UCSA HEARS CIA PROTESTERS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000300240024-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 1, 1998
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: November 9, 1967
• Content Type: NSPR

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BROWN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1967
CPYRGH y CARL S. SMITH
Ing hours, the University Council on.
Student Affairs yesterday conducted
a hearing on the University's charges
? against thirteen students who partici-
pated in last Tuesday's sit-in at the
University Placement Office to protest
the appearance of a recruiter for the
Central Intelligence Agency.
The UCSA will not announce whether
a decision has been reached until the
accused are informed.
The hearings were in two almost
equal length sessions, one beginning
at 2 p.m., the other at approximately
7:15. The afternoon was devoted to
preliminary statements and the presen-
tation of the prosecution argument by
0 Dean Brennan. The evening session
consisted of the defense argument, pre-
sented by several of the accused and
their spokesmen.
A fourteenth student under like
charges, Janet D. Kitzes '71, could not
attend the Commons Room session be-
cause she is in the infirmary. Her case
will be heard when she gets out. '
The hearings were held by request of
the students involved In accordance
with procedure recommended in the Ma-
grath Report as passed by the Corpora-
tion June 3, 1967, and in specific refer-
ence
to President Ray Heffner's Sep-
tember 18 letter to all students. In a
letter dated November 1, each student
(eight undergraduates, four graduate it
a dents, and two Pembrokers) received
a letter from his dean notifying him
of his having been charged "with Inter-
fering with the normal educational
function of the University."
"Specifically," this letter continued,
you are accused of physically obstruct-
IIAb b_mg the entry" of Michael J. Brennan,
Dean of the Graduate School, and James
W. Gurll, a recruiter for the CIA, Into
the Placement Office at 90 Waterman
Street. The letter informed each atu-
dent that the charge was, as warned by
Dean Brennan at the Placement Office, '
"serious erou h to warrant possible dis-
.A. t.o4
C., 0(t.
missal." It then told each student of r c
t1a a or the ommun y member Students uw oreact'
his right to have his case h
d b
f
ear
e
ore t? In a way which adversely af-
his dean or the University Council
.
The students, having agreed to have
their case heard as a group before the i
Council, each received a letter dated
November 6 from Council chairman Dur-
and Echeverria, professor of French.
The letter reminded the students of the :~.
physical obstruction charge and went
on to note the Council's ruling at a
preliminary meeting on the case.
'"The Council has ruled," the letter
indicated, "that the accusation consti-
tutes an g1iegad infractlpn
numbor 1 and numhor 7 in the lotted
of President Haffner to all students,
{ dated September'-.18, 1967. That Is
the
,,
alleged obstruction of entry cited above Phone, Chairman Echeverria
is an alleged form of
I coed the
r
t
t
li
p
o
es
pre
which in-
minary proceed- ?
volves physical force or physical ob-. gs. He noted that the Coun
struction; and which seriously inter- cii was a committee, not a
feres with the normal educational func- court, and need not follow
me letter included the place, time, A University lawyer was pres-
and procedure of the committee hear- ent in case questions of law
in
addi
g,
ng that each student could be arose.
who may, if the student wishes, speak
on behalf of the student."
. Specifically, policies 1 and 7 of Dr.
Heffner's letter read as follows:
1. 'The rights of peaceful assembly,
free exchange of Ideas, and orderly pro-
test are among the basic rights of all
members of a university community.
Teets or seriously interferes
with the normal educational
function of the University, or
which injures and endangers
the welfare of any of its mem-
bers, shall be subject to Uni-.
versity discipline. Except In
such situations, students shall
not be subject to . potential
University discipline as a con-
sequence of clearly political ac- ?
tivities that may result in vio-
lations of the civil law."
Within drawn curtains and'
beneath a ? chandelier draped
Mr. Echeverria stated that 4 -
purpose of the hearing was to Al
ascertain the true facts ? rele- ? ~
vant to the case and to estab-
lish if a violation of University ''
rules occurred. If the Council
arcugmzea such a violation, he 0
added, it would decide what ac-
tion the University should take.
Forms of protest which involve physical ' He then outlined the procedure
of the hearing.
force or physical obstruction, however
,
have no rightful place In Brown Uni- After reiterating the charges
forms of protest shall be subject to accused, Professor Echeverria
University discipline." recognized Dean Brennan to
7. "It is improper and unnecessary for speak for the presecution. Dean 'I
a university to attempt to duplicate the Brennan's testimony basically
law enforcement functions of the civil centered on a documented de-
tate. It is not, ' however, inappropriate scription of the events that
ciplinary . sanctions in cases,where a
tudent's behavior not ? only makes him
ble to prosecution by the civil auth.
ties but also cast doubt on his fitness
FDVR OH$e day of the dem-
onstrat on.
Mr. Brennan
story of the confrontation be-
ur a
approach to the Placement Of-
fice and ending with their de-
parture. He offered a series of
photographs taken by an em- lomm