T I lYe also completed two projects for I Êuess the reason I was disappointed Heathcote: lVe built a stone stairway up witñthe article is I feel Hollv Near is ¿ steeo hill to the A-frame. ÏYe cut down aböut a lot more than AM hit singles ¡bout^ten trees from the woods and cut and recording contracts on major labels. them into approx. four foot-logs which Words like "iisterhood" and "wo¡nen we carried ôËprox. ten yards for com- becomine strong together" are much munal uòe. closer toihe feeiingi I've had in Holly In some ways this maY not seem like a and Jeff's concerts-in the last six heaw scheduie for women to tackle. months, and Monketud's article didn't ab. Therä are families that have nine touch on that at all. h¡- children with extensioris of grand' I realize that one, two-Page (with and in-laws who ac- oicture) article can't cover all facets of ?¡- -comolishDarents, aunts deal. ll¡hat was so dif' än artiit like Hollv Near, but I am dis' a creat No.31 fereñt abouTus? Our backgrounds were aooointed that thê article didn't Sept.23, 1976 I Vol. Xll, the not so verv different. Some of us lived in niéntion the thines that most excite the counh!, others in the city, some in people I know wh-o've heard Holly and community 8nd others alone or in ieff in the last several months. couDles. Some in professions, careers' I loved \{endv Schwartz' revíew of know what was different; I "You Can Knorí. Ail I Am." iobj. I don't _ANNEBRANCE Defend Susan änlv know that we started out as 4. Why We Should stróncers end in t$to short weeks we t,i E. P¡lo Alúo' CA Saxe / Shoshana Rihn ' " becañe sisters. And it is in sisterhood 9. An lnternational Gathering of that we have out to Powet-the Power Women Betty Johanna and change ourselves and our environment. I was sutorised bv the wholesale con- / letters denmatioi of teliäion in the "second Ann MorrissettDavidon -PAlRUSK Tlvoll¡ Iì[f Five Year Plan. . l" NryIN 8 / 12/761 as 12. 5-1795: Streamlining 1984 "an absolute Doison." BillBlum My boyfriend is an unemployed ex-Marine Vietnam veteran. Since he came back so:nething Ihave difftcuþwith. ÌYe Tthen I cot home from the WRL con' I grant mosf reügions have repressed 1976 home a couple of years ago all our plans turned out ruined. also posted a schedule on which tojot ferenceãnd sat down to the st¿ck of sex, but not that "religion reptesents 16. Another America: WRL' ' humans." He did well in the Marines but back home nobody cares. He couldn't find a job down out names for cle¿n-up and meals evervthinc that is evil in Conference / Joanne Sheehan so he started at U of Houston. Youiplan-ends with suggesting what is scËool the His GI bill-eot fouled uo and he didnrt and that I had trouble with. Still I never 17. Changes get his payments. Then he got sick and the VA (Vete-rans Admidistation) didn't once felt out of harmony with the needed is fewer answers and more care. They did nothing for him but give him a bunch of pills and ask if he used questions. Why not try a few queries 20. Review uromen nor did I feel any dis-harmony '\ dope. He.'s never.even_trlgd So his doctor bills, wlth no GI money, took all añong us as a whole. Rather I experi- ihsteäd of such dogmãtic asseitions. 4opç. bY Peg Averill. our marriage savings. He had to quit school. enced strong, warm, sensitive support Why have religions tended to repress Cover: Designed Then heãnswerãd some kind of ad about his Marine job and pretþ soon this in every way at every level of my being. sex? man came to see him. I thought he was going back in thle Marinès bécause he There was one incident which Are these reasons valid today? sàid he was going to get lots of money for hid combat job. Then I found out he angered me and I expressed itfleetingly In what ways is prayer infused with STAFF was going to Africa for some kind of company. \{e need that money real bad, but to several women who also shared it. straight meanings? I didn't like that kind ofjob for him because maybe he would get hurt like he Yolu could answer these yourselyes' or did Then I found out that part ofthe Peg r' Dwight Ernest in the Madnes. We talked and talked about it. He still wanteiÍto go. iust leave them in query form in, saY, Averill morning meeting was taken up with a o Susan Pines Thenmy girlfriend listened to what I told her. I was real upset ãnd crying and discussion over my anger. It was telated life, not, as says, "Thejoys äiscussion groups. ZAEN Ruihann Evanoff -FIIAIYI(LIN CA everything, but she listened to my problems. to something outside of ourselves but oflove." Pomona, Murray Rosenblith a She talked to LeRoy and showed him a story in your little magazine written by nonetheless had a definite effect. The somebody who used to be in Vietnam also. The story was real good about why women were expressive in their Concèrn UNINDICTED veterans should not go to Africa ftYIN, 2/19/761. but whether or not there was total CO-CONSPIRATORS LeRoy read that story and got real mad. I thought it was because ofwhat I did, agreement with my view I don't know but he said no, it wasn't about that. I don't know úhat he was mad about, but, and that is not what was important. Al- ¡ LanceBelville ¡ MarisCakars' anyway, he didn't go to Africa. lowing for my view is what was JanBarri Cákars* . J erry Coff¡n' . Lynne Shatzkin Coffin' I am so glad because later I news 3usan saw on the TV about what happened to important. My sisters respected my Ann Davidon . D¡ana Dav¡es ' Ruth Dear i veterans who went to Africa. And what things they did there. I am so glad he space to express my feelings and I ie- Raloh DiGia' r Brian Doherty. William Douthard* stayed home with me. Things are no better,but they're sure not worse. ceived no condemnation disrupting Kaien Durbin' o Chuck Fa8er o Seth Foldy foi o LarryGara o JoanLibbyHawk*,' .,' My gidfriend told me you won't print my name if I don't want it, otay? out conference by highlighting JimForest Did miss WIN? Did your mailboxes seem particularly Neil Haworth o Ed Hedemann Crace Hedemann Because LeRoy told me that that company is real mad'so we'd better not tell something vou . ezer*' Becky outside of it but which you've come to.ex- Hendrik Hertzberg' Marty J ' Johnson anybody. But you did me a big favor so I'll take a chance and say a big thank you touched upon all ofus. empty on that special day every week when Nancv lohnson o Þaul Johnson r Alison Karpel . . L¡nzer* ' fot your magazine and especiàlly that My peit á fresh issúe to appear? Did you wonder if we were going Crair Karpel John Kyper Eliot story. nexi fear was that th'ere would be lackion Mac Low . David McRevnoldst -NAMEffiI! too much t¿lking, and there w¿s a lot of to make it out again? ¡ DavidMorris e Marklvlorris* MarvMavo . talking, but that too was different. The Well; w.e mad=e it, barely. We all took a little time.off to rest Jim Þeck'o TadRichards ¡lgal Roodenko* talking came from the personal depths Fred Rosen . Nancy Rosen Ed Sanders and travet, visit friends and take it easy. We pqi{ off several o Martha Thomases ofeach womán her Wendv Schwartz* Congratulations on your issue on Ap- I look forward to the follow-up issue there. From press¡ng bills, but we really haven't made much progress Art Wäskow o Beverly Woodward* palachia I particularly you personal experiences, her environment, ,, *Memberof []VIN, 8/191761. are planning. äsainstãur most ¡mportant money problem-paying the staff . WIN Editorial Board enjoyed the photos by Doug Yarrow- -MAITWITT her dreamsând aspirations, and each Edltor, IllWWJou¡nd tike gòing into a bid sbng-and-dance about the it is so rare that a publication really lets one ofus listened ând felt what she felt, We don't feet 'the Wachlngton, DC ' pictures help tell the story. cried when she cried and laughed when usual sorry state of our finances. So, if you/ve got somg spare S03Atlantic Ave.l SthFl. t ' I was pleased to read No¡ma Beckerls she laughed. cash (or cliecks) around, now ¡s as good a time as any for a : Brooklyn, NY f 1217 letter and Ann Morrissett Davidon's We maintained our household within donation to WlN. Telephone: (212) 624-8337, 624'8595 If I may be pdrmitted a small correc- article [\{IN, 7 /22/ 76]. Probably be- the boundaries of another community lf you some changes in the way we look it's because we published Thursday except for the first tion, it was Deborah Baker's article on cause I have just returned from a con- and extended our cooking to include notice WIN is every page24-28 frave someõne ¡rewdesign¡ns WIN's laiout. Þeg Averill, whose week in'January, the lást week in March, the second about coalfield women and ference at Heathcote Center in Free- those of the Heathcote community. l{e week in Mav, thè last two weeks in August, the first two not Linda Johnson's on page 9:10 which land, Maryland on Feminist Nonvio- did our food ourchasing i¡ y¿¡¡eus drawings have frequently appeared on- WIN's cover and Pages' weeks in Seotember and the last week in December by originally appeared in the Untted Mlne lence. It surpassed all ofmy expecta- places, took frips with ihe laundry and has tecèntly left Art for People in Washington and mov€d to W.l.N. Maiazine, lnc. with the support of the War Workor¡ Deborah's Resisters League. Subscriptions are $11.00 per year' Jounal. story was a tions. It did not even remotely resemble to the doctor and took the children on New York. Þeg will bedoing WIN's laygu! for at least the next postage paid at New York, NY 1m01. part Second ctass key of our March, 1976 issue, any kind ofconference I had attended in expeditions to the river and to see fire- few issues (ânä maybé loqg-er)-We're delighted to have her on lndividual wiiters are responsible for opinions which was devoted to "\{omen and the the peace movement. works. Our meals and bread baking exoressed and accuracv of facts given. Sorry-manu- board the yellow submaäñe as we leave port for more voyages-. retuined unless accompanied by a UMIVA: From Mother Jones To Brook- My biggest fear was structure. It was were done in a small crowded kitchen sciiots cannot be "'-:-' :' selfladdressed stamped envelope. 