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-Lew'is~
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"There are cOlUlanders on
this Post who have been substituting tyranny for leadership for the past ten years. 1t
General Alexander Bolling
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actlve-dutY~8erv1ce
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WHAT WE WANT
I. liE. DEDICATE OURSELVES TO FIGHT US IMPERIALISM
We uphold the right of all peoples to determine what is right for them without any foreign
interference. We support the world struggle of
oppressed countries, like Vietnam, against domina.tion by the·rieh countries of the ·world.
Concretely we urge our brothers and sisters
in the service not to support, and to undermine
in any way possible, the imperialist aims of the
US military. The GIA will struggle for unity
between anti-war GI's and the majority of American civilians who are also opposed to the war.
11". WE WANT AN END TO RACISM IN THE MILITARY
we oppose the racial discrimination in the
US military against Black, Brown, and other Third
World GIs. We reject racist training that brainwashes us to see other peoples as UGooks ", "slanteyes" or uDinks."
The GI Alliance is a multi-racial organization. We ~~~l oppose racism with interracial unity.
III. WE OPPOSE SEXUAL DISCRIMINATION
The GI Alliance does not accept the lies the
military pushes through Jodies and WAC and WAF
jokes about the inferiority of women.
We are
for full equality and respect for all women.
Most women join the milit~y,' like-men, for training; they should get it 'instead of being used as
office trimming for the Brass, or being placed
1n dull, meaningless jobs.
IV. WE WANT A 1-1ILITARY WHICH IS SERVANT TO THE
PEOPLE, NOT MASTER
We do not want to be used here in the United
States to break strikes, put down riots, and police
the people. In peace time :the military should be
used to work on projects of social construction
such as schools, low cost housing, transportation
systems, rather than meaningless details and irrelevant, but expensive training.
'
We believe in a military for self defense,
not aggression. We oppose the US military's in- ,
creased use of anti-personnel weapons such as he~~i­
cides, fragmentation bombs, and napalm. These are
weapons of mass murder, not defense.
The GI Alliance will cooperate with any other
groups, civilian or military, that are struggling
to build a new society where GI's would be used
for the people not against them.
V. WE DEMAND FULL DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS FOR GIS
We believe GIs should have the same rights
to free speech, press, and assembly as civilians.
We are opposed to the kangaroo court system of
military jUstice, including Article 15's and all
military class. privileges such as sirring and
saluting.
The GIA will build unity both to resist the
present harassment we face and to help create a
new society where a truly democratic Army will
be possible.
VI. WE WA~~ DECENT CONDITIONS FOR GIS AND THEIR
FAMILIES, ON AND OFF BASE
Lower ranking GIs are working people with the
same needs as other people. We want decent housing, clothes, food, education, and recreation facilities.
~e resent the set-up of most military towns
and their businesses which are geared to rip off
GIs. We understand that the Military will do
little to correct the situation and believe that
the only solution will be for.G!~'to unite in their
communities •
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MESS HALL MESS
C CO 3 RELEASED
The Three Company 'C' ,USATe, Brothers,
Truth-is-stranger-th~-fiction
The Ranger ,informs ~s
that the dining facility of Headquarters Troop/Air Cav Troop, 3rd
AGR, was chosen by Post Food
Service from five finalists for
,the Army's top award in food service
excellence,
.
It is· clear that Post Food Serv, ice did not ask the enlisted men who
eat at this so-called "dining facility"
'what they thought about it's "food
service excellence", The entire 3rd
squadron has been suffering from
near-malnutrition due to the steady
diet of grease-caked hamburgers and
half-cooked french fries shoveled
out on dirty trays by cooks who have
long since ceased to give a damn.
Although HHT food is slightty more
.conscientiously prepared o~·the whole
. than the food at HOW battery, both
mess halls suffer from a monotonous,
nauseous, non-nutritious menu. The
idea of filling people up with frenoh
fries (which are about the only thine:
you can eat in quantity) and big hunks
'o~ .. cake with white sugar frosting sO
sweet'it would gag a maggot is supposed
to re~lace a d~c~nt, fa~~ ~asting meal.
depart~ent:
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(SP/4 Skillings, SP/4 Rice, and PFC
Terry) who were arrested on July 8th
were freed the second week of January,
after doing seven months in the stockade because of the RACIST eln and ARMY
INJUSTICE,
As we all remember, The milltary .
