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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Fleischman, along with other undergraduates from Harvard, Radcliffe, and Wellesley, was an active supporter of the taxi strike here last spring. The cabbies were holding out for a living wage of $15 and a ten hour day. After five weeks the dispute was settled in their favor.
After consulting with University Hall, George McT. Kahin '40, president of the recently formed Harvard Foreign Relations Club, announced yesterday that his organization was making extensive plans for a peace conference next spring and that several internationally famous authorities would be invited.
In the words of Kahin, the conference next spring "will be devoted to arriving at the basis for a permanent European and Far Eastern peace." Over 15 prominent eastern colleges will participate, each one sending a delegation representing a world power.
Although organized just this fall, the Club is already a strongly knit group. Sixty-five students, over 50 of whom are undergraduates, form the membership Within the last two months Professors Brinton, Karpovich, and Fay have spoken, and plans are being formulated for a similar series of lectures next spring...
Backed by the Carnegie Foundation for Peace, which sends them 20 new books a year, the Club has established headquarters on the third floor of Phillips Brooks House and is building an international relations library there.