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Mr. Donald Lovett's letter of
February 13 attacks Mr. Daly for
resorting "to the all too familiar
tactic around this 'enlightened'
academic village of malicious 'name
calling.' "This is somewhat amusing
after we peruse the first
paragraph which says that Mr.
Daly's undertaking lacks only two
things, "truth and logic."

There are other contradictions
to be found in Mr. Lovett's defense
of Dean Woody. Mr. Lovett notes
that Dean Woody "didn't even
know what we were going to
say...." He goes on to say that Dean
Woody "based his prediction of
what our objectives were on his
personal knowledge of my political
convictions." The question is
whether or not Dean Woody had
some idea of what Mr. Lovett
would say. The answer, using Mr.
Lovett's own words, is that he did.

Mr. Lovett claims that "to say
that we carried Mr. Woody's ideas
to the capital could not be further
from the truth." But if Mr. Lovett's
views and Dean Woody's views are
one and the same (or at least lean
generally toward the same spectrum
of thought), then it does not really
matter whether Mr. Lovett was
carrying his own views to the
capital or not.

What Mr. Daly is objecting to in
a real way, is Dean Woody's
attempt to undercut a liberal
student council. By his action in
arranging the meeting, Dean Woody
is an accomplice. Would Dean
Woody have arranged a meeting
with the Governor for students
whose views differed radically from
his? I think not, and that is what
Mr. Daly is rightly objecting to.