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LETTER (cont. from page two)  Middle Earth page nine

between our two peoples, in the common struggle for peace, justice, freedom, civil rights, and an end to the war in Vietnam.
Dear American Friends, the Chicago events, particularly the brutal crackdown by the police upon anti-war demonstrators, have exposed the truth before the public opinion of the entire world: Johnson's ballyhoos about "democracy" and "peace"are lies. Now, faced with the legitimate aspirations of the growing opposition, any candidate to the presidency, has to to advocate "an end to the war."But in fact, those sweet words are only aimed at appeasing public opinion and getting more votes.
With the experience gained in their past struggle, better that anyone else, the American people have clearly seen through the psychological manuvers of the US ruling elite and will certainly step up their struggle to force the US government to stop the war, and bring the GI's home.
In South Vietnam, through the development of the military situations, since the beginning of the year, particularly through the repeated offensives on the urban centers by the NLF and other forces of liberation, as well as the evacuation of Khe Sanh and many other strategic positions by the U.S., you may clearly see that the war being conducted by the United States government against our people is not only criminal, unjust, illegal, and immoral war, but also an unwinnable one. The best way to protect the lives of the GI's is to demand that they be brought back home to their families - alive and now.
Once again, we hope that you will fully understand that the South Vietnamese people only want friendly relations with the American people. The South Vietnamese mothers never want American mothers to weep and wail otherthe loss of their beloved sons in an alien land, for an unknown purpose.
The US government has no right to bring death and destruction on a people who only want to live in peace. The US government has no right to force the American people to pay with their own blood for a war that smears the honor and fine traditions of the American people. The US governement has no right to force American youths to sacrifice themselves in the selfish interests of the US war monopolies, in a way against a whole nation, a way cursed by the whole of mankind.
We are confidant that the unshakable will of the South Vietnamese people, for independence, freedom, and self-determinations, will win increasing approval of broad strata of the people in the United States, and that you will step up your struggle, in response to the appeal launched by the National Mobilization Committee to end the War in Vietnam during the confrontation last August in Chicago: "We will demonstrate our determination to stay in the streets of America whoever the candidate, whatever the platform, until every GI is home from Vietnam."
We wish the GI's in South Vietnam, American youths jailed in the USA for having refused induction, the GI's jailed for having refused to go to South Vietnam, an early and happy return to their families. We wish more and more Gi's stationed in US bases everywhere and right in the United States would clearly recognize their legitimate interests and resolutely act in accordance with their consciences, and refuse any involvement in the Vietnam War.
On this occasion, C.S.A.P. wishes to extend its friendly greetings and sincere gratitude to anti-war organizations of Americans living in France, Great Britain, and Cuba, and to the various peace groups around the world, for their noble activities in supporting and assisting American draft resisters and deserters. We wish that in the face of the new situation, you would increase and further your activities..
With our warmest regards and greetings for solidarity and friendship. OCt. 16, 1968.

Universal conformity/ Universal exploitation of all peoples by corporations and governments/Black power as a weapon/authoritarianism/The religious establishment/America first/ overkill/the obsolete Bible/The death of God our national political conventions/Anti-missile missile system/ starvation/existential despair/War as an institution/riots/ &opelessness...

The Bahai'i Faith
presents Mr. Ken Kalentar at Christus House
(Church and Dubuque Streets) at 2 PM Saturday, November 23.

"A Pattern for Future Society"

Universal education
The oneness of mankind
Equality of men and women
Elimination of prejudice of all kinds
Independent investigation of the truth
The common foundation of all religions
The essential harmony of science and religion
A spiritual solution to the economic problems
Universal peace upheld by a world government

Capitalism, Your Slip is Showing

New York (INS) — Here are a few statistics on the Great Society from the Wall Street Journal that give substance to the suspicion that capitalism can't deliver the goods to those who really need them.
In the last five years, the number of Americans with taxable incomes of at least one million dollars yearly has nearly doubled. There are 100,000 such creatures in the country today.
But while the rich get richer, the real weekly wage of the vast number of workers in non-supervisory positions, from clerks to steel workers, has shrunk slightly. The weekly average paycheck in September, after compensation for rising prices and Federal taxes, stood at $72.32, down from $72.54 in September, 1967, and $72.72 in October 1965, the record month.
This decrease may not sound like much, but a record of declining white and blue-collar wages does not fit into the myth of tremendous economic growth that American capital projects.
It is clear, too, which consumers collect the goodies resulting from this growth. Other statistics, the Journal adds, show that the purchasing power of supervisors—the managerial class and corporate executives—continues to expand.

