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No. ltl Hanoi Accepts U.S. Proposal For Parley WASHINGTON on — Hanoi said Wednesday it is ready to talk about a complete U.S bomb in); halt so pence negotiations can begin on Vietnam, and Pres ident Johnson said "we are very interested in it.” The President said that the Hanoi statement indicated "there might he some move ment" in his (jiicst for peace. In first reaction, U.S. strate gists were unwilling to say im mediately whether the Hanoi statement meant the break • through in the lung stalled ef foils to get peace discussions under way. Hanoi’s announcement came in a Vietnamese language radio broadcast which was picked up by United Stales monitors, trans lated and rushed to the White House, State Department and other key agencies. It followed up Johnson's Sun day order to curtail United Stales tmmbing of the North as an inducement to the Reds to come to the conference table. The announcement as trans lated said. “It is clear that the U.S. gov ernment has not correctly and fully responded to the just de mand of the DRV (North Viet namese) government, of U.S. progressive opinion and of world opinion. "However, on its part, the DRV government declares its readiness to send its represen tatives to make contact with U.S. representatives to decide with the U.S. side of the un conditional cessation of bombing and all other war acts against the DRV so that talks could be gin.” The two representatives that President Johnson said in his Sunday broadcast would be standing by to join in any peace talks — Ambassadors Averell llarrinian and Llewellyn E. Thompson—were in Washing ton. Hanoi’s response was regard ed by U.S. authorities as at least a step forward from North Viet nam's earlier refusal to talk at all. It was still unclear from the initial Hanoi broadcast whether North Vietnam was still stick ing to a demand that has been unacceptable to the United States: That there he an uncon ditional halt to the U.S. air as saults as a pre-condition before any negotiations can be started. 'Teach-in' Opposes War DRAFT RKSISTENCE Cards enclosed, rather than enllamcd Photos by John Sasaki At University Party Convention Delegates Nominate Five For ASUO Presidency Editor's Note: This is the first part oi the list of candidates nominated at the party conven tion. The rest of the list will be published in tomorrow's is sue. By LINDA MEIERJURGEN Of thr Kmrrald The University Party nomi nated five members for the of fice of ASUO President at its first convention session Wednes day evening. Those nominated for office are: Kandy Gragg, Dick Jones, Steve Rhodes, Phil Barnhart and Tom Fagan. Bob Winger declined the nomination. All are ASUO Senators except Rhodes, who is an assistant to ASUO President Scott Farleigh. Party nominees for the ASUO vice-president include: ASUO Senator Dan Allison on the same ticket with Jones, and ASUO Senator Tom Roots. The convention opened with a keynote .address by Herbert "Bud" Titus, associate professor of law. Titus, who was Univer sity student body president in 1959. spoke on the implications of student government at the University. lie said the major importance ASUO to Host Debate Before Colleae Primary ASUO will sponsor a Pro - CHOICE 08 Debate in the EMU Ballroom sometime during the week before the April 24 Na tional Collegiate Presidential Primary. According lo Mike Donahue, ASUO vice-president and co - ordinator of the ASUO election, representatives of the presi dential candidates, will debate during the session. Currently individuals are needed to represent George Wallace, Lyndon Johnson, John Lindsay, Martin Luther King, Harold Stassen and Charles Percy. Anyone interested in present ing the positions of any of these candidates in the debate - dis cussion should contact Donahue at ext. 1836 or in 306 EMU. According to Mike Fancher, Emerald editor and member of the CHOICE 68 board of direc tors, Johnson’s name will be left on the CHOICE 68 ballot despite the president's recent decision not to seek re-election. rancher said removing John son’s name would be “violating the purpose of the primary/’ He explained that the election was set up to allow students to say who they would want to see as president. Therefore, ac tual candidacy or ability to win the November election was nev er among the criteria for choos ing names for the CHOICE 68 ballot. The editor announced that at present nearly 1,500 colleges and universities plan to partici pate in the primary election. He said their combined enrollments total over 5 million students. Northeastern University in Boston, Mass., became the lirst college in the election. On Feb. lti over 2,500 