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...hour that the march was to begin drew near, the picnic-like atmosphere began to fade and people congregated around banners or famous anti-war personalities. Many of the more militant groups--including contingents from the Communist Party, Progressive Labor, a group of NLF sympathizers, and Students for a Democratic Society--moved toward the head of the Reflecting Pool so that they could be close to the front of the parade. Ironically, they ended up in what had been the segment of the march designated for "religious groups." The tactics-were clear. The militants had heard that authorities planned...
...resort to military strong men or the formal device of elections instead of building a political party, the only truly solid political institution. Will the Saigon junta ever allow the creation of a strong political party which can compete with the one organized party in South Vietnam, the NLF? Fox Butterfield, 5G Eric Widner
...they are only waiting to oblige Americans of good-will. Such assumptions can be undermined by events. And it is very easy for those who are hostile to the idea of a negotiated settlement, those who want a military solution, so to handle our relations with Hanoi and the NLF and so to gauge and present their responses and non-responses that those who disagree -- you and I and our friends -- are left well out on a limb. If we can have negotiations on equitable terms, that much to be desired. And the hope that this will be possible justifies...
...sensible proportions, protects the larger peace, conserves our national interest and, what could perhaps be more important, reflects the interest of the sadly beset and tortured people of this part of the world. And it is a policy that does not depend on the cooperation of Hanoi and the NLF, although should that be forthcoming all would be much eased...
...support for a massive March on Washington on July 4. "For speakers we would get the five Nobel Peace Prize winners who oppose the war," he says. "It would be done with dignity, and maybe everybody will cut their hair one inch shorter, not burn draft cards, not carry NLF banners and not burn flags for this...