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Swan urged his audience to again establish the international role of the United States as a "country of peace, not a country of war," and asked for support in building a stronger moratorium in November.
The Rev. Robert Shelton, acting assistant professor of the School of Religion, also spoke at Wescoe Hole. Shelton told the group gathered
at the site that demonstrations can make a significant impact on national policy.
Students spending their first day seriously considering the conflict of Vietnam were experiencing a "rebirth." Shelton said, and added, "I want to wish those students a happy birthday and many more."
In an earlier lecture at Smith Hall, Shelton said that the difference between a just and an unjust war was no longer relevant in rationalizing conflict in the world.
"Man cannot talk about a 'just war' in a nuclear age," he said.
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"We have a chance to put an end to war—this war, every war," he said, "and nothing must deter us."
Another speaker at the open microphone, Bill Hansen, Kansas City law student, praised the gathering for "turning on to themselves."
Some KU faculty members scheduled open classes and "teach-ins" to observe the mortorium.
Hansen
In Lindley Hall more than 250
people attended an open class on the political geography of Vietnam, presented by Robert W. McColl, associate professor of geography, and Robert E. Nunley, associate professor of geography
The class lasted two hours twice as long as planned.
Four faculty members conducted a teach-in in Hoch Auditorium. Lawrence Velvel, associate professor of law; Harry G. Shaffer, professor of economics; Arthur Katz, dean of the School of Social Welfare; and John C. Wright, associate professor of human development, discussed the Vietnam war and the issues which the war presents to their respective disciplines.
Shaffer drew a standing ovation from the crowd of more than 2,500 when he said, "You (young men) shall have to die, and be maimed and become killers, because men
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