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mhm. Mm hmm. Mm. More than 100 orders? Uh huh. Yeah, right. I'm Peter at Cliff. President, San Francisco State College Federation of Teachers, a FT Local 13 52 have been threatened by student violence. Now it is throttled by the political forces of California precisely when San

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Francisco State College has the greatest need for authority on campus, dealing with the turbulence that has vast social problems that it's caused. The board of trustees of the California State colleges decided to run our campus from afar at their meeting December 19. Meeting the trustees further

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weaken the ability of our or any campus to carry out its job by depriving the president the use of discretion as to whether and when to call the police. In the case of student demonstrations, an ancient tradition respected by statesmen and police officers in all civilized

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countries was overthrown by an arrogant board without debate, it took them. We're not even clear. The text of that resolution was read out. There was no debate. It was rammed through in 15 seconds. We know the intent of it. We still have yet to see the

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actual wording of that resolution. No family were allowed to speak to it. Discuss it. San Francisco. I'd be kind of catch them on. Mm hmm. Yeah. First strike. Malcolm. That's up to the faculty, and it's that were there. React. Yeah, course. Place the crisis expert in

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our viewers that we're in a crisis situation. And so we have contacted the National and asked permission to have him work with, said he'll stay until possible. Say concerning these matters is there No longer is it on this campus? Thank suffer most in many people's minds.

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There's also is related to the earlier question about what is the national here for help laying the groundwork. So there's privately members can vote intelligently. Not should we try to go on strike or not strike, but their choice will be. Should we go on this effective

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strike that we know we can have, or do we choose not to? Thanks choose to go on strike. They'll be well prepared, will have the support of the people and no work. And I might add parenthetically because I was here when his name Rapid when well,

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that's one of their name. Not truly help mhm take over this, uh, campuses there are resolutions exhibited. No confidence at all in the state. College professors. I was sitting right behind the state college professors. They're all lined up in state college presidents, and, uh, they're all

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lined up in front of us. Uh, one of them said, Well, you know, they shouldn't investigate. Just one of us is going to act, investigate all of us and did feel that they were being stripped of their powers. Only one of them, president Nest, had stood

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up, was allowed to speak and object to this. But I bet we could have charted an FT local state college presidents there and sign most of them up and about the national reference. Well, last remark, No matter how Do you have any friends? No matter how

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sorry you feel for them, they still are. Yeah. Look, we don't The left doesn't call police on campus. Decided not to have them on campus and so on. Yeah, well, the there. I don't think you can state a policy on that. That seems to be a

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matter of judgment. I certainly think that you should always exhibit as much restraint as possible. Experience has shown that when units squads and uniform police are called on. Generally there is an escalator violence. Uh, my feeling is that you can't state a policy that it is

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a matter of judgment, but we've been endorsed. The faculty has endorsed the kind of restraint that has been shown by President built for plenty advice, understand? No. The trustees made it impossible for President summer skill to exercise his authority effectively by saying to the world, including

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students threatening violence, that they have no confidence in him and that he need not be heated. At the same meeting, the trustees, without consultation with the faculties and administrators of the colleges, have taken away from the local campuses any discretion regarding the discipline of students and

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faculty involved in demonstrations. They have thus effectively undermined the authority of the only persons who have a chance in these troubled times to maintain order and to continue the job of education with which they are charged. In the recent demonstration, President summer skill was successful in

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avoiding large scale injury and damage to property by their actions, the board of trustees assumed responsibility for any injury to persons destruction of property and above all, the disruption of the processes of education which may occur. San Francisco has become a pawn in California state. San

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Francisco State College has become a pawn in California state politics. Its autonomy is not restored immediately. The stature and reputation of college will be destroyed both by student violence on the left and by political posturing on the right. The state superintendent of schools, Isn't it rapper?

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T. I understand. Said something about putting teachers in jail? Uh, that may frighten some logo teachers. I don't think so. Uh, it doesn't frighten the FS. Please. We're used to dealing with politicians and lateral. We're used to meeting in junk. We're used to meeting all of

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the kinds of things that old fashioned 19th century management oriented people present to were successful. We haven't lost a strike yet. You right. Okay, um, I perform for that. I agree. Find out. What are you doing? You must. Most of the people on this campus have

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sat back in their asses. And this is the result of 150 kids. Maybe 125 kids feel so helpless about getting any kind of movement going on this campus that are taking a move which I think is very destructive. But you can't cop out to it by

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putting them down and asking me to speak or anyone else to speak waiting for your problems to be solved. What have you been doing? Okay, we'll have to see if you want to get those dispatches lifted. You'll give me the new evidence. He knows they can't

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give him into evidence because that evidence has to be used in court and you can't bring it the solar skill first and then using Quite. It's no good that way. And so that's still going. Alright, students here I look to themselves to look into your heart.

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Look into what's in your mind mad and tell me how you responded that Gator Incident response video. Or did you not just see the pictures and fifties? I'm throwing up there college. We got up there and talk to some guys Get up student party and this

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faculty that I myself, I am interested in solving our problems through debate and dialogue. It's been suggested, the rear that diabolical schemes as my method of operating. I think of anything I've been open with, tried to be, but I, the hands of all of us here

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that has been considered and decided by the board of trustees of the California State colleges. The not for the expressions of support and friendship and assistance which have come from so many of you. Thank you. Questions. When you go to the world, we're going to ask

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specific questions of summer skilled people and maps we want to answer specifically. I want to know about double jeopardy. I'd like to know. President Summer Skill said he only reinstitute those students that there was new evidence. At the same time, he knows that there's new evidence

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that has to be brought up in court, and I want to know if he seriously thinks that that board that tried those students was not prejudiced beyond belief by the reports in the press. And then, in fact, an atmosphere on this campus was wasn't created that

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denies their trial. What about the letter you sent that said the guilty people were being apprehended and would be brought to trial well again? I think that the students had a fair hearing by fair minded people. Now it's a It's a difficult situation because the students

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involved Not only broke of the laws of the state, but they know well, at least they were. I'm sorry, I'm no lawyer, but there were charges that they did. And there were also charges they broke laws of the college and the of the of the state

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colleges. And so we had no alternative, and I would defend that. And those of you who don't understand this fully should watch tomorrow night at 10 o'clock and see this issue unfolding before your eyes and our faculty are now meeting to discuss these important matters. And

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with your permission, I would like to go to that faculty meeting and take part in that discussion. Thank you. It's exactly what I have to bring. My wonder. Not okay. Toronto. Mhm. Mhm. It is warn of or the I'm not sure what you said. Most open

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campuses where there is most possibility of dissent, that dissent has to be verbal. But yet they are members in this department in this school who know that only verbal descent will never be effective. One of them took action last week. And yet I have here a

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statement that he wrote I'd like to read it to you. I write because of a frightening contrast and because I believe that we can you there would be no cause for alarm if people were allowed inside. Nevertheless, make sure this is perfectly legitimate. They sent home

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at the time of the demonstration whoever was inside that could have been in any way, possibly accidentally or otherwise hurt. And that's fine. But they locked the doors. They locked the doors, knowing full well that all the demonstration was about was to be able to go

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inside and complain to the administration how serious the demand of the studio, the people of San Francisco and the broader California public that supports higher education with its taxes and votes. We deeply believe the public has both the right and an obligation to understand the complex

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problems of guiding and urban college. In these troubled times. There's some further rhetoric, but then we get down to the final paragraph, and they simply didn't have time to duplicate this Mhm okay, and the final paragraph says, In fact, we are so deeply convinced of our

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obligation to inform the public of our operation and the president's summer skills stewardship of our successes and failures of our hopes and concerns. Point of controversy in the Senate meeting a little more when I presented to the academic Dean send it around this word in six.

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My own, uh, feeling is when I wrote it. Yeah, that's right. Stop that. I love it, Charlie, Go ahead. I'd like to talk a little bit about the violence, you know, that can occur. And there's a small amount of violence that

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did occur on this campus last Wednesday. And I'd also like to talk just a little bit about racism. The violence that occurred last Wednesday. I don't think with something that people should get super uptight about and go into a frenzy over of what goes on on

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this campus. Yeah, I'm moving back in front of that. Fellas. What do you want? You want to go