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6 The Tar Heel Thursday, August 4. 1977 Amti-wmr protest pmfesmir9s ' fimest k&mr '.w.v:y.vv u i By AMY McCRARY CONTRIBUTOR He doesn't look like the man who led 1 0.000 protestors to the Governor's Mansion in a demonstration against the Vietnam War. But he did. And he certainly doesn't look a man almost set up as a conspirator by the KGB, the Russian equivalent of the CIA. But he says he nearly was. I n fact. Professor Joel Schwartz, associate chairperson of the UNC Political Science Department, looks like what he has-been for the past twelve years a teacher, A short man with a dark complexion and a receding hairline. Schwartz is a specialist on Soviet government, having received degrees from Harvard and Indiana. But this teacher, a second generation American, was not content to teach and then return to his office in the late 60s when anti- ar protests were at their height at UNC and 'hroughout the country. "I had always believed Vietnam was the worst moral outrage by the United States against anyone, destroying Vietnam and tearing American society apart," Schwartz said. Because of his feelings, he campaigned for Eugene McCarthy in the 1968 presidential election. But he became involved in what he calls "my finest hour." the "March on Raleigh" in 1969, quite by accident. "1 was walking to my office one day and there were some radicals agitating near the If ' I - 1 I ,3 I,! .W ' '' ' - V ' g on i 2L ' ' . w I o f- . '.: h i Professor Joel Schwartz, associate chairman of the UNC Political Science Department, has been called a radical by many people. In 1969 he led a demonstration at the Governor's Mansion in which a crowd of 10,000 protested the Vietnam War. American flag pole in the Lower Quad. I can't remember the exact day, because those times seem so far away. But I do remember they were saying irrational and violent things like 'Let's take over South Building in protest against the war!' "1 took the microphone and told the crowd, which had become pretty lively by then, that if they wanted their opinions heard, taking over South Building was the wrong way. They would have to take their ideas to prominent people for results, 1 said. "Well." he continues. "I guess I asked for it." Soon organizers of a protest came to Schwartz and asked him to lead their rally, which they called the "March on Raleigh" (even though everyone actually drove to the capital city). The. march was to protest a telegram Gov. Bob Scott had sent .President Nixon in behalf of.-the people of North Carolina. The telegram had congratulated Nixon on. the bombing of Cambodia, . "I was to give this fire-and-brimstone speech on the lawn of the Governor's. Mansion while a delegation of people picked from the protestors went in the mansion to give Scott a petition against his action and the war. "So I. gave this rabble-rousing sermon for about 20 minutes and suddenly the microphone went dead!" The state police protecting Scott had pulled the microphone cord and whisked the governor out the back before the delegation got'tof see him. It was a hot day in April and the crowd of protestors from all over the state were already angry. Soon people started talking about seizing the. mansion in protest. "LET THE IViUSDC KEEP OUR SP5MT HUGH" Welcome Incoming Freshmen! THE PORTHOLE RESTAURANT CONTINUES ITS THIRTY-SEVEN YEAR TRADITION OF SERVING CHAPEL' HILL AND UNC BY BRINGING YOU ITS FINE FOODS ONLY A FEW FEET FROM THE CAMPUS ITSELF. You'll like our selection of garden salads with eleven different toppings, including shrimp;and our own crepes all served with our famous Porthole rolls. 942-1171 Serving Daily 11:30-2:00 4:45-7:15 Downtown up the little alley across from NCNB - JB RESTAURANT CT3 s 57 Hot Dog wHomemade Chili Hamburger Va lb. 100 Pure Beef Cheeseburger Pastrami & Cheese Salami & Cheese Ham & Cheese Roast Beef Super Sub Regular Sub Stanley Steamer wSalami, Bologna, American & Swiss Lettuce & Tomato Bar-B-Que Fresh Garden Salad .60 .75 .85 1.60 1.10 1.70 1.50 2.25 1.65 Ham, Cheese, 1.65 1.25 .70 senna ry St. Happy Hour 3:00-6:00 Monday-Friday X (t O- in Campus 1 I Post Office Rosemary St. Jordan's Steak House Domestic Beer Blatz Michelob Heinekert 60 oz. Pitcher 10 oz. Draft 14 oz. Draft Miller Dark, Bud, Schlitz .45 .40 .55 .90 2.00 .35 .50 Regular .60 .50 .65. LOO 2.25 .45 .60 Troll's Basement Pinball Electronic Games Foosball Dart Room Jukebox Lounge Color TV NEW FALL HOURS: MONDAY-SATURDAY 11:30 A.M.-2:Q0 A.M. SUNDAY 1 P.M.-2:00 A.M. KEGS, CASES & SIX-PACKS DOMESTIC & IMPORTED WINES ICE-BLOCK OR CRUSHED ALSO LET US WASH YOUR CAR! CLEAN CARS RUN BETTER MONDAY THRU 99p THURSDAY Reg. $1.50 STAY IN YOUR CAR TAKES 3 MINUTES BAY ICE & PARTY BEVERAGE . W. FRANKLIN ST. and MERRITT MILL RD. tlc. If i ( for cars 1 J lU EASTGATE AMOCO Eastgate Shopping Center TUNE UPS o ALIGNMENT SHOCKS o BRAKES MUFFLERS OPEN 7AM-1 1 PM 967-9484
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