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American Friends Service Committee — Part 8
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wAR IS TES ENEMY NOT FECFLE
of Destruction or The Univers
Pivec Su Butts,
Sel¢efer hald a
f pettline internetionel
stien the traditional
tify war,
TUE
As
If the Commen-Seléiers Refuseé to Fight, Arnics
Would Cease to Exist and War Would Be No Kore
Today a young men mist expect to register for the Dreft cn bis Eth |
birtnéey end sonetine thereafter to serve in the erned forces. A young
wenan must fece separation, hardship end possible lass’af loved ones. |
Once in service the young man comes under military discipline Gesignes
to overcone his human reluctance to kill. Efforts may be made to cover
this fact but the reality remains: "You-will be shown how to plunge @
bayonet into the flesh cf another huzan being, hoy to break his neck
with your bare hands, You will be trained to drop bombs on a target
that in action may turn cut to be a hone or school. You may even be
ordered to detonete a muclear weapon which could wipe out scuare niles
of iunan habitations and mndreds of thousands of lives.
is Fhis a Reality You Wish to Acceps Without Question?
ALTERNATIVES TO AED SERVICE
ify : one
, if my soldiers began to think, not
. would resein in the ranks"--Frederic the G1
From the young comes hope for change, ‘The Seettle P.I., ine syndicate
column, reported a sharp increase in the number of youths rejecting the
entorvert call to earns, -
38 year olds who fel to register. —he local boards
Simply have no way of discovering thet a boy has turned
28 and hasn™; registered, unless sameone turns him in,
urs is risky, hovever, to pull a fast one on Uncle Sen.
those who try it usually get ceught, They are sudject
to five years in prison end a $10,000 fine. But nore often
o their names are merely put et the head of the list and
. ‘they are the first to be Imstled off to boot camp." - “
Jack Anderson, Seattle P, I., Sept. 28, 196
What Mr. Anderson
Tails to mention is thet for those who do not believ
in wer, who do not believe eo
orgenizeg or institutionaliz
Graft recist.
ither their country or menkind is served b;
ec violence, there is an alternative ta
anso~-onscientious Objection to Military Service.
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