City College Students Demonstrate at Prexy's Office

a “peace strike,” planned for today. Scene of
the rally was the corridor outside the office of
Harry Wright, C.C.N.Y. president.

against suspensions of 11 more staff members
accused as Reds with a rally designed to promote

C.C.N.Y. students above are combining a protest i

dents Fight
Faculty Purge
At City College

The annual Peace Assembly Rally at City College
today, originally designed to protest American involve-

Committee investigation.

Communism.

testing students will move to
Municipal Court at 6 Reade St.
and demand admittance to the
Rapp-Coudert hearing, at which

ment in war, will be turned into a demonstration against
yesterday’s suspension of 11 CCNY instructors by the
Board of Higher Education as a result of the Rapp-Coudert

On the platform will sit the 11 teachers aceused of
Students from all city colleges have been
invited to the rally, at which Dr. Lewis Balamuth, physics
instructor among the suspended, will speak.

From Lewisohn Stadium, pro-¢other teachers accused by Dr.

William Canning of espousing
the Red cause will be permitted
to defend themselves.

| Ignore Substitute |

A substitute was sent to handle
the psychology class of suspended
instructor Walter Scott Neff yes-
terday morning, but the students
refused to hear him, Instead,
they adjourned to a room in
which 100 gathered to hear Dr.
Philip Foner and Prof, John
Bridge, president of the local
Teachers Union chapter, Dr,
Foners’ brother, Jack, of the his-
tory department, is among the
suspended. Dr. Foner called the
act “witch burning.”

A committee of five was sent
to President Harry N. Wright’s
office with a resolution demand-
ing that the tutors receive a fair
hearing and be reinstated pend-
ing the outcome.

While the committee conferred
with President Wright, several
hundred students picketed his of-
fice, chanting for reinstatement.
Wright agreed to request an open
trial for the. accused teachers
from the Board of Higher Educa-
tion, but said he is in no position
to request a ban on further sus-
pensions.

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