672 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড Dr. J. K. Bhattacharjee of Oxford, Ohio who has been very active for the cause of Bangladesh, and has been in contact with many similar organizations. The meeting was a great success, in the sense most of the attendees have agreed to serve on one committee or another as volunteers. We have already organized sign-a-campaigns for petitions to Congressmen and the President to end military and economic aid to W. Pakistan. As a result of our appeals to the local Unitarian and Catholic churches, over 100 telegrams were sent over the last weekend, urging local Congressmen to vote in support of the Gallagher Amendment, Displays and information booths in many centers in Columbus are planned. We are planning to concentrate on the local church groups in the beginning for collecting radio for refugee relief. Public service spots on television and radio for this purpose are also planned. At the moment there are three major committees in operation: 1. relief 2. Publicity and information and 3. Organization of charity shows, large meeting, etc. The address of the group is: Friends of East Bengal P.O. BOX 3035 Columbus, Ohio 43210 Arizona: Friends of East Bengal Jon Markoulis writes from Arizona: We have started a "Friends of East Bengal" group in Tempe, Ariz. So far we have called a press conference and held a vigil in front of the Federal Building in Phoenix. The object was to educate the public in this area because the local papers are not carrying the story. The TV coverage we got was not very good. As a group we asked that the US stop aid to West Pakistan and use its troops in Asia to get food and medical supplies to the people in need, in East Bengal. So far we have collected about $ 100 which we gave to UNICEF. The peace centers in Tempe and Phoenix, The Catholic center for pence and Justice, WILPF and UNICEF make up our group. In September we are going to hold a panel discussion on the situation in East Bengal. The address of the group: Friends of East Bengal 1414 S. McAllister Tempe, Arizona. Milwaukee August 12, 1971 Ron DeNicola writes from Milwaukee Peace Action Committee: The meeting Tuesday night was relatively a success. Twenty people showed up including several Marquette Indian students from the International Student Club. We split the group into two causes, one on relief and the larger on political action and the education. Next Tuesday at 8:00 P.M. We will have our second meeting which basically will deal with an internal workshop, this meeting wilt be most important as its objectives are to educate ourselves to the utmost. I hope you or a BDL representative can attend.
