"We are spreading the holocaust in Indochina," he continued, saying that the difference between the Nazi extermination camp of Auschwitz, which he recently visited, and the American effort in Asia is that "We are incinerating people without taking the booty." He advocated more teach-ins, pressure on politicians, and even withholding of taxes to force an end to American involvement.

Wicker said, "We must face up to the fact that there is something deeply wrong in our country and the war is only the sickest fruit."

He received a standing ovation.

Another well received speech was Abzug's, which started the evening. She said Nixon was convinced that "You are all majoring in apathy." Someone in the crowd yelled, "bull-shit," and Abzug replied, "That's right. If I believed that, I wouldn't be here.

"I can't believe you're going to continue to let a white, male, middle-aged, middle-class, rural power structure continue to have its way," she said.

M. I. T. professor Noam Chomsky, the final official speaker, said, "In 20 years, the U. S. has not swerved from its goal of dominating Southeast Asia." He said the danger of American subjugation of the area is even more ominous now because of the recent discovery of oil off the Vietnam coast.

"Because of American bombing and other pacification efforts," Chomsky said, "South Vietnam in 1960 was 85 per cent rural; it is now 40 to 50 per cent rural. "There are limits to the strength of a popular movement, but there are no limits to the strength of American technology," Chomsky said.

Cynthia Frederick, a journalist recently expelled from South Vietnam for participation in an anti-war people's organization, spoke of the growth of anti-war sentiment in Saigon. Thompson discussed the power role of presidential advisors in determining-and potentially changing-Indochina policy.

Other official speakers included Rep. Donald F. Riegle (R-Mich.) and Walter Pincus, former staff director of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who stressed the importance of pressuring Congress; and Stanley Hoffmann, professor of Government, who said the U. S. must not simply withdraw its troops, but help set up a government in South Vietnam which can work with the Communists.

Unofficial speakers at the end of the meeting included representatives of SDS, PL, a Puerto Rican liberation group, and the Young Socialist Alliance.