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Teach-in Speakers Urge Peace, Change, McGovern presentation by Dr. James By BILL MEAD Wald, a Harvard professor and Curtis and Dr. Stanley Swartz "George McGovern will Nobel Prize winner, " is where focused on the central issue not alone create change. it's at." Wald asserted that of the teach-in: the Vietnam Rather, he will act as a the U.S. government gears its war and its effects. This nucleus for change. lfe will act services to big business, as a nucleus to pull many presentation contained especially through military words, photographs and people together, to bring on spending. He proposed that it change. His election will not popular music from World is now essential to alter this War I, World War II, and the be an end but rather a situation or be faced with beginning. " Vietnam conflict. Colorful what he called "executive posters of war heroes and George Wald government." Both he and Wed. night villains were contrasted with Gottlieb said that due to cost stark photos of the dead. Change was the central overruns, shoddy products Songs, both pro and con, theme of the McGov and waste, the taxpayer gets were played and presidents ern-Shriver teach-in little for his money. The two offered their reasons for Wednesday night at Smith were the "feature teachers" going to war. Hall. According to Sanford at the teach-in. The pictures from the Gottlieb, executive director The evening started from World War I era depicted flag of the Committee for a Sane behind a lecture podium as waving parades while those Nuclear Policy, the American Dr. Boyer of political science from the 1970's leaned taxpayer is paying too high a laid out McGovern's ideas and t owards dissent. The price for the largest American Dr. Joseph Huthmacher of presentation ended with military budget ever. history argued why he felt Winston Churchill pointing Gottlieb, the first keynote the nation needs McGovern. out after World War II that Huthmacher also analyzed Staff photo by Burleigh Coopm· · speaker, defined this price man had much to learn. A both in terms of dollars and a the state of the nation and STUDENTS AND FACULTY RAP at McGovern-Shriver song written 20 years later lack of - solid domestic the presidency. cut him off, asking when man teach-in on Wednesday which featured George Wald, Harvard programs. While these speeches set professor and Nobel prize winner. would finally learn. "Change," aid Dr. George the tone, the media (Continued to Page 15) Election '72, Delaware Race For Representative- Pete duPont and Norma Hand/off, candidates for Delaware Representative to Congress, discuss some of the important issues in exclusive Review interviews. The Defense Budget "I am distressed because the Congress has just "We must curb the self-generating momentum passed the biggest defense budget since World - within the defense department," says duPont. War II," said Handloff. The defense budget should be reduced, she feels, although she "can't For the past two years in the House he has voted say how much ... We wouldn't run out of uses for for a 5% cutback in the defense budget, bu{ each the billions that should be put t'o peacetime time the bills got less than 100 votE>s. duPont is rather than wartime uses." Handloff listed particularly critical of the Navy's proposal for NORMA HANDLOFF education, the solution of our waste disposal nuclear aircraft carriers. He thinks they would be PETE DUPONT "sitting ducks." He voted against that proposal. Democrat Norma problem, control of air pollution, and public improvement and transportation as crucial areas" Republican Pe te Hand/off is currently He also opposed the Trident submarine because duPont is the Delaware's serving her fourth term as to our domestic well-being" which could benefit "it offered only an incremental improvement from increased funding. She added that federal current sole representative mayor of Newark, over the Polaris sub which is completely superior to the U.S. House of Delaware's second largest efforts in these areas would "help to alleviate our to the destroyer anyway." unemployment problem." Representatives. DuPont and most rapidly growing served for two years in the city. Hand/off is vice State House of president of the Delaware Vietnam and Amnesty Representatives and holds League of Local a chemical engineering Governments and a Handloff opposes President Nixon's war Although duPont has supported the degree from Princeton member of the State policies in Indochina and believes that "the President's policy in Vietnam and has voted University and a law Council on Administration Southeast ASian countries have to determine against every anti-war amendment proposed degree from Harvard of Justice. their own future ... We need to set some future during his term in the House, he