Harold ‘Bizz’ Johnson received a letter from July 31,1972 from one of his constituents in Susanville, California. The body of the letter is to voice out one man’s opinion over what should be done with regards to the Vietnam War. Robert Woods write in his letter about the upcoming foreign aid bill that will be voted on by Congress. Woods acknowledges that his support for the war efforts has ended wit the Nixon Administration. He states, “I supported LBJ’s (Lyndon B. Johnson) policies on the war, but I think it’s time both of us made a change.”
This call for change is to Bizz. Many who from the beginning supported this war for half a decade started to realize that it was no longer necessary to occupy a foreign sovereign state. Robert Woods shared this sentiment with those in his community and in the nation.

The upcoming vote on the foreign aid bill would approve a provision stating,

” the involvement of United States land, sea, and air forces, for the purpose of maintaining, supporting, or engaging in hostilities in or over Indochina shall terminate and such forces shall be withdrawn not later than October 1, 1972, subject to a cease-fire between the United States and North Vietnam and those allied with North Vietnam to the extent necessary to achieve safe withdrawal of such remaining forces, and subject to the release of all American prisoners of war held by the Government of North Vietnam and forces allied with such Government and an accounting for all Americans missing in action who have been held by or known to such Government or such forces.”

The primary function of Congress is to create and modify laws. In the legislative branch domestic and foreign issues are brought up and voted upon by elected representatives. Congress holds the power and authority to approve or reject these laws. It was amended and passed. It would take six months for Robert Woods and the rest of America to see the war come to an end.On January 23 1973, the U.S and the Republic of Vietnam signed a peace agreement and ended the war.

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’73 Foreign aid authorization dies in conference. (1973). CQ almanac 1972 (28th ed.). Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly. Retrieved from http://library.cqpress.com/cqalmanac/cqal72-1250890.