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Victories

By VVAW

(struggles continued from earlier issues of The Veteran)

Milwaukee

Ted Streit, a Milwaukee vet whose disability rating the VA tried to cut, has emerged victorious. Spirited actions by the Milwaukee chapter of VVAW forced the VA to give Ted open hearings. The result of these open hearings was that instead of cutting Ted's disability, the VA actually raised it from 40% to 50%. Refusing to be bought off with this victory, the VVAW chapter fights on--see story about Paul Allen in this issue of The Veteran.

Chicago

On January 25, 1975, an anti-police repression coalition demonstration in Chicago was attacked by the Chicago police. Though the police got the worse of the battle that followed, 7 people (including 3 VVAW members) were arrested and charged with assault. On October 15, all charges were dropped, after a series of postponements, hearings, and similar harassment.

The prosecutor announced that the state wanted the charges dropped because one of the 7, Robert Oxley, was an undercover cop and they felt he instigated the fight. The real reason why charges were dropped was because of the growing anti-police repression campaign in Chicago and the public support for the defendants.