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Communist Retribution

Mr. Scott, in his closing remarks, called
attention to the retribution by the Communists
on Vietnamese who had cooperated with the
French. He expressed fear that the same
problem would occur after American
withdrawal and characterized North Vietnam as
"blood and cruelty."

During the following meeting with students,
the Senators heard an appeal by Virginia
Collins, mother of black draft resister Walter
Collins, that her son is a "victim of the war."
Mr. Stennis and Mr. Spong promised that they
would look into the matter.

Responding to a question on American
intervention in South Vietnamese elections, Mr.
Tunney said that the present government is not
representative of the people and that it will
"balk" at allowing neutralists to run.

Mr. Scott declared that the National
Liberation Front was a small percentage of the
Vietnamese population. He further stated that
83 per cent of the people participated in the
last elections instead of bearing arms against the
South Vietnamese government.

Mr. Tunney closed the meeting by stating
that using anarchist tactics in Washington to
force the government to accede to demands
would only lead to society's "dealing with them
appropriately."

Before the meeting about 100 people
attended a protest rally at the Rotunda at
which Mrs. Collins spoke. Other speakers
included Carl Braden, a participant in peace,
labor and civil rights movements for the last
forty years, John Conover, Virginia coordinator
of the National Welfare Rights Organization,
and Steve Squire, a member of the
Charlottesville Coalition for Peace and Justice.

Photo By Saxon Holt

Virginia Collins Presents Senators With Anti-Draft Literature

Senators Tunney, Spong, Stennis, Weicker And Scott Attended Law Day