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...urgent problem developed in March, 1950 when the University began closing down most of the subsidized veteran's housing units Led by chairman Roy F. Gootenberg '49, now a teaching fellow in Government, an aroused AVC charged that Harvard might not fully understand the factors involved, and immediately conducted a survey to determine whether the administration's decision was based on a complete comprehension of the current situation...
After a month-long investigation, Gootenberg announced that subsidized areas must be saved, that the housing problem was not, as the administration stated, "a thing of the past", and that there were still 400 married couples in the school who would need subsidization...
...Gootenberg sent copies of the protest to Congressmen and several national organizations. The AVC's action was "felt round the world", and in March the Navy Department struck the clause out of the oath. A Navy official claimed that agitation at Harvard was the principal reason for removal of the 15-word clause...
...organized veterans group at the University came to an abrupt end yesterday when Roy F. Gootenberg '49, teaching fellow in Government, and a past chairman of the University chapter of the American Veterans Committee, announced that the chapter had disbanded...
...Gootenberg claimed that the group's small membership of 21 caused its dissolution. He added that there had been little chance to continue even with that small number. The chapter once boasted over 980 members...