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* THE VIETNAM TRAGE. 4 Vigil of Concern We stand in siient vigil to express our concern; i-j American soldiers are dying in a country thousands of miles away-- ’ Where we are unvanted Where we arc objects of fear and hatred We are there--we soy-eto protect freedom G--we say--to p Is the cause of freedom advanced by continuing the war in Vietnam? In this civil war thousands of Vietnamese are being killed and tortured, their villages, fields and homes burned, They have iived under a series of repressive, corrup? governments which have never been elected and are main- tained only by American power, 4S the war goes on, the Vict Cong continues t ccomes We Bie icss popular. Last yea serted, 30,060 ined the Viet Con In spite of allo our arms, soldiers and money (we are spending 2 million dollars a day) there is no freedom in South Vietnam, grow while the government 0 becomes weak ex i an government troops de- Is the cause of freccom advanced by expanding the way in Vietnam? Escelating the war in Vietnam by bornbing bases in the North will mean ore people killed, more villases and homes destroyed, more Vietnamese who aa hate the Fl White Ao maarican IDmperialis te as they cali us. Mare tac Feaad 2afatia shoals epee 1aLiSe we te ee It may mean intervention by the Soviet Union and China. It could mean World War UI, It docs not mean more irecedom, Is this a chance worth taking? Can the cause of freedom be advanced by stopping the war in Vietnam ? If we were to withdraw our support, the war would be over in wecks, We could bring the matter to the United Nations, We could call for a reconvening of the l4~-nation Geneva Conference, --It is possible that all of Vietnam could be neutralized-- -~-It is possible that elections could be held under a UN presence that would bring a representative government+-- --It is possible that using.cven part of the funds we are now spending on the war we could assist in projects that would help eliminate poverty, disease and hunger in Victnam and other countries of Southeast “sia-- This is the fcbric of frcedom--this is the chance worth taking! If you share this concern, wili you join us in our silent vigil, We especially urge our fcllow /.mcricans: , TO WRITS OR WIRE President Johnson , The White House Washington, D. C. Uree him to ZND THE Want to N EGOTIATES eee ae! oa bad SH _fd Hoc Committee To End The War_In Vietnam---431 S, Dearborn---HA 7-2555 |