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Dear Mayor,

I am very concerned about Erie City Councils vacillation over whether of not to support the war effort. Erie should not be neutral concerning the war and certainly not opposed to it. City Council needs to set aside its selfish political agenda and actively support the war effort.

If Erie were to reverse it’s anti-war resolution it would be treasonous. Young men and women from our city and around the country are risking their lives for our freedom and security. We cannot let this war become another Vietnam in that our countrymen are sacrificing their lives for a thankless nation.

The reasoning of City Council is invalid and self-serving. They bend their will because of the pressure of a few radical. As Americans we need not necessarily agree with the war, but we must still support it and help the effort because it is our duty. To be idle is to disrespect American in the highest degree.

I know you are not to blame for the attitudes of all city councilmen, but yo...