Word: congression
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Capitol Hill, the burden is especially heavy. His own party is divided on some questions. His attention is dominated by the twin crises of the war in Viet Nam and inflation at home. His determination not to pressure legislators has resulted in a lack of clear communication with Congress even on routine matters. Out of what some of his own men regard as an excessive desire to avoid party and factional conflict, the President frequently seems to end up practicing the politics of zigzag...
While many Harvard students would no doubt have preferred at least some continuation of the "new barbarianism" in University Hall to the police action which ended it, Harvard's action--and similar actions on other campuses this spring--have probably helped, at least in the short run, to reassure Congress and to lessen the chances of passage of repressive legislation...
...present Congressional moderation, however, may not last very long. The crucial test will probably come late this summer, when college-related appropriations bills come up for hearings. Tacking on riders to appropriations bills is one of Congress's favorite means of action, and the technique will undoubtedly be tried on college bills this year...
...only college-related appropriations bill thus far passed by both houses is that of the NASA. As approved, this bill contained an "anti-riot" amendment first passed with several bills in the last session of Congress. The amendment calls for cutting off aid to any student who has disrupted operation of a college. Determination of what constitutes disruption is, however, left to the colleges, who have not been particularly anxious to enforce the provision. To date, no aid has been cut off under such amendments, although they have been in existence for over a year...
Relieved that nothing stronger had been attached to the NASA bill, one Harvard administrator recently commented, "I think it's a good sign--I hope." Just how good a sign it is, and how long-lived Congress' moderation on campus disturbances is, should be clearer by the time appropriations hearings are over. The final result may depend largely on how strongly the American public as a whole is feeling about "college unrest." If voter sentiment is highly anti-student, Congress--which can be extraordinarily sensitive to public feeling on certain issues--may well throw moderation to the winds, and replace...