SEPTEMBER 25, 1968 a Mark Or a Scratch on It
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Free Speech' Platform Set Up on Lawn SDS Members Plan To Request Appearance by President Wa lker By MARC KLtl N Walkertown, the on-the-grass rock before planning any takeovers of ad- Collegian Staff Writer concert and student forum, will reopen ministrative offices. SDS, Berger claim- Sunday afternoon following an SDS ed, "must be able to put up its power Old Main lawn came alive again last discussion-picnic at noon. Members of against his (Walker's) power." night with the ring of protest from SDS still claim no affiliation with Walker- Chance to Speak Walkertown citizens. town, although many SDS members were SDS members agreed they would of- In a sudden move, members of Stu- Walkertown citizens. fer Walker an opportunity for him or dents for a Democratic Society left their The free speech platform is schedul- members of his staff to address students. meeting in the Hetzel Union Building and , ed to open at 8 tonight. Whether he appears, they claimed "will marched to the sun dial on the lawn. A speak for itself." A controversy arose last night over "free speech platform" was set up. During the earlier part of the me- wheiher Walker should be given an ul- The SDS meeting continued there eting in the HUB Assembly Room, the with a motion to invite Eric A. Walker, timatum. purposes and plans of SDS were question- University president, or a representative, President Afraid? ed by the audience of about 200. "to discuss student grievances." When asked what influence SDS has Demand to Walker "Walker is afraid of someone taking with <he Administration, Shear answered, SDS members Jeff Shear, Jim Hardy, over his office. It's not a matter of us "I think we all understand our position Alan Krivoy, Bill Freidman, and Judy getting our name in the paper, it's a mat- with the administration. All we have to Berkowitz plan-to present their demand ter of Walker getting bad press," Jeff decide now is tactics to use in dealing to Walker this morning. Berger, an SDS member, said. with it." The wooden speech platform establi- "The more militant we get," Berger SDS members were questioned on shed tonight will remain on the lawn "at said, "the better chance he has of losing their stands on issues pertaining to stu- any cost." according to Krivoy. SDS also his job." dents h ere. expects to ask the University for sound Berger went on to say that it would 'Always Willing' SDS MEMBERS - face pari of the more ihan 200 students who listened last night to the ideas behind Walkertown. equipment to continue this project. be better to build up the strength of SDS Berger answered that SDS is always willing to organize around a single issue, such as last term's con troversy over the Says Nixon Avoids Issues establishment of a student book store. But he added that certain people would say, "Ah look, a bunch of Cpm- munists are trying to take over our is- sue." Questions about Walkertown were Humphrey Asks for Debate aired during the meeting. which will By The Associated Press where, anytime under any auspices, even on the sion. Concerning the free press Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey charged Mason-Dixon line." Nixon said compassion does not mean policies be established as a result of funds col- yesterday that his Republican opponent is avoid- Humphrey said he was willing to take on which boost the cost of living for pensioners and lected at Walkertown and last night's me- M. Nixon ing the major issues, while Richard both Nixon and his running mate, Maryland Gov. wage earners, fail to stem the mounting crime eting, SDS members explained that it will claimed that Humphrey stands for "the old poli- Spiro Agnew, at the same time: rate " and favor ratification of a ¦ ¦ . new treaty with "underground paper," not an organ cies." "Nixon could give the soft answers. Agnew the Soviet Union while Russian troops still occupy be an In Minneapolis, Humphrey acknowledged that could give the hard answers and I'd give the right Czechoslovakia. of SDS. Nix- he is trailing Richard M. Nixon, but he said answers." That was a reference to the treaty to ban SDS members who were involved in on major issues. the on is "dancing around the fire" Nixon: 'HHH Like LBJ' spread of nuclear weapons, which Nixon does not Walkertown explained that 'Walkertown The vice president held his first news con- want approved now. Democratic nomi- Nixon, drumming away with an argument was originally started to protest the hous- ference here since winning the Nixon's speech in Bismarck, August. He denounced some that Humphrey stands -for the policies of Presi- N.D., dealt with ing shortage, but it became evident