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American Friends Service Committee — Part 12
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PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
4 ls wrong. Some say morally wrong, some
* Politically, some militarily. And some
' people oppose all war.
“(7 Tf they fight tn an unjust or an
R immoral war, they contradict their
-1 beliefs.by their actions.
“foe. = Theidtmakers count on the support
8 Army of such people.
p4j< orto other. work
not, require him to kill ‘
‘ ;
resisting the military, by refusing to
i be drafted or by refusing to fight.
yp Strikes at the very foundations of thn
power to make war. .
{When a man stands up to his beliefs and
“refuses to fipht, he acts-with integri-
y» But he does more:
he helps provide the rock-bottom basis
or an effective strupele for peace.
Thoreau said it hest-
Cast. your whole vote; not a strip
of paper merely, but your whole
influence. A minority is powerless
when it conforms to the majority -
it is not even a minority then.
But it is irresistahle when ib
clogs with its whole weight.
FREEDOM AND THE DRAFT
vy tyrants and militarists have used the
ppdrafl
“4 to make people confor
“w+ to handle "trouble makers"
fy + to militarize their nation
“aq - to get. manpower for their
if adventures.
Sha
fora civilian work "in .
ujtha national healthy safety or in- '
ig { terest" fora period of, two years,’
; after he has *
inducted 1! he May apply for ©:
‘{discharge or reassignment. All the
ca fi , Services, active ‘and reserve,
haves ui hy proviaio: °
. ae iytegg
claim as aC.0.,
:induction rath--" .
ta? eae
3 a8 ar
ee ee era
“Thousands of men who founded thie notion
care te trerden pablo fier to te
* Many people believe the war in Vietnam
Ch NS aN 6
DiiAPT EVERYBODY? -
We hear of plans for univers
services." That is a nice soundi
term ineanin:: "Draft all young m
and vonen." This has. been the dre
of every mititariat Since Napolea
The reagena 1 good: nore you
p skills,’ get mo
eapea from povert
mon wilt a:
education,
keep off ‘hp otreeta and lea
discipline, = a foot
Even if thesaelaima were’ true, t
price wonld he too high.!/ It wou
mean a garrison state. ° .
4
Rut the clifms are false.“ Put th
meney into cilucation, into are
waren poverty, and into volunta
Service: eo we, vt
the goins sould be. spectacular!
i. rr re
Tn UNA Ancrica first adopted ‘pea
Ml censeription. The draft }
continved nmbil now, and, has b
fastened cn ug more firmly by
war in Vietnam Tak
Conseviptien is alien to ‘our, t:
ditions, and to the spirit of. fr
dom everyu' re. ‘Thoaa who res:
il, in peice or tn wat » join 4
ranks of thesg@ who, . thhoughout h/
tory have struggled for the libe1
of nm: ps . _ a
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