Crisis at Columbia

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COLUMBIA DAĨLY SPECTATOR
 

Use ofPolicePostponedasNegotiations Continue
 

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Philosophy liall to announce tl

the administralion had made a c

cision that '■■■■ -:i.i be disappointing

to the assembled group—thj

police ind bc.n í-cciiii'sLed lu

the campus, allegedly to ei

that the anti-demonstrator faction

did not atlempl to forcibly eject

the protesters  from tiie building;

or  offices that they controlled.

  Thc facully,  a  large major-

ity of  which liad already agreed



the studenLs lcft the ũccupied build

íngs—untĩl the gym constructiot

was lialted and diseiplinary  and
 

     matters resulting from the

past  three days of prolests bc

handled by a tri-partite  board,

booed  Dr. Truman  vociferously

when he made his announcemont

  Cries of "Llar" and ".Sliame'

were  heard  in  what onc faculty

m.mbcr termcd an informal

i>f iio  couficloiice for thc adl

istratíon.

                    10 hat





tics liastencd to support the

jority which decidedtoplacotl

selves in front of the occupied

buildings and force the políce to

go over them If they tried toreach
 

ã
 

 Penthouse

Restaurant
 

BUTLER  HAI.L
 

thc students.

  While approjíimately forty otthe

faculty positioned themselves in

front  of the occupied  buildings,

whieh at that timc included Ham-

ilton,  Fayerweather, Avery, and

Mathematics Ilall as wellas PrCi,-

idenl Grayson Kirk's office inLow

Library, the remainder of thc fa-

culty  group and several hundred

studetits of all descriptions millcd

about  Loiv Library.

  Seymour Melman, professor of

industrlal enginecring, andSamucl

I, Coleman,
 

YOU  WITH  THE



      McCARTHY



          BUTTON!

   If you really want to support Senator McCarthy, get to

, work! We've made this easy for you by setting up n con-

 venient  local head(|iiarters  staffed  lariii'is  l>y sliid.ntv

 We're open every day froin 10 AM to 10 PM for later)

 and we uced many volunteers, for just about e.crv kiiul nf

 work relevant to the campaign.

   Student power is one of Sen. McCarthy's strongesl

 asscts. He  can't  win without  it, so  do your part. You

 know you can spare some time."



    We'r.
 

im api.-.af. n-ishborl
 

    id Davidoff, aides to Mayoi

John  V. Lindsay, as they were

about to onter Low, and pleaded

witb them  not to allow the po-

llce to bc  used against the pro-

testers.  Ile poínted out thal such

action would be an absolute dis-

astor for  thc entire  University



  The mayor's aides entcred  the

administration buildíng,  givĩng

:i v,ii:ui:  iiIliĩiiiiMiin  ;>- -ii

tor  thc  dcmom

bcfore the  police would move in,

Professor  Mclman  arĸl  several

oljher faculty mcmhers also joined

Ihedi

with Dr. Kirk and  Dr. Trut

  In the meantime talks had

arranged between Mark Iiudd '69.

chairmun of Students for aDemo-

eratic Society, Professor of Pub-

lic Law Alan F. Westin, Asso-



J, lioLhman,  Assistant Profe.

of Sociology Alla

jMcsander  B. I'lal

for student aftairs, tc

in Mathumatics library.

  The faculty  bargaincd  from

:. posltion  tliat thcy would in good

 falth attempt to porsciade the rest

 of the  faculty und  more import-

 antly  t

 ccpL the ugreement hammei-ed ol

 at the  n

  Out on  the campus  a

 about  thirty plainslothes police

 carrying  concealed  bilLv clubs

 cliargcd the southeast doorofLow,

 swinging their clubs at the faculty

 member..  síandíng in front of the

 door.   ltichard L. Grecman, an

 instructor of French who was one

 ot thosc to be hit by thepolĩce,ru-

 ceĩvod  a  head wound which did

                ediate medical
 

  Vicc President Truman immed-

iatcly wont

cilubijin.,: ci

undcrstbod

tures throughout yesterday and

early this morníng that admin-

istrution and police off icials were

in    somc disagreement about



  iUtcr approximatelĩ 4. minutes

of  talks, Dean Plan,  the three

faculty mcmbcrs in Mathematics

and liudd reaehed an understandíng

that thc polĩce ivould be withdrawn

_nd tlm  Hudd would be  able to

orésent  the possible disciplinary

altcrnalives  and  issues  to the

d.inun.i.a

h-.iilciiiu:...
 

Crcative Education

limtl lialdwin, l'reud. Marx

  tlttii i'lít-.T'
 

SEER
 

311 FDH 280-J603
 

■ingful persotial rckilitmshifis



!S the coumry this sumi
 

END  THE WAR  MADNESS NOW!

           Di'monsl.ale: Salurday. April 27. 1968



           hear: MRS. MARTIN  tUTHER KING



                 DICK GREGORV



                 MAYOR JOHN  V. LINDSAY



                 REV. WILLIAM SLOAN COFFIN

                   the Sludent Assemhly Point is 1 f)4tb St. anti

                        Central Park Wcst -  11:30 A.M.

                Marcherson both sidesof thc park will convergc for a

                    RALLY AT SHEEP MEADOW  -  2-5 P.M.

                JOJN US FOR THE liIGCEST PEACE MARCH YET1
 

Howeve
 

since "the students had so gross-

ly víolated Univcrsity regulations.

  President  Kirk announced that

he  had appoínted an ad hoc com-

miltee composed of Professor of

Psychoiogj- Lugene Galanter, As-

sociate Professor of lĩngllsh Carl

F.  Ilovde, and  J.iouel Trilling,

George Edward  Woodberry Pro-

fessot- of LitoralurcandCriticísm,'
 

uend
 

ic apprq
 


 

!■ Li.ikj:
 

Fifth A
 

ic Peace Parade Com
 

able to both sidc. uíl.ii.l Lcm-

iríly. There is no indication



ni.se on their demand forcom-

o amnesty from all disciplinc



 was that demand  íhat  the

ilnistration refus.d adamaiirly
 

  Larlier yesterday the ad lioc

commillee met toconsidcrthefor-

mation ot the proposed tri-partite

board andthcpossiblcmcmbership

nf  thc board, ivhich would act

as tiie appealant groupinthedisci-

plinary cases rcsultĩng from thc

protests of  thc pasl thrce days

and  also in consideration of thc

iemands of.the  demonstraior-.

  The  Unlvcrsity administration

maintained  all day ycsterday that

suspension  of construction of the

gymnasium  in Morningside Parlt

could only hc cffected bytheTrus-



  Heiiched   at home carly this

morning, lĩarold McGuire, a Trus-

tee, pointed oul that thc chartcr

of  the University specifios that'

emcrgency  meetlngs of the Trus-

tee. can only be hcld aftor three

day's nolíce is given
 

            HEY  YOU!

    WISH YOU WERE ACTIVE  IN A

     CAMPUS ACTIVITY, BUT  YOU

         THINK  IT'S  T00 LATE

               IT'S NOT

            JOINTHE

BOARD ofMANAGERS

         RECRUITING MEETING:

          MONDAY,  APRIL 29

     107-109    FBH    7:30  P.M.
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