Peace Groups Petition EMK's Personal Aide

A delegation of peace groups seeking Senator Edward M. Kennedy's support against the war in Vietnam spoke with the Senator's legislative aid, Laurence Laughlin, for 15 minutes Friday in the Federal building.

Walter M. Light '67 and Michael R. Sage '68 of the Harvard-Radcliffe Students for a Democratic Society described Laughlin's reaction to the groups' petition as "friendly and cooperative." Laughlin told them that their petition was "the kind of lobbying that is beginning to have an effect in Washington."

The petition, signed by thirteen students and faculty members from the Boston area, asked Kennedy to initiate floor debate in the Senate over President Johnson's policy in Vietnam. Laughlin promised to give the petition to Kennedy and to arrange a meeting between the Senator and the delegation.