1981.01.12: January 12, 1981: Headlines: Action Corps: Service: Speaking Out: National Service: New York Times: As an antiwar activist, Sam Brown campaigned daily, for years, against the Selective Service, but now he says that was a mistake
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1981.01.12: January 12, 1981: Headlines: Action Corps: Service: Speaking Out: National Service: New York Times: As an antiwar activist, Sam Brown campaigned daily, for years, against the Selective Service, but now he says that was a mistake
As an antiwar activist, Sam Brown campaigned daily, for years, against the Selective Service, but now he says that was a mistake
Mr. Brown, now 37, is concluding a four-year tour as director of Action, the Government's volunteer agency, and now he says he's had a change of heart and mind about the Vietnam era. ''As one who spent a number of years, I think incorrectly, opposing the draft,'' he said, ''it seems to me all of us owe some obligation to society.''
As an antiwar activist, Sam Brown campaigned daily, for years, against the Selective Service, but now he says that was a mistake
NOTES ON PEOPLE; Protest Reconsidered
By ALBIN KREBS AND ROBERT MCG.THOMAS JR.
Published: January 12, 1981
There's no law against changing your mind, Sam Brown will tell you.
In 1969, when he was 26 years old, Mr. Brown, as principal organizer of the massive Vietnam Moratorium to protest the United States' involvement in Indochina, was known as a militant foe of the draft.
As an antiwar activist, Mr. Brown campaigned daily, for years, against the Selective Service, but now he says that was a mistake. Mr. Brown, now 37, is concluding a four-year tour as director of Action, the Government's volunteer agency, and now he says he's had a change of heart and mind about the Vietnam era.
''As one who spent a number of years, I think incorrectly, opposing the draft,'' he said, ''it seems to me all of us owe some obligation to society.''
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