Che Utifee Chronicle Volume 65 Number 23 Durham, North Carolina Thursday, October 16, 1969 Students, faculty appeal for peace Newfield urges Mobe activities 'street-vote'stand draw thousands By David Pace By Andy Parker Executive News Editor Policy Editor Jack Newfield, Assistant Editor of the "Village Voice," Over 2000 members of the Duke community told over 1000 students last night in Page Auditorium that participated yesterday in a "moratorium on business as a new movement must be formed "to commit ourselves to usual" as part of a nationwide protest against the war in voting with our feet in the streets until this war is over." Vietnam. Sponsored by the University Union Major Speakers Dub Gulley, chairman of the Duke Mobilization Committee and the Mobilization Committee, Newfield Committee said "today's response has shown that the issue proposed that the new movement could offer a 1972 of Vietnam transcends the divisions within the University presidential candidate "whose name is not as important as community." his platform, and whose party may not even now be "The time for discussion was today." Now we must put formed." our thoughts into action," he continued, asking for support He emphasized that "despite Lyndon Johnson's and participation in the November 14-15 marches in abdication and Richard Nixon's inauguration, American Washington. and Vietnamese men are still dying." In order to bring Gulley said he was looking for "as many as 1000 people about an end to the war, Newfield proposed a "national from the Duke community" to travel to the Capital to income tax strike for next April 15," in which taxes would "demonstrate to our President that the war must end...by be put in the banks and given to the government only on giey total immediate withdrawal of all American troops from the condition that the Vietnam war was ended. Vietnam." Jack Newfield spoke in Page last night on Vietnam. "I think realistically that more than one million people The mid-day University memorial peace service will be willing to do this," Newfield yesterday drew the largest participation as a continued, "Of course, the success of this is 9 crowd of over 2.000 heard Thomas only based on numbers." Langford, chairman of the religion Throughout his speech, Newfield Ginter says 'way to end department, call for "swift and efficient attacked President Nixon. He stated that he action on ending the Vietnam war." would like to tell Nixon that "you won't be Chancellor Barnes Woodhall, who recently forgiven for anything. You told us you had a signed a letter sent to Nixon calling for a plan to end this war, but the war goes on, war is 'concern., hope' "stepped-up timetable for withdrawal from and history will not absolve you." By Kris Ryan Vietnam." read from the New Testament. Jack Newfield, speaking last night in Page "Three American Governments have not Gary Companella Moratorium's stop business as usual theme." Liz Stranger They were conducted throughout the Auditorium, said that we must vote "with told us the truth about this war," he our feet in the streets until this war is over." changed, "and Richard Nixon is not telling "The only way to eradicate war is to be university by professors who opened their us the truth when he says we are the ones concerned with the problem, start grappling classes to the university community to Newfield, assistant editor of the Village prolonging the war." with it, and hope," declared Donald Ginter discuss the various aspects of the Vietnam Voice, also suggested a plan to withhold tax in one of over 20 peace classes held war. dollars until the Administration ends the Newfield cited as the one political yesterday in conjunction with the campus war. He felt that at least one million people demand of the Moratorium the "complete In his class on "Warfare and Aggression in would support this effort. wide Vietnam moratorium. Modern Society." Ginter contended that and immediate unilateral withdrawal of all The classes, sponsored by the Duke Dr. Howard Levy, who was sentenced to American troops from Vietnam. It is up to "aggression is a product of frustration of Mobilization Committee, were offered to human drives and generalized fear wrapped (Continued on Page 7) (Continued on Page 5) students as a "positive alternative to the up in the quest for identity, a place in ~W~% "II* • • "I 1 society, and the orientation of oneself with a Weather a "National identity must be rethought," Kallies, prayer vigils mark he continued, "for the war will continue Cloudy today, highs 65-70; low whether we alter Nixon's policy or not. tonight 45-50, partly cloudy skies. unless we can make our levels of identity 10% chance of rain today and tonight. nation's Moratorium Dav (Continued on Page 8) By John Herbers of Congress said that as a nationally (C) 1969 N.Y. Times News