Bowie started inching his way through with the car, even though some demonstrators were lying on the pavement in front of him. Cox ran over and conviced Bowie that driving away would be difficult.

The four got out of the car, and Cox led McCloy away from the demonstrators. A University policeman escorted Bowie. Johnson, and Samuel B. Williamson, special assistant to Dean May down Mass. Ave. toward Harvard Square.

Williamson led Bowie and Johnson into a taxi cab at the MBTA island, where they were quickly engulfed by demonstrators.

Police

Bowie told the University policeman who had escorted them to the cab, "Get Cambridge police and arrest them if they don't get out of the way." A few minutes later, the Cambridge foot patrolman on the Harvard Square beat came over to the cab, asked the driver to show his license, and told Bowie and Johnson that the Cambridge police were on their way.

The police arrived with 12 detectives in six unmarked cars, in addition to two marked cars which parked at the Information Booth, just north of the Square, according to police captain N. J. Fratto.

Meanwhile to no avail. Williamson asked Bowie and Johnson to get out of the cab. Minutes later. Cox invoked the name of President Pusey and Bowie and Johnson agreed to leave. Cox said last night, "Do I have the authority to speak for the President in such circumstances? The answer is 'yes.'"

Bowie and Johnson paid the taxi driver, John C. Grimon. $2 for the 20 minutes spent in the cab.

Williamson quickly escorted Bowie down Church Street toward the Post Office. They were followed closely by ten demonstrators. When someone stopped his car near Mt. Anburn Street to give Bowie a ride to safety, four demonstrators rode on top of the car until it picked up speed.

The vast majority of the demonstrators followed Cox. Johnson, and a University policeman as they walked at a very fast pace down Bow Street and up Plympton Street to Adams House, out of Adams House, and up Mass. Ave. into the Cambridge Common.

The retreat lasted about 20 minutes and ended at the first park bench in the Cambridge Common, which they reached at 1:48 p.m. About 150 people surrounded Cox, Bowie, and two University policemen.

Cox said, "I have asked Mr. Johnson not to make any remarks." Cox then refused to talk further, and demonstrators, getting no further response, briefly discussed future action and drifted away from the Common.