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American Friends Service Committee — Part 17
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by worl:ing to em racist terrorisn ani repression in the South. His courage ard
integrity ere unquestionable. The real question is what is wrong with the gov-
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ermicnt of our country when it continues to pursue this immoral war? What is
wrong with our country when it conlemns te jail these who refuse te kill?"
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Gardner said, "Our men who are dying and killing in Vietnam must be brought home
imscdiately and the draft must be abolished. Recognizing the need for every in—
@ividual to resist the draftts attaxpt to contrel his life ani the right of every
young men to refuse to be conscripted into the Army, the Southern Student Orgen-
izing Cormittee supports Gene Guerrero, Jr. in his decision to refuse induction
into the military." ‘
Guerrero dropped out of Enory in 1964 to travel the South to encourage white
southern students to join the protest movenent egainst segregation. In the sun
mer of 1964, Guerrero was one of a handful of native white Southerners who par-
ticipated in the Mississippi Summer Project. Guerrero has been working with
SSOC (Southern Student Organizing Committee) since then to encourage white peo-
ple to join in the movement for social change in the South. For the past year
he has worked with the trade union movement in North Carolina. He is presently
Assistant Director of the Southern Student Humar Relations Project of the Na-
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tional Stufent Association. He and his wife reside in Atlanta. ,
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ae For further information, contact
How See = Jody Palmour, 378-9493, or
Lo - Howard Romaine, 875-2432 —
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