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Miss Gravell said that she "strongly disapproved" of the A. S. U.'s refusal to condemn the Russian invasion. At present she feels that Alan Gottlieb '41, who has sought a referendum in behalf of the Harvard chapter, will have but slight chance of persuading the A. S. U. to reverse its stand...
...effort to "clear the name of the American Student Union in regard to Communism," Alan Gottlieb '41, President of the Harvard chapter, issued a call last night to the national membership asking for a referendum taking a stand on the Russian invasion of Finland...
...Gottlieb has taken on the job of the referendum, which is to be sent to all of the chapters throughout the country, as President of the recently formed Liberal Caucus of the American Student Union. Ten per cent of the membership of 7000 or ten per cent of their 100 chapters must back the petition for the referendum to be held...
...appeal Gottlieb stated: "It is our duty to disprove or to prove that idea--that we are tied to the Soviet apron strings. The present situation is intolerable on the Harvard campus where despite the former sympathetic reaction we received it is now a question of condemnation of the Soviet Union, disaffiliation with the American Student Union, or a rapid death. This situation is the same in innumerable American Student Union chapters throughout the country...
...Once this referendum is passed upon our action will be very clear," Gottlieb said. "If we lose, there seems to be little future hope for the ASU, but our stand should be determined by what the Caucus members feel. If we win, the fight has only begun since those of us who were at the convention realize that the liberals must have an organizational framework if they are to exert their strength...