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American Friends Service Committee — Part 12

53 pages · May 23, 2026 · Broad topic: Politics & Activism · Topic: American Friends Service Committee · 53 pages OCR'd
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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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