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“OUR FOREIGN policy (in Viet Nam) is totally unrealistic ... towards world peace,” he said.
Atkinson proposed the U.S. make friends with the "real power." Red China.
The first negative speech came from Ward.
After pointing out that the American goal is to contain all Communism and not just Red China, Ward told the audience it is now possible for the South Vietnamese to win the war against Hanoi.
"I AM OPOSING the affirmative's (Attkinson) claim that the Viet Cong control South Viet Nam." Ward said.
When Ward finished, Salsich took the stand to say that at "the grassroots level" in Viet Nam, our nation's goals have failed.
"Vietnamese nationalism is mobilizing behind President Ho," Salsich said.
"We are white men fighting yellow men. How can we claim the Vietnamese people are mobilized behind us?" he continued.
Referring to Viet Cong terrorists' activities in the South, Salsich said, "The Viet Cong are more selective in their terror than we are with napalm."
CONCLUDING, Salsich offered another solution to the conflict.
"The only way to eliminate totalitarianism is to attack its roots: hunger, poverty and dependency," he said.
The last "constructive" speech came from Jim McNish.
Outlining U.S. policy in Viet Nam once again. McNish said our policies were justified for two reasons: we are preserving the right of self-determination for the Vietnamese, and we are protecting them from aggression.
"IF WE SHOW we can keep our commitments in Viet Nam, we won't have similar troubles with other Southeast Asian countries," he said.
McNish then talked about the effect of Viet Nam on both countries.
"The United States is in an unfortunate position," concluded McNish, "and we must extricate ourselves gracefully, keeping our prestige and protecting our self- interests."
During the following rebuttal periods, both sides—especially Ward and McNish—relied on statistics and documented material to support their cases.
After the debate, both teams answered questions from the audience.
THIS MORNING. Salsich said last night's debate was 'the first time we've (Viet Nam Committee) been effectively challenged."
"They came at us so fast with so much material it was hard to keep up." He added, "they were better debaters."
His opposition generally agrees. "Everyone generally conceded we won the debate" said Ward.
"They had good points." Ward said of the other side, "but they were underprepared."
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Views on credit system
"I LIKE the flexibility of the
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Daily Kansan
Thursday, January 12, 1967
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present system," Shapley says, "and one of the attractive things about KU is that there are so many courses of interest to choose from. A student may not want to take four hours of a course, and I wonder if this arbitrarily imposed decision would be a good thing.
"The grouping and relating of courses could be done within the
departments themselves now if revamping is needed."
"I would have preferred concentrating on four different subjects each semester," says Alan Poland, Media, Pa., senior, "rather than the same five or six basic subjects spread over the year in three-hour doses. However, I think it will take much work to revamp the present credit system."