BEACON OF FREEDOM

To the Editors of the CRIMSON:

I am happy indeed to have an endorsement from the Harvard CRIMSON. No university has stood more consistently or courageously for freedom of expression and inquiry than Harvard. Your college has been a beacon of moral and intellectual freedom for the world.

We Democrats are dedicated to the cause of preserving and extending our traditional American freedoms. I am confident that the present infatuation of some Republican leaders with smear and slander is a passing phenomenon; but a lot of damage can be done in a little time. We want an America where the freedom of Harvard will be a model--not an exception, and certainly not a casualty. Adlai E. Stevenson   Springfield, Illinois