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PEOPLE RESPON DNYS ROUND-UP

CANDLELIGHT MARC H

CRISIS IN VIETNAM CIRCULATE D

AIR FORCE RECRUITING STATION BLOCKED

ANTI-WAR ACTIONS UPPER N Y STAT ECOLGATE

60 people fasted in protest of escalationApr11 12 - 14; 19th - 1000 people voteoverwhelmingly to strike on Friday ; 20 -silent candlelight march through Hamiltonwith door-to-door leafletting giving anal-ysis and things to do ; 21- EcumenicalPeace service, community lunch on Quad ,workshops, showing of Air War slide show selectoral work, canvassing in nearby Nor -wich, 800 letters sent to Congressmen ,22 - downtown theatre used to show slideshow, storefront in Hamilton opened ,Most important students and townspeopleare coming together to work against thewar.

OSWEGO

19th - plane drops anti-personnel bombleaflets ; 20 - 300 rally ; 21- 700 march1 miles . into downtown Oswego, 3 time sguerrilla theatre people kill marcherswith bombing raids ; carloads to NYC for22nd ; Oswego Student Association refusingphone tax; 25 - 500 see Air War slideshow ; actions at Air Force recruitingoffice continuing.

CORTLAND

18th - impromptu rally, 150 ; 20 - slideshow, planning meeting, 200, later candle -light march around SUNY campus with 250people ; 21 - alternate classroom discussion ,noon rally with 350 ; guerrilla theatre atopen education conference, leaflettingdowntown ; 23 - petitions circulated ; 24 -structure set up to organize for May 4actions and future .

SENECA FALLS

Eisenhower College sent 50 people to NYCfor 22nd ; slide show shown to about 100people week of 17th .

BUFFALO

University of Buffalo on strike 21st ; supportof Buffalo 5 continues ; 21st - 800 rallydowntown followed by rally at YMCA .

ALBANY

21st - 1,000 march 5 miles to Federal build-ing in downtown Albany ; 90 people go to Emer-gency March NYC on 22nd ; many phone call smade to White House, telegrams sent .

TROY

21st - 150 people march to Federal Build-ing and recruiting offices .

ITHACA

20th - strike called ; 2,500 rally on Cor-nell campus ; 21 - largest march in Ithacahistory, over 2,000, proceeds to downtow nrally, Ithaca College students and manytownspeople join march ; canvassing, leafletting, workshops follow rally and continue ;22 - 300-400 go to NYC .

ONEONTA

19th - 17 people dressed as Vietnamese di eon Main St . ; 21 - rally with 200 ; 22 - 400people march downtown for 1 hour silen tvigil, VVAW does guerrilla theatre ; 24 -films, workshops .

DELHI

21st - about 250 people view slide show .

UTICA

21st - Mohawk Valley Community College hold sfirst anti-war rally in its history ; 22 -bus plus many cars to NYC ; 24 - 50 peoplehold candlelight march .

BINGHAMTON

20th - Harpur calls 2 day strike ; 21 - rallyat Federal building with 400 people ; 22 -noon Saturday to 9 pm Sunday 60 people hol dvigil at Court House - 33 straight hours .

ROCHESTER

17th - Daily Death Toll demonstration a tIRS, 5 arrests ; 21 - 600 rally at Federal

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SYRACUSE CAMPUSES RESPONDThe escalation of the war sparked

protest activity at Syracuse University .Thursday night, April 20th Hendrick sChapel on the campus was filled to ca-pacity for a teach-in on the war . Planswere laid for a march the next day .

Friday noon 1,000 students gathere din Walnot Park for a march downtown tothe Air Force Recruitint station o nErie Blvd. West to protest the bombing .Some students set up a picket linewhile others sat-in blocking the en-trances to the recruiting station. Asa result of this civil disobedience ,30 persons were arrested .

On Monday April 24, 150 S .U . studentsset up a picket line around the Arme dForces Induction Center to protest andmake clear that while the administrationtalks of troop withdrawals, many mor esailors and pilots are going to Indochin athan soldiers brought home . The picketwas maintained throughout the day .

The students plan to maintain thei rprotest -- additional actions arescheduled now for dormitories .

Demonstraters block entrance toair force recruiting station

LE MOYN ETwo seminarians fasted for 4 days in pro-

test of the escalation of the war . Prompted in part by the fast, Father Reilly, head,of LeMoyne spoke out against the war. On,

Friday, April 21 a teach-in using the Auto-mated Air War slide show was held . Amass .

followed. A number of LeMoyne studentsjoined the demonstration at the Air Forcerecruiting station and joined the Emergen-cy March in NYC on Saturday .

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Dave Ross of VVAW spoke and the filmWinter Soldier was shown April 17 . ManyVietnam vets attended. About 100 peoplewere at the teach-in on Strike Day. OC Cfaculty and students spoke, music was pla y-ed then the meeting adjourned to the AirForce Recruiting station to join th edemonstration .

