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...Tocsin sentiment is moving away from the positions and preoccupations of the traditional ban-the-bomb peace groups," Adam M. Hochschild '63, vice-chairman of Tocsin, said last night...
Todd A. Gitlin '63, chairman of the organization, agreed. John H. Ehrenreich '63, secretary, said the Tocsin position had "crystalized" rather than changed. "We are viewing the arms race in a broader context," Ehrenreich said...
...peace group officers also agreed on the importance of the Cuba crisis. Hochschild felt Tocsin's reaction to the crisis was symptomatic of the group's change in orientation...
...pointed out that earlier statements to which Tocsin had subscribed emphasized specific issues such as testing and civil defense. A statement entitled "No Other Cubas" which many Tocsin members distributed during the crisis took a less specific long-term view of the situation. According to Hochschild. "It emphasized the bankruptcy of the U.S. attitude toward social revolution...
Also, the House system supposedly provides centers for specialized extracurricular interest groups. Quincy House, for instance, which is "political" by reputation, has provided a base of operations for leaders of the Young Republicans and Democrats, Tocsin, the Liberal Union and YAF. Centered in a House instead of spread throughout the College, the leaders can discuss their projects at dining tables or in adjacent rooms; they have all the advantages of proximity. The third floor of Quincy has become one of the greatest smoke filled corridors in American politics. And yet, precisely as a result of this concentration, a group like...