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On October 21s’t, -in Washington, U.S.A., the peace movement is hoping to bring thousands of people on to'’the streets, from all over the country, in a huge Autumn mobilisation,' for peace in Viet nan.

In this country, an Autunn mobilisation is also being planned for the sane week-end, for Saturday and Sunday, 2lst and 22nd October. The London Committee of 100 initiated'one set of proposals, which are now being harriered into shape by. a working group and are being supported by CND, YCND, LCPV, National C omit tee of 100 and several anarchist groups; 'whilst the Vietnam Solidarity Campaign has initiated another set of proposals which includes a meeting'in Trafalgar Square on the Sunday afternoon and a march to Genocide Square (Grosvcnor Square) with a picket of the U.S.Embassy.

The London Committee proposals, which were added to' by .others , at -a specially convened meeting on August 6th, include': . m A doorstep to doorstep rally. Marches from all over Britain to Harold Wilson's doorstep in Downing Street. Volunteers to organise such ‘ 3 marches are ur -ently needed. Contact the Committee ' of fi.ee. A several - pronged march from radial points on' the outskirts of London into Central London. Motorcade in Central London. Volunteers (with cars) are. asked to come, forward. ' ' ■ ' ’ Trafalgar Square '"Poets For Peace", plus messages of greetings and two-;, minutes speeches. Peaceniks picnic for peace - flowers, balloons, streamers, joss-sticks * ; love-symbols, rave-wear, music, song, laughter, happiness, andglife A party for pe-ace against the dogs of war. T v; • CND (whose annual conference is that weekend) is proposing a torchlight, procession on. the Saturday evening through Central London, with a possible telephone link-up with the Washington action. The. most important proposal was that the wehkend should end wit.h the symbolic burning of Labour Party membership cards, by resigning mem¬ bers, as per Jim Radford's proposals (see article,"Leave The Labour Party" this issue.) One other proposal was the wearing of British and U.S. military uni¬ forms and the final discarding of them into a waste bin.

Those interested in helping.. ..with the '-Autumn mobilisation should, contact Tommy Farr (London co-ordinator) c/o, 13. Goodwin Street, London, N.4. Cash is urgently needed and' cheques, post cal orders, etc, should be made payable to "Autumn Mobilisation;)

¥ HIST Mi; ILViT Ml STOP TH/S WAR!

The war in Vietnam continues and continues to spread. There are now over a quarter of a million U.S. troops in Vietnam and still the generals are asking for more. This is their only response; "Give us more men and more guns to kill more people and we shall win". They can*t win, but the senseless slaughter goes on and on. Ordinary human beings - lads in their teens and in their early twenties, from every part of the United Spates, in the flower of their youth are being sent to Vietnam to kill and to be killed - for what? For the armaments kings who are making huge fortunes out of the slaughter. For the power - mad politic ~ ians who prepared to send young people to their slaughter if they think they will win a presidential election by doing so. For the U.S. capitalists who cannot bear to lose the great mineral wealth to be found in the far east and are prepared to send everybody but themselves to the slaughter in order to keep this wealth. In Vietnam itself the U.S.Government is carrying out a policy of Genociae. It is prepared to wipe out a whole nation in order to maintain its own power in the world and this it is doing* Hundreds of thousands of Viet¬ namese people - ordinary people like ourselves are being burned alive or massacred whilst the \T.S.Government continues to bolster up an unwanted regime in the South. In Britain we have a Labour Government that is giving political and prac¬ tical support to American aggression. Harold Wilson and George Brown-are - the lapdogs of President Lyndon Johnson of the U.S.A. When Lyndon says "jump" Harold Wilson jumps - and obeys hie master. In Britain, just as in the U.S.A, the peace movement must step up its oppssition to the Viet¬ nam war. We have the chance in the proposed Autumn Mobilisation which is referred to in another article In this issue. We must get thousands out during October 21st and 22nd. But this is not enough. We must find other ways of protesting this war. Another way, also suggested in an article in this issue, is to carry out an intensive campaign to get Labour Party members to resign and to tear up or even to publicly burn themr member¬ ship cards. We must also step up every other method of protest, conven¬ tional and unconventional - to end this war, and if it means brushes with the police - so what? As long as wo do not use or advocate violence, every method of civil disobedience is justified if it will bring this war nearer to an end. There are no rules in war. The warmongers will stoop to anything and we must be prpparcd to challenge them and that means challenging the state - the warfare state. We must pnrsade U.S. soldiers to refuse to fight in Vietnam; we must persuade workers to re¬ fuse to handle goods destined for the Vietnam war; We have got to call upon Labour Party members to leave the Laboufc Party in protest and trade union members to refuse to pay the political levy. But above all, wo must constantly campaign by every method known to us to stop this war.

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TO AMERICAN TO UR /STS IN BRITAIN

May we welcome you in friendship from the United States to this country* We would like to take this opportunity to address you on the question of Vietnam,,

We are not, as you may imagine,communists, hut simply normal humane people,

as we imagine yourselves to be? people who want to live in peace with our fellow~.men and who feel conpassion for those suffering from wars art injustices.

We be]ieve that no country has the right to determine the future of another especially by military force? we believe, too, that the presence of many American (but not as yet any Russian or Chinese)troops in Vietnam is a con¬ travention of this principle, carried out in your name.

We ask you to consider these uestionss If you believe in democracy, can you support this war, one of whose main causes was the refusal of your government to allow the Vietnamese to elect their own government in 1956?as the Geneva Agreements promised they should?

If you are a Christian, can you support this war when you have been urged not only not to kill, but to return good for evil and love your enemies?

Whatever you may be, do you really think that you, enjoying a comfortable, untroubled life in the United States, have the right to send your young men to the other end of the world to devastate a country, to decimate a peasant population by means of the cruellest weapons man has yet devised? to.des¬ troy homes, churches, hospitals, schools and to put a large proportion of the population into concentration camps? Can a few platitudes about Mfree¬ dom” and "communism" justify this barbarism?

The war is rapidly escalating and time is short. In the interests of your own human dignity, as well as the continued survival of mankind, you must no longer acquiesce in the disgusting policies of your leaders. Speak out NOW against the war.

The above is the text of a leaflet issued by the LONDON COMMITTEE OP 100, 13 GOODWIN STREET, LONDON, N. 4. Telephones 01-272 1239• For information on the rapidly developing Ameri¬ can activities against the war, please write tos The Committee for Non- Violent Action or the War Resisters’ League, both at 5 Beekman Street, New York 38, New York, U.S.A.

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Jim Radford, now serving a sentence of two months’ imprisonment for daring to call Harold Wilson and George Brown hypocrites for preaching peace in a Methodist church whilst practising war in the House of Commons, has issued a call to Labour Party members to tear up their membership cards as a pro¬ test against the Labour Government’s continued support for American aggres¬ sion in Vietnam.

