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This :fternoon seven huncred students and faculty attended
a rally sponsored by the ad Hoe Comittee to end Political suppression,
occupied the administruticn lobby in the SS Building at :.ueens College,

veare protesting politic:1 suppression on campus-3 SDS leaders
were suspended for contemot of court when 150 students insisting on an open
tricl, refused to le-ve the courtroom-the 3 were being tried fa participsting
in an untierecruitment demonstration. The administration and some ‘embers of
studentcourt ruled thet the 3 defendents were responsible for the actions of the
150 observers, This is patently «absurd,

There was no cue process at the trial and the proceeding con-
stitute a travesty of justice. :.oreover, the 3 stucents were tried for the alleged
violation of the law which students had no voice in creating, « law handed Gown
by the administration, Although tho Student ..ssociation has cropped charges
Dean Pierson, who initieted the auction, had refused to reinstate the students,

Political suppression is not limited to stucents, br, Sheila
Lbelany of the Znglish Department wos not rehirec, although she has published
articles anc is e nopul:r teacher, The reason she was ,iven was “personclity",.
irs. Lelany wos involved last yecr in e movementfor departmental reform, We feel
that in this case dismissal has been used as a means d political retaliation, and

that it represents ea cangcrous infringement on acadewie freedom,.

Another dimension to the viol<tion of ecadeiic freedom is the

MaxeKehn report, which requires absolute secrecy both in reports on teaching
observahions and in ,iving real recsons for dismissql, The report thus creates an
atmosphere of fear which no university can tolerate, It facilitaes and even
encourages dismissal of fxculty who have prouressive political views,
Therefore we demands: 1, keinstate the 3 suspended students,

2e Drop all cherges ageinst them,

3, Kehire Sheila Lelany,
Ae Revoke the ilaxeKahn secrecy report as official ‘ueens
College policy, and urge its revocation as CUNY policy,

We students and faculty plan to occupy the adiinistrative section
of the SS Building and Dean rierson's office until these demands are met,