San Diego County
DRAFT RESISTERS DEFENSE FUND
P.O. Box 33544
; San Diego, CA 92103
DRDF NEWSLETTER JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1986 (619) 753-7518/282-9968
ORGANIZATIONAL NOTES
November and December, as usual, were very busy months for the DRDF. Fundraising activities
took up a good part of our time: We finally got our Peace de Resistance cookbook completed and
back from the printer; orders for cards, books and other items kept our staffperson busy preparing
shipments; we took a more active role this year organizing the day-long Peace on Earth Holiday Ba-
zaar in San Diego; and this year we were back doing shopping mall carolling to raise money. Educa-
tional activities also kept us busy, primarily in the form of high school outreach done through
Project YANO (see below). During the last half of December, meetings were suspended and everyone
took at least some time off for the holidays.
The primary topic of discussion in the DRDF, as we start the new year, is the future direction
of our work and the question of how we will finance continued activities. We're still in the pro-
cess of clarifying our future goals, and to help determine what we will be capable of doing, we plan
to send out a general fund appeal in February. When you receive this appeal, we hope you will re-
spond enthusiastically. As the letter will make clear, we feel it would be wrong not to carry on
what we began 34 years ago at the time of Ben Sasway's indictment. We will be counting on the
fund appeal response as a sign that you, our supporters, agree.
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RESISTER TRIAL UPDATES: Three years after his indictment for refusing to register for the draft,
Dan Rutt finally went to trial in Detroit, Michigan, on January 13th. After two days of trial, the
jury returned a guilty verdict. Dan had chosen to defend himself, primarily on religious grounds.
He remains free on bond while waiting for sentencing, and according to the Detroit Free Press, an
appeal is being considered.
On November 15th in Indiana, Jon Harshbarger was sentenced to two years on probation with full-
time community service required. When he was notified of his pending indictment in 1985, Jon chose
then to plead guilty before an indictment occurred, He has started his community service by work-
ing in a church-sponsored soup kitchen in Washington, D.C.
Soon after Dan Rutt's trial, the DRDF and a few other anti-draft organizations were contacted
by a Detroit television station which was producing a debate on draft registration for a talk show.
This illustrates why the government is not anxious to prosecute large numbers of people right now.
Though public attention to the issue is generally not very great, trials create publicity for the
resistance movement and cause people to focus on the government policies and actions that are being
questioned by resisters.
(Thanks to NISBCO for some of the above information.)
NATIONAL FUND FOR SOLOMON VICTIMS: Several national peace organizations have initiated the Fund for
Education and Training (FEAT) to provide financial assistance to non-registrants who have lost vari-
ous federal benefits under the Solomon amendments. (Laws introduced by Rep. Gerald Solomon [R-NY]
have made nonregistrants ineligible for federal student aid, federal job training and federal civil
service jobs.)
FEAT plans to work with local groups to identify low-income resisters who are suffering under
the effects of the Solomon amendments. Loans and other types of aid will be considered to help
such individuals. It was initially planned for FEAT to be ready to begin processing applications
for aid in early 1986 and begin providing funds by September.
The DRDF hopes to participate at some level in this effort. For more information contact the
DRDF or: FEAT, Suite 600, 800 18th St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20006 (202)293-5962.
CONFUSION OVER BEN'S JAIL TIME: Recent articles on the status of indicted nonregistrants in some
movement publications have incorrectly given 4% months as the time spent in custody by Ben Sasway.
San Diego County BULE RATE
Draft Resisters Defense Fund US POSTAGE
P.O. Box 33544 dawinnen, Ga
San Diego, CA 92103 PERMIT NO, 2095
ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED
We'd like to clarify that Ben spent 40 days of his 24-year sentence in the federal jail.in San
Diego plus a little under 5 months at the Lompoc prison camp. Early press reports which only re-
ferred to his Lompoc time may have been the source for the error.
According to the point system under which Ben was sentenced, he had to be considered for pa~
role within six months after beginning his sentence. He was the first resister out of the present
group of indictees to come up for parole consideration, and he was released only after doing the
maximum time allowed. Ben's case may be an indication of what future resisters with long jail
terms can expect if sentenced under the same guidelines.
SPECIAL THANKS: to the Peace Resource
Center of San Diego for helping the DRDF
manage its mailing list; to the San Diego
Alliance for Survival for providing their
bookkeeping-related help in past years;
and to our anonymous North County printer,
who has provided us with some very signifi-
cant in-kind contributions.
NOTICE: If you move and don't let us
know, your newsletter will be returned
and will cost the DRDF extra money.
PLEASE notify us of address changes a-
head of time, if possible.
SCHOOL COUNSELORS RESPOND TO OUTREACH IN S.D. COUNTY: The local Project on Youth and Non-Military
Opportunities (Project YANO) has found that despite pressures to do otherwise, some area high school
counselors are willing to distribute counter-recruitment and draft counseling literature through
guidance offices. So far, in response to Project YANO's. counselor outreach campaign (see last news-
letter), literature on non-military alternatives has been accepted at over one-fourth (17) of all
San Diego County high schools. This has been the result of an outreach project that included the
mailing of almost 300 information packets to high school counselors and career center coordinators
at 60 schools. Followup phone calls were made for direct contact with representative counselors
at about half of the schools.
In one school district where Project YANO was initially denied permission to give presentations
or distribute its literature, a meeting was arranged with the assistant superintendent who issued
the negative directive. After the meeting he agreed to inform all of the district's high school
principals that Project YANO could be invited into their schools. This positive experience, of
course, has been matched by some negative ones, which is not surprising in a community with such a
huge military presence.
Sample copies of the counselor packet are available from Project YANO at cost ($1.50). A re-
port will be available by the end of February which will summarize the results and give other de-
tails about the counselor outreach project. Groups or individuals interested in the report should
write to: Project. YANO, P.O. Box 157, Encinitas, CA 92024. (The DRDF is an endorser of, and active
participant in, Project YANO.)
ANNUAL BUDGET IIEARINGS FOR SELECTIVE SERVICE: According to the National Interreligious Service
Board for Conscientious Objectors (NISBCO), the annual budget hearings for Selective Service will
probably occur in April. If you are interested in finding out what you can do to pressure Congress
to cut the SS budget, contact NISBCO, Suite 600, 800 18th St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20006.
CAROLLING FOR THE DEFENSE FUND: For the second
year in a row, volunteers helped raise money for
the DRDF by singing carols during December, Last
year eight performances were done (2 hrs. each),
but too few people were involved and this, plus the
many hours spent rehearsing, convinced participants
to go with two less gigs this year. As it turned
out, several new people joined the effort this
time and there are hopes we will be able to expand
again next year, going to additional shopping malls.
Our thanks to all of the participants-~
they are pictured at right: (1.to r.) Kim Carpender,
Carol Jahnkow, Deborah "Russ" Russell, Kathy Gil-
berd, Sandra Dutky (hidden), Bob Polucha, Betsy
Brach, Jay Price, Allen Stern and Michael Shurigan
(hidden).
SPECIAL ISSUE OF JOURNAL ON HIGH SCHOOL OUTREACH: The CCCO Western Region office is preparing a
special issue of its journal, The Objector, which will focus on high school outreach and military
counter-recruitment. Topics covered will include: equal access to schools, creating materials on
alternative job resources, youth-run projects, doing classroom presentations and more. For a copy,
request the March issue and send $2.00 to: The Objector, P.0. Box 42249, San Francisco, CA 94142.
(Note: CCCO Western Region has a new mailing address.)
If you're doing high school outreach, it would also be useful to have the War Resisters League
High School Organizing Packet, available for $5 from: WRL, 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012.
OUT-OF-STOCK DRDF PRODUCTS: The response to our Peace de Resistance cookbook has been so good that
we've run out of copies. We are looking into the possibility of reprinting it, but we're not sure
how long that might take. We also sold out of the notecard with "Peace" in different languages,
which has been offered in our Products List two years in a row now. We have no plans to reprint the
notecard in the near future, but we'll announce it if we bring it back later.
