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...Crimson itself has documented, our protest against the appointment of Hoge stems from his attempt to break the unions of the New York Daily News while he was publisher there. We find his actions quite despicable, particularly his hiring of so-called "permanent replacement workers" to take jobs away from dedicated career employees, including my father. We believe that such an individual is unworthy of being honored by Harvard with an appointment as an IOP fellow...
...both the occasions when Cloud and I spoke before the publication of his editorial, I explained very specifically that our position was that Harvard had made an unfortunate mistake in appointing Hoge, that this appointment never should have been made, and that this honor should be rescinded. Our protest has nothing to do with academic freedom, of which I publicly have been a diligent supporter, except that one of Hoge's many duties as a fellow is to teach a study group...
...conversations, I explained quite clearly to Cloud that we are in no way trying to censor Hoge. He has every right to come to Cambridge, speak his mind, and even to gather together interested individuals to form a study group...
With this appointment, he of course has a much easier time doing this, in that Harvard has publicized his study group, and has given him a room in which to conduct class sessions. We are in no way denying Hoge the right to fulfill his duties in teaching a class; we believe, however, that he never should have been appointed as a fellow in the first place...
Cloud even asked me why we were trying to stop Hoge from teaching this class. I explained to Cloud that we were doing nothing of the sort. Were we to shout down Hoge at the IOP introductory meeting, disrupt his study group when it tries to meet, or block access to the building, then we would be in the wrong...