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Wednesday Afternoon, Nov. 15, I967

Protest
Demonstration

Cancelled

The South’s Outstanding College Daily

!

About 15 University studmts were prepared for a protest Wednes-

 

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day in the second floor offices of the Placement Service in the Old

Agriculture Building. The protest was called off when it was

learned that recruiters from the U.S. Army Biological Center had

eancdled intaviews with students because of a "lack of interest."

Placement Service orficials were unaware of the cancellation until
late Tuesday afternoon (see story this page).

Riots At Ohio Negro College Spur

Trustees To Close Down Campus

WILBERFORCE, Ohio (CPS)
-Central State University was
officially closed today after a
series of student demonstrations
which brought Ohio National
Guard troops onto the campus to
restore order.

The university was closed af-
ter a special meeting ofthe Board
oanistees, and all students were
urged "to leave the donnitories
and proceed to their homes at
the earliest possible time."

Officials at the school said
classes may not be resumed un-
til afler Thanksgiving.

The action by the Board of
Trustees was in response to stu-
dent riots which grew out of a
sit-in aimed at protecting a black
activist who returned to the Gen-
tral State campus Monday after

being suspended from the uni-
versity. The sit-in grew into dis-
order, and Ohio Gov. James
Rhodes ordered NationalGuards-
men to the area.

“For Safety And Welfare'

The Board of Trustees said
the school was closed ”for the
safety and welfare of the student
body." _

Central State students Mon-
day were engaged in confronta-
tions with sheriff's officers, high-
way patrolmen and about 250
National Guardsmen. A confron-
tation also occurred between stu-
dents at Central State and Wil-
berforce University across the
street. Both schools have pre-
dominantly Negro student bod—
res.

UK Police Threaten
Students At Complex

By DICK KIMMINS
Two University students were threatened with arrest by campus
police last night for handingoutliteraturecritical of the University's
treatment of four students arrested and tried following a sit-in

Nov. 6.

The two students, Thom Pat
Juul and Steve Fmth, were ap-
proached by David L. Wood,
head resident adviser at Complex
Tower A, and two University
policemen. Wood said the stu-
dents would be arrested unless
they ceased distribution of a let-
ter from]qu asking that the Stu-‘
dent Code ”be trimmed of such.
general terms" as the ones on
which the four students were ar-

rested.

The letter, reprinted in full
on today's editorial page, charged
the University has a vestedinter-
est in the students' prosecution
and calls for the University's
abolishing concurrent jurisdic-
tion with local authorities.

Junl and Fmth had dis-
tributed nearly 2,500 letters in

dormitories before they were
asked to leave.

The campus policemen and
Wood were unable to tell Juul
and Fruth what grounds they
would be arrested on other than
“breach of the peace," Juul said,

Further questioning by Jun]
and Fruth revealed that Wood
and the policemen were prepared
to charge them with “solicita-
tion."

A University policeman was
stationed at the lobby of Com-
plex A until the students left,
Junl said.

Fmth said he took part in
the distribution because the stu-
dents arrested and tried follow-
ing the sit-in were being ”perse-
outed" and that he (Fruth) “had
a personal integrity to uphold

Continued on Page 8, Col. 5

About It” students were ar-
rested duringthe demonstrations,
and many were reported injured.

The student riots started when
Michael Warren, 21, returned to
the campus after being suspen-
ded for allegedly threatening to
murder the president of Wilber-
force. Police came to the campus
to arrest Warren for trespassing,
but about 300 students blocked
officers from enteringthe building
where Warren was attending
classes.

The sit-in led to a general
outbreak during which one uni-
versity official said ”the campus
was under seige."

Returned Fire

When students who gathered
on the campus Monday ignored
police orders to disperse, sher-
iff's officers from four counties
and about 100 highway patrol-
men moved in. They were met at
the dormitOry complex by stu-
dents hurling rocks, sticks and
sections of iron pipe. Whe the
outbreak occurred, about 250Na-
tional Guardsmen were sent to
the campus to restore order.

Afier the incident with police,
several Central State students
went to the Wilberforce campus
to recruit student 5 for their cause.
When the Wilberforce students
failed to respond, fights occurred
between students from the two

schools.