In a leaflet issued just before going to prison,Jim calls upon every member of the Labour Party to ask him or her-self if he or she can still remain a member of a party which has so obviously betrayed the ideals and hopes that so many once placed in it. Wo know that habits of loyalty are. hard to break and that there are many inside the Labour Party who arc desperately unhappy about its degeneration. We know that many of these are still try¬ ing to convince themselves that they can exercise more influence for peace and socialism from inside the Labour Party than they could outside. If you are one of these people, says Jim, think again. He points out that this was the identical excuse of thousands of Germans who never left the Nazi Party. Can you condemn them without being prepared to suggest the point at which they should have left the party to openly oppose its policies?

There are those who are afraid of letting the Tories in, says Jim. Many people, he points out, think, the Tories are still in, and certainly the difference is quite indiscernable in Vietnam l We ask you to seriously con¬ sider whether the Labour Party has not travelled well past the point at which you must say - enough I

Jim’s clarion call sayss Dissociate yourself now l Leave the Labour Party and hold your head up again. Resign - -ublicly and angrily - over the issue of Vietnam. We are asking you to make a stands to join us in a campaign to get every socialist out of the party blinkers5' to burn your membership card at a public meeting and to encourage others to follow your example. The party hacks will tell you that unless you are registered at Transnort House and out your cross in the right place once every five years, you are being politically ineffective I It pays them to peddle this myth, but you will find that in many areas there are groups of progressive people who are developing more effective and meaningful ways of influencing people, events and their environment, than by voting.

Jim Radford c^lls upon all genuine socialists and opponents of the Vietnam War to organize a local campaign to get people out of the Labour Party. He urges people to expose those Labour M.P.s who talk against the Vietnam war outside Parliament but will not vote against the Government on the issue. His leaflet, which also contains a form on which you can register your vow to work against the Labour Party cam be obtained from Vietnam Action Group, 5 Clockhouse Road, Beckenham, Kent.

"I’m sorry Sir, you can’t stop liere, we’re due for the changing aer - enony.” I was rather tired of driving around the environs of the race course and I was late for a tryst v/ith several others for a demonstration. All the sane ny curiosity was sparked, "What”, I said in some wonder - ment, ”is the changing ceremony?”. The officiousness in the policeman’s voice became inflected with a note of reverence, and tinged with the kind of sustained patience one adopts to a snail child, an idiot or a drunk.

”It is”, he explained carefully, ’’where the Royal Party” changes from its cars into the open carriages for the drive along the race course.” The mystery of the croY/ds gathered at the cross roads and the people sitting patiently on stools and who looked as if they had been there for hours, was explained. For the rest of that day at Ascot I had the feeling I Y/as inadvertently invading somebody’s private dream world, a v/orld v/here the royal party was more real and far more vividly tang¬ ible than the other members of the family or neighbours or* friends.

The av/ful thing about royalty to-day is that it is just this.' There was a time when the monarch was wont to be described as the apex of a system of graded privilege and at Ascot it is probably still this. Nowhere else have I seen so many highly polished Rolls Royce cars, so many gleaning Bentleys and Daimlers. Nowhere else have I seen so much carefully organised opulence, so much care to cover naked frailty with 'the trappings and plumes proper to the needs of a. complex tribal ritual. I was wearing I recall inter alia, bright yellow socks, chestnut brown trousers, a red shirt, a multi-coloured tie of Vivid hues, and .a loud check Garnaby Street jacket. The opulent ones looked at me with a mix¬ ture of wonder and disdain; in their eyes I was clearly a pro.per nignog and no mistake. No doubt justice was on their side, but on the hottest day in the year many of the men were wearing not only waistcoats, but long frock coats and also a rigid pot shaped piece of grey felt on their heads. The ladies were more sensible with' their long light dress- esand wide - brimmed millinery, and perhaps I should mentioiihbw erotic charming and wealthy they looked, and how not least important of their contributions to this ritual is the ostentatious business of flatter¬ ing the male ego, which regards women as a form of property, and marriage as a property contract - -

But whmt is it all for? Why all this elaborate getting up and spending? Formally the answer might be "for horse racing”. But clearly, people would not go to all this trouble simply to watch a few undersized men

on horseback, yelling obscenities to their steeds, and flogging them' with sticks as they ran competitively round the field.! It is an occasion like any other tribal ritual for mutual re'assurance, and it is "above all, an occasion for parading the tribal dieties in their earthly fleshly form. Stripped of their royal appurtanences, there is little doubt that the Graeco/German and his wife who occupy the centre of the stage here would immediately be lost in the anonymity of the crowd. He with his polo - playing and his love of conventional proselytising, and she, with her high regard for horse racing and her devotion to dogs, lack any mark of the kind of personal distinction that would otherwise lift them out of the common rut most of us occupy. Yet within the encumbrance of the attributes of royalty they, their very persons, are invested with the kind of mystique that puts them on a par with the Holy Ghost.

ELEVATED. Elevated from the crowd, and condemned to a public life of near total boredom in which they will open bridges, attend gala performances in aid of tormented children or animals, launch battleships and so on, with the same smiling aplomb and acquiescence, they become objects . of awe, veneration, affection and reverence. Why? To - day, the graded privilege argument is inadequate, for clearly there are other forces at work. Millions of people are under the compulsion to create an elab - orate fantasy life about a family group (vicariously it is, of course,* their own) and then rather sadistically to condemn a real family to act out that fantasy in real life. What could be more savage, or pathetic? And what is so impoverished and unsatisfactory about their own private lives that impels them to this flight from reality?

I wondered again as Peter Gadogan and John Taylor ran on to the race - course with a large banner bearing an anti - Vietnam war slogan. The rage of the bystanders near me was almost pathological in its virulence and its intensity. To be fair, they could not see the slogan.since they were behind the banner, but those two courageous individuals from Cam - bridge were committing an unforgivable, outrage - they were preventing Her Majesty’s most loyal liege subjects from seeing her, uGet out of the way”, they shrieked, with a mixture of fear and hate, and cheered with spiteful relish when groundsmen and police tore the banner from their grasp and led them away, (i heard exactly the same crowd note in Cape Town some years ago when the police emerged from an office building on a processional route, with a coloured girl and a black coloured man who had been displaying an anti - apartheid banner.)

