NATIONAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE SO END
THE WAR IN VIETNAM (NCCEWV)
420 West Wahington Avenue
Madison, Wisconsin 53703
Telephone: (608) 257-7141
3 August 1966 "
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE;
AUGUST 6-9 HIROSHIMA - NAGASAKI PROTESTS AGAINST THE WAR IN VIETNAM
August 6-9 will mark the 21st anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki. The American peace movement will not mourn this day as a tragedy which
befell the Japanese twenty-one years ago; they will mourn this day as a tragedy
which befell humAiity and which continues to threaten the future of the human race.
Protests throught the United States will equate the use of napalm and chemical warfare
against the Vietnamese with dropping the atomic bcmb on Japan, The peace movement
will demonstrate that it does not consider itself a party to these war crimes of
the U.S. Government,
Although victims of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atom blasts have requested
that the malrriage of Luci Baines Johnson and Pat Nugent not be held on the anniversary of those awful holocausts, the President has chosen to ignore these pleas. The
American peace movement believes that it is particularly inappropriate for the
President to ignore these requests, especially when people all over the world are
horrified at our use in Vietnam of genocidai weapons against civilian populations.
Consequently, there will be an anti-war vig'il' on August 6th at the site of the
Johnson-Nugent wedding in Washington D.C, in addition to the many other protests
all over the country.
Below is a description of August 6-9 protests that will take place in the
United States, For more specific information, members of the press are urged to
contact the local organization involved. The National Coordinating Committee in
'ifcJiuooj Wicoonain will provide a nationwide survey of the demonstrations. Call
(608) 257-7141.
New York Cjty: August 6th;
The largest demonstration will be in New York City, Feeder marches from different parts of the city and New Jersey will meet at Times Square at 12:30 P,M,
A rally will commence at Rockefeller Center (main office of Dow Chemical and other
manufacturers of napalm) at 2 P9M. Through visual effects and the rally speeches,
the demonstration will proclaim: 1) sympathy with the victims of napalm and other
atrocities of the Vietnam war; 2) determination to prevent another atom holocaust;
3) solidarity with American youth—GI's and those facing the draft—who do not want
to be involved in the immoral Vietnam war. Civil Rights organizations have pledged
to support the demonstration.
For further information: Fifth Ave, Peace Parade Committee, (212) 964-0A70
The production of napalm by U.S. companies will be the target of several demonstrations accross the country3 The August 6th protests will be the occassion for the
initiation of a boycott of the domestic products of Dow Chemical Company, the largest
domestic producer of the polystrene in napalm*  Dow Chemical manufacturers "Saran
Wrap" in addition to the poiystreae.
In Midland, Michigan, peace groups will picket the Dow Chemical plant in that city
on August 7th and 8th, For more information, contact the Detroit Committee to End
the War in Vietnam, 832-5700.
In Boston, Mass., the local chapter of Students for A Democratic Society will picket
the local office of Dow Chemical. For more information, SDS Regional Office,
Cambridge, Mass,
In Redwood City, Calif., citizens groups will continue there protest against the
manufacture of napalm in their community at the United Technology Center. For
more information, Concerned Citizens of San Mateo Co., 344-8272,
San Fransisco Bay Area:
The Bay area will be the site of a series of protests during the August 6-9
Protest period. For more information, Bay Area Peace Coordinating Committee,
San Mateo, 344-8*72,
San Fransisco, Aug 6: March down Market Street, beginning at 11 A.M. at Ferry
Building, Rally at Civic Cen&f to follow.
Port Chicago. Aug. 7: Rally at Concord Plaza, Contra Costa, 1 P.M. March
to Port Chicago, where 907o of weapons used in Vietnam are shipped from. Vigil and
civil disobedience will follow.
Oakland. Aug. 6-9: Continuous vigil,
Stanford University, Aug., 7-9: Vigil at White Plaza.
Cleveland, Ohio: Aug. 6:
Parade begins 12 noon from 21st and Euclid Streets. For more information,
Cleveland Committee to End the War in Vietnam.
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