JAPANESE INTELLECTUALS DEMAND END TO VIETNAM BOMBINGS © +9. '”
OSAKA -- Various movements against the war in Vietnam: ‘are © spreading far and wide in Japan. For instance, T. Tanikawa, presi~ dent of Hosei University, one of the "Big Six" in Japan, joined ~ with novelist J,Osaragi and three professors emeritus of Tokyo University -- T,.Miyazawa, H,Ouchi and S.,Wagatsuma -- in filing a_ joint proposal April 21 with Prime Minister Eisaku Sato asking the -government to appeal to the U.S. for an immediate suspension of air attacks on north Vietnam,
They also urged the government to make clear that if the war in Vietnam should escalate to a scale involving other countries that Japan would bar American military bases in Japan from being used for combat operations,
They sent an English translation to President Johnson, Vice-= President Humphrey and various senators.
A total of 93 scholars, artists, novelists and educators signed the proposal before it was handed to the prime minister at his official residence,
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