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Two thousand students cry ’End the war now’ Speaker Bonpane asserts Moratorium only beginning (Editor’s note: Pictures o f rally are on page 2). “ Ya basta! Stop the war or we’ll stop the United States.” These emphatic words o f Blaise Bonpane and Corky Gonzalez echoed the sentiments o f the first Vietnam Moratorium by condemning the injustice and imperialism which created Vietnam. Both Bonpane, a missionary who worked with the guerrilla forces in Guatemala, and Gonzalez, a militant chicano leader, have been integrally involved in Third World struggles. In the moratorium rally held yesterday noon, both emphasized the inability o f the U.S. to contain countries and peoples struggling for liberation. “ The violence which America has perpetrated on her own minorities and on other nations,” said Gonzalez, “ must come to a stop.” “ There will be more Vietnams,” he added, “ until it does.” Before an audience o f about 2,000 students, the speakers made a plea for rationality and humanitarianism during the most “ irrational and barbarous” period o f American history. “ I f you can’t express your rational stand through a democratic vote,” said Bonpane, “ then you have to find another way to make yourself be heard.” " A Day of Protest to End the War and bring understanding back to mankind." “ I f you have nothing to say about a selective slavery system Photo by Thom MacDonald which is forcing you to napalm people,” he continued, ‘‘then you napalm the draft boards o f that system. “ And if you have nothing to say about the declaration o f war in a supposed democracy, then you shut that democracy down,” he stated. “ I hope that you all understand,” said Bonpane, “ that today marks only the beginning o f the moratorium. In November there will be two days, in December, three.. until the war comes to a halt.” Gonzalez, who was scheduled to speak as both part o f La. e Semana de la Raza and the moratorium, emphasized the I qAucho exploitation o f minorities by the American government. Chicanos have toe greatest percentage o f war deaths in relation to their Vol. 50 - No. 17 Thursday, October 16, 1969 University of California, Santa Barbara population o f any American ethnic group. “ Because we’re part Indian,” he said, “ we’re asked to scout, put in the front lines, used as cannon fodder. The same is true, he added, “ o f all minorities and o f the poor.” The war, according to the speakers, which is being waged in The people' on the Moratorium violation of every American law, is an attempt of the rich to control the destiny o f other nations. By AN N H ENRY, have to stand behind the Nixon withdrawal isn’t feasible.” The system which has allowed such exploitation, they declared, DENISE KESSLER and administration;” stated EL GAUCHO accompanied must be stopped. They added that it doesn’t need changes or JEFF PROBST MacGillivray, “ these activities one group o f UCSB students reforms, and that it must be brought down. Reporters will make it harder for the U.S. who carried their petitions The task o f restructuring the society, they felt, belongs to the Door-to-door canvassers for to gain an honorable peace. through business and revolutionaries, those committed to the creation o f a new society. the Vietnam Moratorium They encourage the enemy to residential areas west o f State “ They are pedagogues who have been forced to teach with a gun yesterday met with mixed keep fighting.” Street. at their side because our violent system is determined to perpetuate reactions from Santa Barbara MacGillivray sympathized Asking everyone they met its existence” said Bonpane. residents. with the moratorium for their opinions on Vietnam, “ But,” he stated, “ raw power cannot control the will o f man. He Assemblyman Don supporters’ grievances, the marchers solicited will rule his own destiny.” MacGillivray, whose office lay asserting, “ I feel that we never signatures from their across the street from the De la should have been in Vietnam in supporters and engaged in Guerra activities, voiced the first place, and I ’d like to dialogue with opponents. disapproval o f the moratorium. see us out as soon as possible, About one third o f the “This is a time when we but a sudden, complete citizens refused to talk with the marchers, greeting them with comments such as “ I don’t want to get involved,” or Draft board picketed “ I don’t know anything about it.” Several older people by UCSB marchers welcomed the students, inviting them into their homes. An 80 year old woman By MIKE GROSSBERG declared, “ I have no time for Reporter the Vietnam war. We shouldn’t “ This office has certain rules, and no one standing and clapping be in it, we shouldn’t stay in it, outside is going to change them.” This was the reaction yesterday and I don’t like it at all.” o f an unidentified draft board official to the Vietnam Moratorium pickets marching outride the office. The woman, who said she The anti-war marchers gathered in De la Guerra Plaza, formed was a great-grandmother, their ranks and then proceeded to the draft office in a column d ep lored the deaths in approximately four blocks long and three or four abreast. Vietnam. “ Our young men are Leaders o f the march stated that the purpose o f the march on priceless,” she declared. the Draft Board was to show “ verbal and physical protest to the A businessman on De la war in Vietnam and the draft system that stands behind it.” Guerra Street was not as Upon reaching the office, the marchers began picketing the cordial to the marchers, entire block. Following this, a group o f people sat down across the accusing them o f helping the street from the board and began clapping and chanting. Other cause of the Viet Cong. pickets then began to march in and out o f the office itself. “ You ’re probably causing The pickets in the office initially entered quietly and left. Then the deaths o f more o f our one o f the march leaders entered the office telling the draft boys,” he asserted, “ You officials that the pickets were not against them personally, but people should be talking to against the draft system. Hanoi, telling THEM to quit He added that each worker there should look to his conscience the war.” to determine if they felt their job was morally right. He added that Another resident declared if they felt it was not, they should try to find new jobs. that there was no difference When the draft officials failed to react in any way to the pickets, between America’s aid to chanting and dapping increased within the office. Minutes of France in the world wars and previous board meetings were seized and distributed to the crowd. present UJS. support o f the One draft official then called the police to clear the office South Vietnamese government. stating, “ The office will not be able to work quietly under these “ I think we should go a little conditions.” farther titan we have been .. Upon the arrival o f two plainclothes policemen, march monitors We should strengthen our cleared the office with the aid o f a bull horn. forces.” Having made the moratorium visable to the draft officials, march One couple who signed the Protesters march on Draft Board to end the war in Vietnam. lenders then urged the crowd to spread into surrounding petition felt that the Photo by Thom MacDonald neighborhoods to enlist signatures for anti-war petitions. (Continued on p. 8, col. 1) P A G E 2 ----E L G A U C H O ---- THURSDAY. 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