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University of Iowa anti-war protests, 1970
""Iowa '70: Riot, Rhetoric, Responsibility?"" Page 23
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[photo] PROBLEMS ARE NOT SOLVED BY VIOLENCE VIOLENCE IS NOT AN ANSWER TO YOUR (OUR) PROBLEMS! Viet Nam Nixon Kent S. U. Watts Columbia Harvard Weathermen Black Panthers Army, Navy, Marines Police tional Guard ochina erty tc... FREE KITCHEN One of the problems created by the demonstrations and protests was that of feeding visitors and people who were too busy to feed themselves. So, what started as a place for the Monitor staff to eat, developed into a kitchen for students who needed to be fed. The idea began with Tom Dixon, a graduate student. He and some fellow students saw a need for it and went to work. During the first days of the kitchen, sandwiches were distributed at the Union Activities Center, where students were busy organizing and controlling the protests. Approximately 600 sandwiches were distributed each day. The fillings for these snacks were donated, but the bread had to be bought. After several days, this became too expensive, so Tom decided to move the kitchen to a locality where people who were famished would walk, but far enough away so that snackers would not bother. Such a location was St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Once the kitchen was re-established, local merchants, who wish to remain anonymous, donated food. Hot meals were served at night, but not many people took advantage of them. Tom's idea about moving six blocks from campus seemed to have worked. Now the kitchen was feeding only those who were really hungry. Tom and his crew spent ten to twelve hours a day trying to keep people fed during the heated days of the demonstrations. After three days, the kitchen closed due to lack of need and use. One of the conclusions drawn prior to announcement of its existence was that to prevent publicity of the free kitchen woiuld also prevent outsiders from coming here. 19
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[photo] PROBLEMS ARE NOT SOLVED BY VIOLENCE VIOLENCE IS NOT AN ANSWER TO YOUR (OUR) PROBLEMS! Viet Nam Nixon Kent S. U. Watts Columbia Harvard Weathermen Black Panthers Army, Navy, Marines Police tional Guard ochina erty tc... FREE KITCHEN One of the problems created by the demonstrations and protests was that of feeding visitors and people who were too busy to feed themselves. So, what started as a place for the Monitor staff to eat, developed into a kitchen for students who needed to be fed. The idea began with Tom Dixon, a graduate student. He and some fellow students saw a need for it and went to work. During the first days of the kitchen, sandwiches were distributed at the Union Activities Center, where students were busy organizing and controlling the protests. Approximately 600 sandwiches were distributed each day. The fillings for these snacks were donated, but the bread had to be bought. After several days, this became too expensive, so Tom decided to move the kitchen to a locality where people who were famished would walk, but far enough away so that snackers would not bother. Such a location was St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Once the kitchen was re-established, local merchants, who wish to remain anonymous, donated food. Hot meals were served at night, but not many people took advantage of them. Tom's idea about moving six blocks from campus seemed to have worked. Now the kitchen was feeding only those who were really hungry. Tom and his crew spent ten to twelve hours a day trying to keep people fed during the heated days of the demonstrations. After three days, the kitchen closed due to lack of need and use. One of the conclusions drawn prior to announcement of its existence was that to prevent publicity of the free kitchen woiuld also prevent outsiders from coming here. 19
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