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… his offer was made to accept it in a spirit of reconcil.ation. This meant two things: First, the individual had to step forward and request that he be accepted back into the community; second,. he had to indicate his willingness to again accept … need was for reconcilation. While no alternative service could match the hardships of the millions who served honorably in Vietnam, much less the sacrifices of those who were wounded or died, the President rightly believed that reconcilation would … no sound objection to doing the same kind of service as that performed by thousands of conscientious objectors during the Vietnam era. This · /Certain applicants to the Presidential Clemency Board received a forni · of immediate clemency even if …
… espoused world law. disarmament: denounced "the radical right." loyalty oaths. investigating committees. technology, the Vietnam War. the FBI and the CIA Of the m ilitary he complains. "we had generals strut the stage " (Center Bulletin. Oct. 1961 J … to destroy the university." ' ~:~ 1 7 He organized the March on the Pentagon, in.-. 1967, / which drew an estimated 55,000 Vietnam protestors,_./ mostly Rubin 's hippie followers who saw to it that window panes were broken in government buildings, …
… campaign and keep mistakes at a minimum. He will have to offer an appealing domestic program and a viable position on Vietnam. And, assuming that George Wallace is a third-party candidate--and I believe he will be--the Republican candidate … After being misled on many occasions by top Administration officials, the attitude of millions of Americans toward their federal government has become, "Who and what can we believe?" Republicans didn't create the Credibility Gap. … the Administration itself which dug the Credibility Gap and has proceeded to make it deeper and wider in a variety of ways. Vietnam gave rise to the Credibility Gap. It had its beginning when top Administration spokesmen repeatedly underestimated …
… Schedule, Thursday, January 13, 1977 Schedule whpr19770112-003 1/12/1977 President will present today the President's award for Distinguished Federal Civil Service Notice to Press whpr19770112-004 1/12/1977 President accepted the resignation … Press Conference whpr19770118-011 1/19/1977 Memorandum for the Attorney General from the President on the military Vietnam clemency program Memorandum whpr19770119-001 1/19/1977 Memorandum for the Commandant of the Coast Guard through Memorandum the Secretary of Transportation from the President on the Vietnam clemency program whpr19770119-002 1/19/1977 Appointment of three people to the General Advisory Committee to the …
… courts for such a purpose. Finally, and this is my most important reason, had I allowed indictment and trial to go forward at that time, and had there been a conviction, the question of whether and how much a single man should be punished … the past, the Democratic Party would have to explain to the American people just which party dragged the country into the Vietnam War---and then ran away and joined the peacenik parade--leaving the Republicans to clean up the mess. Finally, I … your old friend, Richard Nixon, why not show the same compassion and pardon those draft-resisters who refused to serve in Vietnam? I oppose Governor Carter's blanket amnesty or blanket pardo:· for draft-dodgers for several reasons. When these …
… of whom found his aversion to taking human .life to be persuasive. When his application was denied and he was scheduled for Vietnam he went AWOL. After submitting his applicat~on, the soldier was inter- viewed by a chaplain and a military … chaplains, legal officers{',.', .. doctors, and a psychiatrist.· He told t~~ "'-, .. psychiat17ist of his opposition to the war ·. in Vietnam and of his heavy drug use. The psychiatrist threw his records in his /1)-C'..-l// face and told him to get out of …
