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American Friends Service Committee — Part 22
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TE COve LUTE
DRLFT FESSS TASTE UNION OF KEXPEIS (DRUM)
relztive. Most pecerls
their ovn tree till
t knoy in SDF e Communists of
Ee easea, ‘Am I] &@ Communist? =
Tir & ¥irxistsier. ' Fright etatec tho he hac been in
Kerphis for 5 y¥ to thet he bed been a M isteleninist
while in the U. S. Army while “Ceneral Edvin Welker wss in
cherge.* Wrignt stated, 'SI5 t+ nov tryang to hide its
Corrmuni¢t philosophy", adsing that mozt<t SDS members are
Communists.
Wright etated “Commur
this country." He s3id be con:
American". Pe stated that ths Progressive Labor Party €PLP)
was one of the ver; strong fs:tacns *¥ithin SDS.
ism Will ultimstely control
A celler then asked Clifton Riley Taylor if he was
the same Clifton Riley Taylor who had recently been active
in the DRUM movement in Mémphis, Tennessee, denouncing U. S.
policy in Vietnam and the Selective Service draft, and, if
60, whether or not be, Taylor, had told the youngsters who
he was trying to influence sbout his real affiliations and
beliefs as @ Communist and SDS member. Taylor answered,
"SDS sponsors DRUM. But we in SHS don't try to recruit them
into SDS as euch.” Taylor then stated that SDS was a means
of turning tne U. S. into a socialist country and "this is
why thousands of students are turning to the SDS". Taylor
claimed that #11 SD5 meetings @re open but it has internal
caucuses which are not open to the public. He stated that
SDS has"sub-groups within the movemént but not all the
members were CP members."
A caller asked Taylor, "Bo you,as Communist, seek
out jobs in order to inflvence people?" Taylor answered, "Yee
we do, just as do the Republicans and Democrats", Taylor
concluded, "America is not fair.For this reason we don't all
identify ourselves.® *
On September 2, 1969, gered 2 cv ised
that the DRUM group will have a demonstration at the South-
land Mall at noon, Wednesday, September 3, 1969, and will
elle
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