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. Newsletter No.°3 * Re in ee Fe } : were on u mae bude Velen IVAN MASSAR from Black Srar - PHOENIX TO TRY AGAIN “We have hope that the Phoenix will be able to deliver surgical supplies to the Red Cross at Hai- phong during the last days of January. Lawrence Scott will fly to Hong Kong as project director and join the Phoenix crew for this second voyage to Haiphong. Even as we try to stop this cruel war we must keep trying to bridge the barriers of death and suffering. THE NECESSITY OF WORLD COMMUNITY . Many have asked why we don't put all our energy into stopping the war and forget about medical __supplies for victims, challenge to travel restric-_ gi ven. ne ra et A” Quaker Action Grour ) auth 12th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvani. 2 Telephone (215) LOcust 3-7537 January, — {py = Hions-and-other-such-activities:—Ouransw that the buiiding of world community is an e: tial for stopping wars. As anew year communication we give some of the principles of our program. -~-Our motivation is religious, but we believ ligion and life should be completely mers --Our method is nonviolent direct action conc in such @ manner as to be cooperative others who are engaged in more tradi peace education, legislative action, and nomic and sociz! change. ~-The primary cause of war today is arme tionalism; the primary requisite for pez world community. Therefore we oppose tary conscription and armament by nal states, even to the point of civil disobedi We affirm world community by the direct ; of bridging the barriers of travel and hur tarian aid imposed by wars between a states. ~-Since we believe that just laws and govern are a condition for world community w deavor to engage in nonviolent direct actio civil disobedience in such manner as to mote limited world government and heal unarmed nations! governments. This is 1 easy task in the midst of domestic and 1 revolution, yet we do not believe that : disruption and destruction by individual groups is any cure for the present wor] -archy of armed nationalism. Citizens force nations to disarm only when ther: sense of world community with its instit of justice and equity. In addition to projects against the war in § east Asia, in the coming year we shall affir right to travel to Cuba. We are concerned to direct action for nonviolent change in South A ica, We are organizing projects against na and hope to contribute to the resistance to scription. We intend to support the comr building efforts of Martin Luther King and nonviolent civil rights groups. We wantt velop our affirmation of world community : United Nations in December into an interna effort for world citizenship which transcend tional] loyalties, In all these programs we need your parti tion and support. We are grateful for the pa pation and financial support you have alr