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Oklahoma VVAW: Anti-Draft Rally

By VVAW

In early April, more than 200 people gathered on the campus of the University of Oklahoma in Norman for an anti-draft rally. The show of force against Carter's registration plan had special significance for VVAW as it marked one of the first appearances of the new Norman Chapter of the organization.

Ten members of the new chapter were at the rally to hear Mike Sutton, VVAW spokesman, say, in part:

"Within the next five years the administration intends to spend one trillion dollars on defense. Only with great concern and activism can we ensure that our national resources are not again wasted—that the lives of our young people are not again wasted.

"Can we make a difference? Yes. Will our activity have an effect? Yes. Consider for a moment, with the proper warm feeling, that Richard Nixon did not sleep soundly while anti-Vietnam war activists demonstrated outside the White House. Perhaps some powerful people are sleeping too soundly right now. Shall we wake them up?"