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...Weatherman action in Chicago was important because it was the first time in the history of the anti-Vietnam War movement that large numbers of radicals committed planned acts of violence...
Many New Yorkers with sons in Vietnam, or merely conscious of where their tax money was going, have apparently been impressed by the Mayor's willingness to take a stand on this national issue. In contrast to New Jersey Gubernatorial candidate Robert Meyner's similar preachings, Lindsay's anti-Vietnam statements were not produced solely for the occasion of the campaign; he alone of the nation's big-city mayors has taken a steady and unhedging stand against...
Anyone who knows what the traditional role of the SA has been cannot be surprised at Hokanson's actions on the anti-Vietnam petition. The SA's traditional role has been that of a well-dressed social committee, the main function of which was to provide M. B. A. students with noncontroversial entertainment and relief from the rigors of the two-year program. And there are many M. B. A. students who would like the SA to continue to limit its activities to "safe" and certainly non-political endeavors-such as Christmas gala affairs, blood drives, and United Fund drives...
Peter Aldrich and the many M. B. A.'s who pulled together the anti-Vietnam petition deserve the praise and support of all students who are disgusted with the status-quo orientation of many members of the SA. In my opinion, which I admit is probably a minority opinion, those students who circulated and signed the anti-Vietnam petition represent the only real hope for the entire American capitalist system. For if they can take a stand on Vietnam, perhaps one day when they are in positions of corporate power and influence they will also speak up unequivocally...
...last of the conservatives within the SA and the HBS student body. They will undoubtedly continue in their attempts to pull the student body back to the towers of aloofness. One can only hope that we haven't heard or seen the last of the signers of the anti-Vietnam petition, also...