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NEWSLE T TER The ~ASP News ( r LASH ~di t i cn)____ . -i:...__ . .._..__
( From: dee Haydu, Pr esi dent , who i s now i n r esi dence at 2139 Al dr i n,Apt . 2- 3, Ocean ~ New J er sey07712. Tel : 201 542- 6441)
SPECI AL £V~~TS ••••r equi r E speci al handl i ng and I am comi ng t o each
of you i n t hi s manner s o t hat you wi l l have t he f ul l es t pos si bl e pi c t ur e
of our bi d f or of f i c i al r ec ogni t i on. Or i gi nal l y, i t had been my i n-
t ent i on t o br i ng you up t o dat e on a var i et y of t hi n3s - - our next
Reuni on, a new name f or us , et c. - - but t hes e wi l l keep f or a l at er
newsl et t er whi ch you may ant i ci pat e i n a f ew mont hs. I must i ncl ude
" t he mos t l ovi ng and 10udes t IIt hank yo u" f or t he s heer vol ume of
ext r emel y hel pf ul mai l and phone cal l s i n r ecent ~eeks whi ch l eave
no doubt s t hat TH~ ~ASP Si I aI T I S VEr i Y MUCH ALI VE - - and t o say t hat
I am pr oud t o be a ~A3P i s put t i n~ i t ever s o mi l dl yl
WHERE WE STAND ••••The f i r st of t wo commi t t ee hear i ngs on our
bi l l i s s chedul ed f or May 25, 1977 when t he Senat e Vet er ans ' Af f ai r a
Commi t t ee chai r ed by Senat or Al l en Cr anst on ( D- Cal i f ) , wi l l wei gh
ar 8ument s on ~ 247 whi ch was co- sponsor ed by Senat or s Gol dwat er
and Hansen i n J anuar yo ThE second hEar i ng wi l l be conduct ed by
t he ~ouse Vet er ans' Af f ai r s Commi t t ee, chai r ed by Repr esent at i ve
nay r t ober t s ( D- Texas) ( who i s no f r i end of WASPsl ) and WE expect
a dat e near t he end of J une. T~e Hous e Bi l l we s houl d s i ngl e out
f or r ef er enc e pur pos es i s H. R. 3321, whi c h was i nt r oduc ed by
Con5r es s woman Li ndy Bogi s ( D- La) i n F ebr uar y of t hi s year . Les t
t her e be c onf us i on, l et me ver i f y t hat s ever al i dent i c al bi l l s
wi t h about 100 Hous e c o- s pons or s have been put f or t ho For your
r ec or ds , t he number s of t hes e bi l l s ar e: Ho R. 3277, 5087, 5170, 5171,
5211, 5666, 5713, 6173 and 6450.
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~HAt ~~_~~~~- 1f De••• The advi ce of ~r uce Ar nol d, who has been,
and i s , a : Eos t i nval uabl e f r i end t o eac h of us - - i s t o as s ume a
pos t ur e of DOUBLE RED ALERT.. On r ec ei pt of t hi s , we s houl d z er o- i n
on t he member s of t he Senat e Vet er ans' Af f ai r s Commi t t ee and mai nt ai n
( l et t er , mai l - o- gr am, ot her ) pr essur es unt i l t he May 25t h hear i ngs
become hi st or y. I am l i st i ng t he Senat e VA Commi t t ee member s bel ow
under obv i ous r at i ngs s o t hat y ou and y our f r i ends may ex pr es s
appr eci at i on or ur ge open- mi nded consi der at i on as t he case may be:
FAVORABLE
RANDOLP H, J enni ngs( D- v. ' . Va)
HANSEN, Cl i f f or d P.( R- Wyo)
UNFAVORABLE UNCO! J J ' - i I TTED
CRANSTON, Al an ( Chai r . )( D- Cal i f )
STOHE, Di ck( D- Fl )
TALMADGE, Her man E.( D- Ga)