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EMERGENCY CANDLELIGHT MARC HOver 300 persons stood in silence ,

each held a candle representing the lif eof a Vietnamese citizen. One by one thecandles were snuffed out in turn, jus tas hundreds of Vietnamese people ar esnuffed out each day by the heavies tbombing the world has ever known .

An emergency meeting of thePeace Council steering committee hadbeen called Sunday night, April 16th ,in response to the bombing of Haiphongand Hanoi to plan ways to protest th eescalation of the war. One of the firs tactions, less than 24 hours later ,was an emergency candlelight marchMonday night, April 17th . The SPCphone network had been activate dSunday night . Calling was donethroughout Monday continuing untilthe 7 :30 p.m. starting time . As a

result of this work over 300 personscame to the Armed Forces inductioncenter on South Salina street for thestart of the March-with-candles .

The march proceeded single file downSalina Street to the steps of theFederal Building on Clinton Square .The mood of the participants wasquiet and serious . People left theFederal Building with a determinationto carry on the protest during thecoming weeks . This quick respons eto the escalation of the war by thePeace Council of Syracuse, as wellas by Peace groups throughout thecountry, means that the Nixo nAdministration will be facinggreater pressure as it tries t ocontinue the war.

EMERGENCY

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GOODBYEWith deep and sincere grief, Syracus e

Monthly Meeting of Friends announces thedeath of Mildred Whitney on February 29at the home of her brother Leon Whitne yin New Jersey .

After Mildred's retirement from 36years of teaching science at East Syra-cuse High School, she joined her brothe rNorman in 1958 in tarvels to Europea nFri.ends Meetings . Returning to Phila-delphia, she worked for peace tirelesslyand with dedication at American FriendsService Committee, Friends World College ,and in the Philadelphia Friends Meeting .

After Norman's daeth in 1968, Mildredreturned to her many school friends andto Syracuse Friends Meeting, where shewas active as recorder and served onseveral committees .

The Syracuse Peace Council and Syracus eFellowship of Reconciliation also bene-fited from her generous service . Mildredwas a permanent member of the Steerin gCommittee of the Peace Council .

A most appropriate statement regardingMildred's personality was made by a for-mer pupil in an East Syracuse class :"Shewas a wonderful person, warm and direct .Her no-nonsense honesty was warmly anddeeply felt ."

On Sunday morning, April 16, the world. was given the shocking news that the U .S .was bombing Hanoi and Haiphong . All PeaceCouncil members felt the need for a quickresponse and that evening there was anemergency session of the steering com -mittee .

The meeting was well attended andquickly got down to serious business aseveryone felt a sense of urgency . Manyplans were discussed and eventually aprogram was decided upon. The Phone Net-work was immediately activated and PeaceCouncil members were asked to send tele-grams to Washington and to attend anemergency candlelight procession thenext evening (reported on elsewhere i nthis PNL) . There were also committeesestablished to follow up on other ac -tivities throughout the week .

The members of the Steering Committe eand the Phone Network all performedmeritorious service in this time o fcrisis .

OPINIONS COSTLY INHERALD-JOURNEL

At the Steering Committee meeting Apri l16, a very dominant sense was that we neededto make the greatest possible effort to com-municate with the Syracuse community . Whatbetter way than to take a full page ad inCNY's largest circulation paper the allegedHerald-Journal . But a full page "opinion"

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NIXON'S PLAN FAILS ,Each day in past weeks Richard Nixon' s

vietnamization plan has been battered a-part on the battlefields of Vietnam . For

years the Peace Council has been counter-

ing government claims that the war is"winding down" . The Peace Council ha spointed out that : 1 . although U .S . groundtroops were being slowly withdrawn, the ywere being replaced by more deadly airpower ; 2 . The will of the people of Viet-nam to throw-off foreign domination anddefeat a foreign controlled Saigon goverU-ment was just as strong as ever; 3. ThatVietnamization was a farce since a con-scripted army would not fight well fora government which the soldiers do not

support; L . That the Thieu regime couldnot stand without the U .S . military be-hind it and that Richard Nixon and thePentagon were committed to stay behind

it . Recent events have proven all of thesepoints.

The recent offensive mounted by theNational Liberation Front and NorthVietnamese forces has clearly demonstrate dthe weakness of the Thieu regime, bothin terms of military strength and popu -lar support . From the Mekong Delta tothe Central Highlands to the norther nprov inces of south Vietnam camps an dfirebases have been overrun. The Saigonarmy has shown no willingness to diefor the interests of the United Statesgovernment. Often looting has been theirmajor preoccupation .

Richard Nixon has responded in angerby unleashing the most massive air andnaval bombardments of the war and hasbombed Hanoi and Haiphong . Out of des -peration he has resorted to the brutaland unsuccessful tactdas of LyndonJohnson .

Vietnamization has failed. Americani-zation has failed. What is left isRichard Nixon, unable to accept the in -evitable failure of Vietnamization ,unleashing his anger on the people o fIndochina .

