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American Friends Service Committee — Part 20
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se Foam here today to. express my approval “of “hat Srack ¢.C cffin, Ferber’
Sand Goodman were doing that led to their trial and ‘to gay that I have bee
,_Meing much the same thing. That is, when young men ‘crme-to me to seck he:
pe @acing the dilemma of military service in time of a war that they Co n
“beTieve in, I do not rule cut in advance, any peaceful, non-violent action
‘4 possible alternative for them.
When a young man decides to go ahead and serve in the military, even
theucgh I persenally feel that this war is a very evil enterprise fcr cur
country, I sunrert that rerscn in his decision and try to help him be as
resrcasible as possible in imn iementing it.
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{een a young Tan decites to ‘abnty #ee"C Cchseientious Objects cor's statu
Iotry to helm him understand as sully as possible the phileserhicai ana
practicai Cimensions of his decisicn an@ then fo what I can tc hele hin co
tain such a classilicaticn, evan thcuch I am not perseanally a pacifist.
When 2 young? Tan ccmes tc me and says that he is not an caveeeed ts
ail wars hut cannot maintain his intecrity and self-resvcect an? rarticina
in tecay's military, I try to helc him explere the alternatives spen to na
If he wishes not to cccterate with the system recause he ccasicers it an
evil thing, even theuch this may mean gcing to jail, I will surnert nin
and helo hin carry cut this Gecision. TE he nrefers to hecema a creative.
j contributing citizen of ancther ccuntry, fleeing @ conscrirtion system th.
j 2S inttleriblga to him, just as many cf cur cwn ancestors fic ia ¢ mag te
america, I will hein him in zeny wav I can. .
| if it he a crime to help young necnle to follow their censciences in
Ways that <2 no Ramare to rreperty or harm to cther terscus, thin Spook i:
Teisty, Ceftin is guilty, Farber is guilty, Gockaan is gulit:, Tom geile,
an@ hancredis of thoisands cf the mostly Asacly ecncirnacd moral cirsins
aoress thea lanl, laslaiing a great aunher cf Ciersymen, are Suilsi.
fut if tur icunsiry has t2m2 ts such 41 site hen hese iste ire iri:
tnen I cnAink the great American axteriment of a irea vectle in 2 rist so-
sietv is in a very sericis crisis Aniocimlsis wa eteakh cit teat tsit is
Wrong and An whatocra can to cctes2) 2%, va pill save failad te resist 2 2:
vil andi corsiivyiag friit ian cur qovernneant and society.
Rally in support of Br. Beniamin Srock, William Sloan’ Coffin, .
Michael Ferber, and Mitchell Goceman . a ae
Denver, Colorado _
of July 10, 1968 ; se Begg
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