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Our liberty depends on
the freedom of the press,
and that cannot be limited without being lost.
Jefferson --1786
VOLUME III, No.2
PuQlished by 'active-outy servicepeople from
Fort lewis, McChord AFB and Bremerton Naval
S~ipyard.
.
FREE TO SERVICEPEOPLE
DONATION
August 1971
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MY
DROPS
CHA GIS
NO WITNESSES
NO TRIAL
Authorities at Ft. Lewis have dropped
all charges against the six GIs who
were busted for distributing the
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The FTA Show put on by antiwar Hollywood actors and actresses
has caused controversy wherever its
been produced. It has played at
San Diego, Ft. Bragg. Monterey, etc.
The Brass have bumrapped it and
tried to drop the show at every~op­
portunlty.
The show's good. Jane Fonda,
Don Sutherland,.Peter Boyle, and
Country Joe are our people. Go see
the show; Its supporting us, the
hell with the Brass' lies.
Lawyers have asked cOllDlandel"s .
at Ft. Lewis, Hc Cord and Madtlan
General Hospital to let the FTA
Show play on their bases. There
has been no response fro. our
"liberal" leaders. At Hadigan,
Gen. Cortes, the special services
honcho, said the patients get
plenty of good entertainment and
did not need any !lOre. At every
other base the show has played near
the post the question was asked••
"How come Bob Hope and his war.
moDger cronies can get on any base
to 'entertain' the troops all the
way to the boonies. but the FTA
Show which has a different political
line is banned from every base In
the country'l"
San otego was a good example of
what's happened all around the
country. Over half the crew of the
USS Constellation petitioned the
Captain to allow the show on board,
just like he allOWS usa on board.
The answer was cleer-.Bob Hope yes,
the FTA Show no. The difference Is
that Hope sonds like the Brass when
he talkS while Fonda and Sutherland
rap like the people.
Most of us shouldn't be surprised to hear this news--It fits
right tnto the pattern. A while
ago the Free Press asked for per.
mission to distribute the Lewia.
He Cord Free Press, and the Bill
of Rights••we dld't get it. Some
months ago the Pioneer Service
Club was closed down when a lot of
us got together to rap about the
GIA and what was coming down at
the tl.e. In Jqne three GI wive.
were banned from the base after the
they gave an anti-brass rap at the
Rock Concert. The 1st part of July
six CIA brothers were busted for
giving copies of the Declaration
of Independence to people In front
of the main PX. Now they refuse to
let the FTA Show on ba.e.
All of the._ thing. show a
consl"stent pattern. But watch out
Brass. GI Alliance has decided to
take you on over the Issue of free
speech and other political rights.
Enough Is enough. As one of the
sisters in the GIA said, "It's a
hard rain gonna fallon Ft. Lewis."
And that'. the truth.
30, at the Maln PX complex. The
ten civilians who helped support the
GI Alliance action still remain banned from post. One arrested GI, SpS
Dan· Young accepted an Article 15 for
his part In the action. Dan ETSed
two days later. PVT Terry Irwin
refused .. Article 15 and a sUillary
court martial. He was to have been
tried by a special court-martial.
The other GIs had not yet been charg.
ed.
The GIs were informed that the
prosecution could not find a witness
to testify seeing the actual distribution. This is hard to bel.ive.
The GIs.and civilians busted had large
quantities of the Declaration of
Independence in their possession.
They distributed to 811 Interested
people, including the MPs a. they
arrived on the scene. Our brothers
and sisters continued to leaflet
while HP reinforcements were called
for. Upon arriving at the PMO, .
leaflets were given to the clerks
and CID. Even after everyone was
herded .into ~ells leaflets were
distributed through the bars to
passers-by
With hundreds of witnesses to distribution and quantities of leaflets
tn the suspects' possession, the
military has insufflcent evidence
to prosecute.
(Cont. page 8)
With Don Sutherland,
Jane Fonda, Country Joe
J1Ut~ust
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Strength In Unity
The GI Alliance and GI-AlrmanSailor Coalition have merged under
the name of the GI Alliance.
This Is the first Issue of the
Free Press published by the GIA, a
group of active duty service people
at Ft. L~wis~
_
Our alms are to obtain for
service people and t~eir dependents
. the baste rights guaranteed them
under the Constitution,·among which
are the freedoms of speech and
assembly, and to end substandard
living conditions and bad treatment
of GIs and their dependents.
We demand an end to harassment
and meaningless details. W. feel
the Army should be used to serve the
people and not to exploit them by
sending GIs to far-off lands to die
for the Nixon gang and the rest of
the leeches who make profit on our
blood.
