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Finally, Beer spoke for arms control through "unilateral initiative" and/or multilateral negotiations. This is Tocsin's approach, and Beer's: taking small steps of disarmament in the expectation that the Soviets will "reciprocate with a similar or equivalent action." On our part, such steps would be intended "clearly to weaken our powers of aggression," but "not to cripple our power of retaliation...
...Tocsin has two purposes, said Peter Goldmark '62, a member: to get its ideas talked about, and to influence government. As an example of the latter, Goldmark told the audience that he and Robert Weil '61, Tocsin president, had been invited to confer with top officials in the Disarmament Section of the State Department. Also, during the meeting, Goldmark publicly phoned Congressman Miller of California...
...conclusion, Tocsin presented a three-point plan toward a nuclear test ban, urging the U.S. to continue its moritorium on tests "as long as there exist reasonable prospects of a satisfactory agreement," and to invite other parties in test-ban negotiations to participate in Project Vela, a U.S. research project on test inspection systems
Virtually everybody at Harvard--students, graduate students, and faculty members--witnessed Tocsin's day-long walk yesterday. Carrying signs and distributing mimeographed literature, seven small groups of Tocsin members--each covering a fixed portion of the Harvard community--asked students to confront the challenge of the arms race, to take considered action, and to support the policy of "unilateral initiative...
...those in sympathy with the march, Tocsin members distributed blue arm bands. At 9 a.m., when the march began, there were 400 arm bands in circulation; at 4 p.m., when it ended, at least 600 more had been requested...