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. STATEMENT OF SUPPOR = “POR. THE ACTIONS OF DR. SPUCK,= REVEREND, corrrn, : Pa MITCHELL GOODMAN, AND MICHAEL. -PERBER oie, JULY 10, 1968 e008: My son ta just ten years otd. x hope this day vill: have.great an€,last- ing staqnificance for him. ~ It should be meaningful” for, ‘alt. of us, men anc women. alike. Fortunately, tn this country, we womnerm:are not faced: vith: the prospect of military duty: 50 the draft’ ts a specie “problem for mer -r Sie ot hein ne oa ca : ration of compasst Wand. courage exhibited by the men being sentenced. These two qualities : ald be apptied to many circumstances. In this.case, they have been elicited by the Vietnam war. I don’t remember reading of the development of tnese qualities tn Or. Spock's pook on enild cara, but I think rts zantple of gompasston and courage ts of vast tmportance. as or. Sp0cK satd recentiy, It's od27 that I've devoted my life to psychology, soctcic btotogy and I end up believing that what: $ abs olutely eructal is moraltty witecA comes wet to ettaer your rel ‘gt ous bel lief or your individual (on artanenaeamntes oeinaeteeateemnteneemennnel i conviations, ® a . eet | ~ - - ar Boe + es The quavtty of sompassion seens to be one of the motivacing Factors for thretr courageous action. Deenly compassionate, thes2e man coull nos remain stlent as the war beeane inereasingly brutal and immoral for them, foam sure moss of us momentrrily shudzer in recpanse to seenes of the Vietnam wan in tue nevs media; s2zen2s of children cought in she crossfire of ftanting; sollier's ocdies straun along a dirt road; Vietnamese " yvtllagers fleeing from low-Flying Aelicopters on search and destroy missions; boiling, eplattering narcim concuming everything Burnsol2 it boustes. but, unbtke many OF us, trese men could not supress or rationalize tHetr anguisn., So great was thetr war tsa, so atuse treir Sensitivity to Auten suSfericg, tiey gould not forges these seenes. . 2n2 Guatisy 9F courate vas necesaary For these mon t2 52 2bte g7 rst. i Signiy courageous, tney could nos be unratthful to stet toiuv baticued " 23 a2 rogac and worgi, Reverend Cspfin, sata, ‘“Virimately you wave to | ao wnat'’s right atc aetané the visko." % Peday | yeny roorie ciptstrs “tazin2 thety courese “ar iprccsanstatiiten on unlaute less. Te otto | we Mau Look Cask on ca2ep aestons 23 4 turning nots { furmovr cotacs wi oatmcarner2 cf imeveas2e? roesiicvtry oii varprss Sal lft Ate, fe gey ind tnereasad Si2ie7 and itcunate to pirtens co ous oense of fonitry ind | ‘ugsten. : Tee gett 2g p22 con ve Csner ocfds 23 2. : ewer FUu2 al UMS ral te er ee ne 7277 2 | TTT 7 42 pcs Vierno oe inddfesses cic vterliiti: i IP seme Iorer? v2 fle poet re a ulepeoes 2 omasd Weta Gig sat Fee. iss rr Anti Site “pe ta ot tim 57 Te gt eT : Oates ‘ ZL Live OO sgctostexec? > re H ee QZ owe TD: pe sf - yoo oe to Oe ete D TI FKP let Ayo aT Ns. a3 we Caz CnInNG o st tne 2edes. by watch we ive. 2 tere ef 43 Besere lass z312 to use Ovent mzang to Cescive and wenaze confitesrs, ; perkazs we can caange the laws that permit vtolent solutions. Tae I aettons of tne men being sentenced today nave tnereased our desire for, and ta@refore the posstbtlities of such changes. In attempting to encourage the ‘deve lopmzat of compasston and courage, tn my home, I am grateful for th gee “4 these men. * ry