COMMITTEE ASSEMBLING (WITH REPORTER VOICE-OVER) MR. ABE SIMON FATHER OF A DESERTER SAID HE WAS AT FIRST ANGRY WITH HIS SON BUT CAME LATER TO SEE HIS SON'S POINT OF VIEW. MR. SIMON SAYS HE NOW FAVORS UNCONDITIONAL AMNESTY TO FIVE THESE PEOPLE REPRESENTATIONEEEE A CHANGE. REPORTER VOICE OVER LIVING SHOT TO INTRODUCE REPRESENTATIE OF ORGANIZATION CALLED YOUNG AMERICANS FOR FREEDON. SPEAKER SAYS THEY ARE STRONGLY AGAINST UNCONDITIONAL AMNESTY. IT SHOULD BE CONDITIONAL.




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Background: A YUECOMMITTEE OF THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WHICH IS CONSDEE CONSIDERING THE POSSIBLE PEACHMENEEE IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT NIXON, TURNED ITS ATTENTIC: MONDAY TO THE QUESTION OF AMMESTY FOR DESERTERS AND DRAFT EVADERS DURING THE VIETNAM WAR. A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL SAID HE FAVORED AMNESTY ON CONDITION THAT YOUNG MEN WHO RECEIVED IT SHOULD DO A PERIOD OF SOF FORN OF PUBLIC SERVICE ON THEIR RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES.