May Files Charges Against 56 Picketers

Dean May has now filed charges with the Committee on Rights and Responsibilities against 56 students for their participation in obstructive picket lines around University Hall.

Denying claims that he has been selective in pressing charges. May said yesterday that he has charged every demonstrator he has been able to identify in violation of the Resolution on Rights and Responsibilities.

The students are charged with interfering "with members of the University in the performance of their normal duties and activities."

May said he will continue to file charges if he receives new evidence identifying demonstrators.

He added that he was "surprised" that University officials have been able to identify as many students as they have so far. "I had the impression that many of the participants were not Harvard students," he said.

Picketing against University Hall became non-obstructive after the first wave of CRR charges on Monday night. Approximately 100 people picketed University Hall from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. this morning, but they did not stop anyone from entering the building.

SDS member Lowry Hemphill '72 described the action as "token." She added that the picket line's lack of militancy was due to "intimidation."

Another SDS member. Ellen Messing '72 estimated that roughly two-thirds of the demonstrators favored a militant action but agreed on non-obstructive tactics to attract more picketers.

The Yard remained quiet for the rest of the day with the exception of a speech delivered by General Hugh B. Hester. U.S. Army Ret. Gen. Hester condemned the United States for "its policy of dominating the world."