About Vietnam: Sen. Daniel Brewster (D., Md.), just back from a tour of fighting front, suggests U.S. block the North Vietnamese harbor of Haiphong as means of keeping out Soviet missiles, other weapons. . . . In the past months, over 17, 000 army enlisted men and 18,000 naval enlisted men have applied for transfer to war zone. … Hard policy on Vietnam reflected in Gallup poll which shows 58 per cent of Americans approving LBJ’s stand-firm position in October as against 48 per cent in June. . . . Averell Harriman rebuking those who insist that admitting Red China to UN will ’’further the cause of world peace.” Harriman points out that although the British have had diplomatic relations with Peking since 1949 they have not yet been able to get the Chinese to ’’agree on an exchange of ambassadors.” . . . In the Liberal doghouse, former Sec. of State Dean Acheson, for suggesting that the UN might have been well advised to let India and Pakistan fight it out.
American Civil Liberties Union has held that the decision of the Richmond (Va.) Professional Institute not to register students with long hair or beards is a ’’violation of the fundamental principles of academic freedom.’’ . . . ACLU has not yet taken stand on case of two grade school pupils suspended from a Chester, Pa. school for bringing their own sandwiches instead of paying 350 for the school-supplied meals. School board President Robert Russell explains that the federal school lunch subsidy will be lost unless all pupils eat federal food. . . . More card burnings: four Tulane students have burned their Social Security cards in protest against growing socialism in U.S.




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