1971_05 The Daily Collegian May 1971

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Bay area Asian group hits Calley
be brought to trial.
Our own self-proclalroed Nur-
enberg and YamashlU doctrines
To the President of the
SUtes and the American people:
We Asian Americans are sickened and angered by the spectacle, generated by the American ' sponsible for atrocities commlt-
people and supported by the Pres- ted by bis troops, even If he did
ldent of the United SUtes, where not order them and even If he
a confessed murderer of at least had no direct knowledge of them,
twenty-two human beings has Ultimately, you, Mr. President,
been made Into a national hero as Coromander-In-Chlef, must be
and set free pending appeal.
Must we remind you, and the
American people, that Lt. William Calley has been tried, convicted, and sentenced by a Jury
of bis military peel's of having
murdered ln cold blood at least
twenty-two unarmed and unre-
sistlng old men, women, children,
and   babies   ln   theti
beings - human beings with aU
tbe same longings shared by any
American for a happy life, for a
family, and a home. But these
human Uves were summarily and
brutally extinguished by Lt. Calley and others under his command. We, as Americans of Asian
ancestry, can see li» the faces of
the murdered children, our own
children; and in Ihe faces of the
.   Is   it
held responsible. Indeed, wee
cuted Prime Minister HIdeklToJo
for war crimes committed by
his nation, although Tojo himself
never killed anyone.
The United S
Is held responsible If 'troops, or
! subject to his con
trol, are about to commit or have
committed a war crime,-and he
falls to take the necessary and
reasonable steps to Insure compliance wtth the laws of war, or
to punish violations thereof."
You, Mr. President, must face
up to your responsibilities and
you cannot cleanse your con-
that oftheAi
Considering the magnitude of
his crime. It Is incomprehensible
that you have set Lt. Calley free.
To us, Lt. Calley Is a criminal
no better than Charles Manson,
whose conviction was announced
on the same day. It Is Indeed
strange for a President who believes In "law and order" to destroy the very foundations of military discipline and Justice. Can
lt be that you and the American
people do not consider the My
Lai massacre a 'real" crime because the Asian people are less
than human? If this Is even partially the reason, consciously or
subconsciously, America Is in
deep trouble, for the ugly disease
of racism has consumed the na-
What dismays us the most Is
that even the anti-war people have
Joined the "free CaUey" movement. We agree with the charge
that Lt. CaUey Is a scapegoat
being used to protect the higher
officers. But this does not, In any
way,
Calley. Lt. Calley, along with all
the others responsible, must be
brought to Justice and punished.
After Lt. Calley, Capt. Ernest
Median, followed by Col. Oran
Henderson, and followed by Gen.
William   Westmorland, all must
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Yours truly,
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League, Bay Area
Community Chapter
By Ray Okamura, Chairman
-Reprinted from
Third World News
Ohio legislation
may drop slow
school children
Students In Ohio may not have
to worry about problems at universities, says Ohio University's
paper. Disguised as "progressive
legislation,* a bill in the Ohio
legislature win force studenU
to drop out of school by age 14
If they "do not show signs of
motivation' and how It win be
judged. Ohio ranks 49th ln the
USA In appropriations for education, the Black students noted,
and they further said that only
the sons and daughters of'Ohio's
wealthy class and rolddle-strata-
kneejerk aspirants" wlU be
served by the bill, which Is designed to corporation and bank
profits Increasing.
Oddly enough - or perhaps not
so oddly - In some cities Blacks
are pushing for psuedo-revolutionary educational changes
which will "release" Black students Into their communities to
work at Jobs which unemployed
Black men and women would demand living-scale wages.
-Reprinted from
"    Muhammud Speaks
LETTER
BSU puzzled over
counselors quitting
The Union of Black Students
finds It difficult to express the
feelings of many of Its members
when they received the news of
the resignation of B
BIU Thomas, who h
counselor for a Uttle over'ayear •
and a half was very popular among
the Black students. His popularity can be partially contributed
to his high degree of personal
commitment toward helping minority students attack and solve
problems of which many are the
fault of this Institution (FSC).
Speaking of Mr. Thomas, one
freshman stated that *lf he
couldn't do anything else he would
listen, which ts far more than
those "rufg•<?<»,.:: In EOP are
doing.
Another said, «l guess I have
grown to depend on him a little.
around like him.  Something ha'    .
happens every day, but something
good happens every day too.  But
nothlnc cood happens here."
Still ai
1 Thomas.
ed. 'It 1
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Kaata   Campua    Building,   I
unfortunate  this school has r
fused to provide the atmosphere
or   environment   necessary   to
cere Individuals such as Bill
Those selfish people
-ant to resign will be
fr. Dr. Fikes has been
here for a long time and Mr.
Warren will probably be here for
a long time too."
