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American Friends Service Committee — Part 16
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Vietnam War ‘Futile Ettert;
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. The war in Vietnam wes de ,"“winning something” and ‘“‘de-
‘nounced ef a “futile effort” yes-lfeating Korth Vieinam”™ to one
terdey by a Quaker who recently of encouraging Saigon leaders
toured Southcas: Asia. to themselves nepouiate with the;
Bronson P. Clark, who meade! Viet Cong end set their own)
the two-month trip for the:terms. ; |
Americen Fricnds Service Coni-: “insicad of this, ovr policy,
mittee, reported to @ session of seems to be bated on that of
the 257th Yearly Meeting of the; Korea, and of heving the coun-,
Religious Secicty of Friends at'try severed,” Clark continued.
their Arch Street Meeting!“The word ‘negotiation,’ go fre-
House, 4th and Arch sts, pquently used by the administra-
Talk of victory isa “myth that tion in the U. &. is almost un-
is deluding Americans,” it was known or unmentioned there.
charged by the Quaker Observer.| “There is no free press, 43,000
“Our hoped-for victory would; political prisoners, the Buddhists
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be nothing more than
jeraveyatd, for our war policy police state, with the present as-
fan only destroy the country, sembly screcned to keep out not
v@ithout winning the Viet-jonly .communisis but also new.
| namese,” Clerk declared, tralisis, and free-thinking intel
: iinning Js a “Ayth’ lectuals, including college pro-,
“We are noi defending South
Vietnam bui aré in a massive
miliary effort to impose a pov-
lernment of our choice upon It,"
tne added. felt bi icie ene the cities!
j “President Johnson has im.ifFlcs to be iow zac tne one
posed i obiectives ocd w ea naan wth
upon the military, while the mili. {19 wens, many Ws
tary view the war in terms of ibums @& amputations.”
another five years snd another! Feam if.Quang Ngal
million men, at the minimum,”| Clark reported especially on
he continued. “It is a myth thatithe city of Quang Ngai and the!
we are winning, Eighty percent; work there of an American
tof the countryside is stil] in Con-| Friends Service team of ten na-
tro! of Viet Cong, known there jtives and five Americans. The;
as the National Liberation Front.| Americans include John Pixton!
“The so-called pacification of | history professor on leave fram
the natives is another myth (the Ogontz Center of Pennsyl-
being fed to the American peo-lyania State University, and,
{ple, The American troops Mave! Keith Brinton, of George School,!
lo live in barbed-wire protected Newtown, Bucks county.
areas, End ony | Nn} Clark resigned in January as
armed strength.” an executive of an electronics
3A “Police State’ firm at Oberlin, Ohio, to join the
Clark called the possibility of American Friends Service Com-|
negotiations also a myth, unlessimittce, He recently moved to
the U. S. shifis its policy from! Germantown.
, TheFriends Yeztly Meeting,
hich numbers $2 local meetings
With 18,000 members, will con-
finue through Wednesday. Fed-
é1al Judge Aibert B. Maris, a7,
ansdowne, is presiding clery.
| “Our military achievements
thave thus far beer the leveling
fof villages, forests and rubber
plantations, and ceusing tice;
fensmest
amar at Tan,
PrsT reer Ser
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