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American Friends Service Committee — Part 4
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Deronrtrations, New York City, Auctust 6,
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2904, bv fimerican Friends Service Conmiivec
ana Cther Facifist Groups
Enverd FRectin also urted thes the United Stctcs
remove its forces from South Vietnin, and stated that this
ds = civil wor. He livcned the problems of the people of
Vietnam ” ‘Oo these in Harken and Ecdford- -Stuyvesant, ar:
went aA nat €¢hA 7 ele te +te a
eo ew cnet the ts «! ioe, f in bes an Y vite tnim 33 hed de vVils peopie
will no lonrer tolerstve being without dignity and being
poor. He also made references to brutality of the New
Yor’ City police jn the liepre situcticn and that their
gshoy of force in certain situstions could easily cause
a riot. He stated that on the date of the bombing of
Hiroshima he was serving a prison sentence of three years
at Lewisburg fer refusing to participate in action such
as this bombing. Ye urged those in the crowd to refuse
to participate in future actions such as the bombing or
Hiroshima,
Mivoko Mateubaoe, who was badly burned by the
1945 bomb explosion at Hivcochime, spoke in Japanese which
was immediately trans leucd, concerning some of her expertiencer
in relation to the explosion,
During the demonstration a statement of Sensvor Wayne
- Morse which nad been written for this demonstration "cs
‘man A Tt ateted te weet +e de Bie Fo Ant suULepe of Gare
ba We Ge a Pale aay wit BPreeeno PuLcie =
Vietnam “eould not dong continue the civil wer unless the wor
were expanded.
bash be]
te
The crowd | os urged to send telegrams to Sene’ "oY
Morse thanking hin .or his opinions which he sent to this
demonstzetion, and elso teletrams were urzed to be sent “Oo
other congressmen urging the United States withdraw from
Vietnam,
Some of the signs observed at the above ‘demonstrations
had the following messages:
“Hinoshima Memorial 1964" ~ Student Peace Union
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