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Political
A few weeks ago .
representatives from the
campaigns of President Richard
Nixon and Senator George
McGovern addressed a small
group of Capitol students and
faculty. Each presented the
issues of the campaign as their
man sees them. As the election is
only a few days away, we
thought is appropriate to present
those views at this time.
Ted Stellwag of the
Committee of Reelect the
President and John Nikoloff of
the George McGovern for
President Committee took part
in a political information
seminar which was jointly
sponsored by Delta Tau Kappa,
the College Republican Council
and the Young Democrats
Organization. The program was
staged in conjunction with a
local voter registration drive.
Stellwag opened his portion
of the program by calmly
defending while, praising
Nixon's policy of
Vietnamization. He pointed out
that under the Nixon
administration, U.S. battle
deaths in Vietnam have
decreased 98% while the cost of
the war has been reduced by
two-thirds. "The president's
peace proposals call for an end
to American involvement within
four months provided there be
an internationally supervised
cease fire and the release of all
American POW's," he said.
He criticized movie actress
and anti-war activist Jane Fonda
for making statements that the
North Vietnamese are a peaceful
people but won't make any
mention of alleged atrocities
upon the people of South
Vietnam. He was also distressed
at those who call Nixon a "War
criminal or liken him to Hitler."
Stellwag praised the foreign
policy programs of the
president, pointing to the
sucesses of the summit talks in
Peking and Moscow and arms
agreements reached at the SALT
talks.
In an astute and firm manner,
Stellwag then turned his
attention to the domestic
policies of the president. "The
economy has gained strongly
during the present year," he
asserted. "Wage and price
controls, which received initial
popular support, have worked
well." He said that charges that
the Nixon administration is
pro-big business are "absurd."
He substantiated his statement
by emphasizing that
unemployment is decreasing.
Also, Stellwag assured the
audience that there will be no
further tax increases." "Income
and excise taxes have gone down
and 12 million have been
dropped from the tax rolls while
corporate taxes have gone up,"
he said.
Stellwag pointed to other
accomploshments such as crime
control. "Crime rates showed the
smallest increase in the first six
months of 1972 over any
comparable period in the last 12
years; only a one % increase. The
Information
rate of violent crimes showed a
decrease as compared to 1971.
"The constitutional• amendment
giving the voting franchise to
18-21 year olds was mentioned
as another major Nixon triumph.
The well dressed Stellwag
then changed his tactics by
challenging the policies of
McGovern. "The president will
be judged on his
accomplishments, while we
question Senator McGovern's
credibility," he said. He asked
how credible McGovern is when
he says he was 'right from the
start' in his opposition to the
war when "McGovern voted in
favor of the Tonkin Gulf
Resolution" which commited
the U.S. to intervene in
Vietnam. "The Eagleton Affair,
his disastorous economics
proposals and his position on
school busing and general
uncertainty and shifting of
policies make McGovern a losing
candidate," he concluded.
Nikoloff, speaking in behalf
of McGovern, highly criticized
Nixon's Vietnam policy. "Six
million Vietnamese have been
killed, wounded or made
refugees while Nixon has been
supposedly winding down the
war. Vietnam troop withdrawals
have been transferred not out of
Souteast Asia but to the
surrounding countries of
Thailand, Cambodia and Guam.
The price we pay for the war in
rising inflation even more
empahsizes the futility of this
war," he stated.
He continued his tirade
against Nixon's Indochina
policies by commenting on the
inhumane bombing of the
people of Vietnam," and the issue
of the release of American
POW's. "The POW's will be freed
when the fighting stops, but
when in history have POW's
been released before the end of
hostilities?" he said. Nikoloff
again denounced Nixon by
stating that he has failed to live
up to his secret plan to end the
war. The "corrupt Thieu regime,
which has the president's
support, is also another of his
wrong policies,"he remarked.
Nikoloff then turned his
attack on Nixon's economics
programs. "Prices have gone up
more than 15% since 1968,
which means that an average
family is spending $450 more
per year on food alone, and its
going up." He also criticized
Nixon's failure to introduce
economics controls during the
first two years of his
administration.
McGovern's economics
proposals were then presented
by Nikoloff. He believed that
the McGovern program could
save $22 billion in yearly
revenue just by "Closing up tax
loop-holes. Combine this with a
cut of the defense budget and
more money would be available
for education which in turn will
create a reduction of property
taxes -- an example of how the
Senator's program can work.
