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MEET ambit . aS 4 Pe Te te ars tee een a ae 5 ’ CONE PENTIAL STC! THE DRAFT WEEE OCTOBER 16 - 21, 1967 Jerry Coffin then burned his Selective Service Registration card anid two classification cards. Joining in the card burning were John Msrk Blawn (phonetic) who burned a card, anc Dave Sinex who burned his induction notice and yelled, "Burn baby burn" as the audience applauded. Others wee spoke brieflv against the draft and the war were Bot Antipin; an unknown white male who sald he was 1J-A and would not ego, Fred Moore who spent 17 months in Allenwood Frison fer refusing induction; and Gordon Felis, master of ceremonies, wro announced another rally at the Armed Forces Iniuction Center, 40] Nortn Street, Pniladelphia, Pa., on Tnhursdzy at 7 a.m-, Octorer 19, 1967. Imrediately fellowing the rally, small anti-draft eertificates were turnet in to Etrel Taylor and Thompson Bradley tog«trer with ftout 22 eroft tardis. Bradley said the a@raft cards and the arta-drait certificates would be taken to the Department of Justice in Washington, D. C., on October 20, 1967. Erisiley said the petition of non-cooperation bearing most of the names of those turning in their draft cards would be matles te General H. M. Grocs, Box 1921, Harrisburg, Fa., the samc day. (As will be set forth later, the draft cards ane the anti-draft certificates were also mailed to General Gross.) After the rally, the turning in of their draft cards and certificates, and the mailing of same, a group of about 100 demonstrators went to the Priledelphia Folice Department at Bth and Face Streets, FPriladclphia, Pa., and demonstrated from about 5:50 to 6:55 p.m. protesting the arrest of the two demonstrators. At this time most of the demonstrators departed; however, according to news sources, several stayed around until about 10:15 p.m. The above information was furnished to Assistant U.S. Attorney Fotert St. Leger Goggin of the Eastern District of Penhsylvania, Friladelphia, Pa., who advised that he would consider prosecution against all whe burned draft cards, as well as those wno turned in their draft cards for referral we tyh ‘ us _—a oe ee -14-