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… Ford Presidential Library. Digitized from Box 2 of the Charles E. Goodell Papers at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library VIETNAM OFFENDER STUDY CENTER FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME LAWRENCE M. BASKIR 1826 JEFFERSON PLACE. N.W. … and Goodell 1225 19th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Dear Senator Goodell: Amidst my work with Larry on the book about Vietnam-era offenders, I am preparing an article about the Clemency Board's legal procedures for the June issue of the Notre … system. However, in at least one area -- the sentencing of convicted criminals -- the system is wanting. Attorney General Edward Levi has accused the sentencing process of having "an acciden-tal quality" in which imp~isoned . 1/ offenders consider …
… may have intrinsic merit, but it is a sure-fire political booby-trap, and spoils the tone of this State of the Union. 5. My warmest wishes for a Happy New Year to you and yours. ' / 19 7 7 STATE OF THE UNION l~ESSAGE Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice … submitted, including the present one, we have not only checked that decline, but we have established a positive trend. The Vietnam war both materially and psychologically affected overall defense posture. The dangerous and anti-defense sentiment … / -26- I have been the first recent President in a position to address the long-term basic issues without the burden of Vietnam. The war in Indochina consumed enormous resources, at the very time that the strategic superiority we enjoyed was …
… to return the bill to the Senate. Foreign Relations Comnrittee for furt.hel," consideration~ th~ _Presic;Ient now looks forward to an opportunity to consult with Congress toward the objective of ac~eving and acceptable foreign assistance bill. … the humanitarian and security assistance needed to support our foreign policy objectives. FOREIGN AID Q. Now that the Vietnam war is over, can \ve expect a "peace dividend" and, if so, of what magnitude? A. The recent events in Indochina … any comment on the amendment to the Foreign Assistance Bill which would delay the transferring of military aid to South Vietnam from the Pentagon budget to the Foreign Assistance Bill until July 1976 instead of July 1975. Guidance: My …
… uses the Office of the Pardon Attorney and reviews the request, conducts whatever investigation is necessary, and then forwards recommendations to the White House. Before petitioning for a pardon, one who has been imprisoned must ordinarily, … If your intentio1a \.;as to heal the wounds of the Nation, sir, why did you ~ant only a conditional amnesty to the Vietnam war veterans while granting a full pardon to President l'IixiDm? ( ·Page 11 - #2 THE PRESIDENT: The only connection … QUESTION: If your intention was to heal the wounds of the Nation, sir, why did you grant only a conditional amnesty to the Vietnam war veterans while granting a full pardon to President Nixon? THE PRESIDENT: The only connection between those two …
… THAN I CARE TO CONTEMPLATE. THE OTHER DAY I RAN ACROSS THIS DEFINITION OF DUTY! "DUTY IS WHAT THE NORMAL MAN LOOKS FORWARD TO WITH DISTASTE, DOES WITH RELUCTANCE, AND BOASTS ABOUT FOREVER AFTER." A FRIEND OF MINE HAS SUGGESTED THAT r~AY TOPIC … WE START THE PROCESS WHICH ~11A Y LEAD TO :~r1UTUAL "' I CAN AND NORTH VI ETNAr~~ESE WITHDRAWAL OF A~~1ER TROOPS FROM SOUTH VIETNAM AND A POLITICAL SETTLEtvE~!I BETWEEN SAIGON AND THE NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT. AS YOU MAY KNOW, THE NIXON … TALKS WITH ENERGY AND SKILL. HIS ADMINISTRATION IS DETERMINED TO F I NO A COrv1PR0\11 SE WH I CH WI LL £~0 :TH=E KILLING IN VIETNAM AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE~ Vj ITH -. HONOR AND PERiv1ANENCE. IN THE MIDEAST, TROUBLE CONTINUES TO BUBBLE. BUT THERE IS …
… the back~round and political character of British writer and cameraman Felix Greene, producer of a film entitled "North Vietnam -- A Personal Report." Greene's film, which is called a viewin~ must by the American Communist Party • s offical … Greene clearly is a propagandist for the Communist cause who seeks to portray the United States as the ag~ressor in the Vietnam War. He also hopes to convince the American people that the North Vietnamese are a gallant little people Nho are beinr: …
… be achieved. The second questioner asked if there were any major areas in which the Vice President had a special interest toward Japan. The Vice President responded by making inquiry into how we might solve our immediate and long-term problems with … of some of the very high standards for environmental protection. (5) Rapid completion of the Alaskan pipeline and work toward the Canadian-American gas-oil pipeline. (6) In closing his remarks on this point, the Vice President reiterated the … Walter Cronkite) of the Tokyo Broadcasting System for his over enthusiastic endorsement of Hanoi's views when covering the Vietnam war; persistent critic of US policies and role in Micronesia; visited the People's Republic of China in 1971 and met …
… reduction of exciee taxes. May 17, 1965 Republicans favor a •eduction of excise taxes which were initially levied as a wartime emergency measure. If we are to have this reduction ir. revenue, we must also find a way td reduce non-defense … Johnson ha~ sat~ a . t~x increase would not be "primarily" due to either the high level of dpn-defei'lae spending or to Vietnam War costs. He said he needs the revenue. The latter statement has the ring of truth. He wants the tax increase as a vehicle for c~ntinuing his present guns-andMbutter policy. - \ \ I believe t~.~ican ·people are willing to pay for the Vietnam War but they want all the ·~at ~r~mmed out of the Johnson budget. I believe they would prefer •n a~sterity fudg~ t~ …
… by 1.7 million jobs, but remains 0.7 million below the September 1974 peak. Hours of work per week continued its upward trend. The data from the two surveys are extremely encouraging. They indicate that the economy has continued to … · disugreed,> . but· it. staowect· th~ ·presence of" a stranJle i~•Jtt.. · Some ofMr: Nixon:s staff are stiU in Many Vietnam war evaders are still in exile. The Vietnam-Waterg&tlt trauma exerts. subtle . influences; probably it plays a part in presi·dentiaJ candidates' -attack on· the …
… nds more were wound ed; others are still listed as missi ng in action . All Amer icans agree tl:iat deser tion in time of war is a major , seriou s off~se; failur e to respo nd to the count ry's call for duty is likew ise unacc eptab le. Recon … Sections 2 and 3 of the Constitution, do hereby proclaim a program to commence October 1, 1974 to afford reconciliation to Vietnam era draft evaders and military deserters upon the following terms and conditions: 1. Draft Evaders - An individual … society which were polarized by the protracted period of conscription necessary to sustain United States activities in Vietnam. Thus, only those who were delinquent with respect to required military service between the date of the Tonkin Gulf …
… malingerer. Next we hold it a violation of tht' nation's t·ommitmt> nt to justice and equity to so distribute johs and rewards that individuals who differ from the favored prototypes in matters of sex or race or ,·redenthds he denied equal … our own standards, and the overall record would look worse still if the years of strong demand during the war in Korea and Vietnam are disregarded. Unemployment rat~s among blacks, unskilled workers generally, and young people continue … of really tight labor markets were accompanied by rapid inflation. That was true during the Korean War and again during the Vietnam War. The inverse relation between unemployment and inflation does not mean that there was a stable trade-off between …
… 0. EASTLAND, Mississippi, Ohairman JOHN L. McCLELLAN, Arkansas SAM J. ERVIN, Jr., North Carolina PHILIP A. HART, Michigan EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts BIRCH BAYH, Indiana QUENTIN N. BURDICK, North Dakota ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia JOHN V. … Proclamation 4313 establishing program for return of Vietnamera draft evaders and military deserters, Sept. 16, 1974 ________________ _ Procedures to be followed for unconvicted … Steering Committee------------------------------------------------Killmer, Richard L., Rev., director, Special Ministries/Vietnam Generation_ Olsen, Jerel W., director, National Campus Alliance for Amnesty________ _ 212 224 263 218 220 216 209 -: …
… Post-Dispatch, the unindicted co-conspirator of the Washington Post and the New York Times! That awful "tyrant" Nixon, the Vietnam War are no no longer grist for the media mill so they now attack Ford and the C.I.A. page after page, thus paralyzing a … that the Pentagon is planning to use nuclear weapons on North Korea - which should have been done last time - and on North Vietnam, too. This guy is trying to pin something more on the CIA or FBI. Oh - victim%s of the media hatchet men - J. Edgar …