Nikoloff again denounced
Nixon's economics program by
stating that "since the president
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took office, there has been a
67% increase in unemployment.
Six million additional persons
have been placed on the welfare
rolls since Nixon took office."
He related that what good
domestic programs have come
out of the Nixon Administration
were reforms initiated by the
Democratic party, "yet Nixon
has grabbed credit fOr them."
Corruption and secrecy in the
government "has been shown
under the Republicans; the
Watergate bugging affair and the
ITT contoversy are only a few
examples," he emphasized.
In comparing the campaigns
of the two candidatesm Nikoloff
stated that McGovern's
campaign "for the people is
being funded by a million small
contributor's. The Senator has no
ITT fat-cats . running his
campaign. The entire campaign,
Nikoloff concluded, "can be
summed up in one word,
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which the conduct of that war
has brought to our camtry. With
the candidacy of George
McGovern, the welfare of the
entire world lies in his hands"
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Sanankoro, Mali, after picking up medicine from a mobile
health unit. On each round he treats 250 patients. UNICEF's
Halloween collection helped supply this bicycle and medicine.
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Peace Campaign
The Indochina Peace
Campaign is continuing its effort
as the resource tour group
featuring Jane Fonda, Tom
Hayden, George Smith and
Holly Near have left the area.
"The Rising Cry of Justice",,
a 30 piece art exhibit, has been
displayed at Central
Pennsylvania colleges along with
widespread distribution of the
"Pentagon Papers Digest." But
one of the silk-screens of the art
exhibit was destroyed while on
show at Capitol Campus during
the first two weeks of the fall
term.
A slide presentation about
the cultural history of the
people of Vietnam and an
analysis of the war has been
shown in community meetings,
churches, and education
institutions.
"Our most important work is
still ahead of us," asserts Susan
Gregory, Central Pennsylvania
peace campaign coordinator.
"We have a responsibility to
Unicef's Transport Aid
All the problems faced by
children in the developing world
are sharply intensified by the
basic problem of inadequate
transporation.
The shortage of trained
doctors, nurses, teachers, and
social workers in isolated rural
communities, where more than
75% of the people live, are made
more severe by the fact that in
some areas half a social worker's
or health worker's time must be
spent walking from one place to
another.
The United Nations
Children's Fund has found that
one of the most practical ways it
can help the children and
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inform ourselves and share this
information with our neighbors,
so that they may make their
own decision based on our
information."
The Indochina Peace
Campaign is a concerted effort,
based in the seven largest states.
Ted Glick, former defendant in
the Harrisburg 'B' Conspiracy
Trial and a native of Lancaster
County, explains that the Peace
Campaign has a dual purpose; to
educate people about "Nixon's
conduct of a mechanized war
and to breathe new life" into the
apparently dormant peace
movement.
Glick, in a recent interview,
expressed his views on a number
of topics, all of which "are
reflected in the war in
Indochina." He said he very
much favors the proposals of
Senator George McGovern to
end the war but fears that
McGovern's economic policies
are merely a program to "save
democratic corporate
capitalism."
He lamented that much of
the blame for the current lapse
in the anti-war effort can be
attributed to people like himself.
"We haven't been doing our
work. If we had been, the war
would be over by now," he said.
A plan for counter insurgency
work is being developed by
Glick. "People in -this country
have developed from a spiritual
root. Their emotions ebb and
flow with the tide of events in
Indochina. Certainly the
anti-war movement has entered
the doldrums. But we will
breakout of it through efforts
like the Indochina Peace .
Campaign, " he stated.
He sees in the war in Vietnam
"The abcess of American Life.
All of the critical issues of our
time are represented in the life
and death struggle. Problems
such as mechanized warfare, our
suffering environment, the
inhumanity of technology, and
the struggles of rich against poor
are reflected in the insanity of
this war."
mothers in Asia, Africa, and
Latin America is by supplying
bicycles and spare parts to keep
the wheels in working condition.
In addition to providing
bicycles, UNICEF supplies jeeps,
motorcycles, trucks and buses
for heavier transport. UNICEF
trained crews are sometimes
sailors as well as motorists,
because in some countries
children are easier to reach by
water than by land.
This Halloween, UNICEF's
Trick or Treat coins will do
more . than simply buy food,
medicine, and water. They will
deliver these supplies where they
are needed.