Robert F. Kennedy on Vietnam, 1967
On May 15, 1967, CBS broadcast Town Meeting of the World , a program in which Senator Robert F. Kennedy of New York and Governor Ronald Reagan of California answered questions posed by the moderator, Charles Collingwood; students from the United States; and international students in Great Britain (via satellite). Although the subject of the program was "The Image of America and the Youth of the World," questions focused primarily on America’s involvement in Vietnam. After the broadcast, John F. Bayliss, a member of the English Department at Indiana State University and founder...