december 17,1969 the Carolina journal pages
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We do all want peace
Tell it to Nixon
Tell it to Hanoi
The Vietnam Moratorium Committee
of/ that one of its major
orts in December will be activity by
udents in their home towns during
in vacation. Activities suggested
elude canvassing neighborhoods,
•stributing leaflets to shoppers,
, high school students,
and '*®i®9afions to elected officials,
p holding vigils or processions on
•■'stmas eve, one of the three
"'■oratorium days this month.
Vipt*” ^''^wn, co-coordinator of the
wn •'Moratorium Committee said, "It
^ Old indeed be a tragedy to miss the
^Opportunity to carry the anti-war
from our university
Wo *o our home towns. The
Viet to end the war in
^ tnam cannot be restricted to the areas
already been active. We
~3le the Moratorium Home for
'^'otnam Moratorium Committee
than ^ ® special memo to its more
them campus organizers urging
to devote their attention to this
**nt^ Students were encouraged to
tovj^ ®ther students from their home
addJ-^ other campuses. In
" peace*""' should contact existing
groups or sympathetic persons in
Plan t° bring them into the
Chrirt"'"®. *'th the hope that the
‘ ipflue**'"* effort could have a lasting
PPintel/^ Spokesmen for the Moratorium
return , »wany students will
fo their towns again in January for
semester break and could then expand
upon the initial December activity. Thus,
anti-war sentiment could be solidified, or
peace groups organized in many areas
which have seen little anti-war activity to
date.
The Vietnam Moratorium Committee
sponsored the October 15 Moratorium,
and the activities around the country on
November 13 and 14. The Moratorium
Days for December are the 12th, 13th
and 24th. The entire focus for the month
is on small scale, basically grass-roots
activity which will be modest in scope.
On the 12th and 13th, canvassing and
leafletting will take place in many cities
and towns across the nation. In addition,
town meetings are being held in some
localities to discuss the effect of defense
and military spending upon local needs.
Others are planning to visit the district
office of their congressmen to discuss his
position on the war and to make dear
that support in the 1970 election will be
assured only if the congressman opposes
the war.
On the 24th, activities centering on the
Christmas theme of "Peace on Earth" are
planned. A group of prominent
dergy'men is being organized to relate the
Moratorium to normal Christinas religious
activities. Among the events which will
take place are vigils, processions
proceeding church services, caroling
which will emphasize "Peace on Earth,"
and special church services. (Full details
of the December 24th activity will be
announced shortly.)
The UNCe chapter of Young
Americans for Freedom has launched an
offensive to "Tell it to Hanoi". The
movement is designed to create a channel
through which those supporting the
President's policy in Vietnam can express
this support.
Last Monday, YAF distributed 1,500
copies of a four-page publication which
includes a copy of a "Tell it to Hanoi"
petition. This petition reads: "We the
people of the United States, of America,
call upon the government'of North
Vietnam to: 1) Renounce military victory
in the South; 2) Agree to negotiate
cease-fire under international supervision;
3) Agree to free elections in South
Vietnam under international supervision;
4) Declare that they will abide by the
political decision that results from free
elections and renounce, as we have, all
military bases in the south; 5) Support
the right of the South Vietnamese to
determine their own' future without
outside interference."
The petition goes on to say that "Our
government agrees with and supports
these points. We ask you to join us in our
desire for the peaceful conclusion of the
Vietnam war."
David Thomas, Chariman of YAF said,
"This is primarily designed to protest the
war to those who are perpetuating it; not
Richare Nixon but Hanoi." The
completed petitions will be sent to the
North Vietnamese delegation of theParis
Peace talks.
Young Americans for Freedom plans to
present this petition to students and the
public in general until January 9, when
the petieions will be collected and sent to
Paris.
Mr. Thomas noted that students are
having difficulty gelling information
concerning the Tell it to Hanoi
movement. He said, "About 80% of our
posters have been torn down, and those
which remain are usually defaced with
obsenities or lewd comments. It seems
that someone wants to keep this
movement from the students."
universities and communities
WASHINGTON—(CPS)—
Universities should integrate with
their communities, the'
Community Development
Division told the directors of the
National University Extension
Association (NUEA) in a meeting
here.
The community division told its
parent group to establish relations
with all government levels so as to
exert "a direct educational
influence on the communities,”
and it urged all member
institutions to “create units for
multi-disciplinary attacks on
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