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Volume 23 Number 7 · A Publication of the Associated Students · October 14, 1969
Palomar College
San Marcos, Calif.
92069
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War policies challenged as moratorium day grows
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INSTRUCTORS SPEAK OUT
Moratorium stirs mixed opinions I
Tomorrow is October 15. A day when students throughout the nation will be participating in the V:ietnam War Moratorium . This campus too will be involved wi th various activities scheduled throughout the day. Everyone has an opinion concerning the war in Vietnam, war protests and particularly the scheduled moratorium. Below are seven points of view concerning the moratorium. Dr. Harry C. Mahan, head of the Behavioral Science Department: "I a m in favor of any demonstration which is opposed to war in general. "War is unquestionably the greatest tragedy which has ever struck mankind in the history of his existence. And it continues to plague mankind worse than any epidemic which man has eve r knwon. "I participated in the greates t demonstration against war which this country has ever known which was on November 11, 1918. "But , unfortunately, our withdrawal from combat did not guarantee that wars would be over in the future . The question now is, will the American withdrawal from Vietnam guarantee that there will be no wars in the future ? It is in looking to the future that we must concern ourselves in our demonstration and our plans to avoid war must be on a perm anent basis and not just a temporary one." Frank Mott, ASB President: "If student want to observe the moratorium , that will be up to them . But I don ' t see that it should be an organized moratorium . If they want to observe a moment of silence, or whatever the period may be, fine, but it's not going to be something organized to disrupt the regular students . "Everyone has their wayofexpressing themselves and if this is the ir way of letting the ma jority know how they fe e l, the n that is their perogative ." Victor Heyden, speech- English instructor : "Some have, I understand, la- · be lled the moratorium "subversive". Utter, pe rverse, balderdash! In this context, the truly "subversive" is the attempt to intimidate one's fellow c iti zens
By Steve Schneider in the free exercise of their constitutional rights by the us e of scare-head obscenities as the term "subve rsive" . Roy Archer, political science instructor: "In m y opinion, the Kennedy and Johnson administrations did a very poor job in articulating just why we a r e in Vietnam. "I feel that we originally went into Vietnam to preve nt China from winning control over this area. And I support our original involveme nt. Now that China is not a threat, I would like to see a situation created like we have in Korea. Where the country would be divided bettween the two . "There are people who present moral arguments conce rning Vietnam, but in international relations the r e are no moral issues-- -there is only self-preservation. Meaning that countries act to preserve thei r best interest. We are the r e because we feel that this is in our bes t interest to be there. That is debatable . " Peter Bellington, English instructor who tried to gain approval of the faculty in support of the moratorium and finally settled on setting tomorrow up as as "Open Hours" session.: "My feeling at this moment is that I'm disappointed in the facu lty's failing to approve the mor ator ium for the e ntire day. Because I feel that, as an institution we have a responsibility to go beyond our eve ryd ay teaching tasks and offer leadership to s tud e nts and community on important issues l ike the Vietnam War." Chris Read, T ELESCOPE editor: "Students at Palomar are so wound up in the ir personal feelings that they have become blind to the i ssues of the day. The things that rea ll y count. I think tha t it's time for all of us to wake up and do something about the world outside . "The best thing that could happe n to eac h of us is if we could all become totall y invol ved wi th problems , not fa ntasies . The Vietnam Moratorium is a chance for a ll of us to brea!c out of this self- e nc losing shell. I hope som e thing beneficial comes out of the "Open Hours " s ess ion. I hope we can get s tud ents involved . War is an ugly thing. He r e's
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Richard Peacock, Englis h instructor: "There are two hours set aside on Oct. 15 to speak out on the war. These two hours a r e set aside by the faculty. Ultimately, it's the stud ents who determine such issues. "Around the country it' s going to be declared a free day for protest and demonstration by all of the students. "No matter what the faculty decid es , it is ultimatel y what the s tud ents do tha t makes t he diffe r e nce. "My only question is, if it does n't happen now, when will it happe n ? Ten years from now, will the people be more ready? The war's beengoingonfor five or s ix years. It seems like twenty. We have to do it right now, or it doe s n't make any sense doing it a year from now."
