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The atmosphere of the question-and-answer period was grim. Faces were serious, and the discussion was generally carried on an intellectual level. For the one or two students, contemplating up to five years in jail, if they decide to turn in their draft cards, the discussion was extremely important.
In his general statements about the university, Heller said the "University's role in facilitating social change is in contributing to the increasing enlightenment of its citizens. Our responsibility is to try to equip the citizens of this educational institution with the ability to make as intelligent choices as possible."
By Joanna Wiebe Kansan Staff Reporter
"We see this Tuesday meeting as a beginning and not an end to responsible student action. Any response that this group eventually will make will be based on the nature of your replies," the students began in a prepared statement, read to Heller.
The group was composed of representatives from a larger group of KU students and faculty which met Monday night to discuss what could be done about the problems created by the presence of the military on the KU campus.
and the military recruiters which come onto the campus,
The main commitment KU has to its students is to provide them with an opportunity to learn, and the presence of the military on the KU campus in no way hinders this opportunity, Francis Heller, acting provost and dean of faculties, said Tuesday afternoon.
Barrish asked several times if Heller thought the military system offered a free choice to young men, since non-compliance with the system results in punishment.
Jay Barrish, Kansas City senior, replied that conscription negates the "ostensible free choice" offered by the ROTC curriculum
Twenty students met with Helter in his office to discuss the University's position on the draft, the services, and military-funded research.
The dialogue at the meeting, some of which follows, dealt with the presence of ROTC programs on the KU campus, the presence of military recruiters on campus, military-funded research carried out by KU faculty, and the role of the university as a possible dissenting voice in a mixed-up society.
"Should the University participate in research which is used basically for war purposes and which is supported directly by
See Heller, page 16
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"There are very few institutions in this society which have the complete range of free choice," Heller answered.
A student newspaper serving KU
LAWRENCE, KANSAS Wednesday, April 3, 1968
Hanoi states terms
WASHINGTON —(UPI)— Hanoi announced today it was willing to send envoys to meet with U.S. officials to discuss "the unconditional cessation of bombing and all other acts of war against North Vietnam. President Johnson was said to be "very interested."
A broadcast heard by American monitors said the North Vietnamese government had declared "its readiness to send its representatives to make contact with U.S. representatives to decide
with the U.S. side the unconditional cessation of bombing and all other war acts against our government so talks could begin.
"It is clear that the U.S. government has not correctly and fully responded to the just demand of the North Vietnamese government or U.S. progressive opinion and world opinion."
President Johnson, in a nationwide address Sunday night, ordered a limitation in bombing of most of North Vietnam and asked "that talks begin promptly, that they be serious talks on the substance of peace.
to be framed to permit a first tentative U.S.-North Vietnamese contact on the war without actually committing Hanoi to any major concession on this stage.
State Department officials carefully studied initial reports of the North Vietnam proposal. They were considering all its ramifications even though Hanoi did not appear to have budged from its condition that all bombing and acts of war should stop before serious peace talks begin.
Campus polls open today to elect 1968-69 officers
Johnson, in his nationwide speech, declared his desire "to bring about a reduction in the level of violence" in Vietnam.
Students may vote today and Thursday for ASC representatives and class officers at booths in Strong Hall, Murphy Hall and the Kansas Union.
Current seniors who plan to enroll again next semester may vote for senior class candidates. The polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
About 20 per cent of KU students voted in the campus-wide elections last spring.
Voters must present their KU ID's in order to vote.
University Party (UP) has nominated Clif Conrad, Bismarck. N.D., junior for student body president and Joe Goering.
Moundridge junior, for vice-president.
Opposing the UP nominees are Peter Monge, Wichita junior, and Lyle Fisher, Bird City junior, write-in candidates for student body president and vice-president.
Coalitions headed by Ward Whelan, Topeka freshman, and Bob Hines, Kansas City freshman, are competing for sophomore class officers.
Candidates for junior class president are Larry Spikes, Garden City sophomore, and John Geiseland, Prairie Village sophomore.
On the ballot for senior class president are John Hill, Prairie Village junior, and Tom Hitchcock, Overland Park junior.
McCarthy, Nixon win
Nixon won all of the state's 30
MILWAUKEE, Wis. —(UPI)— Sen. Fugene J. McCarthy beat the phantom candidacy of President Johnson in the Wisconsin Democratic primary Tuesday and headed today towards showdowns with Sen. Robert F. Kennedy which could make or break his hopes for the presidency.
Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon, as expected, was a runaway victor with 80 per cent of the vote in the Republican primary. In second place was Gov. Ronald Reagan of California, an inactive candidate whose name appeared on a presidential primary ballot for the first time.
Edward S. Robinson killed
A Kansas University professor of philosophy was killed Tuesday night at 9:10 p.m. when he walked across the Kansas Turnpike west of the Lawrence Service Area and was struck by an oncoming car.
Edward S. Robinson, 63, was dead at the scene, the Kansas Turnpike Authority (KTA.) reports.