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l bank robbery. However, I have come tp believe that whether she robbed the bank or not is irrelevant to the political and moral issues that her case has raised. i(eep in mind that she has never 'been accused of shooting the policeman who was kilied during this hold¿uÞ. the government will make absolutelv no attempt to prove that, only that she was thère and took þart in the robbery. But under Massachusetts law, she is charged with the murder. lf Susàn is convicted she will face a mandáto.y life sentence¡ and unless there is a radiCat chánge in government and an amnesty for- all war resisiêrs, ihe w.ill have to spend the rest of her life in iail. has be I want tó trv to dispel some of the fear and hos- Somebody to have d tilitv that the inedia stereotypes of Susan scapegoated and Why We l genãrated, and show her asa Bqrson who believes Should Defend Susan Saxe I in. and acts on, principle, whoi9very honest and labelled criminal, and Thefollowing is adapted from a speecti delivered ooen about whô'she is and what she stands for- by Shoshana Rihn on May g, 1976 at the Com- fiom being aiainst the war and the capitalist government has munity Church in Boston. svstem wñich produced the war, to being an outl the gay The content of tfre speecfr was in part inspired sóoken feminist and a fighter for the rights of . you the power to by the writings of Jill il,avmond ancj was wiitten o'eoole. Most of all I want to know her as a me witlt the help of Marty Jezer. þ".ion who is, after all, not very different from or vou. determine who. SHOSHANA RIHN Äside from the obviousobstacle Susan faces-a government that badly want¡ to convict,her and is do ago I found myself in a very hard sþot. üsing all the resourceó they have-available to 4,y""f is the After being a fugitive for over five veari. i was ar- so-5usan's biggest obstacle to freedom ad- rested in Brattleboro, Vermont whére I tive and news media. Aliervant of the large corporate brought to trial for alieged acts of conspiracy vertisers, the news media looks to makehead- against the government. ln the newspâpers ãnd lines. seli papers or boost ratings more than it the lives of on fY I was portrayed as q terrorisi, ä ciiminal, a does îo seèk'out the truth or describe mad bomber. That t was finally allowed out on'bail realpeople. andcouldspeak to people, both through the news Tlie piess distorts the news to fit the reguire- propaganda; fr-om the co¡n- media and in public gatherings, made a big dif- ments of government a ference in terms of dispellinglÉe image oimyçelf¡ munist mãnace, to the yeilow peril of Asia, to the you as a violent, dangerous person, and also in anti-war movement which, if believed the freaks building support for my.case. I'was finaltv ac- Dress. was iust a bunch of crazv extremist quitted by a jury on all charges. *tto all ha¿ Vp and never took baths. Propaganda Susan Saxe is a woman in a similarly hard spot. in the guise of free speech, all the news that's fit Harder-because she_faces a heavier óharge, ã to print- in the interests of the corporate state. heavier sentence. ln Septemb er 197O, a baã( rob- th¡s ¡s no revelation perhaps, but it's soqething bery occurred in Boston, allegedly to'procure tunds tor revolutionary activities. In the course of the rob.bery, a policeman was killed. The govern- Two years after ment charged five people with the act, thÉe of whom were captured almost immediatelv. The Watergate- has any- othertwo, Susan Saxe and Cathv poweri. vouns ? anti-war activists, remained at lárge. Muth was- thing really changed made of them, pictures and article-s were every- where, amassive search was mounted, and thäy we need to remind ourselves of because it is easy appeared on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list. to forset how much we are all in some way or (That wasthg year seven out of the FBl,s Top Ten anothãr influenced bY it. were political activists, people opposed waF--_ Sometimes a little honesty does break through, to th'e of in Vietnam, to the govôinment thât carried it out, orã t¡ttle muckraking is allowed to see the l¡ght ---,--- not yet a andto the system that spawned the war.) The dav. a scandal here, an expose there. lt is sear'ch for Susan Saxe eñded in March oi lgzs totãilv ctosed svstem and some iournalists are when when she was captured while walking down a tryinÉ hard to tbll the truth' Sometimes street in Philadelphia. córript¡on in government becomes too blatant and is the I do not know whether Susan took part in'that tle céntral fig-ure in the corruption someone press doesn'f tike anywlY, and the establishment person is more of e liability to. S.hoshana Rihn does politicatwork in Brattleiboro, realizes that the Vermont. them than an asiet, then the media can unearth the truth, as it did so thoroughly about Watergate. 4WlN Sept. 23,1976 Sept.23,'1976 WIN 5 I i

i lmyself was once stereotyped public the war wrong " for the in a everyÒne she'd known there. (She knewthework resisters, those of us who thought similar negative fashion. on our opinions.(ln way, we can con- of grand juries well-having s'een eiiht people in act"d ? I Then I had good "ñd luikv' we are harassed, exìled, . the fortune to meet both some New Haven, Cgl,n. and Lexi-ngton, Èy. tó ja¡l liäãiãr.t"¡ves of Susan's Ëo go prison. But leaders of the black friends and staunch supporters_ ror. susprc¡on of having known her and refusing to ;äìi;;f us to I consider it one of the wonderful spirited,women whom i iiteA ¡-- talk about it.) ánJ Ñat¡veÃmeiican movements more often pay i mensely-and Susan herself . I spent an afternoon While it is necessary to separate Susan Saxe with their lives.) of jail - pay a-rly diabolic bamboozles visiting her in and discovered t coutdn,t have from her media created image, it ii jrs-tän"ces- The perpetrators have not had to punishments, offer no been more wrgng about what kind of a person she sary not to allow her case tobe separated from the oenalties; they suffer no the capitalist societY is. She was a delight to talk to, to be w¡ih. She political and moral issues invotveä- äpolog¡ei. Théy, the war criminals, are hailed as Oniv a y"ur. better strove to.pr¡t rne at ease,_maké me comfortabte, has gone by since the US was finallv iiat"slrnen, and move on to bigger and policeman fôiåøio is now that the she in.prison. She is warm and sensitive, admit defeat in lndochina, but how long oositions of power. McCeorge Bundy "veryV¡e-all together," ' ago it now Robert intelligent, compassionate and, seems sínce we last saw burning villages ãnd Þresident of'the Ford Fot¡ndation; in that Bos- yes, the world Bank; Ellsworth who died angry. When she talked of her situation, screaming children on our television sets and felt idGrn;ã ¡i hãad of there was no trace of self-pity. She hal her down gu;Èð., my Vermont neighbor, sits.in splendid ton robbery-a plain times, but she's coping wittr ã tremendous and rei¡rement, except whenie's called upon b.y the top level advice, like beautiful strength. She told me about her fellow The leaders of the black and Þ.Ëtiàéñi ío offei a tittle . working man w¡th inmates in Philadelphia, where she was first in- what'--ÃÃd the US should do about Panama' carcerated, who were at first distrustful of her, Native American movements beh¡nd these men, the vipible oneó in -- should |ay were ones-the nameless,.face- nine kids ready to pounce on her as an upoer class' often pay w¡th their lives. ihe invisible , white woman who would have no sympathy or ".*äi.iüi"ss rnãn still running their big multinational down his life understanding of them, who would sei herielf off coroorations, and their banks, still making money trom them. But slowly, through fist from our labor, living in luxury, her words and the sting of tear gas and our adrènalin rise ñãtiJou"t protecting the wealth actions, she gave them to as we us atl, ruling us s.till in spite of the undlrstand that she contronted police and soldiers in our protests. .J¡ng ou". viewed herself as one of théy cause, ruling Ús now as if the them, victims in different 1970 reached a pinnacle of outrage'beôause, iütä of rich and ways of society's "gony had never haPPened' those harsh injustices. The divisions after years of.protest letters, petitiõns, war in Vietnam between them that thesê men coñtrol our society and made them distrust her to marcnes, rall¡es, demonstrations. civil "¡gi;;' It i; because powerful financ¡ers. begin with were some of the our laws are basically made to proteòt very things she was disobedience; draft resistance, sóld¡ers because fighting against, and it was ¡ñLtétts, that banks have come to,be viewed only'in thãinterests of tl't"ir"j".tot"nct those in gowe.r that they stay divided, distrustf ul,. 3i-"?::JJiIiåffi :'áffi ãt ínstitutions-banks, which hateful Í::i5,1åå,,.'":Tä3;iilï'-' is all about. Banks, of each other. By the time shé was office, to be followed ãóltótit" what capitalism transferred by one eläctãá oi'it J innocuous proViders of to Worce.ster, she had been accepted. promise he had a,,plan,, Jhi.h ;" not the ñeutral ln to bring it to an end_ campaigns would have us Worcester, she has become something öf tne after all this the wai was iã*¡." their advertising . notendäd, Uui eiöan¿ed part.of the forces of reaction rn-house lawyer, writ-ing letters for peoplef into Laos and Cambodia, bãli"u", but a malor with intensified bbmbi;; that are fleecing studying the rights of piisoners and shåring this in the North, defoliation ãnã opór"ssion. li is the banks knowledge and saturat¡on-UomUiñä'' with some.other inmates, helpiñg them in the South. None of this openly to fight at f irst, no the daily hassles of prison tif'e, aibitäry declaration of war, just sneâky an-d unjust rules, ¡irivately'-decreed they condemn Susan Saxe as a a the vindictiveness of some of ihe maneuvers, covered up until thev lf officials, etc..As coulcj be we sat talking, she became sud- covered. up no more. And when the radical extfemist terrorist lesbian denly agitated.as moventend she saw an inmate being taken charged the government with these deppicable coP- out of the building, jnmate bank robber communist an who had ap-parently acts, the same press that now brands Sîsan become depressed point as a they are condemning many to the of attemoiäd criminal ignored our accusations, or faithfuliy killer; su.icide a few cãl_ days earlier. Susan and some of the laborated with the government more of us as well. ! other ¡ñ pu¡iiã¡i¡ng ¡ts' inmates had spent much time with this denials. I quote, foiinstance, woman, t*o ñ;;;tories trying to help her through her rough spot. that appeared the same day getting backs The prison's ês the Boston bank New York City, demanding and cut response was to thräw thewoman ".The biggest goüernment reap interest into solitary confinement, fgbb:.rv. ofàration of in social services so that they can a fine antidote to de- tne uambodia war moved forward banks that are pression. Susan gavg again. . .,, and from their loans. lt is the me.a very careful message "US Com.mand repeated a preparedsiatement local to take out prison destrovins the inner cities by redlining ofthe that afternoon. to call saytng ' I