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LETTER (cont. from page two) Middle Earth page nine between our two peoples, in the common struggle for peace, justice, freedom, civil rights, and an end to the war in Vietnam. Dear American Friends, the Chicago events, particularly the brutal crackdown by the police upon anti-war demonstrators, have exposed the truth before the public opinion of the entire world: Johnson's ballyhoos about "democracy" and "peace"are lies. Now, faced with the legitimate aspirations of the growing opposition, any candidate to the presidency, has to to advocate "an end to the war."But in fact, those sweet words are only aimed at appeasing public opinion and getting more votes. With the experience gained in their past struggle, better that anyone else, the American people have clearly seen through the psychological manuvers of the US ruling elite and will certainly step up their struggle to force the US government to stop the war, and bring the GI's home. In South Vietnam, through the development of the military situations, since the beginning of the year, particularly through the repeated offensives on the urban centers by the NLF and other forces of liberation, as well as the evacuation of Khe Sanh and many other strategic positions by the U.S., you may clearly see that the war being conducted by the United States government against our people is not only criminal, unjust, illegal, and immoral war, but also an unwinnable one. The best way to protect the lives of the GI's is to demand that they be brought back home to their families - alive and now. Once again, we hope that you will fully understand that the South Vietnamese people only want friendly relations with the American people. The South Vietnamese mothers never want American mothers to weep and wail otherthe loss of their beloved sons in an alien land, for an unknown purpose. The US government has no right to bring death and destruction on a people who only want to live in peace. The US government has no right to force the American people to pay with their own blood for a war that smears the honor and fine traditions of the American people. The US governement has no right to force American youths to sacrifice themselves in the selfish interests of the US war monopolies, in a way against a whole nation, a way cursed by the whole of mankind. We are confidant that the unshakable will of the South Vietnamese people, for independence, freedom, and self-determinations, will win increasing approval of broad strata of the people in the United States, and that you will step up your struggle, in response to the appeal launched by the National Mobilization Committee to end the War in Vietnam during the confrontation last August in Chicago: "We will demonstrate our determination to stay in the streets of America whoever the candidate, whatever the platform, until every GI is home from Vietnam." We wish the GI's in South Vietnam, American youths jailed in the USA for having refused induction, the GI's jailed for having refused to go to South Vietnam, an early and happy return to their families. We wish more and more Gi's stationed in US bases everywhere and right in the United States would clearly recognize their legitimate interests and resolutely act in accordance with their consciences, and refuse any involvement in the Vietnam War. On this occasion, C.S.A.P. wishes to extend its friendly greetings and sincere gratitude to anti-war organizations of Americans living in France, Great Britain, and Cuba, and to the various peace groups around the world, for their noble activities in supporting and assisting American draft resisters and deserters. We wish that in the face of the new situation, you would increase and further your activities.. With our warmest regards and greetings for solidarity and friendship. OCt. 16, 1968. Universal conformity/ Universal exploitation of all peoples by corporations and governments/Black power as a weapon/authoritarianism/The religious establishment/America first/ overkill/the obsolete Bible/The death of God our national political conventions/Anti-missile missile system/ starvation/existential despair/War as an institution/riots/ &opelessness... The Bahai'i Faith presents Mr. Ken Kalentar at Christus House (Church and Dubuque Streets) at 2 PM Saturday, November 23. "A Pattern for Future Society" Universal education The oneness of mankind Equality of men and women Elimination of prejudice of all kinds Independent investigation of the truth The common foundation of all religions The essential harmony of science and religion A spiritual solution to the economic problems Universal peace upheld by a world government Capitalism, Your Slip is Showing New York (INS) — Here are a few statistics on the Great Society from the Wall Street Journal that give substance to the suspicion that capitalism can't deliver the goods to those who really need them. In the last five years, the number of Americans with taxable incomes of at least one million dollars yearly has nearly doubled. There are 100,000 such creatures in the country today. But while the rich get richer, the real weekly wage of the vast number of workers in non-supervisory positions, from clerks to steel workers, has shrunk slightly. The weekly average paycheck in September, after compensation for rising prices and Federal taxes, stood at $72.32, down from $72.54 in September, 1967, and $72.72 in October 1965, the record month. This decrease may not sound like much, but a record of declining white and blue-collar wages does not fit into the myth of tremendous economic growth that American capital projects. It is clear, too, which consumers collect the goodies resulting from this growth. Other statistics, the Journal adds, show that the purchasing power of supervisors—the managerial class and corporate executives—continues to expand.