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Student protests, May-December 1971
1971-05-13 Daily Iowa Letters: ""Police and Protests"" Page 4
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ction ct, police agents often ese bombings to keep g a good cause ess and the university d lies about SDS in workers and students h us in fighting the ty hurts working peo- d the layoffs of cam- orkers and students hting university war- s should join with us! uce Johnson, For SDS front. As Judy Collins said, the only way to have peace is to have it. Peace is or it is not. And as long as the Richard Nixons and Lyndon Johnsons justify violence as a defense against the "Red Sea" and as long as the Leona Durhams and Lowell Mays justify violence as a defense against "predacious merchants and dehumanizing universities" we will not have peace. If you want peace, you are peaceful. If you wnt reason, you are rational. The trouble is, not everybody wants it or seeks it the only way it can be had. So there you are in your rational, non-violent glory, affirming life, peace, and reason; and inevitably you get beat to those brats are the Joint Chiefs and their economic bedfellows or a group of pseudo anti-war demonstrators. Keep up the good work, Durham and May! You are beginning to rival only Richard Nixon in your solicitous ability to justify violence that meets your ends. Right on Christian Soldiers ih your holy god-damn wars—here, abroad, and everywhere. Julie I. Wlach, A4 To the Editor: I was a bystander during the window smashing spree that occurred May 5. When the crowd first march- and took control. I was pleased to see among the monitors many student senators and Ted Politis, president of the student body. Here were students organized to calm the demonstrators and stop the violent destruction to property. I do not understand why the Daily Iowan failed to report this role played by our student government. Instead, it gave ample coverage to a hostile crowd it estimated numbering 1,000 at its peak. The Des Moines Register reported the crowd to be not more than 300 at any time. I think the Daily Iowan had poor coverage for the actual situation, giving student readers, many of which depend mainly on this student publication for news, a false and incomplete picture of this important incident. Students! Read other papers, too. Sarah Annis, A2 police were protecting property and were themselves attacked and stoned by demonstrators. I can find little sympathy for people who run through the city breaking windows and then complain about being attacked by peace officers. While I myself am certainly morally opposed to the war in Indochina, I must agree with the position that peace in Indochina should not be brought about by war at home. Articles and so-called"news" reporting such as this only inflame and polarize the people on the campus. John D. Dooley Director of Parking Lot Operations EDITOR'S NOTE: Copies of this letter were sent by the author to all faculty members of Student Publications Board Inc. No student members of the board received copies. r hta ed! Sure we're all against Caeser but are you sure this will help you are only hurting our image Stop your evil ways you hypocrites and money changers you liberal pharisees! . . . comments on ROTC The story in the May 5 Daily Iowan about the meeting of the University Human Rights Committee could be misleading to students who have a general interest in military courses. The ROTC curricula have always been divided into classroom courses and laboratory courses. (Leadership Laboratory for Army ROTC and Corps Traiing for Air Force ROTC.) Credit toward graduation happens to be awarded for the classroom courses; not for the laboratories. The classroom courses have always been open to General Interest Students; the laboratories never. The classroom courses cover the theoretical and administrative aspects of the military art; the laboratories develop leadership potential through practical exercises involving military organizations, discipline, military customs and courtesy, the wear of and respect for uniform and other national symbols, tactical formations, dismounted drill, command post and field exercises—the stress and purpose throughout being on leadership rather than the teaching vehicles listed. When the students who were distressed about the laboratories presented their case to the Liberal Arts Educational Policy Committee, two important steps were taken. The ROTC curricula were structured so there are both classroom courses and laboratories in each semester of ROTC and the position was iterated that laboratories are open only to cadets. The latter was on the principle that if students desire to be taught that phase of ROTC education they should become cadets. There is no onus in the requirement since cadets do not incur a military obligation until they apply for and are accepted into the Advanced Course (last two years). All cadets must follow regulations and meet military standards of appearance as part of the laboratory educational process. They must also formally state their willingness to defend the constitution (the duty of every citizen). There are no religious or racial restrictions in either the armed forces or ROTC. Robert S. Kubby Colonel, EN DI May 13, 1971 "Protest/Letters..." 4 (of 5)
