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University of Iowa anti-war protests, 1965-1967
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[handwritten] DI 11/3/67 Demonstrators To Protest UI Complicity - In Blood [handwritten] 11/3/67 By MIKE FINN and ROY PETTY Blood will flow at the University today - but, if antiwar demonstrators' plans go according to schedule, it won't be the result of violence. At a rally held in the Union Gold Feather Lobby Thursday night, the demonstrators decided to march on the Old Capitol office of Pres. Howard R. Bowen and present him with a petition decrying University complicity in the Vietnamese war signed in blood. Also to be signed in blood, according to Bruce Clark, A1, Des Moines a spokesman for the demonstrators, is a statement pledging a pint of blood from each demonstrator to aid civilians "being killed by U.S. aggression around the world." The decision to abandon the civil disobedience tactics which resulted in the arrest of 108 demonstrators Wednesday and the peaceful picketing which was carried on Thursday, was made at the end of the two and a half hour meeting attended by upwards of 400 students and a scattering of faculty members. The demonstrations have been aimed at Marine Corps recruitment on campus. Avoid Arrest, Weston Urges A crowd which filled the entire lobby and overflowed up the stairs heard Burns Weston, assistant professor of law, urge the protesters to avoid being arrested. Following Weston's advice (he said he was "not a legal adviser" for anyone) many of the protesters agreed, voicing doubts that further arrests would aid their purpose. " People will not be obstructing " Clark said after the meeting. " There will be no obstruction of any kind." Clark said the demonstrators would gather at the Union patio at 10:30 a.m. to rally, give blood and sign petitions. The march to Old Capitol is to begin at 1 p.m. Earlier in the day over 150 demonstrators picketed in front of the Union without incident. The demonstrators, carrying signs with antiwar slogans, began picketing at 9:30 a.m. Thursday and continued throughout the afternoon. The doors to the Union, many of which were locked Wednesday, were all open Thursday. Although over 150 pickets participated in Thursday's protest there were never more than 75 picketing at any one time. During most of the day there were between 50 and 60 demonstrators. More People Involved Clark said that the group's tactics had been changed so that the members of the peace movement who did not want to block the entrance to the Union could participate in Thursday's demonstration. The question of renewing the obstruction tactics today was raised at the rally but received little support. Only 30 protesters wanted to obstruct the entrance to the Union. Another 150 votes to participate in a legal protest. Everett Frost, former president of Students for a Democratic Society and leader of the legal resistance portion of the group, said that further obstruction would be an ineffective form of dissent. Iowa City Police Chief Patrick McCarney told The Daily Iowan that by 11 a.m. all but the three of his 26 men who were stationed inside the Union during the morning had returned to their regular duties,. Campus Police On Hand Eight campus security officers stood on the steps in front of the doors to the Union during the morning and questioned persons entering the building as to the nature of the business. By 1 p.m. the force had been reduced to four men, and persons entering the Union were no longer questioned. No explanation was given for the questioning. Iowa Highway Patrol Capt. Lyle Dickinson said that his men were not on standby - as was the case Wednesday. Marine Capt. Bruce S. McKenna, the leader of the recruiters whose presence at the Union was the spark for the demonstrations, said about Wednesday's demonstration, " The advertising was quite effective." He said that 25 persons has visited him on Wednesday and more than 60 were in Thursday. Mrs. Helen M. Barnes of the Business Placement Office said that numerous appointments had to be canceled Wednesday due to the locked entry to the Union. She refused to specify how many of the appointments had been canceled with five recruiters who were present Wednesday.
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[handwritten] DI 11/3/67 Demonstrators To Protest UI Complicity - In Blood [handwritten] 11/3/67 By MIKE FINN and ROY PETTY Blood will flow at the University today - but, if antiwar demonstrators' plans go according to schedule, it won't be the result of violence. At a rally held in the Union Gold Feather Lobby Thursday night, the demonstrators decided to march on the Old Capitol office of Pres. Howard R. Bowen and present him with a petition decrying University complicity in the Vietnamese war signed in blood. Also to be signed in blood, according to Bruce Clark, A1, Des Moines a spokesman for the demonstrators, is a statement pledging a pint of blood from each demonstrator to aid civilians "being killed by U.S. aggression around the world." The decision to abandon the civil disobedience tactics which resulted in the arrest of 108 demonstrators Wednesday and the peaceful picketing which was carried on Thursday, was made at the end of the two and a half hour meeting attended by upwards of 400 students and a scattering of faculty members. The demonstrations have been aimed at Marine Corps recruitment on campus. Avoid Arrest, Weston Urges A crowd which filled the entire lobby and overflowed up the stairs heard Burns Weston, assistant professor of law, urge the protesters to avoid being arrested. Following Weston's advice (he said he was "not a legal adviser" for anyone) many of the protesters agreed, voicing doubts that further arrests would aid their purpose. " People will not be obstructing " Clark said after the meeting. " There will be no obstruction of any kind." Clark said the demonstrators would gather at the Union patio at 10:30 a.m. to rally, give blood and sign petitions. The march to Old Capitol is to begin at 1 p.m. Earlier in the day over 150 demonstrators picketed in front of the Union without incident. The demonstrators, carrying signs with antiwar slogans, began picketing at 9:30 a.m. Thursday and continued throughout the afternoon. The doors to the Union, many of which were locked Wednesday, were all open Thursday. Although over 150 pickets participated in Thursday's protest there were never more than 75 picketing at any one time. During most of the day there were between 50 and 60 demonstrators. More People Involved Clark said that the group's tactics had been changed so that the members of the peace movement who did not want to block the entrance to the Union could participate in Thursday's demonstration. The question of renewing the obstruction tactics today was raised at the rally but received little support. Only 30 protesters wanted to obstruct the entrance to the Union. Another 150 votes to participate in a legal protest. Everett Frost, former president of Students for a Democratic Society and leader of the legal resistance portion of the group, said that further obstruction would be an ineffective form of dissent. Iowa City Police Chief Patrick McCarney told The Daily Iowan that by 11 a.m. all but the three of his 26 men who were stationed inside the Union during the morning had returned to their regular duties,. Campus Police On Hand Eight campus security officers stood on the steps in front of the doors to the Union during the morning and questioned persons entering the building as to the nature of the business. By 1 p.m. the force had been reduced to four men, and persons entering the Union were no longer questioned. No explanation was given for the questioning. Iowa Highway Patrol Capt. Lyle Dickinson said that his men were not on standby - as was the case Wednesday. Marine Capt. Bruce S. McKenna, the leader of the recruiters whose presence at the Union was the spark for the demonstrations, said about Wednesday's demonstration, " The advertising was quite effective." He said that 25 persons has visited him on Wednesday and more than 60 were in Thursday. Mrs. Helen M. Barnes of the Business Placement Office said that numerous appointments had to be canceled Wednesday due to the locked entry to the Union. She refused to specify how many of the appointments had been canceled with five recruiters who were present Wednesday.
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