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...Paris, the U.S., as well as ten Western European nations plus Canada, Israel and Australia, decided to boycott a conference of the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization after it voted 36-22 to include the General Assembly resolution on Zionism in a set of guidelines on the relationship of the press and the state. The conference was originally advanced by the Soviets in 1972, largely as a vehicle for legitimizing government control of the press as it is practiced in the U.S.S.R. The anti-Zionist measure was proposed by Yugoslavia and forced through by a bloc vote of Arab...
...Mexico City, the government of Luis Echeverría Alvarez has been troubled by the prospect of an economic boycott, principally involving the tourist industry, carried out by American Jewish organizations in the wake of Mexico's vote for the Zionism resolution. Faced with a big drop in the country's billion-dollar tourist business, President Echeverría two weeks ago entertained a group of visiting Jewish leaders at a kosher luncheon (lox, roast chicken, white wine). He said that Mexico voted for the measure only because it was trying to prod Israel into a dialogue with...
...nothing to mollify antibusing forces. One of their leaders, City Council Member Louise Day Hicks, charged that the takeover "smacks of a totalitarian type of government." She joined others in declaring Friday "a day of mourning" for Southie's lost freedom and called for a complete white boycott of the school. White antibusing motorists observed the day by blocking rush hour traffic...
...major question, then, involves the best mechanism for change. Some would argue, and the Dunster House Council has proposed, that the boycott should continue, but that a committee of members from each House should be formed independent of the CRR, to review its procedures and propose changes to the faculty and administration. The major advantage of this approach is that the students could, through continuing the boycott, maintain a symbolic rejection of the CRR as presently constituted...
...however, I believe that greater commitment and continuity would be evidenced in a group selected to serve on the CRR. Evaluative committees too often get frustrated and lose interest, while members are constantly reminded of their commitment and show a higher level of involvement. Finally, a cessation of the boycott is important as a sign of a willingness to cooperate by students. The "we don't want to play your game unless it's under our rules" argument cannot help but increase, rather than decrease, student-faculty/administration tensions. If there is a real need for change...