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University of Iowa anti-war protests, 1968

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DI Sept. 19, 1968


'Radical' Faculty
To Form Group
  The first campus meeting of a new "radical" organization for faculty members and graduate students will have "plenty of surprises," one of the leaders of the group predicted Wednesday night.
  Howard J. Ehrlich, associate professor of sociology and anthropology and a member of the organizing committee of the New University Conference (NUC), told The Daily Iowan that he and other organizers were hoping for a large turnout at tonight's debut meeting, to be held at 8 p.m. in the Union Harvard Room.
  The NUC, described by Ehrlich as being dedicated to promoting radical thought on campus, has been characterized by a New York Times writer as "a post-graduate Students for a Democratic Society." The group is designed to end what an NUC brochure calls "university export of experts in social manipulation and international coercion."
  Specifically, the national organization was formed to unite faculty members, graduate students and other intellectuals who oppose the war in Vietnam and have worked for black liberation, the brochure said.
  A feature of tonight's meeting will be a talk on draft resistance given  by Edward Hoffmans, counsellor for Resist here.
  Specific actions, Ehrlich said, could include a condemnation of the "antiriot" amendment of the Higher Education Act now under consideration in Congress, which would deny federal scholarships, grants or loans to any student convicted during a demonstration.
  On a University level, the group will consider a proposal by the organizing committee to denounce the appointment of William L. Binney, retired professor of aerospace studies, as chief of Campus Security. The appointment was made by University Pres. Howard R. Bowen without the approval of the student-faculty Parking and Security Committee, according to Ehrlich.
  Ehrlich said the organizing committee felt that such a move should be condemned because it bypassed the usual University procedure for appointments to staff offices.
  The organization will also consider political issues and not shirk from demonstrations, Ehrlich said.

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[handwritten] DI Sept. 19, 1968 'Radical' Faculty To Form Group The first campus meeting of a new "radical" organization for faculty members and graduate students will have "plenty of surprises," one of the leaders of the group predicted Wednesday night. Howard J. Ehrlich, associate professor of sociology and anthropology and a member of the organizing committee of the New University Conference (NUC), told The Daily Iowan that he and other organizers were hoping for a large turnout at tonight's debut meeting, to be held at 8 p.m. in the Union Harvard Room. The NUC, described by Ehrlich as being dedicated to promoting radical thought on campus, has been characterized by a New York Times writer as "a post-graduate Students for a Democratic Society." The group is designed to end what an NUC brochure calls "university export of experts in social manipulation and international coercion." Specifically, the national organization was formed to unite faculty members, graduate students and other intellectuals who oppose the war in Vietnam and have worked for black liberation, the brochure said. A feature of tonight's meeting will be a talk on draft resistance given by Edward Hoffmans, counsellor for Resist here. Specific actions, Ehrlich said, could include a condemnation of the "antiriot" amendment of the Higher Education Act now under consideration in Congress, which would deny federal scholarships, grants or loans to any student convicted during a demonstration. On a University level, the group will consider a proposal by the organizing committee to denounce the appointment of William L. Binney, retired professor of aerospace studies, as chief of Campus Security. The appointment was made by University Pres. Howard R. Bowen without the approval of the student-faculty Parking and Security Committee, according to Ehrlich. Ehrlich said the organizing committee felt that such a move should be condemned because it bypassed the usual University procedure for appointments to staff offices. The organization will also consider political issues and not shirk from demonstrations, Ehrlich said.