Word: tocsins
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...member of the audience later suggested, most of the opposition to Tocsin had been based on a misunderstanding of its aims and proposals...
...third alternative, Beer explained, was unilateral nuclear disarmament. Its very mention brought hisses, and the speaker had to point out, again, that neither he nor Tocsin advocates this step. When pressed, said Beer, even the unilateralists admit that their policy would likely lead to Communist control. Their usual defense is the slogan, "better red than dead...
Finally, Beer spoke for arms control through "unilateral initiative" and/or multilateral negotiations. This is Tocsin's approach, and Beer's: taking small steps of disarmament in the expectation that the Soviets will "reciprocate with a similar or equivalent action." On our part, such steps would be intended "clearly to weaken our powers of aggression," but "not to cripple our power of retaliation...
...Tocsin has two purposes, said Peter Goldmark '62, a member: to get its ideas talked about, and to influence government. As an example of the latter, Goldmark told the audience that he and Robert Weil '61, Tocsin president, had been invited to confer with top officials in the Disarmament Section of the State Department. Also, during the meeting, Goldmark publicly phoned Congressman Miller of California...
...conclusion, Tocsin presented a three-point plan toward a nuclear test ban, urging the U.S. to continue its moritorium on tests "as long as there exist reasonable prospects of a satisfactory agreement," and to invite other parties in test-ban negotiations to participate in Project Vela, a U.S. research project on test inspection systems