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VOL. 75
CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1968
Number 7
Chapel Hillians Seek
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.McCarthy Signatures
By EVIE STEVENSON
Tar Heel Staff Writer
A state-wide petition to show
citizen support for Presidential
candidate Eugene McCarthy is
expected to receive 500,000
signatures througout North
Carolina.
The Chapel Hill petition has
collected 1000 names; Asheville
received 2926 signatures in eight
days.
The petition states: "We, the
undersigned, wish to make
public our support of Eugene
McCarthy and urge the
Democratic Party to nominate
this man of courageand integrity
for the President of the United
States."
The North Carolina petition
was instituted by Alden Lind,
chairman of the State
Co-ordinating Committee for
McCarthy. Such a petition is
being distributed nationally as
well. At least 20 million
signatures is expected on the
national level.
In North Carolina, Lind is the
only delegate who has pledged
his vote to McCarthy. The other
58 votes have been pledged to
the state's favorite son, Dan
Moore, for the first ballot at the
'Encouragement But
Few N. C. Delegates 9
By BILL RUSSO
Tar Heel Editor
Senator Eugene McCarthy, in
his bid for North Carolina
delegates to the national
Democratic Convention,
received a "North Carolina style
encouragement" for his
campaign Thursday a wish of
luck but few delegates.
That at least was the word he
gave reporters at a brief news
conference after his meetings
with Governor Dan Moore and
the democratic delegates.
On a more serious note,
Senator McCarthy said that he
would not accept the
Vice-presidental nomination. He
also indicated that if elected he
would replace FBI Director J.
Edger Hoover, Secretary of State
Dean Rusk and Selective Service
Head General Hersey.
The Senator spoke at three
gatherings in Raleigh
Thursday an airport rally, a
cause of the delegates and a large
public rally at noon.
Both at the airport and at the
address to the caucus Senator
McCarthy emphasized the
relationship of his campaign and
his "coalition of conscience" to
convention in Chicago.
A spokesman at the Chapel
Hill Headquarters of McCarthy
for President said that many of
the delegates from this state are
sitting on the political fence
concerning their votes in
subsequent ballots.
Through the influence of the
state petition, it is hoped that
the Tar Heel delegates to the
national convention will be
swayed to the side of McCarthy.
"Any pressure, anything this
impressive, is bound to be
influential to the delegates," said
the local spokesman.
"If the petition does not
show a majority of support for
McCarthy over the
other presidential aspirants, it is
still important.
"The purpose of the petition
is not to excessively pressure the
delegates, but to show the
support that's already there."
Public backing of Senator
McCarthy was also shown in a
recent telephone poll in Raleigh
and the immediate vicinity.
Two polls were taken so that
a standard error could be
calculated. There were 88 people
in the first poll on July 15,
1968; 97 were telephoned in the
second on July 16.
it it
the Democratic convention.
Its central issue, he said, was
the Viet Nam War and a test of
the Democratic Party's
conscience to repudiate the
Johnson Administration's
involvement in South Viet Nam
Further, the convention would
be a test of the political process
of the Party.
The Senator continued,
stating that the Democratic
Party could demonstrate that
the Party is still for the people
by keeping an open convention
and eliminating the unit rule.
Finally he felt that the delegates
have a responsibility to represent
the people of their districts
rather than the Party leaders.
At his noon rally outside of
the Sir Walter Hotel Senator
McCarthy was greeted by an
enthusiastic crowd of about
5-6,000 supporters.
His address centered around
three major points: the end of
the war in Viet Nam, the
responsibility of the Democratic
delegates to respond to the will
of the people and a domestic
plan of "four new rights for
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Results showed that 40 of
the interviewed prefered
McCarthy; 32 preferred
Humphrey; 27 voiced no
opinion.
On the North Carolina ballot,
Wallace, Nixon, Reagan,
Rockefeller, Humphrey and
McCarthy will be listed. A
narrow majority of those
telephoned stated that Wallace
was their first choice; Nixon was
their second choice.
Wallace received 19 as first
choice. Nixon followed closely
with 17. McCarthy received
14 of the first preference
opinions.
A second choice, Nixon
received 10.40; McCarthy
received 10.35; Rockefeller
was chosen by 10.20 of the
interviewed.
The results of the North
Carolina petition will be sent to
the McCarthy for President
Headquarters in Washington,
D.C.
Compilations of the
individual cities' petitions will be
sent to the North Carolina
delegates before the beginning of
the Democratic National
Convention at the end of
August.
Other states throughout the
nation are expected to do
likewise to reveal the strength of
public support for McCarthy's
candidacy.
Graduate
Students
To Meet
There will be a meeting of the
Graduate Students' Association
at 8 p.m. Thursday, August 1, in
Gerrard Hall. All students in the
graduate, law, medical and
professional schools are invited.
Members of the steering
committee will describe the
Association's activities since its
founding in May. There will be
an open-floor discussion and
suggestion period and an
opportunity to volunteer for
Association projects.
Hank Steadman, a sociology
grad student and member of the
steering committee, described
the Association as "an
organization for all graduate
students, not just those who
want to do political work. We're
interested in doing things like
spreading around the news of
what's going on in every
department, providing money
for the grad students teaching
experimental college courses,
providing more reasons and
occasions for grad students to
get together."
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Student To Refuse
Service Induction
By WILSON CLARK
Tar Heel Staff Writer
"I will refuse induction
because the draft is an
oppressive form of
institutionalized slavery," said
Robert "Corky" Eaton this
week.
Eaton, who hopes to be a
UNC senior in history this fall,
will refuse induction in the U.S.
Armed Forces next Tuesday,
July 30, at the Raleigh induction
center.
A support demonstration will
be held for Eaton by "The
Resistance," a national anti-draft
organization. Local members of
"The Resistance" will stage the
demonstration, which will draw
an estimated 20-50 people.
According to Eaton, the
demonstration will be "an
affirmation of life." It will not
be a sombre anti-draft rally like
many that have been held.
Eaton explained that the
support rally will be festive. "I
do not think that people should
be sad when another person
takes control over his own life
and rejects the forces of
destruction."
"Corky" Eaton and George
Vlasits, a former UNC student,
turned in their draft cards during
the Pentagon march last
October. Vlasits, the only other
local member of "The
Resistance" to be arrested for
refusing induction, was arrested
for this act in April, 1968, and is
now awaiting trial after having
posted $2500 bond.
Eaton predicts that it will
take the Federal Grand Jury in
Raleigh at least one month to
indict him following his draft
refusal July 30. He was ordered
to report for induction on July
1, following a seven-month
unsuccessful appeal of his
Selective Service classification
(1-A).
Eaton has a 2-S student
classification until November 16,
1967, when the Selective Service
System reclassified him 1-A
Delinquent. His last appeal failed
May 9. He is still classified 1-A
Delinquent.
"The Resistance" members
and supporters will leave Chapel
Hill from Y-Court on Tuesday at
7:30 a.m. They will assemble at
Raleigh Municipal Auditorium at
8:30 a.m., shortly before the
demonstration at the induction
center which is scheduled to last
from 9-11 a.m.
Eaton plans to go through the
regular procedure at the
induction center until the tests
are concluded. He will refuse to
step forward when the inductees
are called for the loyalty oath.