Two University Students Arrested During Sit-Ins

Two Harvard students were arrested for trespassing Saturday while participating in sit-in demonstrations at Easton, Md.

Acompannied by three Negroes from Easton area and two white students, of the arrested integrationists (who requested his name be withheld) entered Restaurant and asked to be seated, but was immediately ordered to leave. When the group protested the , the proprietor locked the door and summoned police who were near-by.

The other Harvard student arrested, J. Hartman '64, was a member of another integrated goup which was denied permission to enter a second restaurante and was arrested on charges of trespassing.

Yesterday Hartman maintained, I am right. And I don't feel badly about the arrest because the law is totally unjust."

A total of nine demonstrators were arrested this weekend near Easton, including four from the Boston area. Released on $300 bail each which was furnished the NAACP, the students will appear in Easton City Court Thursday.

The 75 New England college students who participated were assembled by the Northern Students Movement Coordinating Committee. The Easton desegregation campaign is now in its fifth week.

A spokesman for the demonstrators explained that they hope to stir up enough public pressure to force the Maryland legislature to pass a proposed Public Accommodations Bill. The legislation would classify restaurants as public accommodations, thus making restaurant owners liable to prosecution for discrimination under existing state laws. The demonstrators also seek public support for the creation of a biracial civic committee in Easton.

Most demonstrators praised the "impartial" attitude of the police, the spokesman said.

The other Harvard student arrested, J. Hartman '64, was a member of another integrated goup which was denied permission to enter a second restaurante and was arrested on charges of trespassing.

Yesterday Hartman maintained, I am right. And I don't feel badly about the arrest because the law is totally unjust."

A total of nine demonstrators were arrested this weekend near Easton, including four from the Boston area. Released on $300 bail each which was furnished the NAACP, the students will appear in Easton City Court Thursday.

The 75 New England college students who participated were assembled by the Northern Students Movement Coordinating Committee. The Easton desegregation campaign is now in its fifth week.

A spokesman for the demonstrators explained that they hope to stir up enough public pressure to force the Maryland legislature to pass a proposed Public Accommodations Bill. The legislation would classify restaurants as public accommodations, thus making restaurant owners liable to prosecution for discrimination under existing state laws. The demonstrators also seek public support for the creation of a biracial civic committee in Easton.

Most demonstrators praised the "impartial" attitude of the police, the spokesman said.

Yesterday Hartman maintained, I am right. And I don't feel badly about the arrest because the law is totally unjust."

A total of nine demonstrators were arrested this weekend near Easton, including four from the Boston area. Released on $300 bail each which was furnished the NAACP, the students will appear in Easton City Court Thursday.

The 75 New England college students who participated were assembled by the Northern Students Movement Coordinating Committee. The Easton desegregation campaign is now in its fifth week.

A spokesman for the demonstrators explained that they hope to stir up enough public pressure to force the Maryland legislature to pass a proposed Public Accommodations Bill. The legislation would classify restaurants as public accommodations, thus making restaurant owners liable to prosecution for discrimination under existing state laws. The demonstrators also seek public support for the creation of a biracial civic committee in Easton.

Most demonstrators praised the "impartial" attitude of the police, the spokesman said.

A total of nine demonstrators were arrested this weekend near Easton, including four from the Boston area. Released on $300 bail each which was furnished the NAACP, the students will appear in Easton City Court Thursday.

The 75 New England college students who participated were assembled by the Northern Students Movement Coordinating Committee. The Easton desegregation campaign is now in its fifth week.

A spokesman for the demonstrators explained that they hope to stir up enough public pressure to force the Maryland legislature to pass a proposed Public Accommodations Bill. The legislation would classify restaurants as public accommodations, thus making restaurant owners liable to prosecution for discrimination under existing state laws. The demonstrators also seek public support for the creation of a biracial civic committee in Easton.

Most demonstrators praised the "impartial" attitude of the police, the spokesman said.