20 Meet to Organize A Union of Students

Fewer than 20 people attended a meeting in Lowell Lecture Hall last night to discuss the formation of a student union. Organizers of the meeting said they were pessimistic about the possibility of involving Harvard students in political action this year.

"A great many people seem to be interested, but no one will come to a meeting," said Lewis M. Finfer '72. He said a recent poll of Mather House students showed that 84 percent supported the creation of a "union of students to act as a representative of student opinion independent of university control."

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Finfer said organizers will conduct and Radcliffe Houses during the next two weeks. They will attempt to sign up members at the same time, he said.

A student union could press for reform in university policy on curriculum, the Cambridge community and investments, by employing such tactics as petitions, class boycotts, and tuition strikes, Finfer said.