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Defends Panthers
'Radical Extremist'
Dellums To Speak
By ROSS HETRICK
Congressman Ronald V.
Dellums of the Seventh
District, Berkeley, California,
will speak this Monday night at
8 in Cabell Hall auditorium.
Mr. Dellums, a defender of
the Black Panthers and a critic
of the Nixon administration,
has been labeled a "radical
extremist" by Vice President
Spiro T. Agnew and others.
Mr. Agnew in a 1970 address
chastised Mr. Dellums for
speaking at a 1968 birthday
party for Huey Newton.
Advocate Of Peace
Mr. Dellums replied to Mr.
Agnew's charges with ,"If
being an advocate of peace,
justice, and humanity toward
all human beings is radical, and
if it is radical to oppose the use
of 70 per cent of Federal
monies for war and
destruction, then I am a
radical."
Mr. Dellums has been a
congressman since 1970 when
he captured 60 per cent of the
vote in a predominately white
district. He is one of three
black congressmen in the
House of Representatives
which represent mostly white
districts.
Victory In Primary
Another surprising aspect of
his 1970 campaign was his
victory in the Democratic
primary over Jeffery Cohelan,
a six-term liberal with a 93
rating from the liberal
Americans for Democratic
Action (ADA).
Among those endorsing his
candidacy in 1970 were such
well-known nonviolent leaders
as Mrs. Coretta King and
Caesar Chavez.
Mr. Dellums is a member of
the District of Columbia and
Foreign Affairs Committees of
the House of Representatives.
Since 1970 he has sponsored
Ronald V. Dellums
the Vietnam war, military
racism, domestic problems of
health and child care, prison
reform and America interests
in South America.
Mr. Dellums holds an A.A.
degree in social science as well
as a Masters in psychiatric
social work.
University Union is
sponsoring his talk.
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