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Teens ban together to face problems
of alcoholic parents: Page Two.

Kentucky highway construction
ress at a fast pace: Page Five.

Mrs.

Wallace swears to fight on at
her inaugural: Page Three.

W7 Kentucky get the best basketball
players this year: Page Six.

Editorial discusses the student rights
proposals: Page Four.

A
religion and culture
course is planned: Page Eight.

27-pa-

of Kentucky
University TUESDAY, JAN.

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Vol. 58, No. 77

LEXINGTON,

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Light Pages

Study Finds
Protestors
Affluent

Meeting
Called
On Rights

The Faculty Council of the
University Senate has scheduled
a special Senate meeting at 4
p.m. Jan. 30 to continue discussion on a report concerning
student rights and discipline.
The meeting was requested
by VV. Garrett Flickinger, chairman of the Senate Advisory Committee for Student Affairs.
During the past 11 months
the committee has examined the
University-studen- t
relationship
in the area of discipline and has
produced a
report of existing procedures and recommendations for change.
The Senate began discussion
of the committee's report Jan.
9, and passed a first portion
outlining the role of the University as a landlord.
However, a lengthy discussion
on another portion, "The University as a Community of Scholars," delayed any further action
at that meeting. This section,
called the most important part
of the proposals, deals with the
definition of offenses and the
mechanisms to handle them.
If adopted by the Senate, the
recommendations
committees
will be sent to UK President
John W. Oswald and the Board
of Trustees for final approval.

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Students

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most likely to be active in student protests are those whose
parents raised them permissively,
and who have the affluence to

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Tarpey Cites

Tivo Views

Dr. Lawrence Tarpey disas a "radicussed
cal philosophy of life" Monday
night and outlined two major
views of it: that of Mohandas
Gandhi and that of Christ.
Over 100 people came to the
first of seven seminars on nonnon-violen-

violence.

Tarpey is one of 10 faculty
members of an unofficial University committee on Peace Education and Research, whose
stated goal is "finding
resolutions to social
non-viole-

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Education 'Boon And Bane'
To Married High Schoolers

ignore conventional worries
alxmt jobs and status, according
to a recent study by a University
of Chicago sociologist.
In a study of "the roots of
student protest," Richard Flacks,
assistant professor of
writes, "It seems plausible that
this is the first generation in
which a substantial number of
youth have both the impulse
to free themselves from conventional status concerns and can
afford to do so."
Flacks proposed as an hypothesis that students today are
active in protest because:
They find student life highly "rationalized," which is related to impersonality and competitiveness.
They have been reared in
permissive, democratic families,
which place high values on standards other than high status and
achievement.
These values make it more
difficult for students to submit
to adult authority, respect status
distinctions, and accept the prevailing rationalized, competitive
system.
Since they are "not oriented to the (prevailing) norms
of achievement," they feel less
need to accept conformity to
"get ahead." Moreov er, they can
afford to be
"afiluence has freed them, at
least for a period of time, from
some of the anxieties and preoccupations which have been

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Grading and paving of lots on Rose opposite the Chemistry-Physic- s
Building and beyond Haggin Hall has begun. The lots
will eventually become University parking lots.

Reeves Says '67 Race
'Mixed Up In Doubt
Kentucky citizens will elect a new governor in 1967, and politically, it is "a mixed up" situation, according to J. E. Reeves,
associate professor of political science.
"Both Democratic and Repub
(Henry) who will emerge as the
lican nominations are in doubt. winner."
There is no leading candidate
He adds that it is not an
on either side," he says.
easy election to predict, "con"The fight for the Republican sidering the growing strength of
nomination between Nunn and the
Republicans throughout the
Cook bids fair to be a real fight,
country. There is a good chance
with the outcome in doubt." the
Republicans could win."
The Democratic primary also
Prof. Reeves concedes that
is in doubt, largely due to the
the national situation "does not
entry of David Trapp, a here- necessarily" influence the state
tofore political unknown who has situation.
announced an entirely new ap"In this country, elections are
proach to Kentucky politics, he state elections. Taken plurally,
continues.
the national picthey make
"No one knows what the out- ture. Trends up be seen throughcan
come will be when a person with out the
country, and in Kentucky
lots of money to spend on his also.
Partywise, the trend is
campaign gets into a race, so toward the Republicans. Repubit is uncertain. It could be Trapp,
licans have a better chance.'
or Chandler (A. R.) or Ward
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Continued On