Project on Youth and Non-Military Opportunities
(Project YANO) P.O. Box 157. Encinitas, CA 92024
(619) 272-5718, 753-7518
Fall, 1985
Dear High School Counselor,
We recognize that your role is a very important one. You are responsible
for helping students make some of the most crucial decisions of their lives;
including whether or not to go on to college, how to finance further education,
and how to develop the skills needed for a job. One of your concerns is to en-
sure that students have information on alternatives that will provide them with
the greatest prospects for the future; a task that we know is not always easy.
As any counselor knows, there are present in high schools military re-
cruiters and an array of expensive literature designed to convince young men
and women to choose the military as an answer to some of their questions about
the future. In fact, some of the choice for men has been taken away because
they are now required to register for a possible draft. Selective Service
System materials and officials have now joined military recruiters in schools
to try to convince students to cooperate with, and support, the draft regis-
tration program.
The fact is that the military is not for everybody. Some people like it
and make a career of it, but others say they made a mistake when they enlisted
and, as a result, now suffer serious difficulties. They were not made aware
of the realities of the military because all they saw was some glossy litera-
ture which presented a glamorous, and often misleading, picture. And all they
heard was the sales pitch of a recruiter who was anxious to meet his quota and
didn't make them fully aware of what they were destined for. (See the en=
closed Moneysworth article on the problems with enlistment.)
While students in high schools are already exposed to extensive military
recruitment and Selective Service propaganda, they receive very little informa-
tion which presents the other side to this important question. One must ask:
Since our schools are intended to educate and help prepare young people to deal
with adult life, and since the decision to enter the military is important and may
affect their lives permanently, shouldn't students receive more information
than what they get from military advertisements and high-pressure recruiters?
If it is the goal of counselors to provide information and guidance which
will help their students make beneficial choices, rather than harmful ones,
then counselors should make sure that students receive information which in-
cludes some significant details deliberately left out of military recruiters'
pitches. What Project YANO has to offer can help in this regard.
The Project on Youth and Non-Military Opportunities is intended to provide
information which presents the other side to the question of military careers.
We do not advocate any particular choice for young people regarding enlistment
or draft registration, but we believe it is important that they think and de-
liberate carefully and research all the facts before making a decision. We
encourage them to question what they hear, including what they hear from us.
In the past, we have given presentations in classes at various high schools
in San Diego City and County, including Hoover, San Dieguito, El Camino, Mont-
(labor donated)
gomery, Southwest, Torrey Pines, Orange Glen, Chula Vista and others, Our pre-
sentations often utilize a nationally-distributed slide/tape program, "Choice
or Chance," which was produced with the help of over 100 veterans. Our list of
speakers includes veterans, as well as people with special training as draft
counselors.
In order to help fill the information gap in high schools regarding the
issue of military careers and the draft, we are now offering school counselors
and career centers a variety of educational materials and services. Upon
request, we are able to provide the following literature (samples enclosed) for
you to add to career information displays at your school:
--"Alternative Resources Directory"--a list of career development
resources available to young people in San Diego County
~-"It's Not Just A Job"-~a brochure explaining some of the problems with
military enlistment, how to avoid them, and tips on civilian job hunting
~-"Careers in Peacemaking"~-a brochure that discusses how to make a career
choice that is compatible with both income needs and ethical values
We can also provide bulk quantities of "On Conscientious Objection and Guidance
Responsibilities," which includes a questionaire that can be given to students
to help them evaluate whether their beliefs about war might preclude them from
enlisting. All of this literature is available at cost or free if your coun-
seling department has no budget for literature (use enclosed order form).
In addition to the above literature, Project YANO representatives are
available to come to your school and set up a display at any career day events.
Our information on non-military career development and careers in peacemaking
fits in with the offerings of other organizations that are generally invited to
such events, so we hope you will give us the same opportunity to be present.
Besides providing displays at career day events, we are also available to
set up an information table and have someone present inside career centers, We
can do this for the general purpose of giving out information, or specifically
to provide a balance when military recruiters are scheduled to interview students.
Also, a presentation can be set up for members of your counseling staff,
which could include a showing of "Choice or Chance." And if you know of any
classroom situations that would be appropriate, we have veterans and other know-
ledgeable people who are willing to discuss their experiences and provide infor-
mation that can be related to a variety of academic subjects.
Please use the enclosed order form to obtain any of the enclosed literature
for your counseling office or career center, and please be sure to contact us so
we can participate in the next career information event at your school.
Sincerely,
Les Gripkey
Counselor Outreach Coordinator
Enclosures
"MILITARY ADS FOUND TO BE MISLEADING
WASHINGTON—The U.S. military's
on-going $100 million-a-year
enlisted personnel recruiters admitted
anany oft the promises they 1 mage were
drive is so full of
and misleading advertising claims that a
private ‘Same tactics
would be hauled into court, according to
a recent Congressional report.
The Department of Defense has -
diep “in ity intelli aid
an almost total lack of ethical concern,”
Says one critic of the campaign to recruit
400,000 new members a year for the
all-volunteer military.
American youngsters are bombarded
with slick ads from blue-chip agencies
including J. Walter Thompson, N.W.
Ayer. Ted Bates & Co. and D’Arcy-
McManus. The Madison Avenue
blandishments are backed up by an
army of 20.000 fast-talking recruiters,
some of whom compare themselves to
used car salesmen. Targeted at a group
consisting largely of high school
t the re i iT
trumpet overrated and non-existent job
and educational opportunities while
playing down the long hours. low pay
and poor quality of military life.
Last year. according to Robert I.
Rhodes, director of the Committee on
Militarism in Education, the armed
Setvices spent about $70 million on
advertising in the print media alone.
“Almost all this money was for
advertising in magazines directed at
young people, ° he says. z
+ When one adds to this sum the
value of free messages broadcast as a
‘public service’ over radio and
television, it is likely that the total value
of military advertising directed at our
young people exceeded $100 million.
And if this advertising reached its
market as effectively as in the past, 90
percent of our high school seniors were
exposed to an average of nine or 10
advertising messages per month.””
The recently-published Beard Report,
prepared by a former military officer for
Rep. Robin Beard, R-Tenn, sheds some
much-needed light on the subject.
The report indicated that when
confronted with critical feedback from
Copyright © 1979 by Moneysworth. Reprinted by
permission. All rights reserved.
_ claimed,
dor false.
They stated that they certainly ‘were
‘not going to tell potential enlistees
about anything “‘negative.”’
“I'ma salesman,” said a master
Sergeant in Dallas, Texas. ‘‘Salesmen
don’t teil you things that will cause you
not to buy a product. If you are buying a
used car, the salesman wor t tell you
what is wrong with the car.” =
A Washington, D.
“If 1 can bring the guy in with
two words, I do. If it takes talking to
himvall day, [do that. But I'm not going
to tell an enlistee any of the hard facts of
life in case he may walk out the door.””
Generally, the recruiter follows three
guidelines:
1. “It's my job asa recite to tell
"em and sell ‘em.’
2.0 only Present positive
material.”
3, ‘‘Let them find out what the facts
are after they're in the Army. ”
ane Study also disclosed that:
e under great
to find and enlist personnel (failure to
meet their monthly quota means
dismissal from the system).
Almost half the enlistees
interviewed reported that the recruiter
assured them they could sign up for one —
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty)
and changeit a year later ifit didn’t
work out. In practice, however, such —
was not the case. Two examples were
given, one of a graduate nurse who was
get to ahead college courses in 1 the
evenings and on weekends. More than
half of the personnel stated that they
would not have enlisted had they known
that their educational opportunities
would be denied. The recruiter was
blamed frequently and intensely by
soldiers as having ‘promised
something that could not be delivered.”*
“Quality of Military Life. A large
Majority of personnel felt that the
quality of Army life was far below what
__ they had been led to believe by
recruiters and advertisements.
