Word: dovishness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...latest Viet Cong offensive in Viet Nam left the U.S. press as divided as ever on the subject of the war. And perhaps even more so. Mostly, the attacks on the cities served as a magnifying lens; doves grew more dovish, hawks more hawkish, undecideds more undecided. Across the country, the division was more or less even between each of the three attitudes...
...next meeting, a number of council members had decided that even a referendum was too radical for them and the resolution was rescinded. Much argument and several hours later, the referendum was reinstated, but only with working that severely reduced the chances of a dovish result. Moreover, only GSA members, who constitute only 1500 of the 4500 graduate students and are probably a relatively conservative group, would be allowed to vote. Finally, the number of polling places was restricted...
Even some dissenters from Johnson's Viet Nam policies urged quick retaliation against the North Korean regime. Idaho's dovish Democratic Senator Frank Church called the seizure "an act of war," adding: "The ship must be returned at once, with all Americans aboard. Our national honor is at stake...
...your brief story on the results of the recent Vietnam Referendum, a blanket statement is made about "the Harvard students and Faculty members who organized the Referendum" being "particularly surprised by the dovish stance of students at Emmanuel College ..." This particular participant was not at all surprised, and is inclined to regard this surprise itself as based on inexperience, perhaps snobbery. Emmanuel College students have been at discussions of disarmament and peace in this area (as well as active on the race front), apparently with more pertinacity than local visibility. David Riesman '31 Henry Ford II Professor of Social Sciences
...McCarthy makes a fair showing in his own party, it may persuade Republicans to choose a candidate more dovish than President Johnson, Stanley H. Hoffmann, professor of Government, told a crowd last night in the Hilles Colloquium Room...