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University Students for Law and Order (USLO) anti-FSM rally

Robert Dussault, coordinating chairman of USLO, is interviewed about his intention to return the university to a state of normalcy so that affairs can be conducted. Susan Trupin, a sit-in participant discusses her arrest and gives a report on the numerous students who were placed in solitary confinement and the police brutality she witnessed.

Interview with Grover Krantz

Grover Krantz, a museum technician from the U.C. Berkeley campus, is interviewed in the KPFA studios. On Thursday, December 3, 1964, he and a group of four bystanders were arrested and charged with failure to disperse while watching the students protest at Sproul Hall, although they were never asked to leave the premises. He was in prison from 2:15 Thursday until 6:30 the following morning.

Free Speech Movement press conference

Steve Weisman reports on pickets at State Capitol and delegation of FSM representatives and others who were not received by governor, protests at UC Davis in support of FSM, and demands that Governor Brown not press charges against arrested demonstrators.

Rally on Sproul Steps

On December 3, 1964 at noon, Professor John Leggett of the Sociology Department speaks about the administration decisions and reaction to student arrests at the Sproul Hall sit-in. An announcement is made that grad studnet instructos in Sociology have recognized the legitimacy of the studnet strike and will not teach classes on campus for the duration of the strike.

Burton White with Jerry Jenkin reporting from Sproul Hall

Burton White calls an emergency faculty meeting. The members assembled urge that the following actions be taken immediately: <br /> <br />1. the new and liberalized rules for campus political action be declared in effect and enforced, pending their improvement, <br />

Coverage of Sproul Hall sit-in

A speaker begins by giving instructions in preparation for arrests. Savio announces that Bob Treuhaft, an FSM legal advisor, has been arrested without specific charges. He indicated that there are faculty observers of the arrests and discusses what to expect during and after an arrest, based on his experience being arrested during the Sheraton Palace civil rights protest arrests.

Bob Dylan at WBAI

Performs - I'm Goin' Down to New Orleans; Corrina, Corrina; Emmitt Till; Lonesome Whistle Blues; Farewell; If Not for You; You Ain't Goin' Nowhere; New Morning; I'll Keep it with Mine; Talkin' John Birch Society

Sproul Hall sit-in December 3, 1964

Josiah Beeman, State President of the California Young Democrats and legislative assistant to Congressman Phil Burton, addresses the rally. He expresses support of campus Young Democrat clubs across the state for FSM. Clark Kerr addresses the crown regarding the faculty's response. <br />

Student demands and arrests

On December 3, 1964, students involved in sit-in of Sproul Hall are arrested. Speakers discuss the differences between current arrest scene conducted by Berkeley police and earlier aggressive arrests by California Highway Patrol. Mario Savio discusses how Regents' policies on advocacy must go. Report on arrests of students continues.
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