here gs are no US ground troops in neiehborlioods wh i le usi n g nei ghborhood savi n certain legal people who were aware of the situa- Laos'. , . " to f-inance suburban invesfment. And it is the tion with this woman so that they could keep tabs \ffe saw, by 197O, that we had no power to make underwrite nuclear power, keep the ôn what was happening to her. _, banks that tnrs government-our so-called servant_do our white government of South Africa in power, mightily impressed with the character, racist .l.was bidding. And in outrage peopletootiôif,e streets and bv their discriminatory policies make sure with the being of this person, Susan Saxe, this once again', with chilling r'esults: at Kent State and that women have an impossible time gaining woman, who writes such beautiful poetry. who Jackson State. That was the context of Susan,s iinãncial independence' Woody Cuthrie said it all: so feelingly and so intelligeirtly, who ¡s anti-war fpeaks activism, as it was for yours and mine. "Some will rob you with a six gun, soñe with a behaving so strongly, and so admirabiy in such a It is a commonplace position. now to sáy that the war was fountain pen." torlgh From.then on it became not just a wfong. But we have witnessed political principle before, and we are I consider itbne of the diabolic bamboozles of with me to want Susan oui,'Uriu witnessing still-that when goverñment personal the is capitalist society that the policeman who died strong feeling as well. harassed, under attack, sufferin! the heavy criticism, in that Boston robbery-a plain workinþ man with She has been absolutely principled about not losing displaying its moraTbankiuptcy, cooperating with government, ?w1¡, aná nine kids-should lay down his life protecting the the not giving it becoming increasingly isolated in the any information whicli possibtv woitd- wealth of those rich and powerful financiers. lt is could lõad to ", someone h.u.r pay. Somebody has to be sèape- for anyone else. lo the same bamboozle that young men fell victims t9 lrgyblg ln fact, she pteaded guilty goated and labelled criminal, ánd the government to the bank robbery philacjelphia during the Vietnam War-or-any imperialist war charge in iñ has the power to determine who. ftre V¡etnamese order to stave off the grand jury for thãt matter--f ighting and dying for something harasiment of at first paid and paid and paid. We pay, the

6WlN Sept.23, 1976 I utterly opposed to their interests. is really a long on-going affair in which it is crucial I am not trying to gloss over the fact that a man to build mass support, and that some of the things did die in this robbery. But murder, like every- rùe did at the height of our passiirnate outrage thing else, is a term that the state can manipulate were not the best tactics to win that support. to suit its own ends. When a man kills in a war, it But we owe no apologies to the US government is called patriotism or heroism and he is or to the rulerÞ,and m3n!pulators of our society. An lnternational Gathering of Women ,decorated. And when a cop shoots someone he's And certainiV ¡ ¿o not briiieve that they have any afte¡. it's called a "fata! shooting in self defense" right to judge us for what we may have done and he doesn't get prosecuted. But when a wrong. And speaking eight languages. The children were policeman is killed, goes out for blood. But Susan is being judged, in the harshest way the cry BETTY JOHANNA not afiaid to say that they were frightened bythe I ask you to consider this: lf it were Nazi possible, and her entire future is at stake. differences; we adults kept our feans to ourselves. Germany we were about, all sorts of acts of What good does her life sentence (or for that talking Some might call it heaven-ninety v-vomen and ten Slowly I started clarifying my thoughts. I need resistanèe might aCceptable to matter even her spending one day in prison) do for seem ur:going children irom 14 cduntries gathered for five days hugs. . ..why is there so little touching. . . why did war resisting any of us? She is not someone Íve need to be underground, sabotaging the effort, in the rolling hills of the wine country of southern noiall the lesbians come to the lesbian work- SS to take protected against, she is not acrazy killer, a by various methods whenever the came France. The occasion was the First lnternational shop. . .am lthreatening somewomen bywearing people away, robbing banks to raise money for the wanton destroyer of liyes. She is a person of deep Cathering of Women in the Nonviolent Move- a leibian pin . . , why am I afraid to take the risk of up tra¡ns so conviction and equally deep compassion. More- resistance movement, blowing that ment, co--sponsored by W-ar lnter- talking with women who do not speak English very get where over. she has not stood still as an anti-war activist. $esisters troops and supplies could not to thèy .natioñal and lnternatiônal FelloÛv'¡hip of Recon- well. . . is a,fearof perpetuating 'lameiican move- Her beliefs have deepened and expanded' were needed, destroying ammunition dumps, þolitical ciliation. t had been interested in the Cathering, ment cultural imperialism" interfering with my so to include a vivid understanding of womens' op- sabotaging industry. Because we see clearly but had not planned on attending until l was relating to other-s. . . l'm not satisfied with how the - Nazi Germany, we castigate image pression and a fervent commitment to workto end the evils of the as the War Resisters League delegate; workshops are going.,l needed hugs, I was not who heads ¡t. çhosen of the "good Cermans" turned their what hàd eartier seemed impossible was then very settine them and I was hesitant to ask for them. I We need her in the women's movement. We all the oth* way and allowed the horrors to continue. reat. In my elation, and perhaps partially due to a ñad ei'pectations that were too high and I was not some not use ev€ry tact¡c of the need herZout, here, with us, now! We need her While might lack of previous iniernational experience,.l started able toimmediately shift gears. l was frustrated in we would not condemn and we have a movement still to build, a resistance, certainly because calting ihe Gathering a "feminist-pacif ist" the workshops- I had hoped that the "crimes -want are moving into more - to imprison those whose tactics we disap- society still to change. We gatheTing assumed I and all.the.olher against women"workshop would result in a trans- flight of capital and industry and fta1 troubled times:the úomen tñere would shar'e the same depth of national feminist, pacifist analysis of crimes from the US will mean increased hardships, more whatever was done to resist it. awareness of feminist issues, I also assumed that unemployment, less social services, mountiñg The US is not Nazi Cermany to be sure-we do there would immediately be a loving, warm, sup-- of the people. With that perhaps more not have fascism here yet-there is some freedom frustrations oortive environment with much touching and with some roóm for opposition resistance, hence more repression. of movement, still-but no on. feeline threatened' But there we were- the destruction we wreaked on Vietnam was as There is a bunch of crazy killers loose; and we w¡tn perhaps ninetv diffèrent ' Nazi ever did. And we have to deal with them. Their guns are aimed at **"ñ. bad as anything Germany "i"ãïuréásohs for being theie and at leást ninéty dif- war the people of Cuba and Angola and.Korea and owe no apologies to those who caused the for ferent goals. And with different life experiences. whatever we did in resistance to that. Maybe to Chile and ltaly and Puerto Ricoãnd wherever a the Vietnamese, for not having done enough, soon challenge is madeto the capitalist right to Betty Johanna (tormerly Betty Brantner) is in- enough and for doing things that were ill-advised plunder. volved with the Pacific Life Community and a and tactically wrong. Maybe to each other, be- And the guns are aimêd at us. The WRL/WTR in Seattle. cause we didn't always treat each other well, did is the C!4, the FBl, S-1, Operation Chaos,"rnrnrnition Crand things that alienated people and turned them J uries, legal trials, illegal harassments, and out- away from the movement, not out of some - right murder. deliberate malev-olence, but because we ourselves-.' The real criminals are 3talking us. They want to sometimes manifested the characteristics of a put us away, silence ùs, render us impotent, all of society we so much wanted to change. Yest úe did i.¡s who oppose injustice and oppression, all of us make many mistakes. Some of us, advancing who "corispire" to build a better world. through various stages of militancy, feeling our- selveJ living in an aþocalypse, acting on beliefs CONTACT: which made sense to us at the time, and lacking ' Susan Saxe went on trial Wednesday, September any deep understanding of strategy and revolu- 15th in federal court, Boston. Money is still tionary theory, engaged in acts ranging from needed for her defense. The Susan Saxe Defense i I street fighting to trashing to bombing. Now we Committee is located at PO Box 39, West Somer- ,l I know it was nÒt the apocalypse, that the struggle ville, Ma. 02144. j

