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...Presidio chaplain told him that "it is not my job to see if a military man has been dealt justice." At this point, said Glaser, he decided that chaplains "do not have freedom of movement, and they do not even have freedom of conscience." Glaser's proposal: abolish military clergy altogether...
...must often answer to hostile congregations if they take a radical stand on a matter of theology or politics. Navy Chaplain John A. Rohr argues that in a world where peace is still unattainable the fact of war's existence "must be borne even as we strive to abolish it." Christianity, he says, needs both kinds of ministers-the civilian picketing for peace and the chaplain serving "those brave young men who bear so disproportionate a burden of the sins of the world...
...Dartmouth College, strong sentiment against the Viet Nam war has long focused on the nearest target: ROTC. In democratic fashion, the college last month submitted the issue to a student referendum. Duly reflecting the results, the faculty then voted to abolish ROTC over a four-year period so that incoming freshmen who are counting on miltary scholarships will not be penalized. The plan did not satisfy a radical minority led by members of Students for a Democratic Society. Calling for the immediate abolition of ROTC, they vowed to stage "an act of civil disobedience...
...made it clear to the reporter that while the great majority of the student body did not condone the violent acts of those who seized the building, many sympathized with them in their avowed purpose to abolish ROTC at Harvard...
...Glassman's article portrays me as saying that the Governing Boards of Harvard are unwilling to abolish ROTC for fear that Harvard will lose federal research grants. This is a complete distortion of what I said, due in part, it is fair to say, to the way in which a portion of my remarks were reported...