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Although expressing official "regrets," acting Yale University President King-man Brewster Jr. has finally allowed two Yale student groups to invite Alabama's Governor George Wallace to speak at the University...
...Haven, four days of frantic maneuvering produced a "decision" by two law school groups to issue a new invitation for Wallace to visit Yale. But the groups will first seek approval from Kingman Brewster, Jr., provost and acting president, who forced the cancellation of an earlier invitation by the Yale Political Union on the grounds that Wallace's presence in New Haven might provoke violence...
...Brewster is reported to be willing to reverse his original stand after widespread criticism by students and faculty. However, the law school groups may rent an outside hall if Yale refuses permission to use a university building...
...Brewster claimed to have warned the YPU before he knew that Mayor Richard Lee of New Haven officially rebuffed Wallace. Hence if Brewster did receive threats of violence, it is astonishing that he did not feel he could rely on the City of New Haven to vitiate them...
...either case, an airing of Wallace's views in the Yale atmosphere might educate Wallace and stimulate the University. Now that another group of students, led by members of the Yale Daily News, is trying again to arrange for a visit by Wallace, Brewster has a chance to learn from his students and offer them every encouragement. The Yale motto, with which Brewster may be familiar, is "Lux et Veritas"; it is given to no president to suppress either...