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resources to plan such a mobilization but held open the possibility of calling some type of action in June. This decisior represents a serious setback.
While plans are under way for a big antiwar demonstration around the four demands in the San Francisco Bay Area this coming April, this effort is not being matched on a national level. [See San Francisco demonstration call .] But the objective need for such a national effort is well established. The people of South Africa, Central America, and indeed, of the entire world, need concrete evidence that the U.S. government does not have the support of (continued from page panded at future meetings to reflect new forces that are won to the coalition's demands.
The Mobilization set Jan. 28 for its first mass meeting. All those who support the four demands and who desire to work on the action will be welcomed to participate and help determine the coalition's course.
The call for the April 19 action came after months of preparation and con -sultation with activists in the Bay Area. It 2 conference sponsored by the Mobilization, which drew more than 400 activists.
The key forces in the labor movement and from the peace and community organizations in the area that worked on this conference saw its success-and the government's continued attacks on workers at home and war moves abroad-as the basis for placing the Mobilization on an action footing in the spring.
Mobilization leaders hope that their action in calling the April 19 demon -stration will stimulate other coalitions in the United States to act similarly.