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College anti-UMT forces disagreed on reasons for opposing Universal Military Training last night and lined up in two competing factions as the Committee for Wallace voted to affiliate with the Greater Boston Student Committee Opposed to UMT. Earlier, members of the newly-formed youth division of the National Council Against Conscription had declined to work with the Greater Boston group...
...Wallacities, meeting 90-strong in the Winthrop Junior Common Room, termed the UMT issue a "Railing point" for Wallace forces. Daniel L. Marsh, president of B.U., is one of the sponsors of the Boston Committee, a two-month old group, which includes religious leaders and members of the Progressive Citizens of America...
...Boston group, however, disclaims any PCA or AYD parentage. "We welcomes any and all opposition to UMT," their chairman said, adding that they "hope to see a morger" of the two groups for united action...
...split was seen last night as the outgrowth of the Boston group's opposition to UMT as an arm of the "bi-partisan foreign policy." the NCAC supports the Administration's foreign policy and opposes UMT because of the "dangers to democracy" which it presents...
...could not support any petition," Neisser said, "which attacks UMT on foreign policy grounds...