At the present there are no
details on why this abrupt resignation took place.  But whatever
who you »
 f the
Union of Black Students do wish
BIU Thomas the greatest possible
success th the future. And wherever fate may take him may he
continue to provide the services
which necessitate' happiness for
Union of Black StudenU
ay, May 10, 1971    THE DAILY
National Urban League strikes out at victim apathy
_.     .....    -,   „.,    i -««u.      u,   n„nvi.« .„\et anm in nrac-     Is available to them here and      nel, field agenU and volunteers     to the "even greater huroai
The National Urban League
charged recently that the press
and the American pubUc had
failed to respond fully to the great
human disaster, especially among
the poor, of the February 21 tornadoes which struck abroad section of the Mississippi DelU leaving 100 persons dead, 1,000 Injured, and 1,146 homes, businesses and buildings destroyed
or damaged.
■The National Urban League Is
greatly distressed at the Uck of
national concern which has been
shown ln the wake of this disaster," Clarence D. Coleman,
Southern Regional Director, sUt-
ed. 'The dramatic earthquakes
lh CaUfornla were far less costly
In human life, yet this specucle
has gripped the American Imagination and front page far In ex-
been given to the hundreds of
homeless and grieving poor people of Mississippi.
•Are we to conclude," Mr.
Coleman asked, "that the American public and Its leaders put <*
greater value on the opulent
dwellings of the San Fernando
Valley rich than on the lives and
bodies of Black men, women, and
children of Mississippi's Delta?*
The cotton land of rural Mississippi bore the brunt of the
human and physical damage. According to reliable reports from
Jackson, center of emergency and
reUef services for the area, over
90 per cent of those killed and
Injured were bUck and poor.
LEAGUE TAKES ACTION
James W. Bunkley, Director of
the Urban League's Rural Development Center, who went Immediately to the dlsasteV area, reported that while over 500 homes
have been devastated, estimates
of dollar loss have been relatively
low because the structures destroyed or damaged wereoftenof
substandard wooden construction, and the people had few furnishings and personal posses-
Mr. Bunkley has been working
with the Federal Office of Emergency Preparedness and the
American Red Cross to Improve
the established system for channeling   relief into the  stricken
"Normally, these f'agencles
seek out local government leaders and facilities when they enter
a community to assist Its cltl-
Mr. Bunkley said. "But ln practically all of these areas Black
people have been totally excluded
from the political structures and
are even highly distrustful of
efforts coming from City HaU or
the Court  House  to help them.
•Thus, at our suggestion, the
Red Cross and OEP are setting
up satellite offices out In the
Black neighborhoods and are letting people know directly that aid
now," he said. "Much of the damage was done in isolateeL.llttle
, settlements and It U tod*roucfr-to .
expect that these pooe folks, often lacking transportation, can
find their way to a relief center
miles away."
The Urban League, both
through Mr. Bunkley's efforts and
those of IU Jackson Affiliate,
have been Instrumental tn recruiting Black medical person
nel, field agents and volunteers to the 'even greater human dls-
to man the regular and extended aster* of tba social conditions ln
service centers. Fred Nolan, tha DelU araa, "which have ays-
Jackson, Urban League Executive Umatlcally denied the fundamen-
Dlrector, noted that Blackpaopla tal human values of this nation,
ln need of help-naturally are bet- which have robbed Una of thou-'
ter able to express their needs aanda of clUrena of human dig-
to other Black persona ln poel- nlty, deprived them of basic
tlons of responslblUty ln tba health and education, and other-
area, wise held them ln virtual peon-
Tax refusal is the last stage of civil disobedience
against policies of war  and destruction
FSC students
help Reagan
in hard times
A student group at Fresno
State College has launched adrlve
to collect canned food and old
clothes for Gov. Ronald Reagan
because Reagan has "fallen on
hard tiroes."
Reagan revealed at a Sacramento news conference last week
he paid no state income taxes
last year because of business re-
Mark   Zumwalt.      „
the ad hoc student committee,
said a table will be set up in the
Free Speech Area this week as a
collection point.
Zumwalt said an attemp; would
be made to donate the food and
clothes to Reagan on May 20.   ,
The name given the new campus organization, which has applied for official recognition in
the Student Activities. Office, Is
the Ad Hoc Committee for the
Preservation of the Dignity of the
Chief Executive of the Sovereign
Duchy of California.
By Robert Means
■Every gun that Is made, every
warship launched every rocket
fired stgnlfles, ln the final sense,
a theft from those who hunger
and are not fed, those who are
cold and are not clothed."
-Delght D. Eisenhower - 1952)
When an Individual Is asked to
participate In some activity he
will Immediately ask several
questions. 'What do you want me
to do? Why? What will happen If
I' do what you want?" You are
being asked to help the people of
Vietnam, War Reslsters League,
and yourself by resisting a por-
tlcles appearing In the next several issues of this paper will attempt to answer the above ques-
Before going Into why one
shoud, or would want to, resist
the federal Ux structure, an Idea
of what tax resistance Is and a
brief history may be helpful.
