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...distinguished colleague Talcott Parsons, with whom I agree on most matters, has charged the Harvard President and Corporation with suppression of academic freedom in vetoing the decision of the Syndics of the Harvard University Press to publish The Double Helix by James Watson. I believe this is unjust and I rise in a limited way to their defense...
...permitted to reveal any but a few basic, spare facts. But unlike the A.B.A., the Kaufman group is against barring newsmen from pretrial hearings and portions of the trial not heard by the jury. And it opposes the A.B.A. suggestion that newsmen be held in contempt if they willfully publish material designed to affect the outcome of a trial. Such a course, says the Kaufman committee, would be "both unwise and poses serious constitutional problems." A copy of the committee's proposals will be circulated to every federal judge for comment, and in September the full Judicial Conference, which...
Even with generous qualifications like these, a policy that insists on "balanced" television presentations is at best illogical. As in its decision not to publish J. D. Watson's The Double Helix, the University is confusing an expression of opinion coming from this campus with a statement of policy bearing the official Harvard seal...
Citing auto safety as an example, Kaysen said auto manufacturers should publish the history of their research into a safety device, which would then be reviewed by competent judges in the field...
...feature review of the New York Times Book Review last Sunday was of Professor J. D. Watson's book, The Double Helix, it is perhaps not too late to comment on the action of the President and Fellows of Harvard College in forbidding the Harvard University Press to publish the book. It is my feeling that this action was unwarranted and constituted a serious infringement of academic freedom. I am not a biologist, nor am I in detail acquainted with the technical issues of the controversy: I base this judgment on general grounds...