… over again in reViewing the cases before the board we have found that the applicants are not the stereotyped, ideological war resisters. For the most part, the draft viqlations which we have examined were not consciously and directly related to opposition to the Vietnam war. MORE (OVER) - 2 In the cases of Jehovah's witnesses and some others, there was genuine conscious objection to … how. " Based on the applications to the Clemency Board, it appears that the impact we have held in the past of the typical Vietnam draft evader is just plain wrong. I will entertain questions. Q Senator, is the image of the Vietnam draft evader …
… THE STATE OF THE UNION THERE IS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT AS ALWAYS, BUT TODAY WE HAVE A MORE PERFECT UN ION THAN WHEN MY STEWARDSHIP BEGANe - • -6AS A PEOPLE_, WE DISCOVERED THAT OUR BICENTENNIAL WAS MUCH MORE THAN A CELEB RAT ION OF THE PAST; - - … THE POSITIVE TREND WHICH IS ESSENTIAL TO OUR ABILITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO PEACE AND STABILITY IN THE WORLD • • -73THE VIETNAM WAR BOTH MATERIALLY AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY AFFECTED OUR OVERALL DEFENSE POSTURE. I THE DANGEROUS ANTI-MILITARY … - "'= • -75- -- I AM THE FIRST RECENT PRESIDENT ABLE TO ADDRESS ..... - .... LONG-TERM BASIC ISSUES WITHOUT THE BURDEN OF VIETNAM/ THE WAR IN INDOCHINA CONSUMED ENORMOUS RESOURCES, AT THE VERY TIME THAT THE OVERWHELMING STRATEGIC SUPERIORITY WE …
… for energy. Further, I will not hesitate to veto any new spending programs adopted by the Congress. As an additional step towards putting the Federal Government's house in o:::'der, I recommend a 5 percent limit on Federal pay increases in 1975. In … it, international cooperation is a vital factor of our lives today. This is not a momeht for the American. people to turn inward. More than ever before, our own well-being depends on America's determination and America's leadership in the whole … the discussion of foreign policy is the responsibility of the President. In recent years, under the stress of the Vietnam war, legislative restrictions on the President's ability to execute foreign policy and military decisions have …
… -a strong Antunes supporter -- sought to forestall any Communist attempt to take advantage of the present uncertainty. He warned that an attempted coup by Goncalves' Communist supporters would be 11 suicidal." Furthermore, he said, it would lead not only to civil war but also to a right-wing dictatorship. * * * Q. What is the Administration reaction to the events in Portugal this … the close relationship between the US and the Philippines and the undiminished US interest in Asia. Marcos said the Vietnam war had challenged the US commitment to the region, but the visit allayed the fears that had been raised in the …
… the President's program. Attachments TITLE 3 -- THE PRESIDENT PROCLAMATION . ---- Announcing a Program for the Return of Vietnam Era Draft Evaders and Military Deserters A PROCLAMATION The United States withdrew the last of (her) forces from the Republic of Vietnam on March 28, 1973. Our involvement in armed hostilities in Southeast Asia required reliance upon the conscription … of the Military Selective Service Act or of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, remains unresolved. Desertion in time of war is a heinous o:Hense; failure ..., to !espond to the country's call for duty is likewise unacceptable. The objective of …
… not of waste but of military muscle. The B-1 bomber is a prime example. I believe it is essential to our security to go forward with the production of this new aircraft, which has met and surpassed every test to date. It would rel)lace the aging … When I took office, America was in the midst of a constitutional crisis. We were still suffering from the bitterness of Vietnam, and we were faced with a deteriorating economy. The world was watching to see if we could recover. They knew it was … the first visit to Japan by any American President. We have remained steadfast in the Korean peninsula. We have put the Vietnam War behind us in a way which has protected our essential interest and maintained America's respect in that part of …
… resourc s. •' The Pr aident,. after personal review,. decided to sign the Indian H alth Care Improvement ct, and 1 m forwarding copy of hls Signing at ment,. along with our own thanks for the upport and lnt rest ln thl le lelatlon by th … ve t ken to stand up for th land and w ter rights of merican Indian people. ... Sine rely, Bradley H. Patterson, Jr. Mr. Edward F. Snyder Executive Secretary Friends Committee on National Leglalati n Z45 Second t e t, N. E. BCC: Washington, D. c. … nutrition, education, and social services for the young. In 1968 he Qroke with the Johnson-Humphrey Administration on the Vietnam war and ,hereafter supported all Senate efforts to limit fighting or military expenditures in Indochina. He has …