*Military Pay. All enlisted personnel
stated that they felt pay levels were too
low, considering such job factors as long
working hours (60-80 hours per week),
non- for travel
and increased costs for goods and _
Services which tended to outstrip pay
increases.
*Medical Care. Allof the soldiers
interviewed said they had little or no
confidence in Army medical care. One
soldier sent his wife home (600 miles) to
have a baby rather than have her
treated in the Army hospital.
“It is ironic,” says Rhodes,
tesponding to the findings of the Beard
Report, ‘‘that the military needs those
young people who don’t need the
military—young people with good high
school records—and wastes the talents
_ of those young people who most
desperately need heip in the outside
world—young people who have dropped
out of high school.
“The military i is neither an ‘education
told to sign up as a cryptologist and
another of a legal secretary who was"
told to sign up as a: cook. Both
individuals were promised that they
would be allowed to transfer to a new
MOS. Neither, subsequently, was
given that opportunity. Both were told,
in essense, “Live with what you've
got.”
In contradiction to the rosy picture of _
‘military life painted by recruiters, the
_ Study reported the following:
*Education. Ninety percent of those
personnel who applied for college
course work were repeatedly turned
HOF a solution to the needs
‘of our youth.”
Rhodes has some tips for anyone who
is thinking about joining up:
1. Take along a witness when you visit
the recruiter. That person can help you
to think of questions to ask, and can take
“notes. Also, just in case any promises
the recruiter makes get broken later on,
you will have someone to back up your
side of the story.
2. If you have a police record, do not
hide it—especially if the recruiter tells
you it doesn’t matter. You, and not the
tecruiter, will be in trouble later. An
down by their unit
although they had been told they would
: the rest of your life.
h can follow. yout for
(cont’d on p. 4)
CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION and GUIDANCE RESPONSIBILITIES
Today the rights of conscientious objectors in
the United States are recognized by all branches of
the military, supported by all major religious denomin—
ations and protected by law. High school students have the Lem
tight to know their options with regard to military service. /
Ed S$ and « lors have a responsibility to provide infor— L
mation on conscientious objection as an integral part of citizenship }
training and career guidance. j
——from "Responsibilities of the High School for Providing Information on Conscientious
‘Objection to War," by Dean A. Allen, chief psychologist, Mental Health Service,
University of Massachusetts.
@ WHAT IS CONCIENTIOUS OBJECTION? G lly, enti bjection is a deep
moral, ethical, or religious ‘iction that pi from icipating in war or
military training. Federal law recognizes as C.O.s persons who are conscientiously opposed
to participating in war in any form——and those who are opposed to participating in war, but
who do not object to performing noncombatant duties. One can be a C.O. regardless of one’s
religion: an agnostic or atheist can make a C.O. claim based on deeply held, personal be—
liefs.
@ WHY SHOULD GUIDANCE AND CAREER COUNSELORS BE PREPARED TO PROVIDE
INFORMATION ON CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION TO STUDENTS? While high
schools fri ly permit i by military spokesp they have tended to ignore
the issues of war, peace, and conscientious objection, perhaps on grounds that they are too
controversial or complex for adolescents to confront. As a result, high school students arrive
at age 18 ill-prepared to understand the significance of military service and registration for
the draft. It is essential that these young people who bear the burden of our country’s
military policies be fully conscious of the issues. Counselors must provide them with all the
appropriate information and ample opportunity for open discussion as they grapple with these
important. questions.
Because the military is often presented in terms of career training, many who sign up
do not examine their beliefs about war and military treining until they are already in.
According to an L.A. Times article (2/7/85), more than 5,800 military volunteers have
received C.O. discharges since the end of the Vietnam War, but usually not without consid—
erable effort and anguish.
The case of Barbara Brzozowski, a former Navy enlistee stationed in San Diego, underscores
such statistics. Barbara joined the Navy to get away from home and to be trained as a photo—
grapher. When a question on her enlistment form asked “Are you a C.O.7" Barbara asked her
recruiter what a C.O. was, since she wasn’t familiar with the term. ‘The recruiter said that if
she hadn't been a Vietnam War demonstrator, she wasn’t one, and hurried her along. After
induction, Barbara was appalled at the way she was trained to kill and at the dehumanization
she felt. After examining her beliefs and researching 0.0. status, she was eventually released
from the Navy as a C.O., but only after a long and sometimes punitive process.
Students need to heve inf i ilable that facili en ination of their
beliefs about war and killing before they enter the military, not after.
@ CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION AND DRAFT REGISTRATION At present there is no mechanism
for people who oppose registration, the draft, and war on moral or religious grounds to regis—
ter as C.O.’s. Some refuse to register at all, while others register and begin to prepare a
case as a ©.O. (it is advisable to begin preparing such a claim at an early date because a
draftee may only have 10 days from the mailing date of a draft notice to request C.O, status.
Ten days is a short time to think through deep beliefs about war.)
@ USING THE STUDENT QUESTIONAIRE: The questions on the following page may be used to
help young people bring out their feelings about war, peace, and military training. This sheet
can be given to students along with the questionaire to help them understand what conscientious
objection means. The questionaire can be gone over by a counselor and student together, or
given to a student to consider privately. For more inf ion on applying for C.O. status,
contact a draft counselor.
Distributed by Project on Youth and Non—Military Opportunities, P.O. Box 157, Encinitas, CA 92024
WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE LINE ?
A Questionaire for Students Thinking of Entering the Military
What is worth fighting for? What methods would you be willing to use? Who
would you be willing to fight against? Every person has his or her own definition
of what is moral. An Army colonel speaking to a group about the human rights of
soldiers said: "Everyone has a line he will not cross, something he will not do
because his conscience tells him it is wrong." It is important to know what lines
you are not willing to cross and to ask yourself the following questions before
making a choice about entering the military. You should also learn as much as you
can about the duties of a soldier so you will know if any of your answers below
would be in conflict with the military.
(These questions can be discussed with your counselor or other people, or just used
to help you think about these issues yourself. More than one answer can be given.)
1. WHEN WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO GET INVOLVED IN A CONFLICT?
anytime my government ordered me to do so.
if our country were being invaded.
_____ if another country’s freed were being d by others.
to defend my beliefs or values. Some of these beliefs are:
-
to get oil or other natural resources from another country.
if personally attacked.
other:
2. WHICH METHODS COULD YOU PERSONALLY USE IN GOOD CONSCIENCE?
nuclear weapons,
germ, chemical or biological weapons.
conventional weapons (guns, tanks, or non—nuclear bombs).
my own physical strength (maybe with Judo, Karate, etc.).
nonviolent action (strikes, boy i peration, public education, p ion).
spiritual methods (meditation, prayer, group worship).
other:
8, ONE OF THE FACTS ABOUT WAR AND OTHER KINDS OF CONFLICT IS THAT
THE PEOPLE WHO THREATEN OR HARM OTHERS ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES
HURT. WHO ARE YOU WILLING TO FIGHT AS THE ENEMY?
____ anyone that my government says is the enemy.
_____ leaders of the other side and those who give the orders.
_____ people in the military.
_____ military facilities (like weapons factories, storage sites, bases, supply lines).
___ civilians.
_____ ho one.
_____ other:
For Draft C ling or more inf jion contact:
Project on Youth and Non—Military Opportunities, P.O. Box 157, Encinitas, CA 92024
National Lawyers Guild Military Law Task Force, P.O. Box 38544, San Diego, CA 92103
Central | OC i for Consci Obj 2208 South St., Philadelphia, PA 19146
i igi Board for Conscienti Obj 800 18th St., NW, Suite 600,
Wades D.C. 20006
c) Are there any ADDITIONAL RE-
QUIREMENTS that I have to meet to qualify
for this option? What happens if | don’t meet
them?
d) For SPECIAL TRAINING PROGRAMS:
What happens if for some reason I can't com-
plete the training?
e) For options that include ASSIGNMENT
TO A PARTICULAR BASE OR AREA: Does
that guarantee my assignment will be for the
entire time Im there?
f) FOR THE BUDDY PLAN: Do my Bud-
dy and I get assigned to the same place after
our Basic Training period?
g)DO 1 NEED A SECURITY CLEARANCE
for this option? What happens if I dontt get
one?
h) If it turns out the military can’t give me
the option I want, what other choices will I
have?
