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7-14-1969

Resist Board Meeting, July 14, 1969 Resist Board Meeting, July 14, 1969

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tGREETlWGS: The next meeting {or continuation of this one just past) will be held on SURDAl', JULY 27, at 11:00o It _will be at Mr!, room 473 in the Student Center. (The Student Center is a large, modern, concrete building directly across Massachusetts Ave. from the domed entrance hall to Mn'.) · It is reported to be air conditioned thrqughout. Once again, I urge promptness.

M~ OF RESIST STEERING COMMli"l!'EE MEET~, Ju~ 14, 1969, ~~w Y~rk

Members present: Paul Iauter, Dick Ohmann, Florence Howe, Dick Mumma, Robert Zevin, wuis Kam.pf, Frank Joyce, Dan Stern, and Noam Chomsky. Area Person, Doug Mc Cay. Guests: Tony Avirgan, Philadelphia Resistance; Arthur Waskow, Institute for Policy Studies; John Wilhelm, American Independent Movement {New Haven); Bob Rosenthal, Civil Liberties Legal D.efense Fund; Barry Bracken, Montreal Council to Aid War Resisters; James Shenton, Columbia University. Office Staff': Arlene Siegel, Chris Stevens, Bob Parsons.

Our thanks to the Zevins for hospitality and a fine lunch.

PDABC.ES The monthly financial report was presented and accepted. A special report on the direct mail ftmd raising project was also OK.

°l'b.e Committee accepted C rrie Hatch 0 s suggestion f'or mailing to more people on the most profitable lists, SNCC and "Donors to a Peace Appeal." Dan will be seeking other, more radi.:al lists f'or us to try. Th:!s mailing is scheduled to go out in the middle of Sept. ~

Florence reported on the art portfolios that have been donated to Resist for fund raialng.

DEW STATEMENT OF RESISTt1S POLITICAL ANAIXSIS Roughly seven hours were spent discussing the content and use of the new statement that we have been contidering since last wirter. The discussion concentrated on the latest draf't, composed by Dick Ohmann on the basis of comments rece~ved since the previous draft was discussed in June. The discussion brought out several disagreements as to the correct content of the statement and its proper use. The general issues under contention are listed below.

- Statement weakens its thrust by being too broad in acopeo It should ccncentrate on the police and military while also refe~ing to the other iesuea. - It should concentrate on defining and explicating why institutions are illegitimatee • It should concentrate more on class anal:.ysis • .. Racism is not necessarily1'J1 cause of U,.,S. exploitation of and attacks upon people of col.or., - The institutions of the establishment, both governmental and private, are illegitimate because they maintain private ownership and are inherently undemocratic. - The statement should not say we "encourage" people to take actions that· may be (arej illegal • .. There should be some statement of poaitlve program as distinct from criticism of contemporary society.

( concerning ~ of the stat,ement:)

- Statement does not "call" upon people tp do anything; it should be a "reaffirmation"o . - Statement should test how far our middle class constituency has come with us pol itically and , how much support we can expect. - s t at ement should accurately reflect the broadened scope of our work. ·- St atement should educate our constituency. ::.. Statement should "re-vitali ze" the movement ., ... \ ste.tement should. be promulgated in a. ·.~re_ma conf'e»?.J.ee and should be tied in

. with a political explanation of' the dectsion in the caae of t he~ llot1tou Fuu.r o

Ju~- 16;; 1969

2 '-.. - We ~hould be ~ecure enough about our leadenmip to avoid the rhetoric of

0vangualdia"o Ordir),ary leader~hip ia VyY uoeful at thi~ timeo

- Statement is not worth devoting major re4ources too - Signing the statement should in itself be an illegal act, ie. the statement should contain language that the courts have in~icated is evidence of an illegal act. - Statement must demonstrate that Resist .is accepting what the movement is doing at this t ·Lme', ie. Resist is keeping up with the rest of the movemento - A lot of bullshit laDgU8ge on a new statement isn 8t worth much, especial.1¥ lf' it 1s an obstacle to carrying out a direct action.

'!he disagreement on· •how the statement should be used was .not resolved. A new dratt reflecting this latest discussion will be mailed to members early next week . and the discussion will continue at the next meeting. XU the· interim, members are asked to tal.k with their polltical colleagues about · the potential · usefulness of the statement. !loam l!§m .drafted a proposed cover letter to accompany the statement ·-w~en it is finally mailed to possible signers.

