To the Editors of he CRIMSON:
Silence is the curse of moderation. While the overwhelming majority of the student body looked on, a radical, passionate few judged and punished Mr. Leavitt in an ironic perversion of free speech and due process. At Lowell Hall last Monday, less than ten per cent of the University population, representing only themselves, demanded the so-called "right of collective responsibility." This ex post facto support for the Mallinckrodt demonstrators is a cheap attempt to blackmail the administration and absolve the guilty students.
To those of us who truly oppose the war, the innuendos, lies, distortions and violence of the Far Left loom only as an aid and comfort to the present politico-military regime in Washington. Richard M. Biederman '57
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