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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 3, 1975, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press monday March 3, 1975 real leather split cowhide Pant Coats Are a genuine fashion bargain genuine split cowhide durable Beautiful and fashionable we have three great looking Pant coat styles at Low Price that s really too Good to pass up they re just whar you be been looking for to top All of your Spring Pant fashions Rich Brown or Navy shades highlighted by smart contrast stitching. Sizes 10 to 18 collectively. Remember you can use your Bay card a. Tie belted coat with dome closure. B. Button front style with tie Belt Tab sleeve. C. Dome front style with pockets cuffed sleeves. Dept. 101, the Bay women s Coats your Choice Only 903 working to gain clemency by Frank Rutter free press correspondent Washington Only 903 Vietnam War registers Are Actu ally working for their free Dom under the clemency pro Gram president Gerald Ford extended into its sixth month on Friday. Itie chances Are that Many fugitives and exiles who surren Der to the authorities under the program will get away without any alternate service at All. But for any who were choosy enough to become Canadian citizens it. The . Does t want you to come Home at All. These Are just some of the complicated twists to the Viet Nam trauma which still disturbs american society both through the Issue of amnesty for deserters and draft evaders and through the Issue of continued . Military and. Finan Cial Aid in Southeast Asia. Ford s clemency program which began last sept. 16, was an Effort the president said at the to bind up the nation s wounds after the end of the War. But the wounds Are still sore and the War is not Over As the president and Congress clash on requests for Aid to South Vietnam and Cambodia. The Justice department Here has confirmed reports that american born Canadian Citi Zens who fled the draft or Mili tary service will not be allowed to re enter the spokesman John Russell said this applies to known def evaders and deserters As yell As to the Many unknown exiles who left the . Without registering for the draft during the Vietnam Era. This is the Law and if i needs to be changed Congress would have to do Bussell said. But Henry Swarzchild of the american civil liberties Union said an attempt May b launched to Challenge govern ment interpretation of the through the courts. He said american men became Canadian citizens Between 197 and the end of 1974. Meanwhile those who Havi applied under Ford s clemency program Are having problems too. Draft evaders and deserter Are invited to Promise to per form up to two years alternate service such As Hospital work to Clear their record. The jobs Are handled by the selective service system the Agency responsible for the draft. Spokesman John w. Barbe said Friday a total of me had been enrolled but on 903 were actually working. I about have been referred to jobs but the Agency Owesn t yet know whether they dually got the jobs. Another Hundred or so lost heir jobs. Many More Are just oking. It s difficult to find Obs for anybody with the econ my the Way it Barber Aid. There Are others who just ref be to go along with the pro ram even though they have signed a pledge. Barber said Lere Are about 560 such cases who Haven t really been co he said the selective service sports them after 30 Days to he Justice department in the ase of draft evaders or to uie military in the Case of de enters. The whole program is Volun Don t harass he Aid. In fact the deserters get away with it. The military does lot prosecute according to e n t a g o n spokesman John Becker. The punishment is an undesirable discharge in Stead of a clemency Dis theoretically this is sup posed to look better on a Man s record when he seeks employ ment in future life although ome veterans dispute this. The draft evaders Are liable to prosecution if they renege of alternate service according to Russell. However he admitted hat no one has yet been prosecuted. Ford s program also includes a presidential clemency order in effect a convicted deserters and draft evaders. According to Ford there have been applications for this which would make it the Only part of the program to be moderately successful. In fact it was this response that prompted Ford to extend the whole program for another month. What will happen when it s All Over on March 31? Pentagon spokesman Becker said the military will revert Back to Normal administrative which Means that any deserters caught will face military prosecution. The immigration service says it will continue to close the Border to Canadian americans. But there remains the nag Ging fear that any Young. Amer ican who left the country during the Vietnam draft years is liable to be penalized. The Only sure settlement of this Vietnam hangover would be legislation declaring univer Sal unconditional amnesty. Such legislation has been pro in representative Bella Abzug of new York in the House and by Michigan s Philip Hart in the sen ate. Won t buy icon s Bau Eom Panu open daily . Til 6 pin. Monday thursday and Friday . Til . Tele buy 783-2112 24 hour just dial 788-8518. Give your name address and by card number. Your order will be recorded. But it can sell one you be heard it said the first night nay and was in the paper the phone nearly rang off the it could happen to you Call free press classified 943-9331 ;