By now the clearly indignant man next to me had worked himself into a white faced frenzy. He He identified Maragret Cheney and myselfas "one of them" and it transpired that we were Communists with a great many four - letter attributes. Margaret offered him a leaflet and it occured to me that his rather"wild instructions as to what she could do with it lacked gallantry. He did his best to involve those around him in his anger and tore leaflets from Peter* s satchel I was carrying and flung them on to the ground. We decided to see what was happening to our two friends and our withdrawal must have released the steam from some in -

cipient nob violence. I found Peter’s hat on the grass where another enraged bystander had torn it from his head, and we then went to enquire at the police station. Learning nothing we did some leafletting outside. I was called into the police station. nWhat?M asked a senior policeman heavily, "are you distributing?" I offered a leaflet for inspection. "If you stand outside there with these, I'll have you for obstruction", "Is it illegal to distribute leaflets?" "No, but if you're annoying people". "The Vietnam war is destroying people." "Just get outside and watch it." Later we learnt that a special court would be convened at 6 pm to try John and Peter so I took Margaret off to see a horse race*

Everybody carries binoculars at Ascot, not so much for the horses as for the occupants of the Royal Box. "Ooh, she looks reely lovely." "'e's ever so good - looking, i'nt he." "Is the one in green the Duchess of Gloucester? Oooh, just look at 'er smilin'; Now she's talkin’ to the Queen!" It seemed cruel to subject a middle aged couple and their relatives to this sort of treatment, but at least, I reflected, they could always opt out of it if they wished.

Apart from royalty and horses, and the sight of horses actually running, is a reminder that a wonderfully poetic spectacle really does occur to justify all the flummery. Ascot is -.Iso very much a religious bingei

Numerous people walk around with placards informing one in rather general terms of the wages of sin, or imploring one to forget about love and courage and beware the warth to come. Evangelists on steps hold forth between races to small groups, or simply to the inattentive world at large. Hell - fire and brimstone is not so much a matter of immediate politics. They escape the attentions of the police. At six o'clock, whilst the monocles, the morning coats and the elaborate millinery made their way to the car parks, we made ours to the coufct room. Three magistrates; the Chairman, a military man who looked as though ho would not ruffle easily, as, too, did the elderly, aristocratic looking lady on his right and another lady on his left, who looked overfed, unwell and capable of being unpleasant. The court¬

room had the feel of a .concerted school gymnasium,., all pitch-pine tim¬ bers and cross-beams and flooring. About a dozen press people, as well as magistrates were in formal race-going clothes - there was overt a red carnation in the Chairman's button - hole. I was astonished to note ■ there were nearly thirty people (including the cops.) in that room and thought it a pity that not as many had ‘participated in the...demo. English justice is a curious thing. It is riddled with obtuseness and. cruelty but also with a determination to be. fair, occasionally Prej¬

udiced magistrates .and perjeriiig cops notwithstanding. Everyone lis¬ tened patiently as Peter made a speech about the Vietnam war and I

won>.'erev1. what his hearers 1 private thoughts on the subject were. Did ary of then really think the American Communist Party would soon govern London and Washington if American soldiers stopped murdering people.in Vietnam? Could: even this prospect justify the cruelty -and terror? Die, t^ic *"'"i~?istT"11g have aay arivate tiiou.’hhs on hhe nattoir** SujPpOoiHrj by so’edeans PetorEadbeen able to suVons a special witness for his Vfcr.ce? Swroosin'- four cops had carried in a naked child; its body blistered raw with petrol jelly -burns? Suppose they held it by the four corners of a blanket which they Gently deposited on the pitch-pxne floor vrherc it lay writhing, with thick spittle coatin^ its lips -- bubbles of pain in a sea of apony - would it have helped Peter to pet Off rathe/than havin ' to find the sum of 225 for the fine they im¬ posed on him? (John, as a first offender, was fined 25 ) Perhaps it would, but no such witness was present - only gentlemen of the" press anxious to get their copy filed; policemen who looked as if they had been born bored, and three magistrates doubtless wanting to .-cVhc/e for dinner from which they had been unreasonably kept at the

;nd of hard day race- oinm at funny Ascot. .rnT4"M PAPwnPTTT

LETTER TO THE EDITOR.

TOO mUCH RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION. The article in R.S.G. 2. on the Chinese bomb.was fine except for one thing - the righteous indignation in it just wasn’t justified. Surely we have learned by now not to expect sympathetic consideration from the BBC, so why throw up our hands in horror when they ignore a Committee press statement? If something in the direct action line had been done to earn publicity, we’d have got it - but the tragedy is that that nothin was done at the time of the first Chinese H - test. And

when something was done, it was too late and too feeble to attract att¬ ention. It’s no use saying that the Committee will join in when a demo

is organised. I was on the July 8th demo at the Charge D1Affairs. There were fasniHfcyxifefESKX twenty of us, six of whom had come from the North of England for the demonstration!

Surely the testing of a(particularly dirty hydrogen bomb in the atmos¬ phere merits some really militant action. We know what would happen if the Americans resumed testing! Whether we like it or not, we have to show publicly that we oppose all nuclear weapons without•making any dis¬ tinctions because of the roi'ins of the fall-out.

There, is a tendency in CND to equate the publishing of an article in Sanity with action. I hope the Committee won’t come to regard the issuing of a press statement as being an adequate substitute for action in the streets. 47.Teilo Street, Liverpool, 8. Tony Hetheringtoii.

CONVERSATION WITH A POLICEMAN. Chief Superintendant (on the phone to the London Committee of 100): ’’Let me see, new; Jim Radford and Nicolas Walter - they’re in for the ’Brighton $ob’, aren’t they?”!

YOU A ND THU POL/

T o often, demonstrators and others who have been arrested and charged with an offence, take things for granted. When this happens to you or your friends it is of the utmost importance that one should know exactly what the charge is. Apart from paper words, each charge should he accompanied by the section of the law under which the charge is made; the section of that section and the date or year of the section. More often than not, people are brought before a court within, say, 48 hours - sometimes sooner. It is advisable to ask for a remand on the basis that one wishes to study the charge in detail. This request must be granted in order that you may put your case roperly. If you initially intend to plead "Guilty”, don't. The number of people who have got off because the police have preferred wrong charges or have proceeded under the wrong Act is quite impressive. I know that there is at times a desire to get things over and done with, but if you are a serious demonstrator, be serious about the lot.

Any worthwhile library contains the necessary books of law so that you may look things up for yourselves, and the librarian will provide the necessary assistance if you tell him what you are looking for. There is another as¬ pect of this. Often the police' will make indiscriminate arrests and then proceed to make changes because they have to. Any old charge will do for them and then they have to”fixH the evidence to fit the"crimen. This means the police have to lie repeatedly whether they wish to or not. and, as you and I well know from experience, they will do that anyway. It is therefore wise to purchase a transcript of the evidence from the Court, It only costs a few shillings and is Well worth it, especially if there has been a gap between one set of evidence and another. Mind you, the Court Recorder makes some ghastly "mistakes” and this must cause some scepticism, as these "mis¬ takes" are usually against your interests. Nevertheless, do it. There is often a chance to bring such "errors" to the notice of the court and get agreement on what was actually said.

