GOVERNOR CRITICIZES OBJECTORS AT BROWN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000100740001-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2000
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: November 1, 1967
• Content Type: NSPR

Y
Approved For Release 2q Q&/05 uGIA D 75-001498000100740001-2
BULLE ItN
L - 146,512
NOV , 1967
Governor CriticizeS
Objectors at Brown
Governor Chafee today
praised the work of the cen-
tral Intelligence Agency as
necessary to America's security
and criticized students who in-
terferred with its recruiting at
Brown University.
He said he agrees "complete-
Chafee. "We ought to count our ganization any other way."
dent, Dr. Ray L. Heffner, who
plans diciplinary action against
those who blocked the recruiter,
James W. Gurll Jr., from hold-
ing interviews yesterday by sit-
ti4i'g on the floor before the
placement office at 90 Water-
man St.
The Governor at his press
conference also described as
"silly" similar demoistrations
on other campuses again 't rep-
resentatives of Dow Chemical
Company, a manufacturer of
napalm used in the Vietnam
war.
"The country is darn lucky
we have a. CIA out there find-
ing what the enemy or poten-
tial enemy is, doing," said Mr.
blessings we have somebody
willing to serve in the partic-
ular job."
He said it was "not all
heroic" espionage. Frequently it
is "tedious", involving pouring
over statistics on electric power,
figures and other data appear-
ing in Communist newspapers,
he said.
"I would like to express our' appreciation to the men who
serve in the CIA and take the
trouble to come and recruit,"
declared the governor.
"I hope they get them," he
said of new employes. "We need
good people in every branch of
government."
Mr. Chafee indicated his prin-
method of the student,demon-
stration.
"People are entitled to dem-
onstrate and indicate disap-
proval," he said. "But once they
start obstructing the operations
of institutions, be it state or
university, they are subject to
Approved For Release 2000/05/05 : CIA-RDP75-00149R000100740001-2