Tocsin Members Talk About Group's Future; Decide to Talk Again

The discouraged but determined members of Tocsin met last night to ask whether their organization had a future.

Two and a half hours later the 55 participants decided to meet and ask the question again.

Todd Gitlin, president of Tocsin, asked the group not to let disillusion over the Cuban blockade and the failure of the Hughes for Senate campaign weaken the organization. "Cuba showed us that we don't have much power," he said, "now we must start thinking about what practical things we can do."

Gittin suggested establishing open seminars headed by junior Faculty members to discuss international affairs.

But the proposal became sidetracked in a flurry of other suggestions including associating more closely with civil rights groups, protesting against the University's Civil Defense policy, meeting biweekly to discuss "why we're all in the peace movement in the first place," and abolishing Tocsin altogether.