(c) 1970 by The New Hampshire All rights reserved G Contempt charge filed against Wefer^ by Ed Brodeur the evening in the Interest of the undersigned, consider our­ o f the trio, and they wanted to apj)earance oij the trio, read the Executive Editor maintaining peaceful orderonthe selves to be equally responsible share any guilt he might incur petition at a radly in the Union campus. But he added, " I be­ and lega lly accountable fo r the because of his actions. United States Attorney David Wednesday nlghK Reemphasized lieve the student leaders violated action which Mark Wefers alone "T h e reason fo r the petitions A. Brock filed an application that anyone who signed the peti­ the court order and should be has been accused.” wasn’t just to prohibit a con- for criminal contempt against tion might be held legally respon­ answerable to the court and the The idea for the petitions victim by having thousands of sible. M ark W afers, president o f Stu­ University for this action.” em erged in a discussion group students and faculty share the D dent Government, Wednesday His remarks were met with ap­ In a statement Wednesday o f students in the Strafford Room responsibility,” Miss Mehron with the. clerk of Federal District plause from the audience. morning Governor Walter Peter­ of the Union which followed a said. “ To them it was evident Court in Concord. Reaction by most o f the stu­ son praised the "responsibility faculty meetingWednesday after­ that many had taken part in the Wefers has been ordered to dents approached with the petition and common sense of the students noon. decision that had led to their appear in the United States D is­ was positive, according to Miss at Ihe U niversity o f New Hamp­ According to Kathy Mehron, appearance after the court dead­ Mehron. trict Court in Concord, on Fri­ shire” during the appearance of editor o f the Granite, the stu­ lin e.” When W efers was told about day May 15, at 10 a.m. for a the three speakers. But he urged dents felt Wefers wasn’t solely John Scagliotti, one o f the stu­ the petitions he said, "O ut o f hearing on the order to show lega l and disciplinary action responsible for the appearance dent leaders who organized the sight.” cause. against certain student leaders. The application charges We­ “ There is a serious question fers with "willful violation of that certain student leaders may orders issued by United States have violated a court order,” D istrict Court Judge, Hugh Peterson’s statement read. "If Bownes,” according to the of­ this is the case I would hope that fice of the United States Attorney. appropriate action would be taken According to Brock’s office, at the District Court.” Wefers violated the court order One aspect that may become that David D ellinger, J e rry Rubin significant in the show cause and Abbie Hoffman not be allowed hearing is a supplemental order to speak on campus a fter 6:30 issued by the U.S. D istrict Court p.m. Tuesday unless the Trustees p rio r to the speakers’ ap­ allowed otherwise. pearance. The application goes on to The supplemental order clari­ charge that W efers "w illfu lly fied the original court order and violated the court’ s order by stated that the trio was not to be perm itting and otherwise encour­ allowed to speak after the time aging Dellinger, Rubin and Hoff­ lim it was up. man to speak after the 6:30 p.m. According to a report published Vol. 60 IMo. 43 time limit without obtaining per­ in Foster’sDailyDemocrat, Fed­ ^ Durham, N.H. mission from the Trustees,” ac­ eral Marshall Victor Cardosl cording to a press release from ▼▼ May 8, 1970 said Wevers refused to accept the U.S. Attorney’ s office. the supplemental o rd er and the Brock said Wednesday, no ac­ m arshall slapped W efe rs on the tion was contemplated against shoulder with the order, pre­ l i a m p s h i r e D ellin ger, Rubin and Hoffman. sumably making service le^l. W efe rs announced at the Field W efers maintains he did not House Tuesday afternoon that the The student newspaper know about the supplementary trio would speak at 7:30 p.m. injunction. " I still haven’t seen o f the University o f New Hampshire.. Shortly thereafter. President it,” Wefers said Wednesday John W. McConnell said he would night. "P e o p le had com e up and allow the speakers to appear in told me I was