center onHuman Policy, S . U. . . to study the elements "of conflict as they vary in different institu-tional sectors, to understand the ways i nwhich crisis can be generated, pursued, andterminated in a manner conducive to positivechange.

Nov. 10 10:00-5 :00, Nov.11 9 :00-4:0 0Sessions to be held in Maxwell Founders Roo mFor additional information, call 423-3870 .

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,FILM REPORTSeveral films have been used this past month. A-

mong them are : Hiroshima-Nagasaki, Holy Outlaw ,So the People Should Know and No Vietnamese Eve rCalled Me Nigger .

Keep in midn that we always have films and slideshows as well as tapes available. Projectors maybe borrowed also .

Our newest film has just arrived . Viet Nam:AQuestion of Torture will answer questions abou tThieu's political prisoners . The film is 30 minutesin color and was make by Britains leading commer-cial TV company, Granada .

Among those interviewed in the filth are 2 America nphysiotherapists who worked in Quang Nai hospita lfor 2 years, Jane & David Barton :

"People comb to the prisoner wardat the hospital often immediatelyafter they've been tortured," Jan eBarton said, because prison official s"prefer not to have a dead body atthe interrogation center. . Thetorture that we see the results ofmost frequently is [attaching] elec-trical wires to people's toes, or fingers ,or sensitive parts of their bodies."

The Bartons had films and stil lphotographs of some of the victims.Two were women who had beenbeaten on the head until their skullsfractured and they became paralyze d

Films may be rented at a very small fee by callingRonnie Vitacolonna at 446-7523 . Brochures listingSPC's fifteen 16mm films, 8 slideshows and numer-ous tapes are also available .

Sales and rentals of the SPC slideshow WHY THEWAR IS NOT OVERcontinue steady. About 10 copie shave been sold in the last 3 weeks . If your schoolA-V dept. does not have this valuable history ofViet Nam as a permanent resource call the officeand we'll send you a promotional brochure whichyou can use to set up a preview showing .

HUMPHREY BOGARTin

THE CAINE MUTIN Y

An adaptation of Herman Wouk's Pulitzer Prize nove lfeaturing strong performances fy an excellent cas tincluding Van Johnson, Jose Ferrer, Fred MacMurray ,May Wynn, Tom Tully and E .G. Marshall . The film' sclimactic courtroom sequence provides Bogart withsome of his great moments . Bogart was nominate dfor an Oscar, as were the picture, screenplay, edit-ing, scoreand Tom Titlly's supporting performance .

" BOGART AS QUEEG IS NEVER LESS THAN EVERYTHIN GTHE BOOK SAID HE WAS . . . ."

--Time

(=SECOND FEATURE=

TOBACCO ROADDirected by John Ford (Grapes of Wrath, The Informe d

From the Erskin Caldwell novel

Ford's picture faithfully reflects the struggle and th ewildness of the Depression-day farm people . A clas-sic in its day, time has not dulled any of the sharpwit and realism of this John Ford masterpiece .

"JOHN FORD HAS BROUGHT HIS MASTER TOUCH TO TH EEARTHY WORLD OF ERSKIN CALDWELL'S PEOPLE . "

--N.Y. Times

SAT. NOV. 3 . 6 :30 . to :ooKITTREDGE AUD., 5.U. Cad rm .

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on one side of their bodies. One wasa young girl, the other a 67-year-ol dwoman .

Granada also cowed 60-year ol dMrs . Ba Shau, who was blinded by limethrown in her face by guards whenshe was held in the tiger cages onCon Son Island. Granada showed otherfreed prisoners from Con Son beingtreated by a former American Ai rForce doctor, John Champlain. Dr.Champlain described how variou sprisoners lost the use of their leg sby being confined in the cages o rshackled to their beds.

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POLITICAL PRISONER SVU HANH'S SON-GIVEN PREVIOUS PUBLICI-TY-SINGLED OUT FOR MISTREATMENT-NOWCRITICALLY ILL-FAMILY REFUSED VISITATION -CAN YOU INTERVENE ON EMERGENCY BASIS ?

