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American Friends Service Committee — Part 14

69 pages · May 08, 2026 · Broad topic: Politics & Activism · Topic: American Friends Service Committee · 69 pages OCR'd
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sapere maces HSS doen Sete tae EPS eer robin eh SUB! ses 3 é oe Fa LORIN STS erry ae ABS ee SE sks: : for ae aS "S FED a ee es i 2, Leds tt a di ~ Many’ young men of ar; oF Ze are ‘Serving, ‘theis.é Sountry = ssnsclentious objector: io ete a 7 =e! ae Ne <: They, work in "Alterna. ve Civilian’ Sérvice eS Se aE eS Si Sop cee RSE eee -. Peter Westover, a Eraduate of Oberlin. College,” is. ‘currently’ ‘serving in thi ef Poe veepacity: at Hahnemann Hospital,” _as an. pee Therg Tapia on_ the night’ shift? oe iter ed Ree: ae Seite. Peat m EE DTS eSiretiens ie oe rete ee recat 7 z=. ? ‘ROTC, which is” yeqoired. in many colleges" “and. recites: presents problens, tonne 4 _ RS ss, consefentjous objectors.” Some allow. CO's. to take, ‘alternative. work, but some do y nots 2 aces ‘» Tony Avirgan refused to take ROTC at Penn State a few years ago when its Sa Se Set. was mandatory. Finally forced, to. take it. or. ‘drop out, he dropped out 7 arch, pe _ He now works in Market Res as 2 young ‘Philadelphia eee ee ee Swe 1B a oe va At ony + - - eae _ 8. War work or non-war werk? Many erase engineers ‘and specialists “are ioe: we examining the kind of work they will do, and considering the social | responsibility af ¢thain nerafacciannes : bd : ¥ Peet VL Witat pryviouoiviios . roa 27 ~ . - fe (gBlnagc se... ins : -- Don Devault, a scientist of varied experie nce and ‘packg ~ . |, of his Uainking - Ye is a a bic~ chysicist.: 0 ~ _ §. Veterans for Peace in “Wietnan is a new peace organization, ; "the country. They va ry in their reasons for objection to -, , 0 about it. + . ——- 7 we Lawrence Geller, of Failad elphia, will tell se: etning of this srcup. ee ate me ee « - ~~ . i ~ - a Tt hi ee a riod = : * cy -.- ” - ~ a oe ee 20 ~ . _ a . + s 10. “Over ‘the years } hundreds of men ha ew eens ee ve maile 1¢ir draft cards. cK nouple of - years 229, a man put a match to his, as a syrcol of his bre2k with militarism. It was a new shot heard round the world, and no one has yet figured out why people - j ,get 50 excited when a man burns his draft card. Congress passed 2 very stringent _ Yew about it -~ more even then burning the Flag, which is a nation al symbol. “ 30 years” in peace work. Wan vk e ~ 3), 2k a24-,2 + 2 74 A Tented + ; gracuate student at Upland Institute for Seelal Change, - his mtes cree « . + purned bis 3 card six w2e%s aso. Se will +ell why. . . % ? bal oon tel “ . wnt aa? ‘. zeuat i Ll. A draft card is a rersomsl symool of 2 man’s relaticn to “he censer.py-on process. FS & $ tmrnse 2 $h =} fF ahi a e 5 a%7 h wh S = Sant * ; with a canid inoreisa in the nurber of obsectors, especially the "Viecnam sbjectors”, ‘ ave = - . + i + : - many men are naiiing 94¢ 3. Seme may do that toney, 35 tnesr =: af 4% 45 =a eelese 549 445 +-se gerteet a 20 OXPTESSLIN Sl welt ww 2 AL 2risaA ana he congseripv isn precess. ~ =‘ * - ~ a 33 4ud it ae : Those sno are known se ccongifdering this a:tion tre: ‘ * - au * “5 . : 2 ° o ~ te ~- Lamsar ders, 2% Nerth Philadelrhi2, who for a time weat to remn State wt at + *° - . =~ i ee a ew =~ wim co ‘e+, ~~ “) ee i re oo ” * : - - te ae Ca ‘ —_ + ~s Sepa a -~ Ses ; e T2r:i.3 ara of : Vsc2t tis altemmitics civilian gervicea, cus 7 5 ~ ue : + - wae Eterna +he ~ their titer3, bzomew his ttme to = rositien is ft a% \ yaa” watt. - awe es Mg . : . whith he feels ctnrelled 12 irvzak with ci .ivariaa. . me, ~. : “« - ms ~ earn 7 ss a ee ” - ~ : 2 7 -* _- ne ‘ : ~ Stave Terstcan i2 tliriicied I-F frist lived only in vime of astlieonal snergency.-. - bd 7. a al BES a tee = 2 . ~= <u - “ais ° 3 ‘Sa¢aasa tf 3 Lez ina Tstt iitficslt:. Ee is res about ais cconsclense, : ” ied . ‘ + . ae ~- = esc r and f2els ne shsuld now reac wiih on4 war sys7sn. ; nee _——-~ ‘ ant dav when vhe tongiientisus 222220er 42557 i -a--te: _ . aces ee ~ oe . * ~ id eer ~ - ~ « - - es arin F. Tenne.r j on a | * _ 2 = - - “ . ~ — - ~ - ~ ” am ta Meee Are ~- . - =. JenJi a 3 These infsrt4al notes are sy Tetrg4 Y. aro; * LS - . . ~ : : * ewe . a = — - t “NS” to show pou seme of the varievies of prot2ss. . . - . a -, {: . “Ma? I'm over-szed, and cannet find ny cars, ee ee. 2 : - } “1 put I think I was in 1-A nine tines fn World 3 tht > . * War II days. In Septeber, I'll celebrate eee % go ; . art . “2.
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