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...Julian understood that he would not "sell out." He wouldn't promise on thing and do another. But he was afraid that when he felt he should speak out although it wasn't necessary that he'd choose the easy way out and remain silent...
...picking up the thread on an earlier discussion about the problems of grassroots politics. How do you make time to keep in close touch with the people as you get more and more important? It seemed right that Julian keep going on and up, to prove as another boy in the car said that the "hundreds of others like you, Julian," could make it. But how do you maintain your integrity, the honest responsiveness to your constituency and to your own conscience, while wheeling and dealing in the world of power politics...
...events of the last two weeks have shown that Julian won't "keep quiet." He believes in his right to speak out on Vietnam. The danger of losing his seat in the Houses seems less important than his conviction that the war in Vietnam is wrong...
...aggression United States action in Vietnam. It expressed sympathy for those "unwilling to respond to a military draft which would compel them to contribute their lives . . . in the name of the 'freedom' we find so false in this country." When asked by newsmen if he supported the statement, Julian Bond, 26-year-old press secretary for SNCC, said he did. In response to further questioning Bond said that he admired the courage of those who burn their draft cards, but that he would not burn...
...June 16, 1965, Julian Bond was elected from the 136th Legislative district (representing a section of Atlanta) to the Georgia House. When the House met January 10, 1966, it voted 184 to 12 to bar Bond from his seat in the legislature. The House held him guilty of "disorderly conduct" because of what they referred to as his advocacy of violating the draft law and "giving aid and comfort to the enemy." Since then the action of the Georgia legislators has been defended by Georgia Governor Carl Sanders and vehemently protested by many, including members of SNCC...