attemped to railroad the three brothers
in their KANGAROO COURTS,on jive ass!
charges, for example: "Interferring"
with the arrest of another man in the
oompany, not to mention the false charges of "Assault"." Speaking of assault
during the trial, the defense l~wyer
One of the Brothers stated "publicizing our case won an important battle
for us, because the military knew that
our case was being watched by a lot of
GIs and civilians, and that destroyed
some of the Brass' pl~ns."
ii is very clear, that the Ar~
;tried to use the three brothers as
(scaPegoats·, to hold up in front of the
:rank and file GI and say a
see,this
is the price you have to pay for showing unity with anyone except the Army,"
Afterall the Army sends GIs to Leven.worth everyday for years of hard la.bor.
'-It's Pretty well known to every-body
that the Company 'C' case was a purely
political one, therefore the three were
,political prisoners, After he got out
for one of the Bro's asked the CID ag_ of the slam, one of the Three ran it
ent to describe the person that he had : down like this. tlAll the GI Bro's better
charged with assault and he couldn't!
unite,now, because you might ~,the
What kind of justice is that? The Army Brass next ;,o;itical Prisoner. He
was counting on the apathy and fear
-. left saying I m not finished with the
. Aray yet, not. by a LONG
hot.l.. . . . . . . . . _ _~~~"""'--Jl
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their imm~ra~ ~lices.
ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE
II
FLOYD#S BACK IN TOWN
affairs of an individual, to publicly
Around 62nd Supply Squadron all
discuss and make value Judgements on
you have to say is Col. Jones, and
this person's beliefs, or to make
you've already said too much.
wild unfounded accusations.
In the December FREEP Floyd Jones
Jones slandered this person
was introduced to you as the straightlaced, by-the-numbers inept commander by attacking his religion, and
accusing him of drug use and
Another aspect of the "service" at
of Supply Sq. Apparently some of us
general depravity,
both the HHT and HOW Battery mess halls weren't convinced, so Jonesy stuck
One point, of course, is not whethis the insane' chow lines. At HOW Batt- his big foot in his big mouth again.
er
we condone or support any particery, the noon chow line is so long (often
During a recent session of Commandular
religious group, but whether
more than 150 people in the line at
er's Call Jones made certain statewe
agree
with the first amendment right
one time) 'that those GI's with
ments which were insulting and into
freedom
of worship and active, cars are starting to hit the A&W
flammatory to many of the enlisted
ly
oppose
those
who do not.
in Tillic~. where the food is a little personnel under his command.
Air
Fo~e personnel are also guarbit better too. The main reason for
thi$ is that there are only the two mess
, halls in the whole squadron. The other
reason is the ridiculous meal card
hassle.
Nobody expects great things froa
My mass feeding operation, especially when its run by the Army. But
many GIs who eat at HOW Battery and
HHT are of the opinion that the food
here in the Cav is the worst they have
ha4 since they've been in the Army ~
anteed the right to file for conscienAnd it's getting worse, not better.
The HHT/ACT mess hall is now one
He slammed one airman by attacking tious objector status under the provihis religion and accusing him of
sions of AFR 35-24. The application
.of the finalists for the Sixth Ar~
being "on dope or drugs." Jones was
however is "For Official Use Only"
competition for the "Philip A Connparticularly
upset
that
this
airman
and not general information to, be blabbed
elly Award for Excellence in Army
had
filed
for
discharge
as
a
conscito the whole squadron at Coaaander's Call.
Food Service." Unless Phillip A
entious
objector,
and
further
accused
There is simply no excuse for this
Connely was responsible for feeding
him
of.wanting
to
get
out
so
he
bizarre
display of character-slurring
Army horses in the old days, we can
could
roam
around
the
country,
and
of
on
the
part
of Jones.
imagine he must be turning over in his
not
living
up
to
his
responsibilities.
Colonel
Jones
was not representing
grave right now. Maybe this is SODle
Many
persons
present
knew
the
indi62Qd
Supply
Squadron
when making these
kind of a joke. If it's not, and if
vidual
about
whom
Jones
was
speaking.
:rellarks.
He
was
displaying
his own
the HHT mess hall really is one of the
Jones
had
no
right
or
authorization
bi~otry,
and
intolerance
for
views which
best in the Sixth Army, then it's not
to
disclose
to
the
squadron
the
private
do
not
parallel
his
own.
very funny at all.
