Saints Herald, Volume 1, Issue 10

HERALD

Published for the students of Ohlone College.

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Vol. I, No. 10

Thursday, April 25, 1968

WAR-POVERTY-RACISM Friday Strike

Wor.ld Reprisals

Strikes, Debates

"Stop The Draft Week" will culminate · in a series of protests, student strikes and speeches involving .most Bay Area colleges, Ohlone included, and sev~ral student-involved mobilization committees.

A student strike here from 11 a .m .-1 p.m. Friday will be in protest of war, racism, and the draft. The strike has been organized by Dan McDougal and Bill Bromley, working with the Berkeley-based Campus Mobilization Committee.

Program for the two-hour strike period will include two rock bands, a speech by Robert Machado, Peace and Freedom Party candidate for state assembly, and Pete Vigil, student body president of Chabot College. · Steve Bammel, ASOC president and McDougal will also speak, and according to McDougal the platform will be open to anyone else when they are through . All speakers will be available for questions after the program.

McDougal also said that t.here is a possibility of Free Speech leader, Mario Savio speaking on campus next week.

As this week is census week, students · are being asked to sign in at their 11 a.m. and 12 p.m. classes. It will then be up to the teacher to release students to attend the program. According to William Collins, assistant to the president, failure to sign in or attend classes could cost the school approximately $10-12 ,000.

This week, as Ohlone students moved into their first active protest, the nation and the world is also feeling the repercussions of problems and protests.

• Demonstrations and street rallies in Oakland began Tuesday and are planned for today and Saturday, with the purpose of uniting the "anti-war movement and the black liberation front," in the words of one spokesman. Protestors held a street rally outside the Oakland Induction Center. as part of "Stop-the"Draft-Week," and then payed a visit to Black Panther, Huey Newton.

• In Boston a federal judge has ruled that Dr. Benjamin Spock and four others accused of anti-draft activities couldn't question the legality of the war in Vietnam as part of their defense arguments.

• In Baltimore, a federal court convicted four men, including two clergymen, of destroying government property by pouring blood over . Selective Service files.

• Indicating that the future trend in Red China will be an increased emphasis on the racial turmoil in America, .

Chairman Mao Tse-tung has issued a statement making China the champion o( the "struggle of the exploited black people."

• Rt. Rev. Jam es Pike has said that he has defied the draft and invited indictment by counseling as many as 10,000 persons to resist the draft.

• Demonstrators will leave May 2 on the "Poor Peoples' March on Washington, led by the widow of the slain Dr. Martin Luther King and his successor Ralph Abernathy.

They plan to live in shanty towns and tents in a "prominent place in Washington."

Ohlone and other Bay Area colleges will protest the war in Vietnam, racism, and the draft.

Foothill College will sponsor a debate between six faculty members and will . answer questions from students ..

San Jose State students will strike Friday by setting up picket lines around their campus . This is to be a nonviolent demonstration.

Stanford students will voice their opinions at a noon rally sponsored by the Students for a Democratic Society.

Cal State at Hayward will strike with the backing of the Black Student Union.

College of Marin will also strike Friday with the Black Students for Action and Students Against War leading the way.

De Anza College will have a faculty -student debate in the Forum from 10 until 2 p.m. The striking of classes will be left up to the individual student.

San Francisco City College has set tentative strike plans for Friday.

Diablo Valley College will strike Friday with speakers in the quad area from 10:30 a.m . .till late in the afternoon.

San Mateo College will march on the local draft board

Pro-Con Petitions Anti-war, racism, the draft, and the support of'the fighting men in Vietnam are the subjects of two petitions that are being circulated on the Ohlone campus.

Bill Bromley and Dan McDougal representing the New Left on the Ohlone campus drew up a petition condemming the war in Vietnam, racism, and the draft and has circulated copies throughout the school.

The anti-war petition gained added strength when the Ohlone student council voted unanimous support for the proposed strike on Friday.

Margaret Smith and several other students have written a petition calling for the support of the fighting men in Vietnam and it too has been circulated for the scrutiny of Ohlone students . · after a rally and a speech from their student body president.

Chabot College has planned a tentative march to the Cal State Hayward campus to join in the strike activities taking place there.

S.F. March, Rally · A group of students will attend the march and rally to be held in San Francisco Saturday in protest against the war, racism, poverty, repression, and the draft, according to · Bill Bromley.

The march will form at the Golden Gate Park Panhandle and end in San Francisco for the raliy. Speakers at the rally will include Muhammad Ali, actress Vanessa Redgrave, Rear Admiral (ret.) Arnold True, Black Panther Bobby Seale and Sidney Roger.

Main purpose of the demonstration is to pay tribute to the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King. It is being sponsored by the April 27 Mobilization Committee.

DRAFT CARD BURNS. Tom Nordby protests war and draft at the petition table.

PETITION SIGNERS GATHER around the table in the quad, to sign their names to the protest against war, racism and the draft. '

Admin., Instructors Give Strike Views "As an educational institution, one of our primary responsibilities is to encourage students to consider, investigate, and discuss all aspects and positions on a wide variety of issues and certainly including current issues of national and international concern."