Kentucky's growing preoccupation with high school education
both a boon and a bane to her married students, according to
Dr. James V. Gladden,
of a recent College of Education bulletin, "School-Ag- e
Marriages in Kentucky: What the Schools
Are Doing about Them.
"American
proscription
The professor of sociology said
sex forces
the defining features of Ameriagainst
in an interview that "diploma-itis- "
social characmany youngsters to choose marrican middle-clas- s
causes most school authoriof sanctioning
ter."
ties to overlook the fact of age as a way
what they want to do or have
They spend a long period
marriage (some impose restrictions on couples, although ex- just done. Family living
Continued On Pafce 7
on Page 3
pulsion for marriage alone is
illegal), but it has not meant
significant developments in curricula that would interest still more
married students in furthering
their education.
Conducted by Gladden and
Ann T. (Mrs. Charles VVhitt of
Lawrcnceburg, a former high
school teacher, the study showed
By HELEN McCLOY
years, the associate professor of higher eduKernel Staff Writer
that 1.3 percent of the high school
cation said, is "its invasion of urban areas."
enrollment in 1965-6was
"The brightest area in junior college Too, "junior colleges are no longer small or
or rural life. Some
identified with
married. The figure, representing
education today," according to a man who
65 percent of Kentucky high
have more than 30,000 students, many have
makes it his business to know, "is in instruction."
20,000. The average enrollment at a public
schools, is high in comparison
with studies made by other
junior college is 2,300."
r
Rut in all phases of
higher
states.
(UK's largest community college, Northeducation, according to Dr. Maurice Litton
Because of the large number
ern at Covington, has an enrollment of
need someof Florida State University, "we
of Kentucky youth marrying every
1,300, which is S00 students over capacity
thing different. We need to experiment more."
for the one building erected in 1918.)
year, "instead of 1.3, the figure
of the Southeastern
Dr. Litton,
A 20 percent annual increase in junior
should be 2 or 3, perhaps even
4 percent,"
Gladden said. "If Junior Gdlege Leadership Program, told a college enrollment will mean 2ri million
conunuiuty-juiuo- r
college conference here junior college students by 1972 "or before,"
that is to materialize, we will
need education geared to perrecently, "We of the junior colleges pride Litton said. The figure now stands at 1 14
ourselves on our 'teaching institutions,' but million.
sonal differences. Vocational edin PJG5, none from our ranks was listed
UK's community colleges are well in the
ucation is one answer."
mainstream of that growth trend. During a
Gladden, whose special areas
Second of four parts.
are family sociology and the
conference meeting with the colleges' adsociology of religion, would also
visory l)oards, officials projected a future
students. Three
like to see a greater disseminaenrollment of 33,000
among the country's experimental institutions. There were hopeful beginnings in that
tion of family life and personal
ago, there were 1,500 students in the
years
direction in 1966. The pwblem in exper- .system. This year, the nine community coldevelopment courses, beginning
acknowlimentation is that first we have to
at the junior high level. Studies
leges, soon to be joined by others in Louisl
edge that what we have or do is not
ville, lla.aid, and Masillc, have ", 17:4
throughout the country have
the best."
students.
shown that such courses cut dow n
The most significant development in
on early marriages, Gladden
f.icult) has
In thiee ears, the
junior ltd lege education in the past fic grown bom SS to ITS iustuutois. Sevenis

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Robert Kerley,
for business
affairs, said 6,000 students arc expected at
the proposed Jefferson Community College,
Louisville; 5,000 students each at Northern
and Ashland; 3,000 students each at
Prestonsburg, and Somerset; 2,000
students each at Hopkinsville and Henderson, and 1,500 students each at Southeast
non-degre-

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at Cumberland, and at Hazard and

Mayv-vill-e.

