April 28, 1968
Results of Service Societies' Referendum
| 1. I favor amnesty for all students Involved in demonstrations of the last three days | ||
| YES | NO | ABSTAIN |
| 2054 | 3466 | 128 |
| 2. End Gym construction. | ||
| 4093 | 1433 | 125 |
| 3. End University ties with IDA | ||
| 3572 | 1855 | 209 |
| 4. 1 favor dropping disciplinary probation charges against the six students involved in the Prior IDA demonstration. | ||
| 2167 | 3263 | 213 |
| 5. I favor Open hearings action in the future. by a tripartite committee on all disciplinary | ||
| 4465 | 1074 | 113 |
| 6. The University should use its good offices to have charges dropped against those arrested by the city in Gym demonstrations. | ||
| 2816 | 2668 | 169 |
| 7. I support a student strike in favor of these demands. | ||
| 2365 | 3094 | 187 |
| 8. I agree with the demonstration tactics Used by S.D.S. and S.A.S. thus far. | ||
| 1325 | 4124 | 203 |
| In the process of balloting there were a large number of people who answered yes to all eight propositions and an equally large number who answered no. | ||
| 973 | 528 | 4 |
| In addition there ware 319 ballots which were in some way amended by marginal comments. | ||
Professor Alan Westin
Chairman, Faculty Ad Hoc Committee
University Faculty Council
Columbia University Law School
Dear Sir:
It was felt Friday after the preliminary tabulation of the Service Societies' Referendum,
that the circumstances were such that an unqualified release of the preliminary balloting
results could have precipated further polarization and intransigence among the faculty,
students, community, and administration. In lieu pf a recognized arbiter, this committee
could not reconcile any unintended, possibly violent consequences of the preliminary
tabulation with the initial objectives of the committee.
Our attempt to attain unassailable statistics has failed, thoughfar less than could any petition or statement. These 5,500 ballots represent, at best, only a cross section of student sentiment. We wish to remind you that the enclosed analysis cannot and should not be ignored if the referendum is to be a significant indicator of University student opinion.
It is out hope that effort as well as that of the voters may in some way facilitate an intelligent resolution of the problems confronting all of us.
Respectfully,
| VAN AM SOCIETY | |
| President | Loren Lavine |
| Vice-President | Holland Hendrix |
| Historian | John Losk |
| BLUE KEY SOCIETY | |
| President | Barlow Palminteri |
| Vice-President | John Kragen |
| TED KREMER SOCIETY | |
| President | Bruce Schneider |
| Vice-President | Mike Bucavalas |
cc/Vice-President David B. Truman