The Central State protesters
threatened to burn down the
Wilberforce dormitories if the stu-
dents at the school would not
join their demonstration. Wilber-
force students guarded the en-
trance to their dorms to beat
back Central State students who
attempted to enter.

After hearing Central State
students threaten to set Wilber-
force dorms on fire, many Wil-
berforce students, especially
coeds, left the campus and headed
for home. However, classes at
Wilberforce were not called off.

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, LEXINGTON

A spokesman at Ft. Detrick,
Md, where the Center is lo-
cated; said that the cancellation,
as far as he knew, was not due

to the threat of protests.

A group of University stu-
dents had planned to protest
the Vietnam war today simul-
taneous to the recruiter's ap-
pearance.

Mr. Richard Clendenin at
Ft. Detrick said that Dr. Mor-
ton Reitrnan canceled his trip
because of a "change of plans
due to other commitments."

Mr. Clendenin said that his
office did not even know of the
protest.

First Rumors Monday Afternoon

Mrs. Katherine Kemper, di-
rector of the Placement Serv-
ice, said that her office learned
of the cancellation Monday
afternoon when someone in the
office checked out “rumors" that
Dr. Reitman was not going to
appear.

She said, that although there
are frequently cancellations due
to a small number of students
expressing an interest in obtain-
ing interviews, the late notice
was unusual.

Only three students had
signed up for interviews today.

Mrs. Kemper said that no one
in her office had informed the
Center of the planned protest,
and she had not received an of-
ficial reason for the cancella-
tion.

“Knew It Was Coming”

“I knew the protest was com-
ing," she said. “Had I been dis-
turbed by it I would have noti-
fied the man with whom we
had made the arrangements."

"We assumed the students
would allow our work to go
on,” she said.

A second company also can-
celled its recruiting on campus
today, but Mrs. Kemper said

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Teacher’s ‘Ti

KERNEL

Vol. LIX, No. 57

Recruiters Cancel,
Protest Fizzles

The US. Army Biological Center canceled its appointment with
the Placement Service today because "another emergency project

developed which prohibited his (the recruiter's) coming."

that there was no connection
with the protest.

She said the cancellation was
due to “travel problems."

Mrs. Kemper said she did not
know if the Center Would try
to reschedule the appointments
since her office does not try to
go out and persuade companies
to come.

The center had made the
original plans over a year ago.

The group organizing the pro-
test released a statement after
they disbanded their protest. It
said that "An organization of
interested students planned to
demonstrate today against the
recruiters of the Chemical and
Biological Warfare Center. For
some reason the recruiters did
not come as scheduled.

"The Chemical and Biological
Warfare recruiters are the only
ones who can explain their ab-
sence. May they speak with
honesty to inform us and the
public, as we have done through
the articles and leaflets endorsed
and presented by our group.

“We feel that we have won
a small battle against this form
of immorality, if for no other
reason that today no UK stu-
dent will be recruited by the
War Machine.

“Today we were not able to
follow through with our demon-
stration as planned, but there
will be more recruiters. We fully
intend not to rest, but earnestly
believe that this is the first step
in the march towards a re-
sponsible and organized oppo-
sition to the Vietnam War and
the forces which perpetuate it.

“We urge like—minded stu-
dents, faculty, and other indi-
viduals to join with us in this
growing dissent against this war
-—that effects everyone in the
University Community—and in-

deed all mankind."

.ternel Photos by Howard G. Mason

nker Toy’

Tinker II, this msting steel I-beam structure, means ”a lot of
work" to UK art instructor Stanley Mock. But is thae a deeper
meaning? “No,” confesses Mr. Mock, "I just wanted to build
something out of steel for the show." The show is the Art Depart-
ment Faculty Exhibition at the School of Fine Arts until Nov. 26.

 

  

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By CAROLYN DUNNAVAN
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Students for Peace at the ,Uni-
versity of Pittsburgh have estab-
lished a weekly “Hyde Park"
forum. Any student or faculty
member may take the stand and

The forum is based on the Hyde
Park forum of London.

University Of Massachusetts

University of Massachusetts
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heart six—time Socialist Party
presidential candidate Norman
Thomas's statement to “wash
the flag rather than burn it."
A group of about 35 demonstra-
tors marched with brooms and
buckets and cleaned the Armory.
The group said their purpose was
to ”sweep the military off cam-
pus."