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Left: Ann Morrissett Davidon and Betty Johanna, WRL representatives to the lnterna.tioqql Women's Cathering. Right: The farmhbuse confèrence center ät Les Circads. Photos by Ellen Wilkinson .8wlN Sept.23,1976 Septr 23, 1976 WIN 9 shios. The fact that 14 nationalities vyere repre- States becausé the poetry was so beautifut. A was also largely irrelevant, though it would woman from the Stàtes who f irst asked i'why a iàñt"¿ good to have more third world wofngn, women only gathering?" is now saying "why not have been and there was a natural tendency for thosç with E a women only gathering." I simply cannot ignore to stay together. Sexual as I common language often these comments from other women, iust of a¡d growth that I'felt at preferences werã relevant only as sources cannot ignore the strength and proþlems: last day, we, who.at iharine common experiences the Gathiering. During ihe groups mothers, bisexuals weré now crying, not wanting to Íejbian".up i'nðluded first were afrãid, probably there was not leave each other and all wânting to get together and heterosèxuals,,but time for the whole group to tune into I feel that we will continue to share, to. enoush again. workshops focused on feminism iñ to grow and that this growth is dlfinitely these] as most le"arn, nonviolent movement, and vice- not limite-d to women who wère at the Cathering, ieiat¡ón to the our relationships, our versa. As barriers in ourselves, primitive living-the old house and are broken, wecan.start living as one The rather communities and plumbing, vegetarian human family. And that will be the revolution. barn sans electricity meals with cooking and cleaning shared-acti.¡al- CONTACT: lv simolified and consolidated the conference it as I had feared- The To get on the WRI/IFOR mailing list for wo-men's rätheithan complicating tasks, in workshops write toWRl, 35 rue Vár'Elewyckstraat, spirit throughout- in shared activities, in the ìoso gruåsels, Belgium. Request to be on the ¡n the f¡elds, in candlelight sessions lively. Unfor- fémìnist tnail¡hg liít and send a couple of dollars if evenings-was receptive and coñference early, but you can. tunatel-v l.had to leave the t part in tried to clarify what proposals, etc' that the disiussions took To receive copies of whatever had in common-and in what lnternatio¡al Cathering, both movements tuviorn" oul of the First resoects thev seemed to diverge. A desire to en- c/o WRL/WTR, 331 17 Ave' write Betty Johanna, hance life and the development of all individuals East, Seattle, WA 98112. was seen as a common motivation, but the ques- tions of hqw to deal with physical attacks and rapists, or with abortions-on-demand without real chänges in the society, were seen as less easily. answãred in the nonviolent movement than in the feminist movement. On the other hand, questions of how to change society in ways effective and consistent with nonviolent aims were seen as largely ignored by much of the feminist move- ment. Most of the women in my workshops were ac- tive in the nonviolent movement, and lthink none in the feminist movement only. Our general Christinie Bardot (l) of France and Ellen Elster (r) of Norway in one of feeling seemed to be that there was no basic'in- the Cathering's workshops. Photo by Ellen Wilkinson. consisiency of aims in both, only a lack of aware-- ness in each that they are in fact overlapping and- Movements for nonviolent social ANN MORRISSETT DAVIDON interdependent. change'have indeed been dominated by men (the oredõminantlv male Council of WRl, which co- What was the point of an lnternational Cathering iponsored the Cathering, was only reluctantly of Women in the Nonviolent Movement? What did cbnvinced of the relevanCe of this event!), and the it accomplish? Those are questions that many feminist movement has not been noted for its pre- oeoole iñ both the feminist and nonviolent move- occupation with either nonviolence or bâsic social inents may have had about the Gathering at Les change. ln my own view, "pacifism" is a tqrm Circauds, the lovely old farmhouse in the rolling usefùlonly in'a largely militarist society, and countrvside near La Clayette, France' Many of us "feminism" only iñ a'sexist, or male-dominated who atiended may have arrived with the same society. The more we can get pacifism-and ouãsi¡ons. but left with answers which were much at exhi larating fem i n ism together - especial ly åòre t"lt ihat articul¿rted. lt was not the sort of conferencesl¡ke this one-the closer we might conference that came out with resolutions and come to that creative and èquitable, non-sexist, oosition Dapers (though eventually some essays non-hierarchical, non-militarist society that was w¡lt emeigè). But what an alive, attractive array of embryonically viiible at Les Circauds' More such women! Ñ¡riety people ranging in age from small gatheri n gs eventual ly i n- i nti mâte and i nformal - chi ldren (i ncl uding several males) to vi gorous cluding men when our heads are all together- (possibly) seventies, women in their sixties and could Jupplement the WRI Triennials (perhaps in . orobablv the average in her thirties' But age intervening years) to give the international move- ieemed the least relevant aspect of our relation- ment, as wãl'l as our pérsonal lives, both strength and soul. Ann Morrissett Davidon is awriter and peace activist. ø SePt.23, 1976 WIN 11 rÍt

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L lf an affirmative long-term so/utions. ouired to vote on the resolution. r'esolution ís passed, the plan is sent back to the i As ãlready indicated, the curative proposed by the President and the Board for implementation. j bill is comprehensive long-term economic April 4, 1977 asthe target date planning by the federal government.. lt authorizes S-lTgsestablishes , introduction of the initial plan.. ll several mechanisms to implement the cure. for the First, in the executive branch of the govern- A Pol itical-Economic lnterpretation of S'1 795 I l ment, the bill creates an Economic Planning economic plan contemplated Board composed of three persons appointed by The substance.of the avits Bill is entirely open- the President. The basic function of the Board is bv the Humphiey-J the btll, the plan could (1) to prepare a "proposed balanced eáded. Undèr thô terms of twofold: to particular industries or economic growth plan." and (2) coordin4te "the b,e narrowly confined I S-1 7952 Streamlining 1984 particular óroiects, such as the development of I long-range planning activities of the departments it could be broad enough to es- and-agencies of the federal goveinment" in order nuclear energy,.or 1i p-rice and production levels'for the to achleve consistency with the goals and obiec- tablish wage, entire economy. On this point, the bill simply i, liberals, such as Bayh and Mansfield, supported tives of the proposed plan. To facilitate the plan- . states i BILI. BLUM principal (and process, the bill also estabJishes a Division of that: l the bill, but its diehard) sponsors ning i were and remain Senate conseryatives. Eco"nbmic lnformation within tlïè Board, through The plan shall. . .recommend legislative.and dd- .The past two years have been a season of repres- It is its liberal pedigree which both dis- which "fhe Board is authorized to secure infor- ministrative actions necessary or desirable to sive legislation statistics directly the obiectives of the plan, including l at the 94th Congress of the United tinguishes 5-1795 from S-1 and which makes the mation,'data, edtimates and achieue States. First there was Senate Bill One, the mas- former a more difficult billto analyze. Where S-1- from ttre various departments, agencies and reconimendations with respect to money supply sive attempt to reorganize the federal criminal carried overtly repressive objectlves and cast the establishments of the executive branch of s,rowth, the Federal Budget, credit needs, interest codes and purge the nation ofsuch extravagances class nature of the national government in bold Covernment." There are presently mdre than 50 lates, iaxes and subsidies, antitrust and merger regula- ii as the 1st, 4th, sth, 6th and 14th Amendments to relief, 5-1795 is ¡rticulated ambiguously in the agencies which collect economic data which the policv, changes in industrial structure and ) 'tion,' pol icies and the Constitution. Fortunately, however, S-1 has language of fairness, democracy and the general Board would utilize. , i'nter nitional tr ade, and other been stymied in the J udiciary Committee, caught interest. As a result, 5-1795 is riddled with After drafting the plan, the Board is required to progr ams of econom ic si gn it i cance. ii in an impasse between an outraged public and contradictions and has prompted an a-stonishingly submit it for apþroval and modification to the This is about all that can be definitety stated chagrined liberals on the one hand and the bill's disparate array of characterizations. According to Council on Economic Planning, another creation from a reading of the act itself . Tô understand the conservative proponents on the other. At least for its sponsors, for example, the bill is the most of the bill. composed of the members of the- measure fully, however, it is necessary to ask one the duration of this particular session bf Congress, progressive meaóure to come before the Senate President''s cabinet plus the chairman of the incisive politiéal question: Who will actually do S-'l is dead. (A new omnibus crime bill may be in- ' since the New Deal. According to its right-wing Federal Reserve, thà chairman of the Council of the planhing and in whose interests will it be troduced during the next Congress, although the opponents, on the other hand, the bill is the Economic Advisers, the director of the Office of donäa The lánguage of the Humphrey-J avits Bill content of that bill is hard to predict at this point. pernicious harbinger of American socialism. And Manasement and Budget, the administrator of the suggests that t-he planning agencies it authorizes ln addition, the demise of S-i has given rise to according to radical critics (myself included) the Federãl Energy Administration, and the chairman some piecemeal criminal legislation of a very bill would bring about an even closer alliance of the Advisoiy Committee on Economic Planning. repressive nature, e.g.,5-3197, a wiretap bill between monopoly capital and the state than The tatter is also a creation of 3-1795, consisting of ' '12 a spon-sored by Kennedy, which is culrently PresentlYnexists'ory reoresentatives of "business, labor and the pending.) | public atlarge," four appointed by the- President ' and content of the Biil ^ fltftr,rina But S"-í was not the only dangerous progeny of änd eight by Congress. The function of the Com- ¡r ?'establ¡sh the 94th Congress. Another controversial off- 5-1795 was submitted to the Senate by Hubert mittee-is to regional or industry sub- 19 IEcE9t^N spring, which remains orhinously alive and Humphrey and Jacob Javits on May 21,1975, as committees to furnish advice and assistance to it in 'lt l¿ttEve entirely is "The Balanced Crowth and Economic Planning implementation ot the plan." rc,rl0l^l¿ intact, S-1295. This is the Humphrey- the formulation and (fi0[1111.,. Javits Bill, which could be to economic policy what Act of 1975." ln addition to Humphrey and Javits, Once this bureaucratic matrix gets the plan S-1 threatened to be to police lurisdiction-an its co-sponsors included Senators Bayh, Clark, straight, it is dispatched to the President, who- instrument capable of establishing the legal Eagleton, Jackson, McGee, McGovern and thenlransmits itto Congress, which in turn refers product framework for centralized state capitalism in the Nelson. Conceptually, the bill is the of the the plan to the Joint (House-Senate) Economic obscure lnitiative Committee for National US. lts explicit purposeris to revitalize American Committee (whose chairman and ranking Repub- . capitalism by instituting long-term