Friday. January 20. “761 SCARLET AND BLACK Page Three Student Leaders Write Johnson; Voice Doubts About War Ettorts S.GrA. President, Steve Kent, was one of 100 college and uni- versity s t u d e n t leaders last month who signed u letter ex- pressing concern to President Johnson about the war in Viet- nam. The letter, which devel- oped trout discussions at last summer’s meeting or the Na- tional Student Association, ques- tioned certain U.S, policies and appealed for freer discussion and clearer governmental ex- planatiun. The leaders called for an ex- tension of the holiday truce in Vietnam. They expmsed in- creasing disturbance about the discrepancy between their per- sonal convictions and their mil< itary obligations, ‘as well as About the war itself. They criti- clzed the draft law, citing the “a l m ost universal conviction that the present Selective Serv- ice law operates unfairly." The letter questioned the need of a “growing commitment" to protect America's “vital inter- esls” in Vietnam and the use or the military to create a “stable and prosperous Viet- nam." The student leaders voiced doubts about U.S. willinga ness to allow the Viet Cong iull and independent participation in negotiations. The students were concerned about whether the U.S. would lirinnell Grad Gives Critical comment (In Vietnam War lst Lt, Wilbur I. Latllam, Jr. a 1962 Gi-innell College gradu- ate trom Eagle Grove. has completed his tour of duty as a combat pilot in Vietnam and is scheduled to return to the United States this month One of the Air Force's “MlG- killers,” Ll. Latham is an PAC Phantom pilot assigned to the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing at DaNang Air Base. He is credit- ed with one of the five M16721; the unit has downed. Though mo missions over North Vietnam constitute a com- bat tour, the Grinneu graduate has {lawn a total of 119. He said: “I am ready to go home, but will miss flying combat, This is the best flying in the world. It has a certain element of danger and excitement.” An economics major at Grin- nell, Lt. Latham completed the Air Force ROTC program here and was also a member of the swimming team and choir. lilousEs . skins SWEA'tEiis . DRESSES 9 GRINNELL NEWTON permit internationally supervised selirdelermination for Vietnam if the national vote favored a co- alitian or proCommunist govern ment. The letter also cited the dis- parity between government statements and correspondents' stories about Vietnam. The students closed with a plea tor an end to the increas- ing contusion winch threatens to destroy “mutual trust and re- spect." Secretary or State Dean Rusk sent a lengthy, formal reply. Senate Hears Dean on Drugs. Draft Wednesday night Dean Thompson spoke to the Senate on drugs and the dish. Thompa son had recently attended two canierences on the problems. The draft conlerenoe. held at An- tioch, was an “uncomfortable" experience. he said, because of the reluctance oi the partici- pants to discuss the Selective Service Act itseli rather than other is S u e 5 like Vietnam. Whether student protests re- garding the dratt would have any eilect on the law, he said, is questionable, The not expire: this June, but he doubted any "revolutionary" new law will be adopted, 0n drugs, he said, any com— ment is dllllcult because the subject is loaded with common misconceptions and prejudiced terms. The effects ot drugs, he said, were Variable and little known. Doctors know there are risks in taking drugs, but what the risks are tor dinerent people is still unclear. He said it was more uselul to talk of drug abuse and habituation rather than addiction, and disagreed with the sensational articles on drugs in Lite. The drug cona ierence he termed “the most useful" and said the policy statement on drugs issued last spring by the administration would be slightly modified He did not elaborate. In Senate action. Rick Mara dowell gave an iniormal report an Interim. “Interim,” he said, “showed that Grinnell students have the maturity and the re- sponsibility to carry on some- thing successfully by them< selves." He was disappointed, he said, at the faculty's response, In an Executive Cabinet re port, Steve Kent said applica. tions for the election commission are open until Friday midnight. The Senate also confirmed the appointments or Bill Fligeltaub and Russ Allen to the Men‘l Primary Court. lllillll * IKE I: : ** Composer wants to know the score on ’67 compacts DEAR REB: I'm or wellsknown composer, and I need a new car. The trouble is, I'm iust too Bizet to pick one out. And what‘s more, many of the new cars I see are OFlen< buch in the garage for repairs. 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