Then there is the question' of an Appeal after conviction. Often there is a point of law to proceed upon. This is the best reason for Appeal of course, but if you feel that you have been dealt with unjustly and you have a chance of proving it, Appeal. There is an economic way of doing this and if you contact the office of the London Committee of 100, many of us will have had first hand experience of how to proceed. If we don't know, we will find out for you. Don't take things lying down. Our protest is against it all - the lot l It stems from the same thing - the reversal of worthwhile values into something unacceptable, corrupt and quite repellent.

One last word - except for giving the necessary information about yourself when under arrest - keep your trap shut. If you don't, you are likely to be "lumbered" with things you didn't say. It happens when you do clamp down, but don't bring about your own "ruin". Finally, successive reports from the Law Society, representing Britain's legal profession, say that the police "often exaggerate and fabricate evidence where they are reasonably sure of guilt of the accused". (sic) In that case, much wasteful expense could be saved by doing away with courts altogether.

Tommy Farr

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At about p.m. on Friday 21st July, as I was walking up Claremont Road, Cricklewood, to work, a police Panda car screeched to a halt on the wrong side of the road, and P.C. Q, 660 jumped out, rushed up to me, grabbed my right arm and said that there was a warrant out for my arrest, I replied that this was ridiculous and he must be joking. He told me to get into his car, registration no. NYL 518F. I protested strongly at this, saying that I had to get to work.

He asked me what my name was, I said that after the treatment I had re¬ ceived I did not intend to give my name. He then began to pull and push me towards his car. I resisted and said I did not want to go to the police as I had to get to work. However, I said that if he would arrest and charge me I would go to the police station, but not otherwise. I would also have him for wrongful arrest. He repeated that there was a warrant out' for my arrest and as he had arrested me t?;o months ago, he should know. I told him that he must have a terrible memory if he just wicks on people in the street and says that he knows them as he had arrested them previously and there is a warrant out for them. I told him that I had never seen him be¬ fore and if he was so sure of himself why did he not arrest me. He then said I was under arrest.

He tried to frog-march me to the police car, so I sat down. This stumped him a bit and a small crowd gathered. I remained sitting on the pavement.

ASKED FOR HELP

The policemen asked a man on the other side of the road for help and he came over to us. and the P.C, asked him to stand over me while lie got reinforce¬ ments on his radio. As the II. C. went towards the car I got up and attemp¬ ted to walk away. The P.C. came back and stopped me and asked the man if he would get the radio out of his car and bring it over to him. The man brought the walkie-talkie and the P.C. called for help in bringing in a prisoner and asked H.Q. to find a warrant for a man he had a,rrested two months earlier. The time was now 5»45

I asked, people around if they were willing to be witnesses and some said they would. The man who helped the P.C. gave me his name and address and said he was simply helping a police officer in the execution of his duty.

The P.C. seemed a bit worried by new. I tried to talk to him but unsuc¬ cessfully. Sitting on a wall I pointed out to the crowd that it was dis¬ gusting that an innocent citizen could be quietly walking along the road and be pounced upon and told that he is under arrest. I told the P.C. that I would be taking the matter further.

POLICEMAN IN TROUBLE

Every.few minutes the P.C. kept asking down the walkie-talkie where his

reinforcements were and at one stage he swore into it saying he had been waiting ages. Two or three times I heard the Sergeant ask him what he was playing at as he was meant to be on an important call and should have atten¬ ded to it. The P.C. looked a bit white and had to keep explaining to the Sergeant why he had detained me. He told me that he knew me and that I lived at 16 Claremont Road. He also asked the people around if any of them knew me; naturally none of them did. I asked him why, if he thought I lived where he said I did, why he did not go to that address and ask the people there if they knew me? He did not answer but called, once more, through his walkie-talkie, for reinforcements L

My place of work was just 300 yards up the road and at about 6.5 p.m. two people whom I work with cane past and asked what had happened. I told them the story and asked them not to give my name if the constable demanded it of them. Even so, one of them gave him my name and said that I lived some¬ where in Edgware. I asked the P.C. if, now that he knew who I was, if he would let me go? He replied that he was still not convinced l

REINFORCEMENTS

At about 6.10 p.m., another Panda car, driven by P.C. Q 586 drove up, who was told what had happened by P.C. 660. The two of them then locked up the first Panda car and escorted me to the second one. I told them that they should let me go as they had the wrong person and P.C. Q66O knew this. I arrived at Willesden Green Police Station at 6.25 p.m. I was taken into a room and after about two minutes a Sergeant, Q 87, came in and said that he was very sorry but a big mistake had taken place; this sort of thing did Hot happen every day.' He then asked me for my name, which I refused to give, as they now knew that they had the wrong person, so there was no point. He asked me if I wanted a cup of tea and I said yes; I was asked how many sugars and I said two. He then invited me into his office, where he explained how the mistake had occurred and how sorry he was.... I then received a cup of very sweet coffee. I was asked if I wanted to make any telephone calls and I said, no, thanks. We had a long chat about this and that and he kept saying how sorry he was that this had happened, etc...

After a while I was asked by him if I would like a lift anywhere and I re¬ plied that I ??ould like a lift to Edgware Police Station. When I said this, he replied? ”0h, no. We will give you a lift all the way home - anywhere I liked”. I replied that this was fine. During our conversation I found out that the Sergeant’s name was Chvanagh.

I was given a lift to the bottom of the road where I lived - the P.C. who gave me the lift was very talkative and I had a nice ride home....

Earlier, P.C. Q, 586 told me he had only come to the aid of a fellow P.C. who had asked for assistance 1

Melvyn Estrin.

A COMMUNITY THAT CARES.

On any day or night of the year winter or summer, in London’s East End, you can find little groups of men and sometimes women, on bomb sites and in derelict houses. They are ususally ’jake’ (methylated or surgical spirit) drinkers; men and women who are chronic alcoholics. During the winter, to keep warm, they cover themselves with old clothes, newspapers and cellophane wrappings. Sooner or later they die of alcohol poisoning or cirrhosis of the liver, unless they are either burnt to death by falling in one of their own fires or die of exposure during a long winter’s- night.

Many of these men have had proper homes, which for one reason or another have broken up. Some of them are men who have despaired of the rat - race way of life which our society carries on. They refuse to accept its rules by which a man can improve his financial position or status in the community; and so they reject the world and its values, or the world rejects them and their values.

The Simon Community, founded by Anton Wallicli - Clifford, aims to bring something to these people which they have forgotten existed; that is, love, concern and help from their fellow - men. Anton spent some time as a Dosser, wearing old clothes, sleeping rough and getting ’loused up’ like the men he wished to help. He was accepted by them and in 1963 op¬ ened the first Simon House. The Simon houses are permissive, self-help communities where there is very little distinction between helpers and those being helped. They are run on a family basis, where individual problems are shared by all. The work around the house is carried out by both helpers and those being helped.