national Economic Planning, whose members include lican membèrs are none other than l-lumphrey and Wassily economic planninþ by the federal government. economists Leontief, Robert Heilbroner Javitst). The Joint Committee then holds hearings As was the case with S-1 until recently, the and John Kenneth Galbraith, UAW President r ón the plan, after which it submits a joint resolu- Humphrey-J avits Bill has received little media at- Leonard Woodcock and industrialist Robert V. tion to the House and Senate, affirming, modify-' tention and is virtually unknown to the general Roosa. ing or disapproving of the Plan. public. As was also once the case with S-1, S-1795 As Humphrey proudly announced while in- enjoys both bipartisan support and ä reasonablè troducing 5-1795 on the Senate floor, "This is an chanceofeventual enactment. But unlike S-1, the extremely important bill, perhaps the most Humphrey-J avits Bill, as the names of its princi- important I have authored in my Senate career." pal sponsors suggest, is solely the creation of Although the bill is a scant 22pages long, old Senate liberals. Among its backers will be found Hubert, for once, wasn't exaggerating. no reptilian reactionaries such as Roman Hruska The preamble to the bill speaks with a tone of and John McClellan, the co-architects of the urgency: icriminal reform bill. This is not to say that S-1 re- The lJnited States is suffering its worst economic ceíved nò'support at all from liberals. Various decline since the 1930s.. . Recession and inflation have both revealed basic structural deficiencies in ' Bill Blum is a f requent contributor to WIN on the United States economy and have been intensi- Drawing by Claudius/ I D,AC/LNS i poliiical/legal topics. fied bv conflicting and erratic short-term economic

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will operate in the national interest. But such AlthouÈh the evidence, as usudl, is sketchy, the drive. (Carter is, for example, a founding member platitudes are boasted by all economic legislation. planning idea seems to have originated with the of the Rockefeller-controlled Trilateral Commis- The reality, however, is substantially different, innovative Eastern wing of monopoly capital. ln ' äs the history of other federal regulatory agencies recent years, the call for national economic demonstrates. Those (the ti agencies FTC, FCC, planning has been rai.sed by such prominent lCC, etc.) are thoroughly dominated by bie ðapitalists as Thomas Watson qf tBM, Robert business today through such mechanisms as Sainoff of RCA, David Rockefeller of Chase Man- L a'consulting ii corporations," which plan agency :-L hattan and everything else, Roche of CM, li Ì James policy at a handsome profit, and through wide- F{ and H.l. Romnes of 'AT&T. spread interpenetration of agency and corporate 5fì:-l r{ HT The business position on nat¡onal economic personnel (i.e., top agency officials are constantly 11^' i planning was summed up nicely by Felix Rohatyn, drawn from the ranks of business and return to i,H ihe ¡nvestment banker who heads the Municipal same after expiration of their government .:-l gj E,É Assistancç Corporation which manages the. Some Thoughts forthe Left tenures). There is absolutely no reason to'believe Ëir T J-r=t-' t' finances of New York City. ln the New York Ïimes that the agencies created by the Humphrey-J avits Et E' L of December 1,1974, Rohatyn argued that one of As stated at the oulset'if this article, the Bill would be any less subservient to the needs ¡tg of the America4 economy B¡ll is a mass of contradictions. the basic weaknesses , Humphrey-J av¡ts and interests of the corporate elite than those was undercapitalization (i.e., shortage of invest- Its sobnsois ãre liberals and it stands as the cul- already in operation. ment capital ând growing corpotqte indebted- m-¡natÍón of 40 years of liberal economic rèform' The political bias of the Humphrey-Javits Bill formation of : marks a qualitative ness). As a solution, he urged the a '-, -At the samg time, however, it becomes even clearer, however, when it is new iieconstruction Finanõe Corporation, which transforrnation in the nature of that process. lts understood that the bill presupposes a capitalist would be empowered to act as an 'î¡vestór of last enactment would changê the economic role of the economy and that the planning mechanism it resort," allowing the federa[ goveÍnment tg pul- stati from that of an ad-hoc intervenor in the creates is designed to strengthen that economy. chase corporate èquity wtÍen stock'sales fall and capitalist market to that.of a super-centralized Private ownership of the means of production, business indebtedness expands. ln addition, màrket organizer and administrator on behalf of production for private profit, the continued Bohatyn árgued that the new RFC should be "but monopoly capital. existence of a working class without property-all á first step toward state planning of the As â result, the bill would increase the relative ,ll the essential relations of capitalist production economy." strength of bíg business: ln my there- Workers Power --hr"li¡"tely iudgment, would remain if S-1795 were enacted. What would after the Rohatyn article, a fore, it should be widely publicized and vigorously change would be the nature of the federal govern- American authoritarianism would be the labor number of interesting developments unfolded. oppósed by the Left. This, however, will not be as ment's relationship to, and involvement in, the movement. According to economist William K. First, the Democrats held their mini-convention in eäly as it sounds. For left opponents of the bill will economrc process. Tabb: Kansas City. Not surprisingly, one of the hot have to reach the American people with a some- More specifically, the bill is designed to enable was national economic planning. what paradoxical message- namely that national . Concretely, ihis (capitalist state planning) will topics discussed privatè capital to utilize the government to do the Fiom all available reports, the top¡c was well re- economic planning in the abstract is a good idea, mean that the right to strike will be taken away kind of planning and coordinating which it cannot ceived. Second, the capital shortage thesis was but that this particular form of planning is bad; from labor. The logic is clear enough.'Planners' do for itself because of its fragmented character. taken up by other sections of the búsiness press_. that national economic planning in a nor¡'hierar- decisions which will be made in the "national W¡th long-term econoróic plañning; for example, 22,1975, issue, Business Week sociali\t society could be a liberating and interest" require, first, an uninterrupted flow of ln its Séptember , chical i it would be possible for the government to estab- devoted a special section to the alleged shortage. democratizing device, brìt that it would be just the goodsand services. . .and, second, legal entorce- a lish a national incomes policy, directly The clear implication of the issue was that opposite in a society dominated by predatory ment of the planners' decisions , without which thé determining the share of total income going to i c plan n i n g and structural renrgan ization mu lti national'corporations. I planningsystern will quickly break down. Under econom capital and to labor. Similarly, planning could . of the ecoñomy (including a redistribqtion of The task will be made even more difficult by the such conditlons, strikes which ale the workers' inaugurate government-directed allocation of raw , of. business) were necessary to political will undoubtedly l income in favor big odd alignments that : . are deÍined as an impediment to the materials and credit, a detailed main weapon, I system of tax American cap¡talism. Similar Bill. ln at- "public interst." avert the decline of form around thãHumphrey;Javits .l! credits and subsidies, and administratively sentiments were atso expressed in both ads and tacking the measure, the left will find itself con- S i m u ltan eou s l y, on ef f i ci e ncy grou nds, capital il coordinated invèstment strategies among firms approximate- corporate I articles in the Wall Street fronted by both congressional and will be allowed to move freely in order to lower J.ournalat and industries. ly the same time. liberals and by important sectors pf the labor . costs of productioî Putdifterently, itwillbecome I Having identified the general purpose of the It was in this general economic environment bureaucracy (e. g., Woodcock). S i mu ltaneously, l part of the logic of planning to encourage corpora- Humphrey-J avits Bill, the economic structure it that the lnifiative Committee, discl.issed below, the left will be joined in its opposition to the bill by tions to move plants to low-wage nonunionized mandates begins objectively to resemble the was formedand the Humphrey-Javits Bill formu- old'line conservatives, from whom it will have to areas at home and abroad. (Social Policy, Spring political econorny of fascism-centralized govern- lated and introduced. distinguish itself adroitly and clearly. ii 197s) ment administration of an advanced industrial The Current Status of the Bill Beyond this, the left w¡ll have to realize that economy on behalf of monopoly capital. To be Those not convinced of these repressive pos- both S-1 and 5-1795 indicate that the US is under Hubert Humphrey and the liberSls At oresent, 5-1795 is in the hands of the Senate 1i sure, the "fascism" which 5-1795 would create is sibilities eñtering a period of history in which piecemeal not of the terroristic variety projected by S-1. need only ask themselves what liberal served as Committei on Covernment Operations, chaired by solutions to basic social problems are no longer L Rather, it represents the realization of the - LBJ's hawkish VP during all those years of geno- Connecticut Senator Abraham Ribicoff and feasible. Both the conservatives and the liberals guess i tendency toward "friendly fascism" which'many cide in Vietnam. Those still unconvinced of the sìátiedramqtncothers, by Jacob Javits. My have proposed their visions of the American I Marxists have long predicted for the US. Never- danger of this bill need only ask what a Cerry is that ít wf I rema¡n there untouched until the future in these bills, the conservatives via the I 1977 theless, fascism of whatever variety remains a Ford, or better still, a Ronald Reagan, would do 95th Consress convenes in J anuary, , at neo-nàzism of S-1 and the liberals via the stre¡m- ,¿i new dictatorship of corporate capital, and even the soft with an Economic Planning Board if they inherited which timts it will be reintroduced under a " lined 1984 of 5-1795. lf the left is to once again fascism of the'Humphrey-J avits Bill would create one from a liberal Congress and decided to use it number. become rqlevant to masses of people, it will have presidentialelections a system that could easily lend itself to authori- for partisan ends: ,/" lnthe interim, the will to respond in kind by developing and putting for- ptace.,should Cgtgr.þ9 elected- tarian usage should the need arise. And if the last The Corporate Connection take J.iFTv ward a concrete and humane alternative to the decade of civil turmoil in the US is any indication, ,ntr¡ch nowlappears likely-the bill's chances of ugly options which the rulers of this country have his the occurrence of such a need appears eminently At this stage¡ another important qqestion natural- enactment w¡i¡ Ue vastly improved. Despite apparently selected for us. plausible. ly arises: where did the idea of capitalist state carefullv cultivated non-establishment image, place? ' has close ties with the Eastern fina¡'lcial g ln all probability, the first victim of the new planning in the US come from.in the first Carter community, the moving force behind the planning

