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one week ago, the day after the election, the strike began. There were and are 10 demands. But most of the attention seems to swirl around Black Panther George Murray and his suspension from his teaching position here by order of State College Chancellor Glenn Donkey. It has

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been a week of confusion, fear, claims of strikes, success, claims of strike failure and of violence. And it was this latter element, which has ebbed and flowed in volume throughout the entire week while never completely disappearing, which finally led college president Dr Robert Smith to make

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the announcement that as of Thursday morning, San Francisco State College would be closed indefinitely. So the issues now hopefully move into a quieter setting and justice hopefully one in which a solution can be found. Pedal Brian for eyewitness news, San Francisco State College, Big Bang. You

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know, we have decided to close instruction tomorrow, and we begin the faculty and Administrative staff conference, um, in the morning and work at the problems as a faculty and staff, and extend the communication as quickly as

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we can to some of the various student leaders of the campus and keep the campus closed until such time as we can open it on a, uh, more rational basis, consulting with a number of groups. Do those groups include the other side of this crisis? The

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Black Students Union and the STS? For tomorrow, we're going to try to work with our black faculty and staff as well as the other ethnic groups represented in the faculty and staff as rapidly as we can get. A plan, development and definition of we will. We

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will extend the communication. We want to get an opportunity to talk with our faculty and staff and administrative leadership. First president and define. Define the issues and then extend the issues as we as we can. President Smith. Exactly why is the campus being closed down tomorrow?

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What reason? Well, the main reason administrative staff and the academic deans as well as the large number of the student first mhm mhm hands are really talking about is black people having to right to determine their own destiny. Uh, the ah, uh I'm slowly and quick.

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The question The questions come to me. Uh, just knock it off. The questions come to me as to why police are on the campus and the answer. Uh, the answer is that they were on campus in very small numbers, beginning with the disorder that began with

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the strike. There have been more police brought on campus as the concern for safety and personality. Why did you instruct the needs to come in front of the Black Student Union office? Would you please answer that, President Smash people. All right. I didn't instruct the police

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to go into the front of the black students office. Let me say that this is not the way to run a college, and it's not. It is not. The way for is not the way for students to function in an effort to help run the college.

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Yeah, okay, sure. Yeah. Your company. Yeah. I'd say they're about 75 full time faculty people here, which is a very large number, considering the percent of the number of full time people we have. And there are great

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many students. I haven't made any effort to count them. Does this in full support of the BS you demands? Uh, no. Uh, our group has just said that we want George Murray reinstated. And, uh, that's our sole position and of course there's a representative, that group.

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That's all I'm authorized to say. Our large group of faculty and students showed up here at San Francisco State this morning about eight o'clock. And this is perhaps the strongest show yet by a faculty and student group in the second week of a strike over black

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student demands. Professor William Stanton is in charge. Nothing happened. We promised we'd be here eight o'clock in the morning striking. We're here. You plan to stay out as long as five days. Well, uh, that's to be decided by the group, but I think the people should

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know that five day figure is significant because we've been told if we're out, five days were subject to not dismissal, but they will consider it an automatic resignation. And this really shows how great these people in the line are because they're really willing to run these

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risks. They see the dangers inherent in this situation, the dangers that the trustees and donkey have created, and they're trying to call attention to it, and they wanted to stop, give us a chance to solve it.