This telegram was received recently by theIndochina Resource Center in Washington -a plea for help from a friend in Saigon . Ngu-yen Anh Tuan, 23, was arrested on July 2 ,1968 . In January, 1969, he was sentence dto 20 years hard labor for protesting the ar-bitrary jailing of his father and for demandin gpeace.

It is possible that this serious attack on Ngu-yen Anh Tuan, son of Vu Hanh, may be a tes tby the Saigon government . Thieu has re -leased Mme . Ngo Ba Thanh, three well-know nlabor leaders, and other personalities i nhopes of cooling down the world-wide pro -tests . Now, he is cracking down on othe rpublicized political prisoners to discourageprotest, making it appear hopeless and coun-ter productive to pressure for the release ofindividual prisoners .

This is only an indication of the effectivenes sof the campaign so far, and a sign that w eshould increase our efforts . By focusing onNguyen Anh Tuan, we may secure his releaseand defeat further crackdowns on other pub-licized prisoners . He is being held by Kon-tum Prison and is in critical condition.Letters and telegrams should be sent to :

Nguyen Van Thieu, Dinh Doc Lap, Saigon ;General Tran Thien Khiem, Minister of th eInterior, 164 Tu Do, Saigon ; Col . Huynh NgocDiep, Political Security Department, Saigon ;Tran Khiem Phuong, Vietnamese Ambassador ,2251 R St ., N .W ., Washington, D.C.20008;and to congresspeople .

AVAILABLE AT SYRACUSE PEACE COUNCIL :

Political Prisoners bracelets bearing the nameof one of Thieu's prisoners and instruction sfor inquiring about the prisoner

$1 .0 0

Bumper Sticker "Free All the Prisoners, StopAid to Thieu" 4" x 15"

$ .2 5

Button 1 3/4" blue on whit ematte finish, space for print-ing prisoner's name

$ .25

MILITARY RECRUITMENTThe Military Recruitment Information

Project has several plans for next month .The military academies will be represente dat College Night, Oct . 29, at HenningerHigh School . A leafletter from SPC will bethere too, trying to give students an ac-curate picture of such things as the 'honor 'code, military education, and the militarycareer.

A guide for high school counselors i sbeing prepared . This is meant to giveschool counselors a better idea of why peo -ple join the military and how well the mili-tary fufills their needs . Hopefully somecommunication will result, and thosethinking of enlisting will benefit with bet -ter counseling .

JROTC was an issue at "Meet the Can-didates" at Dewitt Community Church .Norm Ba la ba nia n, Liberal candidate for th eBoard of Education raised the issue byvoicing his opposition to JROTC for Syra-cuse schools . In response to a questionfrom the floor, all the other Board of Edu-cation candidates present stated theiropposition . They were : Constance

_Timberlake (Dem-Lib-Rep), Janet Ediso n(Dem), Jon. Buzzard (Dem), and EstelleDeBoer (Rep-Con) . An attempt will bemade to get the views of other Boar dcandidates .

When the Marine recruiters visite dSU this month, a Specter of Death anda leafletter. Thankfully, we were un-necessary: no one visited the recruiter.

SPCMONDAY

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MEN'S LIBERATION

29• It's relationship to the women's movement and sexism i n

general as seen by local men . Women and men welcome .

PEG DUF FLONG TIME

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PEG DUFF - ENGLISH ACTIVISTPeg Duff, making a national tour, has visited Viet Na m

5 twice; she will talk on the 1974 International Red Cros sConference, reconstruction in Indochina and the ban-ning of anti-personnel weapons (see article) .

12 the military budget . Come and give your opinion o n

GUNS OR BUTTER ? UNCLE SAM'S MILITARY TAPEWOR MA new 30 minute slide show by SANE on priorities and

it for possible SPC purchase.

CO-OPERATIVESMembers of the Syracuse Food Co-op discuss the his -

19 tory and accomplishments of co-ops in the U .S. andthe activities of functioning Syracuse-area cb-ops .

