Word: motioning
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...vote of 268-210, the Faculty amended the resolution to say that the Faculty "recognizes that October 15 is a day of protest." The amended motion passed by a margin...
Dorfman said that he hopes the convocation will result in the approval of some kind of withdrawal motion "voted upon and adopted by virtually all the members of the Faculty." Although Faculty members are free during a recess, he said he hopes they will remain in their seats and participate in the convocation. Dorfman said he will chair the convocation...
Mark Ptashne, lecturer on Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and supporter of the withdrawal motion, said that Dorfman's distinction between Nazi Germany and Vietnam reveals that "we differ fundamentally over the importance of the war." He added that "the Germans also thought they had a contract not to speak out about the extermination of the Jews...
Roberts called the convocation idea "an elaborate charade," which would have the same "substantive political impact" as a regular vote. He added that the avoidance of a regular Faculty vote would, at the same time, "blunt the motion's moral thrust" and act as "a slap at student protest...
George B. Kistiakowsky, Abbott and James Lawrence Professor of Chemistry, said he had drafted an amendment to the motion which called for "the fastest possible withdrawal"- instead of "immediate withdrawal." But this reportedly was unsatisfactory to both liberals and conservatives, and be will not present the amendment...