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Precisely because the debate had been thorough and quite open, and because three organizations composed exclusively or largely of student representatives had come out with similar recommendations that did not endorse the SDS position, the sit-in could only be interpreted as an attempt to impose by pressure what was not obtainable by free and rational discussion. This is a form of moral absolutism that amounts to intolerable political tryanny. Majority rule has its flaws, and I have heard ad nauseam the argument that moral issues cannot be settled by majority decisions. But what was at stake was public policy...
...responsible to student concern over ROTC. It had taken the Dow incident to get Student-Faculty Council established and a new procedure on recruitment adopted. This time, the docket of the Faulty consisted of resolutions which al reflected student opinions or resulted from student-faculty discussions. Supporters of the SDS position had freely argued their case with SFAC, and a similar resolution was before the Faculty. This time, it could not be said that University passivity had forced the students to act; it was the move of some students which prevented the Faculty from acting...
Harvard-Radcliffe SDS members discussed treatment of participants in the Paine Hall sit-in and the general movement to abolish ROTC on campus at a meeting in Burr B last night...
...SDS Anti-War Committee presented a petition and policy statement, both demanding complete amnesty for the demonstrators and abolition of ROTC...
James T. Kilbreth '69, emphasized the direct connection between ROTC and the U.S. military establishment. He said that SDS did not regard it as a legitimate undergraduate organization, since "it supplies the Army with junior level officers which it needs to carry out its policies...