STRIKE MEETING Thousands in Howard Park March

VC l . IV. No. 124THEServing theOBSERVER. Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s College Community THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1970 Many miss class SBP Krashna calls Strikers are due to protests STRIKE ‘committed’ (UP1) — Hundreds of thou can University in Washington. says Burrell sands of college students stayed One student suffered a broken out of classes on campuses leg, two policemen were injured MEETING throughout the nation yesterday by flying missiles and at least 14 by Dave Kahn 1000 hear in clamorous protests against the students were injured. Student Body President Dave Krashna, chairman of the nation’s military policies and the Three university of Mexico Strike Mass students were stabbed - none strike agenda committee, last night called an emergency killing of four students at Kent by Mike Chapin State University. seriously - in a fight over session of all strikers to meet tonight at 8:00 p.m. in Stepan “ Once the hand is laid on the Gov. Ronald Reagan an whether to raise or lower the Center. plow anyone who looks back nounced that the University of U.S. flag in memory of four Earlier at an ad hoc meeting to determine the direction of shall never see the kingdom of California’s nine campuses and Kent State University students. the strike, Krashna, in an attempt to consolidate leadership God,” quoted Father Burrell the state’s 18 state colleges Most of the strikes and from the gospel at the concel- would close down from mid demonstrations were peaceful. appointed Mark Winings, Jim Leary, Walt Williams, Fred brated Mass on the main quad night Wednesday through Sun At many schools, only scores or Dedrick, Chris Ottenweller, Professors John Houck and yesterday afternoon. He said the day in the face of “emotional hundreds out of thousands of William Storey to an agenda committee for the strike meeting students who have moved for turm oil.” students were participating. tonight. Houck and Storey supported the action but declined the disruption in the normal The Texas state capitol was Classes went on normally at membership because they felt the students should manageproceedings because of their evacuated and hundreds of hundreds of colleges. But scores concern over the war have armed Texas Rangers, state of presigious universities had their own affairs. committed themselves to live by troopers and Austin police shut down for the day, for the Krashna adjourned the ad hoc meeting and in a private the spirit of their actions. rest of the week and in the case session with the new agenda committee established a single guarded it against renewal of Burrell gave his sermon to a attacks by University of Texas of a few for the rest of the proposal to be set forth at the strike meeting for student crowd of over 1,000 persons academic year. students. appraisal and vote. sitting around a makeshift altar. In Illinois, Gov. Richard B. Firebombings of ROTC of The proposal reads as follows: His sermon was preceded by a fices or other buildings shook Ogilvie ordered 5,000 National reading from Thomas Merton by some campuses. Buildings were The Notre Dame Student Strike should be extended to Guard troops to the Champaign Father Amen. The emphasis of occupied on a few campuses and Friday, May 15 in order to achieve the following measures: Urbana campus of the University the reading was on the importan held by students. of Illinois to quell student 1) Student support and petitioning for Father Hesburgh's ce of finding one’s self and being Evacuation of the Texas capi disturbances. attack on President Nixon's Southeast Asian policy. true to one’s convictions. tol was ordered by Gov. Preston National Guardsmen moved 2) The establishment of a Communiversity which would A small band played folk Smith after a bomb threat was back onto the University of tunes during the Mass. The telephoned to security guards program films, teach-ins, seminars, etc. which pertain to all Wisconsin campus, where bands crowd was particularly moved and student protesters gathered relevant issues. Furthermore, the Communiversity would of students marched and shout when they played “The Great for a campus rally and threaten ed after a mass rally. The (continued on page 7) (continued on page 7) Guardsmen used tear gas Tues ed a march on the capitol. Police day to disperse rock throwing Tuesday hurled tear gas bombs students. into ranks of screaming, chant The hastily organized Na ing demonstrators who stormed Thousands tional Strike Center at Brandeis around the capitol and marched University in Waltham, Mass., downtown. reported strikes were under way at 240 colleges and universities. T w o N e w York h ig h in Howard Park march schools were closed and dozens Half of the affected schools are by Marty Graham The march began after a few the situation which had existed of others reported meager in New England and New York preliminary instructions from on her campus at the time of the attendance yesterday as thou Over three thousand Notre' State. Student Body President Dave killings by National Gpard sands of secondary school stu Dame, St. Mary’s, and