Thursday, October 26, 1967
The Daily Nebraskan
Page 3
News In Perspective
Vietnam
By MICK LOWE
Senior Staff Writer
When I was young I did
eagerly frequent
Doctor and saint;
And heard arguments about
it and about,
But evermore came out the
same door
As in I went.
Omar Khayam
Vietnam Week struggled
into its third day Wednes
day with a speaker from the
State Department and a
panel discussion on the
draft. The speech and dis
cussion took the entire af
ternoon, and all in all it was
a bigger waste than the Joe
Pyne Show.
H. Freeman Matthews, a
representative of the State
Department who spent two
years in Vietnam, spoke to
an audience of approx
imately forty students and
six newsmen in the Union
Small Auditorium.
Matthews began his ad
dress by voicing the hope
that "I won't repeat what
you already know, so I'll
assume that you know a
great deal about Vietnam,
and I'll try to give you time
to ask questions."
At first the audience was
respectful as Matthews
tried to smooth over the
problems of the credibility
gap, U.S. willingness to ne
gotiate, and the possibility
of a bombing pause.
TAKING ISSUE
But before the question
and answer session was
over, (and it was mercifully
brief), Matthew's audience
was openly taking issue
with his statements.
Matthews said that he
went to Vietnam in the fall
of 1964. Since that time, he
assured his audience, the
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United States military posi
tion in Vietnam has bright
ened. "We now have the inia
tive over the army of North
Vietnam and the Viet Cong.
The Viet Cong cannot re
place losses they suffer in
the field," he said.
Matthews stated that the
democratic situation in Viet
nam is improving as re
flected in the recent elec
tions. But he admitted
during the question and
answer session that Viet
Cong were not allowed to
vote, "because the South
Vietnam constitution for
bade it."
REPEAT
A University English pro-
A University English
professor summarized Mat
thew's speech "you prom
ised not to tell us what we
could already have read in
the papers. But you did.
You promised to allow time
for questions and answers,
but now we're told that you
have to leave after one
question."
A University philosophy
instructor listed "seven op
portunities for the United
States to negotiate, as doc
umented in the New York
Times." He asked, "Why
didn't we negotiatie?"
Matthews said that he
wasn't familiar with each
instance, but he assured the
philposophy professor that
that will take a long time to
win, particulary when U.S.
forces "have to persuade
the South Vietnamese to
care about the war one way
or another."
DISAPPOINTED
Senator Al Spangler said
that he was disappointed
with Matthew's speech,
and expressed surprise that
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a man with his qualifica
tions was so uninformative.
The subsequent draft
panel, however, represented
little improvement.
SDS presidnet Rick Lat
trell and Rev. Alan Picker
ing of the United Ministries
for Higher Education began
the discussion by attacking
the draft.
WASTE AWAY
L a 1 1 r e 1 1 said that he
, thought it w a s "econom
ically unfeasilbe to train a
soldier intensively for two
years and then let him
waste away for six years
in a reserve camp."
"The proper system for
defense," Lattrell con
tinued, "is a voluntary
army."
Pickering said that he
thought the draft system we
now have is indicative of a
bankrupted morality, for
eign policy, and national
loyalty.
Lincoln Attorney Nate Hoi
man, a member of the State
Draft Appeals Board, said
that he was not here "to de
fend the draft," and agreed
with Lattrell that the draft
was an undesirable solution
to the problem.
NOT TO DEBATE
Holman said that he was
appearing to explain the
way the draft works, not to
engage in a debate about its
advisability or morality,
have killer instincts," Hol
man said. "Unfortunately
and sadly, these instincts
"Not many Americans
have to be trained into
them."
Holman remarked that
"no one likes war, including
military personnel I know
from General LeMay on
down."
Lattrell replied that he
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lieve, w h e n it was LeMay
who advocated "bombing
the Chinks into the stone
age."
From that point the dis
cussion lapsed into an ar
gument about whether or
. not generals are warlike,
and Holman finally mused
that he had known warlike
generals, "just like I know
ruthless businessmen, law
yers, and a few preachers."
LATTRELL LEAVES
Lattrell proceeded to
leave the discussion, and the
forum was then open to
questions.
Miss Diane Hicks, a Uni
versity student, informed
Holman that she was an
SDS member, that SDS is
planning to advise draft
resistance to students, and
asked "what would happen
if we stopped sending bodies
to Vietnam?"
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Another student asked
Holman why he was told
that he had to give up the
possibility of a marriage de
ferment when he reapplied
for a student deferment,
and Holman said he didn't
know but that he'd "look it
up."
GRADUATE EXEMPTIONS
The third question di
rected to Holman was "are
graduate students draft
exempt like undergrad
uates?" Holman said that he
thought so, but there was a
limit as to how long you can
stay in school. "I mean you
can't stay in school for
ever," he said.
A University s t u d e n t in
formed Holman that grad
uate students have one year
to complete their studies
under the new draft law.
With that the afternoon of
Vietnam discussion dragged
to a close. The speaker was
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judgment and the panel par
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agree on grounds for dis
agreement. The panel member who
came to explain the work
ings of the draft board ("I
don't know how I got my ap
peals board appointment.
I just came one day.")
wound up . having students
explain , the draft law
to hjm.
If the leading figures of
the day's activities are the
same men who run the war,
then Matthews will be right
about at least one thing:
It's going to be a long, long
war.
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