Word: doors
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...said the sixtyish spinster after taking a good look at us, and she slammed the door. It was discouraging to have our first canvassee react that way, but in a moment the door re-opened...
...Well, it might please you to know that there are many boys not even that old fighting for America. I think patriotism is the important thing. I'm sorry!" And the door closed again, for good...
...especially on the Irish blocks, where it is framed and hung on the wall. "Visit this habitation, we beseech thee O Lord, and protect us from the snares of our enemy." The homes with prayers in the alcove are likely to contain suspicious inhabitants who quickly close the door with, "I'm not interested," or "I've read all about the war," or "My husband's out now, but when he gets back he'll tell me how to vote...
Occasionally you encounter "yes" votes, or people eager to read the literature. Once or twice, a family is divided and a row ensues as soon as the door is shut. "Why did you even take that stuff?" shouts the wife, and the family is in for a morning of Vietnam debate...
...aggravating, but it will allow the soldier vote to come in from Vietnam. The hope is that if the soldiers, several hundred strong, vote against the war, the CNCV could steal most of the Vets' thunder and the sign "My Son is a Marine," pasted on more than one door in Ward 4,, could take on a very different meaning...