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VHEY IF NUST REFUSE INDUCTION peers ace, 1 applics for classificetion as a conscientious ebjectzr. Despite overvhelming evidence jection te war, py locei crete port for inductii I believe that @ persen should ettempt to match his ections with his beliefs. Deceuse of my beliefs, I mast refu: I believe that war is wrong end I cannot participate in war. I believe that the war in Vietnam is inncrel, illegel, an@ contrary to the iv.terests of the American people. Even if I were not & conscientious cbjector, I would hope that I would be able to refuse induction tocay because cf the immorality of the wer in Vietnam. I als feel strongly that the selective service system itself is inmoral and contrary to the values of a democratic society. It discriminates against those who ere poor or black, and against those who held unorthodox religious or poli- tical beliefs. I believe in the democratic traditions of America. I hope that my actions today will help make those traditions a living reality. Ido not believe thet ina democracy a man should be compelled to kill when his religious beliefs will not allow him to do so. . Gene Guerrero, Jr. December 4, 1967