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American Friends Service Committee — Part 16

82 pages · May 08, 2026 · Document date: Mar 15, 1968 · Broad topic: Politics & Activism · Topic: American Friends Service Committee · 82 pages OCR'd
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oe ee a Le . re Fa ene - + - Sea a ee a a re a eee FD-356 (Rev: 7-16-63) ns . | {Mount Clipping in Spoce Below) Wwakiuinl , . . (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) im Medical Sunaltas for Weurds: ¢ ¢ ki A leader in the Nesrocs’ strug-jwar in Vietnam,” “fplies were delivered to North! —— gle for better housing conditions! He said, “As I am using every |Vietaam in May 1967. in Philadciphia, William Mimms,iresource and exerting every ef-| — Attempts to deliver supplies arrived in North Vietnam Mon-/fort io make life more tolerable!to the South Vietnamese Red day with a group of Quakers, to for die poor in our own country, |Cross and the United Buddhist] _— deliver medical supplies to civil-|so do I feel the need te do the|/Church were rebuffed by the jan casualties there. same for others.” , South Vietnamese Government ; Mimms, 37, execulive director] The youthful housing leader )last December. : of the National Fair Housing As-|who gained several victorics for} A Quaker Action Group was sociation, joined 5 other crew tenant dwellers — in getting land-,formed in the latter part of 1968 members -in Hong Kong twojlords ta make repairs — also saidjby a group of Quzkers who felt : weeks ago, and the ship left forlit is his hope that “by giving aid'an urge to do more to show their the war-torn country January Zito those cruelly affected by the _ sponsored by a Quaker Action(holocaust in Vielnam, we mot|was beinz done by the official Group. only show compassion to the vic-|Quaker Church. cw The eargo valued at $5000 wasitims, but also plant that shee of| The Action Group raises its owa delivered to the Red Cross So-[saneness in ather men so that they|funds and is administratively: t t - 7 . - age eo . — $ - : of the Democratic Republicimay see the futility of war andjapart from the official Quakes | °4_"The : concern for their fellowman than of North Vietnam. Also on boardjso counsel others to do the|body, although Quaker officials] P< . a! the ship, Phoenix, were $2000isame.” * . and church members have-showa| Philadelphia Tribu worth of antibiotics and general: Mimms resides at 640! Cather-|sympathy and extended cooperas Philadelph:a,.Pa Medicines destined for the Redline st. with his wife, Joyce, andition to their militant brothers. a “ e anaes ie Cross Society of the National Lib-/their three children... =. Lawrence Scott, director of : eration Front in South Vietnam.| George Willoughby, co - chair-|race relations for the American The supplies were paid for byjman of the Quaker group, which|Friends Service Committee (the contributions’ from persons in thisjhas its headquarters at 20 s. 12hjoflicial Quaker organization). is| a... country and Great Britain. ist, said “the latest trip to North|cxecutive director of A Quaker 2/6/68 Attempis made to deliver the'Vielnam is a further attempt by|4ction Group. — Edition: yy BY No. 25 supplies last October were pre-lour group te respond to buman| The other crew members, all! author: vented because of the intensifica-!nced. Le , _tveterans of the voyage to South Editors es tion of the bombing of North: “The U.S. bombing coulinues,”|Vietnam, are: Robert Eaton, 2, E.Wasington Rh Vietnam by the United States. [he added, “and innocent civilians|the ship's captain from Annapo-| Title: Mimms, whose National Fair'continue to be killed and|lis, Md; Bery] Nelson, 22, from Housing Association led hundreds |/maimed.™ - . }Kokomo, Ind.; John Braxton, 28, af f tenants in rent strikes against‘? PREVIOUS VOYAGES North Wales, Pa.; Maryann Mey ords in the city, said he felt! The Quaker group organized|Naughton, 23, of Philadelphia's Character: re was a connection between‘two previous voyages of the ship Committee _ for Non Violent Ac# or poor and oppressed ip this|Phoenix. . . }tion, and Christopher Cowley, 4 Classification: try and those victims ef the! — $10,000 worth of medical supltrom London, England. aeuification: i] Submitting Office: 4 | | Being Wit estiqated wee De Lote terre at t os . . .
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