Nevada State Journal from Reno, Nevada • 7

Nevada State Journal Sunday August 4 1968 7 ELLOW LET US STOP THE WAR AND GET ON WITH THE JOB DEMOCRACY! NOMINATE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES WHO WILL TAKE STRONG PEACE STANDS! The end of the Vietnam War is not yet in sight in spite of the good first step taken by President Johnson in the partial reduction of bomb ing Terrible casualties continue and resources needed to cope with our dangerously troubled society are still being diverted to the war We recognize that the North Vietnamese Army and the National Liberation ront are responsible to a substantial degree for the deteri oration of the situation in Vietnam and we do not condone terrorization of innocent civilians by either side Our greatest responsibility however is not to point to terror by the enemy nor to bemoan corruption and destruction on our side but to do our part as Americans toward bringing the war to a close and setting in motion the forces of reconstruction We call on our government on all candidates for public office and on all other Americans to support the following immediate steps: 1 STOP ALL BOMBING NORTH VIETNAM WITHOUT ANY CONDITIONS It has been acknowledged by Thant and others that this is a necessary first step toward ending the war one which will lead to others 2 PERSUADE THE SAIGON GOVERNMENT TO RELEASE THE POLITICAL PRISONERS WHO REPRESENT IMPORT ANT SEGMENTS NON COMMUNIST SOUTH VIETNAMESE OPINION AND INCLUDE THEM IN A MORE TRULY DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT Exclusion and imprisonment of important men who favor negotiations is unjust undemocratic and an obstacle both to any meaningful peace talks and to a just settlement 3 ANNOUNCE THE AMERICAN WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT A ULLY REPRESENTATIVE COALI TION GOVERNMENT AS PART AN HONORABLE PEACE SETTLEMENT A coalition government is needed if ever stability is to be attained If we arc sincere in wanting to have the Vietnamese determine their own future we should state our willingness to sec such a coalition 4 MAKE A CLEAR OER TO WITHDRAW AMERICAN ORCES ROM VIETNAM AS SOON AS A CEASEIRE CAN BE OBTAINED AND AN APPROPRIATE INTERNATIONAL ORCE CAN TAKE OVER THE PROTECTION THE SAIGON REGIME AND THE PREVENTION REPRISALS DURING THE PERIOD POLITICAL RESETTLEMENT Such an announcement will undercut the propaganda charges of American self interest which the Com munists have used so widely and set in motion some of the latent world wide pressure for peace 5 OER TO CARRY OUT UNDER INTERNATIONAL AUSP'CES THE PROPOSAL PRESIDENT JOHNSON TO PUT AMERICAN RESOURCES TO WORK IN THE MEKONG DELTA AND INCLUDE SUPPORT RECONSTRUCTION IN VIETNAM IN THE OER We not only owe Vietnam massive help in rebuilding what we have destroyed but we can best dem onstrate the power of our democratic system in constructive instead of destructive ways 6 MAKE CLEAR OUR INTENT TO TURN OUR VAST RESOURCES MORE AND MORE AWAY ROM MILITARY EXPENDITURES INTO SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PROGRAMS THAT WILL HELP RESOLVE OUR SERIOUS DOMESTIC PROBLEMS The national political conventions are just ahead We urge all Nevada delegates to support candidates who will commit themselves to these or similar steps for peace We call on all voters who share our concern to contact their delegate and to speak out in public MR AND MRS ALTICK MR AND MRS JOSEPH ANGELL CARL AND SHIRLEY BACKMAN GEORGE AND BEVERLY BARNES MR AND MRS BEESLEY DR AND MRS ALLEN BELKIND CHARLES AND JANET BRADLEY SAMUEL BULL ANDREW CARTY AMERICO AND CLAUDIA CHIARITO JUDY CLAPP MR AND MRS RODNEY CONNOR DR AND MRS JOSEPH CROWLEY ERIK MR AND MRS WARREN JOHN EBERHARDT MR AND MRS JOHN EMERSON GRAHAM AND HAZEL ERSKINE MR AND MRS LAWRENCE 0 AGAN JR NANCY GOMES JANICE GOODHUE MR AND MRS ROBERT GORRELL EMILY GREIL PORTIA GRISWOLD BENJAMIN HAMMER GEORGE HERMAN PAUL AND BETTY HIGAKI SR JOYCE AND GRAHAM HOLLISTER JR JAMES AND BETTY HULSE MR AND MRS RICHARD INGLIS EUGENE AND LENORE KOSSO JULIANNE LAK MICHAEL LIEBER DOUGLAS LOHSE SHEILA McCLURE JAMES AND SANDRA McCORMICK MR AND MRS MdNTYRE JR DR AND MRS RICHARD MILLER MORONI MR AND MRS GARY NAPPE ESTHER A NICHOLSON BARBARA PEEVERS RICHARD PEITZ JOHN RITENHOUSE ERIC ROBERTS MR AND MRS JAMES ROBERTS DR AND MRS ROBERTSON MR AND MRS ROGERS CHARLES ROSS ELMER AND MARY RUSCO GAY SAMPSON JENNIER SCOTT WILLIAM AND ANN SCOTT PAUL AND MARGUERITE SECORD SALLY SEVERNE DAVID SHARROCK WENDE SHARROCK JOAN SIEGEL RICHARD SIEGEL MARIE SIMIRENKO SAM AND BARBARA STIDD MR AND MRS KEN WEBSTER WENT MRS WENT GEO WHITE HELEN WHITE JEAN WHITEHEAD THOMAS WHITEHEAD MR AND MRS REX WOODS EDWIN WORLEY Paid pol Adv paid for by Advertisement committee Chairman William Scott (Northern Nevada Peace Center) 4 4 Xi ll.