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Show REP. LAURENCE J. BURTON to bring about peace abroad, as well as here at home. Question I am a veteran attending college. col-lege. Does the law require that I submit a monthly certificate of attendance? Answer No. But during the last full month of your quarter, semester semes-ter or term, you will receive a certificate of attendance which must be completed and returned return-ed to the Veterans Administration Administra-tion as soon as possible. Failure Fail-ure to complete and return this form will bar you from future educational assistance. have on our country? As I have said, it is highly unlikely such energines convince a single person to desire peace; and, I cannot convince myself that a real and lasting peace can be achieved in such a way either. What I am convinced about is that the President wants peace, at least as fervently fer-vently as the most feverish of the protesters, and that he is doing everything in his power to bring it about. I am certain that he is doing the best job that can be done to bring about a real and lasting peace, and I support his efforts. I can sympathize to a degree with the protesters, for I share their desire for peace; but I am disturbed when I see them, in attempting to dramatize their yearning, disrupt our schools, tie up our cities, and interfere with our negotiations in Paris. I am disappointed when a number of members of the Congress attempt to keep the House in session all night to voice their desire for peace they actually were able to postpone the adjournment until un-til after 11:00 p.m.; I am disappointed dis-appointed when the nationl anthem an-them is not played at a world series game. And, I am disgusted dis-gusted when the flag which flies on the roof of the Long-worth Long-worth Office Building, the building in which I have my office, of-fice, must be guarded because the protesters have vowed to tear it down in order to demonstrate their desire for peace. . . I respect our cherished right of free expression and the exercise ex-ercise of it, but I do not respect re-spect disruption. What we must do as concerned Americans is support our President's efforts On a newscast held recently a youth was interviewed who was helping to organize the "Moratorium Day" activities, and when asked why it was he was participating in such a project he replied, "I'm for peace, and I'm working for peace. And if all of the work the people working on the Moratorium have done helps to convince even just one more person to want peace, all of our efforts will be worthwhile." I share this youth's yearning for peace. However, I feel his energies are misguided. Do the people who read lists of the war dead, the people who held mock funerals, the people who paraded with black arm bands, the people who participated in candlelight marches ... do these people feel that they actually ac-tually have to convince their fellow Americans to want peace? Apparently they have persuaded themselves that this is the case, that they are unique in their desire for peace, and that if they could somehow enlarge their ranks and get more "people for peace," peace would be achieved. I find myself envious of people who think this way. Wouldn't it be marvelous to be able to believe that marching with a black band around your hand outside a university, the classrooms of which have been closed for the day, would bring peace ? If peace could be achieved in such a marvelously painless way, I would be in the forefront of the marchers. But, sadly, peace simply is not brought about this way. We all want peace; all Americans do. What effect then can activities such as those of "Moratorium Day" |