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...Vice President Spiro Agnew, are campaigning hard on the law-and-order theme and have repeatedly identified Democrats with violence on the campus. But the commission-whose membership is predominantly Democratic-asked Richard Nixon to silence those who are trying to capitalize on the issue of campus unrest...
...more property destroyed and more universities disrupted. We recommend that the President seek to convince public officials and protesters alike that divisive and insulting rhetoric is dangerous. In the current political campaign . . . the President should insist that no one play irresponsible politics with the issue of 'campus unrest' . . . Although it may not be easy for the President to communicate with some students, we are strongly of the opinion that the effort to do so will be of great benefit . . . Government leaders from the President on down should also recognize that their words and actions . . . help set the climate...
...carrying out its presidential mandate, the commission also listed a number of steps that it said should be taken to diminish campus unrest. Among the commission's recommendations: removal from the campus of as much defense-related research as possible; replacement of the ROTC with an off-campus training program unrelated to campus life; added riot-control training for National Guardsmen and a policy limiting weapons in campus flare-ups to specially trained anti-sniper units; the preparation of contingency plans by college administrators who may face disorders...
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Sept, 29-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew denounced the President's commission on campus unrest report as "imprecise, contradictory, and equivocal...
...campaign speech before South Dakota Republicans, Agnew was especially critical of the commission's call for leadership by the President in quelling unrest. "To lay responsibility for ending student disruptions at the doorstep of the President-in office 20 months-is scapegoating of the most irresponsible sort," Agnew said...