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Fully 80% of the public and 81% of the leadership group are simply tired of the war. They feel that it was a mistake to begin with, and has been a needless waste of lives. Said Harris: "The basic rationale and justification for the Vietnamese war are rapidly fading from the consciousness of the people." Where two years ago 83% of the public agreed that the war was necessary to resist Communist aggression in Asia, today only 55% of the general public and 49% of the leadership accept this explanation. Even fewer said that Viet Nam is crucial...
Publicly, the factional leaders last week expressed optimism and pledged cooperation-at least through the activities scheduled for Nov. 13, 14 and 15. Yet privately, key participants conceded that a serious split had been narrowly averted and that basic disagreements remained unresolved...
...Greep, head of the new center, said that presently "man must accept blindly each year the birth of untold millions of unwanted children "because of sciences lack of understanding of basic biological functions...
...memo to President Johnson discussed one of a number of short-term problems," Miller added. "There is more than one approach to the basic objective of conversion...
Collier's "unlawful" sales presentation, the FTC said, "included the solicitation of testimonials, the offer to place the basic volumes in a home as an advertising premium and the request for a ten-year commitment by the purchaser to keep the set up to date by purchasing Collier yearbooks at a nominal cost...