DETROIT FREE PRESS
August 6,   1967
ENDLESS ESCALATION . . .
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f. More and more bombing, including population centers.
More and more napalm. More and more poisoning chemicals. More and more U.S. troops.
2. Forced hat-in-hand negotiations. Ignore the Geneva accords. Permanent U.S. control of South Vietnam. Terms
which the Vietnamese can never accept.
3. In other words, BRING OUR MEN HOME—IN BOXES!!
END THE WAR
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Immediate unconditional halt of all bombing in North
and South Vietnam, followed by a cease-fire on the
ground.
Implementation of the Geneva agreements, which forbid
foreign bases in Vietnam and require prompt withdrawal
of a!i foreign troops. True self determination for the
Vietnamese,
3. In other words, BRING OUR MEN HOME—ALIVE!!
WHAT 7 MILITARY LEADERS SAY ABOUT VIETNAM:
GENERAL MATTHEW B. RIDGEWAY.  c<—„
U.S. forces during the Korean War, writing in Look Magazine, 5 April
1967.
"It Is my firm belief thaï
or in our code that requires
into the stone age.".
there   is   nothing   in  the   present  situation
us to  bomb   a   small   Asian   nation  back
GENERAL DAVID
the   U.S.   Marine   Corps,
May 1966.
Mi    SHUllr     Former    Commandant
speaking   at   Pierce  College,  Los  Angeles,
"You read/ you're televised to, you're preached to, that it is necessary
that we have our armed forces fight, get killed and maimed/ and kill
and maim other human beings including women and children because
now is the time we must stop some kind of unwanted ideology from
creeping up on this nation. The place we chose to do this is 8,000 miles
away with water in between  ...
"The reasons fed to us are too shallow and narrow for students, as well
as other citizens. Especially so, when you realize that what is happening,
no matter how carefully and slowly the military escalation has progressed,
may be projecting us toward world catastrophe. Surely, it is confusing . . .
"I want to tell you, I aon't think the whole of South East Asia, as
related to the present and future safety and freedom of the people of
this  country,  is worth  the  life  or  limb  of  a  single  American   .  .   .
"I believe that if we had and would keep our dirty, bloody, dollar-
crooked fingers out of the business of these nations so full of depressed,
exploited people, they will arrive at a solution of their own. That they
design and want. That they fight and work for. And if unfortunately their
revolution must be of the violent type because the "haves" refuse to
share with the "have-nots" by any peaceful method, at least what they
get will be their own, and not the American style, which they don't want
and above all don't want crammed down their throats by Americans."
LT.   GENERAL   JAMES   GAVIN   Testifying   before   the
Senate  Committee  on Foreign   Relations,  21  February  1967.
U.S.
". . . bombing attacks intended to achieve psychological impact through
the killing of noncombatants is unquestionably wrong. Likewise the attack
of targets near areas highly populated by civilians, where civilians are
likely to  be casualt.es, is also  militarily as well  as  morally  wrong   .   .  .
"I believe that we can negotiate with Hanoi and with the National
Liberation Front confident that a free, neutral and independent Vietnam
can be established, with guarantees of stability from an international
body."
BRIG. GENERAL WILLIAM WALLACE FORD wmm
to   the   Editor   of   the  New   York   Times,   27  April   1967   (published  3
May 1967).
"The time has come, however, to strike down the implications that whoever does not follow blindly and uncomplainingly in the steady expansion
of this war is somehow unpatriotic. Stalwart heroes of the Army and of
West Point, who also learned well the motto 'Duty, Honor, Country,' have
counseled against a land war in Asia. One thinks of MacArthur, of
Ridgeway,  of  Gavin.   There   are  others.
"I volunteered in World War I and served every day in that war, every
day in World War II, and every day during the Korean War. If called,
I am quite ready to serve again. This does not release me from the duty,
nor deny me the right, of trying to keep my country on a provident and
enlightened course.
"I besought my newly elected Representative in 1965 to try to keep us
from further involvement in Vietnam. I voted in 1964 for the Presidential
candidate who opposed escalation of the conflict. I am still trying. I
consider  it  the  highest  patriotism."
REAR ADMIRAL ARNOLD E. TRUE   »>,,,„,„, the
Editor  of  the  Palo Alto  (Calif.)  Times, 3  March,  1966.
"We can end the Vietnam fiasco without dishonor by (1) dealing with
the Vietcong as a major party to the war, (2) implement the Geneva
Accords, (3) withdrawing our troops and (4) letting the Vietnamese settle
their  own   problems   ....
"General Ky is naturally willing to fight to the last American soldier
and the last American dollar. It is about time that Americans should
make their own decisions and stop blabbing about 'commitments' and
saying 'it is up to Hanoi'."
BRIG. GENERAL HUGH B. HESTER
cago   Veterans for Peace in   Vietnam,  8 May, 1967.
Writing    to    Chi-
I oppose the Vietnamese War now, not only because it is being waged in
violation of the U.S. Constitution and U.S. treaty obligations under the
U.N. Charter, but also because it is in violation of the basic interests of
the American people. The Vietnam War is not a war of self-defense or
even of general self-interest. . . . This is an illegal, immoral and wholly
unnecessary   war.
"And I hope that these veterans now working for a sane American future
will take this opportunity to set up an effective organization, perhaps
along a loose confederation line, to work for a prompt end to a war which
is betraying our great traditions as a free,  just and peace-loving  people.
"I know of no more fitting or proper task for men who have demonstrated their devotion and loyalty to the American people by risking their
lives in combat, than by protesting against the terribly dangerous and
unnecessary war the Johnson Administration is imposing upon the people
of Vietnam. Their action, I believe, in doing these things, constitutes the
exercise  of  patriotism   in   Its   very   highest  form."
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ED CHALOM, CHAIRMAN
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OUR MEN ARE DYING
War
BRIG. GENERAL ROBERT L HUGHES   v.s. a™* Re-
serve,  speaking  at  the  State  Capitol,  Madison,   Wise,  30 May, 1967.
". . . We are prosecuting an immoral war in support of a government
that is a dictatorship by design. It represents nothing but a ruling clique
and is composed of morally corrupt leaders who adhere to a warlord
philosophy."  ...
"In this new era of political unrest, we cannot police the worid, we
cannot impose our social system on other nations. We stand alone in
Vietnam with token forces from some other countries and mercenaries
from  Korea  paid  by the  United  States."
"We are losing the flower of American youth in a war that could stretch
into perpetuity. After four years of fighting we cannot be sure of the
security of villages three miles from Saigon, because we can't tell the good
guys from the bad guys."
"We are in that position  because we selected sides in a  civil war.
"This is one hell of a war to be fighting. We must disengage from this
tragic war."
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Vietnam Veterans denounce the war they fought in New York, 15 April
1967. Photo by Ted Reich.
THIS WAR AFFECTS YOUR UFE TOO
The billions being spenf to destroy and kill can well be spent tor
constructive purposes and yet your increasing tax dollars support
this war whether you like it or not.
The same reasoning that leads the Administration to rely on violence
to achieve its goal o-f "pacification" in Vietnam extends even into
our own cities where violence and frustration are visited upon the
underprivileged o\ our society. Why should Johnson be appalled at
the exercise of police force at home when he sanctions violence as
the  basis  of  his  foreign   policy?
Our government can stop this senseless killing now. Make your protest known in every way you can.
Use the coupon below to show your moral support.
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