Now is the time for Americans toredouble their efforts and stop theNixon administration so that th epeople of Indochina can settle theirown affairs without foreign inter-ference .

NATIONAL ACTION DA Y

MAY 4 VIGI LLINE S . SALINA ST . 11 :30 A MTO 1 PM THURSDAY, MAY 4

May 4th has been named as the date fo rnationwide actions in protest of th eescalation of the war. In Syracuse, avigil will be held from 11 :30am to1 :O0pm, with participants lining Salin aStreet, holding identical signs . Assembleat Hunter Plaza (corner S . Salina andE . Fayette) at 11 :00am .

SPC NEIGHBORHOO DGROUPS

On Good Friday the Westcott Neighborhoo dGroup hosted 11 people from the Mid-hudso nNonviolence Center who were on their way topresent money to the Canadian Friends Ser -vice Committee for assistance to the Viet -namese . A much needed garage sale is beingplanned for May . Call Sue Strunlf, 472-3726 ,if you can help .

All the SPC Neighborhood Groups havebeen assisting with the large scale activi-ties of the last several weeks . The pre-sense of neighborhood constituencies whic hhave worked together on projects is a tre -mendous boost to effors such as the circula-tion of Crisis in Vietnam. A new Neighbor..hood Group has been started in the SaltSprings area. Contact Gloria Whistler at446-2304 .

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OPINION Sad by this paper's reputed rates costs$1800, fully twice as much as a business ad .Opinion control? From an alleged paper?(the headliner machine, muttering somethin gabout obscenities, refused to print thepaper's allegedly correct name)

TAX WEEK APRIL 10-1 7Starting on Saturday, April 8 with the

Air War

distribution of over 10,000 leaflets, taxresistance week 1972 was under way. Theleafletting, which took place downtown an din various shopping centers throughout th ecity advertised the wee k t s events and alsocalled for an end to the escalation of th ebombing of North Vietnam .

AUTOMATED AIR WA RAll week the slide show, "The Automate d

Air War" was shown in the mall south ofSibley's . A literature table and leaf -letting accompanied the showing . The re-sponse was favorable, as illustrated byone salesman's comment, "how could anyon enot be against the war after seeing thi sshow" . It was slightly discouraging thoughto see some people just stop for a secon dand then continue their shopping .

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OUR TAXES — OUR CHOIC EMeanwhile the Direct Action Project wa s

involved in another phase of the week' sactivities. Joan Rothenberg and Judy Han dpainted three murals for a twelve foo tfloat . . The murals depicted Vietnamese wo-men and children in a Village being bombe dby aircraft and showed where our tax dol-lars go. The float was driven around down -town all week with a tape recorded messageconcerning our misplaced priorities broad -cast over loudspeakers . Announcements wer ealso made of other Tax Week activities .The impact of the float was considerabl e. onworkers and shoppers in the downtown area .

Many people who didn't take the time toread it the first several times they saw itwere, by the end of the week, considerin gthe float's message . Frequency of appear-ance was a key to its success . (can't on next page )

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TAX PROTEST RALL YOn Wednesday,a demonstration was held at

I.R .S . headquarters, Hunter Plaza . Aboutforty people participated. A number ofpersonal letters of protest were read andthe large, open letter to I.R .S . was signedby many people . A brief problem arose whenthe size of our letter of protest (!t' X 8' ,not nearly large enough considering th emilitary budget) prevented entrance to theelevator up to I.R.S . Quickly an unlocke d(yes, Hunter Plaza locks its stairway doors )stairway was located allowing the "letter eto reach the eager hands of the people ofI.R.S .

Following this a group of people wen tover to the First Federal Savings and LoanAssociation where the Syracuse Peace Coun -cil War Tax Resistance Fund has its account .A member of the Fund issued a statement an dsome money was collected and deposited i nthe Fund . SPC recruited a number of peopl efor the emergency action in Washington onApril 15 .

In response to the feelings of urgency ,three people went to the congressionaloffices of Mr . Hanley and Mr . Terry onMonday morning, the 17th to let them knowof our opposition to the US bombings inNorth Vietnam .

In speaking to the aide of Mr . Hanleywe were told that in fact the congressma nwas Very concerned about the increasedbombing and would be making a statement t othe press about it . We had the impressionfrom our conversation that a strongl yworded comment would be issued - but thos econtained in Tuesday's Post Standard wer every disappointing to say the least . Itdisturbs this writer that Mr . Hanley can-not find it in himself to take a strongstand against Mr . Nixon's policies - but

HAVE A BALLOO NThe week was over but, because of the

extension, taxes were due on Monday the 17t hso the Direct Action Project had one moreaction . A ballon, with a picture of aguava (anti-personell) bomb, and an attachedleaflet detailing what tax money buys, wer epresented to each last minute taxpayer .This was done on Tuesday night from 10 t omidnight as the deadline period was ex-tended another day .