While walking the tenth of a mile to report the first accident, Robinson was hit by a car driven by John G. Todd, 24, Lawrence. Todd's car was traveling approximately 70 miles per hour on dry and normal pavement, the KTA reports.
Robinson was walking to the service area to report a minor accident he was involved in. A car driven by his cousin, Frederick Robinson, 16, struck the back of another car pulling out of the Lawrence Service Area.
"The University of Kansas is shocked and grieved to learn of the tragic death of Professor Edward S. Robinson," Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe said this morning. "One of the University's most distinguished scholars in the field of philosophy, Robinson has been equally a dedicated teacher. He has been a respected and valued member of the University of Kansas faculty since 1946, part of that time as chairman of the department of philosophy. He will be missed by his students, his colleagues, and his University."
Robinson had been on sabbatical leave for the spring semester 1968.
He was translator of the book, "Being and Time," written by a German philosopher, Martin Heidegger, which had been described as untranslatable. The translation was published in 1962.
Robinson held a Fulbright Fellowship to Auckland University in New Zealand in 1953.
With 3,154 of the 3,250 precincts counted in the Democratic primary—96 per cent of the total—McCarthy had 335,948 votes or 57 per cent. Johnson had 244,116 equivalent to 35 per cent. Republicans in 3,113 precincts gave Nixon 375,400 or 80 per cent of the total as against 49,200 votes—11 per cent—for Reagan.
delegate votes for the Republican National Convention.
--irrelevant to the complaint—it is clearly unconstitutional," he said.
The peace candidate from Minnesota won 49 of Wisconsin's 59 delegate votes for the Democratic convention and Johnson won eight—all of them from two Milwaukee congressional districts. Wisconsin's two Democratic National Committee members also have a vote apiece at the convention and are not bound by the primary results.
McCarthy emphatically indicated he plans to go all the way.
"We have demonstrated in Wisconsin the ability to win the election in November. I think we can go on to certain victory."
"We are prepared to move immediately toward peace through negotiations," Johnson declared.
McCarthy's victory was subject to mixed interpretations because it came two days after Johnson upset the political applecart by announcing he would neither seek nor accept renomination.
With write-in votes, Kennedy polled about 5 per cent of the Democratic total. Kennedy had given McCarthy an unrequested endorsement in Wisconsin when the New York senator became a
He named ambassador-at-large Averell Harriman his personal representative for such talks and said Llewellyn Thompson, the U.S. ambassador to Russia, who is in Washington, would be "available to join Ambassador Harriman at Geneva or any other suitable place just as soon as Hanoi agrees to a conference."
See primary, page 16
The Hanoi broadcast appeared
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--irrelevant to the complaint—it is clearly unconstitutional," he said.
The KU Chapter of Kansans for Alternatives in 1968 last night officially endorsed Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy for the Democratic nomination for President.
McCarthy endorsed by KU Alternatives
The decision, made by the organization's executive council, came in the wake of the Minnesota senator's impressive primary victory in Wisconsin.
Jack Weeks, Lawrence graduate student and chairman of the campus group, said the choice was made because the chapter felt the main issue of the campaign—the war in Vietnam—still remained. He said President Johnson had ordered a cutback in the bombing of North Vietnam but few results are evident.
Weeks said members of the council and the entire organization have been impressed with McCarthy's honesty in dealing with national as well as international issues.
Commenting on McCarthy's qualifications for the office and the nomination, Weeks said, "We are in favor of McCarthy because of his stands on 'truth in government, peace in Vietnam and equal opportunities at home."
Alleging the unconstitutionality of the war in Vietnam, a KU law professor filed suit today in U.S. District Court in Topeka against President Lyndon B. Johnson, Dean Rusk, secretary of state, and Clark Clifford, secretary of defense.
Law professor sues LBJ
Lawrence R. Velvet, assistant professor of law, claims the current war represents a flagrant executive usurpation of Congress' power to declare war. He said in his complaint that . . . "for approximately three and one-half years the United States has been fighting a large scale war in Vietnam without a Congressional declaration of limited or general war."
"The air war is still with us," he said. "Bombs are falling 250 miles north of the DeMilitarized Zone and 75 miles from Hanoi, despite the action taken by the President, Sunday."
He contends that Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the U.S. Constitution—"Congress shall have the power to declare war"—is being violated.
"Regardless whether or not the war is wise—a question totally
Velvel's complaint said the defendants have unlawfully exceeded and are continuing to exceed their Constitutional authority by conducting a war without legal authorization, and have, in effect, unlawfully arrogated to themselves the Congressional power to declare war.
He requests the "court issue a declaratory judgment that defendants have acted unconstitutionally by carrying on the Vietnamese war without a Congressional declaration of limited or general war." If the situation should warrant, the plaintiff asks the court to "issue an order requiring defendants either obtain a Congressional declaration of limited or general war or discontinue fighting in Vietnam."
Velvet contends a decision of such magnitude as authorizing a large scale war should not be in
See Suit, page 13
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