Kerley said the projections for Jefferson
County, Ashland and Prestonsburg could
be low.

Preliminary development plans lor all 12
community it) lieges are to be completed
within a few months and submitted to the
University Roard of Trustees and the colleges' advisory hoards for approval. Rased
on the projected enrollments, the plans
will help determine how much land each
college will need, how to develop the land,
and what building facilities aie neccssaiv.
UK's proposed
colleges at
llaaid and Maysville are only two of 192
on the country's drawing Unuds, acouding
to Litton. He said that number was in sonic
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Alcoholic Parent Problem

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tahlc in
January rain, sat on tiny chairs around a
the nursery of a Brooklyn ehureh.
"I've lost half of my inAt first they chatted about
feriority complex," said
s
clothes ("nolmdy wears hell
Nicki, nervously (licking a
anymore") and their high lock of blond hair from her eyes.
schools ("did you know Barhra
"I used to be afraid to dance,
Streisand went to Krasmus or talk in front of people. Now
HalP"). Then a daik, strikinglI do loth because I've learned
named 1'am I'm not as horrible as I thought
y pretty
called the meeting to order, and I was."
the youngsters Ixiwed their heads
Nicki, whose father is an aland pray ed:
coholic and is prone to insult
"God grant me the serenity the friends she brings home, said
to aeeept the things I cannot
the most valuable thing she had
change; the courage to change learned at Alateen meetings was
the things I can; and the wishow to act around him when
dom to know the difference."
he's drunk.
This is the Serenity Prayer
"I treat him like he's sober
of Alcoholics Anonymous. The and 'yes' him to death," she
seven girls and two boys who
said.
repeated it are not Alcoholics,
Virtually all the teen-ager- s
but the sons or daughters of agreed on one thing: Alateen is
not a club where members crialcoholics.
ticize the alcoholic or look for
Their organization is called
Alateen, and it is designed to
sympathy. Bather, they seek an
help them come face to face understanding of their own probwith their fears instead of hidlems.
ing them in a bottle as their
The youngsters are members
parents do.
of Old Flatbush (Brooklyn) chapThe meeting consisted mostlter of Alateen, one of four that
y of
discussion, arc active in New York City.
and it rang strongly of a group It is typical of them all in that
therapy session as the young its membership includes negroes
members told of attempts to cope
and whites, Catholics, protcs-tantwith the harsh problems that
and Jews.
seem continuously to beset famiThe members are the children
lies in which one or both parents of
physicians, bartenders, auto
are compulsive drinkers. The exsalesmen, unemployed welfare
changes were sincere, honest,
potpourri of the city's
even humorous.
groups.
Alateen was started in 1937
in Pasadena, Calif., by a high
school boy whose father was an
alcoholic. Today the group has
about 320 chapters in the United
THE
States and 12 foreign countries
and total membership is about
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in which violence is respected,
admired and taught to the
young."
Speaking for just over an hour,
Tarpey, professor of business administration, outlined some basic
"precepts of
The Christian approach is
more personal and individual
oriented while the Gandhi approach is more group or action
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contemporary society as placing

a premium on violence.
"Violence works, doesn't it?"
he asked rhetorically, answering,
"Yes in one sense. If you put
violence in anything you do,
an equal or greater amount of
violence will be the outcome.
He calls the Christian view
of
a "non-stati- c
non-violen-

view." "It is a revolutionary
doctrine because it makes extraordinary demands on us not
made before and which will not
be made again."
of Christ
"The
non-violen-

of love; one
must be gentle and meek
Christlike. " The true mark of the
Christian should be one s gentleness or overt love," he claimed.
Speaking of the Candhian
view, he described the concept
of the "Satyagraha" as technique of social and political action plus ethical principle which
grew out of Gandhi's effort to
change
unjust laws passed
is a consequence

