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and constructive aet. We pour ie upon th.st trJes to illustrats: that with then and with thsst offices, begins the pitilul waste: of Anerican and Vietnanese blood l0,o00 miles.away. That bloodshedding'is never rational, seldom voluntary-in a word- non-. constructive. It does not protect lifo, but rather endangers it. We, wish neither notoriety nor labels of martyrdom or messianism. We desire merely. to stand Tor lnurn life ani a hnnan future. le renlize nainfully yet clearly that what we have done gous beyond tic scopu of Constitutional right and civil liberty, and is therefore not to be taken lightly. and to:live with nen. We sy tha, man nust. end war, or war will end man. le deplore our country's hot and cold warring aud its crimc against the often unwilling and power- less bodies behind these files. as they do thcirs. W: disrunt our lives ns the draft does theirs. Wo qurrcl ith the idoiatry ot property, 'and the war machine that makes property of nen. '. commront those countryneni to whom property mcans more than hunan life. We assurt tint propurty is often an instrunent of massive injustice--like these files. Thus we feci thir: discrjininate destruction of property for human life is warranted. Nonet.ielss, we take every mcasure to protect the personnel here from hysteria or injury. I ars content to renind then of their complicity in the untincly death of. Sweethe..... 'e .sk their resignations. Wkicl. . :.t thnt Anerica is the grentest.manufacturer and salesman of violence . .. . feol this is so because power rests not with the people to Whc.. it .. .gs, ht with an economic, political and military cabal whose aims can tolerate :.:i..: foreign autonony nor domestic freedom. We ci..r.. iat Anerica would rather protect its 'empire of overseas profits than welcome :.. ..ick pcople, rebuild its slums and cleanse its air and water. Thus we havc' si., . c.. inner-city draft boards for our action. its evii t'silence and passivity. We withstand that evil with our consciences and bodies, ... invite the punishment that this entails. MAlt: l .t.: that any law which forces men to kill and to face death furthers war as surely s t cncourages those who profit from war. We feel that Vietnam is a rich man's war un. :. coor han's fight--it 'is an unjust war backed up by unjust laws of con- script.on, tnx prelercnces and suppression of dissent. i.ict such iaw with our consciences and acts and we appeal to Anericans rii.c .:. ime and abroad with it... We cannot accept the law as it protects injustice This i.. : l:x, >t a travesty of. it. Thus we refuse any counsel that wculd bargain for i,.. ..efit nith the law, and stand on our merits alone. '... -,:.k n:ithcr to avoid detcction nor to escape, but submit to apprehension and the cs ieres of. our action. iylo. or countrymen to judge our action against.this.nation's Judaeo- : crnditi.., ayainst the horror in Vietnan and the impending threat ot nuclear Astucriol-- ginst, finally, the universal hunan longing for justice and peace. ... svit?' friends in the peace and freedom movements to continue moving with us tronsunt to resistance. .r dsk Coi to be merciful an' patient with us and with all men. We hope He will use our witness for His blessed designs.