Ten Men on Faculty Back Brooke In Attempt to Sway Liberal Voters

Ten Harvard faculty members have endorsed Republican Edward W. Brooke in his Senate campaign against Democrat Endicott Peabody.

One of the ten, Thomas F. Pettigrew, associate professor of Social Psychology, said that many of the signers, including himself, "had been Peabody liberal Democrats." Pettigrew served under Peabody on the Advisory Committee on Civil Rights when Peabody was Governor.

By signing, he said, they wished to disprove press reports that intellectuals were cool to Brooke. "Brooke has as much support from liberal intellectuals as Peabody, and maybe more," he said.

In addition to Pettigrew, the signers include Dean Edwin N. Griswold, Associate Dean A. James Casner, and Harold J. Berman of the Law School; Arthur E. Bryson, Jr. and Seymour M. Lipset of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; and James J. Healy, John V. Lintner, Jr., George C. Lodge, and Dan T. Smith of the Business School.

"Intelligence and Judgement"

The endorsement, which was signed by 46 Massachusetts professors, praised Brooke for his "intelligence, experience, and independent judgement." It declared that he "has stated his views on the issues of the campaign clearly and concisely. His appeal is to reason; his proposals are relevant, practical, and realistic."

Pettigrew said that he endorsement was aimed at persuading liberal intellectuals who were undcided between Brooke and Peabody to vote for Brooke. "Across the nation," it reads, "liberal thought and liberal ideals are under attack," and Brooke is the man who can best answer the challenge, it continues.