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stage of development to be completed over the next four y ears.
"If you ask me what's new
in community college education,
I would first say, 'about 50 new
institutions.'" Litton said he
could probably use that answer
each year "from now on."
Litton said there were great
strides in programs of individual
study, in team teaching, and in
the use of electronics equipment
at the nation's 800 junior colleges. "I'm not sure, however,
that the junior colleges have
pioneered in any of these fields,"
he added. He said new curricular
courses have been developed,"

especially occupationally-ori-enteones." The American Association of Junior Colleges has
one specialist in each area of
health, business, and engineerd

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Tarpey translated Satyagraha
as "truth force," outlined its
goal as "trying to persuade the
opponent in a conflict situation, and as being "action oriented."
Tarpey concluded his talk by
extracting major points from both
views and offering something of
a combination program of fundamental precepts for
non-whit-

e.

Key points he listed were a
refusal to judge others or to condemn, a high level of sophistication, and a detachment from ma-

terial things.
A basic proposition according
to Tarpey is believing "that no
power on earth can make a man
do anything against his will."
Ultimately "deciding to accept or not to accept the nonviolent approach to life amounts
to a matter of belief in faith or
a conversion process," he stated.
"We must love or perish,"
Tarpey concluded.

In spite of these advancements, there are vtnie areas in
junior college education in which
"nothing, unfortunately, is
new," the Florida educator

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In student personnel services,
Litton sees a need for "something not found at senior institutions or in high school. Whatever it may be, we sltould ask,
'which institutional objective
will this service help achieve;
is this the only way to that
goal; is it the best way' "?
"Junior colleges have done
little imaginative in general education or. in the area of student transfer. On theotherhand,
we have spent lots of money and
energy in remedial programs
and I can argue both the pros
and cons of that."
Tomorrow: A Dialogue on
grams and Problems

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willful application of force so
as to be intentionally injurious
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Jan. 17.

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Bvcomrs Governor Of Alabama

Lurleen Vows To Continue
Fighting Big Government
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Fund Honors Council On Aping

President John W. Oswald, right, accepts the Western Electric
Fund Award Certificate and a check for $2,000 to the Council
on Aging from David VV. O'Rear, company representative. Dr.
Earl Kauffman, left, is director of the Council and its Donovan
Fellowship program, which provides free education to persons
over 65 at the University.

UK Student, Three Others
Indicted On Drug Charges

Indictments against a University student and three others
associated with the University were returned by the
Fayette County Crand Jury Monday,

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student at the University, alone
she had the drugs in her
with his wife, Mrs. DianaCawen ment,
last Oct. 10.
DeChesere, were indicted on a possession
Piercefield, 23, of 219 South
charge of unlawful possession Limestone
Street, was accused
of marijuana, and were arrested
of unlawful possession of mesNov. 13.
11.
The DcChcscres were in- caline last Oct.
Listed on the indictments as
dicted along with two other perwitnesses to be called by the
sons associated with the UniverMrs. Susan Hohnke and prosecution during the circuit
sity,
Tom Pierccficld, former lab tech- trial are: Dr. Harris Isbell, actnicians at the UK Medical Cen- ing chairman of the Department
of Medicine at UK; Dr. H. J.
ter.
of the Division
Mrs. Hohnke, 22, of 673 Sher- Muelling Jr.,
of Legal Medicine and Toxicolidan Drive, was accused of
ogy at the Medical Center;
legal possession of mescaline and Donnell
Cash, of the UK medical laljoratory.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Mrs.
George C. Wallace became Alabama's first woman governor
Monday and immediately announced that she will carry on
her husband's fight against racial
integration and "federal bureaucracy' while he seeks the presidency.

