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...equal admissions issue until 1975 when the contract can be renewed. Many students want the issues of merger and equal admissions to be of immediate concern to the new President. The final report, however, disagrees: "The new Harvard President will be faced with many critical problems at the outset of his administration and it is not in the best interests of Radcliffe or Harvard that he should be forced to deal with this issue immediately." Students opposing the merger find this clause "particularly pernicious." As Deborah Batts said, "such a long-term period seems to approve implicitly low-priority...
Hence, by August 1969, when Young Americans for Freedom met in St. Louis for their ninth annual convention, libertarian YAFer's were on the verge of revolt. Approximately 300 of the 1200 delegates at the convention were members of a "Libertarian Caucus." From the outset it was apparent to them that the tone of the convention would not be one of libertarianism-of the 12 speakers scheduled, none was libertarian. The Caucus decided to hold a "mini-convention" of its own on the night of the opening ceremonies and invited Karl Hess to speak...
...special assistant in the Internal Security Division, flew to Seattle to handle the Grand Jury investigation there, for it is reported that Pitkin was opposed at first to bringing charges against the defendants. He later said in court that his office had been involved in the case from the outset, however...
...union leaders something new to worry about when they decide on price and wage policies. Walter Heller, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, says that Nixon's new policy "might repair some of the damage he did" by announcing at the outset of his Administration that he would go easy with exhortation. When Nixon made that statement, Pierre Rinfret, a Manhattan economic consultant and sometime Nixon adviser, flashed all his clients to put through any price increases they might have in mind. Last week Rinfret was advising them to think again, because...
...cannot forbear commentary on the CRIMSON article of 22 January, 1971. Even then I do not know in what capacity I make the following observations,though I should like to think that it is in a personal and not in any official role. I should state at the outset that I was not present at the meeting, was not involved in the plans for Mrs. DuBois's visit, and I confess I learnt of the episode at Sanders Theatre only from the pages of the Crimson...