SOUTHERN AFRICA LIBERATION STRUGGLESA brief history, U .S. involvement, apartheid and co-lonialism will be discussed; what-you-can-do sug-gestions will be outlined by people in this SPC group.

6 :30 P.M.GRACE CHURC H

819 Madison St .

BRING FOOD TO SHARE .

IMPEACH

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Impeach Nixon

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Peg Duff is a name with which most Americans ough tto be familiar . For over 25 years she has been a dy-namic, powerful force for social change in England a swell as Europe . Among other things Peg has : worked . `with the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (whic hdeveloped the ® symbol)sponsoring the historicAldermaston marches against nuclear weapons ; help-ed found the International Conference for Disarma-ment and Peace (AFSC is a U .S. affiliate) ;visited Viet Nam twice and Laos once ; co-founded theStockholm Conference on Viet Nam ; protested the invasion of Czechoslavakia and the Greek coup .

As you can see Peg has been very, very busy . Per-haps we would know more about her activities if sh ewere a man.

Peg will be speaking at the SPC Monday Potluck o nNovember 5 . She will talk on the upcoming Internation-al Red Cross Conference (Geneva, 1974) speculating onthe liklihood of outlawing napalm, anti-personnel wea-pons and other war related horrors . She will also dis-cuss reconstruction in Indochina and related topics .It should be a nice evening .

On Tuesday Peg will meet with area media and tal kat campuses . Thursday she will visit other centra lNY cities . Her visit is sponsored by the Medical Ai dfor Indochina committee of SPC and the America nFriends Service Committee .

89, 000 RALLY IN JAPAN

Anti-war rallies were held in 169 places through-out Japan on October 21, in an annual demonstratio noriginally begun to protest the Viet Nam war .

THE IRS THREATENS

Last July and August, the War Resister's Leagu e

relieved "Final Notice Before Seizure " for $6, 00 0which the Government demands for income taxes th eWRL failed to withhold from employees for the years

1969,1970 . and 1971 with a 100% penalty added . It

has been the policy of WRL to not withhold taxe sfrom an employee taking a tax resistance position .

At; present, WRL is in touch with attorneys and i sasking IRS for a detailed account of how it arrive d

at the $6, 000. Demonstrations and protests ar e

bging planned around the issue of war taxes .

TRIUMP H

;An ex-Army doctor famous as one of the first toprotest the Indochina war from within the military ha swon reversal of his 1967 court-martialconviction . TheThird Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the convictio n

of Howard Levy on April 18 . Levy had refused to train

Viet Nam bound soldiers in S .Carolina . He was trie d

for refusing to obey a lawful order, conduct unbeco ming an officer and a gentleman, and conduct whic h

brings discredit upon the Armed Forces ." In a society witnessing rapidly changing manner s

and mores, " the Court said, " against what existin g

standard is gentlemanly conduct to be measured? "

The Court also held that the '.' discredit upon the ArmedForces" charge was so vague that it runs "counter tothe basic philosophy of criminal codes of all modern

nations ." Since Levy has been discharged, a new

trial on the disobedience charge is unlikely .- CCCO NEWS NOTES

NO TAKERS

In Fall River, Mass ., Army recruiters ran an tadvertisement offering a bonus to any young ma nwho signed up for four years in the infantry ,artillery, or armored branches . The bonus of$1500 appeared in the Newspaper as $15, 000 ,due to a typographical error. But in spite of thisamazing offer there wqs not one response tothe ad, although unemployment in the area stand sat 7.2 %, far above the national average . Resis-tance to military life, demonstrated by this ex-ample, is so strong that since the draft ended th ethe Army has fallen about 2, 000 men short o feach monthly enlistment goal .

_ WIN Magazine

"Hi Sam . This is Dick. I knew about every-thing from the start . Prove it . This tape wil lself-destruct in five seconds "

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CLASSIFIEDSRATES : Free if no money exchange involved (20 word limit) . $ 1for first 15 words . 10$ for each additional word . DEADLINE:Friday. Nov. 23 PEACE NEWSLETTER circulation 6 .000.

