Word: petitioner
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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More activities became politicized at Harvard than ever before. As a result of the war in Vietnam and civil rights, even theatre and literature acquired increasingly political meaning. Writers and Loeb-wonks joined the protests and signed the "We Won't Go" petition, as the draft threatened to puncture the...
The Vietnam Summer project in Cambridge -- one of the most important in the national program -- has already organized a petition, signed by over 50 per cent of those contacted, to bring Congressman O'Neill home for hearings. The meeting of this group last night to chose future tactics illustrates Vietnam...
If we feel so strongly that we will not fight, then we should refuse to serve; specifically, sign the "We Won't Go" petition, work for "Vietnam Summer," and prepare to go to prison. If we do not feel so strongly as to go to jail rather than to war...
Signing this petition, however, does not mean that you oppose American policy or that you would request an alternative form of service for yourself. Many of the signers may themselves be in the dilemma they hope to ease; but some are genuinely uncertain of their own position, and their signature...
Inspite of its minor weaknesses, therefore, this petition sausfies almost every point of view. Sponsors of the document -- the student body presidents and editors who met with Secretary of State Rusk -- say they'll be satisfied if 25 per cent of the students here sign. But if their past claims...