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News Briefs

By VVAW

NIXON BOOED IN CHICAGO

On March 15, about 2,000 people demonstrated outside the Hilton Hotel in Chicago where Richard Nixon was addressing a luncheon of the Executives' Club. The demonstrators, many of whom participated during their lunch hours, united in their demand that Nixon be kicked out of office. The Milwaukee and Chicago chapters of VVAW/WSO also participated. Chants of 'Kick Nixon Out' and 'Throw the Bum Out' echoed off the building outside the hotel. Police, trying to provoke a confrontation, arrested one demonstrator, but the people were not fooled. The focus remained Nixon, who was forced to use a side door in order not to see the American people demanding his removal.

BOB HOOD DEFENSE FORMED

Bob Hood, VVAW/WSO member from the Oakland chapter was arraigned on March 13, and charged with 'assault with a deadly weapon against a police officer'. The charge carries a sentence of six months to life. Hood is being framed by the Oakland PD, in an effort to attack movement organizations by linking them with the SLA kidnapping of Patricia Hearst, and the continued attacks on VVAW/WSO. The trial begins on May 21. Funds are needed to defend Hood and to prove these charges false. Send donations, and for more information contact: VVAW/WSO Legal Defense Committee, 4919 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland CA 94609!

FARAH WORKERS' VICTORY

Recently the NLRB ruled that Farah Manufacturing Co. must recognize the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America as the union representative. AS a result, Willie Farah, president of the company, was forced to give in to the demands of the predominantly Mexican-American women who have been striking Farah for the past two years. The victory of the workers includes: union recognition and the re-hiring of 3,000 workers fired during the strike. The boycott has been called off and the workers are now engaged in negotiating a union contract.

DC6 CHARGES DROPPED

In January, six members of VVAW/WSO were arrested for taking over the Saigon Information Office in Washington DC. They were charged with 'interfering with a diplomatic mission'. The charges were dropped after a defense motion was introduced in court to disclose wire-tapping. The take-over was to protest continued US support for the Thieu regime and also for the US to recognize its responsibility in implementing the Paris agreement on ending the war in Vietnam.