Berkeley headquarters of the Vietnam: Day: Committee were. bombed: April 9 as the’ militant antiwar group was preparing to announce: the scheduling of a .street demonstration, April 12 in | sympathy with the demonstrators in Saigon who have been opposing: the puppet Ky government.
: The explosion: ‘oceurred ate12: Ls a.m. when ‘twelve persons were in the headquarters.’ Four: of ‘them were injured. by. flying glass and one of. them received burns. “Rive: nearby! buildings. were damaged.
: The blast left a three-by-five- ~foot. crater near the foundation, ripped apart the back ofthe two-story, 14-room stucco building as well as the side of the home next door, and broke all the windows in. the headquarters. and in. the houses on either side.
- This was the second: explosion. of. the kind in the Bay area in. -the -past five weeks. On March 6 a dynamite explosion blew the national headquarters of the W.E.B.DuBois Clubs off.its foundation. This group, too, is opposed to the. war-in Vietnam. and has participated actively in demonstrations along with other antiwar and youth groups like the Young | Socialist: Alliance.
The Vietnam Day Committee gained world-wide prominence last. year when it sponsored the International Protest Day marches of November 20-21. The committee also played a fey role in the. recent International. Protest Day marches of March 25-2 ee
- Ultrareactionary groups in the United States have been. enraged over their incapacity to organize any effective counterdemonstrations. Amorig the American people, antiwar sentiments have . been on the rise, putting the reactionaries in a more and more isolated position. Through terroristic bombings they evidently hope to.compensate for their political weakness. . Jie,
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