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Prof. Doty Explains Views in a Letter

| October 7, 1969

The decision which the Faculty faces on Tuesday with respect to the Vietnam War motion may be of such consequence that I should like to correct beforehand some misrepresentations of my own involvement in the issue.

During the discussions of the past week I withheld my support until a clearly worded statement could be agreed upon. The statement of the motion published in the Crimson on Friday met most of my objections and I can support it.

At the same time I insisted that no faculty member should be coerced in any way into supporting or rejecting such a motion if he did not choose to express his attitude on the war in this manner. Indeed I had suggested that a prior vote might be taken on the appropriateness of considering in the issue.

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