Senator Proxmire delivers keynote speech at Mock Convention

On Friday, April 20, 1984, Senator William Proxmire (D-Wisc.) spoke on issues of economics and foreign policy in the keynote address of Dickinson College's Mock Convention, held in the Kline center. In his address, Proxmire criticized President Reagan's deficit, which had risen from $56 billion to $195 billion between 1981 and 1983. To cut back on spending, Proxmire proposed eliminating military spending on missiles, bombers, aircraft and tanks.

Proxmire expressed support for equal draft registration for both men and women, and for the nuclear freeze movement, saying "In the long haul the answer is the nuclear freeze. It's the only way we can survive," and "It's the only way to have a fighting chance to live."