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Earlier in its meeting, the Faculty approved a modified and amended version of a resolution suporting the October 15 Moratorium...
...Politics Note: College students in the Boston area were informed by a circular that a radical named Michael Harrington was running for Congress against a "superhawk." Student volunteers saw a Harrington victory as a good omen for the October Moratorium. Many were certain that this Michael Harrington was the Michael Harrington who wrote The Other America and Toward a Democratic Left. No, that man is another Michael Harrington. The Sixth District may not be ready...
Opponents of both the anti-war and the Moratorium resolutions argued that the Faculty should not take corporate stands on matters of national political policy...
...avoid splitting the Faculty on that issue, they suggested amending the Moratorium resolution and postponing the antiwar resolution until after the Faculty meeting...
...quite likely that neither resolution will have any effect on the U. S. policy in Vietnam, even if passed unanimously. The Nixon administration has heard peace suggestions from many prestigious quarters and has been no more responsive than its predecessor. The resolution on the Vietnam Moratorium, if approved, cannot be any more influential than the Moratorium itself, and the Moratorium has crucial flaws. Its platform has been poorly-defined, its turnout will be difficult to estimate, and it can be easily dismissed or ignored by the administration...