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by Sara Schwieder
The crowd filed into the Capitol Building
Saturday, whipped by a cold breeze, hardly noticing
the engraved letters high above them that read,
"Watchfulness in the citizen is the salvation of the
state."
It was a scene that has become common in
American life: a demonstration against the Vietnam
War. The rally was held on President Nixon's
inauguration day to protest the continuation of the
Vietnam War, according to rally organizers.
The capitol demonstration was sponsored by the
Nebraskans For Peace, while a march preceding the
rally was sponsored by the Lincoln Gazette.
The 400 demonstrators that included both
gray-hairs and long-hairs, packed into the corridor
and sprawled on the mosaic tile of the Capitol.
Rev. Charles Stephen of the Unitarian Church
paused a full minute for everyone to settle
people of Vietnam use stone lanterns? Do they dream
any dreams?"
Stephen then gave a short address in which he
called the Vietnam War "the most brutal assault a
nation has ever launched against a helpless country
10,000 miles away."
"Peace will come, but we will not rejoice,"
Stephen told a silent and pensive audience. "There
will be no parades, no heroes, but quiet gratitude
mixed with tears, anger, frustration and doubt."
June Levine, UNL English professor, added to
Stephen's comments.
"The least we can do is to end our multilateral
involvement in Vietnam and help rebuild," she said.
"History will record not only the blood spilled but
the blood spilled in vain."
She said her chief concern is that the Vietnam War
has made Americans "callous" to human suffering,
and urged fellow activists to "be as humane as
themselves. He began quiedyumkulaf Uta ciipbdj ill possible,."
, Boston accent and read a poem that asked, "Do the- Throughout the rally, one man, dressed in a dark
blue suit, stood on the fringes of the group. He
appeared solemn, and distinguished. A silver-haired
woman, wearing a fur hat, flanked the main. The two
persons were former Gov. Frank Morrison, and his
wife, Maxine. He stepped up to the microphone.
"The chief reason I was defeated by the
incumbent in the Senate was because I demanded an
immediate cease-fire to the war," Morrison said. His
listeners cheered.
He criticized President Nixon for not consulting
Congress about Vietnam, and said that "the U.S. has
vested the war-making power in Congress and
Congress alone." More cheers.
Morrison called Nixon's inauguration ceremonies
"the most extravagant and ponpous inauguration in
the history of the nation." He added that the
ceremony was more disgusting because it took place
"in the face of poverty and suffering."
"We demand and request that the United States
declare against the war as a national policy," he said.
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daily nebraskan
monday, january 22, 1973
