Blair, R. Jeffrey (March 2024). Recollections of a Grunt in America's Draft Resistance Movement (Part Two: The legal defense). The Journal of Aichi Gakuin University Humanities & Sciences, 71, 3, pp. 27-74.

The above link will take you to the Table of Contents. By clicking the title at the bottom of the page you will be able to see the full paper and, if you want, print it out. Or you may prefer to download the pdf file of the article. I also have a limited number of reprints that I would be delighted to donate to libraries and scholars of American history. You can find my contact information at the bottom of page 63.

I will use this webpage
(a) to post corrections to any errors that are discovered,
(b) to ((insert text)) that might help clarify my intended meaning,
(c) to post personal photos related to the paper, and
(d) to add links from the text to related materials (mostly YouTune videos).

Corrections

p. 32--These motions were summarily dismissed without a hearing.
p. 32--Only Weissman seems to have burnd or torn up more than one card. Even he was charged with only one count of mutilation.
p. 33--Caltech extended my leave for a full year.
p. 34--... and volunteer donors within the anti-war community.
p. 35--Even Albertini and Douglas were released.
p. 37--I immediately moved to the fourth floor of the Circle Jade apartments in Kaimuki.
p. 41--My arrest was also announced in the Honlulu Advertiser (10 June 1972) the next morning.
p. 46--... Linda Coble ...
p.46--The trial of the Hickam Three proceeded according to schedule ...
p. 47--Mary Neilson helped me ... with her infant son, Sean, ...
p. 47--It encouraged them to seek out information on their own ...
p. 48--... and had no intention of presenting one.
p. 49--... Bettencourt convinced Pence to free Uyeda pending his appeal ...
p. 50--On March 5 Paul Miguel brought his class at MidPac Institute to Judge Pence's courtroom to observe the hearing.
p. 53--Blanchfield and I had missed a golden opportunity ...
p. 56--... on the eastern tip of the island.
p. 60--Blair family ties were always stronger than that.
p. 63--31 James Albertini ... (pages 47-48).
p. 65--Unknown (October 1972). Draft evader is sentenced to prison term. Honolulu Advertiser
p. 66--One of my nephews is a lawyer, ...

Inserts

p. 50--FBI Director Patrick Gray had destroyed the documents from E. Howard Hunt's safe. (That action would soon come back to haunt him.)
p. 55--(His message was that) punishment, rather than rehabilitation, should be the aim of the correctional system.
p. 58--... to continue my studies and await (the outcome of) my appeal.
p. 61--The Watergate defendants(, on the otherhand,) were convicted and eventually sent to prison.

In the Bibliography section:
p. 65--Gould, Richard (2017). Refusal to Submit: Roots of the Vietnam War and a Young Man's Draft Resistance. Denver: Susan Kaplan.

Photos

p. 39

H a w a i i   D r a f t   N e w s

Neither slavery nor involutary seritude, except as punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or anyplace subject to their jurisdiction.                                       -13th Amendment to the Constitution-

Court Cases: Published Opinions from F. Supp., F.2d, and US

United States v. David Miller No. 463,
367 F. 2d 72, (Second Circuit)
Argued June 22, 1966, Decided October 13, 1966.

United States v. Stephen Lynn Smith No. 18353,
368 F. 2d 529, (Eighth Circuit) November 7, 1966.

United States v. David Paul O'Brien No. 6813,
376 F. 2d 538, (First Circuit)
Argued March 8, 1967, Decided April 10, 1967.

United States v. David Paul O'Brien No. 232,
David Paul O'Brien v. United States No. 233
391 U.S. 367, (Supreme Court)
Argued January 24, 1968, Decided May 27, 1968.

Texas v. Gregory Lee Johnson No. 88-155
491 U.S. 397, (Supreme Court)
Argued March 21, 1989, Decided June 21, 1989.

United States v. Bruce David Dancis No. 376,
406 F. 2d 729, (Second Circuit)
Argued January 9, 1969, Decided January 21, 1969.

United States v. Michael Benjamin Weismann No. 19820,
434 F. 2d 175, (Eighth Circuit) September 25, 1970.

United States v. Lester Masao Uyeda No. 72-3075,
476 F. 2d 958, (Ninth Circuit) March 27, 1973.

United States v. Edward Hasbrouck 1980.

References
Blair, R. Jeffrey (1999).
Blair, R. Jeffrey (2000).
Blair, R. Jeffrey (2001).
Blair, R. Jeffrey (2002).
Blair, R. Jeffrey (2008).
Hasbrouck, Edward. (2023). Draft Resistance News.
Hershey, Lewis B. (1965). The Channeling Memo.
Obama, Barak (2012). Presidential Proclamation 8829.

Act of resistance
Burned cards ... Indictment [1] [2]
Docket [1] [2] [3] ... Arrest warrant
Conviction and sentence reversed

Newspaper Articles
Unknown (10 June 1972). FBI nabs protester in draft office. Honolulu Advertiser.
Unknown (13 June 1972). Draft Resister Pleads Innocent. Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
Hoyt, Richard (31 July 1972). The Brothers Blair decide each has a way to help. Honolulu Advertiser.
Unknown (22 September 1972). Draft Card Case Denied Dismissal. Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
Unknown (23 September 1972). Draft case motions are denied. Honolulu Advertiser.
Unknown (26 April 1973). Draft-card burner found guilty on 2 counts. Honolulu Advertiser.
Gee, Harriet (26 April 1973). Card Burner is Guilty. Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
Lind, Meda Chesney (April 1973). Verbal hangup brings guilty verdict. Another Voice.
Milz, Barbara (2 May 1973). Punishment necessary, judge says. Honolulu Advertiser.
Coughlin, Dianne (3 July 1973). Draft Card Burner is Fined $500. Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
Lind, Meda Chesney (18 July 1973). Blair to appeal draft card case. Another Voice.
Unknown (January 1974). Isle draft-card burning conviction is overturned. Honolulu Advertiser.

Timelines
Vietnam War
Watergate Scandal

Nixon's speeches: [May 14], [Nov 3], and [Dec 15], 1969
[Jan 22], [April 20], [April 30], and [Oct 7], 1970
[April 7], and [Aug 15], 1971
[Jan 25], [April 26], and [May 8], 1972
[Jan 23], and [March 29], 1973
[Jan 30], and [Aug 8], 1974