Though tax resistance has been on
the American scene since the
Boston Tea Party and the WhU-
key RebeUlon of 1794, tax refusal
as a method of disassociating
oneself from war-making has
gained real strength only since
1947. Only then did a large number of pacifists begin to struggle
with the ethics of paying heavily
for war build-up. Even until 1964
when Joan Baez refused to pay
60 per cent of her 1963 Income
tax, Ux resistance as a method
of opposing the military-Industrial war machine was relatively
Unknown. This picture Is now
changing, and scon the picture ot
national defense eating over "
per cent of our national expenditures will also change.
It should be noted here that war
tax resistance, or refusal, is NOT
tax evasion. In almost all Instances, the war Ux refuser believes In the right of the state
to levy taxes for the common
good and general welfare. However, he also reserves the right
as a citizen to conscientiously
object to the raising of taxes for
the purposes of war and armament development. But; because
conscientious objection to the
r or the
resents the most profound, nonviolent suteroent against war
tbey can make. (Refusing Induction Is, of course, the strongest.)
It ts becoming clearer that such
a statement must be mage to
our government.
WHY RESIST?
Though each person has specific .reasons for resisting, all
share the coromon'grounds of
protesting what tsbelng done with
their money and demanding a
change In the way It is used.
Caroline Urie. who sUrted refusing taxes In 1948, has expressed her opinion on the subject as follows: 'We blame the
churches for falling to bear bold
witness against war. It Is true
that they have sheltered themselves within church walls, set
the Cross on an altar and offered
It symbolic homage. But what of
us who have accepted the Christian Injunction with aU of lis tro-
pUcatlons - to love our enemies
and overcome evil with good —
what are we doing about tt, we
who are too old to go to prison
for refusing to kill? This Ux
money for bombs — this Is not
Caesar's. It Is God's - the price
of the Ufeblood of our young men
and all the young men of our
human brotherhood. Are we not
morally bound to hold back this
Many have seen their hard-
earned money taken and used to
kill people whom they have nothing against. Marlon Bromley Is a
prime example: 'Again this year
1 have refused to pay federal
Income taxes because I will not
volunUrily contribute to the mass
annihilation provided by thewea-
se taxes buy! I do not
one Wiled In my name,
e has chosen an enemy,
ive no enemy. I do not
he notion that the state
no cooperation with the state's
assumption of Its right to kill.
I hope the sUte will relinquish
this evil death power."
Others see no effective difference between actually fighting
a war and supporting lt with taxes.
•God created man and roan created the state; and where the
commandment 'Thou Shalt not
kill' comes Into conflict with the
demands of the state, there can
be no doubt whom It is man roust
obey. 1 cannot continue to caU
myself a Christian and voluntarily contribute Ux money for
organized murder.'-Slgrid Perry. 'In the Nuremburg triaU,
the U.S. roainUlned the principle
that a citizen of Germany should
refuse to obey his government
when his government ordered him
to do an evil act. That principle
Is equally valid for the citizens
of the United States." - Walter
and Emllty Longstrelh.
For those like myself who Uke
to back up their moral convictions with rational arguments (so
we won't sound like religious
types when we discuss tax re-
wlth others) the government haa provided, through IU
Insane allocation of funds, support for Ux refusal. Regardless
of how Utile Ux one pays 57.5
per cent of it goes to pay for
wars paat, present and future."
This unreasonable expenditureU
draining much-needed money
away froro worthwhile projects.
Though more Americans auffer
from mental Illness than all other
lUnesses combined, the government can afford to spend only $62
million for mental health programs. Yet, ln Vietnam lt has
lost aircraft valued at over $0.2
billion - 100 times as much!
The Department of Defense Is
seeking $39 million for public
relations while only $33 mlUloo
was ailoted for environmental
health ln fiscal year 1969-70.
If you were to pay $l,0001n taxes
thts year 53 CENTS would go
toward cancer research and $2.23
would go for research and development of chemical and bto-
(Cootlnued on Page 4, CoL 4)
y for rr
force me to help annihilate the
state's 'enemy.' For 1 was born
not of the state, but of woman,
sired not by the state, but by a
natural roan. And I have not been
conveyed to the sUte, neither
body nor soul. Therefore, I must
decide the degree of allegiance 1
choose to offer the sUte. I offer
Gulf Oil's
South Africa
policies hit
The Task Force on Southern
Africa of the United Presbyterian Church mustered enough
proxies to attend tbe Gulf Oil
shareholders meeUng April 27,
1971, tn Atlanta, Georgia, and
oppose the company's operations
ln Portugal's African colonies.
Gulf operations ln Angola and
Cablnda on Africa's west coast
Is aiding Portugal against African
freedom fighters who have taken
up arms to achieve Independence.
Andrew Young and Dr. Vincent
Harding were among those challenging Gulf's policies.
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military Is not provided for by
the federal government (as Is the
CO. position In military service), tbe act becomes one of
civil disobedience. Like the actions of Thoreau, however, those
of war Ux refusers are open,
principled, and non-violent - and
thereby difficult to Ignore or
condemn outright.
Tax refusal, not paying federal
taxes, is what Ghandl has called
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military spending. Many, therefore, have decided to go to that
last stage. For women and those
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