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Howard Zinn — Part 1
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University, who criticized United States policy in Vietnam.
According to this report, ZINW in his speech questioned the
sincerity of the United States "peace feelers”. He pointed
out that the pre-conditions and demands made by tre United
States regarding settlement of the dispute were unreasonable.
He claimed that the United States fears @ coalition govern-
ment in Vietnam, and therefore intends to continue the “butchery”
until the Victecong is defeated militarily. ZINU concluded
that the United States with its enormous fire power, can win
the war in Vietnam but that she would never ccnquer the people
of the nation by such means.
‘The Yorker", in its issue of May 8, 1966, in an
article entitled “Hundreds at Peace Teach-In at Western
Reserve University", reported in part that an audience of
3500 had attended this teach-in opened by NORIAN THOMAS,
who castigated Vice President HUBERT HUMPHREY and Secretary
of State RUSK for their positions on Vietnam. ‘The article
reported that the teach-in attracted many cducators, including
Professor HOWARD ZIM of Boston University. @)
The Worker” is an east coast communist newspaper’. (yy
BS T-2, on June 10, 1966, advised that on May 26, 1966,
a meeting was called at Socialist Workers Party (SWP)
headquarters, Boston, Massachusetts, as a memorial to LEO
BERNARD, an SWP member assassinated in Detroit on May 16, 1966.
BS T-2 stated that at this meeting a letter was read from
Professor H, ZINN of Boston University, in which he said
the murder of LEO BERNARD was the result of the "kill the
conmie"” ideology that has become so popular in America.
Professor ZINN was not present at this meeting. “A)
A characterization of the SWP, Boston, appears
in the appendi:: of this report. (u)
The Socialist Workers Party has been designated
by the Attorney General of the United States
pursuant to Executive Order 10459. (Cu)
WThe Militant", a weekly newspaper of the Socialist
Workers Party, in its issue of June 13, 1966, printed a letter
from HOWARD ZINN, Professor of Government at Boston University,
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