All in all the week's activities werevery successful both in involving Peac eCouncil Members and media coverage . How-ever if we all go back to our normal ac -tivities and forget about what our taxe sare buying and how our priorities ar emisplaced, tax resistance week will hav ebeen in vain. Now more than ever we mustcontinue our struggle to redirect ou rpriorities towards life and not death .

Taxpayersprotesting atI .R .S .

his present stand does offer some encour -agement over the previous ones .

Mr. Terry's office was another story .There his aide told us that Mr . Terry' sconstituancy does not find the war anissue of mullah concern . In fact it isninth on a list of ten issues; There-fore he told us, Mr . Terry is much moreconcerned about ecology as an issue thanhe is about the war . Knowing that he ha sa son-in-law who is MIA this attitude some -what puzzled us and we did point out tha tthe present course of action by the US washardly going to bring about an early set -tlement of the "POW-MIA question" . Any ofyou reading this who feel you'd like Mr .Terry to know that you consider the war t obe an issue should communicate that to him .

TAX WEEK

CONGRESSIONAL VISITS

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On Saturday, April 15, traditionallyincome tax day, several hundred Syracu -sans attended a town meeting in Midtow nPlaza .

The meeting, sponsored by the Syracus ePeace Council, was concerned with the wast eof money on war, and the areas of human im-provement on which federal tax dollarswould be better spent .

Various groups and individuals testifie don the needs of their causes,and how thes ecauses help the human community . Somegroups represented were : the Syracuse FireDepartment, the 1012 Free Health Clinic ,Laubach Literacy, the Farm Workers Boy-cott Committee, and Vietnam VeteransAgainst the War . There were speakers onthe environment, cuts in school s4rvice sand general city and nationwide needs .A few groups supporting presidential can-didates and political organizations spok eas well . One speaker, from the Veteran sof Foreign Wars, said he felt the wa rwasn't costing us anything, but that poorgovernment was . The general tone was ,however, that too much money goes tosupport death, instead of to improv elife .

Several good comments were made bythe audienoe during the Questions-an dAnswers period following each speaker .The panel, whose purpose was to preparea "white paper" report from the testi-monies, also had some interesting ob-servations . One of the lighter moment scame when Rosemary Pooler, panel memberand city Consumer Advocate, suggeste dthat the government fund the "United Way "campaign, and door-to-door collectionsbe taken for the war .

Other members of the panel were : AnaThompson, Executive Director, Liga DeAccion Hispana : Nick Pinto, ExecutiveSecretary, American Federation State ,County Municipal Employees, AFL-CION .Y .S . Council Number 66 ; John Murray ,former Syracuse Councilman ; RobertGrimm, Executive Director, Metropoli -tan Church Board.

For approximately the first half ofthe meeting, speakers were limited tofive minutes . However, after a timeit became evident that in order to comenear the four o'clock deadline, sometestimonies would have to be shortenedor removed completely . Copies of allplanned testimony, whether read or not ,were submitted to the panel. For thesecond half, only the most imperativ equestions were allowed, and many speaker sconsolidated with others of similarinterest, or dropped out of speaking ,

There were two short coffee breaks ,during which changes in speeches wer emade and people helped themselves t othe refreshments which were availabl ethroughout the meeting .

Keeping the testimonies going andhelping with the questions was ourmoderator, Paul Flucke . The Town Meetingended about 4:30 in the afternoon . Butthe waste goes on

The compiled testimony entitled ,Syracuse Demands Federal Taxes BeUsed For HumanNeeds,will be availablein booklet form in sevseral weeks .Please contact the office if you wouldlike a copy .

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WTR FUND STATEMENT OF PURPOS EConcern for the living has led a group

of people from Upstate New York to form aninterest-free loan fund to make money a-vailable for use by community groups .Many people forming the Fund refuse to pa yportions of their federal taxes which sup -port war . As a creative alternative, th emoney pledged is used to help communitygroups .

Our statement of purpose :For us, life and the living ar eoverwhelming concerns . Yet ourgovernment is allotting increas -ing amounts of energy and moneyto war, exploitation and dehum -anization . We have thereforedecided tc cease paying to ourgovernment certain portions ofour daily wages that contribut eto destruction and death .

We choose to redirect thismoney to community needs thatrequire our support . We feelthat this is a just and humaneway for us to regain control o four lives .

We nave in the past willinglypaid a portion of our wages toour government, asking in returnthat we be fairly represented ,our children be educated, ourcommunity be sage, our health b eprotected and our elderly be

cared for. We have become awarethat we must be responsibl ewhere our government has beenirresponsible .

In joy we reaffirm our commit-ment to life by redirecting ourtax money to serve our community.

