Peaceful Human Blockade Will Obstruct Army Base

Students from Harvard, Brandeis, and the University of Massachusetts will join residents of Newton, Concord, and Cambridge in a non-violent "human blockade" at the Boston Army Base this morning

The demonstrators, who have been organized by the Non-Violent Direct Action Group, will meet at the South Station MBTA parking lot at 6:15 a. m. and will march from there to the Army base. At the base they will attempt to keep employees and busloads of draftees from entering.

All draftees from the Boston area must go to the base-one of two induction centers in Massachusetts-for pre-induction physicals and induction.

The Direct Action group has held workshops at the Loob Drama Center each day this week in preparation for the act of civil disobedience.

President Nixon, Governor Sargent, the two senators from Massachusetts, the Boston Commissioner of Police, and other government officials have already been notified of the group's plans.

"We want them to know why we are putting our bodies on the line and that we plan no violence," one participant said.

The Massachusetts Lawyers Guild has agreed to defend the group, and the Medical Committee on Human Rights will provide medics. Approximately 15 to 20 Boston-area clergymen and professors will act as legal and official witnesses.

Spokesmen said that the group needs money for court fees, publicity, and other expenses. People will be collecting contributions in each dining hall tonight, and money can also be sent or taken to the third-floor center at PBH.