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...never during the course of this war has the Administration sought a dialogue with members of the Anti-War Movement and, in fact, has done its best to ignore them. Therefore, some 50 faculty members, 93 teaching fellows, and about 1600 Harvard and Radcliffe undergraduates have petitioned Secretary McNamara to debate Robert Scheer, a noted spokesman for the Anti-War Movement...
Professor Neustadt, speaking for Secretary McNamara and the Kennedy Institute, rejected this proposal on three grounds: that such a debate would not advance the purposes of the Kennedy Institute; that the prospect of a debate would not allow McNamara to be as informal in his meetings with the students as otherwise; and that a debate would establish a bad precedent, making others reluctant to accept invitations from that Institute...
Frank supported Dunn's reasoning and added that he was concerned that a demonstration might disrupt McNamara's discussion with the students selected last week. "I find it hard to believe that Harvard undergraduates will refuse a request from a university official," Frank said, "but then again maybe I'm being naive...
There is a good deal of confusion as to how "disruptive" the SDS protest will be. Lessinger explains that while the actual rally in the courtyard will not be disruptive, a direct confrontation with McNamara might be. Lessinger defined "disruptive" as some from of civil disobediance...
...demonstration has been planned for Eliot House, where McNamara will speak on Sunday. SDS will, however distribute leaflets containing questions to ask McNamara in the discussion...