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...Harvard Graduate Women's organization issued its own statement last night saying it "deplores the manner in which Harvard has handled its negotiations with HEW." It called the plan "unsatisfactory...
Specifically, the GWO objected to the fact that the release mentions minorities but not women as being underrepresented among administrators; that HEW accepted the plan while they are still only discussing with Harvard wage and salary differentials based on sex, with no affirmative action yet promised; and that the plan ignored graduate and professional school admissions policy which they said, should be included under the apprenticeship provisions of Executive Order 11246 (as amended), under which the HEW investigation has been conducted...
...Spokesman Margaret Graham also accused Edward Wright Jr. assistant to the President for Minority Affairs, of breaking HEW regulations requiring that those affected "understand" any compliance plan. Wright declined to enlarge upon the official release either to GWO representatives who swarmed his office yesterday morning or to the CRIMSON. HEW spokesmen referred callers to Wright...
Graham also said the GWO was preparing a suggested affirmative action plan, in response to a letter from President Pusey requesting cooperation with HEW, when they learned Harvard's plan had already been approved. Graham said Pusey's letter, though dated December 21, 1970, was not mailed until February 3. "They didn't want our help." Graham said, "They just wanted the letter in their file...
...subject of discrimination against women the Harvard plan is considerably more vague than the one HEW imposed on the University of Michigan late last year...