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Corporation members Hugh Calkins '49 statement that Harvard's investment decisions are divorced from moral considerations: President Bok's conflicting remark that the Corporation had already "decided what is right" by not divesting and Treasurer George Putnam '49's laughter upon hearing of the last have all been publicized, thereby calling attention to the often callous attitude of the Corporation toward students...
...Society (SDS), one of the more radical student groups, demanded adoption of six major points including the expulsion of ROTC from Harvard and that the scholarships of Paine Hall students be returned. Because Faculty rules forbade students from advancing proposals. Pearson Professor of Mathematics and Mathematical Logic Hilary W Putnam presented the SDS proposal to the Faculty...
...problem is that Harvard, as a corporate body, has no human emotions, as George Putnam's laughter so blatantly shows. They won't respond to actions that could be construed as succumbing to mere "human" emotions. The seven students (and, for that matter, anyone who wants to effectively protest for change) should approach Harvard in a more corporate way--something it can understand. For instance, the idea of placing the senior gift in a conditional trust is more effective; it involves more people and proves to Harvard that the issue of divestiture is directly tied to its income and could...
...Government's transcript, it seems, involved a bit of trickery on Braniff's part. According to American, Crandall telephoned Putnam to complain about an offensive Braniff advertisement, and Putnam returned the call, tape recorder ready. Crandall's language was damning. At one point, Putnam asked, ''Do you have a suggestion for me?" "Yes," said Crandall heatedly, "I have a suggestion for you." He then proposed the joint fare-raising scheme...
...Putnam broke no law by making the recording. It is legal in Texas, and many other states, for one party in a telephone conversation to record it without letting the other party know. William Baxter, the Justice Department's antitrust chief, let it be known last week that he thinks company bosses should always record their phone conversations with other company bosses. That would make it harder, reasoned Baxter, to try to fix prices over the phone. Many businessmen found the idea absurd. Could wired golf carts and bugged swizzle sticks be far behind? -By John S. DeMott. Reported...