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“eh > RERUN ADDERSS | USSSA og JOSEPH LASH -" 2 8 West 40th Street — _ a Co "New York City. om 2 ee ee mm S68. #7. 7 *-Barrecks 403 | oo = -Chanute Field, Illinois .. 19423 »° NEW YORK © “8 PW UNITED STATES STUDENT ASSEMBLY 0 8 West 40th Street on _. New York City February 11,°1923 a Your letter came in just as we were about to hurdle ‘our last bottleneck , ‘and send out the letters to all a -.o:,-. Students who were at Assembly, oni) cTiwigh you could have been here our contacts on the ISS lists and those —- during these pest two weeks. I think it would have shown you the fruits that your last two years work has borne, I thought -*" about 4t at lunch today, after one of the students called and asked why the er _ thousands of students involved hadn't been consulted upon the demise of ISS. -. > “There 4s an essence of truth in : SS did have a stake in the organization and never really were heard, . that statement: the students who worked with “I know, Joe,:that when I. spoke in an Executive committee meeting T always — had the feeling that the other people, the "oldeters" as you put it, ‘were thinking, "Well, who is this young kid to come in here end tell us “whet da the soundest procedure.” There was 8 constant disrespect for the ~~ “students! contribution, but more than that, there was the conplaisance of - “absolute egotism, the knowledge “the education world, ‘the making “make such decisions, There was :gupport. They did not matter. ' hire high-powered publicity men that you are esteblished as a figure in 2. of decisions as individuals privileged to.“ - never any understanding or striving for student That this was something new in educational ls. @ndeavor was significant tn itself, _It'was vastly like so many colleges who to beat drums throughout the metion, but - cy who care little for the actual standards within the institution, and, it — "was on this utter lack of respect and sympathy for students as individuals — 3.and as a@ group needing guidance that ISS met its stumbling, Once the - _Pule was threatened, the organization halved and split asunder, - “With this aa a background, it was truly encouraging and envigorating ‘to sea _ the last two weeks zo by. On the one hand there were daily visits to the © :c 2. offiee of ISS by Dr, Cohn, and a mortal fear of the mysterious power being present in the staff's midst, It was as though the last writes were being “held for a Greek athlete who had -Then, ‘something snapped, and the died too young, flood ‘has been sweeping ahead since, 2° =: Students called to find out why, leaders of the USSA met in emergency session, - VMARAUEN 1h “ Pa _ Pages lL