May replied, among hisses and laughter, that he hadn't known about the change, but that it was probably sheer coincidence."

A court clerk said yesterday that the new law had not yet gone into effect at the time of Berg's alleged offense, and thus could not be applied to his case.

Demonstrators also charged that Harvard ordered the arrests of six SDS members who were fined $200 each earlier this month for allegedly disturbing the peace while putting up antiwar posters.

Two University policemen testified at the trial of the six on Oct. 16 that they had seen a number of antiwar notices around the University area, but admitted that they had not seen the posters placed.

They stated that they had followed the six throughout the early morning of Oct. 2 and that they were present at the student's arrests at 4 a.m. in front of Claverly Hall. Cambridge police actually made the arrests.

May apparently was not aware of these facts. however, and maintained throughout the demonstration that to his knowledge Harvard police were in no way involved in the arrests. He later told reporters that he had been so informed by Robert Tonis, chief of University police.

A third protest issue was the firing of University employees who have been active in SDS. May said he was not aware of any firings for political reasons and that he agreed "no one should be fired for his political beliefs."

Marjorie C. Angell 71-separated from the University last spring and ordered. like Berg, not to appear on University property-was fired this week from her job washing dishes at Harkness Common when officials discovered her identity.

At the demonstration yesterday Miss Angell said that she had been told by a Radcliffe dean that "if I wanted to come to Radcliffe and visit friends it was all right, but if I planned to engage in any political activity they didn't want me around."