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...SJP had hoped to after this situation a bit by encouraging a genuine debate. The events of this spring have made clear that is impossible. Rather than face another evening of chaos, which, we believed, would not help discussion on Vietnam, and could only hurt the free speech issue, we decided to cancel.'71 Co-Chairman, SJP...
...conversations with administrators including Dean Epps and Archibald Cox, I learned that the protection issue-which SJP claims was pivotal-never came into discussion between SJP and the administration. Epps put it generously: "It must have been an unstated premise" that the University could not offer "the kind of protection SJP wanted." What kind of protection did SJP want? Nobody could answer that...
Laszlo Pasztor, SJP co-chairman, told me Monday that "no specific protection question was raised." He went on to explain that "since we only had two speakers [one of whom said Monday that he had not accepted] it didn't seem worth their while to hold the teach-in." Cox said the only vague reference to protecting a second teach-in came after a meeting about the Counter Teach-In disruption, when he suggested that SJP return (which they never did) "because we have a lot of things to talk about." According to Cox, checking bursar's cards and confiscating...
...CRIMSON article on May 1 states SJP Program Director Stephen Rosen's allegation that "SJP did not aim to cause SDS reaction by scheduling a pro-administration teach-in." I didn't think it necessary to repeat this allegation...
Since the purpose of a teach-in is to present various speakers' views, I thought it significant that only one speaker admitted to accepting SJP's invitation. Additionally, Cox implied-as did several other administration people-that a dearth of adequate speakers was the primary issue involved in your cancellation...