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...statement released to the press, the M.I.T. resistance said it created the sanctuary in order to "establish a forum for O'Connor to express the reasons why he is resisting. We are expressing our solidarity with him and all of those who are taking similar stands. We all lack the basic control of our own lives, that is the essence of true democracy. The only difference is that the soldier knows he is being controlled and manipulated, while we are given the illusion of self-control," the statement said...
...soldier, Jack M. O'Connor, claims to have been AWOL from Fort Eustis, Va., since September 14. He also swore not to leave the hall until federal agents came...
Gerry Stein, a member of the Sanctuary Community, said that the New England Draft Resistance Group (NEDRG) put O'Connor in touch with the M.I.T. Resistance. Stein explained that the M.I.T. Resistance had been planning a sanctuary for over three weeks. However, the NEDRG, fearing interference from the F.B.I., did not release the name of the AWOL until a few minutes before the sanctuary began...
...Connor said that he himself first became interested in seeking sanctuary after attending B.U.'s Marsh Chapel last October during the vigil for AWOL Army private Ray Kroll. He had gone AWOL last spring for 50 days "purely for selfish reasons--just to get out of it myself...
...Reader's Digest's DeWitt Wallace, Chicago Insurance Executive W. Clement Stone, Steel Heiress Helen Clay Frick, and 100,000 donors who sent in contributions by mail. Humphrey's finances are run by Stockbroker John L. Loeb, Sidney J. Weinberg and ex-Commerce Secretary John Connor. To raise his funds, McCarthy has Howard Stein of the Dreyfus Fund, his kinderklatsch and a pride of beautiful people. Kennedy's finances come mostly from the family coffers...