"If we had done nothing, the Volpe Company could charge protestors with criminal trespass. By taking the initiative in obtaining the restraining order we in?ured that arrested students would face the less serious charge of contempt of court." Deefer said. "Also, we prevented a violent confrontation between workers and students," he added.

Afro stated in a hand-out sheet last night. "The group considers occupation of the campus by police without consulting the student body or faculty to be terrorist action."

The Tufts administration has admitted that the company's hiring practices are illegal and immoral, yet they have decided to favor interests of the company through an injunction against its own students," Charles Yancey, co-chairman of Afro, said.

At a faculty meeting, Afro charged that many of the police had removed their badges, and that some had been stationed in what they termed snipers' positions on the roof-tops of womens' dormitories.

A proposal that the administration hire minority group workers amounting to 20 per cent of the work force and add them to the site was defeated by the faculty. A spokesman for Afro had termed the solution a "cop-out" that would deflect attention from the discriminatory hiring practices of the construction industry.

A vote was passed for adjournment before the faculty could take action on a proposal to suspend classes until police are withdrawn.