As of April 23, the Fund has over$1200 . This money represents federaltelephone tax, income tax, contribution sand portions of member's savings accounts .Inputs into the Fund are of three types :contributions which are nonreturnable ,short term deposits and long term de -posits. A short term deposit is money

loaned to the Fund for a period of sixmonths after which the person may thenwithdraw it . A long term deposit ismoney remaining in the Fund a year a twhich time the member may withdraw it .However, in case of an emergency a mem-ber may withdraw their funds at any time .We urge people to contribute their fed -eral phone tax on a monthly basis . Checksshould be made out to the Syracuse PeaceCouncil War Tax Resistance Fund andma le u t e o ce . Anyone having anyquestions about the Fund or knowing ofany organization needing funding whouldcontact the Peace Council . The nextmeeting of the Fund will be a potluc kdinner held Sunday, May 21 at 6 :30 PM ,821 Euclid Ave .

ANNOUNCING FAST FOR LIF E2--One hour of the day of fasting is

to be set aside by the participant i nsome constructive work for peace .It is suggested that meditation ,prayer, writing government represen-tatives, or whatever the individualsees that needs doing be done durin gthis time .

Fast For Life is an ongoing witnessagainst man's ever ongoing inhumanity t oman . Its goal is to make individual spersonally sensitive to the injustices o fwar, poverty, race discrimination, and anyarea of human suffering .

Fasting is not negatively abstainingfrom food . It can be a positive, quiet ,persistent, personal witness against al lforms of human injustice and a committmen tto work toward a more viable societ yfor human beings.

The essential idea is this:

1--One day, a day of the individualschoosing, to fast to the extent se tby the participant .

3--Taking the money saved by fastingand using it to support any areasof human improvement that th eindividual sees in need of help .

The group is non-political, non -denominational . The group is forming .If you see the ap%,ce ,r 7 rour life forthis kind of committment, or if youhave any questions--please call StanBennent, any time until 10 :00pn 478-4917 .

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MIDDLE EAST ~ ,FORU M

Americans often confuse the two separate issues of civil rights and nationa l

self-determination in discussing the Palestinian Arabs .

The Palestinian Arabs themselves are clear in their demand for national self-determination---but often they would deny this very right to Israeli Jews .

"The Palestinian Arab people possesses the legal right to its homeland ,and when /its/ liberation is completed it will exercise self-determinatio nsolely according to its own will and choice . "

"Jews who were living in Palestine until the beginning of the Zionis tinvasion (1917) will be considered Palestinians ."

"The people o fPalestine is part of the Arab nation . "

"Armed struggle is the only way to liberate Palestine ."

"The liberationof Palestine is national duty to repulse the Zionist imperialist invasio nand to purge the Zionist presence from Palestine . "

11The establishment of Israel is fundamentally null and void, because i twas contrary to the wish of the people of Palestine :J and it snatural right to its homeland . "

"The Palestinian Arab people, in expressing itself through the arme dPalestinian revolution, rejects every solution that is a substitut efor a complete liberation of Palestine . "

---Palestinian National Covenant, as last amended (1968) .

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The following statement is excerpted from that written by a Palestinia ndoctor in 1959 .

His political situation has not improved in the interim .

"I happen to be a Christian Arab of Christian parents born in Palestine .My home is in Jerusalem where I lived all my life . I am not permitted to g oback by the Israelis, not because I declared war on any country, not foroccupying other people's homes ; and not for persecuting the Jews, but forthe simple reason that I was not born a Jew . While American Jews, Austria nJews and even Arab Jews can go and Occupy my home today I cannot do sobecause I am a Christian . . . . (M)y home is only 300 yards away from th earmistice line and my clinic is on the other side of the road . . . I seepeople in them, people cowing and going but I cannot move an inch forward .If I do, I will be killed and my body will be labeled 'guilty of thecriminal act of Arab infiltration .' This infiltration . . .into one's own home ,land, farm, and country has been the cause of the death of hundreds of mycountrymen by people who, only a few years ago, were total strangers to th eland . Moreover, this home of mine is being offered to any Jew in the world ,be he from Warsaw, Tokyo, or the West Indies, if he will condescend to goand take it . The Palestine Arab refugee problem is the transplantation ofone people of one faith in the place of other people of other faiths throug hthe force of arms . It is the problem of religious discrimination . . . Howcan we improve the political atmosphere to begin peace talks of any kind i fwe are still prevented from reaching our homes"? . . . /The Israelis say tha7the mere discussion of 'right of return' will he a 'psychological roa dblock' to a solution "

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ON ALERT

SPC FILM SHOWINGS

The carrier Midway has left San Diego withSPC films shown this month :

NUCLEAR weapons for Vietnam. Slide show 43Holy Outlaw 5100 ground crewmen have left Travis Air Mrs . Smith 1

Force BasefoVietnam . Vietnam & Beyond 1

All F-104's (Fighter Bombers) on the EastNo Vietnamese Ever Called

Me Nigger- 2Coast have left for Vietnam.

All bombers from Beale Air Force Base inCalifornia have left for Vietnam .

The aircraft carrier Constellation, sup-poseeturning home, is being RIMin Vietnam.

Hamsten Air Force Base in Massachusetts - -brains of the automated air war -- isON ALERT .

Norton Air Force Base in San Bernadino isO-3h0UrI R'Tor Vietnam .

