Word: pro-war
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When a Vote on Vietnam canvasser runs into a pro-war worker, he tries to stir him up by asking questions such...
When the 2000 marchers arrived at the Arlington St. Church, they were greeted by 300-400 vociferous and hostile hecklers. The police were caught flatfooted. There were at most 20 present, spread up and down Arlington St. No barricades had been set up to hold the pro-war demonstrators on the opposite side of the street...
...marchers filed into the Church several barrages of eggs were aimed at them from across the street. The policemen stood by and watched. Then one marcher went into the street and ripped a pro-war sign. Two of the half dozen policemen holding back the crowd grabbed him, and the crowd surged across the street toward the marchers. For a few moments, as the policemen stood by, fists flew and the two groups confronted each other...
...They are speaking out against a small political group in this country which has failed to live up to the rules of the game in a democracy . . . Tell the folks at home that Americans are antiCommunist, not anti-humanitarian, and being anti-Communist does not automatically mean they are pro-war." Snapped Playwright Lillian Hellman: "I would recommend, Mr. Cousins, that when you talk about your hosts at dinner, wait until you have gone home...
...gathering, reminiscent of the pro-war spring riots, was observed but not hindered by both Yard and Cambridge police. Also in the crowd were increasingly large numbers of local urchins who reveled in the water-bomb throwing and the magnificent sawdust fight which culminated the affair...