Word: abzugs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Congressional delegation consisting of Rep. Paul M. McCloskey (R-Calif.), Rep. Bella Abzug (D. N. Y.), and Rep. Thomas M. Rees (D-Calif.) met the marchers on the steps of the Capitol. Jan Crumb, president of the VVAW, read a list of 16 demands, including total withdrawal of troops, the end of appropriations for military operations in Indochina, amnesty for draft evaders who have refused induction or left the country, and appropriations for jobs and education for returning vets. Short speeches by McCloskey and Abzug followed...
This Sunday there will be a "Dump Nixon" rally in Providence, Rhode Island, organized by Allard Lowenstein, who organized the successful "Dump Johnson" movement in 1968. Congressmen Bella Abzug, Donald Riegel, and Pete McClosky, and Senators Birch Bayh and Edmund Muskie are co-sponsoring the rally, which will be held on the steps of the State House beginning at 4 p. m. Alex Taylor, Joni Mitchell, and Paul Butterfield will also be on hand, apparently to show people that protest politics can be entertaining...
...April 24 march, which is scheduled for both Washington and San Francisco, has been endorsed by a number of liberal Congressmen, whose ranks swell daily. They include Bella Abzug, Michael Harrington, and Benjamin Rosenthal in the House, and George McGovern, Edmund Muskie, Harold Hughes, Philip Hart, and Vance Hartke in the Senate. In addition, there are the old Moratorium standbys (John Lindsay, Francis Sargent, and retired Army General Hugh Hester) lending their endorsement, if not their presence...
Reps. Paul N. McCloskey (R-Calif.), Bella Abzug (D-N. Y.) and Donald Riegle (R-Mich.) will also speak. McCloskey, who has vowed to oppose President Nixon in the Republican presidential primaries on the war issue, returns Saturday from a trip to Vietnam and Laos...
...April 24 mass demonstration, billed as legal and peaceful, has drawn the support of many liberal congressmen, including New York Democrats Bella Abzug and Benjamin Rosenthal, and Democratic Senators Philip Hart of Michigan, Vance Hartke of Indiana, Harold Hughes of Iowa, Edmund Muskie of Maine, and George McGovern of South Dakota. Retired Army General Hugh Hester and New York Mayor John Lindsay have also endorsed the April 24 antiwar demonstration, NPAC organizers hope to draw as many as half a million people to the Washington and San Francisco rallies...