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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, November 1, 1968
Election nears; views clarified
As the year's presidential campaign draws to a close, interest in the candidates opinions has increased. Charges and countercharges have been issued by all three candidates.
In the interest of clarity, the University Daily Kansan presents the following summary of the candidates' veiw on the major issues.
The issues and the answers:
Richard Nixon, the Republican candidate, is still standing behind the commitment he made to President Johnson earlier this year not oto make any statements "prejudicial to the Paris negotiations." He has been quite vocal, however, in stating that he believes the war should have been fought differently in the first place. The United States has "wasted" its military advantage, he says. Nixon also thinks the bombing of North Vietnam was a mistake. In line with his earlier pledge, he has made no definite statement on what he
Socialist leader calls American politics backward
A spokesman for the Socialist Workers party last night called the United States "the most politically backward country in the world."
Seth Wigderson, the regional director for the Socialist party made the statement last night as he blasted almost every aspect of the American political and economic system.
Wigderson attacked the capitalist system as the main cause behind many social problems. He said, "We're tired of racism, war and poverty which the capitalistic system creates and perpetuates."
He spoke out against the Vietnam war, racism and poverty. He called for the development of a black political party and said he advocated the Black Panther militant organization.
Speaking against the war in Vietnam, Wigderson urged socialist followers to subvert American soldiers, thereby weakening the war effort. He said, "Our goal is to get every single GI out of Vietnam and bring him home."
Widgerson denied students were changing the social system. He called college-educated persons, "House slaves," after a term once used by the militant Negro leader, Malcom X.
He said the term originated from southern slave holders who gave a modest amount of education to slaves living in mansions, making the slave more useful to the master.
When asked whether he felt violence would result from the socialist movement Widgerson replied, "I think it's very probable there will be some."
He said every man has a basic democratic right to "struggle and defend himself." However he added, "We don't advocate violence anymore than the weatherman advocates rain."
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Hubert "Humphrey—the Democratic candidate, has taken several stands on the war. Before the Chicago convention he generally gave his support to the Johnson war policy, that is, no bombing halt without reciprocal action, and his backers were instrumental in keeping the "peace plank" out of the Democratic platform. Last month, he said he would stop the bombing of North Vietnam "when it was safe to do so." His latest position is that he would "consider" a unilateral bombing halt as an "acceptable" means of bringing about peace. Humphrey originally made the same pledge to LBJ as Nixon did. He agrees with Nixon on the "de-Americanization" of the war.
George Wallace, the third party candidate, says the U.S. made a mistake in entering the war, but now that we are there, he feels we must achieve an "honorable peace." Wallace says an honorable peace means the eviction of all North Vietnamese troops from South Vietnam and the total defeat of the Viet Cong.
Crime and racial strife, student militancy and law and order constitute several of the most important and least understood issues of the campaign.
Humphrey advocates strengthening local police forces and the National Guard with federal funds. He also supports massive federal outlays for eradicating the "causes of disorder" outlined by the Kerner Commission in its report.
Nixon advocates federal aid to local police forces also, but says the role of poverty as a cause of crime and disorder has been overplayed. He is in favor of prompting private industry to solve ghetto problems along with some ore federal aid. He generally takes a tougher line on disorder than does Humphrey.
Wallace has been the most vocal of the three on this issue. He feels that police have been hampered in their work by the U.S. Supreme Court and civilian leaders. He said police should be free to do their job.He said he would "run over" any demonstrator who laid down in front of his car. Looters, he says, should be shot.
Nixon said he is in favor of ending the draft entirely and instituting a volunteer military based on higher pay and more incentives. Rep. Garner E. Shriver, R-Kans., published a survey which said this system would be better and cheaper than the draft.
Humphrey is backing a 19-year-old lottery system under which names would be drawn at random from the draft pool, rather than the present system of drafting the persons with the lowest draft number. He said he is opposed to ending the draft.
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At Hue, Vietnam's old imperial capital, Communists fired 15 rounds of the same heavy rockets into the residential area.
Attacks continue as Johnson calls halt
SAIGON (UPI)—Communist gunners fired rockets into Saigon and Hue Thursday and early Friday, killing at least 31 persons and wounding 87 in attacks that continued until a few hours before President Johnson ordered an end to U.S. air raids against North Vietnam.
The attacks killed 23 and wounded 84 in Saigon with at least 14 rounds of 122mm rocket fire. The attack coincided with the celebration of National Day, the fifth anniversary of the overthrow of the regime of President Ngo Dinh Diem.
Even as President Johnson spoke in Washington, U.S. fighter-bombers continued their strikes against North Vietnam. UPI correspondent Robert Kaylor said that while listening to the broadcast at Tahkli Air
Just 35 minutes east on I-35 to 7th Ave. in K.C., K. South past KU Med. Ctr. to 43rd St., east 4 blocks
Force base in Thailand, the President's words were occasionally drowned out by the roar of F105 Thunderchiefs leaving on air strikes.
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