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William L. Kitchen, an organizer for the Arkansas Community Organization for Reform Now (ACORN), said in a letter accompanying the petition, "If this petition in any way helps to convince you that Harvard should act positively and quickly on ACORN's requests, then it will have served its purpose...
...ACORN also announced yesterday that 16 national organizations--including the United Steelworkers Union and Friends of the Earth--have sent or "will send in a day or two" letters to Bok asking him to help ACORN in its fight against the plant...
...organizations will all say that Harvard should quickly take action on ACORN's request, and that "people all over the country are awaiting Harvard's decision," ACORN said...
...ACORN says that the plant will, through carbon dioxide emissions, pollute the air and crops around it. The Arkansas Public Service Commission will hold a hearing sometime in January to learn the validity of ACORN's claims...
...hard to judge whether the Corporation Subcommittee is sincerely interested in stopping the plant, or if it only feels threatened by the widespread support ACORN is getting. But it is clear that the Sub-committee is taking the whole matter seriously...