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r-1cChord
Free Press
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February 1972
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PERSONAL
On the 9th ,of November 1971 .
my family and I ~oved into a
house in the 8200 block of Maple
Street S~, Tillicum, WA 98498.
The house appeared rather old,
but livable to my eyes. The
landlord seemed to be quiet,
"friendly and reasonable, he
made many promises in the beginning, such as making repairs and
painting to make the house more
attractive. He also stated that
he would remove the rubbish from
the front and back yards. I believed this man, so I decided to
rent the house under those circumstances. The house would have
looked very comfortable if he eve~
did decide to start on the repairs.
Randy : What made you take the .
first house you looked at?
Joe: Being a.G.!. you have to
take the first house available
so you can start to unpack an~ be
ready for work the following day.
The house was in a good location,
there were stores right across the
street plus i~ was close to post.
•Randy: What approach did your
landlord use when you first met
him?
Joe: As I told you earlier he
made many promises on repairing
the house plus he did give me
the impression that he was really
anxious to make this house very
nice. He also said that he
thought alot of the American
.fighting man, and how he was in
command of General Eisenhower's
Staff Car. He did in fact mention
that he was a sick man due to:
his back trouble and the strokes'
he had. Well I felt sorry and
proud of this man.
Randy : What made you change your
.ainds about him?
Ruth: after we were living there
for about a week or two, things
started to change, such as the re~
pairs never got done or the rubbish
was never removed. My Husband and
I kept on reminding him but the only
response we got was 111'11 get on it
right away II • That wasn't so bad
but when the water pipes were frozen
every morni~g that's when I got
disgusted with him'~'
Randy: 'Why would ..the pipes freeze,?
Joe: For the simple reason that they
were not under ground. The landlord
said that he was putting in new pipes,
needless'to say he never did repair
them or make any attempt to.
He had ditches dug allover the
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yard and they were very dangerous
becaus~ they were off the main sidewalk going into the front entrance.
Randy: What kind of shape ,was the
house in when you first moved into it •
Joe: The house was ve~ dirty and
it smelled from a bad e>do:r •
There was animal manure allover
the floors and on the carpet.
The curtains d e w e n
pretty bad. shape. He promised to
recover the furniture and buy new
curtains. He did put in panelling in
the living room but he never did
'put the molding around the floor,
causing it to be very cold in the
house because you could see the ground
below from the holes in the floor.
The Bathroom and kitchen needed new
linoleum and paint and needed a new
type of heating system.
Randy: Did you have ·trouble. with
Rodents or bugs:
Joe: Yes, we were infested with
mice and bugs. I asked him to .
call a pest control but he didn't
answer. I caught at least two or
three mice a n~ght, and. I'J1Y. 8 m~nth
old son and my wife were bitten
by some type of bug caused
from animal manure, so the doctor
said. The ventilation was terrible
due to the fact that the bathroom window was the only window
in the house which would open.
The front and back yards looked
like a jungle with all those trees.
Randy: You mentioned to me that
you still had trouble with him
after you moved out, what sort of
trouble did you have?
Joe: After we moved he made the
s·tatement that some pots and{' ,
pans and an old' unpainted dres~er were missing. 'I informed
the man that I didn't have hlS
material, but he wasn't satisfied
with that~answer. he had to call
my wife and Battery Commander
to see if I lied. I invited
him to come over and see for himself that I didn't have his
equipment. He never did come
but he still called my wife and
-.ade a "pest out of himself.
t called him a number of times
but he refused to answer his
phone.
Randy: Well maybe he wasn't
home.
Joel He was home because 'someone
picked up the reciever and put
it right back down again.
I finally did get to talk to, .
hiM but he still re.rused to come
_~_l!~ see if I "had his junk. I told
him if he decided to come over
in the future to bring a search
warrant and an attorney.
I would also like to say that the
Oil Burner burned 110 gallons of
oil in two or three weeks. The
toilet backs up with a spray
when flushed. The other drains
also backed up but not as bad
as.the toilet.
The electrical fuses burned out
rapidly plus the electricity would
cut off when the w;res,got hot.
There are many other problems I
could discuss but I don't have the
time.
Randy: Thanks for the information
and it looks like you were another
victim of the IIHe'll move out
in a couple months II landlord. .
