[.'tiliimbi-i Daily Speclator
 

A   talk   with   a   trustee
 

bvCRAICHOWLEY
 


 

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aitempted  10  contact  as mauy  of thc

Trustees  as I coúid lo  get the feel of

their personal involvement ĩn the evonts

of the pasl  two iveeks.  Many of these

rnen  ivere -ouf  when I called, somc

refusrsd to talk to  me, whlle others lol

thelr wives tallt to me. Mr.  Walker was

not in ivhen I callcd, but I did leave my

phone numbcr with him.

  I was surprisud iihen Mr. -i'alkcr re-

turncd my call, as I had assumed Llitilhc
 

  Mv l'irsl t(iic

there was brttt

the polieo rald

thuugll  tlic ncii
 

■iJ.iyoti ibiuk

l'.;t:;l;ia titirin:.'

.vercd thatal-
 

ntradicted thosc

     itii-tJlatiiilĩ,

     ud  ífiilĩi a
 

docior who persoiuilly eJtamined every-

Dnc who was bru.i_.t;i t_ ...-.iu.iurlĩiit.-u'

Hospital.

  I then described to  the Trusice what

liad htippcncd  lo mc outside Avery Hal!

the night of ihc polití- action.  I e:.-

plaincd tli.it I nas a uonscĩentious ob-
 

.vciu ■aiiii'aij-d. ilcoursiiaaílyaiĩiiltĩj::.;!.'.'



  At iliis  ptjinl I [uld Mr. Yi'alker thal II

lie conceded ttuii uniiecessary l'tirce ivn;



Li-catcd lĩt-nLally-tie must concede Lhat

many of thosew.i !!■::".- aroinid n illi basiivd

heads  had beeu treated brutally.  I told

him tliat if he doubted my ivord, he cotild

coniai-L í.abbi Ilmce Goldman,
 

rably 1
 

                rom the police

Mr. Walker said he found my word suf-



  ile wenton tocautíonmenottodest.oy

Dur "Iree society" by talking ill-consid-





  I cotintered iliat the Lnited  .Slates  in

[%Swas  substantiallj differentfromthe

l'nĩted States  in 1770.  Amerkan offi-

cials, I told hini, ivere perhajii ulvnctl



policy is  determined by .he-large busi-

ness concerns thtit are able to lobby ef-
 

vely,
 

attempt to refute
 

mvmind h:

  I asked Mr. iValker to reveal his oivii

business conneclions; hesaidimlyttiat lic

nas a  "self-employed  individual.*   I

asked  him to clarily. He explained Ihat

lie organized  "urban*  interests,     1

asked him to identify the nature of those

interusts.  He said he haci alrcadv t!.
 

ic in]iii; dt-up.)
 

t he  h
 

, bill i
 

ampus, Mr. ttalker í

■  iierc doing all 'iv

c poor people. Ieitpi
 

 realiy, and that he was

 ild not CNpress liimselí

ai that tf hc ciittld ftjn-
 

ended ti confcrence
 

dred" delegates-dcans, administ

very ivell respected men—hnd g

,111(1  told him all_hc_.i-oatlhin._stl:

l.einj. done in thefieldsof narcotíi
 

,tre usually pro

do.

  Mr. ttalker did not directl. -;::.i.aák-

me.  He saĩd that he vtas evcry da.v con-

nected  with  urban  affairs, he  ivas  in-

timately concerned ivlthiirbunproblems,

and so, he implied, ivith thc poor.  Nt

doubt he is.  I stigycstud hu mijtlit ivan;

In  itikc credit foi- 1ielpit.ii pcoplc in tht

ghettos,
 

i!:u i;
 

tiiutlu-
 

.  He:
 

peaied whaL he had said before.

  Mr. Vialker had beeninierspersínahi:

conversation ivlth c.horlations for melt

help him protect the laws  of Ihis "frei

society" thát we all love so much.  Ht

                  -blowti haiati.,aic ui
 

stibjcc
 

rals
 

vanted
 

"to destroy* ít

  I assured him lliat most of us ivanted

to restructnre the University, to make

a  new  Unlversity.   1 would have said

'all  ol us* e-cepi thal  alisolutes are

dangerous, and Mr. ttalker had  s:
 


 


 


 

tjf ■'Siií.íj-siíijiis ftu- litsl
 

  He reiteratcd his hope thal I would be

Dn the constructive side of thlnĸs. Itold

him I was definitelv nol on his side, but

that I fcrvently belicved I ivas on a con-

slructive  side.   Mr. ttalker  said he
 

down and destroy the
 

of s
 

   I tried to eĸpluin llic iJulitiual .-if.ni-     Mial  I had nnl tistnl (Hc ivm.l 1.K.STJ.OY.

 ficance  of ti Strike Coordínalint. Com-     i asked my wifc, ĸho had beuti followinj.

 miltec  reprcscntative  of 50UU to  1.1)1111     thc convursaiiuii.  slic shook hcr head.

 peoplo.  I told him ihat if the Trustc_s       -\[y -.ife htis bccii listening verycare-

 dĩd nul makc;. surious cLmcesnimi iolhe>    fully,* I told Mr. iValki -. "nnti aĸrecs

 strikers, Ihosc strikers might use  thcii-     that I did not say 'destroy.'"

 stronĸ  negutive  power  to shut doivn thc       "Well,  what's thu di_fcrence'." asked

 Univers il.y.                             Mr. ttalker.





     "Shut   down  and  destroy   the   (Jniversity,



that's what  you  said," cried Mr. Walker.



     "No  I  didn't," cried  î.
 

This e.-cilcd Mr. Walkt
 

                    I mighf havc pointed out toMr. Walker

oy the U'niver-     that the  University  shuts down evcry

                  Christmas aiid llasLur, aiĸl Ihat when we  -.





■theUnivet-síty,     lying in rubble.  Thc convcrsation came

ied Mr.U'iilker.     tu  an  end  herc, nul exaclly  ainiuably.

                  I'au,  ,:■,;,;  :ialí-lli..,i-
 

Crisis   background
 

by ROIiERT H. STL'LBERC
 

au:.:du-
 

ol
 

            il |iliiltisii|iliius-sccmcd[o

coalesee behind the lactics ol the new

leadership.

  . ,u. urdiii.u. tt. Ihusi' lacLius, itiu síudeni

left openly violalcs  some Uníversity

i-nliu.j: uon.iidci-ftl ttu.iiist, in iiiifsuil of

ceruin siibstaiilivc dcuiands.  It thcn

challeni.es  thcadiiiiiiisti'aLiiin lounu-i'císc

ils authorily and enforcc ils ivill.

   ['his Liciic was uiu]jluycd on l'ebruary

2-1, when Ted Kauiuhi.k tis, ilien chair-
 

rccruiling bytheDow
 

™r,ts..'".,-
 

ry for the student
 

Encouraged by Ihc
 

Do« sit-in, SDS

«. t.ji«_. o;t pase C'y
 

onnei
 

EÉÎGm
 


 

't of tlic Columbia
 

JERRY L AVORN

iiditt
 

r. 'CONNI-CTION