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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, October 20,1967
Vietnam war called 'senseless'
Students want cease-fire
By Maggie Ogilvie Kansan Staff Reporter
"A real cross section" of passers-by in the Kansas Union Thursday added their names to a petition student instigators plan to carry to Congress.
"To express indignation at the senseless destruction of Vietnam and its people," reads their appeal, " . . . we ask our government to take further initiatives leading to a standstill cease-fire and a permanent peace."
"A lot of people who don't agree with this don't sign because of an aura of paranoia," said Bill Berkowitz, New York City junior who has manned the table daily. "It's because they're afraid of parental anger or future jeopardy.
During the first few days of a campaign to be continued into next week, about 300 contributed to a full-page advertisement in the University Daily Kansan's homecoming edition.
"This is for people to stand up and be counted. It's a commitment. In Germany, people say they weren't aware of World War II atrocities. In the U.S. people will not be able to say that.
"A commitment"
This proposal could have been much, much stronger—like an unconditional withdrawal. Much stronger statements have been published in campus newspapers," Berkowitz said. "Tm ready for that to be the next move."
"Lyndon Johnson calls us 'peaceniks,'" said Berkowitz. "As President he can say anything about anyone he wants in a way that curtails others' freedom of speech."
"We might stoop so low as to send it to the President," said Wayne Propst, Lawrence senior who was helping Berkowitz.
Berkowitz, who is "4F," said,
"Political justification for the Vietnam war is unfounded . . .
economic interests and big business should be used in domestic areas.
Not black or white
Propst said his parents "are very conservative. My mother's against the war just because 'I'm going to be killed there.'"
"When I first came to KU, my father told me not to sign anything. Both Propt and Berkowitz are active in Students for a Democratic Society (SDS).
Men in dress suits only turned their heads as they passed the table. One, a professor of Spanish and Portuguese, finally stopped to put some coins in the jar. He "happened to agree with it," and had helped conduct a poll here last summer to determine if open hearings on Vietnam by U.S. Rep. Larry Winn would be favorable to Lawrence citizens.
Adults don't stop
"Members of the so-called reputable establishment," said Berkowitz, "refuse to even stop and look. You could count the adults on your fingers."
But another, asking if faculty signatures were allowed, was told they were "very much desired." Berkowitz said the students "always say thanks and you're welcome."
Propst said there is a lot of group pressure when someone is undecided. Berkowitz said it was "amazing" that many were "apprehensive."
"With a boy and girl you can always tell who's the most dominant partner," said Propst as one hesitant male was pulled away by the hand. They estimated there had been a close ratio of men and women, but that "the girls are concerned about the guys." One man signed for his wife.
"Signing all day"
"If it's gonna keep me out I'd be signing all day," said a man who has children. The two called him "a chicken hawk," but said he really didn't fit that description. A chicken hawk is "somebody who wants the war to continue but doesn't want to go and fight."
A Negro bearing a "Watts 87" button walked up to say, "What we need, brother, is peace in America!"
Reading the petition's reference to "a possible thermo-nuclear holocaust," another girl said,
"That's not the issue. Senators are going to think it's kind of unrealistic.
"Do you think they'll pay attention to a bunch of people who are not even voting age?" she asked.
"Very frequently people petition and Congress just ignores it," they admitted.
"I'm just saying I don't think that's the way to get the issue across," she said.
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