the "times" reported that the ussf was providing assistance to these coffee houses.the times" interviewed one coordinator for that fund. "he wears the mustache and moderately long hair now in style in the movement." you know what that means. the following year in 1971, james faunonda did a tour. in one skit as the "times" reported, james fonda, played first lady pat nixon, in the stitch, she rushes into tell the president, there is a massive demonstration outside, prepare to storm the white house. nixon's character says oh, i better call the army. fonda says you can't, richard. james fonda with the punch line, dick, it is the army out there. >> these coffee houses and the slice of the antivietnam war movement, this provacative organizing effort targeting servicing gis. it is starting to get a bunch of media attention, it started to get congressional attention and that got really aggressive really fast. the senate convene hearings into whether the u.s. servicemen fund was engaging in activities harmful to the moral of the u.s. arm armed forces. the senate subpoenaed t

quote, the senate subcommittee on internal security issued a subpoena to the bank at which ussf had an account. they brought suit to restrain enforcement of the subpoena and to prevent the bank from complying with the subpoena. the organization alleged that the sole purpose of the subpoena was to harass, chill, punish, and deteriorate the servicemen's fund in their exercise of their rights and duties under the first amendment. the senate subcommittee on internal security. the senate subcommittee on internal security was the entity that issued the subpoena to the bank of this servicemen's fund that was running these coffee houses. it's not considered to be one of the high points in proud american governance. it was kind of a senate equivalent to the house on american activities committee. it was ultimately abolished not long after in 1977. but for the two decades leading up to his abolition, it was chaired by the white supremacist segregationist mississippi senator james eastland. that's why this case involving the servicemen's fund and the anti-war g.i. coffee houses, the case was call