«Any activity which provides accurate information or which provides a forum for discussing issues by responsible individuals contributes to the purpose of education."

"Ohlone College is interested in recognizing and assisting any group which wishes to assist in the above purposes -so long as such activities are carried out within the (Continued on page 2)

In the midst' of Peace Week people on campuses thrdL!gh_out the nation are etl9a9ing in talks, demonstrations and marches. These scenes took place in front ,of Sproul Hall in Berkeley. n.e climax of Peace Week will be a march and rally Saturday in San Francisco. ·

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The people involved in the demonstration here tomorrow are in favor of withdrawing from Vietnam, ending the draft, and ending poverty and racial turmoil.

This special issue of the ·paper is. to publicize these events taking place tomorrow. Therefore, primarily the paper will deal with the opinions of those who believe in these actions.

However, a newspaper is commiteed to presenting all sides of all issues. We can't do this adequately unless we get responses from you, stating your opinions.

This is presuming that some students, and also faculty members, have different opinions of those which will be expressed tomorrow, and more important, will make it known that they do have different opinions and are willing to express them.

The next issue of the Herald, to be issued next Thursday, will deal with the coverage of the speeches taking place tomorrow. In other words, space· will be devoted to these opinions, and opposing views are needed to create a balance.

The Herald staff is urging all student who have different op~nions to write them down and put them in the box outside of the staff room, B~37. These opinions will be run as LetterR to the Editor and/or opinionated articles.

If you don't want to see your paper having articles concerning only one side, it is up t~ you to support. your side.

Only. then can the Herald achieve its goal of being objective in the presentation of both sides of controversial issues.

Guest Editorial

Political Apathy to be Broken Here At Tomorro·w 's Rally?

The political apathy that has surrounded Ohlone College will be broken tomorrow with the participation of a large segment of the student .body in the first International Student Strike to protest the war in Vietnam, racism, and the draft.

The New Left represents the increasingly strong antiestablishments' feeling that has swept the college campus scene in the late 60's. The New Left, represented at Ohlone College by the activities of Dan McDougal and Bill_Bromley, is attempting to show an expression of its conscience through a series of speakers who will offer alternatives to the establishment's inability to rope with the problem of war and racism.

The withdrawal of LBJ from the 1968 presidential race; and proposed peace talks with Hanoi are steps in the right direction. They do not, however, correct the pressing domestic and foreign ·problems which confront this nation.

The possible culmination of the war in Vietnam cannot be effective if present. foreign policy guidlines remain the same.

The continued bombing missions in North Vietnam up to the 20th parallel, along with the mobilization of 60,090 reservists and the decision to ship 13,500 more men to Vietnam, is not the way to bring peace to ,Southeast Asia.

It is in this frame of refere nee that the protests planned this Friday and Saturday must emphasize the need for a radical renovation of American foreign and domestic policies.

We face at this time racial revolutions which threaten ' the unity of this nation. The racial inequality has too long remained as a glaring contradiction to the American promise. Too long has the black American been delegated to the position of second class American. . The Ohlone College program this Friday wil1 be one of ·sympathy shown for the oppressed and for the other participating colleges. It is also a sign of a needed awakening by the students at Ohlone to political and social realities. .

Fred Lambert

Administration's ·Views

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(Continued from page 1) framework of the total College program and comply with College procedures." So speaks Dr. James W. Duke, vice president.

William Blum, dean of students, states, "The 'Student Strike for Peace' at Ohlone College was. approved by acclamation by the Student Government on Tuesday, April 23. The 'Strike' is apparently part of a world-wide protest by students against the war, the draft, · bigotry and poverty. Past generations of American college students have . been criticized for their lack of in· volvement i.n crucial matters of concern to the United States and the world."

"Ohlone students are concerned and involved. The ·meeting to be held on Friday is both .an attempt to provide more information and to rally support for one position on these issues. The organizers have complied with all procedures for holding a meeUng so there will be no disruption of other educational activities of the college."

"The. rights of all students, both those who support and those who oppose the issue, must b.e protect~ ed." .

"I am proud of the way in which the democratic process is operating

at Ohlone. " Another administrative view was heard from William J . Collins, assistant to the president, where he said, "Everybody has a right to ex· press a viewpoint. In my opinion, the college will take no position on this peace strike. We do teach the .democratic process on the other hand, all classes will be held as scheduled, as it stands now."

Dr. Stephen E. Epler, president of the college, and Carl Karasek, dean of instruction, were both unavailable for comment.

J. Steven Bammel, associated student body president, states his position by saying, "As far as the student strike for peace is concerned, if it causes one person to think, one person to. say 'Go to hell', and yet another to see the light, then the entire international strike is Worth every inconvenience it causes. The younger people are vi· tally interested . and don't . have .a voting voice. They are using this means to make their feeling ~own to all. People argue· that it is possi.· bly just an irrational bandwagon gathering of non·t~kers, but this· is exactly what it is not. For we are the thinkers, we are the doers.

