Solemn responsibility as president of the United States if i had done so. I want to end this war. The American People want to end this war. The people of South Vietnam want to end this war. But we want to end it permanently so that the younger brothers of our soldiers in vietnam will not have to fight in the future in another vietnam some place else in the world. The fact that there is no easy way to end the war does not mean that we have no choice but to let the war drag on with no end in sight. For four years, american boys have been fighting and dying in vietnam. For 12 months, our negotiators have been talking with the other side in paris. And yet the fighting goes on. The destruction continues. Brave men still die. The time has come for some new initiatives. Repeating the old formulas and the tired rhetoric of the past is not enough. When americans are risking their lives in war, it is the responsibility of their leaders to take some risks for peace. I would like to report to you
Good evening my fellow americans. I have asked for this Television Time to report to you on our most difficult and urgent problem. The war in vietnam. Since i took office four months ago, nothing has taken so much of my time and energy as a search for a way to bring lasting peace to vietnam. I know in some ways i shouldve ended the war immediately after inauguration by ordering our forces home. This wouldve been in easy thing to do, a popular thing to do. But i wouldve betrayed my solemn responsibility as president United States if i had done so. I want to end this war. And the American People want to end this war pick the people of South Vietnam want to end this war. That we want to end it permanently so that the younger brothers of our soldiers will not have to fight in a future vietnam someplace else in the world the fact that there is no easy way to end the war does not mean that we have no choice but to let the war dragged on with no end in sight. For four years american boys have
Newton and mark rudd. Narrator these are leaders for students from a democratic society. College00 chapters on campuses. National and local leaders are in convention at the chicago and takein june, 1969, major credit for mob action, rioting and burnings on College Campuses throughout the nation. This is defining the organization of sds. We will talk about socialism anywhere, in the streets, anywhere. Secretary of sds and this is bernadine dore, secretary. [indiscernible] narrator are there commune are there communists in this organization . You will see. You can hear people talk and judge for yourself or the people are communists or not. There are communists in the organization, no doubt about that. There are also liberals in the organization. Thate sds is not something exists in the school year and is set up again in the fall. We are going to be the streets in every city in this country from now on. We are going to replace capitalism with socialism. Narrator this is the National Revol
Channel basin, where the spacecraft is brought from the manufacturer in huntsville, alabama. And here, there is an interesting sight, too. Byond our press site, over the Vehicle Assembly building, there are scores of workers out, permitted for the first time to bring binoculars and cameras of their own to the base. Theres a holiday atmosphere. While normally during these launches work goes on the cape buteep things on schedule, indeed, in the Vehicle Assembly building, they have already erected apollo 12. It is ready to be rolled out as soon as apollo 11 is on its way for a launch. [beeping] it will be rolled out to launch within two months to me still try to meet president kennedys goal of landing on the moon in this decade. If apollo 11 goes as well as planned, they will take an extra couple of months to get a good reading on the rocks and so forth that are brought back. And then send apollo 12. We have an announcement coming up from Launch Control. This is apollo seven Launch Contro
Bring binoculars and cameras of their own to the base. And there is a holiday atmosphere. While normally during these launches, work goes on on the cape to keep things on schedule, but indeed, in the Vehicle Assembly building, they have already erected apollo 12. It is ready to be rolled out as soon as apollo 11 is on its way for a launch. [beeping] mr. Crum it will be rolled out to launch within two months to me still try to meet president kennedys goal of landing on the moon in this decade. If apollo 11 goes as well as planned, they will take an extra couple of months to get a good reading on the rocks and so forth that are brought back. And then send apollo 12. We have an announcement coming from Launch Control, and jack king. This is apollo seven Launch Control. We are now less than 16 minutes away from the planned liftoff of the apollo 11 space vehicle. All is going well with the countdown at this time. The astronauts aboard the spacecraft have had a little chance to rest over the