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...white men soon start to meld with the nomadic Eskimo commune. But even as the whalers learn to eat meat raw instead of "disgustingly" burning it, forget the calendar and acquire their hosts' language, they also begin to commit offenses born less of malice than of cultural differences...
...Fall, the CRR took it upon itself to inquire about students' political beliefs and sex lives-over neither of which the Committee has jurisdiction. Two weeks ago the Committee released a decision in the case of Allen S. Weinrub, a graduate student accused of conspiring at a meeting to commit a disruption which never took place. Although it acquitted Weinrub, the CRR made plain in its decision that it feels free to judge defendants' beliefs, thoughts, and intent, even though they may commit no actions which could legitimately be punished...
...American police state leave no good reason for the infamous McCarran Act, a legal dragnet for jailing radicals and communists without trial. Title II of this "emergency detention law," introduced by liberal Senators like Paul Douglas in 1950, allows the government to apprehend and detain anyone suspected of committing or conspiring to commit espionage or sabotage during national emergencies. But such an emergency cannot be declared unless there is war or "an insurrection in aid of a foreign enemy." The attempt to shut down Washington last Monday might have qualified here, So, too, in the riot-filled summers...
...Washington last week. "The climate will never be better." With these words, Rogers announced that in early May he will make his first official visit to the Middle East, traveling to Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Israel. The State Department insisted that Rogers' visit would not commit U.S. prestige to the intricate task of finding acceptable solutions. Even so, the presence of a Secretary of State in the Middle East for the first time since John Foster Dulles visited there in 1953 puts pressure on the U.S. to help bring about some kind of results...
Much of the giving reflects the tactical problem faced by white religious leaders, particularly liberal Protestants: how to commit their churches to the aid of blacks without seeming, at the same time, to commit them to Forman's call to a black-led revolution. The experience of Riverside Church's chief minister, the Rev. Dr. Ernest Campbell, is typical. Though Riverside was noted for its active social ministry long before Forman's invasion, it is now seeking to raise $450,000 in a new Fund for Social Justice. The money will be distributed only after recipients...