"Open Letter to the Students and Faculty (Please Read Carefully)"
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(DENTS AND FACULTY
FELLOW STUTENT AND FSLLCW FACULTY MEMBER:
THE AD HOC COMMI™IME TC EIN POLITICAL SUPPRESSSION IS COMPRISED OF STUDENTS AND FA~
CULT VEEOS WHO FOOR WIENS AGO DECIDED 7 Ty CUJLD NOT OLERATE THE PRESENT CON*
DITIONS AT QUEENS Sultads, UESY DhCIosd IT WAS NOT FAIR FOR A FACULTY MEMBER TO
LOSE HER J(B IN SECHECY. THRY LFCITEv TT WAS NCT FAIR FOR STUDENTS TO FACE CHAR~
GihS DROPPED BY A SrULant CCuRT, Pu MEUACTOUSLY PROSECUTED AND JUDGED BY THE Ale
MINISTRATION (DEAN OF STUDENTS). TO DRAMATIZE THEIR STAND THE COMMITTEE HELD A
PEACEFUL AND NON DISRUPTIVE SIT--IN IN VHS SOCIAL SCIE NCE BUILDING.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, THAT PROTESY WAS BRCAPN ‘/P AT 2 iN THE MC2NING WHEN 700 POLICEMEN
ro, 4 THR TACTICAL PATROL FCRCE ARRIVED Cy Cat yS aD THE ADMINISTRATTCN (PRESIDENT)
Saco: WAVE OR FASE APREST. 39 PECPLE DES{I 2D TO CHALLANG? Ir UGLY THREAT OF
POLICE PUWeRe THEY WORE ARRESTED. THE ALMINISTRATION “ADE ITSELF CLEAR: TRY TO
ACT LS THE CONSCIENCE OF THIS COLLEGE, TRY TO FXPOSE THE UNFAIR USE OF POWER ANY
WE OF TEE ADMINISTRATION WILL USE MORE BOLD POWER.
AND POLICE POWER WAS NOT ENOUCH. THE ADMINISTRATION HAS CONTINUED TO PERMIT A
FULL SCALED GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION OF THE CAMPUS. THAT INVESTIGATION THREATENS
THE PCLITICAL~ACADEMIC FREEDOM OF ALL OF US. THT INVESTIGATION CAN ONLY REMIND
US OF THE SUPPRESSIVE UNTHINKING WITCH*HUNTS OF THEiNOT SO DISTANT PAST WHICH COST
SO MANY PEOPIE THEIR EDUCATION, THEIR JOBS AND THEIR RIGHTFUL FUTURE.
SHR OHEEHR REESE JUBUREHOE RHE HO SHE SHES HAH ESRB IIB HER HHA RHEE HEBER
SO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE IS ANGRY. THE AD HOC COMMITTE--AND ALL OF US--WITNESS
UNFAIR TRIALS, RAW PCLICE POWER, BLANKET WITCH-HUNT INVESTIGATIONS AND WE STILL
CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR DEMANDS THAT WOULD STOP A WHOLE WAVE OF OLD--McCARTHY SUP=
PRESSION BSFORE IT BECOMES"PART OF TH! ROUTINE".
HHH Heke Het He
THEN WE BRING THE STRUGGLE TO YOU-~CONCERNED STUDENT, CONCERNED FACULTY MEMBER.
THE AD HOC COMMITTEE INITIATES A GENERAL STRIKE AND IN THE INITIAL THREE DAYS
OF THAT STRIKE YOU ANSWER IN OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FOR OUR FIVE REMAINING DEMANDS 6
ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY ROUGHLY 56% (by all estimates) OF THIS STUDENT
BODY BOYCOTTS CLASSES IN SUPPORT. STUDENTS AND FACULTY RISK NEW THREATS OF SUP-
RESSION (some students are actually threatened with failing grades if they strike;
faculty members are told they are "liablr" if they hold classes "outside" )
seek Wot see SHE
SO THE STEIZE IS MOUNTED AND THE FIGHT CONTINUES, _BUT WE DO NOT IGNORE THE OTHER
MEMBERS OF THIS ACADENIC COMMUNITY. IT IS TO THE FACULTY MEMBERS AND STUDENIS
WHO ERE IN SUPPORT OF THE FIVE REMAINING DEMANDS BUT CANNOT JOIN THE PICKET
LINE THAT WE DIRECT THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE:
WE CANNOT BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN STILL GO ABOUT YOUR DAILY
BUSINESS AFTER BEARING WITwnSS Tu THu SUirPRESSIVE ACTS
OF {HIS COLLEGE ADMINISTRATION, -& DO NOT SHahk YOUR
OPTIMISM THAT ALL THIS ADMINISTRATION NEEDS IS » "CnanCk".
