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Ogle Calls For Action
By Nation To End War

By William T. Smith
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

"Most of the people in the United
States are either 'war criminals' or 'good
Germans' — and it doesn't matter which."

These were the words of former
Student Council President, Bud Ogle, in
his Wednesday evening address in
Newcomb Hall.

Mr. Ogle's address was sponsored by
the Virginia Mobilization Committee in
conjunction with the Student Council,
and was received by an audience of
approximately eighty persons assembled
in the Newcomb Hall Ballroom.

Mr. Ogle argued that those who do not
commit themselves to the ending of the

Vietnam conflict were either "war
criminals" or "good Germans" and that there
was little or no difference between the two. He
called for increased commitment from all
sectors of American society to end the war.

Mr. Ogle has recently returned from a trip to
Paris, the site of the Peace Talks, where he was
a delegate from an American anti-war group.
"Clergy and Laymen Concerned About
Vietnam." While he was there, he met with
both the North Vietnamese delegation and the
U.S. Ambassador to the talks, David Bruce.

During the Newcomb Hall speech he related
his impressions of both delegations. He said he
was most impressed with Madame Binh of the
North Vietnamese delegation whom he
described as appealing to the delegates on a
human and personalized level. He called her "a
marvelous person," and said that the firm
North Vietnamese position was that the United
States must set a date for withdrawal of all
troops.

Mr. Ogle was also among twelve members of
his group selected to see Ambassador Bruce. He
said Mr. Bruce had to consult frequently with
his aides for factual information in order to
respond to the questions of the delegation, and
that he had to be constantly corrected by his
aides as to historical facts surrounding the
Vietnamese conflict.

He reported that Mr. Bruce said that
historical and moral considerations could not
be factors in the negotiations.

Mr. Ogle alleged that a Mr. Ledoagre, an aide
to Mr. Bruce, acknowledge the existence of
"CIA Troops" in Laos.

Mr. Ogle described plans for the "Spring
Offensive" against administration policy in
Vietnam, and urged people to "throw little
grains of sand into the machine that is stomping
over people."

He asked people opposed to the war to
refuse to pay the taxes which he said supported
the war effort. Specifically he described a
method whereby individuals would refuse to
pay the federal tax on their telephone bills.