After the Lipman proposal had passed, the Independent Front asked for an amendment to change the central SMC slogan. "Bring All the G.I.'s Home Now." That sentiment, said a RYM speaker, is "blatant national chauvinism in that it concerns itself with American lives, and doesn't preclude the continued "Vietnamized" presence of the U.S. in Vietnam,"

The conference rejected his proposal to substitute the slogan "U.S. out of Vietnam."

Sunday afternoon, the conference heard reports and "minor proposals" from the topical workshops that were held Saturday. They only had time to listen to six of the thirteen planned reports.

The workshop on G.I. rights asked for official SMC opposition to "racism in the service, the suspension of civil rights in the service, and the prosecution of anti-war G.I.'s." The G.I. representative also urged universities to open their campuses to local G.I.'s, and urged students to make the G.I. "feel part of the movement." He said there is a "great and largely untapped potential" for activism in the armed services.

The conference-which earlier in the day had rejected a platform from the American Serviceman's Union that included the rights of disobedience to "illegal orders" collective bargaining and election of officers-heartily endorsed the workshop report.

The High School Workshop received the conference's endorsement for the High School Bill of Rights, which demands constitutional liberties for all secondary school students. Another proposal attacking the "tracking system" for causing economic segregation, was rejected.

Two proposals emerged from the Women's Liberation workshop. The majority resolution asserted that "the war exacerbates the dual oppression of women by monopolizing dollars that should go to free day-care centers, free abortion centers, and creation of more meaningful jobs for women," and asked that a day in the mobilization week be devoted to women's rights.

The conference passed this proposal over that of the IS women's caucus, which called the conference "male chauvinist from top to bottom" and argued that it was SMC's responsibility to clearly delimit the connection between the war and the oppression of women.

The IS caucus claimed that the worst discrimination at the conference was directed against the Gay Liberation Front, which received the conference's support in its "fight against America's repressive, chauvinistic gender-identity."

The last intense debate was over the reports of the Civil Disobedience and Draft workshops. Rejecting a proposal to support the New Mobilization Committee's anti-draft week (scheduled for March) and an Independent Front resolution to actively integrate civil disobedience into demonstrations, the conference passed a motion to leave tactics up to local SMC chapters. The national SMC will continue to oppose the draft and defend any member who violates draft laws.

Reactions to the conference differed, but all agreed that the mood established would help determine the direction of the anti-war movement.

Jerry Gordon, New Mobilization Committee co-chairman in the Cleveland area, greeted the conference Saturday morning by calling it "the biggest anti-war conference, and perhaps the most important assembly of youth, ever." Comedian and activist Dick Gregory said Saturday evening that coming to the conference was "the most important trip of my life."

The minority coalition called the convention "a ludicrous railroad job by YSA." A woman from the Worker's League said it was "just like the Democratic National Convention."

Co-chairman Dan Siegel said Sunday night. "I thought it was a real good convention, in terms of numbers and enthusiasm. Those who were split off were schismatized before they got here, and there was nothing we could do about it."