COLUMBIA DAILY SPECTATOR
 

Campus    Sealed    Off    in    Fear    of   Harlem    Protests
 

   (Continued from Page 1)



  By  9  p.m., nearly all of thc

gates, includíng the lateral onesat

either end of College Walk, around

the central campus wcre securely

locked and morc than fifty poliec-

men were deployed  around  the

perimeter of the campus.  The

only access  to the campus  was

through the central gates on Col-

lege Walk.

  The communlty demonstration,

ivhich was planned by the Ilarlem

chapter of the Congrcss forlîacial

Equality,  was cancelled last nlght

because  of heavy rainfall.  How-

ever, according to VictorSolomon,

chairman of Harlom COĨÎl':, the

Harlom  comniunity will demon-

strate at Columbia todayandeverj

future day that mílitant black stu-

dents  and community  members
 

          hold Hamilton. Mr.

Solomon stated yesterday that a

sound truck wlll travel througti

llarlem  this morning to attract

local people to Columbiu.

 Yesterday'sdemonslrations ro-

presentcd tho sccond consccutive

day of mass protestonthocampus.

During the day.approximatelytor-

ty New YorkCitypolicemenmoved

froely   around  thc  Columbia

campus.  The offlcers nevcr at-

tcmptcd to clear I.ow or Hamilton

and they cngaged only in simplc

              luring theday.



            ush  on Hamiltou

              levcl tunnels to

    DcanColuman.Blackstudonls

threw tho policc back through the

ttse of fire hosos and clubs.

  The University's decisionlocall

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             SUPPORT THE

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police  were called on campus to

ĩuell a demonstration against thc

Naval Reserve Officers Training



  Although the lĩniversîtj' and the

student protesters could not re-

solve their major differencesyes-

terday, one of  the University*s

greatest concerns—the safety of

Acting  Dean Henry S. Coleman—

was eliminated.

  W'hen the ivhite caucus ivas in-

formed of the decision, it voted

to support  the  barricade. lludd



After the meetíng, he announcedto

the white  demonstrators that "tho

blacks  have asked us to leave—

it's their stand."

  At 6 a.m., the three  hundred

white students filedoutof Hamiltoi:

and proceeded to Low I.ibrary,

ivhere they had been turned back

by campus securítyguards thc first

by campus securily guards during

the  first  actlon  of the tivo-day
 

of l'rc

  Vice President David B. Truman

rcmarked durĩng the interim, "Thc

police are in control of the situ-

ation.' However, all during thc

day  police  said they acted orly

upon instruction from Universlty

Offieials.

  While the police moved on Col-

umbia, demonstrators barrícaded

themselves in Prcsident Kirk's

ũffice. Later in the day, several

                 " "  t the
 

                             Many demonstratorsloftthrough

                           the second floor windoivstoescape

                           possibld arrest  by poiice. Vicc

                           President Truman at  first had

                           ordered police to arre.si. all .sin-

LEAP TO FRELDOM:  Denionstrators ' dents  in Low, but he lalcr altered

           svindows in Dr. Kirk's  this policy so that students could

                           leave  through th  doors  if  they

                           lcft their names.



                             According  to Sgt. Edward Sul-

                           livan of the 26th precinct, no ar-

                           rests   were made  at  thc I.oiv

                           protest. As of 1 a.m. this morning,

                           more thun forĩy students werestill

                           :;.iiip-.nj s:.s;:íl' :;;. CJÍf;.,-.
 

of Lov,
 

BARNARD   GREEK  GAMES

           SATLRDAY. APRIL 27 al  2 p.m.

            iii  liAKNARI)  GYM     TIX $1

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           All Columbia Students Invited
 

glass on au inside door, cutting

a security patrolman's hund ín the

process, and  hastcned into I.ow.

More than 75 students entored the

buildĩng and many of thcm went

upstairs and broke into the offices
 

     English-Sociology  Seminar

                   ronducled by



 Professors Daniels Bell and Steven Marcus

Topit for 1968-1969: The Rational and the Irrational



    Atlinissiuii dniy svilli 11 n. [icrniissiciu of the inslrucĩors.

         Please appiy to llos 515 Hamilton Hall
 

IDA     Mathematician     Dismissed
 

  Princeton, N.J.  Mathematician  Jãmes Simons was fired by  the  Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA]

on  29  March because of his refusal to engage in mílitary-related research—a refusal which grew out of

bis  opposition  to  the  Vietnam  war.  In  an intervĩew with Science, Simons said that he had been advîsed

af the decision  by i.iuhi-rd  Leibler,  head  of the Princeton' division of ÍDA, who told him that his refusal

to  engage  in military  work  macie  it impossible for IDA to justify  his salary to IDA's sponsor. Símons

said hc- had indícated hi.s willingness to work on IDA's nonmilitary projects.

  According to Simons, the decision on dismissal was made by Gordon J. F. MacDonald, IDA's vice presí-

dent.  Sĩmons, n i.crki-loy PhD. who came to  princeton in 1964  after a year at Harvard as an assistant

professor  oí mathematics, said  MacDonald had told hím  at a meeting in Washington on 26 March that

Simon's "unwiliingness to work on  defense material would have to be resolved very quickly."

  Simons  saici  thal his  refusal to work on military miilters ivicl  lieeti known to IDA oificials for the Iast

6 months.  In  November of last  year  Simons  had a letter published in the Now York Times  stating his

desir& for  quick  withdrawal  from   Vietnam  and  saying  that,,dospitt_ IDA  president Maxwell  Tayior's

support for the wtir, "some ol' us at that institution have a  different  view."

  Simons said l.o i>cli(.v<id that the IDA leadership regarded him as a "ring-leader." And, he saíd, "there

is probably  some  truth  in that.  There  is no question that I was  gettíng some people here to move away

from the philosophy-that IDA ought  to remain restricted to døfense research."
 

  Simons' dismissal will draw lurthei'attenliotito IDA'pdelicate relationshi

Last month a special I'rinoetoi. l'aculty c_orii_ii;tte-_- ret.ommei.ded that Print

wíth IDA and renegotiate its arrangements, in conjunction with other univ

sities  cannot be saíd to be responsjble for IDA's activities. In Februar;

committee  said that Chicago should sever íts membership in IDA. - Thom i



From Science Magazine, 5 April 1968



Reprínted as _. public service by Serge Lang
 

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