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I ll Featured speakers at the rallY I games. The pool was open every afternoon and Li were Walter Collins, coordinator Another America: people played some decidedly non-pacifist games of the Cary Tyler Defen5e Com- of away," There was aJso an anarchist "keep mittee; Bill Hamptón, brotherof the 1976WRL Conference versus. socialist softball game. The. socialists were Black Panther leader Fred ahead 7 to 5 when the game was"called off in the l who was shot to death 4th due to rain. lt will be resumed next year. CONT¡NENTALWALK$: , ;'; ; , '1,fi)OMARCH lN tATO Hampton, 'Ìrì , in his bed by Chicago police in Socializing (and anarchizing) took place each BUST¡NG OUT ALL OVER r.': ., 'FREE.GARY TYLER 1969; and Tyler's mother, J uanita I evening. There was singing around the campfire, ì During the four week WIN pub' . On J uly24, under a scorching Black games going Tyler. JonñNe SHEEHAN dancing, Jack until 3 am, and lishing break, ContinentalWalk summer sun, 1,000 supporters of plenty of beer and wine consumed. Charlie King The b¡:eadth of support for Tyler l routeJbegan from upstate New Caiy Tyler rallied, maiched, and was ref lected in the greetings to ,.Thip year's and his guitar added much to the spirit. l annual WRL Conference was held at York, Apfalachia, Boston, shouted one message, loud and With an extra day added tothe schedule, and the rally. Speakq¡rs ¡neludèd the Brandywihe Hilltop Y Camp in Downingtown, Vermont, and Ohio, joining the clear: "We're gonna kick. We're more time for getting together, the conference Minister Ahmad'Atai of the Na- PA, from Wednesday August 11 thru Saturday Central and Sotrthern walks al- gonna fight. We're gonna savê had a different tone than.in the past. But there tion of lslam; Kurte Pellerin, August 14. Exceptfor the f,ood, there were few ready in progress. All the walk Cary Tyler's.life." were also other reasons. Ratheithan concentrate president of the NAACP Youth complaints about the conference site. There was routés are eipected to Two banners at the front of the , on "issues" (the Middle East, Arnnesty), al- converge Council; Rev. Byron Clay, vice- adequate space and facilities for meetings, parties on Washington, DC on October 16 march told the itory to downtown though they were discussed, the primary con- president of the Louisiana and play; and people participated in all three for three days of celebration and shoppers on Canal Street. Pro¡ i p ference focused more on changing -tJl Southern Christian Leadersh enthusiasticàlly. Although there were the concerns direct claiming "St. Charles Parish Sup-' society and our priorities. The opening panel set actions. Conference; Marie Calatas of the inevitable tensiens and conflicts that arise at an- The Central walkers arè ports Gary Tylêr" and "Cary that tone by discussing socialism, feminisrn, Crass Rooti Organization for nual WRL gatherings, this year they seemed more heading east out of Toledo, Ohio. Tyler Freedom Fighters the urban realities and alternatives as priorities. ," Women; Musheer Fandan, rdpre- like growing pains. They will be met at Cleveland by banners were held by a contingent Those discussions continued senting the New Orleans SCAR; The conference began with a panel discussion throughout pe.ople walking south from Buffalo of 200 black people from Tyler's Thursday. ideas arose such In Carl Calman of the A. Philip Ran- on visions for a different society. David Questions ind as: ând Rochester, NY and people home community, St. Charles the context of working towards a socialist soc¡ety, dolph Institute; Terry McCillis McReynolds spoke on socialism, Betty Johanna coming north from Dayton and Parish, Louisiana, followed by WRL should work in and with communities more, from Fight Back; and Bill Rouselle (Brantner) on feminism, and Marj Swann on al- Columbus, Ohio. The Northeast students from New Orleans Free Theate¡.. and should call a conference of socialist oriented of the Southern ternate communities and lifestyles. William walkers háve just left New York mobilized by the Student Çoalition groups with socialism and nonviolence. Creetings were read from State Douthard was to have spoken on urban realities, to deal City after four days of activities Against Racism (SCAR). Íhe ielat¡onship of feminism to pacifism must be Rep. Avery Alexander and from but because he was attending the SCLC Con- inciuding a successful street fair T.yler is ¿¡ l$.year-old black dealt with within the league, and there needs to be Scharlette Holdman, executive ference in Bitoxi, Miss. Sylvã Jackson, a con- in Manhãttan on September 12, youth falsely charged with the a better understanding of what feminist concerns director of the Louisiana Ameri-. ference participant from St. Louis, spoke in his The Southern walkers are in the killine of a white youth on October are. How can alternate communities and institu- can Civil Liberties Union. place. Charlotte, NC vicinity. They will 7 and convicted by an all- just tions become less marginal (counter-culture) and ,1974, "Today is the beginning" ' On Thursday people met in the morning and be met juit south of Washington white St. Charles Parish jury last begin to include those who truly need alternatives of the movement to free Tyler, again in the afternoon to discuss'one of the four by the Appalachian walkers who, November. to the present system? ls WRL, a predominately defense comm ittee coordi nator topics presented by the panel. Some of the groups at last reþrt, are in Maggie The march down Canal Street white class concerned about Walter Collins told newspeople. continued to meet regularly (the socialist caucus middle organization, Valley, 'was preceded by a rally. atcity hall relating to minority pebples, and how? ÑC. At the rally, $700 was collected held the record with four meetings) while ideas for Thó'next issue of WIN will in- across the street from the Louisi- These are only a few of the questions raised for the defênse fund. Readers may \ further workshops grew out of scheduled ones. clude photos and'reports from the ana Supr.emg Cotl$, The court is during the conferencg, a¡d there.should be con- send contributions to: Gary Tyler On Friday there were no pre-scheduled work- t various wal k groufs aonea] tinual discussion and actions on these concerni Defense Fund, c/o Mrs. J uanita shops, but many arose out of a variety of interests. Ne*s Desk äft?:ïi"Ti ffrilrlìiÎ"' within league on local and national level - Tyler, 736 Mockingbird Lane, Sessions were held on being gay, prisons, Puerto the the throughout the year. The National Committee Destrehan, Louisiana 7æ47 . Rico, and opposition to nucfgar weapons among Militant l passed several resolutions in order to help MAOTSE TUNG DIES others. Betty Johanna shared her experiences at -The lnternationalWomen's in France facilitate dealing with these concerns. They AT AGE 82 the Cathering groups I, (co-sponsored WRI and IFOR) and include convening a conference of socialist : by the the Mao Tse Tung, chairman of the men's grciup cbntinued to meet. in Washington around the time that the CARTER'S SON C.ontinental Walk arrives there, encouraging Chinese Communist Party and Evening sessions oñ Thursday and Friday dealt FAVORS LEGALWEED regional gatherings on feminism, and having principal architect of the with the Continental Walk, the Middle East, War Chinese revolution, died late more of an emphasis within the league to work J immy Carter's son has outdone I Tax Resistance, Southern Africa, and the pacifism (EST), more closely people Wednesday night Sep- President Ford's son on the mari- of the WRL. with in their local com. Anand Patwardhan showed his film munities, particularly tember 8. He was 82 years old. juana question. I being sensitive to the needs TheWaves of Revolution which he had smuggled death came shortly after of minority groups. Mao's J ack Ford shocked a number of out of India. reports of his generally failing I Although feminism was only one of four people last year by admitting he ln planning the conference for this year, the less than six weeks to be discussed, the question of WRL health and has smoked marijuarÍa and sug- Conference Committee felt thät it was important "topics" officials an' having a "feminist perspective" was raised after Chinese gesting that weed should be de- schedule in time for things other than work- Mao would no to throughout the conference. Althóugh the con- nounced that criminalized in the US. shops. On Thursday and Friday evenings after receive foreign visitors. ference as a whole did not deal with what a lonser Now, J eff Carter, the son of the dinner people met in small greups for an hor.jr and lie in state in the feminist perspective meant there was morb d¡s- Iúao will Democratic candidate, is suggest- shared ieelings about how theèìnference was PeoPle in cussion and grorvth in understanding feminist , Great Hall of the ing pot should be sold over the going, what they were into, and got to know each Am Men Square concerns than in the past, and hopefully, this is Pekine's Tien couñter in stores. Says Jeff other better. Recreation time was also included on SePtember 18. the beginning of a new consciousness within the until íaturdaY, Carter: "l feel marijuana should People meetings and of WIN will the agenda. took time from WRL. f The next issue be legalized and taxed." Young I discussions for vigorous volleyball and softball of lf we are serious about building:'e4no,n"t ieature an examination Carter adds he believes that Mao's life and imPact bY MartY place in A'm erica" we m ust conti n ue to éxplore¡þeviol ent Poster from Cuba Reports legalization should take l Desk Sheehan is on the ConferenceContìnua- ways and means to help that come about. ThÈ Jezer.) -News steps, with decriminalization hap- Joanne pening I tions Committee and the WRL Executive Com- year's WRL Conference inovèd us along in that first. -ZNS/L¡P

