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Show Students stage demonstratbn at S. F. State knocked down by police. Members of the American Federation of Teachers, which organized the picket line, persuaded the students to keep the line moving, rather than battle with the police. AFT President Gary Hawkins met with acting President S.I. Hayakawa to request him to ask the police not to arrest people like Dillon out of the picket lines. Hayakawa refused. Hawkins said Hayakawa was passing up a chance to avoid violence and added "I don't know what will happen" if the police continue to arrest pickets on other warrents. There was evidence Tuesday of a split between the students and the AFT. When the police ordered that administration building picket line to quiet down or break up, AFT leaders tried to get the crowd to quiet down. When the students refused, the AFT pickets moved back to the main campus entrance and to the library. One AFT member and a student were seen struggling over a picket sign. At a press conference in the morning the AFT refused to say By Phil Semas College Press Service SAN FRANCISCO-Police broke up a noisy but non-violent student demonstration Tuesday in the first student-police confrontation of the new year at San Francisco State College. About 300 students had formed a large picket line in front of the administration building. They did not throw rocks or attempt to enter the building but marched in a large circle chanting loudly "on strike, shut it down." They were warned, first by police, then by administrators and finally by a very loud loudspeaker announcement, to stop chanting or disperse. The students hooted at the loudspeaker warning and one threw a bottle at the building. Police Formed Lines About 250 police formed lines between the administration, business and humanities buildings, surrounding the students. The police then advanced toward the crowd, which retreated to the sidewalk at the main entrance to the campus where they continued Picketing. There was no violence and only one arrest in the incident. There was one other student-police incident earlier in the day when Hari Dillon, a Third World Liberation Front leader, was arrested for failing to appear in court. A minor melee ensued in J which a few students were whether they would continue to strike if their grievances over wages and hours are met but the 15 demands of the students are not. The San Francisco Labor Council sanctioned the AFT strike on the basis of the wage and working condition issues, specifically excluding student Jemands for an autonomous Black Studies Department and admission of more non-white students. Felt Deserted Hayakawa said this made the students feel "that their faculty friends have deserted them." He said student strike leaders had told both Executive Vice President Frank Dollard and AFT leaders that they would not take orders from the AFT. At their press conference the AFT also attacked California State College Chancellor Glenn S. Dumke, who said Monday that any teacher who fails to fulfill his duties for five straight days will be considered to have resigned. "The best of the faculty are striking, the worst are on campus," said the AFT. "If Dumke fires the strikers as lie threatens, the college will he I manned by 'left-overs.' " Attendance Below Normal Class attendance seemed to be well below normal again Tuesday. The AFT and the administration put out conflicting claims on Monday's attendance figures. The AFT said only 20 per cent of students attended class; the administration, 60 per cent. |
