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of Pennsylvania Avenue. People started gathering there as early as 9 am (the parade began about 1 pm) and by the time the head of the paradepassed that point, they were ten to twenty deep in some places and numbered in the thousands. "V As the time for Nixon to pass drew closer and the shouting and surging of the crowd became more intense, extra secret servicemen and police were brought in to beef up defenses. But still, when Nixon rolled into view—standing up in the open-topped limousine, smiling, and waving to the crowd—he was greeted at first with a massive chant of "Nixon you liar, sign the cease fire," that soon gave way to enraged screams like "fuck you, you murderer." Apples, oranges, and eggs started to fly, forcing the secret service men running and leaping into the air to deflect the garbage. Throughout it all, Nixon continued smiling and waving at the crowd—and at the TV cameras — as if the people were hurling rose petals and words of praise, Agnew,and other dignitaries riding in the cars that followed, were not so skilled at ignoring the assault. Most sat still in their cars, refusing to stand and expose themselves. Their facial expressions ranged from fear and shock- to rage. Once Nixon's car had moved far enough down the street, a high school band from Florida, standing on the corner where most of the demonstrators had gathered, struck up a rousing number and the cops moved in to clear people cut. Despite the fact that police used clubs to rougly push the crowd back, people were right back on the curb of Pennsylvania Avenue at the first opportunity, greeting each segment of the parade with appropriate chants and yells, There was plenty to complain about, White people dressed as day-glo Native Americans war- danced down Pennsylvania Avenue. Very few blacks could be seen on the floats in theparade, which was supposed to illustrate the "Spirit of '[19]76." Most of the worneVi on the floats wore short skirts or less in the freezing weather. They smiled and waved at the crowd and the president, who was delighted with ail; that passed before him, Most appalling, perhaps, were the floats intended as monuments to Nixon. Nixon's passion to be acknowledged by history as a great leader was clearly in the design of all the inaugural events. One huge float labeled " A Generation of Peace" had huge photos showing Nixon as the "Great Diplomat" (with Chou-En Lai and Leonid Ereshnev), the "Friend of Young People" (pointing out the 18 year old vote), and Nixon, the ecologically concerned (simply a picture of a mountain with the caption "Environment"), At the same time that the thousands of demonstrators were jeering Nixon's parade, close to 100,000 people were marching to Washington Monument in a demonstration sponsored jointly by In his speech at the Washington rally, PCPJ spokesman Sid Peck said that the Vietnamese had sent various messages expressing solidarity with the demonstrators. The following message comes from Ly Van Sau, spokesman for the Paris delegation of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam. "We would like to express our warmest greetings and our deepest gratitude to all you people who are staging today demonstrations for the end of U.S. aggression in Vietnam, for the recognition of the national, fundamental rights of the Vietnamese people. "You all know that the policy of armed forces followed by the American administration for T.a,ny years has been unable to bring our people to their knees and you may be sure that the Vietnamese people will continue their just struggle till they reach independence and freedom. "Now there are still two" possibilities: war or peace depends fully on the attitude of the U.S. administration. In case of a peace treaty acceptable to all sides, the questions of the execution of that treaty, the strict observation of that treaty, will also be a very important problem. "That is why I would like to ask all Americans of goodwill to all be very vigilant, to be always side by side with the Vietnamese people in their just struggle and you may be sure that the Vietnamese people appreciate very much your courageous struggle. "And I would like to repeat once more our warmest congratulations and our deepest gratitude to you all. Thank you." the People's Coalition for Peace and Justice (PCPJ) and the National Peace Action Coalition (NPAC). Earlier in the day over 2500 members of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) had marched with as many supporters from the gates of Arlington Cemetery to the War Memorial in Washington where they heard brief speeches by WAW member Barry Romo, recently returned from a trip to Hanoi, and Tran Than Tuygt, a Vietnamese woman who lives in Washington, At the War Memorial, the vets held a ceremonial signing of the 9 Point Peace Treaty and hundreds lined up add their names after a disabled vet in a wheelchair had signed first. The fact that there was such a massive turnout in Washington after a solid week of peace rumors seemed to say that people didn't trust the president to follow through on his promises of peace. And, judging from the variety of signs and chants-- attacking Nixon's policies on the media, welfare, the economy, etc,--the war wasn't the only issue at hand. Even if Nixon had signed the cease-fire agreement before the inauguration, chances are that there still would have been plenty of people demonstrating in Washington on the twentieth. In terms of number and spirit the day belonged to the demonstrators, not to Nixon. Though the Page 3 LIBERATION News Service (#496) January 24, 1973 more,
