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Logrolling. The House vote in March to cancel the SST had been a close 215 to 204, with twelve not voting. Moving quietly to avoid arousing the anti-SST forces, Ford issued blunt and personal appeals, concentrating on Republicans who had earlier voted against the plane. His basic pitch was party loyalty, backed up sometimes by plain logrolling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Half a Wing for the SST | 5/24/1971 | See Source »

Last week's House appropriation must still survive the Senate, which last March voted 51 to 46 to cancel the SST. Senators may be more reluctant to reverse their ground. Anti-SST Senators were confident of defeating the new appropriation in a vote this week. If they do not, they will undoubtedly try to filibuster it to death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Half a Wing for the SST | 5/24/1971 | See Source »

...think it noble of the CRIMSON to publish Arthur Waldron's letter a full eight days after he personally submitted it to you for publication Miss Day's article. "Cancelled Teach-In Lacked Speakers. Not Protection" to which Mr. Waldron's letter addresses itself appeared May 4th. Such biased treatment is consistent with past treatment Students for a Just Peace has received from the CRIMSON Moreover, Miss Day's response to Mr. Waldron's letter is clearly in line with the general CRIMSON policy of blatant distortion and outright falsification of news in its coverage of SJP activities as well...

Author: By Laszlo PASZTOR Jr. cochairman, | Title: The Mail SJP and the 'Crimson' | 5/17/1971 | See Source »

...told the panel that he had asked members of Students for a Just Peace (SJP) to cancel the "Counter Teach-In" after it began because of the disturbance outside-not inside-Sanders...

Author: By Jeff Magalif, | Title: Cox Expected Speech to Quiet Teach-In Crowd | 5/13/1971 | See Source »

...after this situation a bit by encouraging a genuine debate. The events of this spring have made clear that is impossible. Rather than face another evening of chaos, which, we believed, would not help discussion on Vietnam, and could only hurt the free speech issue, we decided to cancel.'71 Co-Chairman...

Author: By Katharine L. Day], | Title: The Mail THE SJP TEACH-IN | 5/12/1971 | See Source »

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