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_ SUPPLEMENTARY FACT SHEET if

By th Ad Hoc Faculty Committee

There are serious omissions and distortions in the fact sheet which
has been distributed »y President MacMurray concernin, the events of
the past two weeks, Vitis supplement is designed to help correct some
of these distortions, and to provide an accurate basis for intelligen}
discussione

Thursday, March 27.

1 PM. A ca,pus raliy was held to protest the suspension of three
students for contempt of court; the students were to have been
tried for their participation in an anti-recruitment demonstra~
tion, but because they and others insisted on an open trial, the
trial never cook place. The rally, sponsored by the Ad Hoc

Committee tc End Political Suppression, drew about 700 students.
Several faculty were present to act as buffers in case of violence
that had been threatened by the conservative student coalition.
At the raliy, Martin Gill, chief prosecutor of the Student As~
“aeeciation, declared he would no Tonger. prosecute the students,
on the grounds that no fair trial coutd: be pereaked under the
existing framework.

2 PMs SA having dropped charges, Dean of Students George Pierson was

asked to do the same, The ra!ly moved into SS Building, where

Pierson's office is located, and the group decided to wait for

him there, The office itself was not occupied, nor was there any

disruption or obstruction.

3 PM It was decided by vote of the body sitting in SS Building to
add to its student demands the demands tor ehire Sheila Delany
and to repudiate the Max-Kahn Report.

-4 PM Several students and faculty from the Ad Hoc Committee.went to
the Faculty Council meeting then in segssion, to inform the FC
what had happened, to present to it a petition signed by over

. 400 students, and to request that Pres. McMurray address the
group. The President declined to meet with the Ad Hoc Committse
or tosend.Dean Pierson to meet with them; at this rebuff the
rally became a sit-in.

9 PM Dean of Students Geerge Pierson arrived to address the Ad Hoc
Committee, He claimed that the law under which the three students
had been prosecuted had been ratified by SA; SA President Glen
Brunman deniec this. Pierson stated that although SA had dropped
charges, he personally would not do sa. He also stated that if
the college ccuid not settle its own problems, ‘'toutside agencies"

would help. Som> students made hostile remarks, and Pierson left
angrily.

' Friday, March 28, This i. the only day of the six on whieh some services

were interpupted,

11 AM At a meeting in the President's conference room, attended by
deans, facuity, members of the Ad Hoc Committee, and two student
justices, the administration agreed to reinstate the suspended

students but refused-to withdraw-charges. No~agreement was
reached-on the other demands,


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1 PM At amother rally, the lifting of suspensions was made public, and
S$ Bufiding was reoccupied,.

From thts time until Monday night there was no official communication

fegn the administration to the Ad Hoc Committee, nor was any request made
to Jeaye the building. Food, clean-up, and blanket committees continued
to funcgiopn inside the building as they had_since Thursday; there was also
a seeusfty committee to screen out potentil violence, Several deands were
in their offices much of the time; no attempt was made to exclude them,

A secretary from the Financial Aid office was allowed to take her records
out, since there was no desire to harm students in any waye

Saturday, March 29.

10 PM Seyeral outside groups (local high schools, other CUNY colleges)
gffered to join the Ad Hoc Committee in the buildings The body
voted to exclude these groups,

Quring the weekend, discussion workshops on several topics were set up,

some of them led by faculty.

Monday, Megeh 31¢ Sehool was closed on account of Eisenhower's death. The
sitegn eontysinued.
M@Murvay alterted the Tactical Police Force, At the recent student
eomyocation, it appeared that in order to get the police to come
onto gampus, MeMurray had to agree not to drop charges afterwards.

7 PM MeMugpay, Dean Hartle, and several other deans and faculty arrived
at the Dome, where an open meeting was in progess. McMurray asked
to speak, Since it had earlier been voted that all communication
feon the administration be submitted in writing, McMurray was not
alfowed to speak. His statement was read by the chairman, and it
was diseussed, The statement reiterated the reinstatement of the
thpee suspended students, offered to suspend recruitment on campus,
and stated that Pierson would resign from the Facult y#Student
Ganduet Committee, Dean Hartle demanded to meet with faculty on
the Ad Hog Gemmittee, but was told to submit his communication in
weitings He refused to do so.

10 PM The Gomméttee of the whole voted to respond to McMurray's states
ment at a rally planned for the next day, since there was not
sufficient time to discuss the issues and make an immediate replye
That degision was communicated to t he President,

Tuesday, Appetit 1,
2 AM Qeang Pierson and Hartle announced through a bullehorn from outside
the building that police were waiting to be brought on campus, Those
who tef¢ within the next 15 minutes would suffer no penalities. Of
those who left during the 15 minutes after that, students would be
asked to turn in their ID cards to counsellors who were waiting,
and faculty would be suspended on the spot without pay. Those still
in the building after ‘4 hour would suffer these penalties and be
avpested as well, Most lefts 38 students and 1 faculty were are
rested, There were 30 police vans present, and the NY Times estie
mated the number of police at 500 (other estimates went as high
as 900), Complainants for the arrests included the chairmen ef


several departments, some deans, and a member of the Facult y=
Student Governance Committee, Students and facult y who were
not arrested went elsewhere to plan for the rally that had
been scheduled for Tuesday afternoon,

1 PM The rally was held as planned, and drew some 4000
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