CAMPUS REVOLT OVER VIETNAM WORRIES WASHINGTON
The rising domestic opposition to the escalation of the war in Vietnam is disliked by Johnson, according to Richard Reston, Washington correspondent of the Los Angeles Times. "The President's fear," he writes Ta April 25], “is strong domestic opposition to this country's course in Vietnam will mislead Hanoi, Peking, Moscow and other Red capitals about the firm U.S. commitment to defend South Vietnam against Communist aggression,"
Still worse, this firm commitment may not prove to be so firm under domestic attack. "The worry among officials here is that adverse American reaction to the crisis will either collapse the present U.S. policy or at least force the President to shift his position. somewhat," .
, What especially shocked Johnson was the "large-scale organ= ized discussions, debates, demonstrations and rallies at more than 50 universities and colleges. "
~The "growing campus revolt against the conduct of American policy in Vietnam" has "serious dangers." Not only have the "U.S, air strikes against Communist North Vietnam been brought under attack, but a question has been placed on the “broader American attempt to prevent a Viet Cong takeover in South Vietnam,"
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