The Community does not only deal with neths drinkers; its various houses contain Heroin and other hard drug addicts, homosexuals, schizophrenics, discharged mental patients and any other type of 'social misfit'. St Joseph's House (Joe's) in North West London, deals with long term care work, A mobile soup kitchen goes out twice a week to Waterloo Station and other areas where people sleep rough. This is one of the ways contain is made with the Jake drinkers; a friendly Relationship is built up between the Simon workers and the neths fen. Once -the. drinkers begin to accept and trust the workers , the Community (funds permitting) rents a semi™acrein .ouso near to the bomb site and turns it into a home. The drinkers can then come in and brew‘their jake in peace. There is a room provided for those who wish to dry off, but no compulsion is used. Simon does not count its successes by how many it rehabilitates. The men can stay in the community for as long as they like; it is as much their home as that of the Simon workers.

The Community now has houses in London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Exeter:. It’s future plans include building a village in conjunction with other social organisations to be run as a large - scale care - unit.

A Simon worker receives £1 per week plus a tobacco allowance, with one day off a week. The Community estimates that over 80 per cent of it’s long - term Simon's have come from the peace movement. Because the Community is run on unorthodox lines, opposition arises from local residents and councils. The recent- court case brought agains't the Sclater' Street shelter by the Tower Hamlets Council (reported in last month's R.S.G) is an example of this opposition. One of the' main jobs of the Simon Community (like the radical petac^ movement) is the trans¬ formation of priorities in our so-call d civiiiS'ed society.

For further information on the Simon Community, ‘ write 'to Anton'Wallich - Clifford, Simonwell Farm, Sole Street, Near Crundale, Canterbury, Kent. Peter Bradford.

nap Mm Napalm is a mixture of petrol and metallic soap which,? in appearance, resembles lime - green marmalade. The ‘soap thickens the petrol and

'causes it to stick to any surface with which it cones in contact. The mixture is contained in an-aircraft.drop-tahk, together with a phos¬ phorous. grena.de, the pin, of which; is retained by an elastic band. On impact, the tank shatters, spewing the mixture in all directions.. The elastic band breaks, releasing the pin of the phosphorous grenade, which ‘explodes and ignites the mixture. It is thus very easy to man¬ ufacture in any country with access to Napalm's deadly ingredients - petrol metallic soap, fuel drop-tanks and phosphorous grenades. Napalm is most devstating against lightly clad, unsheltered personnel. Al¬ though it is considered by many to have a reputation far exceeding its military effectiveness, napalm's principle use is as a weapon to harrass and terrorise civilian populations unable to defend thensei against indiscriminate attack. . %

Napalm is being used in Vietnam by U.S troops -against the Vietnamese people. There is now evidence that Napalm was used by Israeli troops against arab troops during the recent' middle east war.They .have been accused of destroying villages by the use, of napalm and fragmentation bombs. The Egyptians have also been accused of using,napalm and gas in the Yemen against villagers. These allegations should be thorough-

,ly investigated by independent people.

Napalm is, of course, just another form of warfare - ;a more deadly form than some others - but like the atom and hydrogen bombs it is simply the inevitable consequences of the continuance of the warfare state. All war is wrong and the use of weapons of war is wrouQg But if we can stop the use of some of the more,deadly weapons like Napalm, we have achieved a step towards the aboliton of all.war. .Furthermore, a c.amapign against the use of these weapons would spotlight the inhum¬ anity of war itself. Such a canapign is urgently necessary.

OMMITT EE Oav.

During this year I have issued two appeals for financial support for the London Committee of 100; the first appeal brought a really good response5 the second brought Virtually nothing, but my most grateful thanks are ex¬ tended to all those who responded to either* Having thanked all those who sent a donation on these occasions, I Y/ish now tu know Y/hether you do not think that you Owe some thanks and gratitude to those who have consistently and unsparingly battled on for years against the odds in order to koop the London Committee of 100 going in a radical way that no other organisation fulfils#

Actually a dozen or so tireless people have been responsible for this, seek¬ ing no other reY/ard than that something Y/orthwhile may be done in order to provide opposition to the inhuman values perpetuated by inhuman people and governments all over the Y/orld, We accept no compromise on the values we seek. We enter into no collusion with the representatives of the State who Y/ould sooner have us out of the way®

Our supporters, those v/ho act out their beliefs to the very best of their ability, have been arrested; subjected to ill-treatment; fined and imprisoned. When these things occur one may be sure that opposition to what is evil and v/rong is carried through Y/ith the utmost dedication, I knoYJ you all have your own financial difficulties; so have I, I know that you have had to look after enough to see to it that you had a holiday, I hope that you all had a very happy time, Now what about the real people of Greece, of Vietnam, Aden, South Africa and many other countries? No holiday for them® Only burning, maiming, shooting, bombing, and the greatest depths of suffering and misery.

Did yo'it think on these things whilst you were away? Did you consider Y/hether you Y/ere doing really enough aa&iwwt^y and ctherY/ise? If you did, Y/hat did that battle with your conscience dictate? Or did yon win that battle in spite of the odds? At this time, the London Committee of 100 is in such a bad financial state that it is certain ?/e will have to close dov/n for good if all those who think anything of the Committee do not respond, and keep on responding.

As you finish reading this, reach for the telephone, or a pen and contact the London office. Dial ARC 1239 (outside London you dial 01 - 272 - 1239)••••if the number is still available (we have not been able tu meet our current ■: • . account) and see how best you can help® We need regular donations - not just a donation v/hen an appeal is made c

It* s up to you. Hoy/ much in hard cash do you care? Not just for yourself, or for the Committee, but for humanity?

London Committee of 100, 13 CoodY/in Street, Nc4. Kathy Farr3(Treasurer.)

GENOCIDE SOCAGE TO

/N HFORD. During the Genocide Square demonstration on June 30th I was arrested along with 17 others, including Hilary Little, my girl friend0 On July 7th I appeared before Magistrate Leo Gradwell, at Marlborough Street Court on charges of obstruction and assaulting P.C. Ian Lunn. Despite the fact that I had two witnesses (Wilfred Y/igham of the ILP and Hilary) to confirm that no assault took place, Gradwell, rencuned for his reactionary views, sen¬ tenced me to one months imprisonment, Jur 'protest at this unjust sentence I went limp in the dock and was roughly manhandled out of court and thrown into the cells. Later I was taken to Wormwood Scrubs wrhere, after being finger¬ printed, documented, photographed, bathed, shorn of my long hair and uniform¬ ed, I became Prisoner Humber YP 10797o Conditions at the Scrubs were awful; the food wasn’t fit for pigs and there was a constant stench of stale piss. After one week at the Scrubs I was transferred to Ashford where, after more documenting, etc, I became YP 17614#

At Ashford there is decent food, clean, modern cells and one is locked up only at night. Ashford mainly houses those remanded in custody and those awaiting sentence. There is a hospital containing mental cases and Junkies doing cold turkeys and a detached block containing 40 or so Y,P's(convicted persons.) in the 17 to 21 age group*,

Ashford is in many ways like an army camp; even to the wire fence topped with barbed wire. The prisoners are marched everywhere (the voice of the screw bawling "by the left, quick march5 is still ringing in my earsN and every morning the cells are inspected. If one’s cell is not to the liking of the screw doing inspections, one is liable to lose one week’s association. The people who suffered most at Ashford were those in for drugs, the coloureds and the Irish (who made up about half of the prisoners). The Drug cases, many of whom have been framed, worked, or rather slaved, in the laundry in a constant temperature of 80,P, which in the summer must have been unbearable.

