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Show Interfrat Conference Civil Disorders Rebuked In addition, Cook judged the program pro-gram as very poor. "The emphasis was on graduate leaders. The majority ma-jority of us, the college-age students, stu-dents, were merely outsiders." He added, "I don't think the proposal pro-posal really indicates the beliefs of today's fraternities." The National Interfraternity Conference Con-ference legislative assembly passed a special resolution at its 59th annual an-nual meeting in New York sternly rebuking the inciters of civil disturbances. dis-turbances. The conference singled out for censure the current rash of mass disturbances such as picketing selective se-lective service headquarters, destroying de-stroying military records and draft cards and supporting the activities of any organizations attempting to discredit the United States government govern-ment and its military agencies. College-age Excluded The National Interfraternity Conference Con-ference was composed of approximately approxi-mately 1400 members, divided into two sections, graduate and undergraduate. under-graduate. According to Steve Cook, University of Utah Interfraternity Council (IFC) representative, "Graduates were composed of the executive heads of the national fraternities. This would exclude all the college-age members, who were classified as undergraduates and were not permitted to vote." "I am disappointed in the action that took place over the issue. The undergraduates weren't confronted with the problem at all. We had neither a vote on the issue nor a chance to express an opinion," Cook said. "The vote went to the graduates who are not college-age." Deplores Discrediting Actions As proposed by its resolution committee and adopted by unanimous unani-mous vote, the conference "deplored "de-plored any act casting aspersions on the United States of America. . . or promoting or otherwise supporting support-ing organizations whose stated or implied purpose is to obstruct, impede, im-pede, or otherwise bring discredit upon the United States of America, its government and military activities activi-ties and, thereby, directly or indirectly indi-rectly aiding present and potential enemies of this country." Overstepped Power Cook felt that the national conference con-ference had been overstepping its power. "By doing so, they express the belief that these civil disobediences disobedi-ences came through organized fraternities, fra-ternities, rather than political groups," he stated. |