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...those Student Council members who recently voted to leave NSA, I have been very much disappointed that the Council's reasons for their decision to withdraw have not been adequately presented to the students, while the proponents of NSA have been quite vociferous...
First, let me say that I believe that there is a need for NSA, that NSA does very good work, and that Harvard should belong to it. Why then did I vote to leave? Not, as has been represented, because I think Harvard is different--for better or worse, not bcause Harvard can't afford it (though NSA would take at minimum one-fourth of what we received at registration), and not because the Student Council wants to set up a rival organization...
This year NSA passed one hundred resolutions, purporting to be the voice of American students. They gave an average of three to five minutes debate on each resolution, often failed to explain them and laughed down opposition to the resolution on the floor. No advance notice was given of the agenda, and yet delegates were expected to be experts on international affairs, military training, federal aid to education, segregation...
Leland stated the referendum would be held "sometime after the open forum meeting next Tuesday, and after the Council's own referendum on Oct. 16." "I would have held the NSA referendum right away," Leland commented, but said he was "requested to wait until the end of the two-week period...
...Harvard does not wish to take advantage of the resources of NSA, then certainly its membership is not worth the annual dues. ALICE PEPPER RADCLIFFE NSA DELEGATE...