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Presumption of Rationality. The Israelis see the Russian proposal as a trap, since any imposed settlement would put out of reach their goal of a peace treaty negotiated directly with the Arabs. In essence, the Israelis contend that their extended borders vastly lessen the danger of war: the Arabs are not in a position to fight, and Israel, with defense in depth, has no need to hit first as it did in 1967. Israel's argument is convincing, except for its presumption of rationality on all sides...
Systems Analysis. The HEW document joins the academic optimists who contend that the long-run benefits of better social calculation can be as immense as those of economic accounting. Already, the report says, tools are being developed for measuring such basic concerns as powerlessness, job satisfaction, freedom of expression, and even the obtuseness of bureaucrats. Eventually, these and other measures might make possible a hardheaded "systems analysis" of the efficacy of government programs...
...Policy Committee does not contend that ROTC instructors do present biased views in an attempt to put forth any particular ideological or policy view. Further, the military discipline to which the ROTC member must submit during his summer obligations and during his term-time marching and other training obligations does not extend to the classroom, and no uniforms are worn by ROTC members in classes. It is conceivable that in a ROTC course there would be the greatest freedom of expression and no attempt to propagandize any particular policy view. Each ROTC instructor must decide for himself how he views...
...should not be made appealing at the sacrifice of essential principles of the liberal arts institution, especially when the basis of their appeal is unclear in the first place. Colonel Pell is concerned about a potential "disservice to the maintenance of the national defense establishment, as now constituted." We contend that any aspect of the status of ROTC at Harvard which is a disservice to the principles of the liberal art institution cannot possibly be a true service to the national interest, for whose physical protection a national defense establishment exists. At present, the ROTC programs render a disservice...
Political Scientist Leonard Fein of Boston's Joint Center for Urban Studies believes that some Jews have responded to anti-Semitism in a slightly paranoic manner?although, he adds, "we come by our paranoia honestly." By and large, Negro moderates argue that Jews have overreacted. They contend that the Negroes' real quarrel is with the racism of white society as a whole. Thus in New York the Jew is singled out as a visible symbol of oppression; but in New Orleans, the black's natural "enemy" is the Italian bourgeoisie, which predominates among ghetto store owners, and in San Francisco...