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![Professor Arthur Ross: Regents Meeting Press Conference](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 12/18/1964Call Number: CE 679Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
Press conference given by Professor Arthur Ross, chairman of the Emergency Executive Committee of the Berkeley Division Academic Senate, following the UC Regents meeting at UCLA on December 18, 1964. The committee had been formed one week prior to respond to the “crisis concerning political action” on the Berkeley campus. Ross, responding to statements given by the regents, states that his committee feels substantial progress has been made and that the university will not restrict political speech or advocacy on campus, and no further disciplinary action will be taken against students.
![Student rally at Regents Meeting](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 12/18/1964Call Number: CE 680Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: KPFKCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
Jack Weinberg, UC Berkeley FSM organizer, and Jim Berland, a student organizer at UCLA (as well as an unidentified speaker) speak at a student rally at the December 1964 Regents Meeting at UCLA. Topics discussed include frustration with bureaucracy and a sense that administrators are “stalling,” the effects of the movement in building political awareness and a warmer community on campus at Berkeley and UCLA, power dynamics and the lack of formal hierarchy in the movement, and censorship of research in relation to corporate connections of university administrators. There is a short section at the end which is unintelligible due to being very sped up.
![Regents Meeting Press Conference: President Clark Kerr and Regents Chairman Edward Carter](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 12/18/1964Call Number: CE 681Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
UC President Clark Kerr and Board of Regents Chairman, department store magnate Edward Carter, field questions from the press regarding the UC Regents handling of the issues posed by the Free Speech Movement. There is discussion of formation of a committee clarifying regulations as well as the potential formation of a separate committee examining disciplinary issues. They deny implications that the Regents are purposely stalling the process of decision-making, stating that they are interested in resolving issues “expeditiously,” and are doubtful that another campus strike would occur.
![Regents Meeting rally, student dialogue, Interview with Assemblyman William Stanton](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 12/18/1964Call Number: CE 682Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
FSM rally and vigil at UCLA during Regents meeting. There is interruption by unrelated choral group. Dialogue with two UCLA students: one supporting the Free Speech Movement and one opposed. Interview with 25th District Assemblyman William Stanton about political implications of UC Berkeley campus events. He disapproves of the use of state troopers in suppressing student protests and the lack of clarity around police authorization at the December 2-3rd sit-in.
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