Don't forget readers Joe and .Ruth'slandlord loved G.l.·s and .
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drove for one of the great
generals of America. What does or
did your landlord do?
GIA is collecting statements like
this one for possible action against
landlords and to present to the legislature 1n an attempt to get the,
poor peoples' tenant/landlord bill
passed (see article page 6.)
February
Lewis McChord Free Press
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GOES
CHI
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A lot of people are wondering why
Nixon l-lould want to go to the People's
Republic of China--or, for that matte~t why the Chinese would let him in.
And yet, Nixon will be going to China
this February to meet with Chinese
Premier Chou En-Lai. The whole event
will be given lavish publicity by the
American media--65 television technicians from the United States will go to
Peking this January 29th to begin
preparations for coverage of the event.
And Walter Cronkite will be on hand
for the blow-by-blow account. For
something that is getting as much publicity as this i~s too ,bad that nobody
seems to know why i~s happening.
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CHINESE STEELWORKERS. IN CHINA THE WORKERS RUN THE FACTORIES.
HERE THEY ARE GATHERED TO DISCUSS PLANT PROBLEMS AND NEW IDEAS.
which has remained under the control
Ou.~.. C\.lQy \s -to hc\<\ Ol\f~~\~e$
of foreign businessmen, has plunged
;"{~f~A}c::,:\b\e. . . ~ i\\~.Fp\e-. E\Jery
further and further into poverty and
I~ t.\, eve.~:y a-ct Cl~'~ e.:"e~ y pO\'lc-y
starvation. All the attempts by the
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C~· ,"\U\'M \~ *'~ Frle.'.s. '\n"'tUS business elite toJdefeat thew Chinese, militarily and economically, have e~--e;X.s., c\.nd. \,. n{\S.~e.~ Q(.t:'ll\·) ~ey
failed--to such an extent that now
~Yl"'S\ be.. C-C{Y'eacc\ - -\\lCS \5 w\·\at
some US business men are screaming
! ~"r~C) .R$r~S\\>\e... T~ ~ F\")\L
for trade with China because their
(),e.cl\') :.>.
.
own trade is drying up. We have been
filled with propaganda about the
to'~O 'T5>£- \\JN6
miserable conditions of the Chinese
people under worker's rule--but the
facts speak from themselves. The rulBIG BUSINESS, NOT
ers of China are the workers and the
AMERICAN WORKERS--ESPECIALLY GIs!
common people. Their country is run
for their benefit, not for the benefit of a handful of billionaires.
It is for this reason that China is
Well, you can bet its not because
viewed the world over as the friend
old Tricky Dick is getting "soft on
of working people and of small nations
communism". Nor is the People's Rethat have been pushed around by the
public, which is the world's largest
US, the Soviet Union, and other "sup- .
nation run by and for the working
erpowers." That's Why the Chinese
people, about to bUddy up to American
entry into the United Nations was
big business. In fact, the American
met by a standing ovation, while the
corporation chiefs, represented by
United states was booed and jeered
Nixon, and the Chinese people, reand the Soviet delegation sat glumly
presented by Chou En-Lai, are looking
in their seats.
at this meeting in very different·
The meeting between Nixon and
ways.
the Chinese does not represe~t a
Nixon is going to China from a pos- "thaw" in the enmity between the US
ition of weakness. Faced with a mili- government and the Chinese people.
tary failure in Southeast Asia, a crumb-That thaw will only come when the
ling economy, the seating of China in
American working class runs the US
the UN, and growing competition from
government. This conference marks
the Soviet Union, Japan, Germany and
a retreat by American big business
other countries, Nixon hopes to'neutfor the 'time being, a sign that they
ralize one of his enemies and possibly want a breather, time to reorganize
two by playing China and the· Soviet
their forces, after the beating they
Union off against one another. His
have been taking the past few years.
schemes are pretty transparent; l~e
For the Chinese to take advantage of
doubt if the Chinese will be fooled
this fact is natural. And it is very
much by his sales talk.
doubtful that Nixon will be able to
The Chinese, however, view this
sell the Chinese a used car, much
meeting from a position of strength.
less a line of baloney about a "new
In the 22 years that the Chinese people era of cooperation" between the two
have been running their own country,
countries. That amounts to the Big
CHINA USED TO SUFFER FROM CONSTANT FA~~NE.