"WHY TILE WAR IS NOTOVER" is the title of the new slidesho wSPC is selling/renting . It's a history of Viet Nam in 4 partsdon.: by the Cornell Concerned Asian Scholars ; great for class -room or study use ; 60 minutes long it sells for $20 (rental $5 )plus postage . An invaluable resource on Indochina .

DISTRIBUTE THE PEACE NEWSLETTER—the antiwar newspaperof central NY — door-to-door in your neighborhood or inquire a tstores, offices,libraries in your area to see if they can be left(a free service for their customers :) each month ; call SPC, 472 -5478 for copies .

American Youth Hostel735 S .Beech St ., open after 5 pm, AYHpasses sold ; monthly meetings first & third Wed, monthly, 7 :30 .

Country roomates wanted for old farmhouse in Spafford, male orfemale, 45 min. to Syr. & 25 to Cortland, isolated, Call Mar kat

(607)749-2063 nights .

Christmas/Holiday cardsare now available from SPC at $2 .14/dozen; 6 different designs w'th 3 new ones from Ruth Hanks ; ca nyou you sell the cards to your neighbors and friends/co-workers ?a promotional packet is available for this purpose, call SPC .

PLOWSHARE the 3rd annual Craftsfair & Sale sponsored by SPCis scheduled for December 7 &8, at Plymouth Gong . Church ,232 E . Onondaga ; interested craftspeople should call Barb a t475-1480, hurry spaces are closing fast !

Joining? Do you have a friend thinking about joining the military ?Have her/him get all the facts from the Military RecruitmentInformation Project a counselling service of SPC, 472-5478 .

IMPEACH.IMPEACH NIXON bumperstickers available from SPC ,50G each, also small stickers with Impeach Nixon for 25$ ea .Mail orders should include 20$ for return postage .

Readers needed for blind student, call Mike Esserman, 478-2823 .

1974 : ART/MOVEMENT the beautiful wall or tote calendar of SPC .Spiral bound, multi-colored, a great gift, $2 .68 ea., $2 .14 ea .for 3 or more (including tax) ; 20$ for postage please .

HANG IN THERE a record album of songs about Vietnamese &Americans, written and performed by Holly Near ; availablefrom SPC for $4 . 82 (including tax), 20$ for postage .

Job Opening Broome Draft Counselling (183 Riverside Dr. ,Binghamton, NY 13905) is looking for a qualified draft/ militarycounselor, write them .

COUNTER-SPY the official bulletin of the Comm . for Action/Research on the intelligence Community (CARIC), a new mon-thly with subs at $6 for individuals, PO Box 647, Ben Frank-lin Sta ., Washington, D .C. 20044 .

Akwesasne Notes publication of Mohawk Nation via Roosevelt-town, NY 13683 (518)358-4697.

Puppet shows Punch & Judy Playhouse, 479-5264, call eves .

"Arts of VietNam_" souvenir poster available on heavy tan stock ;14" x 22" designed by artist Dorothea Sierra ; $1 .50 with moneygoing to Medical Aid for Indochina? order from SPC .

Poets A future issue of the PEACE NEWSLETTER will carry asection of poetry . Please submit your work at SPC . Poem srelating to the movement for social change would be especiall ygood.

SPC needs staplers, staplers, staplers, staplers & scissors .

Light trucking Reasonable, dependable movers; attics,cellars ,garages cleaned . 458-2634, 683-5866 .

EDCENTRIC

collectively-run radical education journal, need sskilled people . We especially need a man, to achieve' some bal-ance, but women should also write . Contact Edcentric, PO Box1802, Eugene, OR 97401, (503) 343-0810 .

FoodCoop. it's now and growing, if you want fresh vegetable sat low prices call Dale at 478-1536 .