9) If you don't like your new job, YOU CANT
SWITCH AND YOU CANT QUIT!
FINDING A JOB
Looking for a job is hard work, and the bet-
ter prepared you are, the greater your chance
to find, get and keep the job you want, The
following are some job-hunting tips
— KNOW YOURSELE. Think about all of the
job experience you have. Don't forget to in
clude volunteer work, or work like babysitting
or home carpentry or painting. Put together
a resumé that outlines your skills, abilities and
interests. If you dont know how to. put
together a resumé, check with the library or
career center at your school, Think about what
you want to do in your life. What kind of work
do you want to do? You will spend a great deal
of time in your life working, so, if possible, it
should be something you enjoy. Talk to peo-
ple who have the type of job that you are in-
terested in. Ask them how they got their first
job.
— REFERENCES. Employers want to know
who you are and if you are trustworthy and
reliable.
Before you go in for a job interview, get the
names, addresses, and phone numbers of
three people that can tell your employer what
kind of person you are. They should have
known you for at least one year, and not be
relatives. Be sure to tell them so they are
prepared to answer questions about you, if
asked.
— INTERVIEWS. Go dressed neatly and ap-
propriately. Go by yourself. Have your friends
wait somewhere else. Be on time. Plan ahead
and make time for the bus to be late or in case
there is heavy traffic. If you think that you may
be late, call ahead. Before the interview, try
and find out the name of the person you will
see and also something about the company.
You can get this information from someone
who works there or by researching it at the
library or the Employment Development Of
fice. This shows them you are really interested
in working for their company. Be friendly. The
only way for them to find out about your skills,
interests and abilities is for you to tell them.
APPLICATIONS. The application is the
first chance to see you; make a good impres-
sion, Bring a pen. Follow the directions
carefully and fill out the application neatly and _
completely.
FOR FREE COUNSELING AND MORE IN-
FORMATION ABOUT WHAT RECRUITERS
ARENT TELLING YOU; CONTACT:
NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD MILITARY
LAW PANEL, (619) 233-1701. (Pre-
enlistment counseling, military and draft
counseling.)
PROJECT ON YOUTH AND NON
MILITARY OPPORTUNITIES (PROJECT
YANO), P.O, Box 157, Encinitas, CA 92024,
(619) 753-7518, 272-5718. (Information on
the draft, military recruitment and non-military _
career choices.)
CENTRAL COMMITTEE FOR CONSCIEN-
TIOUS OBJECTORS, 1251 2nd Ave., San
Francisco, CA 94122, (415) 566-0500. (In-
formation on the draft, military enlistment and
conscientious objection) _
Distributed by
Project on Youth and Non-Military Opportunities
P. O. Box 157
Encinitas, CA 92024
(Text Source: CCCO, 1981) :
ITS NOT JUST A JOB...
IT’S EIGHT YEARS OF
YOUR LIFE
Check Out The
Facts About
Military Life...
Before You Sign
‘ARE YOU CONSIDERING
ENLISTMENT?
If you are, you've probably heard the
tectuiter’s sales pitch. Sounds pretty good,
doesn't it? All advertising does. But if military
life doesn't live up to th ising, you can't
_DISCRIMINATION
You may have heard that the military is a
“belter place for minorities than the civilian
world. Sounds good, but why is it that if 37%
of enlisted personnel are minority, only 8%
bring your enlistment agreement back to the
recruiter for a refund. You're in for at least eight
years of your life." You wouldn't buy a car
without looking under the hood. Don't enlist
before you check out the reality of military life
that lies behind the glamorous television ads
and glossy brochures. Check it out carefully.
* (including reserve duty)
THE MILITARY JOB
TRAINING MYTH
If you're like most people, you want a good
job, one thats interesting and pays well. A lot
of people join the military for the job training. —
But remember, military training is for military
jobs, not training for a civilian job when you
get out. According to the Army Public Affairs
Office, 53% of Army jobs are combat job:
offer no skills useful in civilian life. Even in the
technically oriented Air Force, most jobs re-
quire uniquely military skills that won't do you
much good in the civilian world.
Has your recruiter told you that unemploy-
ment among young veterans is one and one-
half times that of non-veterans in the same age
group? 89% of the veterans polled in arecent _
survey by Southern Illinois University said they
were “unable to use any of their military train-
ing and experience in the jobs they hold now”
MILITARY DISCIPLINE
NG
AND WORK
C ONDITIONS
Do you enjoy being bossed around and
having someone tell you what to do and how
to doit every single day? If your ee : Sno,
you may have a hard ti i
of offi 2 And how come nearly half ‘the
military prison population is black? Why is it
that blacks receive three times as many less-
than-honorable discharges as whites?
WHAT ABOUT WOMEN? |
_ Women often join the military to gain job
‘haining and’ break out of traditional roles,
However, women are very limited in the jobs
~ they actually perform in the military. Even
within non-traditional job classifications,
_ women often. perform traditional “ woman's”
work. For example, @ woman given the job
“title of engineer or photographer may be
assigned to do the typing or filing for the male
engineers and photographers. Women are
‘prevented from holding combat positions,
which Seu i eaae ityforad-
Sexual h i
a teal threat to women in the military. In 1981,
75% of Army women reported that they had
been sexually harassed. The rate of rape is
twice as high in the military as in ee
life.
YOU WILL LOSE
CERTAIN RIGHTS
*lf you leave your work without permission,
you can be arrested.
*Any disobedience can result in criminal _
punishment.
You can be punished without the right tosee
a lawyer or to have a trial.
* You can't join a union that can bargain with
life. Military personnel are subject ‘to orders 24
hours a day. Disobedience can result in court-
martial, imprisonment, or even the lifetime.
stigma of a bad discharge.
_ your
© Your right to say cha you think when and
how you want will be restricted.
*Individual expression through fe way oe
ress and wear your hair won't be tolerated.
BEFORE ENLISTING,
YOU SHOULD ASK
YOURSELF: |
“eAre you prepared to fight in a war, any.
place, any time that the government sees fit.
to fight?
_ @Have you really considered and looked into.
all the job training and placement possibilities .
that exist in your community?
‘Are you being pressured into enlisting by
your family, friends, or the oss
2) IF YOU HAVE A POLICE RECORD, :
DONT HIDE IT — EVEN IF THE
RECRUITER TELLS YOU IT DOESNT
MATTER. Youlllbe the one in trouble later on,
“not the recruiter.
3) DONT SIGN ANY PAPERS UNTIL YOU —
_ HAVE TAKEN THEM HOME AND READ.
THEM OVER CAREFULLY. If you ask your _
recruiter for a copy of the enlistment agree-
ment, he has to give it to you. If the recruiter
refuses to give you a copy of the enlistment
agreement, don't sign it, get up and leave his
* Have you thought through ri
office. — you're not in the
this a spur of the moment decisi you may
regret later on? :
_ ¢Have you ever talked to anybody. whe was
in the military? How did they like it? Why
_ didn't they make the military a career?
Do you know that the Gl Bill for Education
is not an automatic benefit? _
elf you are dissatisfied after you enlist, do you —
know how difficult it is to get out?
©Do you know that it is very difficult a
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9 THINGS TO
REMEMBER WHEN
YOU TALK TO THE
RECRUITER
1) TAKE ALONG A PARENT OR FRIEND
AS A WITNESS WHEN YOU GO TO SEE
‘if there is a dispute between what you were
and what you got
. He can't tell you what to do. If
is honest, he should not object
to giving you a copy of the enlistment agree-
ment to read over at home.
