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Gottlieb's statement upon tendering his resignation to the Executive Committee follows: "I have resigned from the presidency of the HSU because of a fundamental disagreement with the program...
...executive committee of the HSU, in accepting Gottlieb's resignation, said, "We regret that we feel forced to accept Alan Gottlieb's resignation from the presidency. The program adopted by the membership of the Student Union calls for opposition to any aid to the belligerents as a fundamental plank in its anti-war program, and we cannot but feel that Gottlieb's advocacy of aid to Great Britain and support of the Administration's program is in contradiction with our desire to keep the Student Union an anti-war organization...
Referring to Dr. Butler's pronouncement as "astonishing" and a "frontal attack on the liberties of students and scholars in a free country," the HSU held this "thorough perversion of the phrase 'academic freedom'" to be "one more clear indication that many of our senior partners in the academic world have, through their subservience to the war drive, abdicated their position of leadership in America...
...better. Until next week's meeting casts the die, no one in favor of this general stand should drop out or refuse to join on the grounds that this particular view appears likely to be voted down. Another question that bobs up is the fate of the Progressive, the HSU organ which, under the leadership of Marx and Stange, has become one of Harvard's best-written, most provocative magazines. It would be especially unfortunate if the rift in the HSU should result in clogging this outlet of student opinion...
...with the national parent organization, the American Student Union, is not so acute. Only the Marx-Stange group will be acceptable to the ASU or will consider membership in it an asset. So it appears likely that this part of the Union, even in defeat, would remain the official HSU. The pros and cons of membership in the national body have been fully debated in past years, and the present crisis over foreign policy can add nothing to what has already been said...