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Their defiance brought a prompt response from the President. Nixon acknowledged that the postmen had legitimate grievances, but he declared that the Government would not negotiate so long as the illegal walkout continued. Though the President promised to get the mail delivered this week, he did not spell out how. But the tone of his remarks and the flurry of activity at the Pentagon left the strong impression that he would mobilize Army or National Guard units if necessary...
...Laos even if Communist troops threatened to overrun it. Nonetheless, Defense Secretary Melvin Laird indicated that the U.S. would probably continue to bomb the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Cambodia could be a plus -over the short run, at least-provided the situation does not degenerate into anarchy and prompt a panicky Hanoi to mount a full-scale invasion. (Sihanouk was useful in that he kept Cambodia stable. If the new regime swings violently antiCommunist, there could be serious trouble.) Hanoi, too, had a mixed week, with a definite plus in Laos all but outweighed by a possible minus in Cambodia...
Instead, the paragraph would read: "It is expected of officers of administration and instruction that they will show themselves sensitive to broadly felt dissatisfaction in the University community and to widely perceived needs for change. In particular they should give full and fair hearings and prompt answers to grievances and should consult with those concerned...
...students burst into the president's office, threw official papers on the floor, insulted the president, and tried to force him to sign a list of demands. Next day the president suspended 90 students for their part in the action. Doyle ordered that the students either be given prompt hearings or be reinstated pending final disposition of their cases. On the other hand, Doyle upheld the suspension of riotous students at the state university's Whitewater branch. The difference was that at Whitewater the militants had received an adequate preliminary hearing. - When a high school junior with long...
After the fact, the response by federal and state officials was vigorous. The White House and Spiro Agnew deplored the incident and vowed that violence would not be allowed to impede desegregation. The FBI moved in to investigate, while state authorities seem bent on prompt prosecution. Even Albert Watson said the rebellion at Lamar should not have happened...