China has leapt from one of the poor- 'Bad Wolf trying to establish a "new
NOW AGRICULTURE IS THRIVING, AND CHINA S
est nations on earth to one of the
. era of cooperation" with Little ned
700 MILLION ~~PLE EAT 3 SQUARES A DAY.
richest--while neighbor~g Ig.<1ia, ,L.J.Ji",- Riding Hood.
F'e bruary
Lewis McChord Free Press
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in line. And we should use it whenA few years ago some GI discovever
necessary. If you n~ed help
ered a weapon we could use against
_
with
your
138 come on out to the GIA
the Brass among the regulations
Shack.
that are -so often used against
us. The weapon i~' Article 13 8 .
of UCr~J.
It says that any GI who feels
that he has been wronged by his
Commanding Officer, requests
redress In writing, and is refused can submit a 138 to "any
SUperior Commissioned Officer '
who shall forward the complaint
to the officer exercising general court martial jurisdiction,"
who in turn must forward the. complaint and any resulting action
to the Secretary of the ~anch
of service involved.~·
There are a lot of Commanders on this post who are getting
away with mes~ing'us over, we
should put them in check whenever
they try to screw us. The Article
138 is a pretty good way to keep them
NIXON ATTACKS
WORKERS
If ,you think Richard Nixon is the
working man's friend, talk to a longshoreman. A few months ago striking
dock workers were ordered off the
picket line and back on the job by
our beloved pre$ident via the Taft
H~tley (scab) Act.
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The result was that the Pacific Maritime Association got an
extra 90 days labor without
having'to meet the demands of the
workers. As a result, tpe longshoremen are back on the picket
line. In the wake of this initial
, failure of government/big business
to smash the strike, Nixon promises
more of the same. He has called
on Congress to end the strike by
legislative fiat and a dictated
settlement.
Shaun Maloney, president of
Seattle Longshoremen's Local 19
called it, "a wedge to destroy
collective bargaining."
Jerry Tyler aJ.so of Local 19
had this comments
"Nixon's program means nothing
less than involuntary servitude
for West Coast longshoremen.
We will be robbed of due process
of law. Nixon wants us to be
tried. found guilty and sentenced
without letting us appear in court."
~t will Congress do?
They
can opt to impose the President's
fascist solution or to re-lnvoke
the hated Taft-Hartley Act, both
of which'stab the worker in the
back. Since Congressmen, like
the President, are owned by big
business, do not expect any
pro-union decisions.
A lot of us who are getting out
of the army or air force will be
loo~ing for work.
When the necessity for decent wages and working
conditions forces us into a picket
line, then we will fully understand
the longshoremen's struggle.
Nixon's "sPecial legislation" to
impose a fixed settlement of the
longshore stike is more than an isolated
incident. It is in fact an escalation
in corporate capitalism's war on the
workers' right to maintain a decent standard of living.
Here's How to do it:
-----Write down all the facts
-----Try to get evidence, or have
witnesses or other people
who have the 'same problem
write down supporting statements.
-----Address the complaint to
whoever has general court ,
martial authority over your
commanding officer.
-----Ask for a specific action
to be taken, like an investigation, 'for an apology,
for your pay to be given
back or the CO to be relieved
of this command etc.
-----Send a copy of the whole
thing to your congressman
to make sure the boss don't
misplace the one you gave
them.
Remember, no one can legally
stop you from submitting an
Article 138.
'enants Lobby
A coalition of tenants rights groups
has introduced a bill into the Washington State Legislature which would create
a state tenant/landlord bill. As of
now there are no laws in Washington
concerning basic sanitary or safety
conditions for rented houses or apartments outside of the larger cities.
There are people allover the state
who have housing problems and no laws
to protect them. If passed, this bill
would go a long way toward protecting
us from greedy landlords and lousy
housing.
The Bill has good teeth in it to
enforce it and make sure landlords
obey it. An example is if your landlord won't fix your toilet, you could
use your rent money to get the thing
fixed yourself.
Besides setting down basic '$tandards
for the housing itself, the law would
put stricter controls on deposits so
landlords couldn't just rip off the
money.
A similar bill was turned down last
year by legislators, who are often
landlords themselves.
The GIA is going to be working with
other tenant groups to get this bill
passed. Anyone who has had a hassle
with their landlord and ~ould like to
help push this bill should make a
statement for legislative committees~
(see example page 4.)
