Thursday, October 21, 1982
Page 14
Daily Nebraskan
Freeze movement gains support
By Jeff Goodwin
The nuclear freeze movement is growing not only in
Nebraska but across the nation as well, according to Brian
Coyne, state coordinator of the Nebraska Nuclear- Wea
pons Freeze Campaign.
"Groups are springing up all over," he said. "There are
religious groups, business groups. It's reaching all levels of
society."
Coyne said the freeze movement has achieved respect
ability. "People realize it's not a fad," he said. "It (the freeze
movement) is not composed of a bunch of left wingers."
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A unique feature of the freeze movement, unlike the
anti-war movement, is that it began as movement of the
middle class.
"We started out as a middle-age, middle-class move
ment," he said. "We have many people involved in the
freeze campaign who have never been active before in
politics"
Coyne said the freeze movement is starting to attract
interest in western Nebraska, as well as Omaha and Lin
coln. "I give presentations before church groups, women s
groups and some high schools," he said. "Occasionally I
get someone who's hostile, but that just adds to the
discussion."
Coyne said the possible deployment of MX missiles
in western Nebraska has created interest in the freeze
movement.
"There are many people in western Nebraska who are
very concerned about the MX," he said. "We're working
with the anti-MX people."
Coyne, who has been state coordinator for the freeze
movement since April, spends much of his time on the
road, averaging about 1 ,500 miles a month.
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Coyne said he was optimistic about the future of the
freeze movement.
"I think 1983 is going to be a very big, big year,"
he said. "It's the yearof scheduled deployment of the
cruise and Pershing II missiles in Europe. You're going
to see massive protests against that. And you'll see the
freeze movement getting bigger throughout the U.S."
Joyce Glenn, coordinator of the freeze campaign in
Omaha, was equally optimistic about the future of the
freeze.
"It's continuing to grow," she said. "More and more
Americans are demanding an end to the arms race."
"We opened our office last October and at the time
we had 1 50 to 200 people on our mailing list," she said.
"We now have over 500 people on the list, so that's more
than doubled."
The work of the freeze campaign in Omaha was
"mainly educational," Glenn said. "We talk to a lot of
churches and schools. We're also trying to get political
people and businessmen in the city to endorse the freeze.'
The group has no current plans to introduce a resolu
tion supporting the freeze to the Omaha City Council,
Glenn said.
"We're starting itotlWnHyinhose terms," she said,;,
"but we haven't dbne that yet. Maybe in the spring.
SAC (Strategic Air Command) is a big employer in this
town, and that affects people's attitudes."
Coyne said a resolution supporting a nuclear freeze
that is similar to the one passed by the Lincoln City Coun
cil last month will be introduced in the Nebraska Legis
lature in January.
"There have been several state sanators who have been
responsive to us," Coyne said. "They know that their
constituents have concerns. This is an issue that you can't
really play around with."
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pad. The missiles fire located in Nebraska in under
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