B UT WE BELIEVE THAT THE STUDENTS AND FACULTY WHO SUPPORT
T:ESE DEMANDS DESERVE ANOT ER OPPORTUNITY TO WITNESS THE
ADrINISTRATION. WE NOW CREATE A CLIMATE OF "CALM!, WE SUS—
PEND THIS STRIKE. WE Ask YOU TO JOIN US SO OUR | DEMANDS WILL
& ST FE TaT, THe ADMINISTRATION NOW HAS "THEIR™ CHANCE TR’ CHANCE".
——JOIN US AT THE DOME AT 1 PM; STRIKE SUSPENDED-=
--JOIN US AT THE DOME AT 1 PM; STRIKE SUSFENDED<=
ea JOIN US AT THE DOME AT 1 PM; STRIKE SUSPENDED<=
_IEEB Re HARARE BERBER ERE ESHA SEE SHARIA IARI AAAS IR IE AI III OAL AIRS IIA IAAI ALI IIE
wit oe it Diced tee Uke Od bed el
‘e - . > : on
PAY Wo Gath TALPNY YOuR £07 SSB
CN a nate eco tener ae eae a Am
ae
“ SUEPOR? US ALL AT LOMB 1 PM
(DENTS AND FACULTY
FELLOW STUTENT AND FSLLCW FACULTY MEMBER:
THE AD HOC COMMI™IME TC EIN POLITICAL SUPPRESSSION IS COMPRISED OF STUDENTS AND FA~
CULT VEEOS WHO FOOR WIENS AGO DECIDED 7 Ty CUJLD NOT OLERATE THE PRESENT CON*
DITIONS AT QUEENS Sultads, UESY DhCIosd IT WAS NOT FAIR FOR A FACULTY MEMBER TO
LOSE HER J(B IN SECHECY. THRY LFCITEv TT WAS NCT FAIR FOR STUDENTS TO FACE CHAR~
GihS DROPPED BY A SrULant CCuRT, Pu MEUACTOUSLY PROSECUTED AND JUDGED BY THE Ale
MINISTRATION (DEAN OF STUDENTS). TO DRAMATIZE THEIR STAND THE COMMITTEE HELD A
PEACEFUL AND NON DISRUPTIVE SIT--IN IN VHS SOCIAL SCIE NCE BUILDING.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, THAT PROTESY WAS BRCAPN ‘/P AT 2 iN THE MC2NING WHEN 700 POLICEMEN
ro, 4 THR TACTICAL PATROL FCRCE ARRIVED Cy Cat yS aD THE ADMINISTRATTCN (PRESIDENT)
Saco: WAVE OR FASE APREST. 39 PECPLE DES{I 2D TO CHALLANG? Ir UGLY THREAT OF
POLICE PUWeRe THEY WORE ARRESTED. THE ALMINISTRATION “ADE ITSELF CLEAR: TRY TO
ACT LS THE CONSCIENCE OF THIS COLLEGE, TRY TO FXPOSE THE UNFAIR USE OF POWER ANY
WE OF TEE ADMINISTRATION WILL USE MORE BOLD POWER.
AND POLICE POWER WAS NOT ENOUCH. THE ADMINISTRATION HAS CONTINUED TO PERMIT A
FULL SCALED GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION OF THE CAMPUS. THAT INVESTIGATION THREATENS
THE PCLITICAL~ACADEMIC FREEDOM OF ALL OF US. THT INVESTIGATION CAN ONLY REMIND
US OF THE SUPPRESSIVE UNTHINKING WITCH*HUNTS OF THEiNOT SO DISTANT PAST WHICH COST
SO MANY PEOPIE THEIR EDUCATION, THEIR JOBS AND THEIR RIGHTFUL FUTURE.
