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' SEATTLE COMMITTEE TO END THE © - WAR IN VIETNAM SCEWV oe “At a. public press conference ‘called by representatives of ‘the Seattle Committee to End the War in Vietnam, which was held ‘in Seattle, Washington, on March 10, 1966, SCEWV spokesmen advised that the committee was an autonomous organization which . ‘determined its own policy, had beén in existence for approximately “two months and whose sole purpose was to contest U.S. Government: “policy in Vietnam. It was also stated that SCEWV would accept ‘anyone who-was' opposed to the war in Vietnam on whatever basis ‘thé individual's opposition might rest and that it made no differ- “ence as to whether the person was a communist as long as he was opposed to the war. in Vietnam. It was explained that all 7 decisions on public policy had to be unanimous thus preventing “any. one faction from taking over the committee in any manner. : Tt wag explained that the function of SCEWV was to. . present a range of alternatives to the ‘present administration " Pottey in Vietnan. , In August, 1966, a source furnished a document prepared for public consumption by SCEWV which stated that SCEWV was an ‘organization of people who actively opposed the U.S. Government's “policy in Vietnam and that anyone who opposed the war in Vietnam .for whatever reasons was welcome. The document further reflected 4 ‘that people active in SCEWV represented a broad spectrum of ; ~ political and religious” beliefs and that all basic decisions -were made by an elected steering committee which was representative 3 : of the ‘various larger groups. supporting SCEWV. oo This document pointed out. ‘that ‘the committee engaged “in a number of activities designed to both publicize opposition against the war and to convince others that the war is wrong. These activities include public demonstrations as well as publicity “Sgparoueh news media, leaflet distripution, “Redghborhood. meetings oe “and the aale of literature. an