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To the Editors of the CRIMSON:
We have heard enough silly comparisons of the Dow sit-in to the actions of McCarthy in the 50's to call for some comment. I believe it is a recognized principle of democracy that government, because of its vastly greater power, must be subject to greater restraints than the private citizen. There can be no reasonable comparison between the power of a group of students to restrict a man's movements for several hours and the power of a Senate Committee to ruin a man for life. There was, for a time during the 50's, a real danger that the expression of certain viewpoints in this country would be suppressed. There has never been the slightest danger, in this or any other controversy, that the expression of the U.S. Administration's viewpoint would be suppressed. This would remain true whether or not Harvard University permitted supporters of the war machine to recruit on campus. Lisa Bieberman '63
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