Ashland Community College

“Off Center," a student pub—
lication, recently published an
item comparing SDS demonstra-
tions at UK with student demon-
strations at the University of Ma-
drid. Students at Madrid are de»
manding an end to the use of
military police at the university,
freedom of speech and freedom of
assembly.

According to the article, "The
first difference between the two
student demonstrations is ob-
vious: the students in Madrid
know specifically what they
want -freedom from military con-
trol, freedom of speech,assembly
and the right to form their own
organizations. SDS, God knows,
already has its rights—and there
is no other organization in Lex-
ington that misuses freedom
more . . . "

Vanderbilt University

The Board of Presidents of
Vanderbilt University has endor-
sed a plan for a Student Cov-
emment - sponsored teach - in
on the Vietnam War. According
to President Bill Weiss, the prrr
ject would be a "concerted at-
tempt to acquaint the campus
with the pro and con aspects
of the War." The teach-ins will
attempt to present both sides of
the war issue.

Washington State University

The student government of
WSU is circulating a petition
among students for a resolution
to abolish» mandatory class at-
tendance and pop quizzes. The
resolution states that class at-
tendance should in no way affect
'the evaluation of a student'saca—
demic record and that all tests
should be announced prior tothe
time of examination.

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SC Elections Postponed Till ’68;
Meanwhile, Complications Multiply

Student Government elections
for 14 residential seats were post-
poned at least until Jan. 23
by executive decree Tuesday
night in special session of the
assembly.

President Steve Cook made
the announcement after the as—
sembly had debated the subject
for one and a half hours.

The validity of the elections
came under question this week
because freshmen are not allowed

 

   
  

TODAY AND
TOMORROW

 

 

Announcements for University group-
will be published twice—once the city
before the event and once the after-
noon of the event. The deadline II 11
mm. the day prior to the first publi-
cation.

Today

Students are invrted to drop by the
Y tabe in Donovan Hall for break-
fast to join in a group discussion of
issues that face coilege students.

The Philosophy Club will meet at
4 p.m. in EU!) Student Center. Dr.
Alan Peneiah will speak on “What's
In a Name?"

New hours fo rthe Coliseum Pool
are as follows; Monday. Wednesday.
Fridayml2 noon vFaculty onlyi; Mon-
day. Wednesday. Friday‘fiziio p.m. to
9 p.m. Students and Facultyi; Fri-
day night Family night; Sundays
4 pin. to 8 p.m. Students and Fac—
u'tw

Phi Alpha Theta. history honorary.
intets at 3.45 pm in 363 Student
Cent I Robert Imholt will speak on
"William Seward and the Beginnings
oi the Secession CriSis"

The University's Visiting team will
be at Elizabethown Community Col—
lege at 7 30 pm All high school stu-
dents and their parents are urged to
att'n'i the meeting

The 1968 Kentuckian is now on sale
at Dlt'kt') Hall. Fine Arts Budding.
Chemistn-Physics Building. and the
Student Center Sales will continue
through Nov 17

Tomorrow

The Pryor l‘t‘(‘-Nl(‘d Socrety Will
hold a general meeting at 730 pm
Hi MN 563 of the Medical Center. Dr
Kent Trinkle of the Department of
Surgery Will speak

YWCA wrll hold a faculty-student
dutch lunch from noon until I p.m.
in 309 Student (.‘enter If you plan to
.Ill"lld. sign up in the “Y" office by
9 am

(loming Up

Appliratinn blanks and information
for Alpha Lambda Delta Fellowships
z-re available from Betty Palmer. 236
Administration Bldg

Due to Thanksgivrng holiday Thurs-
day. Nov 23. students may pick up
tickets for the Kentucky-Tennessee
game as follows Monday. Nov. 20—
12 Noon till 7 pm.; Tuesday. Nov. 21
712 Noon till ‘1 p.m.; Wednesday.
Nov, 22 ~12 Noon till 7 p.m. Tickets
may he picked up at 4 ticket win-
(lows in front of Memorial Coliseum

Below are the JOb interviews sched-
uled for Thursday. See the Placement
Office for further information.

B'ibcoclt and Wilcox Co.~Chemis—
try. Mathematics. PhySics. Accounting.
Chemical. Civil. Electrical. Welding
Engineering.

