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The OBU statement accused Harvard of "racist and discriminatory hiring practices" and said that as an American institution Harvard has been built "on foundations of forced black labor." It said the only legitimate purpose of blacks on this campus is "to study and push for the liberation of all African...
OBU leaders also claimed that 86 students had been suspended for the takeover of University Hall last Thursday. They said the students were being identified from pictures taken as they left the building.
However, James Q. Wilson, chairman of the Subcommittee of Six-which is responsible for issuing temporary suspensions-said yesterday that no students had been suspended. "No notices have been sent out; no count of any students has been made; nothing officially has happened since Friday afternoon," he said.
Two students have been "separated" -one until January 1972 and the other until February 1971. Separated students can return to the University only on a majority vote of the Faculty.
Fourteen others have been "required to withdraw" for periods ranging from six months to a year-and-a-half. They may return to Harvard at the end of their period of discipline with the approval of the Committee on Rights and Responsibilities.