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roii. 9. No. 6. ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE, LAURINBURG, N. C. THURSDAY. OCT. 16. 196>
Moratorium Day Gives
Variety of Approaches
Fayetteville March Success;
G. I.s Sponsor Demonstration
BY CHARLIE PRATT
The day broke dark and cold
to the solemn proceedings of
Moratorium. It was symbolic
of the desperation which exists
and which Is growing daily of a
war that challenges the reason
of man. All over the nation,
colleges and universities rec
ognized this desperation In a
large segment of their popu
lations. The programs varied
from place to place, but the
emphasis was on the present
consequences of the war, and
effective ways of discontinuing
it.
The first event was a very
moving yet tolerant chapel ser
vice prepared by Mr. Vann
J61nes. Beginning with his ex
tension of the hand of peace to
the audience, he approached
the problem of war on moral
terms. He quoted an essay by
Peter Burger called “Between
Tyranny and Chaos”, speaking
of the duty of a Christian in a
time of turmoil. That duty is
not to speak of love or hate,
of gospel, but to maintain an
open mind throughout. Arising
from this turmoil is a pro
blem of language and seman
tics. There Is a tendency to
make a clear cut decision be
tween political right and left,
which becomes nothing more
that a sophisticated name
calling routine. The problem
is not a choice between left and
right when the country Is mov-
t"g continually toward tyranny
or chaos. The alternative for
the Christian is to find a middle
ground between these two ex
tremes. The pressure Involved
tor this person is in the fact
that there exists a symbiotic
relationship between tyranny
ttd chaos. That Is, one factor
depends and contributes to the
other; therefore tyranny is a
result of reaction against the
possibility of chaos, and vice
versa.
Following the Chapel ser-
'^ce, members of SASA held a
rally on the C o 11 e g e Union
^®ps. After the singing of
"White Boots, Yellow Land”,
“I Declare the War Is
Over”, two penetrating and de
liberately challenging songs,
speeches were presented tc
point up particular areas di
rectly related to the war.
The debate, held in Kings
Mountain’s lounge, was attended
by a capacity, standing room
only crowd.
The opening speaker was Mr.
Winn. He cautioned against sim
plistic solutions to a treihen-
dously complex problem. Stal
ing that “Power in and of itself
is not immoral”, he favored the
position of Viet Nam as a trial
case. If we hold the line now,
then we can force negotiations
in Paris. There Is a growing
isolationist trend in the United
States which can become dan
gerous if the balance swings too
far.
Mr. Prust began with three
reasons why we say we are In
Viet Nam. Since we are there
we mi^t as well finish the job.
As well, we are morally right
In protecting the democratic
government in South Viet Nam
and it is our duty to protect the
Vietnamese so they can be free
from outside interventions and
can conduct their own free e-
lections. But the re are three
BY TOM COCKE
Anti-war G. I.s from iFort
Bragg, students from seven
colleges and u n 1 v e rsities in
North Carolina, black people
and residents of Fayetteville
marched in downtown Fayette
ville last Saturday IntheG.Ls
United Patriots For Peace par
ade.
The parade started shortly
after 1:30 p.m. from the Qua
ker House. After marching
through downtown Fayetteville
over 800 strong, the parade
proceded to a public park where
a rally was held. Led by ap
proximately 100 0,1. s, the mar
chers were spirited but very
orderly.
During the initial planning
sessions for the march, the
G.I.s had anticipated possible
tension between parade parti
cipants and local residents. To
insure order and cohesion with
in the march and to discourage
possible assaults upon the mar
chers by disaffected residents,
G.I.s United provided the par
ade with marshalls. With the
excellent cooperation of the
Fayetteville police, the day pas
sed unmarred by Incidents.
Speaking at the rally were
Donald Duncan, an ex-Green
Beret Master Sergeant, Ho
ward Levy, a retired Army
Lieutenant, two G.I.s from Fort
Bragg and students from Duke
and UNC. The speakers spoke
from a common anti-war pers
pective. They quickly passed
BY TOM COCKE
The anti-war movement, like
all social movements, has
undergone significant evolution
in his history.
Gone are the days when de
bate over the war In Vietnam
focused upon the legal, political
and historical technicalities of
our involvement (eg: the nature
of the United States’ commit
ment to the South East Asia
Treaty Organization or the re
fusal of the U. S. to fulfill the
over the ethical and technical
questions of the Vietnamese
war to attack directly the A-
merlcans economic system
which they held responsible for
beginning and perpetuating the
war. They highlighted the mar
chers’ chant of “rich man’s
war, poor man’s fight" . The
rally ended with a peaceful
and escorted return walk to the
Quaker House.
Geneva Accord Agreement of
1954). Similarly, the anti-war
movement passed out a later era
which found Itsjhost heralded
contention to be the immorality
of the war.
Americans, reared in a so
ciety rooted in the Judeo-Chrls-
tian tradition, have t)een so
cialized from birth to believe
that human life is sacred and
that killing is immoral. With
this as a standard value in.
American society, the morality
of this or any other war is Im
moral does not speak of the na
ture of the war and of A meri-
can society; the hovf’sand why’s
of our intervention -in the in
ternal affairs of other nations
(Vietnam is but one example).
In a society where economic
power and its resultant--poli
tical power--are the determi
nants of who shall rule and
whose Interest shall be served;
the anti-war movement has
come to realize that the Viet
nam War is but a sympton of
the American social malaise.
Participants in the anti-war
movement are beginning to rea
lize that peace in Vietnam is
no guarantee that similar im
perialist wars will not occur.
It also realizes that peace
without social and economic
justice is no peace at all.
From this perspective, the
efforts of G. l.’s to organize
to secure their constitutional
liber(;ies, an end to the war
and to racism should be seen as
of a central importance in the
movement for justice, equality
and social democracy.
reasons, he pointed out, why we
are really in Viet Nam. There
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MANY MEMBERS OF THE St. Andrews Student Alliance marched in Fayetteville last Saturday
in protest to the Vietnam war.
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