Equitable Life Insurance Co.~Math—
ematvcs. Finance. Business Adminis-
tration. Business Management. Geri-
eral Busmess. Marketing. Merchandis-
ing. Personnel Management. Secre-
tarial Science. Statistics. MBA Grad—
uates. Economics. Computer Science.

Federal Communication Commission
—Electrical Engineering.

Owens. Potter. and Histle— Ac-
counting.

Purdue University/«Business Office
«Accounting. Finance. Business Ad—
ministration. Business Management.
General Business. Industrial Engineer-
ing. Marketing. Personnel Manage-
ment. Purchasing. Secretarial Science.
Statistics. MBA Graduates. Econom-
ics. industrial Administration.

Sarker Tarzian. lnc. # Chemistry.
Journalism. Physics. Radio Arts. Ad—
vertising. Accounting. Sa‘es. Chemical.
Electrical. Mechanical. Metallurgical.
Engineering.

Temple Industries »~Sales.

US. Defense Electronics Supply
Center~~Journalism. Physics. Psychol-
ogy. Sociology. Accounting. Business
Administration. Business Management.
Economics. General Business. Indus-
trial Administration. Marketing. Per-
sonnel Management. Statistics. Elec-
trical. Mechanical Engineering.

 

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to run for the eight off-campus,
three south—cent ral dormitory and
three north-central dormitory
seats.

The constitution requires that
students have maintained a 2.3
cumulative, impossible fora first-
semester freshman.

Speaker Oliver Kash Curry
called the special session of the
assembly Tuesday to decide on
the matter.

Amendment Offered

An amendment to the con-
stitution was proposed by Lynn
Williamson to allow first«semes-
ter freshman to run. The bill was
sent to rules committee. but re-
called by the assembly.

A constitutional question then
arose since the present document
requires that amendments to the
constitution be before the assem-
bly 14 days beforethey are passed
upon.

It also requires that 10 class
days must pass after the bill is
passed before the bill goes into
eflect. '

The amendment was eventu-
ally Sent back to rules commit-
tee.

Two File
Only two eligible students

have filed for the three seatsfrom
the north-central dormitory area.
About 80 percent of the students
in this area are freshmen.

The reapportionment bill.
passed by the assembly Nov. 2,
requires that at least one ofthe
three students elected from this
area be a man. Both the can—
didates who have filed are worn—
en.

There is no provision to ban-
dle this situation.

Eleven students filed for the
south—central seats, and 22 filed
for off-caiiipus seats.

Cook can enforce his decree
because as president he has the
power to withhold Student Gov-
ernment funds and facilities. E1-
ection boxes would be needed for
the election.

The decree will violate a sec-
tion Of the Nov. 2 reapportion-
ment amendment which requires
that the elections be held two
Weeks after its passage.

At least one member of the
assembly, who will lose his seat
when the election is held. but
who is running for reelection,
said he intended to contest the
statement.

The case will go before the
judicial branch.

 

THE KENTUCKY KERNEL. Wednesday, Nov. 15, 1967 —3

 

 

Attention Students!

Plan tO attend the

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Fall Concert

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Marching Band

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POPULAR SONGS MARCHES
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SCHOOL SONGS SOLOISTS

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Which Kentucky man is a decision-maker at General Electric?

L. Berkley Davis, ’34. joined the
General Electric Company in 1945.
Today he is Vice President and Gen
eral Manager of the Defense Pro-

(They all are)

grams Division—providing Company sels

aerospace and defense know-how to
government. defense. and Space and

aviation industries.

Decision-maker? You bet! But
every Kentucky grad gets his Share
of responsibility at General Electric.

Take Cognizance Engineer John
Monty. '62. He designs nuclear com-
ponents used on atomic powered
Naxy submarines and surface ves-

And Lee Wood. '60. an Electrical
Engineer at the Knolls Atomic Power what it takes to make important
Laboratory. conducts
evaluate control and performance of
electrical systems.

Responsibility and decision-

making come early at General Elec-
tric. We're growing so fast and in
so many challenging areas that
there’s no waiting for the big oppor-
tunities.

