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...Though the NDC espouses the philosophy of participatory politics, it is hardly operating at the present time on the widespread base that it claims. All organizations tend to become elitist once leaders arise, as they did in 1968 in the left-liberal community. It is almost inevitable that these leaders who work continuously on day-to-day implementation of the programs will impose, either inadverently or not, their own views of future policy. Thus participatory politics can easily become a euphemism for the old decision-making process...
...Kennedy published a book about the future. In Decisions For A Decade, among other things, he set out a view of the confrontation politics of this year--a view he reiterated in an article on the draft in the November 17 New York Times Book Review: "I believe that widespread change is possible, peacefully, not only in selective service but in other institutions. I am equally convinced that brutal confrontations and violence will make this change more difficult. The need is, not to tear down the system, but to make use of its possibilities." The statement took...
...been an ugly year for news. The mire in Vietnam looked deadlier than ever until March. The new year got off to a bad start--the Pueblo was seized. Early summer was shattered by the murder of Dr. King and the widespread riots that ensued. Then Bobby Kennedy was shot...
...again in April 1968, after the murder of Martin Luther King. Mayor Daley's own riot-study committee (Daniel Walker was No. 2 man) cited the restraint practiced by the police as a major factor in keeping the April riots from becoming even "more violent and widespread." But after April 1968, Daley criticized his police for their restraint and urged them to shoot to kill arsonists and maim looters. Says the report: "The effect on the police became apparent several weeks later when they attacked demonstrators, bystanders and media representatives at a civic-center peace march...
...last week Xerox's stock had fallen a drastic 18¼ points since the September announcement, costing the company's investors a paper loss of $400 million and reflecting a widespread notion that a link with solid but unspectacular C.I.T. could only tarnish Xerox as a glittering growth stock. At any rate, there were palpable signs of stockholder relief when the deal was finally dropped. In the first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange after the announcement, Xerox was bid up 6½ points to $277.25 a share...