পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড).pdf/৭০৭

671 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড East Lansing Bangladesh Defense League, Michigan reports following activities: Symposium, Signature campaign (to stop aid) Letters and telegrams to Senators and Congressmen by U. S. citizens. A 40-minute television program on Bangladesh, Benefit dinner, Collection booth and signature drive at the campus, Collection booth at shopping center. Newspaper articles contributed by Dr. Nicholas, Mrs. Marta Nicholas, Dr. Alavi Radio Programs, Donation Appeal through newspapers. Faculty letter (2,000), Bangladesh, literature distribution in the Congress, Demonstration against US aid at State Capital Steps. Continuing educational programs at churches, service clubs (Rotary etc.), Peace Council, Dorms, Bangladesh buttons and bumper sticker sale. Detroit Azizul H. Khondker reports: In the Indian Festival (July 30-Aug. 1) at the Detroit River Front Ethnic Festival ground, a Bangladesh booth was set up. Fifty volunteers from the Committee of the Concerned (Ann Arbor), Bangladesh defense League (Mich.), and the Bangladesh Association of America (Detroit), worked explaining the situation in Bangladesh, collecting donations and gathering signatures in support of the Gallagher Amendment. Over 13,000 signatures were collected. The entire proceeds from the Indian Festival was sent for refugees. The peacefulness of the Bangladesh booth was interrupted occasionally by gangs of West Pakistan “miscreants” who were routed by the police. On July 7 a symposium was held at the University Of Windsor, Ontario in support of Bangladesh. The audience was larger than expected and it was very receptive. Members of the press were also present. The local station CKLW-TV ran a review of the symposium earlier the same night and on the following day the Windsor Star Weekend Magazine sent its special correspondent Ernest Hill to collect first hand news about the East Bengal refugees. He published his report in a nine page article in the weekend Magazine of July 31. Ohio: Friends of East Bengal B. Chandrasekaran reports from Ohio: We are proud to report to you the starting of organization in Columbus called The Friends of East Bengal. About 15 interested persons, mainly students and faculty members of the Ohio State University, got together the 29th July to discuss our responses to the tragedy in Bangladesh. We had a larger meeting organized as a result of our decisions at this first meeting. The second meeting which was actually the charter meeting of the Group, bad an attendance of more than 60 people this time representing a larger cross-section of the community and was held on 5 August. We were fortunate in having as our main speaker