… have reached more eligible persons. Despite this, the need for a oro(;rarn has been satisfied and the A• 1S Hho served in Vietnam and fee lings of the estimated 250,000 patents, wives , trother s , iisters, and children of ·soldiers r,.:ho lost their lives in Vietnam. utmost respect. These arc individuals deserving of our ~~e are confident that the President ' s cJ.e~cncy program … II I .-ft. to have b een q uite generous. o ce He cons~'d er the scope or~ the Ii pro~ram ld On R an . ' . . h Vietnam War (which wou R to .t e ~ . a test of sincere .O"posJ.t1on ather than requl.re h nrar:t b 1 t~culate their vie~.rs)' t. e …
… Guests Legionnaires Ladies and Gentlemen • -1- I COMMEND THE AMERICAN LEG I ON FOR ITS CONSTANT PATRIOTISM IN PEACE AS IN WAR. YOU GIVE LIFE AND MEANING TO OUR MOTTO ''FOR GOD AND COUNTRY." PRES I DENT# I SALUTE YOU AND SAY FOR ALL AMERICANS: … SO PHI STI CAT I ON AND DESTRUCTIVENESS# IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE HOW FREEDOM AS WE KNOW IT COULD SURVIVE ANOTHER ALL -OUT WAR. IT IS EVEN QUESTIONABLE WHETHER A FREE SOCIETY SUCH AS OURS COULD SURVIVE AN ALL -OUT# UNRESTRICTED ARMS RACE. -5WE … UP BECAUSE OF INFLATION. BUT THE WEAPONS WE CAN PURCHASE AND THE PERSONNEL WE CAN AFFORD HAVE DECLINED • • - 20 DURING THE VIETNAM WAR, DEFENSE SPENDING CONCENTRATED ON CURRENT COMBAT REQUIREMENTS, SHORT-CHANGING OUR LONG-RANGE RESEARCH AND …
… States is very clear and very firm on the matter of the UN vote linking Zionism and Racism. We deplore that unfounded and unwarranted linkage. In my earlier statement on this subject, I said that the action in the Social Committee undermines the … various aspects of our trading and monetary relationships, as well as energy and relations with other economics. I look forward to this opportunity, and I feel that we, the other participants, and all the cormtries of the world stand to benefit … concept is, what type of armed forces you feel we need now, and how they would be used both on local wars, such as the Vietnam War or a possible conflict in the Middle East, and in a major direct threat against the United States? A. Your …
… trying to kill him, he could not kill in return. When he had exhausted his application for CO status and was scheduled for Vietnam, he went AWOL. After submitting an application for conscientious objector status, a soldier was interviewed by a … He spoke with chaplains, legal officers, doctors, and a psychiatrist. He told the psychiatrist of his opposition to the war in Vietnam and of his heavy drug use. Applicant claimed that the psychiatrist threw his records in his face and told him to get …
… Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library STATEMENT OF THE PRESIDENT IN ANNOUNCING A PROGRAM FOR THE RETURJ.~ OF VIETNAM ERA DRAFT EVADERS .Ai.~D MILITARY DESERTERS In my first week as President, I asked the Attorney General of the … being_sought as draft evaders or military deserters. On August 19, at the national convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Chicago, I announced my intention to give these young people a chance to earn their return to the mainstream of … building and betterment of our country and the world. I did this for the simple reason that the long and divisive war in Vietnam has been over, for American fighting men, more than a year, and I was determined then as now to do everythi~g in my …
… CONGRESS A GUNS -AND-BUTTER BUDGET WH ICH CONTINUED AND ACCELERATED THE SHARPEST UPTREND IN FEDERAL SPENDING SINCE WORLD WAR I I. APPARENTLY , THAT ' S "HAT HE AEANT WHEN HE SAID , "LET US CONTINUE . " THE PRES IDENT 0 I0 NOT PROPOSE AN INCOrl£ … $16 billion--a grand total of $51 billion more spending in just three years. Is all of this increased spending due to the Vietnam War? Oh, no! Lay aside the Vietnam expenditures and you still find an increase of $29 billion in federal spending between fiscal 1965 and fiscal …
