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Mr. Dole, who served four terms in the House, and Mr. Avery, who served five House terms before being elected Governor in 1964, both called for a cease-fire or truce in Vietnam with strict United Nations supervision.
NYT, 1/23/69:
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9 Senators Offer Bill to End Draft [including Dole]
NYT, 8/12/76:
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"Let there be no confusion at to President Ford's position on this issue. It is unequivocal, and applies equally to draft evaders and deserts, no blanket pardon, no blanket amenesty, no blanket clemency."
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"Today, we have those who would signal weakness and generate strife by declaring that those who served this nation in her armed forces deserve no greater consideration than those who turned their backs and scurried away."
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In his legion speech Mr. Dole recalled that four wars in this century had been fought under Democratic Presidents.
"We know that wars become self justifying once they've begun," he said, "but once the harsh light of histroy reveals that they rarely begin for reasons that are self justifying, but rather because of weakness, wishful thinking and bad leadership.
"No one hates war more than those who have had to fight. And none have a greater right to insist upon leadership that understands how to prevent war, to protect liberty, and to preserve peace, than those who have had to fight."
NYT, 10/26/1976:
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Senator Robert J. Dole, the Republica Vice-Presidential candidate, withdrew today his content that World War II and the Vietnam conflict were "Democrats wars," but he contended that American weakness contributed to one and American indecision led to the other.
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"American weakness contributed to World War II and American indecision gave us the nightmare that was Vietnam."