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MILITARY BALL QUEEN—Rifles were put away and beauty reigned Friday night when Anaette Buhler, Lawrence sophomore, was chosen as 1965 ROTC Military Ball Queen. (See related story on page 4)
Serving KU for 76 of its 100 Years
Monday, December 6, 1965
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
76th Year. No. 51
Taylor Interprets Viet Nam Struggle
By Judy McGhee and Stephen Russell
General Maxwell D. Taylor opened his speech in Hoch Auditorium this morning with the remark that no place was more historically appropriate than Lawrence, Kan., for a lecture on guerilla warfare.
He made three comparisons between the war in Viet Nam and the Kansas border fighting of the 1860's. They were the difficulty in distinguishing friend from foe, the problem of getting information as to the movements of the enemy and the plague of the guerrilla parasites on the people of the land.
GENERAL TAYLOR posed and answered three questions:
- What is going on in Viet Nam?
● How is it—the situation—going on?
How may this all turn out?
"We see the objectives of two major groups," he said.
They are the Communist block, consisting of the North Vietnamese, Peking, and the Viet Cong in South Viet Nam, and the governments of South Viet Nam, the United States, and the 13 countries of the free world who have personnel in Viet Nam.
General Taylor said the primary objective of the Communists in Viet Nam is the absorption of South Viet Nam into the
Student Court Orders SASB Recommendation Be Revoked
Weather
By Maury Breecher
Fair and mild temperatures are forecast tonight and Tuesday by the weather bureau. Winds will be northwest five to ten miles an hour. Low tonight will be near 30.
The All Student Council Student Athletic Seating Board was ordered to revoke its recommendation that a charge be placed on student admission to KU's intercollegiate basketball games by the Student Court Saturday.
This recommendation provided the impetus for the basketball admission charge and the charge would not have come about if this recommendation was not made, Wade Stinson, KU Athletic Director, said. He further stated the Athletic Department is not bound to refund this charge even though the recommendation had been revoked.
THE HEARING was called upon the receipt of a petition, filed by John Foulston, Wichita second-year law student. Foulston is the attorney for the plaintiffs; Barry A. Benington, Cheney second-year law student; Gary D. Hanna, Wichita third-year law student, and Melvin A. Saferstein, St. Joseph, Mo., third-year law student.
The petition, filed against the Student Athletic Seating Board (SASB), and its former chairman, T. J. Snyder, Independence first-year law student, charged ASC bills one and eleven had been violated by the establishing of a seating plan without the express consent of the ASC. It also charged the contractual rights between the individual student and the University had been violated by the SASB.
THE OPINION of the Student Court was
"It is the opinion of this court that a contract does exist between the individual student and KU. The stamped registration card is prima facie evidence of the University's intent as to the terms of this contract. This evidence has not been successfully rebutted," he said.
It was also pointed out in the court's official opinion that the ASC could change the terms for a contract which had not yet been entered.
delivered by Justice Jack Duncan, Raytown,
Mo., third-year law student.
The Court said the Athletic Seating Board had interfered with this contract between the student and KU. Without this recommendation this change would not have been executed. Six of the justices said this proposal which was formally submitted to the Physical Education Corporation, through the SASB, amounted to an interference.
JUSTICE JOHN WHITE. Chanute third- year law student, dissented.
"I feel that there has been no interference with this contract. The Athletic Director testified that he had the power to accept or reject the SASB proposal according to his wishes. He considers the proposals as nothing more than a mere suggestion. I believe something more than a mere suggestion is necessary to constitute interference. I do recognize that the Athletic Director attempts to comply with the students'
Communist state of North Viet Nam headed by Hanoi. He also included driving out the U.S. and improving the technique of a "war of liberation."
"OUR OBJECTIVES are equally clear and firm," he said. "They are to secure the independence of South Viet Nam and its freedom from attack. We want nothing for ourselves — only that they be free."
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If South Viet Nam is captured by the Communists, he said, the remaining free countries in Southeast Asia will be menaced. A gradual crumbling process will start which will have grave consequences for the forces of freedom.
GENERAL TAYLOR said another objective of the United States is to set back the "war of liberation." He defined this term as subversive aggression and political subversion reinforced by guerrilla bands.
In answering the question of how the war is progressing he reviewed the history of the struggle in Viet Nam since 1954.
He said the war has been divided into three phases characterized by President Diem's administration in South Viet Nam, the initial reaction of the U.S. to Viet Cong aggression, and the assassination of Diem and his brother.
General Taylor said the U.S. adopted four new programs after the assassination.
- The increase of military ground forces from the training of Vietnamese at the start and later the addition of American troops.
- The stepping up of non-military aid.
- The developing of an international attitude of eagerness and willingness to find a peaceful solution.
- The use of American air power to restrict the infiltration of Viet Cong men and supplies into South Viet Nam, to give the South Vietnamese a feeling of ability to strike back against their aggressor, and to remind the leaders in Hanoi that the price of aggression will become too high.
In answer to the question of how this will all turn out, General
Taylor said that on the ground the military is doing better today than he would have predicted six months ago.
"We are inflicting heavy losses on them and it is questionable how long they will be able to accept these losses," he said.
HE SAID THERE is a concept that the people of South Viet Nam do not care about the war, which he does not agree with. From personal observations, he said the people are yearning for security. They have experienced Viet Cong rule before and are not eager to return to it.
Gen. Maxwell Taylor
Presently, according to General Taylor, the Viet Cong have four alternatives:
- To hang on to their present strategies.
- To withdraw their forces back into North Viet Nam in hopes that the U.S. and Vietnamese forces will follow them and fight them in surroundings more favorable to them.
- To negotiate.
- To increase their forces in the South, and
He closed with a quotation from President Johnson;
He said they are apparently following the third alternative. To counter this the U.S. must maintain its army in Viet Nam to show the Viet Cong that the "military game is up." he said.
"We will not be defeated, grow tired, or withdraw under a cloak of meaningless agreements."
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Picket General
By Barbara Phillips
Two different groups demonstrated today in front of Hoch Auditorium to protest certain aspects of the war in Viet Nam and to encourage student thought.
One was sponsored by the KU-Viet Nam Committee and was called a silent vigil. The United Campus Christ Fellowship sponsored the other, more vocal protest.
MIKE EVERETT, Leawood senior and one of the demonstrators, gave his reason behind the silent vigil. "I think it is good because it makes some excitement about Taylor. People should think about it more.
"Right now we have problems with people on campus who are not informed. I think people should be deciding for themselves what is going on, not Johnson or the government," he said.
Everett plans to enter the armed services in two months.
He pointed at one of the signs a demonstrator was carrying, which said, "You are about to hear $3,000 speech. (John F. Kennedy got $1500.)"
EVERETT SAID, "You know, he's getting $3,000 out of the University for the speech. We tried to get money to bring in a comparable figure, but we couldn't."
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