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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, October 2, 1968
FBI fears leftists
Campus groups threaten security
WASHINGTON (UPI)—The FBI Tuesday reported growing security threats from Soviet and Communist Chinese espionage and from a mushrooming "New Left" movement on college campuses.
In an annual report, it added that "the question of foreign influences in the black nationalist movement is a matter of grave concern."
The FBI found the 1967-68 fiscal year to be "one of great challenge and accomplishment in spite of severe burdens arising from the increasing onslaught of crime and unconscionable acts of hate that spewed waves of violence throughout the nation."
Of the hippies, disenchanted intellectuals, "overage" students and other elements supporting the New Left movement, the agency said some were "talking about sabotage, violence and the forcible destruction of certain key facilities" like selective service offices, communications and plumbing systems.
SDS Blamed
The New Left, it said, "has mushroomed into a major security problem." It blamed the
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) “a forerunner in this nihilist movement”—for leading the New Left from passive dissent to active resistance in student uprisings at Columbia University and elsewhere.
sity, the FBI reported, the SDS held a workshop on sabotage and explosives, including a discussion of firing Molotov cocktails from shotguns and of other combustible materials and bombs.
At its national convention last June at Michigan State Univer-
Black Militants Of black militant organizations, the FBI said it had information showing foreign involvement "in varying degrees."
Leaders of the Black Panther Party, it said, base their political philosophy on the teachings of Mao Tse-tung, the Chinese leader, and advocate use of guns and guerrilla tactics.
Swan hopes to give voters choice in Congress race
By LINDA LOYD Kansan Staff Writer
Robert A. Swan Jr., the youngest candidate in the country running for a national office, said Monday he hopes to offer voters in the Kansas Second district a clear choice in November.
A Democratic candidate for Congress, the 26-year-old Topekan is a 1964 KU graduate in American civilization.
"The current political situation in the country is a reflection of the sense of frustration that most Americans-particularly young Americans-feel," Swan said.
For Americans hoping for change in the disastrous Vietnam policy, the Chicago convention nominated a candidate too closely tied to the current administration, Swan said. "Since there is no real choice on this most vital issue, at least in the eyes of the common voter, frustration and apathy have snowballed in recent weeks."
Swan, who entered the Congressional race June 20 primarily on his Vietnam policy, advocates a phased withdrawal in Vietnam including a halt in bombing and withdrawal of troops.
"In 1965, infiltration was 3,000 men a month before bombing," he said. "Last month during the most concentrated and massive bomb assault in modern warfare, infiltration was 20,000 a month. Instead of weakening North Vietnamese resolve, our bombing has strengthened it."
Withdrawal of 25,000 troops wouldn't hinder military effort, Swan said, but would place the burden of war where it belongs — "squarely on the backs of the Vietnamese."
Commenting on a statement issued last week in which he said Humphrey should resign the Vice-Presidency to avoid Democratic loss in November, the young candidate said, "American people have shown that they want a genuine choice on peace in Vietnam. Only by offering this choice can Democrats and Hubert Humphrey achieve victory in November and unite the country."
70 bands to play at football game
Music will be "The Stars and Stripes Forever March" by Sousa; "This Is My Country" by Don Raye and Al Jacobs with arrangement by Hawley Ades; and "Battle Hymn of the Republic" by Howe and Steffe with arrangement by Harold Walters.
The 66 high school bands, two junior high school bands and the 89th Division Band of the Lawrence Reserve Center will be led by the KU Marching Band.
During half-time of the KU-New Mexico game, the bands will form "KU 68" on the field.
Seventy bands, 6,000 Kansas high school and junior high school bandsmen, and thousands of KU parents will converge on Lawrence Saturday for KU Band and Parents' Day.
The day will begin with a parade from Central Park, down Massachusetts Street to South Park.
Humphrey is the best candidate we have, Swan said. "I will personally vote for him and if he makes a more radical break with the Johnson administration, I will support him wholeheartedly."
More than six weeks ago, Swan called for a wide-scale reform of nominating and electoral institutions in three steps:
- Direct election of delegates to national conventions offering members of each party the candidate preferred by most members.
- Abolition of the electoral college to insure the election of the candidate with a plurality of the popular vote.
- Lowering the voting age to 18 to inspire active participation of youth.
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