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— . Telief in South Vietnam, one readi prescureio become ever more ¢ inveivec in our governmen: Friends {ce} cha: it is imporian: for us to siay and min- ister to the sufferings of ox: Viemnam, then surely i: is essenti:! that we minister to persons of val backgrounds and beliefs who ser there, including the minions of people living in creas controlled by the NLF. When one reads of an appec! by General William Westmoreland (November 22, 1955) on behalf of Quaker y sees how important it is for all concerned that Friends, Friends’ agencies and _ Friends’ programs make clear by their actions that Quak- ers serve a different Commanding Officer. ! Third, again at Bratislava I was reminded of how theap words are—how easily we Americans intellectualize, he war and ignore our real responsibilities for ending it. Talking with the Vietnamese, one could not help but be struck by the contras: between the total commitment! of their lives and the shallowness that has typified so auch of our own protest. “I'm prepared to suffer chrough the war in Vietnam if that will bring people to a realiza- tion of the futility of war,” remarked one Friend recenuly, urging his Yearly Meeting no: to act lawlessly by extend- - ing relief ro al! parts of Vietnam. Yer surely we foo] no one but ourselves if we think we can successfully adopt auch a detached and unfeeling posture toward the human tragedy of Vietnam and still survive the war as Friends. Ros Fisnagun of Rerkeley (Ca¥) Mecting, « sojouming mem- ber of New York Moailily Mecting, is project seerc:ary of New York Yearly Mecting's experimental Project on Community Confict. He Ahas been assisting mectings concerned to extend Quaker rclicf 20 all parts of Viernam, _..