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CITY OF PLEASANTON COUNTY OF ALAMEDA STATE OF CALIFORNIA RESOLUTION NO. 65-184 RESOLUTION RE UNIVERSITY OF CALIF, ORNIA DEMONSTRATIONS WHEREAS, on October 1st and 2nd, 1964, students and faculty members of the University of California, calling them- selves the Free Speech Movement, staged an insurrection on the campus of the University of California, capturing and damaging a police vehicle; and WHEREAS, on December 2, 1964, a certain group of students and faculty members at the University of California, calling themselves the Free Speech Movement, conducted so- called "Sit-in" demonstrations at Sproul Hall on the University of California campus and were arrested and convicted for the same; and WHEREAS, for a period of two weeks prior to October 15, 1965, certain students and faculty members of the University and students of the University of California, calling them- selves the Vier Nam Day Committee, ~ld a mass meeting on the premises of the University of California ur. ging that the United States cease its struggle in Viet Nam, urging draft age men to destroy their draft cards, urging members of the Armed Forces to refuse to obey their orders and to refuse to go to Vier Nam; and WHEREAS, on October 15th and 16th, 1965, certain students and faculty members of the University of California, calling themselves the Vier Nam Day Committee, commenced a march from the University of California campus to the Oakland Army Embarkation Terminal to induce members of the United States Army to refuse to obey lawful military orders of the United States Government and go to Vier Nam; and WHEREAS, certain students and faculty members of the University of California, calling themselves the Vier Nam Day Co,~L~ittee, have announced their intention of conducting a march from the University of California to the Oakland Army Embarkation Terminal on November 13, 1965, for the purpose of inducing members of the United States Army to refuse to obey initial orders to go to Vier Nam; and WHEREAS, Section 2387 of Title 18 of the United States Criminal Code provides: (a) Whoever, with intent to interfere with, impai.~ or influence the loyalty, morale, or discipline of the military or naval forces of the United States: (1) advises, counsels, urges, or in any.m§nne_r causes or attempts to cause insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty by any member o.f th.e military or naval forces of the United Stanes, or