Friday, October 25, 1968
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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'No change'in Vietnam situation
Johnson unwilling to interpret casualties
WASHINGTON (UPI)—President Johnson said Thursday there still was "no basic change, no breakthrough" in the Vietnam situation, and refused to accept suggestions that low U.S. war casualties are the result of an intentional Communist lull in the fighting.
"We are working hard and diligently and earnestly", to achieve peace in Vietnam, he told a White House news conference. But at another point he said, "The last thing I would want to do is lull anyone into a false sense of security."
Johnson thus made clear he was not willing to interpret the casualty figures from Saigon as part of the sort of peace gesture from Hanoi that he requires for halting the bombing of NOrth Vietnam.
Despite intensive diplomatic activity in Paris, Washington and
Saigon, the President had no more progress to report than on Oct. 16, when the White House issued a statement saying there was "no basic change in the situation—no breakthrough."
He made no announcements Wednesday. Newsmen were given only a few minutes to gather in the small cabinet room near Johnson's office for the half-hour session, which was taped for later broadcast.
The President's only firm disclosures were that he would make his first nationwide television endorsement of the Democratic ticket at 8:30 p.m. (EDT) Nov. 3—two days before the Presidential election—over the NBC network. He noted he would make a similar appearance on CBS radio this Sunday at 7:35 p.m. local time, except for 6:35 p.m. in the Mountain time zone.
On politics, the President refused comment on the candidates' positions except to defend his administration against Republican charges it was not fighting lawlessness and violence hard enough.
Johnson disputed what he said was an attitude there were federal officials "that would countenance violation of the law."
23rd and Louisiana
LLS FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS ART EXHIBIT AND SALES Saturday, October 26 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday. October 27 12-
Please attend and vote for your favorite artist.
Gertrude M. Park
Teresa A. Rasing
J. D. Coffin
Elizabeth Butler Moore
Isabel Allen
Beverly Willis
Judith Philgreen
Beverly Frazier
Alice Woods
Kathy Hird
Paul H. Selzer
Mrs. Ernest A. Pontius
Betty Coale
Celia Smith
Clarence A. Teed
Jan Gaumnitz
Sophia Taylor
Russetta Beck
Howard Fox
Jean Brunton
James L. Koevenig
Richard W. Mawdsley
Craig Boyers
Walter J. Bailey
Arch Oliver
Alan L. Bell
Connie Spitz
Ann Nunley
Charles Thies
Mrs. Robert L. Sutherland
Jerry L. Choate
Richard Luster
John Garcia
Carroll Ciochon
Cindy Shott
Theora Tice
Mark Sheldon
Jerry Bryan
Caryle Smith
Jim Tice
Mrs. Howard Baumgartel
Herb Friedson
Randall G. Pastle
Margaret Schmidt
Deborah Burdick
Phyllis Sapp
Ruth Cady
Mrs. Paul Burton
Ann Gati
Lili Rankin
Stephen M. Jepson
Ralph Hoover
Oil paintings, Water colors, Ceramics, Jewelry, Pen and Ink, Sculpture, Drawings, Weaving, Leather, Furniture, Acrylic, Etchings, Screen prints, Enamels, Woodwork, Batik stitchery, and more.
Jerry Choate Ceramics
Artists that will be demonstrating during the show:
Jan Gaumnitz Oil Paintings
Margoret Schmidt Pen & Ink, Water Colors
John Garcia Water Colors
Jewelry
Mark Sheldon Leather
Dick Luster Ceramics
Judy Philgreen Acrylic
Acrylic, Portrait Sculpture
Carroll Ciochon
Jewelry
Jerry Bryan Ceramics
— Also Sketching Portraits, Cindy Shott —
Committee for the Malls Fall Art Show—Herb Williams, Malls Art Director; John Garcia, Chairman; Teresa A. Rasing, Jerry Bryan, Judy Philgreen, Alice Woods, Kathy Hird, and Carroll Ciochon.