TOR Enatural .organic foods 6,51IS waved ave . in ui tsoh

#Re • e 3ero5d5 -From Jaberw(ctl.1~J'►:~~'S ' ,,c,

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SPC Monday Pot Luck 6 : 30 pm at GraceChurch, 819 Madison St . "Men's Liberation" '

Onon. County Women's Political Caucus a tDewitt Community Church, 7 :30 pm.Committee On Southern African Liberatio nmeets at noon every Mon., 199 College Pl .

30 Tue Heavy Agnes Plib & the Steamrollers - Benefi tfor 1012, 8 :00 pm at Kimmel Dining Hall cor-ner Comstock & Waverly. Admission $ .7 5

Wed African Studies Association Conferenc ethrough Nov. 3, Hotel Syracuse and Everso n

Museum. Films, speakers. Diana Ellis(472-1884) for further information.

Thur Oliver Tambo, leader of banned African Na-tional Congress speaking at Hendricks Cha-pel, 7:30 pm .Mental Patients Liberation Project everyThursday, 8i00 pm at University Methodis tChurch . Don Karp (476-9435) for info .

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Fri Womens Information Center-meeting wit hmayoral candidate Lillian Reiner, 104 Avon-dale. Call 478-4636 for time.

DEC

NOV 1973 SPC CALENDA ROCT

28 Sun Food Co-op meeting at 1307 E . Adams St . ,7 :30 pm. Use basemen entrance off drive .

9 Fri Womens Info every Fri. Open House and RapSession, 8 :00 pm at 104 Avondale .

10 Sat through Sun, Symposium "Social Chang eThrough Creative Conflict" sponsored by S UNonviolence Studies Program and Center o nHuman Policy . Call 423-3870 for details .

12 Mon SPC Monday Potluck, 6 :30pm at Grace ChurchGuns or Butter : Uncle Sam's Military Tapeworm ,a new 30 min. slide show by SANE on prioritie sand the military budget . Come and give you ropinion on it for possible SPC purchase .

13 Tues SPC Steering Committee, 7:30 pm at SPC.14 Wed NOW meeting, 8 :00pm Dewitt Comm. Church .

18 Sun SPC Nonviolence Study Group, 8 :00pm a t355 Webster .

19 Mon SPC Monday Potluck, 6 :30pm at GraceChurch,Co-operatives. Members of the Syr .Food Co-op discuss the history & accomplish-ments of co-ops in U.S.& the activities o ffunctioning Syracuse area co-ops .

21 Wed SPC Liverpool Neighborhood Group semina ron leading creative conflict resolutio ncourses . 7 :30 pm, First Pres . Church .

22 Thur SPC Nonviolence Group supper meeting -Call 472-5478 for time and place .

26 Mon SPC Monday Potluck, 6 :30pm at Grace ChurchSouthern African Liberation Struggles A brie fhistory, US involvement, apartheid and colon-ialism will be discussed . What-you-can-dosuggestions will be outlined by people in thi sSPC group .

2k8 Wed Peace Newsletter mailing party from 5 :30pmon at. 924 Burnet Ave. Volunteers needed .

30 Fri Womens Information Center Open House &rap session, 8 :00 pm at 104 Avondale .

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1PEACE NEWSLETTER is a monthly publication of th eSyracuse Peace Council . Typing: Staff . Graphics :Dawn Martin . Advertising : Derek Manier & Art Wilm .Distribution : Dick Kornbluth . October Mailing Party:Joyce Brown, Ed & Marye Roickle, Marilyn & Marga-ret Caswell, Piers Miroy, Glenn Witkin, Bob Nichol -son, Becky & Marilyn Miller, Chris Murray, Sue Strun k 4/

SPC Nonviolence Study Group 8 :00pm at 35 5Webster .SPC Valley Neighborhood Group 7 :30 pm a t120 Crippen Pl ., Apt . 3 .Food Co-op Open Meeting . See Oct .

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Tues Election Da yWed War Tax Resistance Potluck supper meeting -

6:30 pm at 137 Clark St .8 Thurs SPC Nonviolence Group supper meeting . Cal l

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