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This is a unique boycott, because it doesn't punish the discriminating institution. When Martin Luther King boycotted bus lines in the South, the bus line, under white pressure as well as black, eventually acceded to his demands that Negroes be allowed to sit in the front, and the boycott was termined. But the proposed Olympic boycott, which is aimed of course not at the Games but at the American society, would have little effect on discrimination in the United States...
White could sense too that Quinn, the new Speaker, would also have reasons for not wanting to punish him. The image of the House of Representatives, essentially because of its fidelity to "the system," has not been a good one in the last few years, and Quinn is not without pride or ambition. Furthermore, Quinn is a representative from Boston--the Dorchester section--and to injure legislation beneficial to Boston's plight would not sit well with the home-folks. In light of the long-standing awe and respect that exists for doing things "the system" way. White's decision...
...reply, Califano said the Selective Service System "is not an instrument to repress and punish unpopular views." He said the system does not "vest in draft boards the judicial role in determining the legality of individual conduct...
...response to a letter from the eight Ivy League college presidents, the White House has declared that the draft should not be used to punish anti-war and anti-draft protestors...
...Hershey edict. And even though Hershey at week's end softened his threat by absolving "lawful protesters" from priority call-up, to many ordinary Americans it seemed peculiar that the man who describes military duty as a "privilege" should extend it to those he seeks to punish...