does disagree University. date on which we hope to have some sort of with the bombing of North Vietnam saying "it accord that would link the return of prisoners of did not work in 1968 and it has reaped a hell of a war and the accounting for those missing in lot of damage in 1971 and 1972. If there were an action with a pullout from Vietnam. It might be amendment just against the bombing I would NORMA that we would want to keep a residual force support it." duPont finds Nixon's policy of there until these things were accomplished ... but seeking a negotiated settlement the wisest course the bombing is one thing that could be stopped of action. He claims that it makes infinitely more HANDLOF as of tomorrow." sense than McGovern•s•proposal of withdrawing On the issue of amnesty, Handloff favors a all of our troops in 90 days and hoping that the FOR "penalty" for "those that have actually deserted POWs will be released. Since duPont believes in or have been guilty of some violation." For men bearing the consequences of their actions, CONGRESS "those who have opposed the draft or left he does not advocate a general amnesty. He the country," she favors, "amnesty with some would consider allowing a draft evader to (Continued to Page 3) PAGE 2 REVIEW, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware duPont on the Enviroment. .. TRAVEL SERVICES BY THE STUDENT CENTER Passport Applications Received by Representatives of Newark (Continued from Page 3) "Population is the biggest enforced because it contains problem we have," · states Post Office duPont. "It is causing the much money to build · TUESDAY I NOVEMBER 14 10 AM municipal sewer plants which overload on all of our all in are the largest sources of institutions and it is going to pollution. "The law also be more of a problem in the WEDNESDAY , NOVEMBER 15 3 PM RODNEY contains tough penalties for next 25 years." duPont industrial polluters of up to thinks that "Every woman of THURSDAY ,NOVEMBER 16 10 AM ROOM · $25,000 per day," says childbearing age in the United duPont. duPont is proud of States ought to have Student photographers will take passport pictures at discount rates being the sponsor and drafter information available to her November 1, 2, 8, and 9 from 2-6:30 PM in room 305, Student Center. of the ocean dumping law about birth control so that "which is the first effort to she can make her own Passport applications are available at the Main Desk of the S.C. and control ocean dumping in the decision ' about having International Driver's License applications as well as travel resource books nation. Ocean dumping is children. It is a crime that so particularly important to many women do not even are available in room 107. Delawareans because know about contraception." everyone upstream from us Two weeks ago duPont was dumps into the Delaware ' appointed to the President's River." Population Co.mmission. Last March, this commissiOn issued a report on Population and the American Future and Handloff. .. duPont admits that Nixon's t reatment of jts (Continued from Page 3) recommendations "was Although Handloff feels shabby." The commission's that abortion laws should be next step is to publicize the handled on the state level, she report. SENATOR HALE would like to see the state have no role other than As former chairman of the protecting the health of the Republican Party's Task § '!(HAT HAS HE DONE? WHAT WILL HE DO? mother and family. Force on ~opulation Wh en asked about last Problems, duPont found that spring's Newark Voters ENVIRONMENT! STUDENT RIGHTS! ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT! the "word about the Coalition which attempted to RELEVANCY IN CURRICULUM! RESPECT FOR OTHERS! population problem just isn't run a candidate for mayor i getting out." duPont hopes against her and which met that he can help to move the After first-hand experience, introduced and guided through with problems such as federal government to reorder prohibitions against write-ins, the Senate, landlord-tenant reform for return of security its priorities to give ~* candidates who did not own deposits by Court Order. Sponsored measure to limit the property and some student population more reg istra t ions, Hand Io ff importance. jurisdiction of Constables in seizure of property to assure responded that these ! due process of law ... and wi II do more! stipulations had been in the Concerning abortion, city charter and that "we had duPont is "not certain that he to enforce them." To change would support federal Feels that traffic is squelching all of us--insisted on early the charter, "you have to do abortion legislation." He t * funding for right-of-way for Newark Beltway. Wi II work for it on the basis of public thinks it is better when the optimum provision on State roads for safer bike traffic.