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...Secretary of Defense did not especially want to talk about the war, and he suggested somewhat apologetically before WHRB rolled its tape that his interviewers might concentrate more profitably on other matters. But the hot-shot young reporters knew that no pro would let Robert S. McNamara, principal architect of U.S. military strategy, get away without talking about South East Asia. So they played Press Release...
...will probably renew its demand that Robert S. McNamara engage in a debate at Harvard over the war in Vietnam. The executive committee of SDS officially approved the move at a meeting yesterday morning, and a general membership meeting will be held tomorrow evening to vote on the matter...
Still unresolved is how the new challenge would be issued. Eric Lessinger '68, a spokesman for SDS, said yesterday that a telegram could be sent directly to McNamara, or the Kennedy Institute of Politics -- sponsor of McNamara's visit last week--might be asked to arrange the debate...
...held a press conference Saturday afternoon to explain last Monday's demonstration against McNamara. At the press conference, Michael S. Ansara '68, temporary chairman of SDS, said that SDS would consent to a time and format agreeable to McNamara...
Ansara emphasized that SDS's invitation was meant seriously, even though other SDS members present at the press conference doubted that McNamara would accept...