Change, a national education review, condemned the University today for its failure to take a firm stand in support of Samuel Popkin, assistant professor of Government, during his November contempt trial.

An editorial in the February issue says that the University "did not decisively, commandingly defend Samuel Popkin, the First Amendment, or a citizen's right to be free from government harassment."

Harvard took no official stand on Popkin's case till after his release, though President Bok defended him in court during his last trial and Daniel Steiner '54, general counsel of the University, worked with his lawyers throughout the case