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...John Fraser, Member of Parliament from Vancouver South, British Columbia, explained current Quebecois separatist aspirations at a level deeper than language differences. "It doesn't matter which one you scratch, you find a French-Canadian nationalist," he said last week, refering to French-Canadian Quebecers. "They look upon Quebec and themselves as a separate nation. They do not see themselves culturally or ethnically as part of the English-speaking mosaic of the rest of the country...
Eugene McCarthy, former senator and presidential candidate, Ron Nessen, former press secretary to ex-president Gerald R. Ford, and Bella Abzug, former congresswoman, have also accepted invitations to speak at Harvard and meet informally with students, Janet Fraser, associate director of the Institute of Politics, said yesterday...
Many voices were in favor of cooling it. Minnesota Congressman Donald Fraser, who chairs the congressional ad hoc human rights group, believes that in the long run the rights issue will have to be dealt with on a "quieter level." He urges a distinction between "trying to influence other countries, [which will mean] some fruitless endeavor and may get us in all sorts of trouble," and being "just prepared to say where we stand." Carter referred to the difficult balancing act between these two positions during a courtesy call at the Department of State. Said...
Salt-and-pepper-haired and slim -he has trimmed down by cutting ice cream out of his diet-Fraser should be more of a public personality than Woodcock. "Doug is much more charismatic than Leonard," says a friend of both men. "He's much more flamboyant." He is also a more forceful and engaging speaker, who is likely to follow more effectively in Reuther's path as an apostle of social change. He backed liberal Democrat Mo Udall in the primaries...
...crucial area Fraser might well subvert Reuther's legacy. In 1968 Reuther paraded his union out of the AFL-CIO, charging that the federation had become too conservative. Now the U.A.W. is tiptoeing toward reaffiliation. There are major stumbling blocks-the biggest is just how much autonomy the auto union could retain-but Fraser might conceivably preside over a reconciliation. If that happens, he could some day become a formidable contender...