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Alvin F. Poussaint, associate dean of the Medical School, charged Friday that attacks by Vice President Agnew on recruitment by medical schools of students from minority groups are "irresponsible at best and racist at worst...
...statement released to the New York Times, Poussaint and James A. Comer, associate dean of the Yale Medical School, who are both black, said that Agnew "owes an apology to every minority group medical student in the country...
...speech before a Republican group Thursday in Chicago, Agnew said that demands for open admission policies at graduate schools are being made by "supercilious sophisticates...
...When next you are sick, do you wish to be attended by a physician who entered medical school to fill a quota or because of his medical aptitude?" Agnew asked...
...Agnew charged that minority students recruited by medical schools are less qualified at graduation. "The same pressures which operated to bring about the favored admissions status of those admitted because of race, socio-economic class, or ethnic background continue to operate in favor of their successful completion of studies undertaken," he said...