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Investigation of HYRC campaign practices by the Council was motivated by reports of vote buying in behalf of Thomas Stalker '58, the presidential candidate supported by current HYRC president Donald P. Hodel '57. A story in yesterday's CRIMSON brought the matter into the open, when it reported that a freshman had been offered a free membership card to vote for Stalker...
...Harvard student said that Stalker had asked for his vote as a personal favor. The student protested because of his Democratic beliefs, but Stalker assured him that it would be all right since his name would be taken off the HYRC's membership list which was to be sent to Dean Watson's office after the election...
...idea of there being no Young Republican chief in Cambridge does sound good. Two heads are better than one, but perhaps where the HYRC is concerned, none may be better than both put together...
This year the HYRC's unique method of stuffing the membership ledger instead of the ballot box has assumed quite considerable proportions. All told, over two hundred and forty members have been rushed into the breaches, held open respectively by Hodel and ex-president Thomson, and by the disgruntled editor of the Times-Republican, Bill Smith...
While these antics of the Young Republicans do strike a divertingly light note in the otherwise serious political activity at Harvard, there must be some who are pained by such ludicrous goings-on. To ease the minds of these individuals, and to put the HYRC in a more favorable light for the Dean's office, two solutions are offered. One is, do away with the presidency altogether and let everybody fight on equal ground. Thinking back on the club's presidents in recent years, this doesn't seem a bad idea at all. The other is, elect both major contenders...