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Their five demands are essentially reasonable, and so is the strike of which they are part. This weekend, the strikers made an honest concession in substituting Bettina Aptheker, a student, for Savio, a non-student. But Heyns has still refused to budge, apparently believing the strike will fail of its own accord, because of differences among its sponsors...
...Bettina Aptheker, Mario Savio's heir-apparent as leader of the anti-administration movement, called Heyns "a liar" for that statement. But in a gesture indicative of Heyn's success in curbing student outbreaks these last two years, Miss Aptheker did nothing but submit a petition protesting his restrictions...
...spelled out the rules clearly-and insisted that they be followed. He urged Oakland city officials to issue parade permits to students demonstrating against the Viet Nam war; but after the protesters erected a sign board larger than the rules permitted, he ordered it torn down. Similarly, Communist Bettina Aptheker, an F.S.M. leader, and two Vietnik friends last February held two rallies in a week on Sproul Hall steps instead of the regulation one-and then were suspended from leading student activities. After Heyns expelled one girl who objected to the suspension, Bettina, of all people, meekly signed an oath...
...BETTINA K. FREDRICK Arlington, Mass...
Heyns clearly is seeking to channel the radicalism of Berkeley's students into avenues of social protest within the framework of established U.S. institutions. Bettina Aptheker, who candidly puts her faith in revolution, of course resists the channeling-although an irony of her position is that many Berkeley "New Left" students think Communism anachronistic. She has to keep explaining that her party is "in the forefront of social advances," and that other left-wing movements tend to be "too left-so left they're absurd...