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...Powell ignored Abzug's protests-as well as those of Representatives Ronald D. Dellums (D-Calif.), Perren J. Mitchell (R-Md.), and Charles B. Rangel (D-N. Y.)-and CDU police in riot gear continued to clear the steps for three-and-one-half hours...
...Dollums (D-Calif.)-saying that he was a veteran but not one that had served in Vietnam-heaved his good conduct medal over the fence. One World War II vet tossed away a life-time membership card in the V. F. W. for what he called "the group's sympathy with...
Among those Congressmen were Bella S. Abzug (D-N.Y.). Shirley Chisolm (D-N.Y.). Ron Dellums (D-Calif.), and Father Robert Drinan (D-Mass.). Twenty-five Congressmen also signed a statement offering the vets their offices overnight in the event of a police eviction...
...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...
...three freshman Congressmen, Representatives Parren J. Mitchell (D-Md.). Bella S. Abzug (D-N. Y.), and Ronald V. Dellums (D-Calif.) asked Secretary of the Army Stanley T. Resor to investigate charges that Font is being harassed because of his antiwar activities and the housing report that he compiled...