Word: avc
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Strongly supporting the action of AVC leaders in disclaiming connection with the recent 'seizure' of New York's State Capitol by an allegedly CIO-led veterans' contingent, the Harvard Chapter of the American Veterans Committee last night voted by nearly two to one to notify National Chairman Charles G. Bolte of its agreement with him on the question of mob political action...
Urging ex-servicemen to "resist the defeatist trend now gaining momentum in America," Edward J. McHale, National Field Secretary of the American Veterans Committee, told the Harvard AVC chapter at its first fall meeting last night in the New Lecture Hall that old-line veterans' groups demonstrated at their recent conventions how incapable they are of meeting today's problems...
Outlining the AVC's program, McHale stressed that the new veterans group reflected the ideas of young men. He stated than on issues strictly concerning college veterans, the organization was currently conducting an intensive two-fold campaign from coast to coast aimed toward sparring the expansion of existing housing and teaching facilities in order to accommodate all those wishing education, and defeating "campus inflation." A recent survey showed, McHale added, that college dormitory rates on a countrywide basis have jumped...
...chairman of the rally were Albert S. Bigelow, Massachusetts AVC Chairman, and Charles Cobb, recent Law School graduate, who heads the Cambridge chapter...
Governor Tobin told the CRIMSON that young men interested in entering politics should "return home immediately following the conclusion of college and take an active interest in the issues of their own towns. "They should join organizations similar to the AVC in which there is an opportunity for frank inspection of current affairs; read newspapers and periodicals carefully to keep abreast of day-to-day developments; and thought-fully follow the writings of objective experts--for examples, Walter Lippmann in the international field. I am especially impressed with the value of political training in institutions like Harvard's Littauer School...