Marchers to Protest Polaris Submarines At United Nations

"The nature of nuclear weapons makes war obsolete as a means of settling disputes," a participant in a walk to protest the construction of Polaris-carrying submarines declared last night.

One of six young people marching from Kittery, Maine to the United Nations, Richard Zink spoke before a meeting sponsored by the Peace and Social Concerns Committee of Friends in Cambridge. He and his fellow demonstrators passed through here on their way to Boston.

Included in the group of marchers, who are sponsored by the Committee for Non-Violent Action, is Gene S. Keyes '63, who is on a leave of absence to "participate in social welfare work."

Zink, who openly hopes to be considered "the Paul Revere of our age," noted some of the difficulties the peace walkers had encountered during the first part of their trip. He spoke especially of townie hecklers, police interference, and occasional indirect threats by the American Legion.

The peace walkers are leaving this morning from Boston Common.