THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, Nov. 12, 1969
80th Year, No. 43
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Photo by Douglas W. Sheffner
Cadets honor veterans
Col. Philip H. Riedel, professor of military science, addressed a group of ROTC cadets Tuesday and called upon them to honor and draw inspiration from our veterans. Members of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, post 14 of the American Legion, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, post 852, were also present for the official observation of Veteran's Day.
Students prepare for Topeka march
By CAROLYN BOWERS Kansan Staff Writer
Approximately one thousand marchers are expected to participate in a march at 2 p.m. and rally at 3 p.m. in Topeka Saturday to protest the war in Vietnam.
Tom Ashton, Lawrence graduate student and KU mobilization steering committee member, said that this figure was estimated from reports received from mobilization committees at several Kansas colleges.
A permit to march was granted Monday to Mike Beiriger, Prairie Village freshman and parade coordinator, by the Topeka Police Department said Mrs. Jean Ashton, Lawrence senior and steering committee member.
The march will proceed from 2nd Street and Van Buren Avenue to the south steps of the State House.
Professor to speak
Harry G. Shaffer, professor or economics; Mrs. Wes Santee, spokesman for the Lawrence residents' mobilization group and Bob Swan, unsuccessful 1968 Congressional candidate,will speak before the rally on the steps.
Those participating in the march will meet in X-Zone parking lot at 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Ashton said cars will be available for anyone needing a ride.
The Topeka Police Department has asked that cars be parked near the State House to avoid congestion at the parade site, Ashton said.
The KU mobilization committee has asked that only one day of classes be set aside in observance of the November war moratorium instead of the plan prescribed by the national organization to increase by one day each month.
Impracticality cited
"Since this is a university and education is the reason why everyone is here. It would be impractical to try and build moratoriums lasting several days," Mrs. Ashton said.
The two-day moratorium will begin Friday with speeches and open classes scheduled on the campus similar to the October event.
An all-day silent vigil in front
of Strong Hall will begin events at 9 a.m. Friday. Rev. C. F. "Dutch" Stoltz, Episcopal campus priest of Canterbury House, will speak at a memorial service at the proposed site of Wescoe Hall at 9:15 a.m.
Students will have an opportunity to express their views concerning the war at an open mike session following the service at the same location.
Faculty speakers
Several faculty members will also speak at the open mike throughout the day. Robert E. Nunley, associate professor of geography, will speak at 10 a.m.; Donald Marquis, acting assistant professor of philosophy, will speak at 11 a.m. and Lawrence Velvel, associate professor of law, will speak at 1 p.m.
At 2:30 p.m., the open mike session will end with folk singing and poetry reading. Two open classes will also be sponsored by professors in lieu of their regularly scheduled meetings.
At 9:30 a.m., John Wright, as-
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Crowds show Nixon backing
Nation honors war dead
By United Press International
Americans observed Veterans Day Tuesday with traditional ceremonies honoring the nation's war dead and a show of support both silent and vocal-for President Nixon's policies to end the war in Vietnam.
In the nation's traditional No. 1 Veterans Day observance—the laying of the President's red, white and blue wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery—an administration spokesman bid for support of the "silent majority."
Donald E. Johnson, head of the Veterans Administration, said "thousands of Americans are
speaking up, proudly proclaiming their unashamed love of America and urging the overwhelming silent majority of their fellow Americans to join them in declaration of love for, and faith in, our great country."
An estimated 10,000 persons gathered at the foot of the Washington Monument Tuesday and gave noisy support to President Nixon's efforts to end the Vietnam War.
U. S. park police reported a few scattered incidents but no violence during the Veterans Day demonstration held two days before the start of mass antiwar protests in the capital and across the country.
Isolated groups of long-haired youths argued with middle-aged men, one of whom carried a placard reading "communism is the eneny." Another, saying he was a World War II veteran, turned on five khaki-clad youths and shouted they should join the draft and stop criticizing "good Americans." Both youth groups left without incident.
The Monument crowd was by far the biggest of the day in Washington. Lee Edwards, a Washington lawyer who was Barry M. Goldwater's presidential
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Scott says Haynsworth plan not true
WASHINGTON (UPI)—Senate Republican leader Hugh Scott denied reports Tuesday that he would vote for the nomination of Judge Clement F. Haynsworth Jr., to the Supreme Court only if his vote were needed.
Friends of the Pennsylvania Republican told UPI that Scott planned to duck the confirmation roll call expected next week. They said he planned to vote for confirmation only if his vote assured
nomination and "no" if the issue is decided without his vote.
But Scott denied he had such plans. He said he had told no one which way he stood on the question, "not even my wife."
If Scott's friends were correct, Haynsworth would have to face the confirmation vote without the support of three of the top Republican leaders — Scott, whip Robert P. Griffin of Michigan and Republican conference chairman Margaret Chase Smith of Maine
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who already have publicly opposed confirmation.
But Scott's statements would leave him in the column of uncommitted who hold the key to the outcome of the vote. Their number grew by one Tuesday with a Republican senator privately opposed to confirmation switching to the undecided.
That left 20 senators in the undecided column—12 Republicans and eight Democrats—with 43 senators opposed and 37 in favor.
UDK News Roundup
By United Press International
March route okayed
WASHINGTON—The government has agreed to allow an antiwar M-day march, perhaps involving up to 70,000 demonstrators, to pass within one block of the White House in exchange for a pledge of nonviolence from leaders of the protest.
The agreed-upon march route involves use of Pennsylvania Avenue.
Leaders of the New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam 'New Mobe', who had fought for use of Pennsylvania Avenue during lengthy negotiations with the Justice Department, hailed the agreement as a victory.
LBJ may have to testify
CHICAGO—If the defense in the Chicago riot conspiracy trial has its way, it will put on the witness stand a parade of past and present political powers, including former President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Stewart Ball, a member of the legal staff defending the seven men charged with conspiring to incite riots during the 1968 Democratic National Convention, said Tuesday subpoenas were being drawn for Johnson, Sens. Eugene J. McCarthy, D-Minn., and J. William Fulbright, D-Ark., and former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark.