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University of Iowa anti-war protests, 1965-1967
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[handwritten] 10/31/67 By BRUCE CLARK For SDS Representatives of the U.S. Marine Corps will be on the University campus Wednesday through Friday for recruitment. We believe that the appearance of the Marine Corps on this campus is undesirable. The United States is currently involved in an unjust, illegal and uncalled-for act of aggression in Vietnam. As an instrument of the U.S. government, the Marine Corps is called upon to commit acts of violence and to destroy the social structure in Vietnam. We, therefore, demand that you do not allow the Marine Corps to come to this university. The time has come to question the University's complicity with governmental agencies. It is not the purpose of the University to aid and abet the government in the pursuance of criminal acts. The University's role is not the training of potential killers of women and children. If the University permits this recruitment to continue on this campus, then it must share the guilt with those who napalm children. If our demands are not met, then we will have no other choice but to resort to other measures in order to prevent the University's complicity with the government. These measures will include a peaceful demonstration and a sit-in which are designed to keep students from having interviews with the recruiting officers. The reaction of the authorities at Madison, Wis., recently shows that the government is prepared to turn its brutality against the American people. We must be prepared for this. [handwritten] 11/1/67 Faculty Supports Those Planning Marine Interview By MARY CLARK Students having interviews with the United States Marine Corps representatives in the Union today will have the support of the Faculty council against probable demonstrators. At a special meeting Tuesday, the council unanimously voted to endorse a statement saying that the university will respect orderly demonstrations as long as they don't interfere with the other students' right to the have the interviews. The statement was drawn up by John T. Pelton, student body president: Jerry Kolros, chairman of the faculty council and senate: and William L. Boyd, vice-president. Pamphlets have been circulated throughout the week asking students "to physically obstruct recruitment by the Marines." One of the sheets was signed by Students for a Democratic Society and the Iowa City Draft Resisters Union. The council made no formal plans to insure that demonstrations would not interfere with the interviews. Several members expressed concern over the fact that the halls near the Business and Placement Office, where the interviews will be held, could easily be jammed with students to prevent others from interviewing. After adopting the statement the council went into executive session for several minutes but nothing further was reported.
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[handwritten] 10/31/67 By BRUCE CLARK For SDS Representatives of the U.S. Marine Corps will be on the University campus Wednesday through Friday for recruitment. We believe that the appearance of the Marine Corps on this campus is undesirable. The United States is currently involved in an unjust, illegal and uncalled-for act of aggression in Vietnam. As an instrument of the U.S. government, the Marine Corps is called upon to commit acts of violence and to destroy the social structure in Vietnam. We, therefore, demand that you do not allow the Marine Corps to come to this university. The time has come to question the University's complicity with governmental agencies. It is not the purpose of the University to aid and abet the government in the pursuance of criminal acts. The University's role is not the training of potential killers of women and children. If the University permits this recruitment to continue on this campus, then it must share the guilt with those who napalm children. If our demands are not met, then we will have no other choice but to resort to other measures in order to prevent the University's complicity with the government. These measures will include a peaceful demonstration and a sit-in which are designed to keep students from having interviews with the recruiting officers. The reaction of the authorities at Madison, Wis., recently shows that the government is prepared to turn its brutality against the American people. We must be prepared for this. [handwritten] 11/1/67 Faculty Supports Those Planning Marine Interview By MARY CLARK Students having interviews with the United States Marine Corps representatives in the Union today will have the support of the Faculty council against probable demonstrators. At a special meeting Tuesday, the council unanimously voted to endorse a statement saying that the university will respect orderly demonstrations as long as they don't interfere with the other students' right to the have the interviews. The statement was drawn up by John T. Pelton, student body president: Jerry Kolros, chairman of the faculty council and senate: and William L. Boyd, vice-president. Pamphlets have been circulated throughout the week asking students "to physically obstruct recruitment by the Marines." One of the sheets was signed by Students for a Democratic Society and the Iowa City Draft Resisters Union. The council made no formal plans to insure that demonstrations would not interfere with the interviews. Several members expressed concern over the fact that the halls near the Business and Placement Office, where the interviews will be held, could easily be jammed with students to prevent others from interviewing. After adopting the statement the council went into executive session for several minutes but nothing further was reported.
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