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Black Seizure of University Hall Ends After Accord On Employment

At 1 p.m. a group of white radicals gathered at Lehman Hall for a meeting called by SDS. Groups at the meeting included the November Action Committee, at least one Weatherman, and SDS. The meeting voted to conduct a march in support of OBU. They left Lehman Hall at 1:30 p.m. and marched to Radcliffe chanting "power to the people." By the time they returned to the Yard OBU had left University Hall.

Issues Unresolved

The Cox-Lee agreement leaves several issues unresolved. Yesterday's first OBU statement said that only about five per cent of Harvard employees are black and demanded that Harvard employ 20 per cent blacks. Cox denied that this demand had been discussed. The exact membership of the implementation committee is also still to be worked out.

Most black students, however, felt that an acceptance of at least the broad aims of their demands was implicit in the Cox-Lee agreement. One black student said that the aim of taking over University Hall had been to "get the University to take our demands seriously. Apparently they have." Another said that this is only one step in the campaign, and that OBU is prepared to take further action if necessary.

There were no incidents of violence during the day, although two bomb threats were telephoned to University police. The University police were in contact with Cambridge police throughout the day, but Harvard did not seek a court injunction against the demonstrators. One Cambridge police lieutenant said that, "Harvard had the situation well in hand."

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