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Show Group readies war protest with more enthusiasm if that can be measured. Our religions centers have been helping a grea deal by making it easier to get information out to all areas of the country." In response to the question concerning recent articles in newspapers saying the youth peace movement is dying, Miss Perkus responded, "Some writers, including the Times here a few days ago, have come out with surveys and polls saying many of the youth are leaving the peace movement. To an extent this is true. A lot of the people are getting tired and frustrated. I've been with the anti-war movement for about five years and it is really tough to keep enthusiasm up when a war such as Viet Nam is involved. This is the wrong time to quit. November 6th will be another demonstration against the war in Viet Nam and Salt Lake City will have people participating on a local level. Last May Gov. Rampton declared the May day demonstration "Peace Day" here in Utah. Efforts by WPAC to involve the governor and other prominent people once again-will continue. By JIM NELSON Chronicle Staff "In an effort to keep the issue in front of the people and because Nixon is not winding down the war, Nov. 6 will be a march and peaceful demonstration against the Viet Nam war here in Salt Lake City," said Bob Church, public pub-lic relations man for the Wasatch Peace Action Coalition. The local demonstration will be in conjunction with the national anti-war activities throughout the nation. The assembly point will be the Utah State Capital grounds and the final destination and rally being Liberty Park. The Wasatch Peace Coalition (WPAC) has already secured a permit to march but there is some controversy over the police needed for traffic control. Mr. Church said, "The city commission has given us somewhat of a hassle concerning traffic control. They want to charge us for more policemen used. We're trying to get the march community oriented and this may lower the price." The speakers for the rally have not been confirmed, but the WPAC hopes to have some good 'orators and they intend to limit the speaking portion of the program to no more than one hour. Music will be on hand before and after the speakers. Additional services the WPAC will provide are monitors to police the march and the rally. Medical aides for emergency situations will also be on hand. Some of the contingents involved with WPAC and who will be participating in the November 6 march are: Student Mobilization Committee, Utah Veterans against the War, Utah Workers Alliance, Womens Liberation, Mothers for Peace, Cay Liberation, various church groups and others. Mr. Hans Hart, who claims to have been in every march against the war held in Utah and is the treasurer of WPAC, had these comments on the local anti-war demonstrations. "The first march in 1967 had only about 14 people Then in 1969 the Oct. 15 h march had over 3,000 people marching in it. May 15th of 1971 saw at least 6,000 people marching mar-ching through downtown Salt Lake I am pleased with the progress and believe people are peace minded as these growing demonstrations have shown." "The components of peace groups have changed over the years. Before it was predominantly students and youth. Now we have church groups and a great deal of labor support," stated Mr. Joe Bird, who considers himself a labor man all the way. Mr. Bird is actively involved with the WPAC. Mr. Bird, a Kennecott worker, gave these remarks concerning labors' growing activeness in the peace movements: "We have men who are high in councils of labor supporting us. We want to involve the top labor leadership. Over 170 labor leaders across the country have shown their concern con-cern but I say Utah is the most backward of all labor organizations." Kathy Perkus, press representative for the National Peace Action Coalition in New York City gave the Chronicle these remarks in a telephone interview concerning the Nov. 6 demonstration: "Here in New York City I believe this demonstration will be the largest since the April moratorium. We have additional new contingents involved this time. The new ones will be a group representing the Dominican Republic, a Puerto Rican group and a huge Jewish population that doesn't relate religiously." "Organization thus far for this demonstration has had several highlights. Students have been working in larger numbers and |