How about you? DO you have

decisions for General Electric? If
you think you do, talk to the Gen-
eral Electric recruiter when he's on
campus. 9l0-21

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Chaos occurs when threatened demonstrations curb free speech

Chaos ensues when freedoms collide.
Those who dissent have a right to make
their views known. Free speech is their basic

right.

Those who recruit have a right to speak
to others who wish to inquire about employ—

ment.

Those who want a job and other interested
students have a right to speak to recruiters.
Chaos will continue to ensue if the exercise
of one group’s right to free speech concomit-
antly infringes on someone else’s right to speak

freely.

Today a scheduled campus visit by a re-
cruiter from the US. Army Biological Center
was cancelled. The official excuse blames the
cancellation on a conflicting “emergency pro-

Letters to The Editor:

To The Editor Of The Kernel:

Terrorism, apparently, is the new Uni-
versity method for bending students to
the Administration’s every whim. The re
cent arrest of four students and their
treatment clearly demonstrates this point.

These four students were taken to the
city jail and held for breach of the peace
(what ever that is), then released on bail.
These students were then forced to meet
with Mr. Jack Hall, new administrator
in charge of threats, and he informed
them that they had a choice of either
18 months suspension and an end to cam-
pus activities, or going before the J-board
where they would receive a fair hearing
then be promptly expelled from the Uni-
versity.

After the students were given the max-
imum sentence for breach of the peace
(31“) and 50 days), Mr. Hall once again
called them to his office at 8 p.m. (on
a half hours' notice), and rumor has it,
a deal was rmde. Although only rumor,
the story is that Hall, working in collus-
ion with down town, would have the
students sentences cut to five days and
$100, if the students would promise to
drop out of all student activities for the
remainder of their college career.

The reasons for this deal are obvious:
First, it is too good for the students to
refuse. Second, to other activists it is a
clear warning. Third, it allows the four
students' influence to fade away, leaving
their martyrdom a mute point.

The issue here is not specifically the
four involved students, but thc adminis-

 

By JOHN ZEH

Journalism Senior
The election of a Democrat-c lieuten-
ant governor and a Republica chief ex-
ecutive coupled with the gu; ematorial
succession clause of Kentucky. constitu-
tion threaten to disrupt if n t destroy
the orderly process of state 1;. vemment

the next four years.

Despite Lt. Cov.-elect Wen. vll Ford's
pledge that he will not be a obstruc-
tionist in any way, the fact st'". remains
that he holds special power tha iks to the
75-year-old charter.

Ford will automatically becwne acting
governor when the governor leaves the
state, no‘ matter how brief the absence
or how short the distance. Democrat
Ford has promised not to make Republi-
can Louie B. Nunn a "captive" of the
Commonwealth, but history shows what
can happen. Indeed, trouble has occurred
when Democrat served with Democrat.

Most recently, political ambitions
clashed in the personages of Gov. Edward
T. Breathitt and Lt. Gov. Harry Lee
Waterfield. The two were at odds over
the calling of a special legislative session.
The lieutenant governor threatened to
exercise his right to call the Legislature
to settle the controversial fast time issue
if he succeeded to the govemorship be—
cause of any absence of Breathitt.

Covemor Breathitt felt a special ses-
sion would be too costly and, some say,
he did not want Waterfreld to make po-
litical hay in his bid for the guberna—
torial nomination, so his only alternative
was to stay in the state. In effect, he
became a prisoner. He could not even
cross the Ohio River to attend a Cin-
cinnati Reds baseball game. He had to
cancel plans for a Florida vacation. He
originally had to turn down an invitation
to a White House briefing on Vietnam,
but President Johnson intervened and

tration's use of our Students Rights Code.
These students are being charged with
‘abusive misconduct on or in University
property! Who is to say what is ”abus-
ive"? Apparently, our administration has
a vested interest.

From the time that these students were
charged, all students were pawns of the
administration’s will. The administration's
use of this general catch-all phrase is
wrong, and it should be corrected. Since
the big “o" wants positive programs, we
submit this: That the University abolish
concurrent jurisdiction. That the Rights
Code be trimmed of such general terms
as those used. That administrators who
use the code as a club be dismissed.

Don't care, say its none of your bus-
iness; but when you find yourself in trouble
with both the administration and the city
don’t look for any help. You will get what
you deserve.

