DEMONSTRATE AGAINST JOHNSON'S WAR
The deepening dissatisfaction in the United States with Johnson's war in Vietnam was graphically indicated. by a demonstration mounted by 2, 000 clergymen from “9 States in front of the. White House January Al. . o
In their three-day mobilization, the clergymen demanded that Johnson. stop the bombing of north Vietnam and slow down. the ground war. They held that this would make it. possible to engage in. "negotiations. " These. should dnc lude the National: Liberation Front, they maintained. : : :
The clergymen scored Johnson in a public statement that deplored "the discrepancy | between what we are told by our. Government and. what we discover is actually: taking place. The statement. also supported young: men who decide -‘"that; they: cannot. condone the war by their personal involvement.