… finance Cotton Promotion Defense Authorization Bill Congressional Resolution on S.E. Asia Spending as Usual March 16, 1966 War in Vietnam War on Povert War Agains Inflation War Against Taxes War for Advancement "Republican Appraisal" Fe ruarv 2, 196f... … Servicemen PresidentTs Recommendations for Child Safety Vice Presidentts Mansion Ecc~om- '('n Free W rld Shipping to North Vietnam Our Balance of Paymen s Fel::ruarv2", 1966 "Ta Ad·ustment Ac of 1966" Uniform Time Legislation Bank~~p c. in the …
… finance Cotton Promotion Defense Authorization Bill Congressional Resolution on S.E. Asia Spending as Usual March 16, 1966 War in Vietnam War on Povert War Agains Inflation War Against Taxes War for Advancement "Republican Appraisal" Fe ruarv 2, 196f... … Servicemen PresidentTs Recommendations for Child Safety Vice Presidentts Mansion Ecc~om- '('n Free W rld Shipping to North Vietnam Our Balance of Paymen s Fel::ruarv2", 1966 "Ta Ad·ustment Ac of 1966" Uniform Time Legislation Bank~~p c. in the …
… OF LAW AND ORDER WITH JUSTICE FOR ---ALL. WHY IS REPUBLICANISM THE DOMINANT POLITICAL FORCE IN AMERICA TODAY~ BECAUSE FORWARD-LOOKING REPUBLICANS LIKE BILL CAHILL ARE OFFERING OUR CITIZENS NEW PLANS Of ACTION AT ALL LEVELS Of GOVERNMENT./ … WHAT HAS HAPPENED AS A RESULT OF THE CHANGE IN NATIONAL ADMINISTRATIONS~ THE NEW ADMINISTRATION HAS MOVED TOWARD PEACE IN VIETNAM AND ELSEWHERE. WE ARE EMBARKED ON A POLICY OF VIETNAMIZING THE VIETNAM WAR. AT THE SAME TIME, PRESIDENT NIXON HAS SEIZED FOREIGN POLICY INITIATIVE IN DRAMATIC MOVES AIMED …
… Her mother or her grandmother. may have demonstrated for the righ to vote or in favor of prohibition or to protest war. Today's woman is concerned not only with the obligation of using the vote wisely, but of broadening women's … and the pursuit of happiness.'" There is no end to wars-one after another since the end of World War II. After Korea came Vietnam; now the Middle East is a powder keg. And Washington is looking for a way to help tum Portugal into the next Chile. … the CIA's intervention in Chile, and Nixon's secret promise to the Thieu regime to send U.S. troops and B-52s . back into Vietnam show that this is not true. We have a right to know the full truth. Let us see what the rulers really have in mind …
… part of his service) 1975 - Justice Department Content Available Online No Summary Description Extensive material on the Vietnam War clemency program for Vietnam-era draft evaders and military absence offenders and French's role as White House liaison with the Presidential …
… nationally and otherwise. I strongly caru~end the American Legion for its constant patriotism in peace as well as in war. This great organization has given life and meaning to our motto, "For God and Country"8 "Hang As President, I salute … sophistication and destructiveness. it is difficult to see how freedom, as we know it, could survive another all-out war. It is even questionable whether a free society such as ours could survive an all-out unrestricted arms race. We are, … is but simply because of inflation. The weapon~ w~can purchase and the personnel we can afford have declined. During the Vietnam War, defense spending concen trated -- and properly so -- on current combat requirements, shortchanging our …
… of Georgia, a state with strong military tradition, Jimmy Carter declared a day ' in honor of American fighting men in Vietnam as a reaction to the conviction of William Calley and the war protests throughout the nation. In his campaign for the President, Jiinmy Carter is aware of his weakness among liberals who threaten to support longtime opponent of the Vietnam War, Senator Eugene McCarthy. To address this weakness, Jimmy Carter has promised a blanket pardon for all those ~ho …
… between the beginning of the Nixon administratio ";\Ill ,\t. beginning of the Ford administrationJt~.i~o ieio~ ~•@R the Vietnam War had wound down, iJllltWatergate had occurred, the economy had changed radically, the ener ~ r e was such a difference … were working with him. Ford was a man who enjoyed discussion, debate, argument over issues and policies~* was remarkably aware of everything that w,as Anyone can send a a one~dimensional mem'lfto going on in the government. () -~o bring , ,J. the …