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Pr owt FD-350 (Rev. 7-16-63) By NICHOLAS W. STROH Of The Bulletin Stajf A number of peace g ups have complained that school! Cwvil Defense driils tend to “whip up a war psychology” nd a “hate communism” cam- paign. Leaders of the peace groups,! filed CD drills in city schools, Mark R. Shedd for a mecting to discuss the issue. Dr. fhedd arranged for » meeting Jater’ ttoday with an aide. | The groups, which Include Women Strike for Peace and the Friends Peace Committee, also criticized Masor Tate for proclaiming Ciwil = Defense Week, which began vesterday fhnd runs through Friday, iLetier to Board Aletier written by George C. Hardin, executive secretary of the Quaker group, was hand- (delivered late last week to the vere School Administration Building. JZist st. and the Parkway, It read in part: “All of us are troubled by this rebirth of Cwil Defense drills. ““*Firé drills are one thing and we don't object to them, but Civil Defense drills, often mis- used to whip up a war psy-, chology or a hate communism campaign, have been consist- ently objectionable * The letter recalled posters’ ublicizing Civil Defense in past years. There have been no. (Pificial Civi! Defense observ-. ;moces here since 1962. i ~——__» Peace Groups Protest CD Drills in Schools | asked Schools Superintendent. ri About | Peace In Vicinam and the Com t “The picture of a few years ago,” the Jeter said, “of little children crawling under their ,desks znd pulling their sweat- é€rs ovér iheir faces aes is one ?iwe don’t like.” Other Groups Involved The other peace groups which endorsed the Jetter are: the, mbjecting to tomorrow's sched- Women's International League. terview yesterday. ‘for Peace and Freedom, the to | cal chapter of the Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy Ciergy and Laymen Concerned! Vietnam, Veterans for ‘mittee for Nonviolent Action, Spokesmen said al! the groups will participate next Saturday in an antiwar rally in Wash-- ington sponsored by the Nation a] Mobilization Committee ‘ d end the war In Wietnam. One of the signers of the let, ter is the Rev. David M. Gracie?| urban missioner for the Episco- pal Diocese of Pennsylvania. As he passed out pamphlets at the corner of Broad and Chest- nut sts, yesterday, he explained his personal views on Civil De- fense. Calls Drills ‘Gristy" “I'm offended by the expendi-| ture of money for Civil De- . |fense, which really is no de-; |fense. And I'm particularly offi: jfended because my three chil; Gren will have to go through the Civil | Defense drills s Wednes, | day. Tthink it's rather grisly. i ‘\ Father Gracie said he as-! sumed his duties in Philadel- phia late Jast summer and has been an activist in the peace imovement since the first sharp _U. S. escalations of military ‘pressure In 1965, | Father Gracie, a perish priest. formerly attached to an innet-| elty church in Detroit, said hp has children aged (ten, sever! and five who attend school ik Gecmactown., (Mount Clipping In Spoce Below) Draft Aliernatlves _ Organizations circulated pam- iphicts thigh “fyelerans® a et Last spring, these same peace’ throughout the city's schools, atlempting t show drafl-age students the le- ga! alternatives to military service, ° They met with school offi-' cials in June to ask for the op-| portunity to share the speakers’ | platform with recruilers from: the armed services who’ visit, schools on Armed Forces Day. "We have never heard from the schoo] board about this sit- ualion,” Hardin said in an ind “We didn't. lwant equal time exactly, only jan equal attitude and an equal. opportunity.” Hevecalled that peace groups have spoken to students in tht “Ipast and have been jeered by organizations which had also been asked to attend: , a & 2 ee ee ewe (Indicate page, same of newspaper, city and state.) p.1,41-"The Evening Bulletin" ___Philadelphia,Pa 10/17/67 : Ediues: 2 Star Astho:Nicholas W.Stro Edtor:Wm. B&B, Dickinso Title: Choracter: or Classification: Submittiog Office: : v . | Belng Inveutbated . af