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1971-05-12 Daily Iowan Letters: ""The May Uprising"" Page 2
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DI May 12, 1971 2 (of 4) Letters: The May Uprising he Editor: The reaction has started to grow con- ing the protest movement that has ed this country in the past week. lusioned people shout down at ds from their rooftops (or apartment windows) telling us that we're accomplishing nothing but making trouble for ourselves and others. Many students this campus and more people all over the country have been saying for the year (since Kent State) that they e with the ends of the movement, they too want an end to the war, but are backing away because they t believe in violence as a means. e is a lot of talk about "alternative ns" of pressuring the government— out violence. what happebns? We all decide to be d kids" and we have a "flower festival" 20 miles outside of town because the city says we can't have it in the park. dedicate ourselves to the cause of ce and promise to work for it through eful means. But America is not a ceful country. e are currently (still) forcing a government on a people who don't want it. re currently (still, always) protecting rights of the "haves" against the ds of the "have-nots," we still spend at least 40 per cent of our national budget on war and its attendant ma ery and the Pentagon answers to no- y—not even a Fulbright investigat- committee (when thety asked for ords on the SST, the Pentagon denied n because they were "classified"). an we afford to worry about our own ce? Do we have the right to protect property of the people in this country country which has no respect for the ots, property or lives of anyone but it- ? We must admit that we exist in a world which is run by violence. There is a war going on and people are dying every day. And the longer we remain ceful, the longer we allow it to con- e. The more we comply, the more are to blame. This is a moral question we all have faced. we tried. We tried to get Gene McCarthy elected, but he was dangerous,so settled for Hubert Humphrey and Richard Nixon. We tried to teach people again we failed because people had been told by their government 20 years ago that communists were worse than the Nazis they'd just beaten. They would not listen. So we got angry and we rched and we threw rocks and we got ted. Now the President says he's ing to run this war the way he wants matter what the people say. Some people got killed. Some were marching and some were just standing around. Se we remain peaceful. As long as we to the Old Gold Fund. Legislators could be given passes to observe the activity of the faculty, who would be provided with a discount. Periodic raids by the police will provide practice for other "outings" as well as free publicity. A variety of research projects should be sparked by the endeavor with funded federal government grants eventually providing jobs for graduate students. Birth control pills could be obtained at a discount from the University Pharmacy, and, because they would be students, the workers would be entitled to free medical care through Student Health with V.D. cases channeled through the School of Public Health. TIAA and CREF must be provided to the girls in case any are "laid off." As a pediatrician, I would support this effort. Better no children than unplanned children cared for by mother substitutes. Charles F. Johnson, M.D. Assistant Director Child Development Clinic Editor's Note: There has been some discussion in the office about whether this letter should be rejected on the grounds of bad taste. We are running it, however, to illustrate the uneasiness with which childcare advocates have met news of the university's plans for a professionally-staffed research center for their children. To the Editor: This May it's time we activists recognize the importance of goal-orented demonstrations. No longer should we aimlessly wander the streets of Iowa City, blisters forming in our rock-holding hands, and lonely stones lying in the gutter, awaiting a window. Let us attack one of the major oppressors of the people—the Iowa City Traffic Bureau. How much longer can we let those fascist sows in blue usurp the right of each car for a place in the sun (or shade)? Up against the street, meter maid! Blow the Bureau! Car-parkers of the world, Unite! A well-placed brick or bomb may be perhaps slightly immature and even anti-productive, but, hell, venting one's frustrations is what demonstrations are all about, right? In sincerity, Robert Schwarz, M4 814 Bowery To the Editor: Would you please print this letter in your newspaper? "Congratulations to you students who chose to stand up for decency and order May 5. I feel there are many who would like to be as brave and perhaps with the fine example of student body president, Ted Politis and the others, they will decide that they can no longer stand by and be a part of "the good kids we never read about." it is time for your generation to stand tall and shout "Stop! Thisis enough!" Sonna Trotzig Box 66 Akron, Iowa To the Editor: The next bus to Des Moines leaves the post office at 7:30 AM on Thursday. But this time it's us bus blockers, and not them imperialists, who are running the bus. We're gong to join the group that has been marching from Iowa City to Des Moines for a last day's walk to the offices of Senators Hughes and Miller. Even if we can 't stop the draft altogether, we can hold it to a one year extension. We have also checked the Johnson County Selective Service Board, and it is not true that they plan to block the bus. The last day's hike will be about nine miles. It will be fun, effective and cheap. Round trip fare is under three dollars. If you'd like to ride an anti-draft bus once, please call the American Friends Service Committee at 338-7250. Please call early, if possible. David Vogel For IPAC To the Editor: Karl Shapiro is a poet who plainly has no use for the latest crop of young folks. He regards them as less than illiterate, their minds crammed with "op-pop-kitsch-camp-absurdist-revolutionist sweepings and swill." I bet he'd take it all back if he could glom onto the eloquent defense of the May 5 revolution proferred by Lowell May and