Some of the screws loved to taunt the coloured, and Irish with remarks which in my opinion deserve prosecution under the Race Relations Act. I remember an indident one morning during cell inspection. The Principle Officer, an extreme authoritarian and racialist, asked one of the prisoners if he were Irish, nYes, Sir", replied the prisoner, "I hate you Irish bastards" said the PO in a manner reminiscent of a concentration camp guard. nT* at’s because we threw you Englishmen out of Ireland" retorted the prisoner, who was w. ■/ tic sympathetic to the IRA0 For this he received a beating - up and a week in solitary confinement on bread and water. Yet all he had done ?ras defend his country in the face of a racialist slander.

I was put to work in the gardens cutting the grass, peasant fashion, with a sickle. This w as .because there was very little in the gardens I could sab¬ otage , At the Scrubs I hade been in the toy shop painting rubber bendy toys, i quite a few of which I managed to sabotage - much to the annoyance of the screws# For my work ( I worked a seven - hour, five and a half day vjeek) I was paid the princely sum of 3/6 per week, which, as I don’t smoke, I spent on sweets from the prison canteen, where one can buy such luxuries as tobacco,

sweets, soap, and toothpaste,- Considering the profits the warfare state must make from the labour of its prisoners, I would advise comrades unfor¬ tunate enough to be imprisoned to refuse to work or try to sabotage the work as I did. The Library at the Scrubs was quite good and during my week there I began reading E.H.Carr’s "Socialism In. rne Country." and "The 7 Philosophy Of Nietschze". However, at Ashford 'the library was useless and my only reading matter was the letters I received from my friends and the newspapers (The Guardian and The Observer) a friend had sent in to me. He had also arranged for me to have "Peace News" and the "Socialist Leader" but I never received these, neither during my imprisonment nor at the time of my release.

The evenings at Ashford were quite varied5 or Mondays and Thursdays there were classes which consisted of general knowledge quizzes and discussions on such topics as Sex Before Marriage and Drugs• On Tuesdays there was a two-hour PT lesson which I found exhausting0 The other evenings we were on association which meant we could play darts or billiards, watch'TV or just sit and talk, A few of the prisoners had been in contact with CHD or the Comm¬ ittee of 100 and I had some interesting discussions on drugs, the hippies, anarchism and the peace movement. Most of the screws were reactionary or of limited intelligence. One of them thought the Committee of 100 went round . - setting fire to synagogues’.

During a visit Hilary told me she had been visited by a Detective Constable from Scotland Yard who asked lots of questions about our political activity (looks like the SB are bringing their files up to date). Now I-am free So continue the struggle against the state, but my comrade, Dave Biggs, is still in the detention centre at Goudhurst; Nic Walter and Jim Radford are ' still in Brixton and in the near future the Greek 41 will probably be imprisoned. It is always very depressing when our comrades go into prison, but however sad and angry we may be at their imprison ment, I think we should follow Joe Hill’s advice;

Don’t mourn — Organise’, Terry Liddle*

VIETNAM

THE AGGRESSION CONTINUES. A Swedish doctor investigating the Vietnam war stated on August 10th that the United States Government has turned. Vietnamese hamlets into the "most gigantic gas chambers in history."Speaking at a press conference, upon his return from Vietnam, Dr John Takman, Chief Medical Officer of the Stockholm City Welfare board, said; "As a matter of routine, American aircraft are dropping gas powder bombson South Vietnamese hamlets suspected of harbouring Vietpong, The gas powder lingers for seven days and kills many, I am convinced of this after studying all news reports, and talking to the North Vietnamese."

In Washington, on August 10th, .the Chairman of the Senate Preparedness Sub-Committee said he was convinced the Vietnam war could go on for years unless bombing restrictions on US airmen were lifted. Senator John Stennis said "our full potential is not being employed in the war." He went on; "There are many additional lucrative targets which have not been bombed.",

South Vietnam’s Defence Minister has now admitted that US and other troops are bombing neutral Cambodia. He-said; "Air raids on ’ inf iltrstion, routes through Laos and Cambodia are inadequate in cutting off the £1ctc of Comm¬ unist war supplies

Coain** r ret. OfF( c E nsOEJQ

On Sunday, 20th August, three men in a White Cortina car machine - gunned the United States Embassy in London. Nobody was hurt. A note was left which reads "Stop criminal murders by the American army4 Solidarity with all people batt - ling against Yankee fascism, all over the world*. Racism*. Freedom for American negrosl" It was signed by the "Revolutionary Solidarity Movement."

On Monday evening, 21st August, the Committee of 100 office was raided by several policemen, led by Detective - Superintendant Bugler, who had a warrant of entry "to see if a sten - gun was hidden there." When it was pointed out to Mr Butler that the Committee of 100 was a non - violent organisation, he saids "I thought your policy had changed since the Greek Embassy demonstration." It was then pointed out that the Greek Embassy demonstration had not been organised by the Committee but that in any case it had been an entirely non - violent action. Indeed, Andrew Papworth, who was present and who had been one of the Greek Embassy demonstrators, challenged mR Butler to prove that, apart from the police and the embassy staff, anybody present had used any violence? No answer*. Television cameras were present and Andrew Papworth was interviewed for both BBC 1 and 2. Ancirovr, and Bob Baggs ( another Committee supporter) were the only people in tb^ Committee when the police called. Douglas Kepper (London Committee ** retary) arrived la^^2? and was interviewed by both police and press ■fJe'ter Cadogan (National Secretary) gave several interviews to the press. The homes of several supporters were visited, including those of Andrew Papworth, Terry Chand¬ ler, Brian Pottle (who was mistaken for his brother, Pat) and Ron Bailey.

