THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
80th Year, No. 22
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Tuesday, Oct. 14, 1969
Winn, Sebelius urge escalation in Vietnam
UDK News Roundup
By United Press International
All Soyuz systems 'go'
MOSCOW—The commander of the sevenman Soviet space team declared his men in excellent shape today and set them to tasks aimed at smoothing the way for creating man's first stairstep to the stairs.
Never before have so many men been in space at once, orbiting the earth every 89 minutes in three vehicles.
VC back moratorium
SAIGON—Fighting flared 15 miles from Saigon today on the eve of the Vietnam moratorium in the United States. South Vietnam deployed troops against possible antiwar demonstrations here.
Saigon police sources said Viet Cong agents had slipped into the capital and distributed pamphlets in the Central Market calling for the South Vietnamese to hold their own demonstrations against the war Wednesday.
Koreans sink gunboat
SEOUL—A South Korean destroyer and dive bombers sank a heavily armed North Korean gunboat early today in a sea battle that killed all 25 crewmen on the Communist vessel.
The South Korean counter-espionage command said the 75-ton North Korean boat—the largest ever sighted in South Korean waters—was spotted cruising off Korea's west coast 330 miles southwest of Seoul.
By TED ILIFF
Kansan Staff Writer
Copyright 1960
University Daily Kansan
A letter signed by two Kansas congressmen addressed to President Nixon is asking for an immediate escalation of the Vietnam war.
A copy of the letter which includes the signatures of Rep. Larry Winn, R-Leawood, Rep. Keith Sebelius, R-Norton, was mailed to the Collegiate Young Republicans (CYR) by a legislative aid to one of the congressmen.
The letter is being circulated among members of the House of Representatives by Rep. Sam Steiger, R-Arizona.
"The letter has been shown only to members of the House as far as I know," Steiger said. "It has not been sent to the President and won't be until I get a sufficient number of signatures."
A sufficient number of signatures would be at least 50 Democrats and Republicans he said. As of now,23 representatives have signed the letter.
Steiger is asking in the letter to "start a sudden and major escalation of the war with one aim in mind—victory.
"We urge an immediate resumption of bombing of North Vietnam, including the dikes of the Red River which protect North Vietnam's major rice fields," the letter stated.
The Congressmen also asked that South Vietnam Rangers be infiltrated into North Vietnam to conduct activity similar to that of the Viet Cong in the south.
"Mr. President, we believe this dirty little war with a third-rate power can and must be brought to an honorable end if the United States is ever again to hold up its head in the family of nations," the congressmen said in the letter.
The congressmen continued saying they believe the American
people share their view "and are only waiting to be told this will be done before they rally enthusiastically to your side."
They claimed the war was being fought with "half-hearted military means" and that negotiations had failed. They accused war dissenters of "lending strength and encouragement to the enemy."
After receiving the letter by mail from the unnamed legislative aid, the CYR Executive Board unanimously passed a resolution condemning the letter.
"We completely and unequivocally withdraw our support from any such efforts made by Congressmen Larry Winn Jr. and Keith Sebelius, and stringently censure them for their abandonment of the ideals of world peace as expressed by our party," the board said in the resolution.
Copies of the letter and resolution were to be sent to eight other CYR chapters in Kansas.
Chalmers backs action
Chancellor E. Laurence Chalmers Jr. Monday reaffirmed his stand on Wednesday's nationwide moratorium in protest of the Vietnam War.
"There have always been persons who objected to every war this country has fought, but the war in Vietnam is perceived by our students as politically unjustifiable and morally indefensible and I agree with them on both counts." Chalmers said he is not opposed to peaceful demonstrations and hopes KU's participation Wednesday will be successful.
Photo by Ron Bishop
Some people couldn't decide
Indian summer departed KU Monday as temperatures dipped into the low 40's. But some students were unable to decide exactly what kind of dress was appropriate for a cold day in October.
With the cooperation of the press, radio and TV, the student body and faculty, Chalmers said, KU's moratorium will be peaceful. He said he hoped these groups would adhere to the same posture in subsequent months, should the need arise for future moratorium's.
He praised the Student Mobilization Committee for offering monitors at all class buildings to prevent disruption of regularly scheduled events. Events that might interfere with students wishing to attend classes will be subject to University restraint, said Chalmers.
Chalmers said he expected a large turnout for the moratorium events and plans to attend as
many events as his schedule permits.
There will be no compulsory class attendance. It will be up to the individual student and faculty member as to whether or not to attend classes, said Chalmers. The Chancellor did say, however, that moratorium by definition means postponement, not cancellation and that any classes missed must be made up.
"The University's first obligation is to the education paid for," said Chalmers.
Chalmers said he looks forward to the response of the government and students of the United States to Wednesday's coast-to-coast suspension of activity in the efforts of peace.
KU, Medical Center plan for moratorium
The Oct. 15 Vietnam Moratorium will be actively observed on both the University of Kansas campus at Lawrence and the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City.
At the Medical Center, the moratorium is being supported by many students and faculty members.
Dr. Robert Hudson, chairman of the history of medicine department, said the Medical Center movement was not sponsored by any particular organization. 'Plans for participating in the
moratorium evolved from interested students and faculty members," he said.
A teach-in scheduled from noon to 3 p.m. Wednesday in the Wahl Hall-East Auditorium on the Medical Center campus will be transmitted by microwave hook-up to Lawrence and televised in 203 Bailey Hall.
Arthur Katz, dean of the School of Social Welfare, will talk on the social aspects of the war from noon to 12:30 p.m.
Views on the war and the civil- (Continued to page 8)