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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. "

NAME   ADDRESS

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