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parade, "will not be suppressed
by force force from China, from
Russia, from Cuba or fromWasli-ingtoD.C."
Wallace, the outgoing governor, stood by her side as she
took the oath of office at the
exact spot where Jefferson Davis assumed the presidency of
the Confederate States of Amerisix-hou- r,

of

Student AsThe
sociation will sponsor all
students or groups interested in participating in the
Quiz Bowl. To apply, leave your
name in Room 107 of the Student
Center or contact Tom Juul,
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grams help students pace themselves so they don't come to
that moment of truth," he continued. "It's more important to
know how to control your emotions than how to express them."
Early marriage is not a mistake per se, Gladden said, if the
partners have emotional and
social
high
maturity assets
school principals say are wanting in school-ag- e
marriages.
"Emotional and social development is the most serious problem for young people, no matter what their level of educa-

ca.

The symbolism was not lost
on the thousands who crowded
onto the capital grounds. They
waved Confederate flags and
cheered as the new governor accused "federal bureaucrats" of
resorting to "threats and blackmail" in their efforts to speed
the pace of school desegregation
in Alabama.
"Even now," she said, "A
federal agency attempts to tell
us the schools our children shall
attend, to regulate the contents

tion," Gladden said, "and to
put school adjustment on top
of it requires
persons to handle."
The burden is too great for
many and, as Gladden' s study
points out, divorce and annul

of their textbooks, who shall teach
them, and with whom our children shall associate.

opponents, and then
went on under her husband's
slogan "Stand Up For Alabama" to defeat a Hepublic an and
an independent in the November
general election.

ment rates suggest that "many
marriages are really trial

teen-ag- e

marriages."
Dr. Gladden, in what amounts
to a personal effort to stem the
tide of disastrous early marriages,
tells "young women to learn to
take care of themselves so that
whatever happens, they don't
feel they must get married." He
"encourages fellows to lern to
care for their ow n personal needs
so that when they marry it will
be for companionship and not
just a housekeeper and a sex
mate."
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Room 206 of the Student Center.
Edward Malberg will speak

on Negro slavery in New Jersey.

There will be a concert band
meeting Wednesday from 7:30
to 9:30 p.m. in Room 22 of the
Fine Arts Building. All students
interested in playing in the concert band are invited to attend.

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from succeeding himself
in the governor's office, Wallace
entered his wife, Lurleen, as a
stand-ic andidate in last
spring's

Bulletin Board
All I.D. cards taken during
the week of Jan. 9 in the Student Center Ballroom are now
ready and may be picked up
and 1:30
any day from
until 4:30 p.m. in the l.D.
p.m.
office in the Coliseum.

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her speech, the
mother of four
blonde
paused to put in a plug for her
husband who is planning to seek
the presidency in 1S, possibly
as a third party candidate.
"I entered the race for governor," she said, "for the purpose of permitting my husband
to take our fight to the final
court of appeal the people of
the United States in whom rest
Midway

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this nation.
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The Rights Of Students
There

is no doubt that the
of student rights has come
question
into nationwide prominence, now
more so than ever before, and it
is being debated by educators,
faculty members, and interested

students.
At the

University, a Faculty
Senate committee, largely composed of progressive minded members, has for the past 11 months
scrutinized the area of student
rights and discipline and has produced a lengthy report of existing
conditions and recommendations
for change.
The report, drawn up by the
Committee on Student Affairs, is
sound and should be approved by
the University Senate and the Board
of Trustees. Already President John
YV. Oswald has endorsed the report
and its recommendations, as has
Robert L. Johnson, vice president
for student affairs, and Jack Hall,
acting dean of men.
The endorsements are well deserved. The report clearly defines
academic and disciplinary offenses,

and then establishes the mechanisms to handle offenders, including an organized system of appeal.
Such guarantees do not seem
viewer
impressive to the
who has always been protected
by specific civil codes of rights.
non-colle-

However, such systems have seldom existed within the University
confines.

Students have been subject to
not only civil codes, but also University codes, which may, and do,
overlap with civil codes. A stu- I

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The treatment of students with
discipline problems has always

been hazy, not defined by a definitive system of action. Discipline
cases are the responsibilities of
the deans of men and women,
but may be handled by different
student judicial boards, or they
might not be. Even so, judgments
of the judicial boards have never
been binding on the deans and
hav e merely serv ed as recommendations for action.