Lorin Air Force Base in Massachusetts isAT forte next 30 days .

All planes are ON ALERT at Peas Air ForceBase in New Hampshire .

The 3rd Marine division at Okinawa and the7th Marine division at Camp Pendletonare ONALERT. VOLUNTEERS have been re-quested for Vietnam .

The 101st and 82nd airborne divisionsareON ALERT either for Vietnam OR for do -mestic civil disorder ;

information gathered from air force, ma -rine and navy personnel on these bases an dcarriers by the Vietnam Veterans Agains tthe War in Massachusetts .

Wire Senators to support Gravel bill ,53409, "to provide for the cessation ofbombing in Indochina and for the with-drawal of U .S . military personnel from theRepublic of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos"within 30 days subject to arrangements fo rrelease and repatriation of our prisoner sof war. URGE your Representatives to co -sponsor and support identical House Bill ,H .R . 14055, introduced by Rep. Drinan .

April 19, 1972

Covered-dish suppe r

Cora Weiss will speakon P .O .W .'s .

6 :30 pm

First Universalist Churc h250 Waring Rd .

Please don't bring rolls !

UNSELL

An UNSELL-the-war televisionspot will be the focus of discussio nfor the Community Forum on Channel 9 ,Sunday, May 7 . Four persons willreact to the UNSELL spot and to eac hothers Pentagon spokesman Genera l"Chappie" Jame*, chief defender ofthe administration's position onPOW's ; Congressman John Terry(tentative) ;Bishop Ralph Ward(tentative) ; and aspokesperson for the Peace Council .

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THIS IS RIDICULOU S

Sadly, we have not made much progress inour search for larger office space . Ourchafed elbows are getting sorer and temper sare getting shorter and and and There just must be an old house or reclus estore front or dusty warehouse or somethingthat some SPC person knows about . It mustbe zoned for non-residential use and be rea-sonably priced. Cheap preferable . Free is

best . We will also accept payment for us-ing office space .

If you stumble onto something please fol -low it up (zoning, $$, any parking), the ncall the office . Seriously, the effective -ness of SPC is now, more than ever, bein gimpaired by our present space limitations ,so please help if you can .

TRANSARMAMEN TCOMMITTEE

The Transarmament Committee hascontinued to study the idea of civiliannon-violent resistance as an alternativ eto the military as a means of nationaldefense .

The group prepared testimony fo rthe April 15, Town Meeting . BillBookheimer, convenor of the group, i sone of the resource persons for theAFSC conference on national security ,disarmament, and national defense to beheld Saturday, April 29th, at Universit yMethodist Church, 1085 E . Genesee Street .Registration for the conference willbegin at 9 :15 a.m., with the conferenc erunning through the day. Bill willspeak and lead a workshop on"Civilia nDefense as an Alternative ." SPCmembers are urged to attend thisconference .

PEACE NEWSLETTE RADS

In an effort to make the PNL pay for it-self 1 or 2 pages of advertising will b ecarried each issue. 2,000 copies are mail-ed to families in ONondaga County. Another1500 are circulated at various locationsin the metropolitan area . The secondaryreadership rate is probably quite high ,though we haven't done any surveys . Sc' ifyou would like to let other SPC people o ra segment of the community in general kno wof your business or service and you woul dlike to help the Peace Council at the sametime please call the office, 446-5656, fo rrates and other details .

2 NEW FILMSU .S . Technique and Genocide, a new 20

minute film made in north Vietnam is nowavailable from the SPC Film Committee . Itdepicts in terrible detail the effects o fthe U .S . air war on the people of Vietnam .Particular emphasis is given to the use an dresults of anti-personnel weapons . CallRonnie Vitacolonna, 446-7523, to reservethe film .

Only the Beginning is a documentary onthe veteran's actions in Washington in April1971 . It's a moving testimonial on the im-portance of the veterans/G .I . movement andan indictment of the attitudes and insti-tutions that produced the war on Indo-china . Film is available from local VVAWat 478-1028 .

70,000 DISTRIBUTED

CRISIS IN VIETNA MThe war on Vietnam is back on the front

page . Taking advantage of renewed publicconsciousness about the war the SPC SteeringCommittee decided that a booklet answerin gpeople's basic questions on Vietnam shoul dbe prepared. It was decided that the piec eshould be produced in sufficient quantityto put one in most Syracuse household door -ways .

The staff quickly wrote, laid out and hadprinted "Crisis In Vietnam" . 70,000 copieswere produced and are now being distributeddoor-to-door in Onondaga Co . A copy shouldbe in this Peace Newsletter. Distributionmay not be completed by the time you receivethis so please give the office a call to help .

OFFICE TYPE

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LIFE IN CHIN ARUSSELL JOHNSON'S SLID E

PRESENTATION OF HI S

RECENT TRIP TO CHIN A

The Peace Council is very fortunateto be able to present this slide talk byRussell Johnson, Program Secretary of th eNew England Region AFSC .

