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From this photograph, I believe, it can be shown that Mr. Fink was not part of the group which obstructed Mr. Williamson in that he did not stand in front of the doorway and did not link arms with those who did, all of whom have their arms linked...
...Anderson, Mr. Wilson just told me that one of the interesting things about the photo was that it showed people in front of the doors with their arms linked, and this was something that Mr. Wilson said the Committee did not know at the time it punished Fink. So, you see now Mr. Anderson, this little story you have been telling me, this story about three levels of punishments, well, it's a nice thought isn't it, I mean three levels of punishment, it's a very nice idea, but you know, it's, it's. . . well...
This was clearly no longer nonsense on stilts, this was nonsense on crutches- but nonsense in any case. The "subtle points of interpretation and evaluation" were really quite simple. Fink was not there. The Committee had not treated anything "quite exhaustively." The Committee had not known where Fink was standing. This amazing letter continued, and even returned to English, to warn Fink that "if the case is reopened . . . it is entirely possible that sanctions would be made more rather than less severe under the circumstances...
...person before the Committee and ask simply for a new hearing- not an acquittal, just a new hearing. I realized it was a new Committee, and that it might be "very loathe" to consider old business, but it seemed to me that this should not be held against Fink. I also told Anderson that I thought the Committee's grounds for appeal, "compelling reasons," were absurd. I suggested that I ought to be allowed to argue in person for Fink at the very least. Anderson agreed on both counts but added that he did not have the individual power...
Anderson told me to write a new appeal. On July 15th I submitted Fink's third request for a new hearing and again requested to be present to argue in its support. On July 31st the Committee "regretted" to inform Fink that his application for an appeal had been denied, and that he could not return to school in September...