University of Virginia Library

Vietnam Discussion
Planned For Monday

By Debra Kroner

Whither Vietnam and U.S. Foreign
Policy after Vietnam? What are the new
trends in our domestic history that will
affect our future foreign policy? What
have we learned, if anything, from
Vietnam? What should our foreign policy
be and what can we expect it to be in the
1970's?

In order "to pursue an academic and
critical evaluation" of these and other
related questions, the Vietnam Moratorium
Committee, in cooperation with the Social
Problems Symposium Series of the Sociology
Department is sponsoring a panel discussion
Monday night, October 13, at 8 in Cabell Hall
Auditorium.

The discussion entitled "Vietnam and After:
The Criteria and Content of U.S. Foreign
Policy" will feature major addresses by Arthur
I. Waskow, a Resident Fellow of the Institute
for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C. and
Norman A. Graebner, currently the E. R.
Stettinius Professor in Modern American
History at the University.

Panelists Featured

The panelists are Caroline A. Dinegar, an
Assistant Professor in the Department of
Government and Foreign Affairs at the
University; Richard J. Coughlin, chairman of
the University's Department of Sociology and
Anthropology; and Arthur "Bud" Ogle, President
of the Student Council. The moderator
will be David Bromley, Assistant Professor in
Sociology and organizer of the Social Problems
Symposium Series.

Arthur Waskow, who took his doctorate in
American History at the University of Wisconsin,
is the author of "The Limits of Defense,"
"The Worried Man's Guide to World Peace,"
"From Race Riot to Sit, In," "1919 and
1960's," and "The Freedom Seder: A New
Haggadah for Passover." He has written for
magazines ranging from Atlantic Monthly and
Saturday Review to Ramparts and Liberation.
Presently, he is speculating on the future in his
"Notes from 1999," a study of American and
world history during the next generation, and
he is also working on "Fighting Back: Black
Resistance in America."

As an activist, Mr. Waskow spoke, in March,
1965, at the nation's first teach-in at Ann
Arbor, Michigan. He helped found, and then
served on, the executive board of the National
Conference for New Politics. From 1959 to
1961, he served as a legislative assistant to
United States Congressman and helped staff the
Liberal Project.

Convention Delegate

Mr. Waskow was a co-author of "A Call to
Resist Illegitimate Authority." In 1968, he was
elected a delegate from the District of
Columbia to the Democratic National Convention,
and he is currently serving as chairman of
the Center for Emergency Support in Washington,
D.C., and as a board member of the
American Committee on Africa.

On Monday afternoon, Mr. Waskow will
address a Sociology of Religion seminar and
then he will speak to the History Club on
"Radical History," in the South Meeting Room
at 4:30.

Norman Graebner, in addition to his
teaching duties, holds an appointment to the
University's Center for Advanced Studies. He
holds an M.A. in History from the University of
Oklahoma and a Ph.D. in History from the
University of Chicago. Over the past twenty
years he has taught at Iowa State University,
Stanford University, University of Illinois,
University of Queensland — Australia, University
of London, and Louisiana State University.

Mr. Graebner's books include "Empire on
the Pacific," "The New isolationism," "Cold
War Diplomacy," and "Ideas and Diplomacy."
He had edited many other books and written
over sixty articles and portions of books in the
field of American politics and diplomatic
history. At present, he is contribution editor of
Current History.

Richard J. Coughlin received his M.A. and
Ph.D. in Sociology from Yale University. His
teaching posts include Yale, York University,
the University of Toronto, and since 1963, he
has been on the staff of the University of
Virginia.

Consul To Saigon

During the period extending from 1946 to
1948, Mr. Coughlin served as United States
(State Department) Vice Consul to Saigon.
From 1948 to 1949, he was a Research Analyst
for the Department of State and from 1957 to
1959 was Senior Assistant Representative of
the Asia Foundation in Hong Kong. He has
conducted extensive research in Southeast Asia
for the Fulbright Foundation, the Social
Science Research Council, the Public Health
Service, and other foundations.

Among Mr. Coughlin's publications are "The
Position of Women in Vietnam," "Double
Identity," "The Chinese in Modern Thailand,"
and "Fertility and Birth Control Among Lower
Income Chinese in Hong Kong," printed in
Marriage and Family Living. Mr. Coughlin has
the distinction of being the sole faculty
member to participate in the first Vietnam
discussion held at the University in 1965.

Caroline A. Dinegar, who holds a Ph.D. from
Columbia University, previously taught at the
University of Connecticut and served as a
Foreign Affairs Officer with the United States
Mission to the United Nations. Specializing in
International Politics and International Law,
she has conducted Fulbright sponsored research
in Taiwan and is currently engaged in research
on twentieth century United States-China
policy.

Longtime Critic

Bud Ogle, a critic of the Vietnam war since
1963, is presently working toward his Ph.D. in
American Diplomatic History. He is also a
Presbyterian Minister with a B.D. degree from
Yale University. Prior to his election as
President of the Student Council, Bud served as
executive secretary of the MLK Chapter of the
Virginia Council on Human Relations and as
coordinator of the Charlottesville Draft Counseling
Group. He is currently the president of
the Student Council.

The discussion will begin with presentations
from Norman Graebner and Arthur Waskow.
After the panelists respond to the points raised
by the two speakers, discussion and questions
will be open to members of the audience. The
public is invited to attend this panel discussion
being held on October 13 at 8 p.m. in Old
Cabell Hall.