Russell and Irene Johnson travelledthroughout China at the end of last sum -mer . One of the highlights of the trip wa sa three hour interview with exiled Cambod -ian Prince Norodom Sihanouk. They visitedCanton, Peking, Changchow, Sion, NankingShanghai, and Yenan . They visited fou rrural communes and talked with workers an dtheir families in their homes, learning ,among other things about the budget ofChinese families today . They visited hos -

WEDNESDAY, MAY 10 ,

8 PM CHURCH CENTE R

3049 E. GENESEE ST .

pitals and clinics, witnessing three oper -ations being performed with acupunctur eanaesthesia. They visited nurseries, kin-dergartens, primary and middle schools aswell as universitie s

The importance of Russell Johnson' stalk canes from the fact that he is unique -ly qualified. He is an expert on thir dworld countries . He has been to Vietnamboth North and South eleven times. He hastravelled throughout Asia and Africa . Hespent four weeks in Cuba during May 1969 .

This important talk is open to th epublic--get on the phone now to invit eyour friends to hear Russell Johnson .

DAY-LONG MEETINGA day-long SPC Steering Committee meet-

ing was held Feb . 26 at the home of Janeand Sam Feld . Attendance was good-- onl y6 committee members were missing . Therewere also several individuals, not on thecommittee, in attendance .

Six workshops were held-- three in themorning, three in the afternoon . Peoplewere asked to choose one a .m . and onep .m . workshop. Some of the topics dis -cussed were : How should SPC relate tothe Balck Liberation struggle? ; Con-frontation vs . Reconciliation ; What canSPC do about growing political repres-sion? ; What should SPC do, considering1972 is an election year?

At the end of the day, one personfrom each workshop gave a brief report .In some cases, proposals for action bySPC were made .

Another meeting was held on April 8 ,-at the home of Sally & John Brule' .The discussion centered around the pro-posals for action made at the Feb . 26meeting. Some plans were made for SPCelection year projects ; ways SPC canrelate to the Black community werediscussed. We also talked about thepossibilities of beginning a projec tto end corporate involvement in warmaking .

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FINANCIAL REPORTMarch 15 - April 15, 1972

RFCEIPTS-Donations 1278 .70Benefit (Catonsville 9) 52 .16Literature Sales 183 .85

TOTAL $1515 .31

EXPENSES -Rent 57 .87Phone l00 .05Postage 48 .96Office Supplies 179 .01Literature

` 20 .00Bank Service chg (2 months) 3 .67Legal Expenses - Zoning

(partial payment) 500.00Tax Demonstration week 78.00PNL 190.7 8Miscellaneous 9 .70Salaries

746.42 944 .01Taxes

197 .59 -- -

TOTAL $2132 .05

Borrowed from Savings acct 500.00

Bank Balance April 15, 1972 $ 74 .07

NEIGHBORHOO DDISCUSSION PROGRAM

It is an unfortunate truth tha tmany people do not understand the wartoday or what they can do about it . Thepurpose of the Neighborhood DiscussionProgram is to help people learn bout thewar. The people under considerationcould be a group which is currentlymeeting or friends and neighbors thata SPC member could invite into theirhome . A speaker will be provided wh owill show any of the films or the slideshow on "The Automated Battlefield"listed in the film brochure, makeavailable various educational anddirective literature to the peopleattending, and lead a discussionafterwards . The program is easilyarranged and has proven very effective .For Information, please contact PaulMaleolmson at 4.51-0690,,or call theSPC .

Winding down the war

HOMES FORADOLESCENTS

Starting Wednesday, May 10th, at Univer -sity Methodist Church, 1085 E . Genesee St . ,Child and Family Service, a United WayAgency based at 728 James Street, will besponsoring a seminar-style course on "TheNeeds for Homes for Adolescents ." This isa practical course designed to recruit ,train and certify homes for adolescents inneed.

"There is a great need for temporary andpermanent homes for any children who haveto be away from their own families, but ,the need is greatest for adolescents . Inthe Upstate New York area there are somelarge residential canters, smaller grou phomes and some foster homes available forteenagers but it is still a very difficul ttask to find the right place for a parti-cular teenager. This is especially so whe ta family-style living situation is needed ,

My hope is to attract people to the Maycourse who are sensitive to the needs of,,.young people and are interested in, but urnsure about, offering a home to an adoles-cent . The course will provide an oppor-tunity for sharing knowledge and experien-ces on which the decision to provide ahome can be based . We will have some gues sspeakers who are specialists in work withyoung people . The rest of the course willdeal with actual living situations and howto handle them . "

For further information about thi soourse please call Grace Ball at 474-4291 .

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MONDAYDINNERS

MA Y

1-SONGFEST

8-"NO VIETNAMESE EVER CALLEDME NIGGER"-a film

15-HUMAN ABUSE & INSTITUTIONS-a look at local institutionsby Doug Biklen .

22-A LOOK BACK AT HARRISBUR Gby Jerry Berrigan .

