Students Meet to Found Activist Union

Harvard undergraduates have taken the first step in organizing a broadly based, activist union of students at a meeting held last night in Harvard Hall.

Peter Guarnaccia '72, one of the organizers, said the attendance of only 35 students was "disappointing" since the meeting had been well publicized. Despite the small turnout, the group resolved to organize meetings in all the Houses during the next few days.

Rallying Point

Students at last night's meeting saw the CRR as a possible rallying point for the union. Guarnaccia pointed out that "since the unanimous rejection of the CRR, it's obvious students need to get together and organize themselves to work for their own interests and beliefs which the University is now ignoring."

Corporation investments, low-income housing, day-care centers, and Phillips Brooks House funding were also considered as possible consciousness-raising issues.

Some at the meeting suggested putting pressure on the University to insure compliance with demands by withholding the 1971-72 $200 tuition increase. If these withheld funds were pooled and invested, they could earn nearly $50,000 annually-which could be spent on scholarships, day care, and other causes.

The meeting grew out of a series of discussions among students which resulted in an open letter and an editorial in the CRIMSON. The letter, written by Lewis Finfer '72, emphasized the need for an organized group holding "real power" in the University.