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Law Students To Organize
War Information Magazine
By Terry Jasperson
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer
A group of law students disturbed
about the lethargy and silence concerning
the war in Indochina have planned a
University-wide organizational meeting to
discuss the formation of an Indochina
information magazine. The meeting will
be held Thursday at 8 P.M. in the South
Meeting Room of Newcomb Hall.
The Indochina Comment was an
outgrowth of past efforts by law students
Tim Oksman and Mac Thompson to keep
Richard Nixon aware that public opinion
is not in favor of the war.
"There has been a good deal of silence since
the invasion of Laos," Mr. Oksman said. "The
President looks to public opinion and he might
have taken this silence as approval."
Mr. Oksman and Mr. Thompson recently
presented Senator William B. Spong (D-Va.)
with a petition protesting the allied invasion of
Laos and the threatened allied invasion of
North Vietnam. The petition was signed by 150
law students.
In a meeting about Vietnam last Thursday,
Mr. Oksman and other concerned individuals
decided that further action was needed. The
group dismissed the effectiveness of a mass
demonstration.
They decided that a magazine which would
be a "viable" source for answers concerning the
war would be the most productive course of
action. Mr. Thompson said he saw the magazine
as presenting the "cold hard facts" about the
war.
In addition to the magazine, Mr. Oksman
said he would like support from the business
and professional communities in Charlottesville.
"If there is 'grassroots' pressure against further
development of the war," he added, "that
pressure will do more good than
demonstrations."
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