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...newsletter the OG&CP also refers students to the Draft Information Service at 52 Dunster Street and to the new Harvard Draft Project (HDP)--a coordinating committee composed of members of SDS and the BDRG. The HDP will set up counseling services in the Houses, Mark Dyen '70, co-chairman of SDS, said yesterday...
...interesting these "ultra-super nominalists" in meaningful political activity. One disillusioned Executive Committee member blamed the club's impotence on those who view the organization as a stepping stone for future political careers. "They range from pseudo-new-Leftists in grey flannel suits to those who would be in SDS, but are too timid to affiliate with it for fear of hurting their budding political careers," he said. "Reluctant to voice any effective platform, they present a generalized liberal view centered entirely around elections, with no conception of extra-political social means of bringing about change. It never occurred...
Abrams sees the newsletter as essential in promoting serious political analysis and discussion. "The only Leftist viewpoint really apparent at Harvard is that of SDS, and it is clearly a minority. Young Dems never discusses most issues at all right now. An informative magazine-type newsletter ought to be the first step in expressing a coherent political viewpoint," he explained...
Within the University, however, it's a question of building respect and influence, not maintaining it. The large drop in membership, coupled with the fact that a third of the Executive Committee resigned this year, is indicative of the trend for activists to seeks SDS or the Young People's Socialist League even though they may not fully support their policies. There is little alternative for political action at Harvard. And those who join Young Dems with the vague hope that it will arouse them from their political apathy soon retreat to the comfort of their books...
Aware of these trends, Abrams would like to implement "the old coalition idea of bringing together all Leftist factions at Harvard to establish a mass base needed for any social change. SDS, YPSL, Campus Americans for Democratic Action, and those active in the McCarthy campaign are all doing some things inherent in the Young Dems' policy, and the duplication among them is wasteful. We ought to be willing to work together," he said...