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= Office Memorandum * UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO. ; Director, FBI -” DATE: Pittsburgh, Pa, Zo. March 8, 1947 “X FROM : SAC, Pittavurgh loryt 2%, 236 ALL INFODFen tinny Bee... f SEDITION HERE IS Gi 84 _ f°, SuByect: EDWARD i/ a) hNTAINED en YP unruled, letter sise, which he found posted on a Bulletin board at the college, The notice is signed in ink by RDWARD ABBEY, 1¢ reads as follows: A LETTER 70 ALL STUDENTS anp FACULTY MEMBERS HOLDING DRAFT CARDS; Tomorrow, the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birthday, several thousand American men @re going to attempt to emancipate themselves from peacetime conscription by publicly ridding thenselves of their draft credentials, either by mailing then to the President or burning them in public bonfires. This sounds like a foolish, crackpot scheme but 1t's not, It is much worse than that =~ it is a form of civil dise obedience, That's something rather old-fashioned but in times like these, when America's government is diverting the major portion of its expendi- tures to armaments and our military leaders are trying to fasten permanent peacetime conscription on the nation, then, as Thoreau said, "It is not too soon for an honest man to rebel, * These men are certainly honest and sincere, and they are rebelling, not only against what they consider a violation of personal liberty, but against the slow and deadly drift towards World War III which an inter. national armament race and universal conscription make @lmost inevitable, Among the men taking part in this national emonstration tomorroy —__: are; a «Rev, DORALE-RARRINGTON Prof, MILTORWAYER oy Community Church University of Chi ae Hew York City a Prof, PAURSCHLIPP Dr, SCOPR E> Worthwestern University (Zoqpemist wri ter) —— If you are aware of the ‘dain, er of peacetine conscription, tomorrow is the time to do something about it, Send your draft ecard with an explanatory letter to the President, He'll Pppreciate it greatly, I'm sure, ‘ ; mi yy ve a \\ 7 Sy EDWARD anpey COPIES DESTROYED | | 3g wobaDe RBSE7AUG 22 196) n> co i Ue} =o oe Pe Ori p tan H