-- Westmoreland, Ashbrook Highlight April Program General William C. Westmoreland, former Army Chief of Staff and Commander of U.S. Military Forces in Vietnam, and Congressman John M. Ashbrook of Ohio highlight the April schedule of the American Studies Program. Part of Harding's special Bicen– tennial Lecture series, Westmoreland spoke on the Searcy campus April S and on the Harding Academy at Memphis campus April 6. Ashbrooks's presentation will be made only in Memphis and is scheduied for April 20. Currently, the chairman of the Governor's Task Force for Economic Growth in his native South Carolina, Westmoreland has recently had a book published under the title ''A Soldier Reports" by Doubleday Book Co. His lectures deal with the same topic. In Janua~y; 1964 Westiit~~eland reported for duty 1in Saigon, 'South· Vietnam. A·· few'·;mo.Dihs tater he * ·as appointed by then P~ident Lyndon B. Johnson as Commander of tlte U.S. · Forces in that , In July, 1%8, he was sworn in b ·ef of Staff, the highest position iri the Army. When he retired in 1972 upon completion of a four-year tour set by law for a Chief of Staff, Westmoreland had recorded 36 years in federal service and had earned 19 U.S. military decorations and 16 honor ribbons froin as many foreign countries. Ashbrook began his political career in 1956 when he was elected to the 102nd Ohio General Assembly. In 1960 Ashbrook stepped into the national spotlight by winning a seat in the U.S. House of Rttpresentatives. He has been re-elected seven times since. Also the director of the American Conservative Union, Ashbrook's presentation will deal with his ex– periences in Congress and aspects of domestic and international affairs. In March the American Studies students made a nine-day field trip to Washington, D.C. and other historical places near the capital. The 55-member group also traveled the famous Freedom Trail. Special highlights of the trip were visits to the White House, the Capitol Bu~ldjng, FBI headquarters, the State Department and the U.S. Supreme Court. The students were able to talk wit~ members of the Arkansas congressional delegation while in Washington. Accompanying the students were Dr. Billy Ray Cox.. director of the American Studies Program, Dr. Mike O'Neal, Dr. Fred Jewell, Dr. David Burks and Dr. Joe Segraves. ' • • 't ... • .! ......
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