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Mr. Hugh H. Hefner, editor and publisher of PLAYBOY
Mr. Richard Harkness, NBC news commentator
The Honorable Hale Boggs, majority whip of the U. S. House of
Representatives
The Honorable Charles Longstreet Weltner, member of the U. S. House
of Representatives and member of the House Committee on UnAmerican
Activities
Major L. P. McLendon, distinguished N.C. public servant
Peter B. Young, noted N.C. News Analyst for WRAL-TV
Mr. Floyd B. McKissick, chairman of the Board of the Congress of
Racial Equality.

I would like to list those who will appear this spring:
1) Robert Welch
2) Possibly Russell Long
3) Fulton Lewis, III

Here are some of the individuals we have tried to get to come to the
Carolina Forum:

William Buckley, editor of the NATIONAL REVIEW
Mr. Dean Burch
The Honorable Richard Daley
The Honorable Everett Dirksen
The Honorable Arthur Goldberg
The Honorable Harry S. Truman
The Honorable Hubert H. Humphrey
The Honorable Richard Nixon
The Honorable Adlai Stevenson
The Honorable J. Edgar Hoover
Dr. Martin Luther King
Mr. George Meany
Mr. James Reston
Mr. Edward P. Morgan
The Honorable George Wallace
The Honorable Barry Goldwater
The Honorable Nelson Rockefeller
The Honorable William Scranton
Mr. James Hoffa
Mr. Walter Reuther
The Honorable Robert Kennedy
The Honorable Edward Kennedy
The Honorable George Romney
The Honorable Russell Long
The Honorable Robert McNamara
The Honorable Bill Moyers
The Honorable Earl Warren
Mr. Robert Welch
The Honorable Dwight D. Eisenhower

This represents only a small fraction of the invitations which we have
issued.

Continuing our policy of presenting all viewpoints we have extended an
invitation and received an acceptance from Dr. Herbert Aptheker to participate
in a panel discussion on March 9th on the Carolina Forum. This invitation
was extended by the Student Government and the DAILY TAR HEEL.

We feel that Dr. Aptheker is qualified as an academician having received
his doctorate degree from Columbia University. He is also the author of
some 17 books.

We disagree with the point of view which Dr. Aptheker represents and
we find his illegal trip to Hanoi particularly distasteful. But we would
respectfully contend that he should be allowed to speak at the University.
We don't think that any person should be refused his right to speak at Chapel
Hill or anywhere else in America because of his political affiliation or back-
ground - no matter how distasteful it might be.

As I have said, I have served my country in South Vietnam and I feel
that I have a good understanding of our constant and growing struggle with
Communism.