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COO018139 . *. & mere followed undoiibtcdly a painful appraisal with llis altcrnativcs rathcr 1iniiLcg. Tlrcy cuuld either rcnouncc New Mobc plans and - jcopardize thcir future viability through a Novrmbcr failurc (how could thcy sustain their averagc of Octobcr with evcryonc death niarching in tlic Capitol) or thcy could cnibracc thc Ncw Mobc plan and hopc that on the morning after t h y could c m c r g c unsoilcd ancl uncolorcd *as a conlinuing '@liberal1a forcc for sinccrc pcaccniks to rally round. Backs \viiI*Iii cndorsctiicnt that Irns now grown 1 0 1 ar*livc participalion and organizing. sion. support in tlic Iialls oi CoirgrcsB including New York Scnator Charles Guotlcll. nixed the New M t 1 l ~ - for what it is ancl iravc sliiccl away from cndors- ing Novciiiber activiLir.s. VMC was cliflcrcnr, was wholcsoaiic aiicl was a siiitablc tub lor sin- ccr'c anti-war Aiiierir-airs to b a h i t i t that qucstion is k i n g answcred m u r e grnphicly c-acli cli\y. Thosc dupes and rlo -g:uodcrs somcwhcrc on llic path toward 1t.ftisIi radicalisnr~would know if they cspltbrccl the pronounccnic~ils of thc Ncw Mobc (cihnplctcly ciiclo rscd now by lhc VMC) that thcy must, to bc goo<i'anti-.war scouts, accept thc statc- riwiit of p # l i c y yiiit'h SCLS forth'tliat the Paris peace ncgo tiations can only be nwaningful a l t c r a11 U. S. troops, cquipmcnt,' plancs, ancl liclir*optc*rs arc wilhclrn.wn and all bases disniantlcd. Thc New Mobe holds that all s u y p ) r t should bc witlrclrawn from tlic Thicu-Ky g!ovcrn- nient rind tho pcoplc of Victnanr sliould bc pcrniittccl L o decide thcir own fate'. to negotiation at tbu talks in Paris. thc wall, the VhlC lcadcrship optvd for lukc- 'Chc VhlC lias paid J trciir~~iitlous pricc for Llrcir der-i- The ciBiiriiiittt*i* Iias a t lt-ast tc*inl~cttiirily, lost practically all The Clergy. too, for tli0 nrtrst part scciii to havv rvcog- If thvrc was e n - r any question that tlw Tliesc iterris, s a y thc Mobilization do not lend thcmsclvcs Rathcr, tlrcy musl bc announcccl by the Unitcd States as its unilateral dccisioti to 'wilhdraw. "Thcn, and only thcn, can'tlic Paris talks concern tlwnisclvcs with the only itcni which can be negotiated: reparations to tlic Victnaniese pcoplc for Lhc damage the Unitcd Stales has -done to their country. I" The VMC has probably choscn unwiecly. Not only has tlicir respcctahlc support 3 v a p r a t c d but, whetlrcr violcncc o c c u r s a1 Washing-m noliceablc suppurt Cur tlrair moratorium planned lo 1- Dccrnibcr. lcadcrship will probably join thc Davc Dellingcrs and Sidney Pecks and lcavc the democratic libcrale to thc fillip o f Scnator McCarthy c t at. Dralt cvaclcr Davc Ilawlc, a VMC loadcr, prcscntly s e r v e s on thc Ncw Mobc stccring committcc.. . (or at San Fritncisco) or not, they will probably IC unablc to m u s i c r VMC . - b r.. -Rcportcd in Guarclian, 1 Novcnlbcr 1969. 5 ..