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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...stormiest and largest meeting since its founding, the Harvard Student Union last night passed a resolution condemning "Russian aggression against Finland," and elected officers for the coming year...
...drag the United States into war, implemented by a second proposal specifying allegedly Unneutral acts. The anti-aggression stand was put forth by Jack M. Perlman '40 along with an appeal for neutrality. The added clause on unneutral acts was sponsored by Paul Olum '40, vice-president of the Union...
Within its own ranks the Student Union will find that the presence of an over-articulate Communist bloc makes a mockery of all past pledges against on-aggression. Not only must Russia be condemned, but the influence of its undergraduate allies be limited to the strength of their \numbers. The time when American Communists could cry for a "popular front" against Fascism is history. The myth is exploded...
...limiting the voice of its Communist members to their proportional representation, the Student Union will be neither red-baiting nor crimping the freedom of speech. For their unimportance in numbers -- merely a seventh of the total membership -- the Y.C.I., has had authority within the Student Union far in excess of its democratic privilege. Skilful infiltration into key posts has enabled them to hold their ground although far from representing majority opinion. And yet the blame for Communist leadership cannot be placed on their shoulders. They are only too eager to carry the load of committee chairmanships and organization. With their...
...better start can be made towards a new unity than the condemnation of Russian aggression. All future advance along progressive lines can spring only from this sharp severance from Communist ideology. Harvard's Student Union should not allow its growth to be hundred either from within or without. At the National Convention of the American Student Union after Christmas, relations with Russia will again develop into a storm-center. Already a hundred New York chapters have decided to stick by the Party Line. But on a national vote dissension will break out through the Student Union. If the Party Line...