UNCIASSIFIED
WHO iS PAYING
Concerned Americans across the country.
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of our finance leaflet available on request.
$4,000 of a $20,000 net budget are in hand.
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A loan has made
possible the purchase of the ketch "Golden Rule".
Non-Violent
Action Against Nuclear Weapons has accepted responsibility for
raising the money.
THE RELIGIOUS
ROOTS OF OUR
ACTION
Some of us are Quakers.
Most are rooted in the
ethics of the Judeo-Christian tradition.
We
act in the belief that
- each individual, regardless of color, race,
creed, nationality or moral condition, is
sacred,
Any hurt to him, no matter how
a#
slight, is, ultimately, injury to the whole
human race;
- as individuals, as groups, and as nations,
our action is destructive if 1t violates the
anclent concept of the oneness of man;
~ punishment, retaliation and revenge cannot
reform those who do evil; forgiveness and
love are necessary for redemption.
We cannot support war.
Nor can we support war preparation.
We
are convinced that the testing of nuclear weapons is blasphemy.
THE POLITICS
OF OUR ACTION
There is enormous difficulty in applying these
beliefs to the political world,
But this is the
effort men must make.
We know many Americans believe the tests and our over-all
preparation for war are necessary to stop the spread of Communist
totalitarianism and to defend our nation.
They say "There would
be no problem, were it not for the Russians."
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