The possibility of disruption has sparked countermeasures. Although Pasztor has repeatedly asserted that it is the University's responsibility to provide security, he nevertheless said yesterday that he had obtained the services of "25 to 50 marshalls who might wear blue armbands."
Pasztor said that "most of the marshalls will be students. Some, though, might be friends of mine from off campus-after all it is open to the public."
Archibald Cox '34, troubleshooter for the University, last night declined to make any comment on security measures that Harvard was taking. "After all," Cox said, "if you keep talking about security measures, then they're not going to give you any security, are they?"
Standby
When asked if Cambridge police would be standing by, Cox refused to comment, Cambridge police also refused to comment.
The appointments secretary at the South Vietnamese Embassy said that when Diem was invited by Pasztor two weeks ago, Diem said that he would send a representative. The secretary said that Diem would have to be in Washington tonight because of the importance of the National Farmers' Day in Vietnamese history, Vietnam expert Alexander C. Woodside, professor of History, however, said last night that he had never heard of National Farmer's Day and could not remember any Vietnamese holiday on March 26.
When Pasztor was informed by the CRIMSON of Diem's secretary's statement he called Diem and then confirmed Hoan's presence for tonight Pasztor continued to maintain, however, that Panyarachun was the Thai ambassador to the U. S.
Questioned as to why the Thai ambassador to the U. S. could only be contacted in Ottawa, Pasztor replied, "I don't know what he's doing in Ottawa. You know these guys-they're always moving around."
Pasztor said that the teach-in group, the H-R Students for a Just Peace in Vietnam, would pay for all the expenses of the speakers.
The money to pay for the accommodations came from donations, "about half from alumni, mostly in the Boston area, and half from contributors from outside groups," according to Pasztor. He said that the fund-raising had gone on for only "two weeks to a month."
Below is the full text of the Faculty Council's statement on the Teach-in which was released Wednesday. It was inadvertently omitted from yesterday's CRIMSON:
Two years ago, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences reasserted its faith in a free academic community. It stated that violence against any member or guest of the University, deliberate interference with academic freedom and freedom of speech (including that of any speaker invited to express his views) and forcible interference with the freedom of movement of any member or guest of the University are incompatible with a free University and unacceptable.
Recent incidents, and the possibility of new ones, make it important to reassert these principles, the violation or erosion of which would undermine the rights of all of us. The right of individuals or groups to dissent and to express their views, which the Faculty explicitly reaffirmed two years ago, cannot be protected and preserved if anyone claims the right to prevent others, however unpopular, from being heard.