Word: moratorium
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Anybody could support the one day Moratorium. A strong political stand wasn't necessary; for example, Republican Governor Sargent and Dave Dellinger (now on trial for conspiracy to incite to riot) endorsed it. You didn't even have to play by its rules; Jerald Grossman, Boston industrialist and originator of the Moratorium idea, closed his envelope company for only an hour on October...
...need clear commitment and fervor to march on Washington, and the loose coalition of the Moratorium has neither. Planned by the New Mobilization Committee (New Mobe), the march calls for immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops, not the "prompt" or "rapid" or "pretty soon" withdrawal that many Moratorium supporters seek...
Meeting in Cleveland in July, New Mobe grew out of the old National Mobilization Committee to coordinate the different anti-war strategies of nearly 200 groups. Of these, the Moratorium was the most broadly based, but also one of the most conservative member groups...
...Moratorium Committee channeled all its efforts toward October 15, confident that they could make the next decision after that ended. However, the Student Mobilization Committee (SMC), also represented in New Mobe, has shaped the more radical student- oriented November 15 march...
...march's purpose, as defined by one Boston SMC leader, is fundamentally opposed to the liberal bent of Moratorium leaders. "We are trying to create an independent movement," George Kantanis of Boston SMC said Monday. "Our strength remains strong as long as we are in the streets...