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confronting ehurchmcn. It's obvious liiat Mr. Formanla hand has
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bcgun their long march and that thcrc.is more in his conccpt of
violence. than in concentration on reliiious reparation.
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"A mom tcalistic improssion of'Mr: Forman can be gathcred
'from a black cultural festival held a t Tougaloo Collcpe, Tougaloo,
Mississippi, April 11 to 13.
spcakcrs ur$arl the college studcnts.to overthrow the Governmcnt,
f i r s t by.arming thcmselves,. then by violence, and to support the
Third World Movement.
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ExLremist SNCC and Rlack Panthcr
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*#Mr. Forman makes no secret of his bid for total power, or
of his plans to stand face to face with the nation's big unions, or to
take over the stato.
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"Hc knows where he wants to go. It is unfortunate that so .
few hecd his disdainful warning.
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"When hc says total power, 'hc moans just that.
makc it. Bur a l a g red glow will m a r k his trail."
Hc will not
Acaclcinic ycar 1968-69, tlic.most disrupted and tiimultuous in
.Anierican expcricncc drew Lo a closc this wcck on all major t'. S.
campuses.
on rclatively good behavior.
Protests varied i n nature from symbolic
arm bands and clenched fists to dissident walkouts
on some campuses and at Yale, an antirvictnanr spccch endorscd by a
large majority of graduates and delivered by a studrnl body spokesman.
One gcncral charactcristic of commcnccment protcsts was nun-violent
tlrc spccially clcctcd "Committec of 15" passcrl juctpnicnt with ovcr-
wliclininp faculty approval on ncirly 1.10 studcnts involvwl in the SDS-
sponsored April bdildi~ig occupation and ensuing riot. Somc national
olmcrvcre 'Id t tlic punishmnts meted out w e r e surprisingly mild.
Thrcc studcnts w c r e expcllcd and 13 nrorc wcrc s n s p h l c d .
6 who would'lravc graduated this w w k , now will not. - It wrJulcl appcar
that in spitc o f what tlic: %xpcrts" say, punirthnic?nls wcru rcasonablc
ant1 Iio;lr*st.. *?lie Coniinittce cstrtlisImc1 c r i t c r i s aitcl jiirlgccl caclr casc
on its mcrits.
prrnislimcnt in view of civil $cnal*aircady
imposed o r could lravc
succumbed to the pressur6 of the moment of keepina thc lid on for
commencement scheduled fer June 12, their judgment' and intsgrity.
both reern sound.
By and Iarac the radical activists; black and white,' w&rc
graduating seniors
. dcmonstration. At IIarvartl Lcnsion built on Monday tlic 9th of June when
In all,
Sincc thc! Comniittec could havc justificcl Iiglrtcr
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