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ction ct, police agents often ese bombings to keep g a good cause ess and the university d lies about SDS in workers and students h us in fighting the ty hurts working peo- d the layoffs of cam- orkers and students hting university war- s should join with us! uce Johnson, For SDS front. As Judy Collins said, the only way to have peace is to have it. Peace is or it is not. And as long as the Richard Nixons and Lyndon Johnsons justify violence as a defense against the "Red Sea" and as long as the Leona Durhams and Lowell Mays justify violence as a defense against "predacious merchants and dehumanizing universities" we will not have peace. If you want peace, you are peaceful. If you wnt reason, you are rational. The trouble is, not everybody wants it or seeks it the only way it can be had. So there you are in your rational, non-violent glory, affirming life, peace, and reason; and inevitably you get beat to those brats are the Joint Chiefs and their economic bedfellows or a group of pseudo anti-war demonstrators. Keep up the good work, Durham and May! You are beginning to rival only Richard Nixon in your solicitous ability to justify violence that meets your ends. Right on Christian Soldiers ih your holy god-damn wars—here, abroad, and everywhere. Julie I. Wlach, A4 To the Editor: I was a bystander during the window smashing spree that occurred May 5. When the crowd first march- and took control. I was pleased to see among the monitors many student senators and Ted Politis, president of the student body. Here were students organized to calm the demonstrators and stop the violent destruction to property. I do not understand why the Daily Iowan failed to report this role played by our student government. Instead, it gave ample coverage to a hostile crowd it estimated numbering 1,000 at its peak. The Des Moines Register reported the crowd to be not more than 300 at any time. I think the Daily Iowan had poor coverage for the actual situation, giving student readers, many of which depend mainly on this student publication for news, a false and incomplete picture of this important incident. Students! Read other papers, too. Sarah Annis, A2 police were protecting property and were themselves attacked and stoned by demonstrators. I can find little sympathy for people who run through the city breaking windows and then complain about being attacked by peace officers. While I myself am certainly morally opposed to the war in Indochina, I must agree with the position that peace in Indochina should not be brought about by war at home. Articles and so-called"news" reporting such as this only inflame and polarize the people on the campus. John D. Dooley Director of Parking Lot Operations EDITOR'S NOTE: Copies of this letter were sent by the author to all faculty members of Student Publications Board Inc. No student members of the board received copies. r hta ed! Sure we're all against Caeser but are you sure this will help you are only hurting our image Stop your evil ways you hypocrites and money changers you liberal pharisees! . . . comments on ROTC The story in the May 5 Daily Iowan about the meeting of the University Human Rights Committee could be misleading to students who have a general interest in military courses. The ROTC curricula have always been divided into classroom courses and laboratory courses. (Leadership Laboratory for Army ROTC and Corps Traiing for Air Force ROTC.) Credit toward graduation happens to be awarded for the classroom courses; not for the laboratories. The classroom courses have always been open to General Interest Students; the laboratories never. The classroom courses cover the theoretical and administrative aspects of the military art; the laboratories develop leadership potential through practical exercises involving military organizations, discipline, military customs and courtesy, the wear of and respect for uniform and other national symbols, tactical formations, dismounted drill, command post and field exercises—the stress and purpose throughout being on leadership rather than the teaching vehicles listed. When the students who were distressed about the laboratories presented their case to the Liberal Arts Educational Policy Committee, two important steps were taken. The ROTC curricula were structured so there are both classroom courses and laboratories in each semester of ROTC and the position was iterated that laboratories are open only to cadets. The latter was on the principle that if students desire to be taught that phase of ROTC education they should become cadets. There is no onus in the requirement since cadets do not incur a military obligation until they apply for and are accepted into the Advanced Course (last two years). All cadets must follow regulations and meet military standards of appearance as part of the laboratory educational process. They must also formally state their willingness to defend the constitution (the duty of every citizen). There are no religious or racial restrictions in either the armed forces or ROTC. Robert S. Kubby Colonel, EN DI May 13, 1971 "Protest/Letters..." 4 (of 5)
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