Word: vietnamize
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Others involved in the wrangle over the war vote have offered a different interpretation of the incident. When told of Doty's letter, the sponsor of the Vietnam resolution-Mark Ptashne, lecturer in Biochemistry-said that the use of Doty's name seemed to be part of a "concerted effort by some members of the conservative caucus to make some arrangements that will keep the resolution off the floor...
...dispute centers on the question of how the Faculty should vote on Ptashne's resolution, which would put the Faculty on record as opposing the Vietnam war and saying that immediate withdrawal is "the most reasonable plan for peace...
Whereas students and faculty in many parts of the nation, including Harvard, are planning on October 15 to observe a "moratorium on business as usual" and leave their classes and devote their energies to public efforts to bring an immediate end to the war in Vietnam...
Resolved that this Faculty affirms its support of the October 15 day of protest against the war in Vietnam (while not committing any individual member) and reaffirms the right of its members to suspend classes on that...
...decision which the Faculty faces on Tuesday with respect to the Vietnam War Motion may be of such consequence that I should like to corrcet before hand some misrepresentations of my own involvement in the issue. During the discussions of the past week I withheld my support until a clearly worded statement could be agreed upon. The statement of the Motion published in the CRIMSON on Friday met most of my objections and I can support...