Viet War Viewpoints Aired at Forum
By Giles Lambertson
Panelists were Grant Goodman, associate professor in East Asian studies; Herbert Ellison, professor and chairman of the Slavic-Soviet Area studies; Robert Burton, assistant professor of East Asian studies; and Clifford Ketzel, associate professor of political science.
The historical Chinese, Russian, and American viewpoints on the war in Viet Nam were discussed before more than 200 persons at the Student Union Activities Current Events Forum yesterday.
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GOODMAN, WHO has made
Gaulle and set up a peace conference of 14 nations, including Red China and North Viet Nam.
- The whole problem could be given to the United Nations. But Carlson, a former delegate to the U.N., said it is helpless because of lack of funds and it does not have effective military backing to enforce any decision.
enforce an agreement
• The U.S. could withdraw,
but he did not think withdrawing
is the solution.
"We've got a commitment in Viet Nam and we cannot let go of that commitment. We are not a great nation if we do not keep our commitments.
"We're in a difficult, a trying situation in Viet Nam, but I say we must go through with it. We must take a personal interest in the country," he said.
the country. "We are living in a new world, a new era, and as the world grows smaller, America's problems expand, her responsibilities multiply." Carlson said.
"It is timely this evening that we discuss the problem of foreign policy. Based on the past 190 years of our history, we have fought a war every 25 years."
"Thirty million of our citizens have fought against our enemies. If it had not been for these men, we would not have this land today.
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"If I could make a wish here this evening, it would be that you young people could learn to live together in peace," Carlson said.
Peace Officers To Meet Here
Featuring a two-day program of lectures, films, and discussions, the regional school will be held at six different locations in the state from Nov. 30 to Dec. 17. The group will be in Lawrence Dec. 16-17. The regional school is offered by the Kansas Peace Officers' Training School at the KU Governmental Research Center.
The Kansas Peace Officers' regional school will take to the road this week to bring the latest information in law enforcement techniques to the state's policemen.
TWO MAJOR ACTS of the 1965 Kansas Legislature will be among the highlights of the program. One of them is the changes in the Juvenile Code, which will be discussed by Charles V. Hamm, chief legal counsel of the State Department of Social Welfare. The other is the private club law, which will be covered by J. R. Cheney, director of the Kansas Alcoholic Beverage Control,
Sponsors of the regional school are the Kansas Peace Officers' Training School, the Governmental Research Center, University Extension, and the Kansas Peace Officers' Association.
James S. Kline, coordinator of police training at the Governmental Research Center, will direct the schools.
Sociologist-Author To Speak Today
several trips to Southeast Asia, briefed the audience on background of the Asian conflict, and how the U.S. became a participant.
He said the American presence in Viet Nam is a continuation of the Truman Doctrine, instituted after World War II as a deterrent to Cold War aggression.
"It is aggression as surely as that of the Axis powers in World War II," he said. "The Communists might call it a war of liberation and use more subtle tactics, but the name of the game is the same. It is as serious as the Russian intervention in Eastern Europe after the war and the Chinese aggression in Korea.
Robin M. Williams, professor of sociology at Cornell University, will speak at 3:30 today in the Union on "Values, Tautologies, and Explanations in Sociology."
"In my theory, the domino theory is valid." Goodman said, referring to the often mentioned supposition that a Communist victory in Viet Nam would precipitate the fall of the other Southeast Asian countries.
ELLISON SAID Red China, not Russia, is the obstacle to peace in South Viet Nam.
He explained how the Soviet leadership refers to the insurgents as members of the National Liberation Front and never mentions the guerrilla activities in South Viet Nam by North Vietnamese. An article on Nov. 20 in the Soviet news organ, "Izvestia," gave the stipulations for ending the war as complete American withdrawal and the passage of power to the Viet Cong.
"The government in Saigon and the American government is depicted by Soviet leaders as waging war against the people of South Viet Nam," he said. "They give the rationale of American bombing as an expression of futility in our attempt to withhold the tide of South Vietnamese people rushing towards freedom."
BURTON. WHO dealt with Chinese policies, countered Ellison's talk by showing how the Chinese consider Russia allied with the "most vicious, imperialistic country." America, to thwart victory in Viet Nam. He said China does not consider Russia as a communist country.
Ketzel, who spoke from the American position, said the sideration now is "not that lives are being lost, which is true of every war, but if they are being lost for a just cause.
"The Chinese say they are spokesman for 70 per cent of the Russian population who oppose the Soviet leadership," he said. "I don't think that is anymore true than is their claim to represent the aspirations of the South Vietnamese."
"WHAT I SEE is that pacification must precede progress," he said. "The suggestion that we are fighting to preserve freedom is misplaced wishful thinking. We are fighting to stabilize the country so that freedom might take root."
Ketzel projected a picture onto a screen in the front of the room which showed a map of China and Southeast Asia. He pointed
out a line, drawn by Chinese authorities in 1954, which, he said, indicated territory China has claimed for years and now is trying to control. Parts of Indonesia and all of the countries on the Asian continent south of China lay within the line.
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THE MANY RECENT demonstrations for and against American involvement in Viet Nam were commented upon by Goodman who drew parallels between the anti-Viet Nam protest groups and the America Firsters and Pacifists of the 1930's.
"They are now making a cunning and clever effort to subvert the area by giving the impression civil wars by the people of the countries are responsible for the turmoil," he said.
"Well-intended men have disagreed among themselves since time immemorial," he said. "There is no cause for despair. America is strong enough to accommodate them all."
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