16—The Daily Collegian Monday, March 24, 1980
30,000 participate in anti
By TOM BOYER
and DAVID VANIIORN
Daily Collegian Staff Writers
"Older men declare war, but it is
youth that must fight and die" Her
bert Hoover
President Carter has called opposition
to his draft registration plan "a gross
overreaction," but those wprds did not
discourage the 30,000 people who
traveled to Washington, D.C., on
Saturday to protest his plan and hear
encouraging words from political
stalwarts of the last anti-draft
movement.
Long hair, clenched fists and gaudy
political banners at the rally were
reminiscent of anti-war rallies of a
decade ago. Police in riot gear, mounted
and on foot, lined both sides Penn
sylvania Avenue at the White House,
although Carter had gone to Camp David
for the weekend. In contrast to rallies of
the Vietnam era, however, the police
seemed at ease with the marchers. The
slogans and placards reflected an at
mosphere more festive than militant.
"Hell, no, we won't go! We won't fight
for Texaco!" was one of the popular
sayings. "Draft beer, not people!" was
seen on buttons and placards. One man
dressed as Uncle Sam carried a sign
saying "I want you to resist." One of the
hottest-selling buttons advised the
reader to "Question Authority." Another
favorite slogan for placards was "My
body is not a Carter campaign con
tribution."
The anarchists had their own variation
of a familiar chant: "Seven, six, four,
three, organize for anarchy!"
The protestors met at the Ellipse on
Constitution Avenue and marched down
Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol
steps to hear speeches from experienced
political activists.
Saturday's rally, titled "The National
Mobilization Against the Draft," was
sponsored by a coalition of students,
clergy, feminists, gay rights leaders,
socialists and other political groups and
.activists.
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Featured speakers included Rep. Ted
Weiss, D-N.Y.; the Rev. Barry Lynn,
chairman of the Committee Against
Registration and the Draft; Bella Abzug,
former U.S. representative and
president of Women USA; Michael
Harrington, author and chairman of the
Democratic Socialist Organizing
Committee; David Dellinger, author and
former Chicago Seven defendant; black
activist Stokeley Carmichael and the
Rev. William Sloane Coffin of the
Riverside Church in New York City, one
of the ministers who visited the
American hostages in Iran.
Entertainment was provided by Peter
Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary, the
cast of "Hair," Bob Killian and Band,
and poet Edith Segal
Most of these people spoke against
war, big business,_ nuclear energy and
President Carter. Several speakers were
optimistic that Carter's registration
plan would fail to get funding approval
from Congress.
Coffin asked,"lf registration and a
draft are right for the United States in
1980, then what is left to call wrong?" He
said, "People should not die like Penn
sylvania sheep."
Abzug said young men have an equal
right with women not to sacrifice their
lives. "Our obligation is to make sure
that no one•is registered for the draft,"
she said.
She said there was a good chance that
Carter's plan would be defeated.Abzug
dared Carter to come to New York and
debate the issues in time for the New
York primary, "to come out of his
sanctuary and face some real questions.
"People are beginning to realize that
Jimmy Carter is lying to them," she
said. "The future of the American
hostages should not be linked to the
Shah's spleen."
Judy Goldsmith, executive vice
president of the National Organization
for Women, said defense is a respon
sibility that cannot be based upon
gender. "We cannot fight for peace
without using all of our human
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"The present situation doesn't justify
risking the lives of our youth," she said.
Lynn said the Selective Service
System was the most arbitrary and
inhumane system in the last 100 years,
and that it is impossible to create a fair
draft system. He said Carter has the
"lamest ideas" for bringing back the
draft.
"We were told that registration is a
sign of national resolve. I can't imagine
any Soviet official losing any sleep over
the collection of millions of names on
computer tape," he said
Harrington said draft registration is
not just a left wing issue, and is "such a
dumb idea" that there is a "very good
chance" Congress will defeat it this
year.
He said the All-Volunteer Army is the
"conscription of poor people" because
people enlist when they have no jobs.
"Only in a full-employment America can
we think about a volunteer army," he
said.
Harrington quoted former socialist
leader Norman Thomas, who said in
1965, "We are not here to burn the
American flag. We are here to cleanse
the American flag."
"We represent the best of the
American spirit, and let no one deny it
and us not forget it," Harrington said.
Weiss said Americans must convince
the president that "registration is the
first step to national suicide."
"We are here to prevent another ex
cursion into military madness," Weiss
said. "This time we have a chance to
stop it before the tragedies occur."
Carmichael was the most flamboyant
speaker of the day, shaking the stage
and raising his voice with each ex
clamation to the crowd to "orrrganize "
"In the '6os we were mobilized. In the
'Bos we need to be orrrganized," he said.
Carmichael advocated destruction of
the capitalist system, which he called "a
bloodsucking vampire." He called the
draft "nonsense" and said if Congress
approves the plan, "the issue will be
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performed "Aquarius" and other tunes from the popular '6os musical that was revived recently.
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Dellinger said the United States
cannot try to get rid of war without
getting rid of the causes of war. "The
drive to war is the product of the
economic system that puts products
before people," he said.
Dellinger claimed that the U.S. is too
strong militarily, not too weak, and is
"out of touch" with the American people
and the world. He suggested using one
half of the military budget to develop
alternative sources of energy, the other
half for social services such as education
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strated against the draft in the last three
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months than in the first four years of the
Vietnam War. "The'me' generation is
saying 'not me.' Today it's becoming the
'we' generation."
The rally was interrupted several
times by members of the Unification
Church, who tried storming the
speaker's platform and distracting the
crowd with megaphones. One member,
Gerard Willis, a student at George
Washington University, shouted, "This
is for war, not for peace!" and "Soviets
love the anti-draft movement" as he
charged the stage and was subdued by
rally marshals.
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We are going to help make your Spring
a lasting memory.
Spring is a special season at Penn State because it
means all your favorite sports and events are here
again. This year we want everyone to be a part of the
fun and excitement. So we are at work putting together wi
The Spring Ahead Tabloid.
On March 25th you'll know when to expect the Phi
Psi 500, Gentle Thursday and the Sy Barash Regatta.
Also, for our sports enthusiasts, we have opening dates
and stats on individual players.
Did you know that this year marks the 9th annual Ice
Cream Super Bowl? And if you're a lover of those 37
flavors, we'll tell you how to enter.
Good times come easy this spring. So a full color pin-up
calendar will be in each tab, to remind you of upcoming
To make sure everyone gets a copy we are
the itY Collegian printing 5,000 extra tabloids. They'll be
available at our office in 126 Carnegie
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events ... and lasting memories
Solicitors and propagandists 4:er
everywhere, peddling various buttons
political leaflets, bumper stickers, al
nauseum. People from the Northeast
New England, the South" and the Mid
west made the long trek to the nation'
capitol.
Alan Canfora, a former Kent Stat
student who was wounded in the wri
during the 1970 demonstration at th
campus, said a rally on May 4 is bein
planned at Kent State to promot
positive change, carry on the tradition o
student activism and pay tribute to tilos
who died at the demonstration.
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