Nonviolent Group to Leaflet Today At Fort Devens Army Reservation

Thirty-five members of the Nonviolent Direct Action Group plan to distribute leaflets concerning he GI's rights and the Indochina war at Ft. Devens, in Ayer, Mass., this afternoon. The action does not have the required approval of he base Provost Marshal.

The Acion Group grew out of last spring's strike. It has sponsored draft resistance in Newton and has engaged in two peaceful confrontations at the Boston Army Base.

David Keyser, a spokesman for the group, said yesterday the action is "designed to bring before the public the fact that GI's are third-class citizens, denied the right to know, to receive uncensored information."

Brigadier General Albin T. Irzyk, commander of Fort Devens, informed the group that the planned distribution-unless approved by the Army-was contrary to regulations. Permission to circulate literature must be requested in writing seven days in advance and is subject to censorship by the Army.

Objectives and tactics were roughed out by group members at a meeting Friday. Organizers stressed the importance of getting information to the GI's-particularly Article I of the Bill of Rights-and the need for restraint and non-violence.

The Nonviolelent Direct Action Group feels that the Army's prohibiting this distribution could provoke a test case on Army censorship.

The group settled details at an organizational meeting last night. Affinity groups formed at the meeting will leave by car at 2:30 p. m. and spend the afternoon at the base.