Service coordinated anti-war demonstration it was NEW YORK—Demonstrations ranging unique. Levy explains case: human from noisy street rallies to silent prayer vigils There was no way to estimate that involved a broad spectrum of the immediately the total numbers involved population were held across the nation but—counting the demonstrators, the today in an effort to display deep and children who stayed out of school, workers growing public opposition to the war in who did not report for their jobs, those who rights, not medical ethics Vietnam. did and wore armbands and those who Only scattered incidents of violence prayed in homes and churches—possibly By Ed Han-tson Levy had claimed "freedom of speech," the marred the outpourings of small and vast millions were involved. Academics reporter right to say "the truth, as a human being." crowds in which the black armband was the "Which side are you going to be on?" Dr. The army magistrate's answer to this was, standard symbol. The demonstrations drew largely on Howard Levy asked an overflow crowd in students and other youths, the middle class "The truth is no defense." Levy commented The Vietnam Moratorium—which began the Hospital Amphitheater yesterday. on the third charge: "You can't be an officer as a national protest by college students and and professional groups. Blue collar workers The former army doctor, court-martialed and blacks did not participate in great and a gentleman, you can only be one or the spilled over to include such adults groups as three years ago for refusing to give medical other." the United Automobile Workers Union and numbers, even though such unions as the instruction to Special Forces troops at Fort United Auto Workers and the United "The Army prosecuted me because of my the Pittsburgh City Council—was termed an Jackson, S.C, explained that the problem in civil rights activities and my speaking out on overwhelming success by its planners, the Shoeworkers of American endorsed the his case was one of human rights and not youthful members of the Vietnam Moratorium. In a number of communities medical ethics. the war in Vietnam—with the aim of Moratorium Committee. blue-collar workers made up the active silencing dissent against the war," said Levy. opposition. Levy began his speech with a humorous He described the,growth of GI groups within And it also demonstrated the great description of the charges for which he was the army, saying, "It is incumbent upon you divisions in American society that have been convicted and the ironies surrounding the to support them." worsened, if not created, by the prolonged charges and his trial. He has been accused of American involvement in Southeast Asia. Freshmen refusing to train Green Beret medics, "The question is. in the military, in The demonstrations spawned "uttering statements whose intent it was to prisons, in mental hospitals, who is the counter-protests in some areas and some A runoff election between Dave create disloyalty and dissension" in the patient?" said Levy. He continued, 'The supporters of the war who had been quiet Suddendorf and Jim Henderson for ranks, and "conduct unbecoming of an patient is the army, the disease is the guy for months spoke out in anger. the presidency of the freshman class officer and a gentleman." who comes in with a complaint." Largest Protest will be held today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the main quad, and from 5-7 Levy's defense against the first charge had Doctors in the- military, he said, should It was the largest public protest of the p.m. under the arch between the involved medical ethics, to which the army take the side of "preventive medicine: to try many that have been held against the Union and House P. prosecutor had responded, "Medical Ethics to work for an end to the war in Vietnam, a Vietnam war, and historians in the Library is no defense." For the second statement war which is not healthy for the soldier." Page Two The Duke Chronicle Thursday, October 16 Soccer team tops Appalachian Tickets still available By Charlie Hoffman much to bring the team together did not want to try and compare Student tickets for the October 25 football game between Duke Rebounding from a 2-0 loss to before it played Appalachian. Doug his team with the second rated ACC and North Carolina State will be available today and tomorrow at Lynchburg last Saturday, the Morris scored two goals on penalty squad. "Appalachian was a good the Indoor Stadium ticket office. varsity soccer .team defeated a kicks, and freshman Dan Willis win for us, but it is no indicative of All undergraduate and those graduate students with ticket strong Appalachian team at Boone, netted a goal to give the Devils their our team's strength" ventured coupon booklets will be given a free ticket for the game after N.C.