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THE GOOD, BAD, AND- UGLYThe following is an evaluation
of the landlords in Tillicum. The
idea of this list came from people
who have asked us about good places
to rent because off post housing
. referrals waren Wt much to rely on•.
we hope people new to the area can
use it to find decent places to
live. We also hope landlords who
do not get favorable mention will
get the hint and fix up their
houses or aPartments.
All the following information
about each landlord was collected
by talking to people who rent now
or have rented from them. The list
is not complete.
Tenants in Tilllcum who disagree with our ratings or have
information about any of these
landlords or others who have not
.been named please contact GIA so
we can' complete the list.
Interstate Realty- The rent is high·
for a newer big apartment building.
Watch out for a tric,y rental agree-.
ment pe!fect for them. to rip off GIs.
r~. Keatings- Is a good landlord who
makes rePairs, and has fair rent.
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that are falling aPart.'
Mrs. Olson Rents over 500 units in ~
the area, sOlRe good., some bad. She
Bruce Campbell - Owns a clean duplex
doesn't rent' to people if' she doesn't
that has moderate rent. One of the
like their looks. She is known to
few decent places post housing
harrass tenants, call their commanding
recommends.
officer to settle ~roblems and feels she
Pete Doust - The rent is reasonable
has the power of the Inspector General
and he is good at making rePairs. Pete whenever she feels like it. Many of
and his wife do a lot to help out
Mrs. Olson's tenants got her name from
their tenants.
Post Housing.
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Bernie Duesterbeck- Manages places
recommended by Fort Lewis Housing
but we think they are several rundown shacks crammed on a small lot
that n~eds a,new sewage system.
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are few rePairs, the furniture is'
raunchy, the heating is bad and the:
trailers are fire traps.
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FREE
FLIC 5
The free movies are on again for
the month of February. The month
will start out on the 3rd with a
special of two flicks--Winter
Soldier and Only the Beginning.
The first is based on testimony
of Viet vets at the Winter Soldier
Investigation into war crimes
in South· East Asia committed by
the US Army. The investlgation was
held in betroit last year and
caused discussion around the world
as the Pentagon denied everything
and in effect called the vets liars.
Week after that on the 10th, we
hope to have a film showing life in
China..
On February 17th, the US-China
Friendship Association will visit
the GIA shack for a discussion of
the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army
and the differences between it and
the US Army. An example is that
the Chinese soldiers elect their
own officers. The Friendship
AssociatioD will also answer any
questions about China.
For the last week in February,
the 24th, we'll have a film about
a tenants movement in New York to
reclaim condemned buildings.
Housing was already desperately short
in New York when big business landlords and city government condemned
many apartments and moved people out
to make way for commercial business
buildings. Hundreds of people were
'left homeless and a movement to take
back their homes began.
Next month will start off with'
The Womens Film. From welfare mothers
to working women, young to old, black
or white, women in this country have
worked hard only to be considered
less important than men. Interviews
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with a number of women explain how
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struggles for liberation and freedom
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are impossible without breaking down
these ideas that divide. people.
Marsh Wardall - Has large number of
summer resort cabins that are inadequate
for living in ~ear round. They need
rePairs and the rent isn~t any bargain.
Another bad place that Post Housing
All Thrusday night programs
recommended.
begin at 7:30 at the GI Alliance
office , t5011 Union Ave.
Walter Wicoff - Rents are reasonable for
nice places.
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H'ewis hc~hord ?ree 'Press'
Fe'bruary 1972
Page 8'
·SURVIVAL NEWS
American GIs 'in Germany made over
BOOK rl.~~YI~'fi~ "~W--Two Year.s with the VC"
$1 million worth of free phone calls
during the 1970 Christmas season. A
. When 3pecial Forces Sgt George
, lot of people have been ripping off
Smith
went to Vietnam in early 1963,
the telephone company with phoney
he
thought
it was to save the "demcredit card calls because Ma Bell is
o~ra
tiq"
Diem
regime from the
a rip-off company. 14a Bell, you reChinese
Communists.
Set down in
member, is the company that was whia
sugar
plantation
owned
by Diem's
,ning about how she needed to raise
sister-in-law,
Madame
Nhu,
he grew
the phone rates because the striking
,frustrated
and
cynical.
Then
employees were going to cut into her'
guerrilla regulars overran his
profit by getting a little more pay.
camp
in a perfectly executed night
Finally the government allowed the
attack. He was a prisoner of the
phone company to raise its rates
Viet Cont'!:.
right before the wage-price' freeze.
Smith spent two years as a POW,
So what happened is that Ma Bell got
moving
from camp to camp in the
more income but never paid the emplomiddle
of the jungle. Impressed
yees their raise, since the wage
the
beginning by the VC milifrom
freeze conveniently wouldn't allow
tary
proficiency
he slOWly overit. Rich got richer~ poor got poorer.
came
his
Green
Beret
"Arrogance"
The technique people use to get
and
learned
to
see
the
VC as
revenge on Ma Bell is to call the
good
people--warm,
just,
humane,
operator from a pay phone, tell her
sincere
and
so
highly
motivated
the phone number you want to call
that they seemed a different
and tpe credit card number you're
culture
from the ARVN troops he
charging tQe call to: you get a free
was
sent
to train. It would be
phone call.
difficult
to imagime a worse posIn 1972 the credit card number
ition
from
which to develop a
consists of ten digits and'a letter
sympathetic
picture of the VC,
as follows: XXX-XXXX YYY A. The X~
but
this
is
what
Smith has done.
stand for a telephone number. YYY
Smith was lucky--he was among
is an accounting number wh~ch depends
a group of POWs released in
on where the telephone number is loresponse to actions of the Amercated, for example, '16; is for Seattle
ican anti-war movement. The
035 is Atlanta, 167 is Berkeley-OakArmy freaked out when these guys
l~nd, aId 182 is L.A. ~The A stands
returned. They ran it down just
for a validating ,code which matches
like it was and the truth did not
the fourth digit of the phone number:
matoh the propaganda that Washl-Z
6-H
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ington was cranking out to ' the
2-J
7-U
American
public. After being
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held
prisoner
and hassled by the
4-s 9-A
US
Army
on
Okinawa
for about 6
5-D O-x
was
finally
given a
months,
he
-"'hus the credit card number f'or
general
discharge.
He
was warned
the Seattle Police Dept, whose phone
not
to
tell
anyone
what
kind of
is ,.583-2000 would be 583-2000-163-J
discharge he got or make any
The credit. card number for the Seattle
statements to the press about
Chamber of Commerce, whose phone is
his experiences or he would be
6~2-5600 would be '622-5000-163-D
tried
for "giving ald to the enemy"
The phone company is aware that
read to him while he
a
charge
sometimes this information falls into
was
beinliC
held on Okinawa.
the hands of people unauthorized to
In spite of the official threats
make credit card calls. Therefore
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his book, called "POvl--Two Years
they have a special Kredii Kard
with the Vietcong," ha.s just been
Korps called CTI to track down phony
released by Ramparts Press. There
,calls. The CTI doesn't have much
is a copy down at the GIA shack
trouble catching people who: call
which people can borrow to read.
from a home phone; call person to perIt should be in bookstores in the
son; "g~ve, a wrong sequence of numbers;
near future.
use the same number over and over;
are ratted on by the people they called;
,or who do not act like a proper businessman/woman when talking to the operator.
Remember! Using Phony credit card
numbers to o~ll FRE~ anywhere you want
is illegal! The survival column does
Lewis MoChord FREE PRESS,
'not suggest that anyone rip off Ma Bell
BOX 411
any more than we encourage people to
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rip off the military.
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AR 381-135 and AFR 35-10 all GIs
have the right to any written
matter they desire in the mail
and have the right to keep any
books, newspapers or pamphlets
they want.
Some of the guys of the 58th
Signal Bn. got together and wrote
their Coloriel a letter telling
himjus~ what they thought "of him
and left it on his' desk. They never
did receive a thank you note from
him••••Drill Sergeant Harner the'
Captain Kangaroo of A-l-1 has a
period of every day set aside for,
his men's enjoyment, he calls it
1:'T A GO GO TIl1E •••• A special award
this month goes to Colonel Hawk of
58 Signal Battalion for his untiring, diligent, and unsucessful
efforts to burn one of the FREEP
editors before he ETSed. For his
award he will receive, in the mail,
free of charge, for the rest of his
life, wherever he is ttationed, no
matter how he tries to hide, every
copy of the Free Press that is
published. Congratulations
Colonel on being named a winner,
which you surely are.