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...time, anywhere. But so far, the possible terms for a settlement have been discussed in only the most general way. President Johnson has said that South Viet Nam should be guaranteed peace, independence and democracy-the same conditions that the Viet Cong tirelessly call for. Senator William Fulbright speaks of neutralization and mutual withdrawal by U.S. and North Vietnamese forces. Senator Eugene McCarthy speaks rather broadly of withdrawing to strongpoints, reducing military operations and trying to negotiate. Such veteran cold warriors as Henry Cabot Lodge and Dean Acheson, arguing that the only riskless settlement is victory on the battlefield, contend...
...Viet Nam war. Calling labor "neither hawk nor dove nor chick en," Meany declared: "We recognize the fact that our country has a commitment, a job to do. We support the President of the United States." Paul Hall of the Seafarers Union sailed headon into J. William Fulbright. "If the Senator from Arkansas," Hall growled, "would do just 10% for the Arkansas Negro as he has said or bled for the Viet Cong, not only would Arkansas be a hell of a lot better state, but this would be a better country." Conventioneers could almost hear a drawling Washington response...
...Fulbright, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee sharply criticized the universities for their collusion with the military-industrial complex that he asserts dominates this society...
...Fulbright charged that while the universities could "have formed an effective counterweight" to the defense establishment, they have not. Instead the leading ones "have instead joined the monolith, adding greatly to its power and influence...
...moral abasement of the universities, said Fulbright, is the source of current student revolt: "they (the students) now see their universities--the last citadels of moral an dintellectual integrity--lending themselves to ulterior and expedient ends and betraying their own fundamental purpose...