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Full text | of Pennsylvania Avenue. People started gathering there as early as 9 am (the parade began about 1 pm) and by the time the head of the paradepassed that point, they were ten to twenty deep in some places and numbered in the thousands. "V As the time for Nixon to pass drew closer and the shouting and surging of the crowd became more intense, extra secret servicemen and police were brought in to beef up defenses. But still, when Nixon rolled into view—standing up in the open-topped limousine, smiling, and waving to the crowd—he was greeted at first with a massive chant of "Nixon you liar, sign the cease fire" that soon gave way to enraged screams like "fuck you, you murderer." Apples, oranges, and eggs started to fly, forcing the secret service men running and leaping into the air to deflect the garbage. Throughout it all, Nixon continued smiling and waving at the crowd—and at the TV cameras — as if the people were hurling rose petals and words of praise, Agnew,and other dignitaries riding in the cars that followed, were not so skilled at ignoring the assault. Most sat still in their cars, refusing to stand and expose themselves. Their facial expressions ranged from fear and shock- to rage. Once Nixon's car had moved far enough down the street, a high school band from Florida, standing on the corner where most of the demonstrators had gathered, struck up a rousing number and the cops moved in to clear people cut. Despite the fact that police used clubs to rougly push the crowd back, people were right back on the curb of Pennsylvania Avenue at the first opportunity, greeting each segment of the parade with appropriate chants and yells, There was plenty to complain about, White people dressed as day-glo Native Americans war- danced down Pennsylvania Avenue. Very few blacks could be seen on the floats in theparade, which was supposed to illustrate the "Spirit of '[19]76." Most of the worneVi on the floats wore short skirts or less in the freezing weather. They smiled and waved at the crowd and the president, who was delighted with ail; that passed before him, Most appalling, perhaps, were the floats intended as monuments to Nixon. Nixon's passion to be acknowledged by history as a great leader was clearly in the design of all the inaugural events. One huge float labeled " A Generation of Peace" had huge photos showing Nixon as the "Great Diplomat" (with Chou-En Lai and Leonid Ereshnev), the "Friend of Young People" (pointing out the 18 year old vote), and Nixon, the ecologically concerned (simply a picture of a mountain with the caption "Environment"), At the same time that the thousands of demonstrators were jeering Nixon's parade, close to 100,000 people were marching to Washington Monument in a demonstration sponsored jointly by In his speech at the Washington rally, PCPJ spokesman Sid Peck said that the Vietnamese had sent various messages expressing solidarity with the demonstrators. The following message comes from Ly Van Sau, spokesman for the Paris delegation of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam. "We would like to express our warmest greetings and our deepest gratitude to all you people who are staging today demonstrations for the end of U.S. aggression in Vietnam, for the recognition of the national, fundamental rights of the Vietnamese people. "You all know that the policy of armed forces followed by the American administration for T.a,ny years has been unable to bring our people to their knees and you may be sure that the Vietnamese people will continue their just struggle till they reach independence and freedom. "Now there are still two" possibilities: war or peace depends fully on the attitude of the U.S. administration. In case of a peace treaty acceptable to all sides, the questions of the execution of that treaty, the strict observation of that treaty, will also be a very important problem. "That is why I would like to ask all Americans of goodwill to all be very vigilant, to be always side by side with the Vietnamese people in their just struggle and you may be sure that the Vietnamese people appreciate very much your courageous struggle. "And I would like to repeat once more our warmest congratulations and our deepest gratitude to you all. Thank you." the People's Coalition for Peace and Justice (PCPJ) and the National Peace Action Coalition (NPAC). Earlier in the day over 2500 members of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) had marched with as many supporters from the gates of Arlington Cemetery to the War Memorial in Washington where they heard brief speeches by WAW member Barry Romo, recently returned from a trip to Hanoi, and Tran Than Tuygt, a Vietnamese woman who lives in Washington, At the War Memorial, the vets held a ceremonial signing of the 9 Point Peace Treaty and hundreds lined up add their names after a disabled vet in a wheelchair had signed first. The fact that there was such a massive turnout in Washington after a solid week of peace rumors seemed to say that people didn't trust the president to follow through on his promises of peace. And, judging from the variety of signs and chants-- attacking Nixon's policies on the media, welfare, the economy, etc,--the war wasn't the only issue at hand. Even if Nixon had signed the cease-fire agreement before the inauguration, chances are that there still would have been plenty of people demonstrating in Washington on the twentieth. In terms of number and spirit the day belonged to the demonstrators, not to Nixon. Though the Page 3 LIBERATION News Service (#496) January 24, 1973 more, |
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