TRY A CLASSIFIED AD PHONE 626-2191 or 394-3047 Ji °o°o? /ese/ *lBO 1? 5 s ®/ 16S n Se/ 6 5 O/o s U/ es e / A Js °Sn e/ & 6s? O-eff' *^OPf /4 S O <T/Oa s JV? 5 */»> , <fy) n & ' t-o aa , V? 0,e °& WENGER'S FARM MACHINERY, INC. S. RACE ST. MYERSTOWN, PA. 17067 »«c 13 0 ' p/ Ofy G $s af 0t 1&4 Qss p (3) Cat 955 H Loader Cat 933 G Loader (2 V Cat D 4 Dozers (2) HD6G Loaders HD&, Loader (3) J.D. 450 Loaders With our POWs coming home and our troop strength in Southeast Asia being drastically reduced daily, our thoughts regarding Vietnam have turned to post-war problems. Two such problems seem most prominent - the question of amnesty and the question of rebuilding both Vietnams. There are strong feelings on both sides of the amnesty question In general, I have taken the attitude that some form of conditional amnesty should be provided for those who fled the country to avoid the draft. On the other hand, military deserters should be forced to face the court action against them. By con ditional amnesty I mean some form of alternative service that takes note of the fact that the draft dodger broke the law and should be required to do something meaninful on behalf of his country in order to return to his country. Many Americans have grave reservations about sending our dollars to either of the Vietnams to help them rebuild. I admit to some real questions about such a program, too. We are all too - V \ V^ o O' e4 ®e\ 6» 4 . e 4 V 6 ' oM® BROVfN 3-1200 o\ese\ o qqo piese^ Lloyd J. Wenger Sales Manager familiar with the situation in Vietnam where graft is a way of life, and there are no guarantees that the money we send would end up doing much good. However, it does occur to me that these two serious post-war questions - amnesty and rebuilding - might have a com mon solution. The solution that comes to mind is something I’ll call, for want of a better title, the Vietnam Reconstruction Corps. The VRC would be a group of Americans whose talents and muscle would be used to help rebuild Vietnam Basically it would be an organization with the prime goal of helping the Viet namese to help themselves - not unlike the Peace Corps concept The difference would be that most of the manpower for the VRC would come from those who evaded the draft during the Vietnam conflict Amnesty for the draft dodger would be conditioned on a two year period of acceptable service in Vietnam as a part of the VRC That two-year hitch would be equal to twice the time of service that was required of a draftee who was sent to Vietnam as a J A l0 2 0 0 §3s Ga S ford TRACTORS l%s iesel U?° Gas ' b| We 4000 7 loader CONSTRUCTION Ford 4500 Backhoe J.D. 5008 Backhoe Ford 800 Backhoes Case 680 Backhoe int. 3444 Backhoe Ford 3400 Backhoe Melrose 600 Bobcats Case 1537 Uniloader Universal Skid Loader Michigan 175 Pay loader Hough 50 Payioader Michigan 125 Payioader (2) J.D. 350 Dozers J.D. 440 Loader Int. 1508 Loader Int TD6 Loader Int. TD9 Dozer Int TD6 Dozer Int TD6. P.T.O. Cat 977 Loader (4) Case 530 CK Backhoes Pius Lots More Arriving Daily!! Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 3,1973 tS^>f K c.^ t\l°. \^' part of the military. The VRC recruit would be paid at the same base rate that a military enlisted man made for Vietnam duty - less, of course, combat pay. Thus, the cost of the operation would be considerabley less than the billions of dollars being talked about for recon struction aid In addition to using draft evaders to staff the VRC, it should also be open to any person who wants to volunteer for such duty There are many persons in this country who expressed concern about the ravages of war in Vietnam, and service in the VRC would give them an op portunity to put their actions where their concerns he f' 3 °iO Q 3 -25] n !f as i° 2 ° G D ' GS el &rK 62q 3 sior as ?■ «/ot S 5 *!th /_ , a &er J (2) (4) 717-866-2138 31
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