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American Friends Service Committee — Part 26
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“ice Commitrea. “then Congress:'said Dr. Eugene Ca
“ mittee and Clergy and Lai!
To Urge Congress to Cut Funds'
‘Speciat to The New York Times
WASHINGTON, Jan 3~Ant!-.N. McCloskey Jr, Republican
‘War protesters from 40 states of California: Joan Baez, the
gathered here today to partici-.folk singer, and the Rev. Mi-
* Pate in a two-day relisious con- of the Yale Divinity
ference aimed at putting pres-:School, v-ho visited North ict-
sure on Consress to cut off n2m with a group that included
funds for military operations, Miss Baez.
in Vietnam. . Participants will walk to the
“Since the Kissing cr- nm ‘Capitol tomorrow and split
Negotiating team ooviousiy can- into small groups to lobty
not, or will not. arrange foramong members of Congress for:
our prompt disenzazement from.an end to the war.
involversent in Sotheast Asia.", “Our position is not quite a
said Wallace Collett. chairman clear as when we invited peopl
of thé-American Friends Serv- to come to this conference,’
in Bi
“under the urgings of the people, fozmer secretary of the World
must take those drastic deci-:Council of Churches. “That was
sions which will req: the Ad-.at Thanksgiving and since then
m to step 3
‘The two organizations spon-'
soiling the conference—the:
<Arserican Friends Service Co
Z can
tart again and we have no
idea what is going on in the
Concerned—said that thousand: Mr. Collett listed the follow-
ef Americans concerned with ing four points the conference’
the way the President was han-. was advocating: .
dling the war in Vietnam werc’ €An immediate end -to all:
partici iz in the “religious bombin:
convocations.” Si
ing of the nine-point
The protest schedule includ t reached in October
ed a religious service at the United States and
New York Avenue Presbyterian North Victnam. .
Church led by the Rev. Phillip! GReicase of both American
F. Berrigan, who was recently prisoners and “political prison-
pee from prison aiter be- ers” held by South Vietnam.
accused of destroying draft: Cutting off ail funds ky
records, the Rev. William Congress for military opera-
* Sloane Coffin, Yale University tions in Vietnam if a peace
. ghaplain; Representative Paul treaty is not agreed on.
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