Vietnam Moratorium Urged by Students, Student Press (October 15, 1969)
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Cover of the University of Baltimore's newspaper, Student Press, on October 15, 1969. Writers call for a Vietnam moratorium and announce a teach-in at Langsdale Library.
Source
University of Baltimore Institutional Archives / Student Publications Collection / Student Press, 1968 - 1976 / Student Press, 1969-10-15
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The University of Baltimore
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PDF
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English
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UR0034_S03_B12_F027_P001
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"The Vietnam Moratorium is an effort to maximize public pressure to end the war by encouraging a broad
cross section of Americans to work against the war. The first day of Moratorium-is scheduled for today. The concerned students and faculty of the University of Baltimore are asked to join in the day's activities. This Moratorium is focused on ending the war with related issues (the draft, militarism, taxes, inflation, interest rates, etc.) being brought in by participants on the local level. Ending the war in Vietnam is the most important task facing the American nation.
Over the last few years, millions of Americans have campaigned, protested and demonstrated against the war. Few now defend the war, yet it continues. Death and destruction are unabated; bombs and fire continue to devastate South Vietnam, Billions of dollars are spent on war while domestic problems of this country remain unattended. Moreover, the war has had a corrupting influence on every aspect of American life, and much of the rational discontent can be traced to its influence. The discredited policies of the past which have brought about this American tragedy have not been changed. We follow the same military advice which has created a futile and bloody conflict while we cling to the same policies which have caused the Paris negotiations to falter. The token
displacement of 25,000 troops over a three month period simply is not a substantial change in policy that is so desperately needed. To be against the war in Vietnam and to do nothing is indefensible. To see your brother, your schoolmate, your son or your neighbor's son dragged off to slaughter or to prison, and to do nothing about it is inexcusable.
To sit back passively month after month and wait for a Richard Nixon or a Melvin Laird to admit that our country was wrong, and that we are going to bring our men home without delay, is naive. to say the least. It is not going to happen until the American people make it happen.
The appeal is to you, students and faculty of the University of Baltimore, to participate in the moratorium. The activities for the day include a teach-in from 9-12, a 12 noon rally at the Federal Building Plaza with Coretta King speaking, and a 5:00 rally again at the Federal Building Plaza. This late rally is the main feature of the day and this is where you come in. In order to march you are asked to meet in the Lounge of Charles Hall at 4:00 this
afternoon. The nationally known speaker for this rally will be Senator Ernest Gruening, former Senator of Alaska who spoke at the first SDS march against the war in Vietnam in 1965.
Mass meetings and teach-ins will be conducted at local colleges and high schools. Draft counseling centers will be set up at UMBC and Towson State. Tom Lewis, one of the Catonsville Nine, will show a film and lecture in the Student Union Building at UMBC during the morning. He will also speak at 2 P.M. at Mount Saint Agnes College. The Johns Hopkins program, which will run from 12 noon - 4 p.m., will be highlighted with notable speakers. Al Lowenstein, Congressman from New York will head the list.
Today's Moratorium is only the first of many activities, all part of a nation-wide movement which will Include another Moratorium during the month of November."
cross section of Americans to work against the war. The first day of Moratorium-is scheduled for today. The concerned students and faculty of the University of Baltimore are asked to join in the day's activities. This Moratorium is focused on ending the war with related issues (the draft, militarism, taxes, inflation, interest rates, etc.) being brought in by participants on the local level. Ending the war in Vietnam is the most important task facing the American nation.
Over the last few years, millions of Americans have campaigned, protested and demonstrated against the war. Few now defend the war, yet it continues. Death and destruction are unabated; bombs and fire continue to devastate South Vietnam, Billions of dollars are spent on war while domestic problems of this country remain unattended. Moreover, the war has had a corrupting influence on every aspect of American life, and much of the rational discontent can be traced to its influence. The discredited policies of the past which have brought about this American tragedy have not been changed. We follow the same military advice which has created a futile and bloody conflict while we cling to the same policies which have caused the Paris negotiations to falter. The token
displacement of 25,000 troops over a three month period simply is not a substantial change in policy that is so desperately needed. To be against the war in Vietnam and to do nothing is indefensible. To see your brother, your schoolmate, your son or your neighbor's son dragged off to slaughter or to prison, and to do nothing about it is inexcusable.
To sit back passively month after month and wait for a Richard Nixon or a Melvin Laird to admit that our country was wrong, and that we are going to bring our men home without delay, is naive. to say the least. It is not going to happen until the American people make it happen.
The appeal is to you, students and faculty of the University of Baltimore, to participate in the moratorium. The activities for the day include a teach-in from 9-12, a 12 noon rally at the Federal Building Plaza with Coretta King speaking, and a 5:00 rally again at the Federal Building Plaza. This late rally is the main feature of the day and this is where you come in. In order to march you are asked to meet in the Lounge of Charles Hall at 4:00 this
afternoon. The nationally known speaker for this rally will be Senator Ernest Gruening, former Senator of Alaska who spoke at the first SDS march against the war in Vietnam in 1965.
Mass meetings and teach-ins will be conducted at local colleges and high schools. Draft counseling centers will be set up at UMBC and Towson State. Tom Lewis, one of the Catonsville Nine, will show a film and lecture in the Student Union Building at UMBC during the morning. He will also speak at 2 P.M. at Mount Saint Agnes College. The Johns Hopkins program, which will run from 12 noon - 4 p.m., will be highlighted with notable speakers. Al Lowenstein, Congressman from New York will head the list.
Today's Moratorium is only the first of many activities, all part of a nation-wide movement which will Include another Moratorium during the month of November."
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newspaper
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Citation
The University of Baltimore's Student Body, “Vietnam Moratorium Urged by Students, Student Press (October 15, 1969),” University of Baltimore Archives, accessed December 8, 2025, https://archivesub.omeka.net/items/show/762.