SEN EDWARD KENNEDY CONDEMNING WAR IN VIETNAM, SAYING HE FEELS U.S. OPERATIONS IMPEDING PROGRESS IN PARIS PEACE TALKS.




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Background: (BOSTON)--SENATOR EDWARD KENNEDY SAYS ABOVE ALL ELSE, CURRENT STUDENT UNREST IS A PROTEST AGAINST--AS HE PUT IT--"FOUR FRUITLESS YEARS" OF U-S MILITARY ACTION IN VIETNAM. THE MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRAT MADE HIS ASSESSMENT IN A SPEECH PREPARED FOR A GRADUATION CEREMONY AT BOSTON'S EMMANUEL COLLEGE.

OTHER CAUSES OF STUDENT DISORDERS--KENNEDY SAID--ARE CONCERN ABOUT POVERTY AND RACIAL BIGOTRY IN THE NATION. THE SENATE DEMOCRATIC WHIP ALSO REPEATED HIS CRITICISM OF U-S MILITARY ACTIONS IN VIETNAM AS "SENSELESS."