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We have participated in convocations, moritoriums and discussions for the last
four weeks, vhile maintaining our sit-in at the $.S, Building, Though we have not
substantially escalated our stevggle during this perded. the administration has gor
from suspending three SDS leaders to calling in 700 members of the Tactical Police
Force, bringing criminal charges against 39 students and faculty and turning the
eane over to the ‘rane Jury fox vossible indictment and prosecution on felony
charges, These ure blatent examples of the political supression facing students
and faculty at Queens College

fs a result of our struggle, the administration has reinstated the three SDS
members who were suspended fox “contenpt" of "Student Court," through a "trial"
ultimately controlled by the administration, and has dropped charges against them,
If the administration had been willing to grant these demands a month ago, our
protest would have appeared unnecessary, Instead, students were confronted with

more serious examples of political suppression on campus, out of which new demands
crew,

We demand the rehiring of Sheila Delaney, who was not rehired as an assistant
professor because of political reasons, We demand that use of the Max»Kahn Report,
a policy of the Board of Higher Education which enforces secrecy in firing, rehiri
and tenure procedures, be discontinued at QC, This report clearly serves as a smok
screen for political firings,

We demand thut administrative and civil charges against the arrested students
be dropped. We demand that administrative and civil charges against Henry Lesnick,
a faculty member errested in the sit-in, be dropped, We demand that the administr-
ation guarantee in writing that no police will ever be called on campus, except
in ease of direct danger to life or extreme threat to property. Student and facul-
ty rights are negated when the administration is free to bring in police to
supprecs political dissent,

fh strike is the one taetie around which enough support can de mehilized to
force the admin istration to grant these demands, which affect every person on
cempus, A strike enables each individual to actively participate in the struggle.
We of the Ad Hoc Committee will veacefully picket and will, as in the past, use
no coercion, threat or force against students. Rather, we seek to discuss the
issues and join with thousands of students and fecuity in forcing an end to
political suppression at QC, JOIN USit:

Treo, Myr. 22,1969