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DI May 12, 1971 2 (of 4) Letters: The May Uprising he Editor: The reaction has started to grow con- ing the protest movement that has ed this country in the past week. lusioned people shout down at ds from their rooftops (or apartment windows) telling us that we're accomplishing nothing but making trouble for ourselves and others. Many students this campus and more people all over the country have been saying for the year (since Kent State) that they e with the ends of the movement, they too want an end to the war, but are backing away because they t believe in violence as a means. e is a lot of talk about "alternative ns" of pressuring the government— out violence. what happebns? We all decide to be d kids" and we have a "flower festival" 20 miles outside of town because the city says we can't have it in the park. dedicate ourselves to the cause of ce and promise to work for it through eful means. But America is not a ceful country. e are currently (still) forcing a government on a people who don't want it. re currently (still, always) protecting rights of the "haves" against the ds of the "have-nots," we still spend at least 40 per cent of our national budget on war and its attendant ma ery and the Pentagon answers to no- y—not even a Fulbright investigat- committee (when thety asked for ords on the SST, the Pentagon denied n because they were "classified"). an we afford to worry about our own ce? Do we have the right to protect property of the people in this country country which has no respect for the ots, property or lives of anyone but it- ? We must admit that we exist in a world which is run by violence. There is a war going on and people are dying every day. And the longer we remain ceful, the longer we allow it to con- e. The more we comply, the more are to blame. This is a moral question we all have faced. we tried. We tried to get Gene McCarthy elected, but he was dangerous,so settled for Hubert Humphrey and Richard Nixon. We tried to teach people again we failed because people had been told by their government 20 years ago that communists were worse than the Nazis they'd just beaten. They would not listen. So we got angry and we rched and we threw rocks and we got ted. Now the President says he's ing to run this war the way he wants matter what the people say. Some people got killed. Some were marching and some were just standing around. Se we remain peaceful. As long as we to the Old Gold Fund. Legislators could be given passes to observe the activity of the faculty, who would be provided with a discount. Periodic raids by the police will provide practice for other "outings" as well as free publicity. A variety of research projects should be sparked by the endeavor with funded federal government grants eventually providing jobs for graduate students. Birth control pills could be obtained at a discount from the University Pharmacy, and, because they would be students, the workers would be entitled to free medical care through Student Health with V.D. cases channeled through the School of Public Health. TIAA and CREF must be provided to the girls in case any are "laid off." As a pediatrician, I would support this effort. Better no children than unplanned children cared for by mother substitutes. Charles F. Johnson, M.D. Assistant Director Child Development Clinic Editor's Note: There has been some discussion in the office about whether this letter should be rejected on the grounds of bad taste. We are running it, however, to illustrate the uneasiness with which childcare advocates have met news of the university's plans for a professionally-staffed research center for their children. To the Editor: This May it's time we activists recognize the importance of goal-orented demonstrations. No longer should we aimlessly wander the streets of Iowa City, blisters forming in our rock-holding hands, and lonely stones lying in the gutter, awaiting a window. Let us attack one of the major oppressors of the people—the Iowa City Traffic Bureau. How much longer can we let those fascist sows in blue usurp the right of each car for a place in the sun (or shade)? Up against the street, meter maid! Blow the Bureau! Car-parkers of the world, Unite! A well-placed brick or bomb may be perhaps slightly immature and even anti-productive, but, hell, venting one's frustrations is what demonstrations are all about, right? In sincerity, Robert Schwarz, M4 814 Bowery To the Editor: Would you please print this letter in your newspaper? "Congratulations to you students who chose to stand up for decency and order May 5. I feel there are many who would like to be as brave and perhaps with the fine example of student body president, Ted Politis and the others, they will decide that they can no longer stand by and be a part of "the good kids we never read about." it is time for your generation to stand tall and shout "Stop! Thisis enough!" Sonna Trotzig Box 66 Akron, Iowa To the Editor: The next bus to Des Moines leaves the post office at 7:30 AM on Thursday. But this time it's us bus blockers, and not them imperialists, who are running the bus. We're gong to join the group that has been marching from Iowa City to Des Moines for a last day's walk to the offices of Senators Hughes and Miller. Even if we can 't stop the draft altogether, we can hold it to a one year extension. We have also checked the Johnson County Selective Service Board, and it is not true that they plan to block the bus. The last day's hike will be about nine miles. It will be fun, effective and cheap. Round trip fare is under three dollars. If you'd like to ride an anti-draft bus once, please call the American Friends Service Committee at 338-7250. Please call early, if possible. David Vogel For IPAC To the Editor: Karl Shapiro is a poet who plainly has no use for the latest crop of young folks. He regards them as less than illiterate, their minds crammed with "op-pop-kitsch-camp-absurdist-revolutionist sweepings and swill." I bet he'd take it all back if he could glom onto the eloquent defense of the May 5 revolution proferred by Lowell May and
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