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American Friends Service Committee — Part 21
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.August 4.
MEMPHIS. TENNESSEE
33111
. D.R.U.M. MUST CONTINUE THE VIETNAM ROLL' OF HONOR
At noon cn wednesday. July 2, 12 members of D.R.u.m. began..
reading the names of the American War Dead at tha front entrance'
of the Federal Office Building. . They did this in a spirit of .
mourning for those who have died, both Vietnamase and American,..
cand to bring hcme to the citizens of Memphis the contiruing
I..si.
horror and devastation of this senseless aiid inhuman war.
..D.R.u.M. has' continued reading the 'roll of the war dead
each Wednesday since July 2. Last Wednesday,. July 30, ssveral:
members of D.R.U.M. entered the Federal Building corridors
and the lobby of City Hall and read the names cf'the American..
dead. They.hoped that this efrort would attract the attention.
:Of the local news media so that the citizens of Momphis would'.
media has ignored D.R.u.M.'s activities of the past five.
.iry..
consecutive Wednesdays for two apparent reasons: 1) the :
news media in Memphis supports th:e war in Vietnam and-hasuo
movemnet such as the one D.R.U.H. has been consucting; and
Wednesday in their city.
D.R.u.h. must continue. On Wednesday, August 6, the.
reading of the names will continue. However, the lccation
of the reading has been changed. Instead of the Federal
Office Building, D.R.u.M. wiil read the roll of honor at the
First National Bank Building. 16s Madison Avenue, We must
continue to point out the true dimemsions of this war; we
must continue to point out. that over 1,o0o,ooo Vietnamese
and more than 37.ooo Americans have died so far; we must
continue: to point out that.the Paris peace talks are a farce;
and we must point out.that the withdrawal of 25,Ouc American.:
.. troops is meaningiess in a war.of this magnitude. D.R.U.M..
must and will continue..
Join with us'at the First Naticnal. Bank Building on
must declare firmly what he knows is right. . The suffering
..ti
When compared to the suffering the Vietnanese have endured'
and must'continue to endnre until this war, our war, is-
brought to an end. . SILENCE. IS COMPLICITY! D.R.U.M. WILL
BE-THERE, WILL YOU? : :
...We're'going to bomb them back into the Stone, Age
--General Curtis .LoMay.
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