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uk ted Telephone (215) LOcust 3-753 3b PACE rh Suet a ae sDear’Friends: ._ Some of the same Friends who were active in the Vigil at Fort Detrick | - and ‘he Peace Action Center in Washington have Joined with ovher Quakera / _frem yarivus parts of the country to form A Quaker Acton Group. Our first projects, as you will note from the enclosed material, will appiy nonviolent -- ., direct action as a witness against the war in Vietnam, : . + +.;Itis not our Intention to duplicate in any way the work now being done : 3 by the American Friends Service Committee, Friends Committee on National Legislation, or other Quaker groups. We support their work and hope to co-_ * operate with them at many points in a movement for peace, Likewise we do not view our effort as in any way competing with the peace groups outside the y Quakers, ‘ : We do feel that there is a need for A Quaker Action Group made up of . individual Friends and aot representing any official body of the Society of Friends. We intend to directly confront the immoral military and political r policies of the United States government, and in Many cases, as we are led by the Spirit, this will include civ!! disobedience. Also, as world citizens : and as members of one human family, we intend to affirm constructive alter= “natives to armed nationalism. tee of A Quaker Action Group will icome support and project participation discipline of our action, . faip cn the Com Sincereiy, 4 ML. l