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...Black Students Association extends our support to our fellow students in Amherst. We commend the Progressive student organizations for their rapid and effective response in time of threat. We applaud the strong response of the UMass officials in taking action to safeguard students and prosecute offenders. And we send our support to our brother from the PGA in hopes for his safety and in honor of his courage. The H-R BSA joins with students of all races, genders and sexuality in demanding an end to violence and intolerance on our campuses. Gaye Williams '83 Pres., H-R Black Students...
...commend you for your article "An Army of Self-Helpers on NATO's Front Line" [July 27]. I have visited the facilities in Germany and am appalled by the poor conditions our soldiers must endure. As a result of hearings on the quality of military life, the Appropriations Military Construction Subcommittee has recommended a billion-dollar NATO construction program for next year...
...must commend the Coop management for allowing a union election date to be set rapidly and peacably. But we hope that it sticks to fair and honest tactics in its effort to pursuade workers to vote against unionization during the more than a month until the election. The decision whether to unionize is ultimately that of the workers themselves. We hope that they will overcome latent fears and anti-union prejudices and cast a vote for higher wages and a better workplace...
...commend you for your presentation of the "Nature vs. Nurture" debate. Few people take the time to do their homework and present the results in an organized manner. But it is not without the customary journalistic bias that you write...
...houses are surrounded by luxuriant clumps of bamboo and persimmon. Hundreds of teen-agers work at a prosperous collective silk-spinning plant near by. The peasants have radios, watches, bicycles, money in the bank, food on the table. Some of them treasure framed red certificates, whose bold black characters commend them for having achieved "wealth through diligent labor." Clearly, the Jin Ma commune was no Potemkin...