South District of Columbia police Krashna and other strike leaders. dents joined the nationwide Bend student? participated in troops. fired dozens of canisters of tear Krashna also read a proposal anti-Vietnam War protest yesterday’s protest march and She said, “We were going to gas at rock and bottle hurling directed to Father Theodore mounted by college students. rally at Howard Park. have a rally at 12:00...We were student demonstrators at Ameri Hesburgh calling for the paid sitting in a circle on a hill. The suspension of University workers national guard came down in Friday for the purpose of joining jeeps saying ‘disperse’.” Faculty endorses the strike. A short time later, she said, In an extraordinary special war to be concluded by a votelames Massey, Chairman of the The rally opened with a the troops started lobbing tear session yesterday, the faculty on such measures as may beStudent Life Council asked for speech from Jim Engel, who gas canisters into the crowd. voted 217 to 134 to support the necessary to achieve the aims ofaculty f members to volunteer to recently returned from harvest “Then finally,” she stated, “the declaration of Notre Dame Presi the Declaration. go into the halls to rap with the ing sugar in Cuba. He spoke on troops lined up and marched dent Fr. Theodore Hesburgh Before the actual debate be students last night and today. the development of the “third toward us.” concerning the war in Vietnam gan, it was decided that the Five clipboards circulated for world” and the present revolu Then she sobbed, “ All of a and the invasion of Cambodia. resolution would have to be interested teachers to sign during tion in America. sudden they just turned around Included in the resolutin was accepted or rejected as a whole the initial presentations. A girl from Kent State, who and fired.” an appeal to Fr. Hesburgh to and no amendments would be Professor Edward Goerner of was present _ at the killing A close friend of hers, she travel to Washington to present allowed. Meanwhile, Professor (continued on pagethe 2) four students, spoke next on said, cradled one of the dying the declaration in person and, if students, but there was no hope possible be accompanied by because “his face was blown presidents of other universities. away.” The entire resolution follows: 9% Her talk was followed by a The faculty o f the University high school student and Charles o f Notre Dame, conscious o f the Murphy, a member of the South need for both order and effec Bend Council of Churches. tive action in this extraordinary Rev. Murphy told the crowd, moment in our history, and “What you are doing today is exactly what the church should having met in extraordinary be doing...I look at you and say, session, hereby publicly expesses ‘this is beautiful’.” lie concluded its support for the Declaration his speech by symbolically made by the President o f the pointing a gun toward Washing University on May 4, 1970 ton and President Nixon. On the concerning the war in Vietnam gun was inscribed the single and the invasion o f Cambodia, word, “Shalom,” which means and it askes the President o f the “ peace” in Hebrew. “ My only University, in concert with re message today,” he said, “is presentatives o f other universi ‘peace’.” ties if possible, to go to Washing Faculty members William Storey and James Massey spoke ton in order to present the next on the faculty endorsement Declaration to the appropriate of Hesburgh’s declaration con officers o f the Congress and to cerning America’s involvement urge the Congress to undertake, in the Indo-China war, which in pursuance o f its constitutional had received 1433 signatures by responsibilities, a comprehensive noon yesterday. and fundamental debate on the (continued on page 3) Fr. Hesburgh and Mr. Faccenda review beginning of yesterday’s march THE OBSERVER THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1970 University policy hit in statement by Ed Ellis Richard Hunter, chairman of Hunter, who is head of the dictory to its purport.” Accord the newly-formed Committee campus’ Young Democrats and a ing to Student Body President for Academic Freedom, announ former senator, had previously Krashna, since the President has ced last night that a petition released a statement to Associa made a serious mistake in decrying the University’s deci ted Press and United Press Cambodia, classes should be sion to close classes as “a International calling the class suspended to discuss whether or dangerous precedent” and call cancellation “a perversion of not the President made a serious ing upon the University to leave everything the University pre mistake in Cambodia...Having the decision to strike or not to tends to be and every concept of granted the premise there is no strike to the individual had a liberal education in a free basis for discussion.” garnered five hundred and fifty society.” The statement also doubts the signatures in a little over an hour The reasoning behind the contention that the majority of and would be presented to formation of the committee, the University agrees with Fr.

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