We are opposed to the use of GIs
for "riot control" and strike-breaking
because this Is just another way the
government and the b~ass maintain
their system of oppression.
.
The members of the Gt Alliance are
. united In their efforts to achieve
these goals and realize that only
a unified group of GIs can be suc- "
cessful. Because we realize the
worth of every single IndiVidual, we
are opposed to the Ar.y's polley of
racism, discrimination and repression
at hom. and genocide tn VietNam.
The Gre.n Machine has deprived us
of our rights long enough. It's up
to us to win them baCk.
JOIN us IN THE STRUGGLEt.1
Oh Yeah!
I didn't really mind it when my
papers arrived 2 months after the
postmark (at least I got them). And
I didn't really mind it when the
envelope shO\'Ied signs of being taped
and retaped countless ,times with as
many ini tials. But when som~_ }ow. down * * * 'I: * ,lifer has the nerve
to take 3 copies of my Free Press
out then tape the envelope back up,
well brother, that makes me mad! I
.can't help but think that somewher~
stuck in a dark lonely corner of h1s
office is indeed a very small man,
with a bunch of plastic· ribbons and
medals on his chest, and maybe a few
phony stars on his shoulders, and
that jackass is reading a copy of
mr Free Press. Well, you know what,
I1fer? When your done with it, pass
the Free Press to the next plastic
lifer and let him get educated!
Screw you lifer!
DN
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leiters To Editors
iFree Press Peop Ie:
I have been moved by the Army to
/Ft. Sam Houston.
I would like you to send the paper
~own here from now on.
My leaving
idate is supposedly August 6th.
At
~hich time I will (hopefully) let
'YOU know my new address. However,
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at present I'm trying for a 212 so
!perhaps I will be leaving here
-Isooner--or later.
! I would have notified you earli:er, except for a few hass les whi ch
i! will explain if you continue read-1ng.
I turned in my resignation and
"isent copies to everyone I thought
should know. Then left only to be
picked up as I expected and actu!ally meant to. After going thru
I" channe Is" I made it back here and
JOW am trying a 212.
Here is an excerpt from my di ary
explaining the entire absurb trip:
I haven't got the exact thing
with me--I mailed it to a chick for
safer keeping, but here is what I
remember: I was captured ~1ay 13,
1971, 2:00 a.m. in Adams County,
·Wash. after hitch-hiking from
'Ft. Sam Houston, Texas. I spent
2-1/2 days in Adams County jail and"
then taken to Fairchild Air Force
Base by Air Police. I refused to
wear the fatigue uniform (I had resigned from the military), so they
put me in a segregation cell, in my
underwear. I remained there 5 days.
Eating there, sleeping there, never
leaving except for eating and a
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Dear Commie-Punk-Agitators:
Here's $10 for a subscription,
and $10 for a portion of your debts.
I like your paper, keep it up.
Yours in sympathy (I always sympathize with Slaves, having been an
indentured servant) •
AJ
ear Brothers &Sisters of Freep:
The heads here in the 512 really
ig the Freep!~The lifers hate it!
e try to turn as many people as we
an on to the reep. A cause like
urs cannot die in a locker somehere in VietNam.
We really dug the new issue. How
can the pigs label the Declaration
of Independence dissident li~era­
ture! They will stop at noth1ng to
suppress the truth!
We need your help over here •. I am
now E-2 again. That means noth1ng
except we can't seem to fight back.
Our rights are being abused and we
can't fight back! We are discriminated against! This shit must cease
now!
I am now in the final stages of an
organized work strike. I don't
.
think it will work. We just don't
have enough believers.·Too many GI~
are afraid of the Brass! The heads
will try, the juicers kiss too much
ass , the lifers--well, you can
. guess
the rest. We won't stop try1ng-Power to the People! Peace •••
JT
APO SF
P.S. Can I send some pics of the
pigs and lifers in action?
(fucking with the EM!)
APO SF
(Ed. note:
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S e a day. I was given a
bible to read, but nothing else-no paper, no pen, no cigerettes,
no letters, no phone calls. I was
"required" to remain in a small metal chair from, 5:30 a.m. until
9:00.p.m., then I could go to s!eep
(in abed!).
At Ft. Lewis, we were put in a metal cage at the Provost Marshall's
office and spent the night welcoming
new "prisoners". At one time, there
were 12 of us, sharing an 8' x 12'
floor and 4 blankets. The next day
or "evening" I was taken to Ft. Lewis
stockade. I was once again issued a
pair of fatigues, which I cordially
refused and was promptly put into •
Then locked up in "C" block. The
next evening, I was transported to
the ai rport by 2 guards and caugh t
a flight to San Antonio. My luggage
(1 bag) was left behind in Tulsa,
Oklahoma, and Sam Houston M.r.'s
couldn't wait for it (when I got it,
2 days later, half of my stuff was
missing) •.
