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A special Faculty meeting next Tuesday will debate proposals to endorse the October 15 Vietnam moratorium and petition Congress for repeal of the draft.
At the same time, George Wald, Higgins Professor of Biology, said he would move at the special meeting that the Faculty petition Congress for repeal of the draft. His arguments for the anti-draft petition would be on academic grounds, Wald said.
Over 1200 students have already signed a petition in support of the moratorium, he noted.
When Tuesday's meeting takes up Wald's proposal for petition for repeal of the draft, it will be the first time the subject of the draft has been discussed on the floor of the Faculty.
In an interview, Wald said he will present to the Faculty four academic grounds for the petition to repeal the draft: