Vol. 80/No. 28      August 1, 2016

 

25, 50, and 75 Years Ago

 

July 26, 1991

Tens of thousands of trade unionists are expected to turn out for an AFL-CIO-sponsored Solidarity Day August 31 in Washington, D.C.

The event will include a march down Washington’s Constitution Avenue to the Capitol, ending with a rally.

Traditional Labor Day celebrations in New York, Chicago, Detroit, and other cities have been canceled to increase participation in the August 31 action.

According to the AFL-CIO News, the goals of the day-long event are “legislation banning the permanent replacement of strikers, national health care reform, and full freedom of association abroad and at home — including full collective bargaining rights for public workers.”

July 25, 1966

The U.S. Army has moved to court-martial three antiwar GIs before they could complete legal proceedings in the civilian courts which would seek to prevent the army from sending them to Vietnam. This new development in the case makes it doubly urgent for the antiwar movement nationally to come to their support.

The three GIs, Pfc. James Johnson, Pvt. Dennis Mora and Pvt. Davis Samas, are being held at Fort Dix, New Jersey, awaiting an investigative hearing on July 22 which will decide what kind of court martial they will face.

The soldiers announced, at a New York press conference on June 30, their plans to seek an injunction preventing the army from sending them to Vietnam.

July 26, 1941

By A DRAFTEE

Roosevelt’s demand that Congress extend the length of the term of conscription does not express the sentiments of the men in the training camps.

The draftees are virtually unanimous in their opposition to serving any longer than the one year they were originally told they would have to serve.

Bad living conditions are not the things the draftees talk about today. Indeed, the man who does discuss them is looked upon as a griper. The questions which the men are discussing and worrying over are the big issues — the extension of the army term, the meaning of the war, the attitude and purpose of the administration.  
 
 
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