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...increased concern with selective identification stems from the Administration's reaction to an antiwar sit-in at the Littauer Center last...
...Helfand '71 is charged by the Administration with trespassing for his alleged part in an antiwar sit-in at the Littauer Center May 10. Daniel Steiner '54, general counsel to the University, said yesterday that he had written to a Middlesex County assistant district attorney explaining that "there was no necessity to proceed with a trial...
Although the pilots said that they were told of no preconditions for their release, the antiwar escorts said they had agreed with North Viet Nam authorities that the return would be made via civilian airlines-thus avoiding possible U.S. military interference. Accordingly, when the party finally left Hanoi it headed for Peking and Moscow instead of Laos, where the flyers could be ordered aboard Government planes for the rest of the trip. Despite the outcries from Mrs. Weiss and the others, in fact, American officials treated the pilots with gingerly care all the way home. In Moscow, the American charge...
About an hour before the plane landed in New York, two U.S. embassy officials from Moscow gave the pilots new uniforms, complete with decorations and name tags. The change caused some dismay among the antiwar escorts, who accused the embassy men of coercion. Major Elias, who plans to continue his Air Force career, denied the charge and angrily retorted: "I wasn't forced to put on my uniform." He sat back in his chair and smiled when the big jet finally touched down at J.F.K. When they emerged from the plane, all three men were back in military garb...
...welfare. "The people who came to American shores didn't come here for a handout," he said. "They came here for an opportunity. We must reject that kind of philosophy that someone on welfare should receive more than someone who works in the United States of America." When antiwar protesters started to shout down his rhetoric, they were quickly drowned out by the ubiquitous Nixon youth, who learned to chant "Four more years!" at the Republican Convention and have not stopped since. If the Democrats started all the fuss over youth, the Republicans may be giving them cause...