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...rationale for the use of force doesn't stand up to examination. McNamara's unwillingness--or the unwillingness of the Kennedy Institute of Politics--for a debate on Vietnam with Robert Scheer was the crux of SDS's justification. "When a public official reneges on a responsibility," one leader explained, "and when all other avenues are closed, it was necessary to do what...
...McNamara cannot be held responsible for speaking out every time an individual or a group demands it. Certainly, he has to explain Vietnam policy and answer its critics. He must do it continually; the burden, in fact, is on him to keep meeting the attacks. But he does have the right to choose his forums...
...said that the McNamara visit was an exceptional case and that disruptive protests will hot become the order of the day. They should hold to their promise, because the use of this tactic has disturbing implications for the University. Continued disruptive demonstrations will force the Administration to see that all political protests are policed and restricted more thoroughly. They would turn SDS and the Administration into antagonists, and divide students and Faculty--hot over the basic issues such as the war in Vietnam, but over the tactics of dissent. That is all that has been talked about in the wake...
...Kennedy Institute of Politics, McNamara's host, must share in the blame for Monday's incident...
...McNamara's visit is a bad precedent. The Institute's program will really get under way during the rest of the year, with other, less controversial speakers. The seminars in which public figures and students exchange views off-the-record will still be the heart of the program. But the Institute will have a chance to experiment, to involve more undergraduates. It would be the height of foolishness not to take...