Minority Rights Group Condemns Decision to Withdraw From NSA

Pressure for continued College participation in the National Student Association mounted last night, as another student organization joined in protest against the Student Council's decision to withdraw from N.S.A.

Michael R. Lurie '60, President of the Harvard-Radcliffe Society for Minority Rights, announced that the Society had passed by a unanimous vote a resolution "deploring the Student Council action." "N.S.A. has a long history," the resolution continued, "of fine work in the field of race relations." The Society urged the Council to "reconsider its action and re-affiliate itself with N.S.A."

The resolution followed by a day the Student Council Executive Committee's refusal of a request by Derek T. Winans '60, Chairman of the Harvard Freedom Council, that his speech in support of N.S.A. be placed on the agenda for next Monday's meeting of the Student Council. Winans said yesterday that he still plans to attend the meeting and hopes to be allowed to speak. He added that a member of the Council who voted with the majority to withdraw from N.S.A. would probably ask that Winans' views be heard.

Supporters of N.S.A. indicated that the Harvard Liberal Union might be the next organization to come out against the Student Council decision, and that might ask to appear before the Council national and regional officers of NSA to appeal the decision.