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...Defense Department may very well try to thwart the intent of this law-i.e., limiting the military's influence in American society-by claiming that even basic research is directly related to "a specific military function." John Womack Jr. 59, assistant professor of History and a member of the anti-Project minority on the Brooks subcommittee, said Wednesday that Harvard involvement in the Project "may amount to collusion" with the Defense Department in circumventing Section...
Most members of the Brooks committee have not yet expressed a strong feeling either for or against the project. Pattullo, however, seems to favor a Harvard link with the Project. while Womack, a leader of the Faculty's "liberal caucus," said Tuesday that he was "strongly prejudiced against the idea...
...Womack based his argument against the Project on two points. First, he said, "projects like this attract a horde of people, most of them with absurd ideas for research." More importantly, he said, "I suspect that the people getting most use out of the Project will be the Defense Department, and at this moment in American politics. I don't trust Defense to make the use of it that I would like...
While no such bitter divisions have emerged, the liberals tend to be less enthusiastic in their account of communications between the cancuses. Womack believes that while the steering committees have remained on good terms, "there has been a kind of sharpening of feeling and an accumulating resentment from people in both caucuses...
...general. Communications with the administration at lower levels, they feel, has improved markedly since the crisis. Some attribute this to the power liberals displayed during the April Faculty votes. "The number of people who can get their opinions to the places where decisions are made is increasing." says Womack. But he adds, "What there is in our caucus is a feeling that higher up there is a lack of sympathy and cooperation...