A student who characterized his political views as radical said, "The decisions were needed for a long time, but don't do much good because they are not uniformly enforced. In most cases, they're not enforced at all. Atleast now we have a bill of rights in name, if not in deed."

By a margin of almost 4 to 1, the freshmen rejected the theory of American cold war foreign policy that the "U.S. should intervene militarily to prevent Communists from taking over an established non-Communist government." However, in the next question a plurality of 50 per cent advocated some sort of non-military intervention to prevent Communists from taking over an established non-Communist government.

Judged together, the two questions show that although many freshmen, like many liberals today, reject military intervention against Communism in a foreign country, the majority does not share the radical viewpoint that the U.S. should not intervene in any way against Communism abroad.

On the subject of Vietnam, the class again shows its non-radicalism with a plurality (43 per cent) saying they would prefer a Thieu-Ky victory if they "had to choose" between it and the NLF. However, 38 per cent said that they favor an NLF victory, which shows that the class certainly is not conservative.

The general liberalism of the class is also reflected in the series of questions on pro-and anti-war marches last fall. The majority (58 per cent) of the class participated in the October moratorium march to the Boston Common and a significant minority (22 per cent) traveled to Washington to march against the war in November. Although few freshmen (4 per cent) participated in any pro-war march. it seems that they represent a very active pro-war minority associated with the Harvard chapter of the YAF which was formed by freshmen this year.

( Tomorrow: The freshman views of Harvard politics. )