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McGovern Speech Keynotes Moratorium

By Rick Pearson
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

Senator George McGovern Of South Dakota

Leading Anti-War Democrat Will Speak Before Student Legal Forum

Although the official activities and
events sponsored by the Vietnam Moratorium
Committee will not get under way
until Wednesday, the "spirit of Moratorium"
will be hailed and welcomed tonight
by Senator George McGovern at 8:30 in
University Hall.

The topic of Mr. McGovern's speech
will be "President Nixon and the War in
Vietnam," the first in a series of events
providing a stimulus to a University and
nationwide examination of the Vietnam war.

These events will take place not only on
Moratorium Day, but also throughout the
week. Some activities will be sponsored by the
Moratorium Committee, while others will be
presented by various groups and organizations
of the University.

Nationally-Known Critic

Mr. McGovern, Democratic Senator from
South Dakota, is a nationally-known critic of
the Vietnam war, during the Johnson Administration
as well as under President Nixon's
leadership. He also has received national
attention as a crusader to end poverty and
starvation.

First elected to the United States Senate in
1962, he won a second term in last fall's
election. Originally the South Dakotan had
planned to run in 1968 as Democratic
candidate for President.

Even more than the war issue, Mr.
McGovern's major concern has been the
existence of starvation in the most affluent
country in the world. In his position as
chairman of the Senate Select Subcommittee
on Nutrition and Human Needs, he has helped
deal with the fact that not all its citizens are
living decently.

Vietnam Policy

Senator McGovern's speech, however, will
center on the Vietnam policy of the Nixon
Administration, and in this capacity it will serve
as the keynote of the Moratorium debate.

Beginning Monday, the schedule of activities
will increase with the addition of debates,
discussions, rallies, speeches, and marches,
focusing not only on the anti-war position, but
also on the discussion of the advantages of the
present Administration policy.

On Monday, there will be two discussions,
one presented by the History Club and the
other sponsored by the Moratorium Committee
and Sociology Department, as part of the Social
Problems Symposium Series.

The first talk will be given by Arthur
Waskow of the Institute of Policy Studies in
Washington, D.C., on the topic of "Radical
Perspectives on American History." This will be
presented at 4:30 p.m. in the South Meeting
Room of Newcomb Hall.

At 8 that night, Mr. Waskow will join
Professor Norman A. Graebner, other faculty
members, and a student, for a panel symposium
entitled "Vietnam and After: The Criteria and
Content of U.S. Foreign Policy" in Cabell Hall
Auditorium. Mr. Graebner is one of America's
foremost students of United States foreign
policy.

University Panelists

Other panelists include Caroline A. Dinegar,
Assistant Professor of Government and Foreign
Affairs; Richard J. Coughlin, Chairman of the
Department of Sociology and Anthropology;
and Bud Ogle, President of the Student
Council. David Bromley, Assistant Professor of
Sociology, will moderate the discussion.

On Tuesday, the eve of the Moratorium
protest, a wide range of activities, from movies
to a candle-lighting protest, will be offered.

Throughout the day, Randolph-Macon Women's
College will be sponsoring activities at
their Lynchburg campus, and University students
interested in participating will be able to
get transportation by notifying Blair Price or
Judy Thompkins at the Graduate School of
Foreign Affairs.

Dorm Discussions

Faculty members and students will go into
the dormitory areas Tuesday night to lead a
series of discussions on the war and the
Moratorium. In Bonneycastle Lounge, Mr.
Bromley and Ken Lewis, a student, will speak.

Professor Robert Morgan of the Government
department, and Chuck Wheeler, a second-year
man in the College, will lead an examination of
the Vietnam war. Assistant Professors
Alexander Sedgewick of the History Department
and James Cargile of the Philosophy
Department, and third-year man Mike Russell
will speak. Steve Squire will speak at 7 at
McKim Hall and at 9 at Mary Munford. The
other speeches will all be at 8.

At 10 that night, there will be a debate
between Professor John Israel, faculty chairman
of the Moratorium Committee, and John
Kwapisz, head of the YAF, in Webb House
Lounge. The topic will be the Vietnam war and
the Moratorium.

Finally, Father William Stickley of St.
Thomas Church will conduct a "Candles For
Peace" campaign. A flatbed truck will leave St.
Thomas at 8:30, equipped with folk singers and
candles. The candles will be distributed for
students to carry as a sign of protest to the war.

Wednesday will be the climax of the
activity. There will be special services at the
University Chapel all day, and an open
forum/teach-in will be conducted all day in
Newcomb Hall's South Meeting Room, where
anyone may present his views on any matter of
concern.

The Law School will present a colloquium
on aspects of the Vietnam war at 10 a.m. in
Mural Hall at the Law School. There will be a
rally at noon on the street side of the Rotunda,
featuring Karl Hess.

The night's events include a Vietnam
dialogue between Tom Gardner of the Radical
Student Union and Mr. Kwapisz of YAF at
7:30, and a 9 p.m. Concert of Protest and
Peace. The events will end with a candlelight
service on the Lawn at 10.