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...NEXT DAY the plenary session continued with a discussion of tactics. Jerry Gordon, the chairmen of the Cleveland Area Peace Action Council, the group which organized the conference, was sitting near the front. He was a middle-aged fellow with close- cropped hair. He looked exhausted. I asked him what he felt about the conference. He lamented the fact that SDS and PL had "obscured" the issues, but he felt that was just part of the overhead of having an open conference. When asked who was running the conference, he became even sadder, and said intensely, "The people are running...
...that the point of order could be made. The point of order was that there should be some speakers from SDS and PL, and more people allowed to speak against the Lafferty proposal. It was pointed out by the man who raised the point of order that the chairmen who had refused to recognize him was none other than Jim Lafferty himself, the man whose proposal was being discussed on the floor. In the ensuing vote on whether SDS and PL should be allowed to speak, the audience overwhelming supported them...
...Iran's stability, rich resources and potential as a gateway to awakening Asian markets. Even beyond the investment in oil, U.S. companies have pumped $150 million into Iran in the past five years. The Shah wants much more outside investment. Last week, at his personal invitation, 32 chairmen, presidents and other high executives of some of the largest North American corporations arrived in Teheran for a six-day conference with Iranian officials to investigate further possibilities for bringing in private capital. It was probably the largest array of top U.S. businessmen ever to assemble in a developing country...
...report explained, however. that the Pub Board had inconsistent policies because it had operated. in the two cases, under two different chairmen. But the committees did find insidious discrimination" evolving "from an insesitivity on the part of the whole while committee...
...meeting drew to a close, about 50 students opposed to the picket line entered the meeting, and the meeting's chairmen- after an unclear voice vote. hastily declared the session adjourned. After an hour's discussion. 250 students opposed to the picketing failed to decide how they would deal with the protest...