A QUAKER ACTIQN GROUP
NONVIOLENT ACTION TO STOP PRODUCTION AND USE OF NAPALM
January 7,  1967
....     INITIAL STRATEGIC OUTLINE
Assumptions
1.	The focus of the action will be on Dow Chemical Company, as the nation's primary producer of napalm,
2.	The program will be carried out. in step-by-step fashion, over a specific time period and moving from less to more intense action steps.
3.	The.action will be carried out in a variety of locations and should be as nearly nation-wide as possible',,
U, A Quaker Action Group will initiate and carry, out the program in accordance with its non-violent philosophy,. Cooperation from other concerned groups is welcomed,, Members of such groups, who are in accord with the non-violent discipline,may bo  co-opted onto the Napalm Strategy Committee of A Quaker Action Group,
Goals
10 To forcefully demonstrate to the American public the horror of napalm, and
show our responsibility for its use. 2„ To help create a revulsion of this terror weapon which will help increase
the ranks of those who are pressing for an end to the war, 3. To bring maximum pressure to bear on Dow Chemical Company to recognize its
responsibility and involvement in the use of napalm and cause the company
to cease production of the weapon,,  .
Progrem of Escalating Action (each step taken only if former one fails to
bring change in company policy re:napalm)
1„ Have a widely--representative group, involving religious and humanitarian leaders'as well:as A.Quaker Action Group representatives, meet with Dow officials, explain our concern, and ask that they voluntarily refrain from napalm production-. Explain our program and the steps that we feel that we must take if Dow continues to produce napalm,,
2.	Ask a Dow representative to speak at public meetings' on Dow's position
and debate persons who feel Dovi should change their policy. People known
for scientific and humanitarian endeavors should participate„ If Dow will not come, hold the meeting anyway and debate a vacant chair representing Dow.
3.	Encourage persons across the country to write letters to Dow, explaining
their opposition to Dow'r; policy„ Have representatives at the Dow stock
holders' meeting to raise questions from the floor,,
U. Hold several concurrent y.re s s conf eren ce s aero as. the country to explain the failure of steps taken so far to get Dow to change its poliGy and to outline in general the nonviolent direct action steps which will be pursued„ Explain our concern about napalm and publicly appeal to Dow to changec
5. Picket Dow plants and offices across the country with signs and with leaflets aimed at Dow employees, encouraging them to quit or at least to write a letter of protest to Dow's president.

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STRATEGIC OUTLINE (Con't)
6.	Initiate a nationwide boycott of a selected vulnerable Dow consumer product. Encourage a nationwide consumer's letterwriting campaign aimed at Dow and companies which handle Dow consumer products, explaining opposition to Dow's napalm policy and an intention not to purchase Dow products or do business with companies which handle Dow consumer products. Do public leafletting at Dow offices and at shopping areas, etc., linking the Dow product boycott with a napalm-burned child. This phase of the program will continue until Dow changes its policy on napalm (concievably it could outlast phase 10).
7.	Demonstrate at Dow offices and/or elsewhere "napalm-burned dolls" carried by women dressed up as Vietnamese and carry signs likes "Suffer the little children... tthe little children suffer."
8.	Demonstrate carrying bla;n-up pictures of people hit by napalm (such as those carried in Ramparts and the York Ganette) and with signs like; "Dox-j Says This Is Your Duty."
9.	Demonstration in which home-made napalm (which can be produced easily) is used to show napalm's effects. For example, have stage on flat bed truck- with model Vietnamese village. Person on loud-speaker recounts actual story of napalm use: "According to the New York Times of Sept. 11, 1966, American navy planes carrying r'".;"ili"iio.." As he is speaking, have model planes, carrying home-made napalm, fly in on wires over "village" and drop the napalm on the huts and inhabitants"...
a susp ected Viet-Cong concentration" says the loudspeaker as kids go up in
smoke.-. 10-Demonstrations revolving around acts of civil disobedience such as sit-ins or
live-ins.
A„  In selected cities pre-selected people who have sufficient depth of committment will subject themselves to one shot arrest by saying in effect  "I am here to remind you that you are murdering people. To stop me you must arrest me," These people will be  supported by general demonstrators itfho are not able to be arrested but will carry signs and fast in protest,, B. A project team pre-selected and trained will begin civil disobedient actions in a target city.  They will be saying "To continue to manufacture napalm Dow must see that I am kept in jail indefinitely or I will be a constant reminder of their complicity with murder,"This team,  after arrest and release,  will continue to return and be  re-arrested.  They will be  committed to a year or more of nearly continuous jail.
Part        "A"  can continue while part "B"  is in progress with new people being introduced for one-shot arrests. There must be  several support committees working while the part "B"  action is taking place.  These committees will use the project team as a focus while they are in jail and will organize support demonstrations when the team is released from jail and walksback to be re-arrestedo
Sit-ins or live -inn  should be  spread out over as long a period as possible, so that those arrested (part "A") will have their places taken by others willin to be arrested and so that this dramatic action can be brought home to the public for as long as possible.