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Administrators of the PBH programs are moving from charity to more socially and politically active positions. Two weeks ago, the PBH program working at the Cambridge Community Center delivered an ultimatum to the Center's Administrative Board. Robert A. Goodin '68, co-chairman of the cultural enrichment program, threatened to pull out of the Center unless its administration was taken over by the residents of the neighborhood in which it operates. He said there was no justification for a non-indigenous group to be there unless it was directly responsive to the needs and wants of the neighborhood. Residents...
Mark R. Dyen '70, a co-chairman of SDS, supported Goodin's action, but doubted if most PBH projects had equal power to force change. He said, "PBH does not have a power base outside of the established institutions and no organization can accomplish serious change working within the system." Jeffrey P. Howard '69, president of Afro, took the same position as Dyen...
Wesley E. Profit '69, co-chairman of the Lyman program, is also hoping to organize volunteers to work in communities in Boston. They are trying to get the parents of the reform school boys as well as lawyers and other professionals to form action groups which could more effectively push for change in the basic structure of the reform school, perhaps through political channels...
...CNCV co-chairman Michael L. Walzer, associate professor of Government, said the group was surprised by the "good spread" of the "yes" votes. "This indicates that there is a basis in every part of Cambridge for anti-war work," he said...
...Board meeting last night, Robert A. Goodin '68, co-chairman of the program, said that the Center's administration was "not responsive to the needs of the community--leaving our program only tenuous justification for working under their auspices." About fifteen residents of the neighborhood came to the meeting to support the demands of the PBH chairmen. One disgruntled resident said, "if PBH pulled out, all the Center would have to do is heat its offices...