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...Splinter Groups. In May, a new group was formed by families who consider Administration policy toward prisoners an excuse for prolonging the war. P.O.W.-M.I.A. (Missingin Action) Families for Immediate Release-who count some 300 relatives among the supporters of their stance-called a press conference in Washington to demand that the President set a definite withdrawal date in exchange for the release of the prisoners. The group's organizer, Mrs. Harold Kushner of Danville, Va., charged the Administration with "using the prisoner issue to buy time for the South Vietnamese government." Another member was more blunt. Said...
...largest organization of prisoner families, the National League of Families of P.O.W.s/M.I.A. has likewise felt the shift in attitude. The league has long guarded its political neutrality, but there are pressures for the organization to take a public position on the negotiations. One league official predicts the formation of splinter groups at the league's convention in September. The meeting, the official concedes, is likely to be a stormy one. Mrs. James Stockdale of Branford, Conn., league founder, acknowledges "a tremendous divergence of opinions." Says Mrs. Stockdale: "There is the whole range-from immediate withdrawal to 'trust...
...separatism by raising the specter of Soviet troublemaking. But there is no doubt that the Soviets would like to see Yugoslavia disintegrate. If Tito manages to arrange a genuine succession, he will have made another great stride toward achieving a reasonably democratic Marxist society. If he fails, Yugoslavia could splinter under the weight of separatist feeling and Soviet meddling...
Brutal and Bullying. Much of the current violence can be traced to a militant splinter group of the I.R.A. known as the Provisionals. Unhappy with the official I.R.A.'s inability to protect Catholics from Protestant attacks and its failure to make any headway toward uniting Ulster's six counties with the 26 counties of the Irish Republic, the Provisionals split off from the old guard after the 1969 riots. About five months ago, they began stirring up the Catholics against the 6,900 British troops sent to Ulster to restore peace. It was not difficult...
Moreover, the proliferation of separate degree programs that occurred during the School's dramatic growth has resulted in both duplicated efforts and instability and a lack of cohesion among splinter programs staffed by as few as one or two faculty and vulnerable to shifts in faculty interest and availability...