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This motion was not made for the sake of equal time; if we were to run an ad for the union, there would be no cries for a response from Eastern. In fact, we have run ads for the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers, but it was never suggested that we give the University equal space to present its side. The motion was made simply because the large majority of Crimson editors support the union's efforts, and they opposed the anti-union message that they felt was underlying Eastern's low fares...
...someone else's advertisement space. In addition, we would welcome Eastern's political opinions on our editorial page. But we don't want Lorenzo's business, we don't want his money and we don't want to be accomplices to his tactics by having his product on our ad pages...
Many readers of The Crimson, and most of the paper's editorial staff, oppose the company. We oppose buying cheap tickets at the expense of striking workers and crossing the picket lines to fly. In effect, we oppose everything the ad is trying to sell...
Nonetheless, after a heated three-hour debate, a two-thirds majority of the Crimson editorial board decided not to pull the Eastern ad...
...stands, any attempt to pull an ad in the name of our editorial stance is merely blinding ourselves to reality. This paper and any other depends on its advertising revenue to stay in print. More often than not our ads come from firms that contravene our sense of morality...