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t, PROMOTINC THE 8.1 The six-day nonviolent "gieneral Bob Maver of the Creat Plains lnveterate ad watchers in 10 strike" at Attica Prison in late Prison Proiect has announced states (including New York) may August is an event of major im- tentative pians for a late fall con- prison have seen a series of small-space portance on several levels. lt was ferenceon issues ofcon- newspaper ads taken recently by deliberately nonviolent and re- cern in several midwest states. so some Any individual or organization in- . the Rockwell I nternational Cor- mained even when poration for its B-1 bomber. guards harassed prisoners and terested in such a conference ' These ads arg not designed to seemed to be goading them to should write Bob Mayer, St. .convince Government officials or violence. Nearly all of the 2;000 George's House, 1600 E. 58, "opinion leaders" about the value prisoners at Attica participated in Kansas City, Missouri 64110. of the controversial manned the strike, which involved nego- bombèr; instead they are directed tiations with officials, apparently The J une-J uly issue of Fortune good at the general public as '1an edu- in faith, and resulted in News features the death penalty. some small immediate gains and. cational effort.". lf, as a result of PRISON NOTES One of its authors, John Buckley, these ads, people happen to write promises to present other recom- Sheriff of Middlesex County in was threatened by several guards. letters to their Congresspeople ' mendations to the governor and East Cambridge, Massachusetts, ln and supporting the B-'1, however, legislature. The very reasonable ; April, Shorter was attacked concludes his devastating attack ð knifed.by a mentally Rockwell has let it be known that strike demands included an end to' disturbed on capital puni5hment: "ln our prisoners while five guards were it will not be ang.ry. NYT . overcrowding, easing visiting prçoccupStion with the death - rules, daily showers, more blacks nearby. His injuries required penalty, we have abandoned our EVENTS on the prison staff, assignment to more than 50 stitches and surgery most important goal: the preser- prisons closer to prisoners' with two weeks of hospitalization. vation BAY AREA-October 17-24 has of life." homes, guaranteed release after Although the prisoner attacked been designated Trident Concern five yeais, and ten years as the from behind while Shorter was The Wilmington 10 are still in New Hampshire State Police remove 180 demonstrators from the construction s¡te of a twin week by the Pacific Life Com- nuclear reactor at Seabrook, NH. Photo by maximum sentence for any crime. going to work, Shorter was sen- prisons V¡rginia Page/courtesy of the Brattleboro Reformer munity; events include educa- various North Carölina on The Attica strike apparently. tenced to lose 90 days good time growing qf tional spéakers, charges out 1971 racial þresentations, sparked similar nonviolent actions and placed in seg/egation. plays and films. Community violence in Wilmington. Their NUCTEAR SHOWDOWN leader and there was continuqùs at Creen Haven and Comstock Whether the attack was condoned rigged oufrageous sen- meetings are scheduled for San trials and AT SEABROOK commun ication between those which coincided with the opening by the prison officials or the result Francisco, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale, tences smack of the same kind of The no-nuke movement in New delegated to make decisions and of a New York State Correction of extreme negligence on their repressive tactics which the San Jose and Santa Cruz. For in- England took a decisive turn the rank and file. No one was al- Commission inquiry into prison part, the fact is that a prisoner's federal government used against towards direct action, Sunday lowed to take part in the occupa- formation, call Bob Alderidge, life was placed in jeopardy after (4O8)248-181s. unrest. In their ability to withhold the Berrigans and others. One, August 22; when 180 people at- tion without first becoming part of service and to remain in their threats had been made to him. the Reverend Ben Chavis, sen- tempted to occupy the site of a an affinity group. prisoners BOSTON Howard Zinn speaks cells, have tremendous Alf H¡ll, one of the Leavenworth tenced to 34 years, has been on a proposed nuplear power plant in While looking to increase par- - ! power and win on " 1776 and 1976' at the Com- to create change to Brothers, has bee¡ in segregation liquid fast since mid-April "for the coastal town of Seabrook, NH. ticipation in future occupations, public courageous justice munity Church, Morse support. Such for threeyears and has been and human rights." After a State Police arrested the demon- the Alliance is going to continue Auditori um, 602 Commonwealth action is not undertaken lightly, he was denied a visit from a strators, but the Clamshell Alli- experimenting with this kind of publicity beaten in the Marion control unit Ave., Sunday, Sept. 19, 11 am.J and it deserves all the on at least three separate oc- Çh ar I otte Observ e r reporter;. ance, organizers of the occupa- organized nonviolence. For information, call (617)266- .and support we can provide. Chavis wrote: the last 55 casions from March to J uly of this "During tion, plan a larger occupation for At the same time, some of the (of fast) I prayed 6710. war is not over for year. Alf has appârently suffered days the have late in October and say they will constituent groups that make up The Vietnam constantly-not just for personal speaks on Arnold . Albrecht of Dorchester, severe mental deterioration, has be back again and again until con- the,{lliance are attempting to NYC-Baibara Carson J freedom and salvation but for the struction of the twin rèactors at broaden the perspective of the no- the "Meaning and Demeaning of Massachusetts, who received a become totally withdrawn, refuses to eat and is now freedom of all oppressed people, Seabrt¡ok is permanently halted. nuke movement, which up until Work," at Freespace Alternate U, maximum four-year sentence on hospitalized un- der heavy medication. He black and poor and white, lndian The ClamshellAlliance and the now has concentrated on environ- 339 Lafayette St., Friday, Sept. March 17 lor failing to complete does job not or cannot communicate with and other oppressed peoples and Seabrook confrqntation is a result mental concerns. The issue of 17 ,8:15 pm. For information, call his alternative service under his family or his attorneys. The for the salvation of all humanity:" of a growing, rural-based no-nuke nuclear power, they are saying, is (212)228-0322. the Ford "clemency" program. situation is so serious that any He has also filed a $2 million law- movement in New England. Be- ultimately a question of political US attornevs have renewed SYRACUSE SyracrJse Peace prbsecution congressional or legal pressure suit against the corrections de- tween occupations, the local power. And public power - of about 40 other draft partmCnt Council Monday Potluck on the resisters who have also failed to which could force changes at and some officials for groups that constitute the Alliance systems, with local decentral ized arbitrary confinement, denial of Black Struggle in South Africa, complete the required alternative Marion should be applied im- are working to strengthen the leadership, must be created to freedom of expression and due pr:esented by membqrs of the service. Such vindictive prosecu- mediately. base of the no--nuke movement take the place of the investor- process, and danger to physical Syracuse Comm ittee'on Southern a time when there is not and build support for future occu- owned ut¡lities (lOU's) and the tions at Fishkill African Liberation. Meal is at6:30 be ' Prisoners at New York's and mental health caused by an pations. publ i even an active draft should The Clam has committed icly owned adm n istrative pm, program starts at 7:3O, at Correctional Facility have started arbitrary prison transfer. Tlie (like vigorously protesied. itself to nonviolent tactics in its agencies TVA) which impose Crace Church, 819 Madison Ave. a chapter of the Correctional As- persecution of these ten brave policies effort to halt nuclear construction, energy without any For information, call SPC The conditions at the federal sociation of New York and have people should be a major issue in and the August 22nd action was a regard for the health, safety and (315)472-s478. oenitentiary at Marion, lllinois are already signed up 80 members. the movement for social justice. model for how a disciplined and economic well-being of the rate- intolerable, with brutal beatings The Association provides a variety They need and deserve support. militant nonviolent action should payers who use the electricity. WIN readers and organizations of "uncooperative" and Politically of services to offenders and ex- Congressman John Conyeri told be carried out. The occupiers were The confrontation at Seabrook are encouraged to send in listings iactive prisoners becoming a offenders, ranging from legal as- Ben Chavis: "Yours is one of divided by local areas into tightly will build throughout the autumn for EVENTS. Demonstrations, . regular occurrence. LeroY sistance to public education. For those 'there but for the grace of knit affinity groups and each of and a more comprehensive review forums, benefits, etc. Please send i Shõrter, a Marion Prisoner who more information contact the Cor- Cod' cases. You could be any of us them had to go through a training of the situation will appear in a in listings far enough in advance protested the arbitrary beating of rectional Association of New York, who for one reasgn or another'are session before the demonstration. forthcoming issue of WlN. so they won't be dated by the time I iohnny Cibbs in January and 135 East 15th St., New York called to help out in difficult Each affinity group had an elected Marty WIN reaches your area. ì Jezer wrote 200 letters on his behalf , 10003. situations." Gara i -Larfy i' 18WlN Sept.23, 1976 Sept.23, 1976 wlN 19 Ì I.