I received and accepted an A-IS
(14 days restriction and 14 days
extra detail plus $30 fine.
UK
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Ft. Sam Houston
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Another Bust
For Distribution
Pvt Charles E. Hayes of the 513th
Maintenance Company was busted by
the MPs on W~dnesday, July 21, for
allegedly distributing a GI AlIi.
ance leaflet.
The leaflet was calling Gis together for a "Rap Session" and read
"The Brass ~as jacked us around for
a long time ••• Only we can bring it
to an end••• What are we going to do?
Come on over and rap ••• Then we'll
go from there. Bring your grievances
and suggestions."
Hayes refused to talk without a
lawyer and was released after 30 minutes. The next day he Was called in
by his CO, Cpt. Lewis, read charges
and told he would face Special Court
Martial.
The Army has not stopped its
efforts to divld us racially. In
recent months every case that has
come to the attention of GIA, of
people being caught with dlssedent'
literature, the victim'has either
been administratively discharged
or nothing at all has happened to
him. Hayes is the first black
person busted with literature and
the first person to get a court.
martial for it in over a year.
August "";;'
1971
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Recently the MPs busted six of
us for giving out the Declaration
of Independence (we later got off).
There the racist brass very carefully
busted only white GIA brothers,
going out of their way not to bust
the Black brothers.
When these two incidents are put
together we can glimpse an old, old
pattern. In the first case, the
brass is trying to scare Black GIs
into thinking that while their White
brothers can ·pass out leaflets and
Freeps, if Black people do it, they'll
get burned. The lesson Black GIs are
supposed to learn is that they can't
unite with Whites in the struggle
or they'll be ripped off.
The Declaration of Independence
incident showed how the brass tried
to make White GIs wonder how come
Black GIs in the same organization
don't get busted for doing the very
same acts. The lesson White GIs
were supposed to learn was to distrust their Black brothers and
feel uptightness towards them.
In both cases the brass' tactic
Is clear - a low-down attempt to break
the growing power of GIA by racially
dividing its members.
We don't think people should
be prosecuted for raps, or tryIng
to get their ideas together. The
GI Alliance believes in unity and
is not going to let the Brass isolate
individuals and vamp on them.
DEFEND HAYES, DEFEND YOURSELVES.
Child Care
For
Dependents
The army provides certain
services for Its dependents-Madigan Hospital, the PX, the
Commissary, etc. However, many
of us have fotmd that we cannot
conveniently use these services
because they don't make provisions
for our children.
A group of military wives and
some sympathetic civilian women are
petitioning the army for a free
chtld care cent.r for' -ntt ted
. faml1les (E-5 and under).
We would lite the army to
provide the facilities, supplies
and a paid, qualified person,
approved by a committee of military
dependents participating in the
,center.
We want to self-select a committe. of concerned parenta and participants to assist in making
decisions about our child care
center and coordinate a volunteer
schedule to help run it.
We would like an outdoor,
fenced-in area for play and hours
and a location convenient to us.
To find out what would serve the
people the best, the group of wollen
have been going door-to-door with
a questionalre for mtlitary dependents.
A lot of work needs to be done
to get this center for children,
so if you can help or want to
know more about. It. call 582-3204
or GR 5-2130.
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MP and CID cars continuously pat-
Freedom of Assembly Denied
On July 29th the GIA tried to
sponsor a Rap Session on the parade
field in front of the WAC Detachment. The purpose of the proposed
Rap was to get GIs together to
discuss ways in which they could
unite In stopping the brass from
fucking them over.
No sooner had the first GIs on
the scene gathered then the MPs
began their harassment. SUPER-PIG
Kaptairi Jerry Moore told the G~s
that if anymore of them gathered
together he would give them a warning to move on or else take a ride
to the slam. Kaptaln Moore then
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rolled the area.
However. as more and more GIs
began to arrive, they were discretely
redirected to a new meeting place
and were asked to pass the information on.
So. despite all the usual brassdirected bullshlt, the GIA held their
Rap Session after all. Which just
goes to show that GIs can overen
any obstacles as long as they're
determined and united.
See you at the next meeting!