Right or wrong, we · must commit~ for only through commitµient comes

Right-Wing Leader SpeaksOpinions On Negro, War, Draft Bob Reeder, a resident of Fremont, a chapter leader of a John Birch Society chapter in Fremont, and Fremont vice-chairman of Truth About Civil Turmoil (TACT) speaks for these organizations:

On Racial Turmoil "The way for true advan~ement of the Negro is not through deferment of the problem. Several, interrelated factors developed the Negro problem, 1) the Negro's general lack of initiative, 2) the general discrimination, and 3) the natural perpetuation of a group of poverty stricken individuals. Each of these factors has added to the other. '' "The Negro is preaching hatred of white men , and trying to give them a social, mass guilt feeling. An individual that does something wrong should feel guilty, but not for something he didn't do. We're individuals-not part of the mass."

"The- solution to the racial problem is not to create a more antagonistic attitude between the white and black people, but this is exactly what the peace people are doing. Negro and white leaders should stress for the individual to look into himself for the solution."

"It will do no good to blame the problems on anyone else or anything else. Each individual must say to himself, 'I am to blame, I've got to blame myself, and then do better and strive for better education', etc. The peace people are doing the exact opposite .

They're teaching Negroes to blame someone elsethis is the wrong way to get the problem solved."

Communism in all countries such as China, Cuba, the Congo, and Venezuela. This is an inconsistency, there's no reason for us to believe the administration is changing."

"Presuming the administration does want to oppose Communism, the question is why Vietnam?? General MacArthur warned us not to get in a ground war iri Asia. Fighting Communism in Vietnam gives us the worst disadvantage we could possibly have. It is the m'ost costly supply route we could have. It just doesn't make sense."

"If the administration wants to fight Communism, why not Cuba? There we would have the greatest advantage. Our government is keeping the present refugees from ·going and stopping Castro themselves.

We're stopping them, which is actually helping Castro.

For instance using 1956 as an example, we didn't have to lift a finger. Hungary, if we hadn't done anything, would have liberated themselves and other countries in their area, thus saving us a lot of money." '·Right now we are fighting on a stalemate basis in Vietnam : There are three ways to fight over there, 1) win and get out, 2) withdraw, and 3) stalemate. If I had all three to choose from, I feel we should win and get out. However, if only the withdraw, or stalemate alternatives of fighting were offered, rather than stalemate, I feel we should get out."

.on Draft

"This is my personal opinion about the draft and not the opinion of either of the two organizations I belong to."

"I think that a higher-paid, voluntary army would "First. of all, from the beginning we would never be the solution. For an emergency, I'd go along with have been in favor of going into Vietnam " but since the draft. Most people, 90 per. cent, don't feel that it's we are in there, the only thing we can do now is win a privilege to serve." it swiftly and get out."

"I'm not going to oppose the draft, just because of "The ultimate purpose of the war is to virtually in- the fact that it is the law and you should obey the crease government speding ai:id control. Robert Welsh, law as long as the law can be legally changed. If you who lays the policy for the John Birch Society, said can't legally change it, then you can go and start a that unless the course of war is changed it will in- revolution." crease in cost, lives lost, and more troops will be "Those who are opposing the draft laws are crysent. There will also have to be more economic con- babies. They didn't get their way (a change of the trol at home." · draft laws) so they'll .do anything to get it. Conserva"The war has been planned in the beginning for sin- · tives don't just · go break the law to gain publicity. ister reasons. Why is the administration now opposing The slogan for the Left is tpat the 'ends justify the Communism when year after year it has supported means', which has been the call of tyrants for ages .

On Vietnam

thought and learning."

Various instructors were also contacted for comment on the peace strike.

Dean Frazer, history instructor, said, "My name in on the petition. · Anything that will shake apathy and intellectual lethargy on this campus is .to be viewed as a direct gain.

Something that will create a college atmosphere is more a part of the total scene · which far has been lacking."

Howard DeWitt, also a history instructor, stated, "I support these signs of political activity that are beneficial and I feel the petitioners shQuld be supported. This is one of the best processes of education possible and I hope the atmosphere of the strike will carry over to Saturday's peace march in San Francisco."

Drama instructor, G. Craig Jack·

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son, commented, "I need to know both sides of the positions before I can take a side on the issue."

Viewing another stand David .McLaughlin, art instructor said, "It's cut and dried to me. The kids are fed up with violence and are trying to do something about our 'civilization .' If a demonstration can bring mind and thought together, perhaps, this is a sign of better times."

Other views were also expressed such as Finis 'Pete' Wilson, psychology instructor, when he stated, "I'm going to sign the petition. I support student involvement, participation, and democratic process. I'm also glad to see a little action on this campus."

Barbara Hofacker, English instructor, summed up her views by saying "Hurray!"

Instructors who were contacted but refused comment were Frances

DiPippo, English instructor, Bar· hara Pence, math instructor, Joan C. LeCJ.erq, business instructor, and Richard Walsh, physical education instructor.

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