Word: sjp
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Dates: during 1971-1971
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Students for a Just Peace (SJP) cancelled last night's planned pro-war teach-in because they were unable to attract speakers, sources revealed yesterday. SJP never actually discussed with the administration the matter of protecting the teach-in against disrupters...
According to SJP's statement, two speakers-a spokesman for the South Vietnamese government and a State Department expert-had accepted the invitation to speak on May 3.Others, including speakers from the Pentagon and the White House, declined SJP's invitation, as did Henry Kissinger...
...SJP attributed the speakers' reluctance to come to Harvard in part to fear, and to the University's failure to apologize to the previous speakers...
Rosen said "it was clear that SDS had plans for some sort of disruption," and SJP did not want to subject the speakers to harassment. He added that SJP did not aim to cause SDS reaction by scheduling a pro-administration teach...
...SJP statement concludes that "it is up to the University to enforce it [free speech]: students fighting students in order to speak would only lead to anarchy, not liberty...