29-THE SOCIALIZATION OF WOMENby Sari Knopp .

For more information call 446-5656

"Lo Bros Poi.ons muyent le petits ." Drawing by P. Broughd the Elder, doer Jerome Bach. What setae of fun

is o.prosed here . ' Big fishes of the little one .' So goes the proverb . But where did the artist we such s sight T

The Direct Action Project of the Peac eCouncil holds a free potluck dinne revery Monday. The dinner are followedby a talk or film and informal discus-sion . Everyone is welcome !

UNIVERSITY METHODIST CHURCHE. Genesee and University

6 :30 pa

NEW BOOK

THE NEW EXILES : AMERICAN WAR RESIS -TERS IN CANADA, Roger Neville Wil-liams, 1971, 401 pages, $2 .95

More Americans have fled to Canadato avoid the Vietnam war than have die din Vietnam. This is the story of thatburgeoning exile community now esti-mated at from 40,000 to 100,000 strong .

An exiled war resister himself, Roge rNeville Williams tells how and why thi scountry has lost so many of its mos ttalented, intelligent, and aware youngmen and women to Canada. And thirteenof these draft dodgers and deserter sreport their own highly individualexperiences in a series of sometime sstartling, often frightening, alway scandid interviews .

This book is available from theSyracuse Peace Council . Please add20¢ on all mail orders .

MASS MARCH NYC

Syracusans joined over 50,000 personsto march against the war in New York Cit yApril 22 . This was the largest turnoutfor a mass march and rally for two years .The turnout war remarkable given a dayof cold and miserable rain .

PENTAGON PAPER S

The Beacon Press announces the releaseof the "Senator Gravel Edition of the Pent-agon Papers" . This is the complete editioncontaining most of the narrative and 265documents . The set consists of 4 volumehardcover at $45, or the 4 volume paper-back at $20. Send your orders to The BeaconPress, 25 Beacon St ., Boston, Mass . 02108.Incidentally, we are very anxious to sel lthis history making set because we need themoney (estimated at $35,000 so far) t ofight the FBI's attempt to stop this pub -lication .

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MAY, 1972 CALENDAR 6

Sat

8

Mon

Middle East Committee mtg . ,8pm, home of Judy & LenBjorkman, 5063 Bradbury Dr .

Monday Night Potluck Dinner ,Apr29 Sat "Can the World Be Defused?", a

conference on national security ,disarmament, and national de-fense . University Methodis tChurch, 1085 E . Genesee St .9 :15 am registration. Speakers :Drs . Franklin Long, MarshallSegall, Julian Friedman, &William Bookheimer. Spon-sored by American Friends

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Tues

6 :30pm, University Methodis tChurch. Film : "No VietnameseEver Called Me Nigger" . AllWelcome .Shirley Chisholm in Syracuse .Itinerary still in formation .For info call 478-9568 CampaignHeadquarters or 472-2874 . Helpis needed.

May

Service Committee.10 Wed Russell Johnson speaking on

"Life In China" with slides .1 Mon Monday Night Potluck Dinner, 8pm, Church Center, 3049 E .

2 Tues

6 :30pm, University Methodis tChurch. Songfest. All welcome .

SPC Steering Committee mee -15 Mon

Genesee St . All invited .

Monday Night Potluck Dinner ,6 :30pm, University Methodis t

ting, 8pm at SPC . All welcome . Church. Human Abuse & Institu-tions-- a look at local in -

3 Wed Transarmament Committee mtg. stitutions by Doug Biklen .

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5

Mon

Fri

Call Bill Bookheimer (457-4927) for details .

National Action Day-- vigilin Syracuse . See elsewherein PNL for details .

Salt Springs Nbhd. Group mtg .

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Tues

21

Sun

All welcome .

SPC Steering Committee mtg . ,6 :30pm potluck dinner, 7 :30pmregular meeting . Church Center ,3049 E . Genesee . All welcome .SPC War Tax Resistance Fundmeeting, 6 :30pm potluck dinner ,

5 Fri

8pm, home of Dorothy Tishler ,525 Audubon Pkwy. Film :"Vietnam: How We Got In, HowWe Can Get Out" ; Tape : DavidDellinger,"Social Change/Radical Nonviolence" .

"Peace Efforts in the Middle

22 Mon

29 Mon

821 Euclid Ave . All welcome .Monday Night Potluck Dinner,6 :30pm, University Methodis tChurch . A Look Back At Har-risburg by Jerry Berrigan .All welcome .

Monday Night Potluck Dinner ,East", a lecture by TalcottWilliams Sellye, Director ofNorth Arabian Affairs, Dept .of State . 8pm, Maxwell Audi-torium, S .U . campus .

6 :30pm, University MethodistChurch. The Socialization ofWomen by Sari Knopp. Allwelcome .

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Mediterranean Buffet, 6pm ,Community Hiuse, ComstockAve . in honor of T .W. Seelye .$4 .00 per person, reservationsthru Diane Anani, 472-8615 .

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