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...possible that some Harvard administrators have been reluctant to begin talking about percentages because, in the back of their minds, they fear if the percentage is not achieved, the University-whether or not it is at fault-will become the target of another OBU campaign in which Harvard will be accused not only of being racist but also of breaking its word. To remove this possibility, whatever percentage is agreed upon should be accepted by both parties only as a desirable goal; failure to achieve the goal would not, by itself, indicate a rupture of the agreement...
...OBU HAS proposed that an officer be appointed "to supervise these sites and confirm continued compliance with this policy," but the role of this compliance officer has not been precisely defined, at least not in public. Such a compliance officer-a third party acceptable to both sides-should be appointed and he should judge whether a failure to reach the agreed upon goal is the fault of Harvard, or of someone else, such as a contractor or a union...
...second time in a week. OBU resorted to the peaceful occupation of University Hall last Thursday to dramatize its commitment to the demands it presented the University almost a month ago. The black students swift decision to break off negotiations with University representatives and resort to militant demonstrations on Thursday may appeal ill-considered at first, but their actions were justified by the University's apparent inflexibility in responding to OBU's first demands...
...impasse between black students and the University is the OBU demand that Harvard agree to employ twenty per cent black and "Third World" workers on all University construction sites. The Administration has balked at this demand, but the two major arguments with which they have justified their opposition are insufficient...
...University has contended first of all that setting the minimum number of minority workers at 20 per cent would be discriminatory since the proportion of non white workers in the metropolitan area work force falls far short of that figure. OBU disputes the Administration figure, but even if Afro were over-estimating the minority group percentage, their demand would still be legitimate. Tired reservations about "reverse discrimination" are insufficient excuse for not making every possible effort to assist minority group people in their effort to overcome the immense burdens which American society imposes upon them...