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American Friends Service Committee — Part 26
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- Group to Protest
Missile Work Here
By GEORGE RILEY
. Of The Butietia Siaif
DA protest vizil will be held at:
the General Electrie Co.'s Mis-.
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"and Chestnut sts fh Saturdar,
menmenvnd hwy ¢ Da. “Arte
sponsorea by ¢ Peace Com-
mittee of the phage tipni
as Meeting of Frient
nile zrouns of Friends and
other pacifisrs have stazved sucn
demonstrat! anc e!sewhere in re-
ole
gent years, this will be tre first
- @¢ the kind locally in the long!
history of the Philadelpnia;
Quaker body.
cy Mittee. Genres
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; Invited Participation 4
J. Barton eacrise on. Villanova '
_ &schairmunof the
yriardin. Lans
1 Gowne, is executive seeFeiary.
Fardin invited representation
: by the a2 month hy meetings he he
* Jonzing to the parent meeting.
1 He told one of tne yeerly
' meeting sessions that the Peace __
{ Committee members were “act-
{ Inq under a Teligious compul-
sion” to protest the manufac.
f--ture of the ICBSY. or inter-
continental ballistic missile, and
General Electric's involvernent.
The Vigil is planned from sun-
Tise to sunset, with grouns ex-
peried to core and leave at vari-
ous hours. Some of them will
| order to display placards pro-
| testi nz the mizsiles and advo-
j “ar end tn enld war poii-
me a" ang “total world disarma-
, ment.”
Part of Series
i
* “This vigil is part of a series
: There are some among the’ throughout the ecpentry this
_ Quakers who disapprove of such:
"2 Public Gisplay, or of it being Fr fiends Service Conn
formally identif: ed with their qosies Kes | its 3 inom Aation:i cf
oa
religious society. sh ”
: In this instance, the Peace, nounced t
Holy Week. The-“Amrvican
fices at 15th and Pace sts.. an-
wnat tne ¥-glis will be
cace Com-
4
walk at least part of the way in
Committee has reported (0 the heid at missile plarts in avout!
}
“Starry Tiéeting, which will coil.
elude its 2SIst annual session zt
dth and Arch sts. meeting house
Pmorrow, 7 { 4
ten different cities.
Vizils are schecuied at Fort
Detrick, Md.. a cnemical war-
j fare center, on Taursday; at the
AEC center. at Germantown,
Md., near Washinzton, Friday,
and at the Pentagon, Saturday.
Local precedent was set last
November 11-15, when 447 mem-
: thre of the yearly meeting tock
‘Bart in a vigil at the Pentazoa.
_Freviously, only a handful af
*Fhiladelphia Quakers had ever
taken part in such public pro-
tesis.
Pr at t
FHILADELFHTA DIVISION
Philadelphia Inquirer
Te Ph thia er
EDITOR : WALTER H. ANNENBERG
the Evening Bulletin XX
EDITOR: MELVILLE F. FERGUSON
Philadelphia Daily News
EDITOR: J. RAY HUM
Mage: 3/26/6n
a EDITION: 2 Star Pinal
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