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...Pentagon's half-hearted blacklisting of Harvard has finally become a wholehearted one. The Crimson learned this week that at the insistence of Rep. F. Edward Hebert (D-La.), the Pentagon will no longer allow military personnel to attend graduate programs at the Business and Law Schools...
...original blacklist made it appearance in February 1972 when the House Armed Services Committee, with Hebert at its head, ruled that the Defense Department could not train its military personnel at universities that have unilaterally dropped ROTC. The ruling stipulated that personnel could continue to train at any university with "unique and irreproduceable programs...
...reason for the sudden change in Pentagon policy became the subject of a mild debate this week. Lawrence E. Fouraker, dean of the Business School, claimed that the Pentagon changed its mind only when Hebert threatened it with lowered appropriations if it continued to send its personnel to Harvard. A Pentagon spokesman said that the change came only after the Defense Department determined that the University of Pittsburgh offered a management training program as good as Harvard...
...despite their distance from the destruction they wrought, Vietnam took its toll, and the crews were soon immersed in the same racial tension that has gripped the Army and Marines. Officers critical of Zumwalt are presently calling for his removal, citing a general breakdown of discipline, and Congressman Edward Hebert (D-La.) has opened hearings on the subject. In turn, Zumwalt has accused his officers of failing to carry out his commands...
What these naval officers, Hebert, and even Zumwalt fail to understand is that a ship at sea is not isolated, not immune to conflicts originated in Newark or Baton Rouge. Instead, human relations are intensified, conflicts blown out of proportion. Discipline may repress the discussion, official commands may alter the symptoms, but the underlying problems remain...