While I agree with most of Tim Huber’s “Draft Letters, Not Soldiers” (April), I dis­agree that “peace churches have rested easy” since the draft ended in 1972. In the early 1980s, several Mennonite young men refused to register for the draft. They received promises of support from their communities and conferences if they were prosecuted. Two Bethel College students were indicted. Recently at Kauffman Museum in North Newton, Kan., Charles Epp talked about the nonregistration movement and experiences related to his indictment. A video is at youtube.com/watch?v=_OB4Hhu3ntw. Even as the draft registration law is changing today, taking a conscientious objector stance should not be an isolated exercise in writing a letter. Just as in the early 1980s, the Mennonite community needs to demonstrate support in tangible ways. Adults also need to recommit ourselves to conscientious objection.

Carmen Shelly, Lenexa, Kan.