that nation in Chicago in dent Johnson, worked to boost state Republican farm problems. hecklers as trying to destroy his campaign and Planned Decrease the University was "negligent in other back up his decla- tickets in Idaho and. North and South Dakota. pulled out some poll results to matters." ration that "I know how to win." Along the way, he intensified his campaign "Never before in our history has farmer in- Contest attack on Vice President Humphrey. come shriveled in time of war," the Republican It was announced that when Walker- Predicts Close presidential nominee said. "It must have been Humphrey said polls and other reports that "One party nominates a man who helped to town reopens Sunday night The Pound make the policies of the last four years," Nixon planned by the present non-farmer secretary oi he has, show a close contest .with the Republican agriculture, Sterling, formerly the Munchkins, and Richard Nixon slightly said on the steps of the Idaho state capitol in for it seems impossible for these war- presidential , candidate, time reverses to have accidentally occurred." JAMES CHEEGAN (foreground) jnotions as he. Barefoot in Athens will be two of the per- George Wallace — the third party Boise. "He has-, not indicated any. one of those, tfhead and : " " ~ " " Nixon's " ' Room stage by- forming groups. A film and skit are also candidate "-^ showing strength: "~ policies't hat he disagreed with while he was vice campaign jet touched down in Sioux is joined on tho HUB Assembly But Humphrey — while promising a short president." Falls, S.D., Bismarck, then moved on to Idaho, Jeff Berger. Jeff Shear and Cindy Rosenthal. planned. but effective campaign — asked for help to get That had an ironic ring, for Nixon faced a all states in which the nominee said he holds "Mr. Nixon on that tube to debate. " similar problem eight years ago, when as Lhvight comfortable leads. His major mission in those His Republican nonrment, Humphrey said, had D. Eisenhower's vice president he made his first stops: a boost to GOP state and congressional talked of favoring debates between the candidates bid for the White House. candidates. —such as the 1960 confrontations between Nixon State police estimated the Boise crowd at Nixon told more than 4,000 people at a breezy more than 10,000. airport rally in Commends TIM and the late President John F. Kennedy. Sioux Falls that the wind is Lewis But Nixon, he said, has not picked up the 'Time for New Team' blowing toward Washington. challenge to debate. Nixon told them, "This is not a time for the "It's going to blow that administration right Moratorium on Issues old policies . it's a time for new signals, new out of there and give you new leadership." 't like plans and a new team in W ashington." Housing Measures Further, Humphrey contended he doesn Nixon said Vice President Hubert H. Hum- On significant issue and that In a speech prepared for delivery in Seattle, phrey "has been the most articulate a moratorium on every , the most own lease, and is responsible for it. Land- Nixon "should not dance around the fire." his f inal stop of the day. Nixon challenged Hum- uncompromising defender" of President Johnson's By PAT GUROSKY phrey's contention that he is lacking in compas- lords, on the other hand, cannot ask the The vice president opened his first news con- administration. Collegian Administration Reporter University to enforce discipline for students ference—at a downtown hotel—with a counter- Vice President for Student Affairs living in town," he said. attack on Nixon's charge that the American work- Lewis said he saw the establishment of ers were "on a treadmill due to Democratic spend- Charles L. Lewis yesterday commended the Referendum Question: TIM or AW S? Town Independent Men's Council for its Walkertown as "a means of protest and ex- ing and taxes." pression of opinion, separate from the hous- The facts are, Humphrey asserted, that Ameri- work during the downtown student housing shortage of the past two weeks. ing situation." can workers were "very much on a treadmill in He added that if there are complaints the Nixon-Republican years." In answer to a ques- "We knew housing was going to be tight from the neighborhood in the vicinity of tion he said : for this term, but it was hard to appraise just looking for Walkertown the temporary community might "If .Mr. Nixon is to hold me accountable for Town Women To Have Chose how many students would be be asked" to move to another part of the this administration, I hold him accountable for his places to stay. We were greatly aided by campus. TIM which served as a focus where people administration." By ALL AN YODER Booths will be set up in the Hetzel Union Building .