Word: sit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Though Udall was overwhelmingly defeated by McCormack's supporters, his move helped wrest from the incumbent Democratic leadership in the House an agreement to allow all party members to sit in on monthly policy meetings, thus assuring that the voice of the activists will continue to be heard. Another concession to Udall's rebellion: committee appointments will henceforth be subject to approval by a caucus of all House Democrats instead of being dictated by a tight coterie of congressional elders. Udall and his hardy backers-only 58 of 435 House members-did their careers no damage...
...blacks. A Stanford trustee since 1954, he has been a target of student protest because of Hewlett-Packard's defense contracts and his seat on the board of General Dynamics. To many dissidents he seemed the personification of the military-industrial complex. Yet during a campus sit-in last May, he was the only high-level university official who talked to the protesters...
After the sit-in, divinity students tried to collect bursars cards from sympathetic students. Six bursars cards were collected and delivered to Dean Glimp's office, but were returned by mail...
...Administration of the Divinity School will recommend to its Faculty that no punitive action be taken on the three Divinity School students who participated in the Paine Hall sit-in, John D. Elder, assistant dean of the Divinity School said yesterday...
...difference in punishment between Faculties will lead to real problems of equity," Leland D. Sanderson, a divinity student who participated in the sit-in said...