Lewis~McCho'rd 'Fr~'~ "Press
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August 1971
P~ge 4'
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For another thing, most of us
GettiDi short!
when
we get out are still in the
As the countdown starts, civil.
under-2S
age bracket, which means
Ian life looks like rose. and the
vets
have
to buck guys who've been
only thing a short GI thinks about
,,,holding
down
ateady jobs for severis how fucked the AnIY Is and how
al
yeara.
That
makes It a lot
good things will be outside.
rougher.
Which is natural. Anybody who
And there's other reasons. Many
dread. the thought of returning to
'GI's
come from the classes that
civilian life and re-ups for 6 more
had
a
hell of a ti.e finding jobs
Is crazy.
ev.a
when
there were jobs--because
But the fact is that, while things
of
race,
low
educatlon~ pig record.
will never be as bad outside as they ,
and
other
things.
Or maybe we held
are Inslde--not by a long shot-down
jobs
before
we
came Into the
there's still some rough times ahead
man's
army
that
have
been snapped up
for .ost ETS.ing vets. The fact Is
because
of
the
job
squeeze
today.
that people are getting screwed not
But
the
.aln'r.ason
Is
that
the
only in the Army but all around the
US government has decided that it is,
country.
In its interest to raise the rate
The economy has had It. Th. US
of
unemployment. They shed many
is experiencing the biggest depresstears
about all the people out of
Ion since the 30's. Unemployment In
work,
but
It was Nixon and his "econthe S.attle Tacoma area, for example,
omic
consultants"
that made the decis 10-15%. That aeans one out of
ision to place the burden of rising
_very 8, 9 or 10 job-.eekers is uninflation right on the backs of the
able to crack the tee. These figworking
people, even though they got
ure. don't count those who have givus
into
the mess in the first place.
en up looking, are ..able to work,
peopl. who can only get lousy partti.e job., etc.
Nationally, unemployment Is over
6%, compared with 3.6% In 169.
Nationally for black or other
third world workera, the flgur 1
right at 1 in ten out of work or
higher--up to 20-3~ or higher in
so._ areas.
For Ex-GI., the national unemployaent rate ts 14%. And that' a
not even cool.
Ho. come veta are hav,lng such a
h•••l. getting jobs?
Well for one thing,' all those
great pro.lae. of the groovy skills
we are supposed' to l.arn in the
Nev Action Ar.y don't really amOne of the chief causes of Inflatount to much most of the time.
ion
is the war. What happens in a
And even when we do learn a real
war
like
the one in Vietnam, which
skill, such as mechanic, you find
Is
another
mess they got us into and
out mechanics are a dime a dozen
.ade
us
take
the shit for, Is that
outside.
billions and billions of dollars
are "burned up." They are explodedl
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~bl~up, shot out of the sky, and
shot rock-and-roll out of H-16s.
These are billions that could have
gone to some useful prupose and ~
created thousands of ongoing jobs.
Instead, Its one big waste. Sure,
you had a wartime boom for a while
with a lot of people employed in
defense. But this type of boom
which Is based on the waste of war
also breeds tremendous Inflation.
Since we are producing 500-pound
bombs but not new housing, the
price of housing--and for similar
reasons everything elsea-goes up.
Plus the govt. keeps raising taxes
to support the war. So. the working man gets in a financial bind and
Is forced to strike for more pay.
And you can't blame him for that,
although his bosses try to. But
~, then the same executives who complain about the "greedy workers"
go ahead and raise the price of the
new Mus tang t say, 8%. And the
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~~~;;;C;;~ ric -rise cycle starts again.
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So all through the late 60's
Inflation was getting out of hand.
In order to halt the rise in Inflation, Nixon came up with this
great Idea: throw enough people
out of work and cut the amount of
IIOney In ciroulation enough, and
prices will go downl
Well, he threw people out of
work all right. But the rate of in.
flation has kept right on trlpp-
ina.
W~at the government's economic policies boil down to is a vicious attack on our ability to make a decent
living and support our families.
Things are getting worse, not better, and our brothers and sisters in
the streets are now organizing to resist this continuing attack on our
standard of living.
GI's know what its like to be' given the shaft. We should support
workers out on the strike lines and
the unemployment lines. Someday
soon, we too .~y be out on the strike
line, and we wouldn't dig it a whole
lot if truckloads of GI's came in to
break the strike, like what happened in the postal strike last year.
The answer for us, of course, is
definitely not ~o stay in Uncle
Sam's Army. We can't be fooled by
the bribes the 'lifers are dangling
at us, like pay raises, and shit.
They will eventually want us to earn
that pay by fucking over our own
people. And that type of job "security" which is the security of a
scab ve don't need.
GI's are fighting against the man
in here, workers and thousands of
other Americans are fighting against
the same man outside.
