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American Friends Service Committee — Part 20

61 pages · May 23, 2026 · Broad topic: Politics & Activism · Topic: American Friends Service Committee · 61 pages OCR'd
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SHEET 2 oF 3 23 July 1968 launched into a lengthy dissertation on the Selective Servi Act, the several classifications applied to draft-age mon under it, and ended with this statement: ~!'If you. can’ tido,anything- else, you can'’at the very least be a conscientious objectors% To substantiate this, you have to claim it on the basis of a commitment to a religic thet prohibite violence, or you can claim it on the besis of a atric religious upbringing. Of course you don't have t pe religious, but “you had better be able to prove that_you are.’*” He then advised ths pote it is easy to get what he termed '’olassification as an undesirabis' 8 He said, '"Il think you know some of the. things that make-@ zan un-~ desirabie to the military. also, there will be some friends (Friend: aground who can tell you ary you have missed,'* A member (male) of the sudiense rade some pusrile remarks adout ths necassity of avoiding the draft, but ended by saying, ‘'Of course Communism is, 93 we all know, a very tad thing ard I cuesa 9 rave -to oppose 1t somshow.'' : said, in reply, ‘'How do wa xnow tha Communism ta not gccd? To Shink we will find that ‘+ 43 very zood, & 1% Will triuoph and we should not oppose it. I wa do net nat Communista, Americana should atep hating Cc aiats; thay will find tnat is better. In Norsh Vietnam the gover as is good. The pecri love Communism because & giise it is good. fhe ocrnuniatea con An3 wAnt war secauss J are ‘ . want war and fizhtine,. Uhs azeric er countries cwn. If the BY iaperialistsa and want th that oth Americans sould stop fis there would be poacs.'' said, ''we held war guilt trials at Murenburg after World ar cted @ great uany sar criminals and executed them. The sans in anerica, and all of you sho submit to crart Banh VY govern ars ia ¢anzer nc 2 nS ar sfolaing orlil and scutec lor orines against numanity.'' Ptmug cane Tho fact that you are ac lonot seve you Lf you submis ting uncer criera from ; & to oraft and vein atin ° 32u law has mace it powaible for t 5 2 and auudue al] the sative peccles . elise who trisa to atcp us. we probably can't get the draft ao: while the war is (gces?) on, but we can. sure-stop the draft if enoush of ue refuse to go.'! 1 ons ra (CONTINUED ON SHEET 3)
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