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..C .-' ' )COO018139 7 I .. 4 . Of the forty-eicht persons on the New hiobe steering committee, thirty are activist hangers-on from the National h!obe. This group, including such characters as F r e d Halstead, SMP; Carol Lipman, Student hslobe and YSA; Arnold Johnson, public relations man for the CPUSA; Donald Kalish, UGLA's communist synipathizing professor, and many, many others, in the absence of a n official list, probably comprises the roll of many of the most dangerous political revolution- aries in the United States today. Included are organizers par excel- lence such as Dave Dellinget and Rennic Davis and self-appointed radi- cal philosophcrs such as Sidney Peck, K:ilish, and Sidney Lens. There can be little doubt rlrat U. 3. involvemcnl in Vietnam serves only as a c a r r i e r cause cclcbrc for tho ulterior motives oi thc New hiobe lcadcr- ship. ft would s e e m that LIIC names of yntortunate Americans who have given their lives in Asia as well as thc uirconscious dupes in the ranks of thc VIiC and thc hiobcs are merely txing used to promote thc Lra- ditional objectives of international com~nunism. I I . It appears that support for President Nison's war policy and Vietnamization program is growing. $is speech of November 3 will not havc thc effect of swelling the ranks of the protest as protest headers, pursuing a hoped for band wagon effect, say. ONeithcr have the recent speeches oi Vicc-Prr'sident Agnew significantly enlarged the body protest. on the American public, it was a positive one consolidating popular support behind him. every avenue, doing all he can to end a bitter war with some a s s u r - ance of stabilization it1 Asia and protecting American diplomatic credibility. 'The critiques following the November 3 address by vari- ous batteries oi network "reporters-cum-foreign policy expert" indi- cated that they failed to hear anything other than the President's appeal to the "great sil'ent majority. I' Because of the Vihite House resppnse (reported telegrams, letters, and calls) and a Gallup telephone poll following the speech of t h e 3rd, the American people, fortunately, heard considerably m o r e than the critics. Although the validity of Dr. Gallup's quickie on the evening of the 3rd is practically unmea- surable it is most certainly significant that 77 percent supported 'President Nixon and evcn m o r e significant that only 10 percent openly rejccted tho policy of his administration. If tlrc PresiGent's speech had any strong impact I'Irc President can be clearly seen traveling Some counter-action to New Mobe demonstrations is being planned but it appears that it may be traditionally feeble. Not that 1 . .. . .. . . . . . . .