SPOTLIGHT ON VIET NAM
Students ask quick finish to war
By Rosalie Jenkins
The area is small—mostly damp green jungle, broken only by occasional village huts, yet the setting, the people, and the war there, have the rapt attention of the world. National and international leaders offer policy statements and suggestions about Viet Nam, and a day does not go by without somebody somewhere being sought out for his opinions on the war.
Turning this searchlight for opinion towards KU, 10 students, active in campus affairs, were asked what they thought of the way the U.S. is conducting the Viet Nam War. All agreed that the war and the American involvement were an unfortunate event. They concluded that it should be ended as rapidly as possible but offered different solutions for this end in explaining their views.
● LEO SCHREY, Leavenworth senior and student body president: "We can't continue as we are. We must either get out or continue with our buildup in troops, money, whatever is needed. If we do pull out we're admitting that we're the aggressors."
- Bill Frick, Fort Scott senior and SUA president: "I think that we should stay there. We have to step up our efforts to some degree
are going to do it. We should also concentrate more on helping the Vietnamese socially and economically."
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- TOM STANION, Pratt junior and Vox Populi president: "I think we should take whatever steps are necessary over there . . . I don't think pulling out would solve anything."
out we have to use some discretion on how we step it up. . . It's our obligation to stay there. . . I'm not for dropping an H-bomb on them but I don't think we can pull out."
- Bill Robinson, Great Bend junior and student body vicepresident: "Sitting comfortably in my room, I have no objection to our policy. However, were I there, I think I would deeply resent fighting that type of battle, with seemingly half-strength. It's worth a concerted effort to either force the war to a conference table or to some military stopping point. . . However, I'm not advocating the use of nuclear weapons."
- Tom Shumaker, Russell senior and University Party president: "I think it's being handled correctly now. Militarily, I think we should use more force with our Navy such as the Cuban blockade and with the Air Force. I don't think our ground troops
- Scott Campbell, Overland Park freshman and Young Americans for Freedom president: "It's my personal feeling that we're getting nowhere and we should do one of two things—either withdraw or get in there to win. I prefer the latter but if we aren't going to try to win I'd take the former . . . I don't think the Viet Cong will ever be willing to negotiate. . . ."
- JOHN CONDERMAN, Iola senior and lieutenant colonel in Army ROTC: "I agree with the position of sending troops in and that more troops should be sent in, but because of political reasons
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SPU: "We should make it clear to the Viet Cong that we are prepared to pull out at the termination of successful negotiations . . . with an equitable arrangement for South Viet Nam . . . I don't think we have any voice in the solution that is reached. It must be hammered out between the Viet Cong and representatives of the South Vietnamese government."
- Steve Munzer, Salina senior and Rhodes Scholar: "I would say I'm concerned. I'm not at all convinced that our legal and moral position is as the government claims it is. However, I don't think we can pull out . . . That is, we have to take some kind of steps to protect our position."
- Sheila Reynolds, Hutchinson senior and Mortar Board member who spent seven months in Hong Kong: "I definitely don't think we can pull out. We should continue sending troops. I talked to people in Hong Kong and Taiwan who fear the Red Chinese and want the U.S. to step in and do everything we can. . . We should use the conventional weapons we have and we'll eventually win out."
- Tom Kellogg, Wichita sophomore and former president of
the troops aren't being sent. It's an election year and I think Johnson is afraid the U.S. people will label him a Goldwater. If we're going to eventually win, I think we're going to have to take more heed of what the military commanders have to say. Of course, political implications have to be considered but we're often hurting the military cause."