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-. .- . The Vietnam Veterans Against the War held a national convention a t Denver three weeks ago.. Several significant trends emerged from this meeting which indicate the direction this gtonp of antiwar activists will be taking in the immediate future. F i r s t , there are obvious signs that (so often the case with radical organizations) the VVAW has split into two conflicting factions. Originally this veteran's organization was not only pacifistic but concerned itself with a broad range of social . issues. It appears now more heavily weiehtcd in the direction of politi- cal radicalitm and thc organieatiQnal tcmperamcnt is leaning more toward >he stereotyped political philosophies of the e a r l y SDS. Issued at the conclusion of the Denver convcntion was a policy draft that sea forth thc orRanitation plans for the next s i x months. The organization intends to engage, in broad-based dcmonstrations at San Dicgo during the Republican National Canvcntion with tlrr! spacificd p a l oftrcaching new' constitueHcies in order to s t r i p thc "ruling class" of legitimacy. The VVAW will attempt to build an ongoing movement - capable of lea-ding and sustaining national and local struggles to defeat President Nixon neXt November. A s an-example of the organization's L-*