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what do you plan to do after you get in? We will present our demands to the commanding officer and we will explain the demands of this march which essentially offer the withdrawal of our american troops from Vietnam. That is what we intend to do. Holding a

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rally in front of the induction center as soon as we turn the corner uh and and if he doesn't see you, what do you plan to do? We'll probably nail our demands to the door. Do you think the point of your march has been made? I

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certainly think it has. What is the point of your march? Hundreds of women that want peace? Peace now, that's enough. They came here some 300 strong to protest the war in Vietnam and to protest the draft which furnishes men for that war. If army officials were

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concerned, they didn't show it. It was business as usual sponsors of the 10 mile march, which started on the University of California campus in Berkeley are some of the well known female leaders of the Vietnam Day committee. Susan stein, randy, rappaport Bettina Africa. They said they

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wanted it to be an all women's protest so no one could say it was done for self interest reasons. Women aren't drafted. They point out and women can't be classified one a it started at a noon rally on the familiar staging ground of numerous demonstrations in

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the past Sproul hall steps, some 300 women, including professional pacifists, students and plain housewives left the campus about one PM for the almost three hour walk. The demonstration was marked by the Peacefulness and order, which comes from lots of practice. Whether the point it was trying

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to make was successful is not clear. This is Ben Williams reporting from the Oakland induction center.