We should also be fighting for
each other.
That's exactly what 'the man does
NOT vant.
I ooNT BELIEVE
IN GIVING JOBS
1b'PEOPLE WHO
AREALWAVS
,OUT a: WORK!
Lewis-McChord Free Press
. August
1971
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GI'S USED AS STRIKE BREAKERS
In recent weeks strikes have be:ome quite frequent. Western Union
telegraph workers, Bell Telephone
Company employees, the West Coast
longshoremen, the railway workers
to name a few. Besides the fact
that veterans are finding it increasingly·difficult to find a job,
what is happening in the labor
scene is important to GIs for another reason. Scabbing and strikebreaking.
This country's history is filled
with instances of military personnel being used by major companies
to destroy unions and defeat the
workingman. In ~892 the steel
workers at the Carnegie Steel Mills
in Homestead, Pennsylvania protested
wage redu~tions. Thousands of National Guardsmen were cailled
ional Guardsmen were called out to
put down the strikers and the strike
was eventually broken because the
workers and their families were
starved into submission.
In 1894 the Pullman Strike
brought out Federal Troops to help
run the rai lroads. The workingmen
were striking because their wages
were cut by 30 to 40~o! TIlis meant
stravation ",hen winter ca.rne.
Because of ten thousand soldiers
fighting for the bosses, the railroad union was defeated. A direct
result of the strike was that the
Army was increased in size to
50,000 men, even though the Indian
wars were ending and no conflict
loomed on the horizon (except for
the class war between workers and
bosses) •
Troops were used again and again
to break strikes in the early 1900's.
In the 30's, when the labor movement began growing again, troops were
used against the auto workers and
dockworkers.
Troops were used again and again
, to break strikes in the early 1900s.
In the 30's, w~en the labor movement began growing again, troops were
used against the auto workers and
dockworkers. The threatened use of
federal troops prevented a long railroad strike in the late 40's. Even
last year saw soldiers used as
scabs in order to break the postal
employees' strike.
Strikebreaking has happened so
many times before and it will probaIbly happen again if we let ourselves
be used that way. Contingency plans
exist for troops to run the rail:roads' and the docks. If the railroad
jstrike expands and continues for
lany length ~f time, its not hard to
:imagine units of the 15th Support
lBrigade, 1st Signal Group and 3rdAca:
-working on the'railroads.
) Already the .military has contributed the technical assistance to
'Bud Antle (scab lettuce grower) so
that he can efficiently ship his
crop to the market by air freight
.~------------.... while the rail strike continues.
We are told that the U.S. needs
a large standing army stationed in
this country. The Defense Department calls ita "strike force·."
Sure we're needed--needed to run
the country when the workers to on
strike.
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W\SSP,Cf{ OF ~·JO~~fC /tID mEl RFIIMI LI ES I\T
ItPlIDLICSTEEL IN 1937
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United Steel Workers contract
expires midnight, July 31st.
US Steel began stock-piling
months ago. and on July 29th shut
down furnaces to prepare for the
strike.
They are.prepared. We have to
be tool
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LewiB-Hr.Cb0rd Free Press '
Bust Book
,The Fifth Amendment to the ConstItution requires that no person "shall
be compelled in any criminal case to
be a witness against himself."
What it .eans to you Is that at
any time you feel you might say something that could have the slightest
chance of incriminating you, the
right to keep silent may be exercised
anywhere at anytime. And you do not
have to tell anyone why you think
that responding to a particular question might tend to incriminate you.
The Fifth Amendment is not the
only source of your rtght to keep
silent. Article 31 on the UCHJ restates the principle, and under the
Interpretation of military courts
provides some safeguards even broader than the Fifth Amendment. Article
31 ts so vital to the interests of a
GI that It Is quoted here tn full:
(.) No person subject to this chapter
may compel any person to incriminate
himself or to answer any question the
answer to which may tend in incriminate him. (your unit commander or anyone else in service can't make or command you to say anything.)
,August 1971
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ARTICLE 31
(b) No person subject to this chapter
lmay interrogate, or request any statement from, an accused or a person suspected of an offense without first
informing him of the nature of the
accusation and advising him that he
doesn't have to make any statement
regarding the offense of which he is
accused or suspected and that any
statement made by him may be used as
evidence against him In a trial by
court-martial. (In dealing with CID
or MI do not say anything even in an
Informal off the cuff chat. These
statements have been used successfully
against the individual making them
and some of his friends.)
(c)No person subject to this chapter
may compel any person to make a
statement or prGduce evidence before
any'milltary tribunal If the statement or evidence, is not material to
the issue and may tend to degrade
him.
