Word: sds
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Speaking for the SDS position, Alan Gilbert characterized his group's opposition to ROTC as "explicitly political." He said that SDS "has no intention of abridging the civil liberties of Harvard students; this is just not the fundamental issue here...
...What ROTC is doing is just bad," said Kathy Kaufer '69, also of SDS. "Not bad as a matter of opinion, but just...
...sponsored by the Harvard Political Union, an audience of about 75 listened to speakers from the HUC, the SFAC and the HPC defend their organizations' proposals for a reduction in the status of ROTC which would nonetheless allow the units to remain on campus in some form. Speakers from SDS argued that Harvard should abolish ROTC outright, while representatives of YPSL supported a student referendum on the question, as has been suggested by Seymour Martin Lipset, professor of Government and Social Relations...
...opposite political views from purging another organization whose action they deem treasonable or immoral. Harvard, which during the 1950's fought for the preservation of an open society by resisting McCarthyite attempts to gag academic freedom, could now set a precedent for other universities more intent on banning SDS than ROTC. The SDS resolution would also deny these students who wish to receive military training while in college their right and opportunity...
...Harvard Draft Union will present an open forum on ROTC at 8 p.m. tonight in Lowell Lecture Hall. Representatives from YPSL, SDS, HPC, HUC, and SFAC will present their organizations' proposals. A straw poll will follow the discussion...