OUR POSITION. Our position is thiss We do not know who fired the shots at the Embassy nor do we have the slightest inkling, as to whom It might be. We resent the fact that the Committee of 100 was singled out from all other organisations as the one most likely to be violent as, in fact, it is one of the least likely to be so. The Committee of 100 stands for non - violent direot action against tyranny and war| whilst not all its members are pacifists, they certainly do not approve of using guns or any other kind of armoury. We do not believe that violence solves any problems whatever - indeed, it causes more problems than it solves. If . anything, wars are more likely to be caused than stopped by shooting at Embassies. However, we cannot help feeling proud that the Committee of 100 was singled out from all other organisations as of being of sufficient importance to justify a police raid and it certainly got us publicity that we ourselves could never have afforded. Moreover, whilst we do not in any way condone the shooting, we cannot help feeling that this sort of thing is likely to increase in the future so long as United States policy continues as it is at present. They are carrying out a policy of Genocide in Vietnam - that is, a policy of wiping out an entire nation, in one of the bloodiest wars in modern times. They are leaving behind them a trail of violence that it would be difficult to improve upon. In their own country, col¬ oured people who rebel as a result of. shocking conditions are treated in the

same violent way* The United States Government are building up so much hatred in ihe ;world., Violence? torture, imprisonments and concentration- camps are becoming common - place things0

The ordinary people feel impotent and helpless1© Peaceful protesting appears to have no effect and people? boiling over with rage and despair? resort to other methods© Whoever they ai?e? they are wrong to do so and we cannot support them in any way© But at least we can try to understand what drives people to do this© The thugs in the White House and the Pentagon? drunk with- power? are leading us all to destruction© Let them stop their violehce and other people will stop theirs© Let the American Government withdraw all their troops now? from Vietnam© Let them set an example of peace and others will follow©

LEAVE THE LABOUR PARTY ? Some Are Already Doing It l

(Extract from the ’‘Graphical Journal"? Page 173? August 1367 issue©) "•«*&*© future relationship of the trade unions with the Labour Party? if any? having regard to the Wilson Government's treatment of the unions to date. "It is a question that most of us have been reluctant to raise© But disenchant¬ ment with* the Wilson Government is now so widespread among trade unionists that public discussion of it cannot be much longer delayed© "This is certainly true of the 3J0G.A© (Rational Graphical Association - the printing trade union)© Far too many members are deciding the matter individually by contracting out of our political fund© Indeed? if the rate of.withdrawal is not stemmed soon we shall be compelled to reduce our political commitments because the money will no longer be there'to meet them." Our comment? Good1.

VIETNAM. The United States troops have been bombing very close to the Chinese border and informed opinion'both in this country and in the US? believes that this has meant a change in US policy for the worse© Harold Wilson has denied this. He has not yet consulted his Master in the White House and received his in - structions? but he has told the House of Commons that he does not think there has been any change in US policy© The Times newspaper stated? in an'article in its issue of 17th August? that the United States armed forces were losing the ’ equivalent of a battalion a year in desertions from European - based troops? who don't want to go to-Vietnam© V/ho can blame them? The WR1 leaflet? appealing to servicemen to refuse to fight and v/hich bears the name of the Committee of 100 . on it is having terrific effect© Good! "Wars will only cease when men refuse to fight and when men refuse to manufacture Y/eapons of warl

SCOTLAND YARD© It has been reported in the House of Commons by the Estimates Committee? that the new Scotland Yard in Victoria Street? London? has cost £lgr millions more than they estimated it would© According to the "Sunday‘Telegraph" (20/8/67) the Metropolitan Police costs .£50 millions a year© Phew! Just think of all the homes that this amount would provide for homeless people. No wonder magistrates impose such heavy fines on demonstrators© Let's not pay so many 1

fines© Why help to finance police headquarters?

BRIXTON PRISON TO DOWNING STREET0 Over forty members and supporters of the London Committee of 100 assembled at Brixton Prison on Saturday August 12th, at 2o0pm, and a half - hour meeting took place© Speakers included Terry Biddle ( who had recently come out of Ashford Remand Centre), a young frined from Kent who was sent to prison during the Labour Party conference at Brighton and held there for one month without trial? Andy Anderson ( one of those arrested with Jim after the Brighton church action), Roger Sutton and Douglas Kepper© Jim Radford held a red flag outside his cell window and a piece of paper bearing the words, "Love From Jim.” After the meeting there was a march to Downing Street, during which thousands of people stood and watched and read the slogans on the posters, especially outside the Tate Gallery, in Brixton High Street and in Parliament Square. A public meeting on the corner of Horse Guards Avenue and li VhxWnaML, with, all the above - named speakers but including Mrs Marjorie Holt, from Tenterden in Kent and Tommy Farr, was extremely well - attended by tourists; a good collection took place; literature sales were good and Peter Cadogan ( another of the speakers) initiated the camapign ( suggested by Jim Bedford) calling on Labour Party members to burn their membership cards and to resign, in protest against the Government’s support for the war in Vietnam*, Only one thing marred the occasion® There wrere not enough people on the demonstration© Even allowing for those on I .. holiday, there were many, many people on the London Committee mailing list who should have been there© We were demonstrating for them, as much as for Jim Radford and Nicolas Walter© We do not know, incidentally, if Nicolas heard us at the prison; we think' he -was in a different block. However, our speeches were directed to him as much as to Jim©

HIROSHIMA DAY. About 170 people took part in a thirty minute vigil at the Cenotaph in White - hall, from 12o0 noon to 12©30 pm to commemorate Hiroshima Day. It was very impressive and a large number of blue cornflowers Yfere placed on the Cenotaph at the end of the vigil© There was an eat - out (picnic) in the Victoria Tower Gardens afterwards that was quite well attended, and a number of delegat¬ ions went off to the various embassies and the two houses of parliament to deliver letters of protest at the nuclear arms race. On the same afternoon, the London Committee of 100 held an Autumn Mobilisation meeting at the West - minster Meeting House which.was attended by over 40 people. Several organisat¬ ions were represented, including London and National Committee of 100; Projects Committee of CND; PPU; London and National Committees of YCND; BCPV; VSC and several anarchist groups. Plans are going ahead for a full day of activity on Saturday October 21st and a Working Group has been set up which meets reg¬ ularly© Those v/ho would like to attend Working Group meetings should contaurt the Committee of 100 office© Other Hiroshima Day Activities included a meeting on Ealing Green (YCND) addressed by Rev., Andrew King and a’ meeting at St * ' ' Albans?(CED) addressed by Douglas Kepper0 XXXXXXXXXXXX7CXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXCqcx:dt.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

WHISPER .AND SHOUT © If your group, society, school, college o± club is in - terested in a reading of poetry and jazz; poetry and folk - song or poetry and beat, why not contact "Whisper And Shout" who will arrange to visit you? There is no fee but whatever collection or expenses you cah afford© Write to Dennis Gould, 56 Jackson Avenue, Mickleover, DERBY©