(d) No statement obtained from
any person In violation of the articl.
or through the use of coercion, unlawful Influence. or unlawful inducement may be received in evidence
against him In a trial by court-
Martial. (this is dependent on the
Brass'not lying under oath. Take It
from there but there are numerous
instances of the Brass perjuring \
themselves on the stand. And you
know who the court will believe if
there is a conflict In testimony.)
The reason why a special article
was passed by CDngress to back up
a GIs Fifth Amendment rights have
been described by the Court of Military Appeals:
••• Its purpose is to avoid impairment
of the constitutional guarantee against compulsory self.incrlmination.
Because of the effect of superior
rank or official position upon one
subject to military law, the mere
asking of a question under certain
circumstances Is the equivalent of
a command. A person subjected to
these pressures may bi regarded as
deprived of his freedom to ~nswer
or remain silent.
Nottce that the affirmative
obligation is placed on the authorities to warn a suspect of his rights.
Once again we wish to note, DO
NO'r SAY ANYTHING WITHOUT YOUR LAWYER
PRESENT. A failure to say anything
cannot De used against you. What you
say can.
DRUGS- FALSE SOLUTION
The old U.S. we grew up in seems
to be disentegrating. Here at home
rebellions are sparking up everywhere. And internationally, other
countries are rejecting U.S. interference. Young people of all races
and classes are turned off by this
ne\'/ U.S.
But we are turning on to drugs as
varied as the problems we reject.
There are more and heavier drugs in
the Army than anywhere else in society. Mlen news~apers first were
discovering heroin use in Vietnam,
there were reports that up to 25%
of the troops used smack. Then the
Army propaganda machines began to
roll. News reports now mention
3 - 5%. We know different, though,
because we are in the 'Army. The
overwhelming majority of GI's blow
grass, and GI's returning from Nam
report that as much as 40% of the
military there have used heroin. A
pattern seems to emerge--the greater
the breakdown in our society, the
more people turn to dope.
The Army just can't seem to make
up its mind about "the dope problem." Lifers don't dig dope and
they hate dopers with their hip
ways and dress--and their anti-army
attitude. [n the long range, the
Brass sees that dope is undermining
the authority that keeps "their"
Army together. On the other hand,
the·tsras~ IS not completely stupid
and realIzes there is a lot of
a~ger that is floating in the air
WIth Cannabis smoke in GI hootches
in Nam and barracks here. If the
A~y really tried to stop dope and
~I s were no longer smoking, shootIng or droppi~g ~heir problems away,
some heavy, rIotIouS situation would
develo~ in the Army.
So the Army faces a really deep
problem in this dope thing. Nixon
has declared drug addiction
"AmerIca
. , s public enemy NO.1,"
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and
has asked Congress for over $100 million to set un "treatment and rehabilitation" programs. The Army rorn-
bles about keeping addicted GI's in
the Army until they're cured; and
liberal B.rass, like Bolling, have set
up Drug Centers. In the Drug Centers, you're taught how to conform
or at least find less drastic ways
of rebellion than dope.
If you can't accept the whole lifer
system, then maybe you'll become
something harmless like a Jesus
freak.
Generally, however, the Army's
method of dealing with dope and dopers is as inflexible as the way they
handle any prob lems with GI' s. In:'
short! the Army will do anyting to
get rId
dope problem includ.
.of the
Ing puttIng
a sugar coating ' on its
ugly face. But it will not and cannot do anyting about the real prO=blem. The vast majoritr of GI's hate
the Army and hate what It IS dOIng
In Vletnam and around the World. We
hate it so bad we'd rather blow our
minds than face the truth of what
we're faced to do and how we're
faced to do and how we're forced to
live, listening to lifers lying to
us and telling us what to do.
Real problems require real solutions. Hi. ding from the truth has
never changed it. Brother GI's, we
can change the system or we can continue to let the system change us.
Too many Vietnamese have died too
many GI's, there is too much ~over­
ty, racism, and inequality at·ho~e.
Don't blow your minds, brothers,
use them.
Fa.ge 7
August 1971
Lewis-McChord Free Press
co. B HOLDS
Anti-War Rally
POLITICAL ED RAP
Gis Gather
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A member of the Tacoma branch of
the Black Panther Party came to rap
with the brothers of B Company,
Sp~~)al Troops.
A ractal incident
flared up between a few of .the
brothers of B Company and some of
the civilians in Tillicum. The other
brothers'of B Company went to
Tillicum to their defence, being the
Black brothers they are.
