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American Friends Service Committee — Part 8
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WAiT IS TO BE DONE?
The answer lies in two par
: These steps that we ourselves can take incivicusily
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and in our various organiccoticns hese conditions, and these stets that
we ask elected governzten: cfificials to tahe., Tre former ineluce ecrivitics such
as cleaning up @ playground, tutoring a chilc, withholding rent fer a cated
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house, and refusing to serve in the arsed forces or to pay taxes for war.
Since this gethering is cf pecple from the stete of Connecticut in its cazital
city, it may be appropriate to sugzest stezs thet you, the governor of this state
THEREPCRE----we urge you to:
1. Stop your efforts to attract more war industry te Connenticut ané, instead,
aic in the conversion oi wer industries in this state to socially useful work,
At present Conn orn sas one of the higne t percentages of wer industry (as
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compared with to
2. Publicize what is going on in Vietnam: In e demoeracy there cen be n
Thus, when the President tails together governors, senators, er repre
for a briefing, these cflicicls should prourtly call 2 ecnierence with
“of their state in order to share the infornetion received from the pre
to learn the views of the state's citizens.
3. Help to prevail upon the oresident to stcp the war in Vietnam end te be prezesss
to work with thesUnited Nations in aiding the peaceful developerent of the Sout
East Asian region,
& Intervene on behalf of the young ren of draft age in our statc, so that they will
Tot be forced to fight in the inhucen and unnecessary war in Vietnam, nor in any
other war in which the rresident decides te involve the country.
we pledge to do a1] in our Power to help you in these endeavors:
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“Issued by ths Connceticut Call to Action Paces nittee.”
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