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...start of the Tocsin meeting last night, much of the audience shared a confusion between "unilateral initiatives," an ambiguous Tocsin slogan, and unilateral disarmament, a proposal which the group opposes. In his brief speech, Samuel H. Beer, professor of Government, drew the distinction sharply, and Tocsin leaders defined clearly their approach and listed specific proposals towards a nuclear test...
...member of the audience later suggested, most of the opposition to Tocsin had been based on a misunderstanding of its aims and proposals...
...third alternative, Beer explained, was unilateral nuclear disarmament. Its very mention brought hisses, and the speaker had to point out, again, that neither he nor Tocsin advocates this step. When pressed, said Beer, even the unilateralists admit that their policy would likely lead to Communist control. Their usual defense is the slogan, "better red than dead...
Because it sees "the accelerating arms race" leading swiftly to the last war, because it senses "viable alternatives," and because it challenges students to explore "unilateral initiatives," Tocsin is on the sidewalks this morning--walking...
From breakfast until dusk the Tocsin group will walk, carrying sign, wearing arm-bands of blue. At Harvard especially, such walking is odd. But Tocsin knows it is, and because their goal is good, the group is willing to walk that thin line...