REGIONAL
Californians rally during day of anti-war outcry
(AP) — Thousands of Califor
nians from young mothers to
World War II combat veterans
retraced the faded footprints of
1960s demonstrators Saturday
in marches against U.S. entry
into armed conflict in the Mid
dle Hast.
A solemn procession to the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
in San Francisco was one of
hundreds of protests around
the state, including the occupa
tion of a congressman's office
in Los Angeles and sober dis
cussions in sanctuaries and
synagogues.
"They say this won't be an
other Vietnam. No it won't - it
will be worse," said Vietnam
veteran Sheldon Ramsdell. at a
protest at the National Ceme
tery on the U.S. Army Presidio
in San Francisco.
As a divided U.S. House and
Senate voted narrowly to au
thorize war on Iraq, about 150
people planted flowers beneath
a Vietnam memorial thanking
the men and women who died
for sacrificing their "youth ...
and expectations" and vowing:
"We will never forget you."
A silent procession through
mist shrouding the graveyard
was led by four elderly World
War II combat soldiers who
walked with measured steps,
their knees bent with age. un
like the young leaders of the
tills protests.
"I've seen a lot of it. and war
is not the solution. After Viet
nam I retired from the military
because I could see something
was not going right 1 want to
pay homage today to Vietnam
veterans.” said Lloyd Perry.
72. who saw combat in Europe
and North Africa.
Protests also took place in
small towns, including Fort
Itragg. Mendocino, Anderson
Valley, Covelo, Willits,
I-aytonville Albion. Elk and
Point Arena, many of which
have never had a peace protest.
For hundreds, their most po
litical act before Saturday was
voting
At a march in Chico. Viet
nam veteran David Boyer
shouted. "Shame on you,
George Bush, you war pig."
About 1,500 people marched
downtown and gathered across
from City Hall, where they dis
played a "body bag" to be
filled with letters to President
Bush
In los Angeles, several thou
sand anti-war demonstrators
shouted slogans and honked
car horns during a rally outside
the federal building in the
Westwood neighborhood.
Vietnam-era peace activist
William kunstlor told protest
ors the Bush administration
was driven by "illegal, uncon
stitutional. immoral and inde
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"We are the bombers and de
stroyers of the two last decades
of the 20th century, not the
keepers of the peace." Kunstler
said.
Vietnam-era activist. Ron
Kovic. told the crowd they
should he willing to go to jail
to prevent war. Kovic chroni
cled his war experience in the
hook "Born on the Fourth of
|uly." which was later made
into a motion picture.
“We will not let Bush kill
and maim our young men and
women. We will have no more
Vietnams," said Kovic. whose
war injuries left him in a
wheelchair.
Among the demonstrators
were members of tin? conserva
tive John Birch Society, which
opposes the military action.
“American blood should not
be used to guarantee oil ship
ments for anyone, especially
Japanese and Western Europe
ans who are far more depen
dent on Middle East oil than
Americans." Kevin Bearly.
spokesman for local chapters of
society. said in a news release
At one point, anti-war dem
onstrators locked hands and
circled a group of about Tit) peo
ple who shouted support for
Hush's policies. Police said
there was no violence and no
arrests Advocates of military
action were scheduled to take
the podium later Saturday.
About half a dozen protesters
continued to occupy the offices
of U S. Kep, Mel la-vine. I) !.os
Angeles, in opposition to his
support for military action in
the Persian Culf. The sit-in la
gan Friday
Organizer Jerry Rubin, who
is not related to the former Chi
cago Seven defendant by the
same name, said the group
would remain until Congress
voted on a resolution authoriz
ing military action
"We are trying to convince
people that there is stilt time
for a peaceful resolution." Ru
hin said
In Carden drove, Evangelist
Robert Schuller said the Crystal
Cathedral church would lie
open 24 hours a day to comfort
worshippers “as the world tee
ters on the brink of war "
About Hot) people gathered at
the Disneyland Hotel in Ana
heim for an interdenomina
tional prayer service for peace
in conjunction with similar scr
vices across the United States
and abroad, said event organ)/
er Ed Steele.
"We prayed for the presi
dent. for the Congress . for
the military personnel in the
gulf and for national and inter
national leaders," said Steele, a
lioard member of the Redeem
America religious organization
"It was serious but very, very
hopeful.” he said.
Elsewhere in Northern Cali
fornia. about 15(1 people gath
ered at University of the Pacif
ic, in Stockton, for a teach-in
that included professors, veter
ans and anti-war groups
Charles Covis. a Marine who
fought at Iwo |ima during
World War II. said no war is
tpiii k Military experts said Iwo
lima would tie taken in two
days, hut the battle lasted .12
days, he said
About 2,000 demonstrators
marched to the County Court
house Square in Santa Rosa,
where organizers said the
crowd swelled after the Con
gressional vote for war
"That seemed to definitely
motivate a lot more people to
take to the streets," said a
spokesman for Sonoma Action
Croup who asked that his name
not be used
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