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~C000181 ' - '.* - . . . ' .' * - I * , . . .. . . ..- . . . -. ? . . , black population of Mobilr (145,000 otit of a total population of 350,000) tjeiieve that the charges against thc two arc rigpcd so that the white establishment can take two black "trouble makers" out of circulation. .. The two arc accused of the shotgun slaying of a fornrcr direc- . tor of a neighboghood organization in Mobilc. racial troubles in Mobile in coking wceks. The trial m a y cause /I.. 7' -/;),,.*% e-'. , 1 6 : 7'6 *October, Houston, Texas . A t a corincil meetin8 held on 19 May the executive council of. the Episcopal Church drew up a resolution to be submitled to the Episcopal Convcntion in Meueton in Ocfobcr. The resolution which . follows, entitled "Retolution on Crisis in Amcrican Life" was circu- lated in June at the Church of the Holy ComforLcr, Vienna, Vi'tginia, -by Rcverand R. Robertson Kendall: . - 3. in our foreign policy is fsltering, as indicatcd by thc rising dissent concerning military involvcment i.n Southcast Asia. T h c r e is continuing oppression of black.and.brown peoplc in America and a growing skcpticisnr in a significant segment of youths and adults who art- 1o.sing fail11 in thc prcsort usc o f establishcd political processcs in dcaling with national issues. "There is a deep c r i s i s in our nation. Public confidcnce 0 b "In recognition of this crisis and as a n approach to dcal- e I ing effectively with thc issucs-- "Be it resolved, That, we, the m c m b c r s of the Executive Council : 1. cil May 19, "1970 concerning tlrc c r i s i s in Anicrican life, and "A Message to the Churches" signed by him and other religiaus lcadors, and tcc-uninrcntl widc distribution of thcee documents to the cntirc churc?h. Endorse the'presiding Bishop's address to the Coun- . - 2. Call for the toal (sic) witlrtlrawal o f all Aiiic-rikan Iorccss fronr Southcast Asia now, and an cnd to thc war. 3. mediate. withdrawal by asserting its constitutional * - Approve Congressional efforts to assure tfris im- ' c . 2 1 - 4. .'. 3 .. . . 3 r - - I