If you want to do something, write
letters to the Kernel, the administration,
the student association, local and state
officals. Join in activist protests when you
think they are right.

Thom Pat Juul
Chairman-Student Association

To The Letter Of The Kernel:

The article in the Kernel by Mr. Hay-
nes, a third year law student, pointed
out that the four placement demonstra-
tors were arrested under what he and I

Waterfield promised not. to summon the
Legislature.

”I had previously declined the Presi-
dent's invitation because of the uncert-
ainty of what (Waterfield) might do while
acting as governor in my absence," Brea-
thitt said, adding that be appreciated
the assurance and the ”setting aside of
factional politics."

Breathitt did not, of course, appreciate
Waterfield's earlier threats, but he was
even more bitter about the constitutional
provision causing the rmss. He feels that,
with modem communication and trans-
portation, a governor should not lose his
powers because of a brief absence.

The Covemor could take heart, at least,
that in Kentucky political history he is
not alone, for his succession predicament
was not unprecedented.

The most outstanding conflict overthe
succession clause came in 1935. Then-
cov. Ruby Laffoon left the state and lost
the chance to hand-pick his successor when
his lieutenant governor, A. B. ”Happy"
Chandler, called the Legislature into spec-
ial session to pass a compulsory primary
law.

The incident was just as dramatic as
it was significant. University Political
Scientist J. E. Reeves tells the story in
his book Kentucky Government.

Covemor Laffoon and Thomas S. Rhea,
highway commissioner and Laffoon's poli—
tical mentor, wanted to assure Rhea would
be the Democratic nominee for governor.
”To that end," Reeves writes, "they
engineered a decision . . . to make nom-
inations for all state offices by conven-
tion." Secure in the thought that con-
vention could be controlled, they left for
Washington on WPA business. "But they
has understimated the resourcefulness and
daring of Rhea's rival," Chandler, Reeves
remembers.

Chandler issued an executive order
summoning the Legislature to make pri-
maries mandatory, thus cancelling the

ject.” Unofficially, though, who would deny
that the fear of a demonstration like those
sweeping the collegiate world did not cause the
cancellation? Or at least influence the decision
to cancel the campus recruiter's visit.

Students who were to demonstrate oppose
the war in Vietnam. But the man who would
have come to the University had nothing to
do with the policies of this nation affecting
Vietnam, which policies are made by the
President and the Congress, nor does the re-
cruiter direct the research efforts of the Center.

But the

mind.

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his visit is an honest occasion for protest_

Some men can, in good conscience, work at
biological warfare research, in secrecy, and View
themselves as patriots.

Protesters can’t, and think others shouldn’t.

student body has a right to inter-

view the agents of organizations like the Bio-
logical Center, in order to make up its own

or so demonstrators viewing this

cancellation of a recruiting visit as a victory
over “abhorrent" policies must now explain

their actions which curb others’free speech.

The on campus recruiter provides only a
localized occasion for protest. He is a mere
scapegoat. He is not the person against whom
protest should be focused. It is moot whether

feel to be ”stretched" University mles
(Section four, Rights Code). But they did
break the city's breach of the peace law
and the well known policy of President
Oswald concerning peaceful demonstra-
tions. The four in question definitely broke
all gentlemanly codes by infringing on
the rights of others, which is perhaps the
most obvious moral law. This was a per-
sonal insult to the people who had sched-
uled interviews with the Defense Recruit-
er.

The four should not be martyred nor

should they feel themselves as such. They
received a penality which has long been
established for people who interfere with
the duties and freedoms of others. I am
sorry that the sentence imposed on them
was so stiff. Its a shame that any young
people should ever have to spend time in
jail but perhaps, this is what it takes
to make them realize that freedom is
dear and will always be protected in some
manner.

Too many people think the law is to
be taken with a grain of salt. Without
the law and its enforcement agencies an—
archy would result. So this whole af-
fair does show what will happen to those
who act in a manner that is contrary
to society's set laws.

It must be mentioned here, that peo-
ple will never accept or tolerate lawless-
ness. If we are to live together as bro-
thers, then we must accept and respect

For it is chaotic when a handful of demon-
strators can coerce on intimidate away the
rights of others to dialogue and free speech.

the readers write

the mles by which society has created
for us to follow.
R. Barton Van Antwap