students (out of a potential electorate of 4,000) participated in the primary — a turnout percentage that Leroy Wheelock, Jr., student body president, termed “larger than any other election that we can recall.” Kancher said Northeastern is on a co-operative quarter system —13 weeks of class, 13 weeks ac tual career situation work, fol lowed by another 13 week term of study. The unusually early election was held to give those students leaving for the second quarter work period an opportu nity to vote. Their ballots will be counted simultaneously with those of their fellow classmates who will vote on April 24. of the convention was to form students into a broadly based political foree to bring about in stitutional change at the Uni versity. The nominees were allowed time for platform speeches and seconding speeches. Jerry Nor ton nominated Gragg, who then gave a platform speech advocat ing a more responsive student government. i Jones nominated both him (ContinucU on page i) Draff Director Talks Tonight Colonel Leonard Hicks, state selective service director, will address an information forum on the draft tonight in the EMU ballroom. The 7:30 p.m. speech is co - hosted by Speakers and Debates and the Campus Draft Commit tee. The address will "clarify for students the selective service regulations and requirements and specifically show people that there will not be many people who will be deferred from the upcoming June call-up of seniors and lirst year grad uate students,” Blaine Ackley, draft committee member, said. Following Hicks’ address, workshops will be announced in the areas of enlistment, consci entious objection, and draft re sistance and emigration. Paul Pinegar, draft resister, will chair the resistance workshop and Hicks will lead the enlist ment and draft regulations group. Other speakers will be announced at the meeting. Draft Cards Turned In By CLIFF SANDERLIN and MARGARET CAMPBELL Of th*- Emerald "Until we are no longer in volved in the war in Vietnam, we cannot continue to carry our draft cards.” These words expressed the feelings of 15 students who placed their draft cards in a show case on the free speech platform at a noon "teach-in” Wednesday. One student ripped up his card and mailed it to the Eu gene Draft Board. We will display these cards,” said one of the students, ‘ as the local point of the new re sponsibilities of the Campus Draft Committee. Our goal is to end American involvement in Vietnam, not to destroy our government.'’ Until President Johnson’s an nouncement Monday of his in tention to halt bombing and to drop out of the election race, about a dozen students had planned to send their cards to their draft boards. Student Comments One of the students, David Schocnfeld said, "We are more hopeful now. But the war is not over. And until Americans have left Vietnam. I cannot car ry my card.” Cove Eftinger, a graduate in mathematics, said he felt it would be "very much in the American interest to end the war in Vietnam. “I will refuse to serve in the military,” Effinger said, “not because I, as a single individual, feel I should be exempt from lighting in this war, but be cause I hope others will join with us in ending this war.” "That is not a war in Vietnam but mass murder. There is no cause for the killing,” said Stan ley Beldon. Beldon, who refused to serve in World War 1 but served in World War II, said that "it was time for the older people to take a stand, support ing the young who oppose the war. They are not alone, I am willing to walk by their side even if it means going to pris on.” Earlier, undergraduate Vivi an Watson had stepped forward to read a statement signed by 200 University faculty members which pledges complete sup port to those who refuse to serve in Vietnam. She stated that this was “a symbolic prom ise of aid, whatever the danger.” Professor Questions "How can students possibly justify in their own minds kill ing and running the risk of be ing killed in a foreign, racial war in order to save Lyndon Johnson's repugnant face?” ask ed Leroy Johnson, Jr., assistant professor of the Museum of Nat ural History. Johnson claims that Lyndon Johnson and the establishment are only 50 per cent of the problem. "The other 50 per cent is the American peo ple themselves—the reasonable, respectable. docile people.” Hopefully, draft resistance and other kinds of resistance can awaken the people, he added. Dave Gwyther, junior in eco i Continued on ptige 2) iwi wRMmmMM emnMMiaN! mitiiinianii :m Index . Campus Happenings page 2 Sports.page 4 Editorials .'.. page 0 Classifieds .page 7 Campus Brie's .page 7 i!miiniiiu!i!ii;:i]iiiiiii!iiiiiiiii;iiiiwi]imiiiiiiii!i IHUMIIIUU li—