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Some consumer groups advocate that a one-day-a-week beef boycott be organized to resist meat increases, which amounted to 110% at an annual rate for hamburger in the past three months. But beef producers retort that this will only aggravate the long-run shortage by discouraging the building of new beef herds. One Georgia grocery-store manager reports on his customers' switching to cheaper meats: "They're not boycotting beef, they just can't afford...
Many students who did go to classes said they were there to show their opposition to the boycott--some stood and hissed demonstrators who paraded through Ec 10. and then cheered long and hard for Dean Rosovsky when he announced, "I think I have an obligation to teach...
Others who crossed the picket lines said they felt intimidated, although protesters did nothing to prevent them physically from getting to class. Others questioned the effectiveness of the boycott in changing Corporation policy, and on that score they appear to have been right...
...other hand, the boycott served to demonstrate a widespread student support for the issues...
...only clear thing about Monday's boycott, it seems, was the weather...