C f nu.a to the late hour ,m,d general exhaustion, in addition to the tact

that several people had left the meeting, o~ emergency funding requests were dealt Vitho lfhe othen, will be considered at the mext mee'ti:Dgo

Vietnam GI - $250 :tor printing J~ ieeue; ve 9ll couider another request tor ifuidi to dititribute it, it they can"t f'1Dd other llOUZ'Cef!§o

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Grace Paley ~ $200 travel expen11«Hi tor trip to ~1 to met American Pa,1 9 ~

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a.rm B!JBIIEBS A "Worldwide Call to Support Besistance to the UoSo War Agaiut VietMm" van presented and accepted Vitb a few wgge~iou tor change in the languageo Jdemben are :.requ.eeted to wgge!R --~ ot llignen to lloamo

A brie:t written report wa§ read on Jerry G:ray 0 3 trip to SWeden and aubaequeimt flmd-rai§ing effort$ in »:trope.,

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A copy of the letter to rHPDDH8 1a at~o

RESIST Room 4, 763 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Mass: 02139 Phone: 617-491-8076

TEMPORARY STEERING COMMITTEE

NOAM CHOMSKY Massachusetts Institute of Technology

FREDERICK CREWS University of California Berkeley

WILLIAM DAVIDON Haverford College

RICHARD FLACKS University of Chicago

MITCHELL GOODMAN Temple, Maine

PA UL GOODMAN New York City

FLORENCE HowE Goucher College

FRANK JOYCE People Against Racism Detroit

DoNALD KALISH University of California Los Angeles

Loms KAMPF Massachusetts Institute of Technology Associate National Director

HANS KoNINGSBERGER New York City

PAUL LAUTER Antioch-Putney Graduate School National Director

REv. R1cHARD MuMMA Presbyterian Ministry at Harvard

GRACE PALEY New York City

RICHARD OHMANN Wesleyan University

MARCUS RASKIN Institute for Policy Studies

SONDRA SILVERMAN Brooklyn College

DAN STERN Chicago Area Draft Resistance

ROBERT ZEVIN Columbia University

June 1969

RESIST thanks you for your generous expression of support. We and the many projects funded by Resist depend upon the help that you and others like you extend. We are all grateful for your kind donation.

RESIST publishes a biweekly Newsletter, a copy of which is enclosed. If you are not already receiving our Newsletter on a regular basis and would like to subscribe, please return the form below to RESIST in the envelope we have provided. Of course your previous donation pays for your subscription.

RESIST and the groups it assists are determined to continue and increase our efforts to bring an end to the war and to combat socio-economic injustices in this country. In the face of government and vigilante repression of dissent, we anticipate growing difficulty in our work. Already in evidence are Nixon's reference to war critics as nneo-isolationists 11

, the appointment of Warren Burger to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the indictments of eight people involved in last summer's demonstrations at the I•-mocr atic National Convention, the recent victories of those mayoral candidates who hit the 11 law and order" theme hardest and the repeated attacks upon several Movement offices. We will not relent in our struggle.

We appreciate the contribution you recently made to the continuation of our work. We invite all of you who have not already done so to contact local groups that are working against the war, the draft:, racism and economic exploitation; they need. your time and moral support as well as your financial help.

Yours for peace,

C1n.~ "Na.±.e.J.J Carrie Hatch

for RESIST

I would like to receive subsequent issues of the RESIST Newsletter. Please add my name to the mailing list. **~-¾-{Please note any corrections or change of

address on the opposite side of this form.*~)

"We believe ... that every free man has a legal right and a moral duty to exert every effort to end this war, to avoid collusion with it, and to encourage

others to do the same." from A Call to Resist Illegitimate Authority

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If you h.ave any major matt;ers .for the agenda 9 please call the Hesist o.ffi.ce (617-491-80?6) th.is coming f1onday morningo The Area People are meeting in Cambridge Monday evening and would like to discuss any r:iajor propoaalso

Also ~ if you are bringing .fun~Eg .. £!Jq_~es~ to the meeting i pleasE? send the o.f.fice at least the name o.f the group

caking the requesto We may have relevant information for 1;he s·teering Co:lllli ttee o

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