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Dandling a copy of his bestselling baby book on one knee, Dr. Benjamin Spock, 64, attempted to define himself before the television cameras in his Manhattan apartment. "I'm not a pacifist," declared the man who was once more concerned with diaper rash than diatribes. "I was very much for the war against Hitler and I supported the intervention in Korea. But in this war, we went in to steal Viet Nam." Spock's efforts to foil that imagined attempt at grand larceny led last week to his indictment by a federal Grand Jury on charges that could...
...part of the October march on the Pentagon.* During a rally at the Arlington Street Church, Coffin collected draft cards, which he later turned over to the Justice Department; Ferber, who helped in the collection, also spoke on "A Time to Say No," urging draft evasion; Goodman, Raskin and Spock lent their names and efforts to sponsoring a nationwide draft-resistance movement, and were among the 2,000 signatories of a manifesto entitled "A Call to Resist Illegitimate Authority...
...Interest in draft-resistance has suddenly burgeoned across as a result of Spock's indictment last Sunday," Hunt said. The induction refusals by Marston and Brown are the first to be endorsed by peace groups across the country since the indictments...
Another "overt act" of the alleged conspiracy is the distribution in New York last August by Coffin and Dr. Spock of a statement entitled "A Call to Resist Illegitimate Authority...
Ferber said yesterday that all the acts alleged in the complaint are a matter of public record. His sermon has been reprinted in several independent publications since the service. In separate statements, he, Coffin, and Dr. Spock said that they are prepared to go to prison...