National coalition calls April 25 antiwar action
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The U.S. government Is plunging ahead in its drive to widen the war in Central America.
Despite the contragate scandal, the Reagan administration is requesting another $100 million in aid to the contrason top of the $100 million approved by Congress last June. "We will not abandon the contras," Office of Management and Budget Director James Miller said.
But the American people over -whelmingly oppose government aid to the contra terrorists. A recent Gallup poll revealed that 75 percent of the population believe that Congress should cancel $40 million in aid from the package approved last June and slated to be released this month.
Another poll conducted by ABC Tele -vision and the Washington Post revealed that 53 percent of the American people believe that President Reagan has been lying about the extent of his knowledge of the Iran/contra arms deal.
Reflecting this growing anger at the government's policies of intervention and duplicity, a coalition of labor and religious leaders national 25. The vention has come together to call for a supp antiwar demonstration on April In coordination with the action in the D.C., will demand an end to U.S. inter- march and rally in Washington, nation's capital, a Western in Central America and an end to SPECIAL NTERVIEI Don Rojas speaks on lessons of defeated Grenadian Revolution.
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