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...attitude is not the innocently tolerant one that it first appears. He would grant Americans freedom of "political ideas", but he draws the line at "political action" tainting of "SDS, Communism, pacifism, nihilism, and treachery." When critics suggested that Ichord considered peace a Communist plot, the chairman quickly retracted his indictment of pacifists, saying he was misquoted...
Even so, his other criteria for illegal political action (particularly "treachery") reclaim for the Committee its right to thought control. Ichord has promised to expose every revolutionary group as well as those who "condone" this violence. This means, he emphasizes, concentrating on SDS and Afro-style campus agitators. William Colmer (D-Miss.), a member of HUAC, added that he was especially concerned about "Communists working with young people in colleges and even in high schools...
...most effective sanction was terror. Almost any publicity from HUAC meant the "blacklist." Without a chance to clear his name, a witness would suddenly find himself without friends and without a job. But it is not easy to see how in 1969 a HUAC blacklist could terrorize an SDS activist. Witnesses like Jerry Rubin have openly boasted of their contempt for American institutions. A subpoena from HUAC would be unlikely to scandalize Abie Hoffman or his friends...
ORIGINALLY three blacks led each of the groups, but as the number of students involved grew to thousands, there were not enough black leaders and several of the early ones felt that they could not head groups without risking arrest. At this point Wisconsin's SDS offered to do anything to help the black students' cause...
...JONES -- SDS; RGA Representative; President, Edmonds House; HDC; PBH Mental Health Committee; Anti-ROTC Campaign; Major: Government...