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...published by the Veritas Foundation in order to publicize the group's methods. "Based on what we have found so far, Veritas is made up of a bunch of cranks, but they are very rich cranks with influence among the alumni," Roger C. Algase '59, former president of the HLU said yesterday...
According to one enthusiastic member, the Liberal Union is the "oldest, cleanest, most active political organization on campus, without an election scandal yet." Its purpose is to "study an issue, take a stand, and then do something about it," and the HLU has strong ties to the Campus Americans for Democratic Action, which advocates such policies as extension of TVA principles to other river valleys, national health insurance, and establishment of a "comprehensive" federal scholarship program...
Last fall the HLU sponsored--among other things--a speech by Linus Pauling, raised $300 for Clinton's bombed-out high school, and helped edit the Overseas Review, a digest of excerpts from the liberal press, designed especially for African and Asian students. "Our big topics this year are disarmament, segregation, underdeveloped countries, and the draft," explained president James Bardeen '60. The group has published a 25 page booklet on nuclear policy, and plans a similar work on the U.S. draft laws...
Bardeen explained that the HLU hopes to encourage "active participation" of Faculty members in all phases of the club's activities...
Since the HLU is a chapter of Campus Americans for Democratic Action, closer association with Faculty members of Cambridge ADA will also result from the contemplated changes, Frederic Freilicher '60, HLU treasurer, added...