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During one week last December, 1300 students signed a petition calling for a boycott of J.P. Stevens. The level of response in such a brief period demonstrates real and continuing concern for the plight of 44,000 Stevens workers...
These services are provided by the institution and not by individuals out of necessity; as you say, "universities must make collective decisions to carry out regular activities." Individuals can only express their choice to boycott through the institution's decisions. We must therefore ask Harvard to take some form of initiative in this area...
...vote won't change the results." On that basis could we excuse from moral responsibility those who freelyand knowingly voted for fascism in Germany? Similarly, our purchases are a vote, a selective preference for Stevens goods. The votes of the many churches, schools and hospitals behind the Stevens boycott would carry real weight with that company...
...Implicitly, in refusing to give students a ruling say over whether or not to boycott a product, Harvard makes a judgment that Stevens is not a serious enough issue. I do not make that charge lightly, because it is manifestly clear that many everyday decisions of the University represent decisions on moral, social and political matters larger than the narrowly-defined educational process. You mention in your letter the effect on the community of decisions to construct new buildings, as well as treatment of minority students and applicants...
...Hugh Calkins '45, chairman of the Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility, said yesterday he questions whether a secondary boycott of Rhodesian oil is appropriate now that Ian Smith has given in and is forming a coalition government...