WHY YOU SHOULD BE AH ANARCHIST t. It is obvious that the Labour and Communist parties are just as had as the Liberal and Conservative parties. Most politicians are only interested in money and power and the few who aren’t are banging their heads against a brick wall. They spend huge amounts of money on defence while people all over the world starve. Anarchists believe that governments and all authority are the real causes of wars and injustice, and the only way to abolish war is to completely change the present society0 Anarchists want no government, laws, or authority of any kind, as they are all corrupt and dictatoriale All decisions should be made by the people involved and not by a leader, manager or boss* Students should be able to decide how they are to be educatedf factory workers should run their own factories, etc, Anarchists regard people as individuals and not as sheep that have no minds of their own* What can you do to help? You can support your local anarchist group or start your own. You can read and sell "Freedom" and "Anarchy" % and you can refuse to vote because voting is an irresponisble action as it gives other people power over you. ROBERT HALSTEAD,

COMMITTEE OF ICO The Committee of 100 is an orgunrsatic... Lab advocates non - violent direct action against all war, nuclear, biological, chemical, and conventionale We believe that the use of force to solve problems between nations is absolutely wrong. We are against all war and all war preparationso

Our activity includes conventional campaigning, such as public meetings, leaf¬ letting, marching, etc 5 it also includes unconventional campaigning such as urging men to refuse to join the armed forces5 trying to persuade young men at school to refuse to join cadet forces $ urging those already in the armed forces to become conscientious objectors and to opt out. This latter is very import¬ ant because many, many youngsters join the forces at a very early age, before they have had any chance to form opinions and having joined, usually for long periods, decide that they want to some out and are unable to do so. In the vast majority of schools their minds are conditioned towards war and what is called "the glory of war" and tow rds the hero-worship of anything military. Our duty is to put the facts about war fairly and squarely before young people and let them see how. immoral it all is and persuade them to have nothing to do with it. life also campaign to persuade men and women to refuse to manufacture weapons of war,, or any material used for war purposes. War and vrar preparations are immoral and all who take part in them are carrying out immoral activitiese

Why not join the Committee of 100 and help us in a camapign for a better world® The Government are spending £2,000 millions on war every year but they can’t find the money to house the homeless, look after the old folk orto feed the hungry. Write now to the Committee of 100, 13 Goodwin Street, London, N,4* Telephone ARC 1239/5524.

YOUTH COKFEREHCE» Dr Donald Soper has agreed to hold a youth conference in his church in the near future. Anybody who is inetersted should write to 13 Good-win Street, 2T.4, and the details will be sent on when available*

pouits op information,

LONDON COMMITTEE _ OP 100. Working Group meeting, Wednesday 30th August at Housmans Bookshop, (Basement) 5 Caledonian Road, N.1..7.30 pm*-. Prom Wednesday 6th September onwards, meetings will he at 6 Endsleigh Street, W.C.I., at 7*30 pm..PULL COMMITTEE MEETING on Wednesday 6th September*

NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF 100. Quarterly meeting on Saturday and Sunday, 9th and 10th September at the Three Horseshoes Hotel, Heath Street, Hampstead, London, N.V/.3* Further details from 13 Goodwin Street, London, N.4. Offers of accommodation for supporters from out¬ side London would be welcome.

ACTION AT GLEN DOUGLAS* September 16th to 18th. A weekend of activity in the Glen Douglas area of Scot¬ land, similar to last year’s Coulport action. Details from Les Morris, 4A Beech- wood, Sauchie, Clacks, Scotland.

WAY AHEAD CONFERENCE. Saturday September 30th from 2.0 pm to 6.0 pm. "The Way Ahead For the London ©eace Movement*'... .Sunday October 1st, 2.0 pm to 6.0 pm. "The Way Ahead For The London Committee of 100." Venue not yet fixed. Details from 13 Goodwin Street, London, N.4.

AUTUMN MOBILISATION. Saturday and Sunday, 21dt and 22nd October, in Washington, USA and LONDON. Autumn mobilisation for peace in Vietnam. Working Group meeting on Thursday 31st August at 7*30pm at Housmans Bookshop (Basement) 5 Caledonian Road, London, N.l.

PEACE NEWS CHRISTMAS FAIR. Saturday November 11th, at Kingsway Hall, starting at about 11.30 am and continu¬ ing through the day. A chance to do your Christmas shopping early and help the funds of Peace News.

BADGES. Help our funds. Send for badge list. Discount on most bulk orders. New badge now outs AGAINST TYRANNY IN GREECE, l/- each plus postage.

RESISTANCE. The National Committee of 100 magazine, l/- per copy, plus 3<3. postage? 6/- for 6 issues including postage. From Birmingham Peace Action Centre, Factory Road, ^ Birmingham, 19 •

INDECENCY IN CHURCH. This pamphlet, the story of the Brighton church demonstration, is still a best seller. Price 6d plus 3d postage, from 13 Goodwin Street, London, N.4, or from Housmans Bookshop. Proceeds to Welfare Group, Committee of 100.

UNDERGROUND. A radical magazine for youth against the bomb and for a better society. Published by North West YCND and London Region YCND. Price 6d plus 3d postage. 5/- for 6 issues, including postage. YCND, .14 Tibs Lane, Manchester, 14.

' • THE CREATORS. *- : . , .

Underneath the concrete blocks of the Pentagon lie the foundations,layed by the opressed negroes of the American bygone age. Underneath the foundations., lies the • soli$•mixed with■; the blood 8c sweat of those negro slaves.• ’ ’ %0 . I

The soil is foul now, as it absorbed the sweat from the feet of many men ■ ‘

who walked above.

Many evil 8c wicked men . Who exploited a nation for their own ends..

' , 8; are still doing so today, .... :

These men in their sick'minds.. conjured up wars and caused riots and poverty, All which resulted in death & destruction. They created the grief stricken mothers in fifty states. They created ten thousand widows in ten thousand homes. They created a million orphans in Saigon 8c Chicago. ' They created black 1 white hate in Harlem & Alabama.

The soil is so foul 8c corrupt, under-the Pentagon, that even the worms die in it! m .... . . The corruption;is so bad, It’s spreading to the rich orchards of California & the-wheatfields of Wyoming.

These men are creating the. napalm•& blood, the death 8c tears, legless man, the armless child,the burnt bodies of a thousand villages. •TJie pregnant mother who lies cold 8; rigid. • . . .. in hen-belly lies not only a now dead baby, but also half-a-dozen 50 calibre cannon shells. , ■ . The words 8c deeds of these men in the Pentagon . are ripping apart the bodies of innocent peasants, the child soldier v/ho fights for his right to live & ,love 'The words of these evil men in the Pentagon,are bombs & bullets, shells 8< rockets, gas 8c grenades,plague 8c desease,corruption & filth.

* They are the creators.....