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Edward Abbey — Part 1
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Rev. Donali Harrington
Community Church
New York City
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Northwestern University (Economist, writer
-- If you are aware of the dangers of peacetime conscription, -
tomorrow is the time to do Something about it. Send your draft card
with an explanatory letter to the President. He'll appreciate it
greatly, I'm sure,
s/ EDWARD ABBEY
The March 1h, 1951, issue of the "New Mexico Daily lobo", a publication
at the University of New Mexico, reflects a letter to the editor which is as
follows:
"In this day of the cold war, which every day shows signs of becoming
warmer, the individual who finds himself opposed to war is apt to feel very much
out of step with his fellow citizens. As an isolated individual he feels
desperately inadequate either to check the tide or to make significant con-
tributions which might serve to remove the occasion of wars. He feels, nevertheles
the essential wrongness of war and is searching for an alternative. -
"On the UNM campus such a group--it includes both students and faculty
~-has formed to discuss the implications and possibilities of resistance to war.
This group has no political or religious affiliations. Although not desiring to
create an organization, this group feels the need of informal association.
Persons interested in associating with us may get in touch with one of the
-mndersigned.® = = . 7 .
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There were 16 names signed to this letter, one of which was subject, —
and another of which was RITA DEANIN, his present wife.
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