: : : : >URKI N, J ohn A.( D- NH)
STAF' FOr t D~Rober t T.( R- Vt )
( ADDRE0S: Honor abl e So and So, U. S. Senat e, Washi ngt on, D. C. 20510)
CHECKI NG SI GNALS ••••I bel i eve you know t he opposi t i on has r al l i ed
behi nd at l eas t one per s on ( Rep. Ol i n Teague of Tex as ) who us ed
The Congr es s i onal Recor d of Apr i l 6, 1977 ( p. E2l l 6, 17) t o c l ear l y
i dent i f y obj ect i ons t o t he WASPs bei ng consi der ed f or vet er an' s
s t at us . I n c as e you don' t k now about t hi s , her e ar e t he mai n
poi nt s ( unt r ut hs) he made of f i c i al l y and publ i c l y and whi ch you
s houl d addr es s i n y our own wor ds and f r om y our ex per i enc e t o
c l ear t he ai r bef or e t he Senat e Hear i ngs and, a~ai n, bef or e t he
l at er Hous e Hear i ngs . I am quot i ng i n t he f o l l owi ng f r om t he
s t at ement of Mr . Teague t o t he Congr es s on Apr i l 6t h:
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" T hey ( '•.A' s?s ) wer e not subj ect t o any f or m of mi l i t , ar y di sci -
pl i ne. They wer e not s ubj ec t t o nor mal mi l i t ar y c ommand. As
Ci v i l Ser v ant s , t hey wer e not ent i t l ed t o medi c al c ar e at an
Ar my i nst al l at i on. 1I
( BEE HAYDU COMNE~I : PHOOEY! ! YOU DON' T N££D A~Y COACHI NG HERE
EXC. f . f l 'l - : ; YASKl i ~J . ' I Hi ~TYOU ATt ACK SUCH GR03S III NACCt J RACI EStl PR01V1PTLY
A~D MOST VI GOROUSL Y! ! )
" I n most i nst ances t hey ( WASPs l umped wi t h USO ent er t ai ner s,
Red Cr os s wor k er s ) r e c ei v ed f a r mor e r i ght s , r e wa r ds , s a l ar y a nd
, ot he r be nef i t s t han i ndi v i dua l s who wer e s e r v i ng i n t he Ar my or
Nav y i n t he enl i s t ed s t at us or on t he of f i c er s l ev el . "
( 3EE HAY~U CC~a~ENT: THE EXACT OPPOSI TE I S TRUE AS YOU' LL
RECALL. WASPS RECEI VED THE SAME RI GHTS AS OTHER OFFI CERS I N THE
A~¥. Y BUT LESS REWARDS, LESS SALARY AND NO ACTI V. f . DUTY BENEFI TS.
DO HI T AT THI S WHEN YOU CO~~UNI CATE, PLEASE. )
" ~ut i f we l et down t he s t andar ds f or t he WASP s , we mus t i n
equi t y do t he s ame f or al l who s e r v ed on a s i mi l ar bas i s . "
(BEE HAYDU COMMENT: WHO S£qVED ONA SI MI LAR BASI S?? ! !
NO O' l HE. nORGANI ZATI ON ' l ' HAT~iE CAN I D£i \ J TI FYAT PRESENT I I F THEY
&I ST, L . i ' l 'l ' HSvl COi " I EFOr i / l ARDAS ' - {' j EA ..lili DOI NG AND ? ROV E THJ 1: I RCASES.
Wi ! .viER.£, UNI ~UE I N T' HAT ' l ' Hi ! .Af u\ i YAI R CORPS PUT U. s I N THE SERVI CE
AND R. i : . ~UI R£DUS TO SERVE AS OFF I CEc . ~S I ~ ORDER ': C O TEST OUR A3I LI T: : : L
TO BE OFf I CERS, AS THE I NT£NI I GN ' t v ' ASAL~AY3 '1'0 l Vl I LI TARI ZE US v , H EN
'flf. HAD PROVED OURSELVES CAPABLE FI LOTS. LET THE£, i BE NO DOUBTS
' I ' HAtviE DI D J UST THA' l ' ! !I )
NOt A BENE •• •• We c an be c e r t a i n t he oppos i t i o n quo t e d a bov e i s no t
pec ul i ar t o t he Hous e s i de of t he boul ev ar d - - wher e we mi ght
enc ount er i t i n t hE Senat e, mos t l i k el y i t wi l l bE bas ed on
t hese poi nt s.
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RED ALERT NO.2 •• Once t he Senat e Hea. r i ngs ar e addr ess ed, t he
f o l l owi ng wi l l ass i st y ou as y ou t ur n y our s i ght s on t he House
Hear i ngs whi ch, as ment i oned ear l i er , come of f i n l at e J une:
HOUS. E:V.h;'l'EitANS I AFl " AI RS C( , ~. i MI'I'TEE
FAVORABLE
EDWARDS, Don( D- Cal i f )' i YOLFF ,Les t er L.( D- NY)
MOTTL, Ronal d M.( D- Ohi o)
HA~NAFORD, Mar k W.( D- Ca1i f )EDGAR, Rober t W.( D- Pa)
HALL, Sam B. J r .( D- Texas )APPL EGATE, Dougl as( D- Ohi o)HECKLER, Mar gar et M.( R- I vl as s )WYL I ~, Chal mer s P.( R- Ohi o)HI LLI S, El wood( R- I nd)ABNAf i . ,J ames J .( R- SD)
GUYER, Tennyson( R- Ohl o)SAWYER, Har ol d So( R- Mi ch)
UNFAVORABLE
ROBERTS, Ray ( Chai r )( D- Texas )
TEAGUE, Ol i n E.( D- Texas )MONTGOMERY, G. V.( D- Mi s s )CARNEY, Char l es J .( D- Ohi o)HA¥~l ERSCHMI DT, J ohn P.( R- Ar k)
UNCOMMI TTED
SATTERFI ELD, Davi d E I I I(D-Va)
DANI ELSON, Geor ge E.( D- Cal i f )BRI NKLEY, J ack( D- Ga)CORN~LL , Rober t J .( D- w' i s)HEFNER, W. G. ( Bi l l )( D- NC)BEARD
t Edwar d P.( D- RI )ALLEN, Cl i f f or d( D- Tenn)BARNARD, Doug( D- Ga)WALSH, Wi l l i am F.( R- NY)HANS£N, Geor ge( R- I daho)
( ADDRESS: Honor abl e So and So, U. S. House of Repr esent at i ves,Washi ngt on, D. C. 20515)
N E 'rt' WASHI NGTON OFF I CE ••• •Our Was hi ngt on St af f , headed by Br uce
Ar nol d and exper t l y ass i st ed by Lee Wheel wr i ght f i nal l y has f ound
a per manent home t hanks t o t he Ar my- Navy Cl ub. Her e i s t he of f i ci al
mai l / t el ephone i nf o whi ch you must keep handy i nasmuch as t hi s i s
our ~, onl y and t he WASP Ops Cent er f r om now on:
WASP CONGRESSI ONAL HEARI NGS CO¥l l ~I TTEEc / o AF&I Y- l i AVYCLUB1627 Eye St . , N. W.Washi ngt on, D. C. 20006 Tel : 202 638- 4287
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Whi l e I am t r yi n6 t o keep t hi s r eas onabl y s hor t and t o t he
poi nt {s) , I do want t o pay t r i but e t o our ~ASP HEar i n~s Commi t t Ee
( Dor a St r ot her , Byrd Gr an~er , Dor i s Tanner and Lee Wheel wr i ght )
f or br i ngi ng us t o a s t a t e of r eadi nes s t hat i s t r ul y r e mar kabl e.
They, i n t ur n, r emi nd me t hat your r esponse t o pl eas f or document a-
t i on and ot her i nf or mat i on has been t he key f ac t o r al l al ong.
Thus, f or once and, hopef ul l y f or t he l ast t i me, we ar e or gani zed.
I n or der t o s t a y t hi s way, i f any of you do pop i nt o Was hi ngt on
wi t h t he i nt ent i on of vi s i t i ng your c ongr es sper s on, be c er t ai n
t o c ont ac t Lee " heel wr i ~ht f i r s t s o s he c an ac quai nt you wi t h
pr i or deal i ngs , i f any.
I f you pl an t o at t end ei t her or bot h of t he hear i ngs , do l et
our Washi ngt on peopl e know and i f you pl an t o wear your WASP
uni f or m ( I hear many wi l l ) make t hat known, t oo, i n t hat t her e
may be s pec i al s eat i ng f or uni f or med s pec t a t o r s . I f you c an onl y
make i t t o one of t he hear i ngs , I r ec ommend i t be t he Hous e hear i ng
i n l at e J une whi c h, f r om al l i ndi c at i ons , i s s hapi ng up as an
exci t i ng event , t o s ay t he l eas t ! I know our WASP wi t nes ses - -
al l of whom have been desi gnat ed al r eady - - wi l l wel come a l ar ge
cheer i ng sect i on on t he day of our "bi g game. "
WE STI LL NEED ••••document ar y pr oof or t he wor di ng of t he oat h
most of us t ook when we ent er ed WASP Tr ai ni ng. Anot her i t em we
ar e t r yi ng t o t r ac k down i s t he i dent i f i c at i on of t hr ee WASPs
who wer e ki l l ed whi l e f l yi ng wi t h mal e cr ews who al so per i shed
but r ecei ved benef i t s. These ar e ment i oned i n J acki e Cochr an' s
Fi nal Repor t but we need names , dat es , et c . A s i mi l ar s ear c h i s
on wher e WASP r esi gnat i ons ar e concer ned. Whi l e mor e t han 90%
of us ser ved unt i l deact i vat i on, some WASPs di d qui t and t he
Washi ngt on of f i ce can use WHO- WHEN- ~HY i nf or mat i on.
