Meyerson to Stay If UCal Regents Act on Proposal

Martin Meyerson, Chancellor of the University of California's Berkeley Campus, indicated in a telephone interview yesterday that unless the Berkeley faculty and the Board of Regents adopt "a series of suggestions concerning administrative policy" he will once again resign.

According to reliable sources, some of Meyerson's suggestions will deal with student discipline. In the "four-letter word" case, the Berkeley faculty reportedly could not decide which of its two committees had jurisdiction. One group is supposed to handle "all student cases involving sex and beer," while the other deals with discipline in campus political disturbances.

Meyerson and Clark Kerr, president of the University, also demanded that the Regents give them a clear statement of support in their enforcement of student discipline.

In a special meeting of the Board of Regents Saturday, the Regents reaffirmed the policy that "chancellors are responsible for enforcing policies on student conduct." At the same meeting, Meyerson and Kerr rescinded their resignations. After the meeting Kerr said that he planned to remain in his job next fall.

When the Board convenes at their regular meeting March 25 and 26, they will probably pass a resolution which would call for the dismissal of students "who engage in sit-ins or other conduct that disrupts the University." There is, at this time, no great opposition to the resolution among the Regents or the chancellors.

Meyerson became a full chancellor when Dr. Edward Stong, chancellor on leave, resigned last Saturday. Informed sources believe that because the Regents and faculty want Meyerson to stay, his proposals, to be presented this week, will be accepted.

Regent Phillip Boyd and U.C.L.A. chancellor Franklin Murphy, who before Saturday was considered as a leading candidate to replace Kerr, yesterday reaffirmed their support of Meyerson.