By Chris Read Regardless of the effect oftomorrow' s moratorium is being give n s upport by a nti- war program on this campus , the som e prominent m embe r s of both houses, one-day Vietnam Mo r ator ium is destined mostl y Doves. t o become the greatest c halle nge of Sen. Euge ne McCa rthy (D-Minn.) will President Nixon' s wa r policies s ince he s peak at Princeton and Rutgers unitook office . ve r s iti es in New Jersey; Sen. Edmund Students from more than 600 colle ges S. Muskie (D- Me .) will be at Bates and universities throughou t the United College , Lewiston, Me. Sen. George States will be participating in peaceful McGove rn (D-S.D.) also will speak in demonstrations. Business and profesMaine, at the State Unive rsity, but first s ional groups from hundreds of towns will appear in Washington and at the and cities across the country will also Boston Commons rally. Sen. Fred R. take part in the moratorium, designed to Harris (D- Okla.), chairman of the Demdisplay the sentiments demanding the imocratic National Committee , will be at mediate withdrawal of United States Oklahoma State Unive r sity and the Unitroops from Vie tnam. versity of Okl ahoma during the day and Support for the national day of protest Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass .), will has ste adily increased since organizers speak at a World Affairs Counc il lunchfirst put plans on the drawi ng board. eon in Boston. Backers of the moratorium say support Republicans giving support to the morsurged after President Nixon's Sept. 26 atorium include Sen. Charles E. Goodell news conference, whe n he was ques ti oned of New York and Sen. Mark Hatfield of about the moratorium and anti- war actOregon. ivity on the natio ns' campuses. A small group of r epresentatives an"As far as this ki nd of activity is connounced last Thursday they wanted to cerned, we expect it. However, under keep the House in session 24 hours no circumstances will I be affected whatstarting tonight in support of the morever by it," replied the President. atorium. T hi s profound statement has given the A bipartisan group of 17 senators and moratorium its ' biggest boost. Protests 47 members of the House has told the throughout the nation have been scheduled Moratorium Committee they will support to help the President c hange his mind. the nationwide ac tivities if they are A sample of the plans: peaceful. The threat of disorder has Mrs. Caretta Scott Ki ng, widow of the caused other senators and congressmen l ate Dr. Martin Luther Ki ng, the s lain to hesitate in giving their public e nc ivil rights leader, will address a rally dorsement of the movement. at the Washington Monument, then lead Last Thursday evening, Repub lican a candlelight procession to the White Natio nal Chairman Rogers C. B. Morton House where President Nixon is sc hedgave his support to the moratorium u led to remai n during the day. Whittier before a group of students at GeorgeCollege, the President's a lma mater, town University. · "I'm for the morwi ll also be the site of a demonstration. atorium, "Morton was quoted as saying. " As long as we don't get into destroying In Duluth, Minn., on Lake Superior, other people this is a good thing- - - a there will be a s ilent vigil and peace real expression." march to the downtown civic center. An Meanwhile, late last week, it beold bell, which has n 't been rung in more came apparent that the White House than 50 years, will be rung38,000times was attempting to take some of the by Bethel College students in Newton, effect off the moratorium. Friday, Kan., in memory of the Vietnam War White House sources said, President dead. Nixon "does not quarrel with either Businessmen and lawye r s will read the the r ight, motives or good faith" of those names of the Vietnam War dead in Las who support the day of nationwide proVegas on the s teps ofthefederalbuilding tes ts against the war. The timely there . The li s t will also be read in Winremoval of Lewis B. Hershey as dirchester, Framingham and Arlington, ector of the Selec tive Service System Mass., and in scores of other communwas also interpretated as an attempt ities throught the land. to blunt the effe c t of the moratorium. Rallies are planned on the Boston The Vietnam Moratorium is being Common, in New York's Bryant Park. At sponsored by a new anti- war group. The Trinity Church, at the foot of Wall St. , a leade rs are three young former ormemorial se rvi ce will be he ld. College ganizers of Sen. McCarthy's presidential coeds from Byrn Mawr, outside Philacampaign- - - Sam Brown, David Mixner de lphia, will serve coffee to rail comand David Hawk. muters and ta lk to them about the war . "We see Oxt. 15 as just the beginning," In Los Angeles, Sen. Alan Cranston said Hawk. "We a re going to conand t he Rev. Ralph Abe rnathy, pres id e nt tinue once a month . . . we're going of the Southe rn Christian Leadership to come back two days in November, Confe r ence, are exp ected to speak at three days in December. USC . Students there a r e planning a large "We have mushroom ed in three weeks. march to City Hall. Students in CalifWe expected 300 campuses, now we have ornia's capitol are planning to conve rge 600. We've gotten 25 schools we've on Gov. Reagan's residence, hold a r ally neve r heard of . . . we think we can and read a list of the war dead . bui ld th~ most broad based mass moveA heated debate between Hawks and ment ever for the imm ediate withDoves is expected on Capitol Hill . The drawal."
COFAN SYMBOUZES DEAD
Vietnam protest activities planned Students desiring to participate in tomorrow's antiwar protest on thi s campu s will find a variety of activities scheduled by the local Vietnam Moratorium Committee. A motion passed last Tuesday by both the Adm inistr a ti ve Counc il and the faculty has a llowed for the s us pe nsion of business-as-usual on campus during a two hour "Open Hours" sess ion from ll a .m . to l p.m. The motion was accepted "with the understanding that those instructors who a r e so inclined could dismiss c lass during these hours . Hope fully, pe rsons with var ying points of view would be e ncouraged to participate . " In an attempt to ge t the e ntire s tudent body involved with the Vietna m War protest the following activities will take p lace during the "Open Hours " sess ion: At ll a. m. a guerilla theate r skit will be pe r for med by Palomar s tudents at various points throughout the campus. The 11 a. m. activities inc lud e a panel discussion with war veterans in ES-19 a nd a s lide show on the war in P-3 2.
A list of Califo r nia war dead will b e read in the Student Union at ll a . m. At noon a rally will be held in front of the flagpol e bringing all s tudents together. Speec hes will be made and folk s ingers will perform. At the e nd of the rally at l p.m. stu-
dents will be encouraged to join a motorcade to a North County peace picnic . Cars with lights on will follow a hearse with the coffin r epresenting the death in Vietnam. At the gathering at Glen Park in Cardiff, participants will try to "give p eace a chance".
Although the TELESCOPE urges participation in all of tomorrow's Vietnam Moratorium official and unofficial activities scheduled on campus, it s hould be made c lear the this is the opinion of the staff and should not be construed as the opinion of the Associated Student Body. Administration or Board of Governors. It should al so be made c lear that the "Open Hours" session, from 11 a.m. to l p.m . , doe s not necessaril y mean that classes will not be held during that time. Since ll a . m. is the lunc h period for most stude nts, little conflict is expected . It is s uggested , however, that s tudents not \Vishing to boycott their afternoon c lasses to attend the peace rall y at Glen Park in Cardiff or other antiwar orientated affairs, s hould contact their instructor to find whether their sche duled c lasses will be held.