Word: antiwar
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...their part, while the bombing was in progress, most Americans seemed simply baffled or numbed; antiwar groups mounted only scattered, sparsely supported protests. It was partly a matter of shock at the sudden turn of events. After two decades of sustaining South Viet Nam intravenously with aid, and after eleven years of substantial military intervention, first with President Kennedy's advisers and later with Lyndon Johnson's half a million troops, the U.S. had seemed in November and until mid-December about to disengage altogether. Then, with stupefying speed, promises of a negotiated settlement turned into a harshly...
...abroad. Also, Congress reconvenes this week, and continued bombing would provide a powerful impetus to cut off funds for the war. Already the President has lost the support of Republican Senator William Saxbe of Ohio, who until last week had backed Nixon by voting against almost all of the antiwar proposals in the Senate. He could no longer have done so, said Saxbe, had the bombing gone on: "It worried me as an American that we were doing something that I just couldn't buy and I think most people felt the same...
Leading a delegation of six religious leaders. Harvey G. Cox Jr., Thomas Professor of Divinity, arrived in London this morning on a tour to mobilize antiwar activity in the world religious community...
Boston area antiwar groups are planning increased activity on both a local and national level in response to President Nixon's renewed military action in Vietnam...
...Boston demonstration is being organized by the January 19th Committee, a non-partisan group composed of a broad spectrum of local antiwar organizers...