_ 4) TALK THE AGREEMENT OVER WITH
YOUR PARENTS AND FRIENDS, AND
WITH A TRAINED COUNSELOR. Ask a
counselor or lawyer to explain the parts of the
that you don't. d. The
enlistment agreement is a complicated : docu-
ment that is difficult to understand. So don't
feel stupid if you can’t figure it out right away.
5) DONT BELIEVE ANY RECRUITER'S
PROMISES UNLESS THEY ARE IN
WRITING. Spoken promises are worthless.
- The military can ignore them and will not back
them up, and it says just that on the ‘enlist-
tment agreement. Make sure ALL promises
are in writing and signed by the recruiter.
6) GET COPIES OF EVERYTHING YOU
SIGN. Keep the copies in a safe place. That
~ way, if any legal questions ever come up about
what you were promised, youll be able to get
the information you need easily.
7) THERE ARE NO JOB GUARANTEES. IN
THE MILITARY, Even if you receive the job
training you were promised, they don't have
_ to use you in the field you were trained for.
8) IF YOU WANT ONE OF THE MILITARY’S
ENLISTMENT OPTIONS, be sure to ask the
recruiter the following questions:
a) HOW LONG DO | HAVE TO ENLIST
_ FOR to get this option?
THE RECRUITER. That way youll have
somebody to back up your side of the story -
b) Do I have to meet any further.
PHYSICAL STANDARDS to qualify? What
happens if I don't meet the standards but Tm
already enlisted? :
@ BARRIO YOUTH CENTER
Provides free job counselling and has a list of
job openings available.
2175 Newton Ave., San Diego. Phone: 238-0314.
@ SOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH
Has an Employment Services Program.
Includes 5-week job readiness program
available for a nominal fee on a sliding scale to
young people 14-17 years. Call or walk in.
Four locations:
Central, 8334 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, Suite no. 201
Phone: 565-4148.
Linda Vista, 7345 Linda Vista Rd., Suite E. Phone: 277-4463.
Tierrasanta, 4926 La Cuenta Dr., Suite no, 102. Phone:
292-1899.
Clairemont, 3670 Clairemont Dr., no. 12, Phone: 483-0790.
FINANCIAL HELP WHILE IN SCHOOL
You can get financial aid while attending
school—sometimes a loan, sometimes a free
grant, sometimes both—from a number of
sources. The CAL Grant Program is one of those
sources. CAL Grants do not require draft
registration, because they are funded by the
state of California. There are three types. CAL
Grant A helps with the cost of college tuition.
CAL Grant B covers your living expenses and
tuition. CAL Grant C can pay for tuition and
material at vocational schools.
Educational Opportunity Programs (EOP) and
Extended Opportunity Programs and Services
(EOPS) offer grants, counselling, and tutoring
for poorer students. These programs are funded
by California, so draft registration isn’t legally
required. Sometimes the schools may tell you it
is, but it is not.
You should talk to a financial aid counselor at
the college or job-training program you plan to
attend. If you have any problems, especially if
you don’t think they are telling you the truth
about draft registration requirements, contact
one of the groups listed in the next section and
we will try to help.
IF YOU NEED HELP USING THIS GUIDE, OR
IF YOU NEED OTHER TYPES OF
COUNSELLING—
Before making a decision on whether you
should enlist in the military, or if you don’t want
to register for the draft, we suggest that you
discuss your concerns with a draft counsellor.
The following groups offer draft counselling and
can also answer questions on military life, draft
registration laws, job training and financial aid
programs that are talked about in this guide.
National Lawyers Guild
Military Law Panel
233-1701
Committee Opposed to Militarism
and the Draft/SD CARD
P.O. Box 15195
San Diego, CA 92115
272-5718 or 753-7518 (North County)
San Diego County Draft Resisters Defense Fund
P.O. Box 33544
San Diego, CA 92103
282-9968 or 753-7518 (North County)
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- oe emt REL oct.
‘Copyright 1980 by Herblock in The Washington Post
The Project on Youth and Non-Military
Opportunities (Project YANO) was formed
by a group of community organizations to
educate young people on alternatives to
military service. We produced this brochure
to make young men and women more
aware of job training opportunities and
educational aid available to them in San
Diego County.
Project YANO.
P.O. Box 157, Encinitas, CA 92024
(Labor Donated)
Alternative Resources
Directory _
GETTING A JOB
OR PAYING
FOR AN EDUCATION
Where to look if you
don’t want to join the military,
or if draft registration _
is a problem.
Project on Youth and
Non-Military Opportunities
San Diego
Young men and women today are faced
with many hard questions about their
future. One of the hardest is: What do you
do after leaving high school? How will you
earn money? If you continue in college how
will you pay the costs? Finding answers is
not easy, especially if you don tcome froma
tich family. _
__ Today, there is heavy pressure on many
young people to join the military as away to
th
Why is going into the military not a good way to
get job training or an education?
Some people who have been in the mili tary have _
experience, but many
others have found that they did not get what
they were promised. They found out too late
that most military skills do not help in getting a
civilian job, that they lost important rights while
in the military and that there was a lot of
jon against no i
&:
chance that Gl'’s ‘may soon be fehtng anche:
Vietnam-type war. (For more information onthe
facts about life in the military, write to Project
YANO.)
How does Draft Registration affect whether or
not I can get job training or student aid?
The U.S. government has changed the federal
programs for job training and student aid. Now,
young men 18 and older have to register for the
draft to get this kind of aid. Even women are
affected by this, because before they can
participate in these programs they must state
that they have not registered because they are
female. These laws, called ‘Solomon
amendments,” only affect federal job training
and federal student aid. Other programs,
and ee
including ones paid for by the State of California
and by local agencies, do not require draft
registration. —
Why were these laws made?
The reason is that many young men are not
registering for the draft. In February, 1984, only
six out of every ten 18-year- sold males were
registering in San Diego County,
percentage of those not registering
come from poor families, especially i in the Black
and Latino ‘communities, and since they are the
ones who most need financial aid for school and
job training, the Solomon amendments are
aimed at them. (They are also the ones who most
often get hurt or killed in wars!) :
es of job trainir ig hat can help men and
: re looking for alternatives to the
military, They dc ot, under the a feats
draft a
JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS
@ REGIONAL OCCUPATIONAL PROGRAM
(ROP)
A public education service which provides
: practical job training, career counselling andjob —
placement instruction for people in San Diego
County. Free training in dozens of skills, class
locations all over S.D. County. Students may
have to cover their own materials costs.
- Enrollment is through nigh: school counselors
or at these centers:
North inland ROP Center, 840 North Broadway,
Escondido 92025. Phone: 741-5558. Del Mar and Encinitas
areas: Call collect Zenith-75010 (have opetator place call).
Carlsbad, Fallbrook, and Oceanside: Call 727-3983.
North Coastal ROP Center, 2111 Mission Ave., Oceanside
92054. Phone: 757-6378.
East County ROP Center, fake Plaza East, 173 Fletcher
Parkway, El Cajon 92020. Phone: 579-4708 or 579-8323,
Metro ROP Center, 5.0. Unified School District, Annex 4,
facing Campus Drive, 4100 Normal St., San Diego 92103.
Phone: 293-8521. Headquarters. No counseling available
at this location. San Diego residents should contact either
Career Planning and Blicement Center, or Center City
Skills Center (see listings in this brochure). High school
students should contact high school job or career
counselor.
South County ROP Center, Del Rey High schol Rin.
106, 1034 Fourth Ave., Chula Vista 92011. Phone: 691-5611.
e CENTER CITY SKILLS CENTER
Provides practical job training, career
counselling and job placement instruction for
people in San Diego metropolitan area. Free
training in dozens of skills. Students may have to
cover their own materials costs.
1400 Park Bivd., San Diego. Phone: 230-2300.
@ CONTINUING EDUCATION/
COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTS.
