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...dilemma of the current generation of congressional liberals is in large part testimony to the weakness of American liberalism over the last two decades. Had Congress consistently refused to go along with President Johnson--had there been a wide-spread effort to convince the voters of the folly of getting involved in Vietnam--had liberals protested the abandonment of the civil rights movement by Congress--had even a small number of men done any of these things, public opinion on Vietnam, and on Negro rights as well, might not be what...
Lowell has won both the Pulitzer and the National Book Awards for his poetry. Recently, he received wide-spread publicity for his opposition to the war in Vietnam. Last summer he declined to attend a White House arts festival, because he said his attendance might be construed as an endorsement of Pres. Johnson's policy. His citation read: "With anguished heart this powerful poet compassionately confronts the tragic complexities of human existence...
...Negro income in New York City is a little more than half that of median white income--and cannot hope to measure up to the established credit standards for long-term, low-cost loans. Hudgins firmly believes that discrimination on all loaning for large amounts or long periods is wide-spread, although it is true that it has decreased somewhat since pre-World War II days, when "The Mortgage Conference," a group of white banks, refused to grant mortgages to Negroes...
...petition, presently circulating throughout the University asks the Harvard administration to refrain from supplying information on class rank, either directly to draft boards or to students themselves, until a referendum can be held to determine undergraduate opinion on the question. The petition is sensibly worded and deserves wide-spread support...
However, before any underdeveloped nation can begin to diversify its economy, he explained, it must develop an extensive transport and communications system, its population density must rise, and education must become wide-spread...