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...have been the backbone of the movement for years but who were so conspicuously absent from the march last weekend. If they choose to find excuses to stay away the action will be little more than symbolic. If they come to support the veterans who have carried the brunt of the action during the last two weeks, they really can stop the war machine...
...will not be enough. What occurred at Sanders Theatre cannot be excused. Those who took part in it must be punished with all the severity which the University has at its command. If everyone who participated cannot be accurately identified then those who organized the disruption should bear the brunt of retribution for the actions which they instigated. Those who are students should be asked to leave the community for the rights of whose members they no longer have any respect...
...then pay the huge rents which the real estate speculators are demanding. Naturally there are very few families in this community who can pay the kind of money some of these so-called radicals can. In the end, like always, it is the black community which suffers the brunt of all this . . . these people, when they've finished playing revolution can always go home to mom-especially if they run out of money. We don't have that option...
...union will depend entirely on the reality and breadth of its constituency. One good way to run it might be through a steering committee composed of delegates from each House. The steering committee should have clearly proscribed powers, and its members should be subject to immediate recall. The brunt of decision should lie with the membership, which should convene at regularly scheduled meetings...
With the North Vietnamese evidently going in as fast as the Americans are clearing out, a new enemy offensive could catch the U.S. off balance; in any case, the South Vietnamese will have to bear the brunt of any such concerted attack. Predictions of a big enemy offensive bloom perennially at this time of year, though none has taken place since Tet of 1968. Now intelligence experts point to the enemy's buildup of men and materiel and expect a major offensive early in 1971. The U.S. air attacks are meant to blunt that offensive before it comes. There...