‘These programs are run by community
college districts but are generally not for college
students. They provide free training for a variety
of skills, no special eligibility requirements.
S.D. (City) Community College District Continuing
Education Headquarters, 5350 University Ave,, San Diego
92105. Phone: 230-2306 (ask for different locations of
continuing education centers).
All other areas: Call the nearest college and ask
if continuing education is offered (see list of
colleges that follows).
@ COMMUNITY COLLEGE VOCATIONAL
EDUCATION PROGRAMS
All community college districts have
vocational ograms. Participants
school registration.
lor acheel fees and
(see the section on Student Aid Programs
below). For more information, ontact the
Phone 757-212
Palomar College,
Phone: 744-1150,
San Diego City College, 131
Phone: 230-2400.
San Diego Mesa College, 7250 Mesa College Dr., San
Diego 92111, Phone: 230-6700.
San Diego Miramar College, 10440 Black Mountain Rd.,
San Diego 92126. Phone: 230-6500.
Southwestern College, 900 Otay Lakes Rd., Chula Vista
92010. Phone: 421-6700.
th Ave., San Diego 92101.
Grossmont College, 8800 Grossmont College Dr., E| Cajon
92020. Phone: 465-1700.
Cuyamaca College, 2950 Jamacha Rd., El] Cajon 92020.
Phone: 464-1980.
@ CENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT TRAINING (CET)
Trains unemployed people in new skills. Some
training is done with federal funds. If you apply,
and draft registration is a problem, ask about
their non-federal training programs (ETP
training).
CET, 2691 “B” St., San Diego 92102, Phone: 233-6829.
JOB REFERRAL AND COUNSELLING SERVICES
There are a number of local centers where you
can go to get free career counselling, find lists of
_ jobs, and get referrals to jobs that may help your
chances of being hired. Here are a few of them
(except for the Skills Center, oS do not offer
job training themselves):
e eae PLANNING AND PLACEMENT
Tee career puidance counselling to adult
general public, nominal fee based on sliding
scale. Free if economic hardship. High school
students contact ish school job or career
counselor. :
1400 Park Blvd., San Diego 92101. Phone: 230-2689.
@ OCEANSIDE COMMENT ACTION
CORP.
Provides couneelling ond training in job-
seeking skills to people 18 and over. Funded
under Community Devore Block Grant
program (non-federal).
605 San Diego St., Oceanside $2054. Phone: 757-7011,
® NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ASSOCIATION
Employment services, job referrals. :
4265 Fairmont Ave., Suite 240, San Diego 92104, Phone:
281-8141.
@ BLACK FEDERATION -
Has a job board, listing job openings available
for numerous skilled and unskilled positions.
4291 Market St., San Diego. Phone: 263-8161.
Central, 8334 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, Suite no. 201.
Teléfono: {565-4148.
Linda Vista, 7345 Linda Vista Rd., Suite E. Teléfono: 277-4463.
Tierrasanta, 4926 La Cuenta Dr., Suite no. 102. Teléfono
1899,
Clairemont, 3670 Clairemont Dr., no. 12. Teléfono: 483-0790.
AYUDA FINANCIERA MIENTRAS ESTAS EN LA
ESCUELA
Puedes recibir ayuda financiera mientras estas
en la escuela—ya sea un préstamo, a veces una
beca gratuita, o a veces las dos cosas—de
diferentes fuentes.
Becas estatales (CAL Grants), programas de
oportunidades educacionales (EOP) y
programas de. oportunidades y_ servicios
académicos. Estos programas son financiados
por el estado y legalmente no pueden requerir
el registro forzoso del servicio militar.
Habla con un consejero financiero en el
colegio o programa de entrenamiento de tu
preferencia y si no te dicen la verdad sobre el
registro forzoso del servico militar, ponte en
contacto con uno de los grupos cuyos nobres
aparecen en la siguiente seccidn. Estamos para
ayudarte.
PARA MAYOR INFORMACION—
Te seguerimos que hables con un consejero
tocante al servicio militar, las leyes de registro
del servicio militar, entrenamiento de oficio y
programas de ayuda financiera mencionados en
este directorio.
National Lawyers Guild
Military Law Panel
233-1701
Committee Opposed to Militarism
and the Draft/SD CARD
P.O. Box 15195
San Diego, CA 92115
272-5718 0 753-7518
San Diego County Draft Resisters Defense Fund
P.O. Box 33544
San Diego, CA 92103
282-9968 0 753-7518
11/8
OFICIAL DE RECLUTAMIENTO.
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Administracion
‘copyright 1980 by Herblock in The Washington Post
Project YANO
P.O. Box 157, Encinitas, CA 92024
Trabajo
Donado
Directorio De Recursos
Alternativas
MIENTO.
ABIERTO
CONSEGUIR UN TRABAJO
O PAGAR
POR UNA EDUCACION
Donde buscar ayuda si
no quiere ir al servicio militar, _
o si el registro forzoso |
es un problema.
Proyecto Juventud y
Oportunidades Fuera del Servicio
Militar en San Diego
El Proyecto Juventud y Oportunidades
Fuera del Servicio Militar (Project YANO)
fué establecido por un conjunto de
organizaciones de la comunidad para
educar a los jévenes con respecto a las
alternativas que existen fuera del servicio
militar. Este folleto es para ti.
Qué piensas hacer al salir de la
secundaria? éCémo vas a ganar dinero? éSi
vas al colegio, como vas a pagar por tus
estudios? Las respuestas a estas preguntas
no son faciles, en particular si no vienes de
un familia rica.
El servicio militar no es una solucidén.
Tienes otras alternativas. Sigue leyendo.
Las oportunidades en el servicio militar.
Fantasia o realidad?
Muchos oficios y habilidades adquiridos en el
servicio militar no son transferibles ala vida civil.
Ademas, en el servicio militar se pierden varios
derechos civiles y hay mucha discriminacién en
contra de las personas no blancas, y mujeres.
Tambien existe la posibilidad de una guerra en
Centroamérica.
la relacién entre el registro forzoso y. los
le i y ayuda fi
para estudiantes.
Jovenes de 18 afios de edad o mayores tienen
que registrarse para el servicio militar antes de
recibir entrenamiento para un oficio ode recibir
ayuda financiera federal. Las mujeres tienen que
declarar que no se han registrado para el
servicio militar por ser mujeres. Esto en caso de
que quieran ingresar a los programas federales
mencionados.
Programas financiados por el estado o
agencias locales no requieren el registro forzoso
(del servicio militar).
El porqué de esta ley Federal.
La raz6n que esta ley fué establecida se debe a
que muchos jévenes nose estan registrado para
el servicio militar.
En febrero de 1984 sdlo seis de cada diez
jévenes de 18 afios de edad se estaban
registrando para el servicio militar en el
condado de San Diego.
Un gran porcentaje de los que no se estaban
registrando provienen de familias humildes, en
particular a la comunidad latina y la comunidad
negra. Por lo tanto esta ley federal afecta
directamente a las comunidades mencionadas,
debido a la gran necesidad que existe de buscar
entrenamiento de oficio y ayuda financiera.
Las siguientes son alternativas a los programas
federales y no requieren el registro forzoso del
servicio militar.
PROGRAMAS DE ENTRENAMIENTO DE
OFICIO
@ REGIONAL OCCUPATIONAL PROGRAM
(ROP)
Servicio de educacién publica que provee
entrenamiento practico de oficio, consejos de
oportunidades de trabajo y consejos de como
colocarse en un trabajo. Entrenamiento gratuito
para las personas que residen en el condado de
San Diego. Las clases son impartidas por todo el
condado. Los estudiantes quiz4 tengan que
crubir los costos de los materiales para las clases.
Inscripcién por medio de los consejeros en las
secundarias o los siguientes centros de
entrenamiento:
North Inland ROP Center, 840 North Broadway;
Escondido 92025. Teléfono: 741-5558. Areas de Del Mar y
Encinitas: Por cobrar Zenith-75010 (que la
colocarse en un trabajo. Abierto a las personas
residentes del area metropolitana de San Diego.
