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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	↑February 13, 1978 




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Science
␈↓ ↓H␈↓1515 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Washington D.C. 20005

␈↓ ↓H␈↓To the Editor:

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␈↓ ↓H␈↓unpredictable␈αconsequences␈αof␈αany␈αnew␈αinvitation␈α
to␈αjudicial␈αusurpation),␈αit␈αseems␈αthat␈αthe␈α
AAAS
␈↓ ↓H␈↓decision␈α
not␈α
to␈αhold␈α
meetings␈α
in␈αstates␈α
that␈α
have␈αnot␈α
passed␈α
the␈αamendment␈α
requires␈α
me␈αto␈α
boycott
␈↓ ↓H␈↓such␈αmeetings.␈α I␈αhave␈αenjoyed␈αAAAS␈αmeetings␈αin␈αthe␈αpast,␈αand␈αI␈αrequest␈αwhatever␈αreduction␈αin
␈↓ ↓H␈↓membership␈α
dues␈α
is␈α
warranted␈α∞by␈α
my␈α
exclusion␈α
from␈α
meetings.␈α∞ I␈α
would␈α
be␈α
willing␈α
to␈α∞forgo␈α
the
␈↓ ↓H␈↓mailings␈α∂announcing␈α∞such␈α∂meetings,␈α∂and␈α∞I␈α∂wish␈α∂to␈α∞be␈α∂relieved␈α∞of␈α∂my␈α∂share␈α∞of␈α∂the␈α∂expenses␈α∞of
␈↓ ↓H␈↓holding the meeting.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        I␈αapologize␈α
for␈αthe␈αtrouble␈α
it␈αmay␈αcause,␈α
but␈αwhen␈αI␈α
joined␈αAAAS,␈αI␈α
was␈αnot␈αaware␈α
I␈αwas
␈↓ ↓H␈↓joining a political organization.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



␈↓ ↓H␈↓John McCarthy
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Director
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor of Computer Science