The reason the Panthers were
asked to com~ was that some brothers
thought it was a mistake to go to
Tillicum, and some brothers thought
it was correct. But everyone thought
they should talk about it.
It was later decided that the
brothers had made a mistake by going.
:The incident was found out to be
,provoked by the brothers.
The repesentative trom the
Panthers told them that this was
bad, because their actions were
reactionary an~ they should have
thought before they reacted. He
also discussed Black GIs part in the
struggle. He also told them that
everyone Black isn't a brother and
you have to judge peopl'e by their
practise.
The brothers of B Company made a
mistake, but they learned from it.
And thanks to the Panthers, it was
probably a lesson they won't forget.
By having togetherness the Blacks
in B Company were able to solve a
T~
GdfiJBE
WAY 10 PREYF..NT
InNam
'A~gR;C11VE
'V ietnam' s firs~ anti-war rally
was held July 4th in Chu Lai.
U~FUL
Although the event was covered by
:~~ AMER~l~CBS news and Newsweek magazine, the
,WlM; MVl/ttru!.. .. ,story was never seen in the straight
F1?fE SPEeCH•. press • '
'RLOOB
The rally was held on the beach
at Chu Lai. The base C.G. announced
the rally would be busted. The
organizers realized that the UCMJ
prohibits demonstrating in foreign
countries. To counter this, they
held the rally next to the site of
the Brass' 4th of July program.
To the north of us in Alaska. the
The Brass had its pollee torce
Army is making another determined
ready. The 15th Rangers were on
effort to gag free speech. Since its
alert. They were even issued 19
first issue in May of this year, Ft
round of C.S. gas to squelch any
Greeley's GI paper, the ARTIC ARSENAL, potential riot.
has been hit with constant and illegal
":nBIlf1;".t.J tJ()p.nVrlft..:.1ftJ
harrassment.
It wasn't long before the paper's
staff was hit with all the repression
the brass could muster. Illegal
searches were conducted and even
single issues of the paper confiscated. One major reason for this was
because the paper chose Gen James
Hollingsworth, Commanding General
of the Army in Alaska, as its first
Lifer of the Month~
Not that he doesn't deserve the
honor. He was the post commander
~rnhlAm_
Whon mnrp R1Aek~ gA~ tn.
during the Ft Jackson 8 ~ase~ H
gether like this and rap,more underalso came through with this fine
standing of our problems will c.~e
quote. "I don't know how you think
about.
about war. The way I see it, I'm
Being Black, we all see the
just like any other company boss.
problems, but we have to get our
gingering up the boys all the time.
ideas together to change things.
except I don't make money. I just
This isn't something new. Theyrre
kill people and save lives." (Maybe
doing It all across the country.
there are some Molly Macguires* in
Our brothers l~ Chu Lal weren't
Our brothers right next door are doing Alaska.)
trlghtened by the scare tactics of
it. They have Black raps right in
In a show of appreciation for the
the Brass. Th~y came together 1400
their service club.
honor he received. Hollingsworth had
strong according to the M~'s headNow is the tIme to get it together. CiD bust Pvt Ed Jursenas. one of the
count. At one point a Navy tugboat
POWER TO THE PEOPLEl
editors. and harrass other member of
drove up to the shore and its entire
the s~aff. Inspite of the bust and
crew emptied onto the beach to show
intimidations. the paper still comes
their solidarity.
out each:montO. Members'of the staff
Our brothers In Vietnam are
are appreciative of the fine publicity opposed to this war. They are provthe Army has given the paper.
Ing their dissatisfaction with the
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Free press Is still only a dream
military and the Brass by refusing
1_1'11I an active duty serviceman.
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in the military, let's make it a
to fight, fraggings. riots in Long
I Send lIle the Levi s-McChord Free
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Binh Jail. and a show of strength at
I Press.
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Chu Lal. The straight press may not
J Enclo.ed is_dollars to help pub. I
The Molly Macguires were a secret
wish to cover events such as these.
Ilsb our paper.
t *labor
organization that offed reHowever, we will continue to carry
' __I'm a civiltan. Here's~dollars i pressive bosses in the coal fields
the news of our brothers and sisters
• for a supporting subscription.
of Pennsylvania during the 1870·s.
in the s tr'!l$le~..
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Trainees, you're getting ripped
offl If you buy your beer at the
Handi Corner B~verage Store on Main
Fort you pay 90¢ a stxpack. In
those branch PX's you pay $1.50.
Capitalists do the same thing in
ghettos - jack up the prices when
the people can't travel somewhere
else to to their shopping.
Since we're down on the PX this
month, think twice before you buy
uniforms, medals and other Army shit
at the PX. The Clothing Sale Store
is % to ~ cheaper.