1, IN DREAM THEY SAID g Those never ending chow lines Thev said " L i sten ctass attention before iortin We thought were over, for sure, voui blocks put the red ones in the tray Have followed us, all the way åñã uel¡o* iir the bowl." So most got all but one To the unemploy¡nent lines. or two of them right and drank paper cups- of pre-sweetened juice voting later to stuff No jobs, no security ihåm n¡cetv downihe tralh-c'iown on the way home. Who deals it? They said, "Now color the Hoty Manger brown tt's like shifting sides the Virgin Mary blue the Christ child pink ln a continuous nightmare. DEMILITARIZED ZONES and St.loseph ançhing you like." 5o this one boy VETERANS AFTER VIETNAM colored him polka-dot but was allowed to try again I still find myself saying just want to go home." Edited by Jan Barry and W.D. Ehrhart on a fresh sheet getting a green papel star on his "l pink a suitable choice East River Anthology I 1976 second St. Joseph he cõlored him Bruce Langbein Demilitarized Zones brings back memories- creates its own heroes to embrace and admire and They said "Democracy is at the crossroads everyone honor, Vietnam created a new breed of people, will be given a gun aná a map in cases like this 1970: Bob came home from Vietnam and fell people often without a present or future, but with a there is no neeä to vote." Our grQup scored quite STREET MEETING asleep on May 3. He woke up to the sound of gunfire getting villages riþht except past. J ohnny came home and didn't recognize the well each of its He confronts me at Kent State. a fresh village place, and nobody recognized him, either. one but waé allowed to try aÈain on Smiling shyly, head down 19722 Vince never could take h¡s sh¡rt off at the we colored it black and then wore our brass , The poems of DMZare the most gentle and elo- Embarrassed at the charade beach. He didn't want to scare small children with stars of unit citation almost all the way hom'e. jacket I Brother, I see by your the sight of the gaping hole in his midriff . quent expression of the realities of the Vietnam you was in 'Nam 19722 Leroy couldn't stop talking in his sleep- in veteran. The language is the language of a free-fire Reg Saner That Vietnamese. zone, shifting uneasily in proximity to Mom and - I was there too- proVe 1974: Don committed suicide after being des- apple pie. The images fade in and out from Elm Shows me the scar to it- afternoon to the cold sweat of How'boutà quarter for a fellow vet pondent over his tour of duty for four yeari. Stieet-on.a Sunday lhe DEAD SACKS . man on point, to death itself . Johnny is trapped like \ to get some wine Vietnam-era veterans were stamped out of the Vonnegut's Billy Pilgrim, time-tripping, betweert a Along the street, the somber' He shuffles - niggering- myths and substance of America like so many ham- past thãt won't stop and a present that isn't real. Blaclibags lurch and lean-dead sacks Wincing at the expected blows burger patties, thrown across one ocean and back Reading DMZ is a merirory and an experience, a part Hol{ing fhe residue of house on house. Of righteousness again, and afterèxecuting the most vicious and of us alland someth¡ng unexpected, a horror and a I give him a dollar plastic as the people, technically advanced forms of warfare, they returned spare, relentless beauty that won't give an inch. Silent sacks, And say nothing as the most influential and disgraced, respected and Carroted by tiny wires-strangled castoffs ' You see feared, voice for peace in this country-unshakable Along the silent street. We both have'come and unstoppable. Though every war traditionally Averill To the same , -Peg Quiet street: like Easter lsland monoliths Or tombstones in an old churchYard, Conclusion a The bags slump or stand: mute horrors' Peter P. Mahoney I cannot move! The bags! FRONT STREET On blood-red clay landing zones, they re-appear. THE WILDFLOWERS soRRY .¡,i; i- and doll-like, OF V¡ETNAM His distrust of trees came in the war "... The dead, all stiff Fall into the plastic bags. . . he said, every night watching Sorry we can't hire you the flowers grow looking them over before bedding down. Says the appliance salesman Long time ago. . .long time ago. f ragile, Birds deceived by searchlights Leaning against a row of unsold We Í¡l¡ed the plastic sacks with delicate with perked up, sang songs televisions Friends and strangers both. wild beauty, in dust covered branches. pink ust to his left twelve. their J The Vietnamese we let rot. against giant green Couldn't walk ín the open Presidents' faces appear most or under trees ln purple, green and orange Along the street, the somber kind. because of snipers, and smiling Blaclibags lurch and lean-dead sacks the little girt even now refuses the sidewalk I tremble at what may be in them. places one Never such prosperity that busy elms have made before gently They all begin B.D. Trail into atunnel on Front Street, her dark hair Their teeth incandescent in refuses except when walking and smiles his four year old daughter red wild in the far corner and back, More bigger stronger like flowers. returning always with a blot better buy Jobs amazed by my blue eyes, of wetness on his pants Welfare bums she touches me and the squallings of a child- never leads me her hand held too tight too tight daddy and I shake the anger silent as Death Photo by Paul L. Smith Frank Higgins From my þead to her sweet mother Toward the next who is for sale. no. R. 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, VtETN4ff ...OvARxtLL...wATERcAú...cHILE...FBIBRËAK-INS...B-1 ...LOCKHEEDBRIBES I rrt¡ I I' ADe You Buirnt Out or Burned UP ? )'¡. ' I ,: The media tras said fthe movement" is dead. Exploring the inner self is "in" and changing the social order is "out". between foreign pblicy and 1ffe say 'the mavemenl did not dic, but deepeàed. Ii continued ,to organize while recognizing links domestìe ecûnûrnic$, between cuts i¡r social welfare and higher military spending, between unemployment at home and the multinatio¡ral eorpordte slúft of jobs to Taiwan, South Korea, and the Philippines.

CICTOÌlER l6*An Hnd and a Beginning On January 2l of this year a.grnuf, of wolnen and men set out from Ukiah in Northern California on the first leg of a walk across thç country. On .April 4 a Southern route began in New Orleans. On August 6 a New England route began in Boston. All over the coirntry "fèeder routes" began-a total of 2û-headed for lVashington, D.C., and a final rally on Octr¡ber 16, Eournenical service and 1 Peace &, Justice Fair c¡n October 17, and march to the Pentagon and White House on October 18. But October 16 does not mark an "end", but a beginniåg , . . an assembly to commit ourselves to profound, peaceful, and radical changes in Americaü soeiety. Those who gathor in Washirigton reject. absolutely the idea that Americans can be complacent.

3l YEARS after Hiroshima we have more nuelear weapons and less "national security" than when the nuclear arms race began. 44 YEARS after Roosevelt's New De¿l we still have m¿ssive poverty, unemployment, and slum housing 56 YE,A,RS after wornen were given the right tû vote, they still don't have equal rights and America is still a "macho nation". t l3 YEARS after the.Ëmancipation Proclamation Black Americ¿ns âre still second class citizens. 20û YEARS after our own creation as a nation, we still do not respect thc treaties signed with the Indian nations.

COME TO WASHINGTON OCTOBER 16 TO JOIN THOUSANDS IN DEMANDING: .Immediate and unilateral action toward disarmament o Full employment at decent wages. r An end fo rrcisrn. J Equal rights for womerl. t Full amncsty for all Vietnam war resisters. ! r Immediate, ¡nassive aid to our cities. t: ;Ò ì I t I WASHIT'{GTON TO CONTINUE WHAT HAS BEEN LAUNCHED . . . ! LE.AVE , . . a movement rooteel in the towns and city blocla, a movement less concerned with medi¿ attention than bhanging the 'iÈ conscir¡usness of the people--qnd changing the political and econdmic structure of the country.

THE CONTINENTAL WALK FOR . , DISARMAMENT & SOCIAL JUSTICE ¡} f- LIL Lì¡i O iJ T { L FÜ¡.I]Y ,ENTERS WASHINGTON, D.C. ¿J]?'{ TLANÜUru UIi cLËvfLÁt{{ hI5 rJH .,4Iü* OCTOBER 16 a

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Clip and return to,lHE CONTINENTAL WAIK, New Bcthel SPONSORING ORGANTZATIONS: American F¡iends Service Comm- Baptist Church, 1739 gth Street, NlV,lVashington, D.C. 20001 ittee, Catholic Peace Fêllowship, Catholic Worker, Clergy and Laity Concerned, Episcopal Peace Fellowship, Fellowship of Reconciliation, tJllwe plan to join the Walk in Washington oí October l6 Gray Panthers, Lutheran Peace Fellswship, National Assembly of lrVomen il Please send information on charter buses Religious, Mass Party Organizing Committee, Nationat Council fo¡ Universal & Unconditional Amnesty, National Indian Youth fl Ënclosed is $--.-to help with organizing ekpenses Council, Pax Christi, Peoplc's Party, Promoting Enduring Peace, Sane, Socialist Party, U.S.A,, Southe¡n Chaistian Leadorship Conference, N.ÀME-*.-.- Southern Organizing Committee, War Resisters Leagte, l{a¡ Tax Resistance, Women St¡ike fo¡ Peace, Women's International League for Pcace ¿nd Freedom, World Fellowship. ENDORSTNG GROUP$: AÐDRESS-_ Inte¡national Confede¡ation for Disarmament and Peacc, International Fellowrhip of Reconclliation, Japan Buddha Sanga, Japan Council Against A & H Bombs (Gençuikyo), Wa¡ Reiisters' Inte¡nâtional, CITY c