going to be ar­ rested. When I saw the guy I didn’t know if he was going to arrest me or what so I didn’t UNH faculty approves two major hang around,” he added. Wefers said he believes he has grounds to prove his innocence. M ore than 1000 students and resolutio ns in closed session faculty responded to the charges Student Body President Mark Wefers is served a citation to show cause for criminal contempt by a U.S. by Lou Ureneck consin asked the faculty to join This particular part o f the against Wefers by signing peti­ with them but the faculty re­ resolution included a request for tions which said in part, “We, Marshall in the MUSO office of the MUB yesterday afternoon pho to b y Wallner A combined meeting of the fused. Today the school is un­ Senators N o rris Cotton and Tho­ faculties met in closed session der seige by the National guard.” mas McIntyre and Representat­ yesterday. The purpose o f the Rosen urged the faculty to ives James Cleveland and Louis meeting was to explore "the is­ express their sentiments to the Wyman to come to the UNH cam­ sues raised by the escalation of Attorneys disagree over injunctions; students and "sh ow them that we pus and speak with students and the war in Indo-Chlna and by (the faculty) are not light years faculty. events associated with the ap­ behind them .” Jaffee’s addition to the resol­ pearance o f the "C h ica go 3.” Michael Pincus, chairman of ution read, “ If, for any reason, The basis for the meeting con­ hassles confuse Wefers and ‘Chicago the Spanish Department, asked any o f these four are unable to 3’ sisted of several proposals pre­ for approval of the amendment come to the campus, a dele­ by Michael Comendul sided phone call including him­ sented by the Ad Hoc Committee on the fact {hht the 5:00 time lidge. The order (apparently) to show the students that in­ gation of students, faculty, and Contributing Editor self, his lawyer John Shortlidge of the faculty. The Ad Hoc lim it set by the T ru stees was a did not prohibit the three from stitutions can work. administration shall be sent to of Keene, and Joseph Millimet, Committee was charged by the © 1970 by The N ew Hampshire violation of freedom of speech. speaking at 7:30. The vote finally came on the Washington to meet with them to attorney fo r the University. Executive Council o f the Univer­ A t 3:50 Tuesday afternoon D istrict Court Judge Hugh ACLU lawyer amendment, 283 in favor and discuss the subjects o f this re ­ W efe rs had called M illim et a sity Senate with two tasks. Mark W efers, student govern­ Bownes left the bench at 11:20 Millim et said Steven Spiel man, 123 opposed. solution.” liar. The committee was "to for­ ment president, did not know the that morning and said he would an Am erican C ivil L ib erties The pream ble to the firs t re­ J a ffee’ s suggestion was added The phone call was an attempt mulate plans lor expressing the whereabouts o f the “ Chicago 3.” announce his decision by 11:30. Union lawyer and law firm part­ solution in its finished form read, to the resolution by a vote o f 233 by the three involved parties to U n iversity’ s deep concern for the He was unsure and suspicious. A t 11:25 M illim et announced that ner, was enroute to Boston to “ The American invasion of Cam­ fo r and 110 against. interpret the court order served escalation of the w ar in South­ He had just concluded a three- he had to speak "to the court, escort the three speakers to Dur­ bodia and the renewed bombing of Another change was suggested W efers in the U.S. D istrictC ou rt east Asia.” It was also "to and the judge was summoned from ham. Tuesday morning in court North Viet Nam have brought by Jan d ee, dean of the Whitte- that morning. A t the term ina­ plan a continuing program o f ed­ his chamber. M illim et said the was thp first time W efers had severe tensions to this campus, m ore School, who wanted to tion of the call, Millimet was ucation in the major issues la­ Final exam schedules will three speakers would be landing heard Spielman’s name aligned destruction to many others and change point number three of upset at the attitude taken by cing students, faculty, and oth­ bo available at the Hogiotrar’a at Logan Airport in Ro.<!ton by with Millimet’s. Spielman had Ueaiii to at least one. Ttiese cir­ tne first resolution.