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...Each of us spoke to Henry at least once," the member reported. "Michael Walzer [professor of Government], told him that as an old dove, he was impressed by the intensity of the concern of us old government boys. Gerry Holton [professor of Physics] talked generally about the lack of restraint in Nixon's policies. Adam [Yarmolinsky, professor of Law] questioned the credibility in Saigon of the withdrawal strategy...
...science advisor to President Eisenhower), William Capron (associate dean of the Kennedy School, former assistant director of the budget), Adam Yarmolinsky (law, advisor to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson), Paul Doty (biochemistry, former member of the President's Science Advisory Committee), Konrad Bloch (biochemistry, Nobel laurcate), Frank Westheimer (chemistry), Gerald Holton (physics), and Michael Walzer (government, sterling dove credentials...
KENNEDY'S office was about twice as big as Brooke's and twice as crowded. On the bookshelf in the waiting room, the Harvard University Catalogue stood next to the Selected Writings of Bolivar. Bator, Walzer. Yarmolinsky and Holton reappeared after an hour with the Mendelsohn group, which they reported was over 1000-strong. Kennedy greeted them without the aid of a suit coat or an administrative assistant, and led them into his office. He apologized for being late, saying he had been lining up Coretta King and Judy Collins-"she's the new Joan Bacz, you know...
...Holton said, "This is a watershed. These gentlemen don't do things like this very easily. And most students don't even believe in Congress anymore. Congress can save the President from himself, and save the credibility of the system. That's why action on your part is so important. All the time-scales now coincide. We have an election in 1972. The remaining young people who aren't alienated now will be if the war isn't over by that time...
...senior Faculty members are all men with connections in Washington. Many were advisors to advisors to previous administrations. They include Dean May and professors Francis M. Bator. Edwin O. Reischauer, Richard E. Neustadt, George B. Kistiakowsky, Seymour Martin Lipset, William M. Capron. Michael Walzer, Adam Yarmolinsky '43, Gerald Holton, Conrad Bloch, Thomas Schelling, and Edward M. Purcell...