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University of Iowa anti-war protests, 1965-1967
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[handwritten] 10/17/67 Peace, Rice Rally Backs Protesters By MARY ANN McEVOY A Peace and Rice Rally was held at 2 p.m. Sunday in support of the two Iowa men who were to turn their draft cards to the U.S. marshall Monday in Cedar Rapids. The rally, held on the steps of the Old capitol, was sponsored by Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and Draft Resistors Union (DRU). Approximately 50 people attended the rally. The word "rice" was used in the title because cooked rice and chop sticks were offered to all participants. The main speaks at the rally, Ed Hoffmans, 29, Instructor in English at the University of Northern Iowa, and Fred Barnett, 25, North Liberty, turned their draft cards in to the U.S. marshall Monday. Conscientious Objectors Both Hoffman and Barnett are classified as conscientious objectors by their draft boards. Twenty members of the audience signed statements of complicity saying that they encouraged the action of Hoffmans and Barnett. The signers also stated that they were liable to prosecution under federal law and punishable by a maximum fine of $10,000 and a maximum sentence of five years. "Mass civil disobedience toward the draft should be made the focus of anti-war strategy: registrants should publicly mutilate , destroy, or turn in their draft card, refuse induction, halt the operation of induction centers, and disrupt preinduction physicals by refusing to obey orders," Hoffmans said Sunday. UNI Officials Announce When this statement was printed in the Northern Iowan, the school paper at UNI, officials announced that the future statements advocating anything illegal would not be published. Hoffmans said that he did no expect the Board of Regents to take action against him for his statement or for turning in his draft card. However, he said that the action of the UNI's administration could not be predicted because of increasing public pressure on them. The Waterloo Daily Courier Thursday called for the removal of Hoffmans from the UNI faculty. UNI Pres. J. W. Maucker said Monday no punitive action would be taken. Barnett, presently employed at the University department of internal medicine, said Sunday that he advocated an unconditional withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Vietnam, Thailand and Laos in order that the revolution by the people of Southeast Asia could be consumated. Expects No Action Barnett said that he did not expect the federal marshall to take any action against him for turning in his draft card or against the signers of the complicity statements. Hoffmans said he expected the federal marshall to accept his draft card. The case would then be turned over to the FBI. After the case is investigated and the strength of the prosecution established, he said that exemplary justice would take over. He could then be prosecuted as an example to others who were thinking of similar action.
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[handwritten] 10/17/67 Peace, Rice Rally Backs Protesters By MARY ANN McEVOY A Peace and Rice Rally was held at 2 p.m. Sunday in support of the two Iowa men who were to turn their draft cards to the U.S. marshall Monday in Cedar Rapids. The rally, held on the steps of the Old capitol, was sponsored by Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and Draft Resistors Union (DRU). Approximately 50 people attended the rally. The word "rice" was used in the title because cooked rice and chop sticks were offered to all participants. The main speaks at the rally, Ed Hoffmans, 29, Instructor in English at the University of Northern Iowa, and Fred Barnett, 25, North Liberty, turned their draft cards in to the U.S. marshall Monday. Conscientious Objectors Both Hoffman and Barnett are classified as conscientious objectors by their draft boards. Twenty members of the audience signed statements of complicity saying that they encouraged the action of Hoffmans and Barnett. The signers also stated that they were liable to prosecution under federal law and punishable by a maximum fine of $10,000 and a maximum sentence of five years. "Mass civil disobedience toward the draft should be made the focus of anti-war strategy: registrants should publicly mutilate , destroy, or turn in their draft card, refuse induction, halt the operation of induction centers, and disrupt preinduction physicals by refusing to obey orders," Hoffmans said Sunday. UNI Officials Announce When this statement was printed in the Northern Iowan, the school paper at UNI, officials announced that the future statements advocating anything illegal would not be published. Hoffmans said that he did no expect the Board of Regents to take action against him for his statement or for turning in his draft card. However, he said that the action of the UNI's administration could not be predicted because of increasing public pressure on them. The Waterloo Daily Courier Thursday called for the removal of Hoffmans from the UNI faculty. UNI Pres. J. W. Maucker said Monday no punitive action would be taken. Barnett, presently employed at the University department of internal medicine, said Sunday that he advocated an unconditional withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Vietnam, Thailand and Laos in order that the revolution by the people of Southeast Asia could be consumated. Expects No Action Barnett said that he did not expect the federal marshall to take any action against him for turning in his draft card or against the signers of the complicity statements. Hoffmans said he expected the federal marshall to accept his draft card. The case would then be turned over to the FBI. After the case is investigated and the strength of the prosecution established, he said that exemplary justice would take over. He could then be prosecuted as an example to others who were thinking of similar action.
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