COLUMBIA DAĨLY SPECTATOR
 

COUJMBÎA^SPECTATOR

        ROBERT FRIEDMAN

           Editor - in ■ Chief

      NICHOLAS G. GARAUFIS
 

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  The interim report íssued yesterday

by the Police Departraent tin the clear-

ing  of íive  University  buildings  last

week contains one very valid criticism

of the Columbia administration  and its

overall attitude  toward the  protests of

the past  two weeks. The police main-

taĩned that the administration "gross-

ly tinderestimated the number  of  stu-

dents  inside the buildings" and the  sig-

nifigance  of facuĩty  sympathy  for  the

deraonstrators.  The  report  also point-

ed out that only eighteen oustiders were

arrested duríng the police raid.

  Throughout the currenl crisis the ad-

ministration has spcnL a  great  deal of

time   and  energy in pcrpctrating  the

myth that only  a minisculc  minority oí

students —ĸtudents vvho seek the des-

truction  of  the  Umver_.ily—support the

protests.  President  Grayson  Kirk  in-

formecl the  Trustees on  April  26  that

a  maximum oĩ three hundred students

were  involved in the  occup.ition of the.

l.i_!ihli_.<_;s.

  N'ot only  has  the administration been

guilty of misrepresentation,  but the  out-

side press  has succumbed to the same

dístortions  in reporting  thc  true go_ils

and  sentiments of the Columbia student

body.  The  effect  has  clearly been to

diseredit and taint the studentmovement

here  in   the  eyes of  the  nation.  Cne

word of praíse, however, shouldbegiven

the WKCIi, the  campus  radio station,

for their largely successful efforts to

keep the Columbia and New York com-

munities informed of  the events of the

past two weeks,

  But  even now, when  the campus is

just  beginning to  lose the  appearance

of a  concentration  camp  and the  stu-

dents are indicating that they  can stage

a responsible and peaceful strike, Vice

Presidenl Davtd  B. Truman felt com-

pelled yesterday to contribute to a  still

tense  situation  by threatening strikers

with  the  possibility  of calling ĩn   the

police agaĩn or of seeking an injunctíon

if  things get  bad enongh.  Statements

such  as  these are not only in.lamm.i-

tory,  but reveal  a failure  to respond

to an improving situalion  wilh anythiug

but reactionary remarks. Though such

misrepi-L'sciititlions  niay  lie  swallowcd

eagerly  by  the  unsophisticated  press

and the nation as a wl.ole,  the  admín-

istration must learn  that Lhe Columbia

community will never n^yopl them, and

that hundreds of eUitlt't.ii--, 'j.v Iheir actions

and words,  will  prove them to be  the

distortionstheyare.

  The  time  must  come  when the  acl-



the  legitimaLe demands ol' studcnts by
 

                    iphical polnt of view

   11  indications are that the administration wĩl

   press criminal  chargos. But if the adminlstra'

   should entirely forgo dlsciplinary action, i

   Id  declare itself illegltlmate, and admit that i

   no right to exist. Itegardless of ivhether or no

   administration should do this, it clcaiiy ivill uol

   -n  the StriKe Committee insists that the Cniver-

   grant amnesty before It negotiatesonUtiive.sity

   irm, the Committee malies these negotiations

impossible, and is  gullty of the same infl .vil.ilit.v

  which it has accused the administration. Admin-

  trative actions in the past. and the Strike (.■omtnit.

  ĩ's  in the present, may dĩffer in principle, bul

  e aljke in stubbornness. Eoth parties, _-"rog^Ilt_J,

  rtain of thelr own righteousness, have refused

  compromise.

  In holding out for amnesly before it will talk, the

Strike Committee seoms more interested in sBving

      Ihan in reforming the University.

      disobediance leaders of history—Tlioreau,

Gandhi, Martin Luther King—though theychalleiiÊed

Ihe justice of theaulhorityinpoiver, never (.uestionec

the desirability ot order. They realĩited the dangei

     principle of one man setting himsellabove tht.

    nd tempered thls principle by their agreemen

to pay the penalty of thc  law ivhenever they trans-

gressed it. (Gtuĸilii utiui' i'vuu casiigaied a lli-ilisl

judge  ivho had apologí_ed for  having to sentenct



  These men rose above their opponcnts when they

 loived dis-îain for  ivhat thcir opponents eoul

 .:! when they did nol  whine  fear  o( ropi

  lluma-. nature is especia'ly quicii to ascrib:

 iotive._ topeoplc in jioliliial afi'airs. !( isntii enough
 

Letters lo the Editor

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to shoiv good faith by implementinj: Ihcm
 

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Hild be made bcfore ,
 

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John .\
 

May 3, 1968
 

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