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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000600430026-4
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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 26, 1999
• Sequence Number: 26
• Publication Date: November 30, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

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its coverage o
ftn-
X 1n9cting Tuesday, Nov. 29, Spec-
tator misrepresented several of the
decisions made that evening, giv-
ing a very unclear picture of their
import. I would like to take this
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F u'st. arc st.:tcmcnt that "stu-
,lcnts sl:uuld control the university;
and its policies", if not spurious,
is at least unrepresentative of the
views. and policies of Columbia
SDS. Rather, the people of Co-I
lumbia SDS believe that far toy;
many decisions in the University
made without adequate (if :?
are
any) consultation with students:
and faculty and are made with no
decisive participation of students
or' faculty. The draft issue is one
which directly concerns the very {
lies of the undergraduates and l
gi nduate students. A decision on:
draft policy in the University in-
volves judgments which can only,:
and must be made by the body of
people whose lives are to be af-
fected by such a decision. The,
draft referendum' should be bind-
ing because students should. make
the decisions which particularly-;
concern their own lives. It is re-;'
grettable that an anonymous quote
should be misleadingly presented'
by Spectator' as a basic policy
statement of SDS.
Secondly, the hearings which are
to be conducted by SDS are not,
as Spectator would have it, to be
concerned with "the alleged exis-
tence of a 'secret office"' at Co~
lumbia. The hearings referred to
in the proposal adopted by SDS,,
-wil 11 i deal primarily with the struc-'
tulle of the University and possible
alttirnativcs to that structure, they
will give students and faculty an
-opportunity to consider the facts
-of decision-making'and exercise,of
-control in the University.
Thirdly, the plans "to con uc
sit-in" were niven n misleadin VERSITY
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circulate a petition, prepare li?tera
ture, hold forums, and operate
dorm-canvassing program. W
will attempt to make our view
and demands known to the Uni
versity community and air discus
sions on the relevant issues. The
only if our demands are- not me
will SDS call for public demon
strations. SDS would conduct
sit-in only if the other modes o
voicing demands prove futile in th
face of an intransigent Adminis
tration.
I hope that Spectator's stand I
ards of reportage will in the fu
ture be above the taking of state
ments out of context, irresponsib]
quoting, and just ? plain misinfor
Steering Cornmlttee,,
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