Also, anybody else notice that
gasoline on base seems to always
more expensive right after payday
be more expensive right after payday when everyone has lots of dough
and fills their tanks? I heard
that the Army takes care of its own,
, we shoul d f tnd out who "1 ts own" 1s
and get some of our money back.
For folks that live off post,
the Oroweat day old bread place on
92nd St. is the cheapest, best bread
we've found. Nine loaves for 99C or
good stuff, 4 or 5 loaves for a
dollar.
Rumor has it that a UD (undeslrble discharge) changes automatically
in 6 months to an honorable. That's.
bullprlcky. If you're up for a UD
remember that only 13% of the
people who fought it after they were
discharged last year got their discharge changed. the rest were not
changed. There just- isn't any automatic change no ma er w a you
CO may tell you by giving you a UD
when in fact you deserve a general or
honorable.
Don't be fooled--Deputy Defense
Secretary Davl~ Packard said last
July 7th that if you~re busted for
dope by a urinalysis given for the
purpose of identifying drug abusers,
that evidence cannot be used against
you for a court-martla~ or Article 15
or for an administrative discharge
. less than honorable.
Somehow we've all got to survive.
That means helping each other along
when ever we can, whether that is.
telling each other where to buy
cheap goods or sticking together to
resist harrassment or protecting our
brother or sister from getting ripped off by the man. The best tool
for survival is unity. That's what
the Alliance Is all about.
FLICKS
Image thater. near Pt Defiance
Park, costs $1.S0-flicks comming
up the next few weekends:
Aug 6-7-8 "Dracula", "Ph8lltom of
the Opera", "Cabinet of Dr Caligari"
three horror classics with Bela
Lugos 1 & Lon Chaney
Al 381~135 and· AFlt 35-15
Ali·GIs:ha.,e the·right to
any writt.en _tter the1
desi".in the _i1. and
have the rlght~eep any
bOoks. newspaper.- ·01' paMphlets they·want.
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S1nee the opening of the new NCO
, club more than 90 NCOs have been ar! rested for drunken driving. A young
; state trooper has been waiting for
them as they hit the highway juiced
up. Go get em trooper ••••• A sgt. in
the School Command (known to the
. troops as the sheritt) has etelusions
t ot being a CIn agent. While snooping
I around some POVs he came across a
PFe's car that" hEld about 2:> FREEPS
and
Fed-Ups. He went scampering to
1
the CO with the news in hopes of
burning a "dessldent". Well he blew
it! Sherift, you can't go snooping
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CO had to apologise to
PFC tor
tbe
Sheriffs
invasion
of
his
Ir..... Have you noticed the newprivacy
pa~dy
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The evidence isn't insufficient.
! but neither Is the evidence of GI
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(contillued from page one) .
wi thout probable cause. The
! repress ion.
The General's policy
was stated by Harry Hunke, the
1 Public Information Officer for the
; fort, "all '~e want to do is keep the
~ installation from being littered and
protect the privacy of the Individuals." (You know Harry, that statement will probably be the high
point of your career.) Of course
Harry has made some other state- •
ments just as profound such as
I "any dissident pUbllca~ion• • • ~hlch
' would upset the morale of the ser;, vice,
-.. is what we don't want on base"
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c .an fort or someone
, won't have their privacy violated
II by being offered a leaflet. Dissent
wagons on post. After the hassle the
Ii is criticism. Without criticism,
MPS had trying to transport the GIA
"there would never be chang,Crltlclmembers distribuclng the Declaration
I sm Is more than a·first amendment
ot Independence, the CG must have
right. it is the highest form ot
,realised the Alliance is to big to
, patriotism. for it brings about
llhandle with squad cars. Wonder what
change when it Is needed. There Is
he will get When he rinds out the
no need for fearing change.
Ipaddy wat~ons are insutfecient
The General's actions leave GI's
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the "01 JtU'lgle Proverb" which has
always been the GI's Constitution:
"The Brass can do anything we let
Aug 13-14-15 "Darling" starring
them; we can do anything we want
Julie Christl, Dirk Bogarde &
without getting caught!"
Lawrence Harvey
Aug 20-21.22 ftA Streecar named Des Ire"
starring Marlon Brando plus the weekly
"Zorro" serial
UNDESIRABLE DISCHARGES
~
Fri & Sat @8:30, StU'l @7:30
In·the
past
year
over
14,000.
or
2.3%
The I.age Is no rip-off and Is the
of the EMs separated from the Army
only theater in Tacoma that reg~larly
received undesirable discharges.
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