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~U3LI CI 1Y •. ••So many of you may be sl i g~t l y up i n t he ai r
i f and v, " hena news, r ad10 or TV oP1- , or t unit y comes al ong ( because
you caused i t t o! ) so her e ar e some gui del i nes. The Washi ngt on
of f i ce has excel l ent gener al WASP news r el ease mat er i al whi ch i s
r eadi l y avai l abl e on r eques t . Phot os ar e i n s hor t s uppl y and i t
i s best t hat you of i er your scr ap book mast er pi eces f or l ocal
news pur poses. Wher e TV i s i nvol ved, we can pr ovi de a t er r i f i c
WASP WWI I hi Shl i ght s f i l ~~! 1E ( 2 mi n. 17 secs) wi t h sound t r ack
nar r at i on f or use i n conj unct i on wi t h your appear ance or a news
show, et c. I am happy t o r epor t t hat a WASP husband, Geor ge
Rodger s, gr acef ul l y vol unt eer ed t o wat ch over our publ i ci t y
ef f or t and he can be r eached at t he same Was~i ngt on of f i ce.
::nrrtJ"~ING UP ••••As one l egi sl at i ve exper t on Cap1 t ol Hi l l
put ~t : " Yo u Vi ASP9 havE t o cl ear l y pr ove one t hi ng dur i ng t he
hear i ngs - - t hat you wer e de f acto Ar my Ai r For ce of f i cer s and
avi at or s. " Thus, when we wr i t e t o t he congr essi onal member s
or t al k i t up l oc al l y we must be of one voi ce wi t h t hese
/ s/ Bee Haydu
si mpl e but most i mpor t ant f act s: We wer e swor n i n wi t h t he same
oa t h. vie t ook t he same t r ai ni n, g. . We r esponded t o t he same
wr i t t en or der s. ~e f l ew t he same ai r pl anes. We wer e subj ect
t o t he same di sci pl i nes. We r ecei ved t he same medi cal car e.
We ser ved t he same bel oved count r y.
L ATE ZNTRY: I am addi ng our pet i t i on f or m as a separ at e l ast page soi t can be r emoved and copi ed easi l y. Our Washi ngt on opposi t i on i smaki ng much of a f act t hat we don' t have t he suppor t of Amer i canLe~i cn, Di sabl ed Amer i can Vet er ans, and Vet er ans of For ei gn War s atWashi ngt on l evel s because we' r e not vet er ans. How si l l yl Many l ocalc hapt er s of t he above do s uppor t us s o do r eac h t hos e i n your ar eaand r et ur n t he compl et ed pet i t i ons t o Washi ngt on of f i ce soonest l
Happy Landi ngs 1
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PETI TI CN
"~{e t he under si gned r espectf ul l y r equest t he passage of t heSen~t e 3i l l S. 247 and t he House of Repr esent at i ves 3i l l 3321 t ogr ant t he WASPs ( Women Ai r f or ce Ser vi ce Pi l ot s of W~I I ) mi l i t ar yst at us. Thi s st at us was deni ed t hem i n 1944.
"These her oi c women ser ved i n a mi l i t ar y capaci t y; wor euni f o~ms; wer e subj ect t o mi l i t ar y di sci pl i ne and cour t esy;t hey f l ew ever y mi l i t ar y ai r pl ane manuf act ur ed f or WWI I ; ser vedt hei r count r y r epl aci ng men pi l ot s f or acti ve dut y over seas.
" They al so r i sked t hei r l i ves dai l y and 38 of t hese womendi ed i n t he s er vi c e of t hei r c ount r y.
"The WASPs, who l i ved on Ar my Ai r For ce bases, wer e pai dl ess t han f l yi ng Ai r For ce of f i cer s; wer e not al l owed mi l i t ar yf uner al s or i nsur ance or any ot her benef i t s gi ven men whoser vedo
" Needed now, not post humousl y, i s mi l i t ar i zat i on t hat woul dgi ve t hem t he r ec ogni t i on and t he r i ght s t hey s o j us t l y des er ve. The 850 r emai ni ng who ar e i n need of vet er ans' benef i t s shoul d begi ven t hem t hr ough t he mi l i t ar i zat i on pr ocess.
" We f eel t hi s count r y does not of t en have t he oppor t uni t y t or i ght t he wr ongs done i n t he past , but t hi s one t i me we can. "
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