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!IC 0 0 0 1 8 1 4 7 . . - .. - - . .. --. ! This wcckend thc nation will 1-xpcricncc rouiid Llircc in thc Viclnam Moratorium Committoo's bottlc to gcl tlic fttrops a u t of Southeast Asia. mid-Ockrbcr after cxtcnsivc planning (since at lcast Junc) and, from a'sinistral point of view was highly succc:ssftiJ. est singlc accomplishmnnt was turning 100,000~peoplc out in Boston Commons. In m'id-Nmkmbcr thc VMC was fotc-td to sharc tlro liniclight with thc New Mobc wlro, like the VMC in October, had dcvoted many nronths to the Novcnrbcr prntes ts. The New Mobc doniinatcd November, closely fullowcd by the . Student Mobc leaving the once ambitious and perhaps ovcr-cnthusi- aetic VMC Little more than a sippet. To recapitutate, the first morahtiunl was in Tlrc great- . . VMC lcaclcrs, who march to lhc rhytlitri of R r l i f f c r o r t drrtni- nwr, now .ctrnccde that Dccctirber will bc thc last cxpantIc*d prc#c*st (otic day in Octobcr, two in Navcnrbrr, tlircr! in Dc:ccnrbcr, ctc.). k r g c Sklencar, onc of the four national coordinators reccntly aekcd "what could wc do for cight days in May." Tiic Dcccirrbcr cCcnionstra&i<mi plannccl for thc Itth, 13111, anrl 24th arc shaping up Lo be gc-nerally unpmductivr. and d u l l to tlic point o f 1mrcd;mr. T h y will lcaflct slrrrpping ccntcr Clrristnras shoppc:rs. sing Christ- m a s carols' (with R pcacc on cartti tlrcmr), and prmrrcitc churrh s v r - vices, pray-ins, and sing-ins. ' All forms of prcss rncdia (canvcn- tional. radical, and undcrground) have failcd tc) scc ncwsworlbilrcss in thc Deccnitcr cffort and thcrcforre lravc not affordcd Chc VMC all the ftcc publicity of last Octobcr. It appcars that Dcccnitcr will bc for tlrc yrmnpslcrs. \ Former Pcnnsylvania Senator Joscph S. Clark, Prcsidant of Unitcd World Fcdcralists, as wcll as chairman o f the littlc known 'and incffcctive Coalition for National Priorities and Military Policy has thrown his coalition in with Sam Brown anrl thc VMC and will rirganizc a scrics 01 town mectings in scvcral dozcn Anicrican c w m - iiirtnilics to d i s c u s s such aver-worked topics ai local ncpcls, iriilitaty spcirding and F c d w a l taxcs. . . . hlllioagh no k i i iranii~s in thc conimunist- ratIic*al -pcaCcnik ' a r a t i k s Iiavc* I ) c f c n prihl i c ixrvl fo r th c. Daccnrba r c l a rtion (I 1 rnlion s pc c - c I1 nihkitrp vffiirl Ilwrc will prqlmhly bc: it few itstial, m i 1 i - a r l m i n i s l ral bin, anti-war dia'lribcs aroan? tlic counlty. It is hard Lo itiiaQinc? SlfiSck, Dcllingcr, Rcnnic Davis, 'Carol Lipman, and many o.thcrs missing an opportunity to kick the cstablishnicnt shin. * - . . . . . . 8 -