1400 Park Blvd., San Diego. Teléfono: 230-2300.
EDUCACION CONTINUA/
DISTRITOS. DEL COLEGIO DE LA
COMUNIDAD
Programas administrados por los Distritos del
Colegio de la Comunidad pero propios para
estudiantes que no van al colegio. Proveen
entrenamiento gratuito en una variedad de
oficios. Ningun requisito especial.
S.D. (City) Community College District Continuing
Education Headquarters, 5350 University Ave., San Diego
92105. Teléfono: 230-2306 (pregunta para ubicaciones
otras de centres de educacion continua).
Otras areas: Llamar al colegio mds cercano a tu
residencia (ve la lista abajo).
@ PROGRAMAS DE CAPACITACION
DEL COLEGIO DE LA COMMUNIDAD
Los participantes deben inscribirse por medio
del programa de inscripcidn normal del colegio.
Los estudiantes son responsables de pagar los
costos de inscripcién aunque puede existir
ayuda financiera no-federal.
Miracosta College, One Barnard Dr., Oceanside 92056.
Teléfono: 757-2121.
Palomar College, 1140 W. Mission Rd., San Marcos 92069.
Teléfono: 744-1150.
San Diego City College, 1313 12th Ave., San Diego 92101,
Teléfono: 230+2400.
San Diego Mesa College, 7250 Mesa College Dr., San
Diego 92111. Teléfono: 230-6700.
San Diego Miramar College, 10440 Black Mountain Rd.,
San Diego 92126. Teléfono: 230-6500,
ponga su llamada). Carlsbad, Fallbrook, y Oceanside:
Teléfono 727-3983,
North Coastal ROP Center, 2111 Mission Ave., Oceanside
92054. Teléfono: 757-6378.
East County ROP Center, Parkway Plaza East, 173 Fletcher
Parkway, El Cajon 92020. Teléfono: 579-4708 o 579-8323.
Metro ROP Center, S.D. Unified School District, Annex 4,
facing Campus Drive, 4100 Normal St., San Diego 92103.
Teléfono: 293-8521.
South County ROP Center, Del Rey High School, Rm.
106, 1034 Fourth Ave., Chula Vista 92011. Teléfono: 691-
5611.
@ CENTER CITY SKILLS CENTER
Entrenamiento prdctico de oficio, consejos de
oportunidades de trabajo y consejos de como
College, 900 Oy Lakes Rd., Chula Vista
92010. Teléfono: 421-6700.
Grossmont College, 8800 Grossmont College Dr., El Cajon
92020.Teléfono: 465-1700.
Cuyamaca College, 2950 Jamacha Rd., £] Cajon 92020.
Teléfono: 464-1980.
@ CENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT TRAINING
(CET)
Entrena en nuevos oficicios al personas
desempleadas. Parte de este programa es
financiado con fondos federales. Si aplicas y
tienes problemas con el registro forzoso al
servicio militar, pregunta por sus programas de
entrenamiento no-federales (ETP).
CET, 2691 “B’”’ St., San Diego 92102. Teléfono: 233-6829.
REFERENCIAS DE TRABAJOS Y SERVICIOS
DE CONSEJOS
Hay centros locales donde puedes recibir
orientacién y consejos sobre oficios,
profesiones y listas de oportunidades de
trabajos. Estos son algunos (con la excepcién del
Centro de Oficios los demas centro no ofrecen
entrenamiento de oficio):
@ CAREER PLANNING AND PLACEMENT
CENTER
Guia profesional para adultos a un costa
minimo. Gratuito si tienes apuros econdémicos.
Estudiantes secondarios consultar a sus
consejeros.
1400 Park Blvd., San Diego 92101. Teléfono: 230-2689.
@ OCEANSIDE COMMUNITY ACTION
CORP.
Consejos y entrenamiento en como conseguir
trabajo para personas de 18 afios de edad o
mayores. El programa no es federal.
605 San Diego St., Oceanside 92054. Teléfono: 757-7011.
@ NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ASSOCIATION
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THE OBJECTOR
Reflections on the western region speaking tour:
Resistance movement needs long range goals
by Matt Nicodemus
Notes from the “No Rambozo Brigade.”"!
Matt: This speaking tour business is rough
and dirty, but someone's gotta do it,
Right, Fred?
Fred: Uh, ... Yeah,
It’s over. Seven thousand miles, nine states,
forty-three cities, and more than 155 public
events later, the 1985 Western Regional
Resistance Speaking Tour is over. But, of
course, it’s not over, There's always project
follow-up to do: the reports to write, the notes
to be mailed, the expenses to be figured. No
rest for the wicked, or for the subversive. So
here I am, hardly a week off of the road, try-
ing to give at least preliminary shape to my
observations, thoughts, and feelings of the
past two months.
I won't speak for Ann Wrixon, Fred Moore,
and Richard Ramirez, the other tour partic
pants, except to say we all agree that the
venture was quite a success and, for the most
part,3 fun to do. Oh, and one more consensus:
we fervently hope some of you will embark on
similiar resistance trips in your regions.
Imagine every day meeting new, beautiful
people who are working for social change.
Imagine sharing with them personal experiences,
news, and strategies. They are touched and
inspired by you to reflect further and deepen
their committment to peace, and you are like-
wise moved by them. Imagine getting a first
hand view of the state of resistance activity
throughout your part of the country. All
this time, you're working very closely with
wonderful tourmates, learning about them,
yourself, and how to extend the caring and
cooperation between you.
This, for me, was the speaking tour, We
subtitied it “Speaking, Hearing, and Spreading
Resistance,” and I’m immensely satisfied
knowing that speaking in person, or via
media,* to hundreds of thousands of people,
and hearing directly from hundreds of them
has been to directly and significatly con-
tribute to world disarmament, non-inter-
vention, and human growth,
All, however, was not roses. Much of what
1 observed, or perhaps it’s better to say didn’t
observe while touring leaves me distressed
about the health of the resistance community
and organizing. We regularly encountered local
groups who weren’t aware of many importnat,
easily-obtained facts about issues concerning
resistance, These same groups often didn’t
know what was going on in neighboring
communities, let alone throughout the country.
Overall, relatively few people with whom we
spoke had much sense of the structure or
strength of resistance in the US; even fewer
were familiar with efforts in other nations.
More disheartening recollections... Most
activist communities tended to approach
draft and war tax resistance or opposition to
military funded university research as work
separate from that of disarmament, anti-
intervention, and other social justice endeavors,
This.in spite of the reality that the hundreds
of thousands of individuals who refuse military
service, tax support, or research funding
frequently do so because of concerns about the
ams race, wars of intervention, or other
violations of human liberty.
Also, while it is true that numerous anti-
draft groups were active or interested in high
school outreach to young people facing the
draft and military enlistment choices,> just a
handful of these groups directly involvéd youth
in that work or encouraged them to organize
among’ themselves. This was particularly sad to
see, because many of the young people who we
met were eager to learn about and pursuc
peace work.
Why these huge gaps in knowledge, analysis,
and action? Certainly there are many reasons.
Let me focus on one here. At the start of our
mectings with groups of organizers, we would
consider these questions, they come to see the
necessity of movement-building, and they act to
fill the gaps I've been describing.7
Well, I’ve prattled on enough, and the
deadline draws perilously near, so Ill quickly
sign off with a few exhortations, First, sub-
scribe to the national, regional, and local
publications that cover resistance, Second, when
you carry out your resistance work, be it a
one time event or an ongoing program, sit
down and write it up for those same publica-
tions. They have little, if any, reporting staff
and count on your self-reporting to get news
of the movement.8 Plus, it can be very pro-
ductive for you or your group to go through
the introspection needed for this self-report
Speaking tour members ton; Ann Wrixon
(Speaki
ask those present to tell us why they do the
wanting to pro
those facing military-related deci
this is a worthwhile goal, And it
be attained in most localities by a fairly small
group of dedicated activists, even if they are
uninformed and cut off from a national move-
Rarely, though, was our opening question
answered with medium or long-rnage goals,
such as:
~ to prevent the reimposition of inductions.
~ to dismantle entirely the Selective Service
System.
~ to effectively reduce US ability to fight
wars of aggression.
~ to direct public attention toward develop-
ment of real alternatives to war.
~ to literally disarm all nations,
~ to help bring about fundamental trans-
formation in ourselves and in society as a whole,
For a person to consciously work toward
these sorts of Jonger-range goals would require
them to constantly ask her/himself, “Where are
we now? Where have we been? Where do we
want to be? How will we get there? What part
will} play in that process?” I believe that
when individual resisters and groups choose to
Photo: Brian Kimber
ard Ramirez, and Matt Nicodemus
ig tour member Fred Moore is not shown)
Finally, remember how powerful we are
as resisters, Selective Service is so afraid of
noncompliance that their national policy is
to not appear in public with known draft law
violators; they don’t want to give credibility
to our opinions and choices. Edward Hasbrouck
wrote recently (Resistance News No. 18),
“It’s still‘only’ registration because our
resistance to registration is preventing the
government from starting to draft us.” This is
one of the main messages we spread on the
speaking tour, and I urge you to give it thought
as you Continue your own good works.
1 The name given to us by KBOO public radio
in Portland, Or.
2 A more extensive account will appear in
Resistance News No, 20. For a copy, write to
the National Resistance Committee, Box
42488, San Francisco, CA 94142, Also see
Ann Wrixon’s article entitled, “Western Region €
Speaking Tour: The First Month,” in the last
issue of The OBJECTOR (Vol 6, No. 3, p.6).
3 When our 1965 Ford Econoline van wasn’t
breaking down, among other problems,
TOUR .. . continued on page 9
JANUARY 1986
A feminist perspective on broadening
the anti-draft movement
It is also easy to forget that although men
usually wage war women ate frequently its
victims. Women often serve in combat zones,
as health professionals and other support
personnel, and these units frequently suffer
casualties. Also women, as well as men, are
killed and injured when civilian populations
become engulfed in a war (and women are
often raped as well). It is important to re-
member that large numbers of women, as
well as men, die in wars, A draft is used to
support US wars throughout the world,
War, of course, is dangerous for every-
one involved, Mofe subtle, however, is the
by Ann Wrixon
Editor’s Note: Recently I returned
from a western region draft resistance
speaking tour. During the tour several
groups asked me to discuss women and
the draft, and the links between this
issue and other movements for social
justice. The talk I prepared in response
to this request is reprinted below.
— Ann Wrixon
Asa feminist I believe sexism is the
model for all other oppressions,
I am not satisfied, nor do I think it makes
sense to let this issue take a back seat to
others. This world view is frequently
referred to as radical feminism. So as a
feminist, in fact a radical feminist, many
people are baffled as to why I work in the
anti-draft movement, which appears to be
mainly of concern to men. I think this isa
dangerous misconception, however, that
desperately needs to be corrected. I
would like to take this time to examine
how the draft directly affects women, and
also the crucial links between this issue and
other movements for social justice.
To begin with women may actually be
facing a draft in the not too distant future.
In 1980 President Carter wanted to register
women for the draft, but Congress rejected
this. Over.the past five-years there has-been
repeated calls for a draft registration of
health professionals (including women).
Most recently, this past September, General
Quinn, the Army Surgeon General; asked
Congress to consider a peacetime draft
registration of health professionals,
TOUR . . . from page 8
4 Forty-four of our events were either media
interviews or were covered by media. Although
the issues may not be receiving much attention
on national TV networks or in the New York
Times, there is great potential for getting
resistance news out regularly through local
media channels,
S5Unfortunately, almost no one is looking at
young people as potential tax resisters, who
can to begin to consider such actions now.
6 About 40 percent of our presentations and
discussions were with young people and/or
covered by youth media,
TExcellent resources to aid in this intro-
spection and planning are available from New
Society Publishers, Write them for a booklist at
4722 Baltimore Ave., PA 19143,
Also check out Si Kahn’s Organizing: A Guide
for Grassroots Leaders (McGraw-Hill, 1982).
8At least put them on the mailing list for your
local and regional newsletters.
Without the assistance of Brian Kimber, Alex
Hornby, Ann Wrixon’s housemates, and tons
of friends who provided material and other
support, the tour would not have happened.
Our sponsors were the San Jose Peace Center,
CCCO - Western Region, and the National
Resistance Committee.
: Northern Sun News/CPF
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danger to women of military training itself.
Violence against women is both an overt
and implicit part of military training. An
article in the summer 1985 issue of Policy
Review, a publication of the Heritage
stated, “many of the traditional
(military) Tekan for instilling courage
and a fighting spirit might’be regarded as
sexual harassment,” Other observers have
stated the problem in even stronger terms.
For example, an Army psychologist inter-
viewed by the Army Times several years
ago explained, “We take these men (in
basic training) and ask them to get in
touch with their aggressiveness and their
violent tendencies. . .then we tell them
(after basic) they must hold it all in check
until we ask them to release it in war. It’s
no wonder that it spills over when we don’t
want it to - into fighting and brawling - and
raping women.” Obviously it is dangerous
for anyone, but especially for women, to
Support drafting young men into an insti-
tution that teaches violence against women
as a normal part of its training,
This is not to say that I support the
present all volunteer military, which is
primarily reliant on the poverty draft to
maintain its strength. The poverty draft
targets the poor and minority members of our
society, who have few other economic alter-
natives. Thirty-two percent of enlisted service-
members are minorities, which is a much.
larger percentage than their representation in
the society as a whole. Not only will these
servicemembers face discrimination and
harassment, and possibly war, but most will
also not learn a marketable civilian skill, as
most military jobs have no civilian appli-
cation,
But it is a mistake to think that a draft
would solve the poverty draft, Exemptions and
deferments wouid be available to those who
were educated and informed enought to present
clear, sophisticated answers to confusing ques-
tions. Education (and draft counseling) are
frequently denied to minorities and lower income
youth, and so they will be the ones drafted
to fight the next war.
Clearly the draft is not just a “‘men’s” issue,
nor is it merely an issue of conscription, as
illustrated by the current poverty draft. Then
how has it come tobe seen as such? Part
of the problem I believe is that the perceived
leadership of the movement has been white
men, and asa result the movement has tended
to focus on their concerns. This tendency has
been heightened by the media which generally
focuses on individual resisters as spokespersons
for the entire anti-draft movement.
It is particularly important to break the
stereotype of resisters as white, college
educated men, as most non-registrants (and
therefore a source of tremendous potential
support for the anti-draft movement) do not
fit this mold. According to a Selective Service
mandated study less than 20 percent of draft
non-registrants are white, middle-class, or
college educated, It is vital that the anti-draft
community make links between conscription
and issues that concern these young people,
such as unemployment and the poverty draft.
The concerns of women in the anti-draft
movement must also be addressed. At the grass-
roots level women appear to compose fifty per-
cent or more of the anti-draft movement, but
repeatedly express frustration at their role in
anti-draft activities. Last April women from
throughout the east coast met to discuss this
problem. They made several suggestions for
developing a non-sexist resistance movement
that affirms the risk and committments.of
all those involved. These included finking ca
draft to other issues, such as war tax 1 e.
‘They also encouraged activists to plan an
draft actions that did not tie into an individual
resister’s case (i.e, the 1982 blockade of
Selective Service), and to initiate workshops or
speakers on the draft at multi-issue/coalition
events,
The links between the draft and other
issues for social justicé are not difficult to
make. For example, South Africa recently
detained anti-draft activists there under
Section 29 of the Internal Security Act. These
ANTI-DRAFT.
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