The University also has served
as a discipline arm of the downtown courts, and students have
been released to the University for
punishment, rather than be
punished by the proper civil
authority.
Such actions constitute what
has popularly become known as
"in loco parentis," in place of
parents.
An application of "in loco
parentis" is a detriment to the
functions of a University. As Vice
President Johnson told the Faculty
Senate, "It is quite clear that the
all encompassing doctrine of 'in
loco parentis is anachronistic and
has been substantially eroded by
a series of the most recent court
decisions. Not only is a literal
and complete application of 'in
loco parentis' out of place with
the times, all too often it is inconsistent with the aims of higher
education."
The University is not intended
act as a parent to its students.
Rather, it is a gathering place
for scholars, dedicated to the pursuit and dissemination of knowledge. For these purposes, a University must be able to guarantee
its scholars free inquiry and expression, without a threat of supres-sio- n
or punishment.
To best realize this goal, and
to project an image of a university,
dedicated to these ideals, the Unito

versity must necessarily divorce itself as much as possible from the
roles of judge and disciplinarian.
Only by avoiding this role, and

dent, therefore, who breaks a civil
law would also be punishable within the University system, a type
of double jeopardy.
Different interpretations can be
made to the existing broad, sweeping University statement concerning student discipline, which says:
"The University expects all students to hold to the strictest
standards of honesty and to conduct themselves in a seemly manner, bearing in mind that their
conduct determines in a large measure their reputation and that of
the institution." Under such u code,
a student could be liable for punishment for almost any type of action.

then transferring the remaining
responsibilities to students and
faculty members, will the University administration accomplish
this end.
The recommendations and reforms of the Committee on Student Affairs should be adopted and
implemented. They will benefit not
only the University, but could also
stand as a pioneer model for other
colleges and universities to imitate.

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The highest proof of virtue is to
possess boundless power without
abusing it.
Tfiomas Babington,

Lord Macaulay

Problems In Objecting

That the Selective Service System refused last week to grant
prize fighter Cassius Clay a deferment on the grounds that he is
allegedly a conscientious objector
emphasized the confusion which
has mounted over this term.

power as we were with the Nazis
or the Facists.
Instead we are in a war in
which we virtually invited ourselves, a "holy war" against Communism. No one struck a first
blow at us. We are not fighting

conscientious objector, simply stated, is a person who believes it is immoral to kill another
human being, even in war. To
force such a person to fight in
a war would be a violation of
his religious freedom, and therefore unconstitutional.
Many young men have capitalized on this concept, and have
proclaimed killing in war to be
in violation of their conscience
when it, in fact, is not. Agencies
which sell their services have been
formed to aid these persons to
answer Selective Service questions
properly, so they can receive a
deferment on the grounds that they
are conscientious objectors.
We deplore such 'tactics as cowardice, hypocrisy and failure to
defend one's nation. It is entirely
unfair that some men must fight
in a war while others not man
enough to meet their responsibilities lie their way out of defending
their country.
If the situation were so cut
and dried, it wouldn't be nearly
as bad as it is. But since the
advent of America's active participation in the Vietnam war, a new
problem has arisen.

large military organization in
the Vietcong. Even with their aid
from Red China, they are still far
from being any type of organized
military organization.
So it is that we have many
Americans young and old alike
who believe we are fighting immorally and unjustly in Vietnam.
The young with these feelings are
caught in a vice, if they are men
of draftable age. These men are
not conscientious objectors; they
would gladly pick up arms to
defend their nation if they felt
they were participating in a just

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war.
To tell their draft boards they
were conscientious objectors would
make liars of these men; not to
tell this to their boards will likely
result in their being drafted. Should
they refuse to fight in Vietnamonce
in active service, on the grounds
that it was contrary to their moral
beliefs, would, in most cases, result
in their being
Admittedly, there is a fine line
to be drawn here. If a person were
legally allowed to refuse to fight
in Vietnam on the grounds he felt
it is an unjust war, there would
be many abuses, especially from
those who fake the conscientious
objector plea.
We submit, however, th