Word: caucus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...petition, which was circulated by Arthur A. Maass, professor of Government, contains the names of all four members of the steering committee of the Faculty's conservative caucus: James Q. Wilson, professor of Government; Andrew M. Gleason, professor of Mathematics; Richard J. Herrnstein, professor of Psychology; and Robert L. Wolff '36,Coolidge Professor of History and Chairman of the Conservative Group...
None of the members of the liberal caucus's steering committee signed the statement. The liberal caucus voted last week to support a formal vote on the war resolution...
...vote have offered a different interpretation of the incident. When told of Doty's letter, the sponsor of the Vietnam resolution-Mark Ptashne, lecturer in Biochemistry-said that the use of Doty's name seemed to be part of a "concerted effort by some members of the conservative caucus to make some arrangements that will keep the resolution off the floor...
...meeting on Friday, some 60 mem-bers of the Faculty's liberal caucus supported that view. They voted to bring the resolution to the floor of the Faculty meeting so that-in the words of George Wald, Higgins Professor of Biology-the Faculty will "face this issue squarely...
...part of the negotiations over the war resolution, there was another meeting yesterday morning between Dean May and several Faculty members and students. May said he invited the participants-including Robert Wolff, Coolidge Professor of History and chairman of the Faculty's conservative caucus; John T. Dunlop, David A. Wells Professor of Political Economy; Michael Walzer, professor of Government and leader of the liberal caucus; several supporters of the resolution: and three students who are working for the October 15 Moratorium-to "see if there is any way the Faculty can act with unanimity...