SHR OHEEHR REESE JUBUREHOE RHE HO SHE SHES HAH ESRB IIB HER HHA RHEE HEBER
SO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE IS ANGRY. THE AD HOC COMMITTE--AND ALL OF US--WITNESS
UNFAIR TRIALS, RAW PCLICE POWER, BLANKET WITCH-HUNT INVESTIGATIONS AND WE STILL
CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR DEMANDS THAT WOULD STOP A WHOLE WAVE OF OLD--McCARTHY SUP=
PRESSION BSFORE IT BECOMES"PART OF TH! ROUTINE".
HHH Heke Het He
THEN WE BRING THE STRUGGLE TO YOU-~CONCERNED STUDENT, CONCERNED FACULTY MEMBER.
THE AD HOC COMMITTEE INITIATES A GENERAL STRIKE AND IN THE INITIAL THREE DAYS
OF THAT STRIKE YOU ANSWER IN OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FOR OUR FIVE REMAINING DEMANDS 6
ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY ROUGHLY 56% (by all estimates) OF THIS STUDENT
BODY BOYCOTTS CLASSES IN SUPPORT. STUDENTS AND FACULTY RISK NEW THREATS OF SUP-
RESSION (some students are actually threatened with failing grades if they strike;
faculty members are told they are "liablr" if they hold classes "outside" )
seek Wot see SHE
SO THE STEIZE IS MOUNTED AND THE FIGHT CONTINUES, _BUT WE DO NOT IGNORE THE OTHER
MEMBERS OF THIS ACADENIC COMMUNITY. IT IS TO THE FACULTY MEMBERS AND STUDENIS
WHO ERE IN SUPPORT OF THE FIVE REMAINING DEMANDS BUT CANNOT JOIN THE PICKET
LINE THAT WE DIRECT THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE:
WE CANNOT BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN STILL GO ABOUT YOUR DAILY
BUSINESS AFTER BEARING WITwnSS Tu THu SUirPRESSIVE ACTS
OF {HIS COLLEGE ADMINISTRATION, -& DO NOT SHahk YOUR
OPTIMISM THAT ALL THIS ADMINISTRATION NEEDS IS » "CnanCk".
B UT WE BELIEVE THAT THE STUDENTS AND FACULTY WHO SUPPORT
T:ESE DEMANDS DESERVE ANOT ER OPPORTUNITY TO WITNESS THE
ADrINISTRATION. WE NOW CREATE A CLIMATE OF "CALM!, WE SUS—
PEND THIS STRIKE. WE Ask YOU TO JOIN US SO OUR | DEMANDS WILL
& ST FE TaT, THe ADMINISTRATION NOW HAS "THEIR™ CHANCE TR’ CHANCE".
——JOIN US AT THE DOME AT 1 PM; STRIKE SUSPENDED-=
--JOIN US AT THE DOME AT 1 PM; STRIKE SUSFENDED<=
ea JOIN US AT THE DOME AT 1 PM; STRIKE SUSPENDED<=
_IEEB Re HARARE BERBER ERE ESHA SEE SHARIA IARI AAAS IR IE AI III OAL AIRS IIA IAAI ALI IIE
Title
"Open Letter to the Students and Faculty (Please Read Carefully)"
Description
This is an open letter to Queens College students and faculty from the Ad Hoc Committee, a politically active group comprised of concerned faculty and student activists. The group, which held a multi-day sit-in in the Social Sciences Building in March/April 1969, was protesting the administration's dismissal of an instructor and their treatment of student protestors from an incident in March. Their demands totaled five in all and they hoped to garner more popular support on campus by holding the rally advertised on this letter.
Creator
Ad Hoc Committee to End Political Suppression
Date
1969
Language
English
Publisher
Queens College Department of Special Collections and Archives (New York, N.Y.)
Rights
Obtained from Contributor - Copyright Unknown
Original Format
Flier / Leaflet (1 or 2 page handout)
Ad Hoc Committee to End Political Suppression. Letter. 1968. “‘Open Letter to the Students and Faculty (Please Read Carefully)’”, 1968, CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE, accessed March 10, 2026, https://stephenz.tailc22a4b.ts.net/s/cdha/item/894
Time Periods
1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle
