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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, November 12, 1968
Walt claims Cong hope US will tire of war
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—quit giving Ho Chi Minh and his crowd hope that we're giving up," he said. "That's the only way we're going to win the war." Walt said.
Addressing ROTC students, other students and faculty, at the University Theatre, Walt said Americans are vital to the Vietnamese from a social, political and psychological, as well as military standpoint.
"Sometimes I think that calling the war in Vietnam a war is a misnomer. What we're doing in Vietnam is more than a war; it is a struggle—a struggle made up of poverty, illiteracy, misery, lack of a better way of life," he said.
"These factors are as much the enemy as the enemy on the battlefield."
The general said he thought
the Vietnamese people were a sturdy, good and persevering people.
"They appreciate and value freedom more than many Americans." he said.
Walt did not discuss the current bombing halt in Vietnam. Earlier he had said that during an earlier bombing pause, "We watched them build up their
artillery. We learned from it, and it won't happen again."
After telling the KU assemblage about the alleged brain-washing techniques of the Viet Cong, Walt said it is necessary for the United States to "take them (South Vietnamese) and change their minds, not through words but action."
He said that through medical aid, rebuilding of communities and building of schools, the Vietnamese "are beginning to see the light."
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"This is the dirtiest type of war and our young Americans, God bless 'em, are doing a terrific job," he said.
"The Communists haven't got a chance in God's world to defeat our forces on the battlefield," he added.
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Anti-war demonstrators follow Walt
Popular Film. 7 & 9 p.m., "Bay of Angels." Dyche Auditorium.
This brought an angry reaction, as sign-bearing dashed downstairs to catch the not-yet-confronted general before he could leave. The first protestors arrived just seconds too late, however, so they shouted not very-affectionate farewells at his departing army sedan.
A final incident arose about 9:40 p.m., when Walt, who had told the protestors through his aide and Union manager Frank Burge that he would speak to them, suddenly changed his mind and slipped down the back stairs and out the rear, Mississippi St. exit.
At one stage on the balcony, Atkinson yelled down through the open curtain to Walt and the
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A majority of the protestors felt they had successfully made their point and desired no further disruptive action. Less than a dozen, however, wanting more dramatic and direct confrontation, urged that the group go to the off-limits third floor balcony, above the dining room, and demonstrate with their signs there
to Rick Atkinson, march coordinator, had earlier threatened to beat up demonstrators.
About 7:10 p.m., three of those wanting the balcony demonstration left the main group in the Big Eight Room and went by themselves up to the third floor. They were followed by two VFW members, who according
Christian Science Organization. 7:30
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The initial group on the balcony was soon joined by other anti-war demonstrators. A volatile argument erupted, which twice resulted in shoving and pushing.
The students had just managed to open the curtain and wave their signs before the diners below, when they became involved in a scuffle with the veterans. Each side blamed the other for instigating the violence.
diners below. "These are the guys that are protecting you—" he shouted, "protecting you by beating us up."
Jayhawk Rodeo Club. 7:30 p.m.
Kansas Union.
English Dept. Lecture. 7:30 p.m.
Prof. Dennis Quinn, "Life: Is It a Supreme Value." Forum Room, Kansas Union.
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Jury to investigate plot to kill Nixon
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NEW YORK (UPI) A mystery informant will be the star witness Tuesday when a Brooklyn grand jury begins an investigation of an alleged conspiracy by three Yemeni immigrants to assassinate President-elect Richard M. Nixon.
The police department and the Port Authority police ordered "total security" for Nixon on his arrival here Monday from Key Biscayne, Fla., via Washington where he conferred with President Lyndon Johnson. The Secret Service also was reported taking additional precautions since the plot suspects were arrested in Brooklyn Saturday.
The federal government signified its interest in the case Monday by ordering U.S. attorneys to confer with Brooklyn police authorities. No one would say whether there were indications the case was linked to the murder of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in Los Angeles last June, but acting Brooklyn District Attorney Elliott Golden said nothing was being overlooked.
Tips Police
Golden's staff worked on its presentation to the Kings County grand jury which is scheduled to hear testimony from a man who claims the suspects approached him to join the conspiracy. The unidentified man reportedly tipped off police who arrested Ahmed Namer, 43, and his sons Hussein, 20, and Abdo, 16, in a raid on their shabby apartment.
Tight Security
commit murder, for which they face 15 years imprisonment each if convicted; criminal solicitation in the first degree, involving importing commission of murder, for which they face seven years in prison; and illegal possession of weapons, for which they face up to a year in prison.
The suspects will also have another court hearing Wednesday because their first hearing Sunday was held under a witness-shielding affidavit which requires another public hearing in 48 hours. They are being held in tight security under $100,000 bond each. The Namers, who worked as shipping clerks, said they had enough money to pay for legal counsel.
Nixon aides said the president-to-be knew of the alleged plot before it was made public but had shown "no concern over it."
However, the fact that the Namers came from Yemen in the same Arab part of the world as Jordan, birthplace of Kennedy assassination suspect Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, 24, led some investigators to surmise that similar motivations might be involved.
Sirhan allegedly shot Kennedy because of the senator's proIsraeli statements. During his campaign Nixon spoke out for a militarily strong Israel that would have a "technological margin" over its Arab neighbors. Golden said the Namers had "very strong ties outside the country . . . family ties, if not other ties that I will not comment on."
Roy Wilkins asked to quit
LOS ANGELES (UPI)—Roy Wilkins yesterday was asked to resign as director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) by the presidents of three NAACP branches. They called him "the Number One Uncle Tom in America."
Celes King III, president of the central Los Angeles NAACP branch, said the group's "membership was eroding" and its "prestige was up only in the white community."
He was joined in his demand for Wilkins' resignation by Charles Thomas, president of the Westside branch, and Henry Dotson, president of the Southwest branch. The trio said they represented a majority of black people who thought Wilkins was incapable of continued leadership.
"Wilkins has become so much a part of the white establishment, he is no longer an effective representative of the black people," King said. "It is time for this former great leader to retire."
Wilkins, contacted in New York, said NAACP membership "has eroded in the Los Angeles area where these men are the leaders of the movement."
He said the chapters in question in Los Angeles had been served with "routine notices" of complaints against the local leadership.