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Show Lowenstein calls for change T x f fp'. I. , r Y ' : . ? . K J t v 4 t ..; : i '(' : ' I - U ) I By Dave Partenheimer Staff Writer The American people must devote themselves to a coalition for change in order to achieve the goals of peace, freedom, and opportunity, said AI Lowenstein, Monday in the Union Ballroom. Mr. Lowenstein is a newly elected representative from Nassau County, N.Y. He is a leader in the liberal view of civil rights, poverty and politics. He served as one of the main leaders behind the 1968 Democratic minority plank on Vietnam and aided the Eugene McCarthy campaign. Now Is the Time The time to consummate the liberal movement is now, said Mr.' Lowenstein. Time is of the essence for there are mounting deaths in Vietnam and a generation of poor who are. not receiving an. education. Hence, the coalition for change must consist of the patient and the impatient-the patient to educate the public and the impatient to buck the system, said Mr. Lowenstein. Mayor Richard Daley of Chicago organized planned harassment for the opposition, said Mr. Lowenstein, a delegate to the Democratic Convention. The Coalition for an Open Convention tried to get a place to hold a meeting for McCarthy and Sen. George McGovern but they were refused Soldier Field which seats 150,000 people. The Democratic National Committee had rented . the place for 10 days to supposedly celebrate President Lyndon Johnson's birthday. The Coalition for an Open Convention took the case to court but the judge who was a law partner of Mayor Daley denied their request : fnr- a ntarp t'n mpet which is a prevent someone from disrupting the convention. However, the convention was over when they raided the Hilton and Blackstone Hotels in which McCarthy and McGovern, respectively, were staying, said Mr. Lowenstein. Michigan Ave. was quiet, the national guard were in battle attire and generally nothing was happening, said Mr. Lowenstein, who was in the Hilton Hotel. On the 15th floor, the students who had helped McCarthy were dejected but were not throwing anything out of the windows. However, the police.began beating students and dragging them out of their beds without a warrant nor a charge. The delegates to the convention who sided with the minority were harrassed, . said Mr. Lowenstein, who . was arrested three times: once for bringing in a New r l. t1 '. r AnHH1,: u h AUard Lowenstein ' "0 Communist aggression Dr. J. D. Williams aggression in Vietnam" direct violation of the Constitutional right of assembly, said Mr. Lowenstein. :.. , . .. . Police Riot The Walker Report described-the described-the action in Chicago as a police -riot. .Mayor Daley , was out for a confrontation sajd. Mr. Lowenstein. The police are trained to" act irresponsibly and the incidents at the Hilton Hotel and the Blackstone Hotel indicate it. The police were assigned to minority plank on Vietnam, and once, for trying to recess' the convention. While trying to move for a .' recess,' the microphones would mysteriously go off and a federal agent - made threatening remarks and gestures. . said Mr. Lowenstein.' Daley didn't like those who helped McCarthy and made decisions to harass them. We must have respect for the rights of other people, said Mr. Lowenstein. We must end the causes of disruption. |