Warning On Dissent In Vietnam Policy Sparks ACLU Warning
The American Civil Liberties Union warned the nation that a growing tendency to silence dissent from government policy in Vietnam risks limiting free speech and timely public debate.
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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1967
Page
6
The American Civil Liberties Union warned the nation that a growing tendency to silence dissent from government policy in Vietnam risks limiting free speech and timely public debate.
President Johnson urged continued funding for school, housing and welfare programs while Kennedy praised his leadership since 1963. The event drew about 1,000 attendees as they framed a united Democratic stance against Republican opposition and cautioned against McCarthyism and dissent suppression.
Hong Kong Times reports a purge in the Chinese foreign ministry and state council offices. Chen Yi leads the list with seven vice ministers and five deputy directors among those attacked. Former ambassadors to Poland Egypt and Syria and other officials linked to posts in Albania Iraq Nepal Sudan Denmark and Finland are cited. The People’s Daily calls on Hong Kong residents to resist British imperialists.
The Anti Defamation League accuses the John Birch Society of exploiting Vietnam anxiety by labeling U S policy as controlled by Communists. ADL leader Dore Schary says the group targets the civil rights movement and aims to incite hostility toward the Johnson administration.
The White House announced the release of The White House Library A Short Title List cataloging about 2700 books from the mansion library. The 219 page list was produced by the White House Historical Association with a Sperry Hutchinson Foundation grant and directed by Yale librarian emeritus James T. Babb.
A Lafayette apartment house suffered extensive fire damage early Saturday and an occupant was arrested for arson. Francis Leon Bower, 23, is charged after the blaze in the kitchen of the top floor units he shared with a brother. Joe Cox, 44, was treated for smoke inhalation. The owner plans to tear the building down.
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