David W. Price '77 said "We gave no indication of wanting to leave the reception room. We were waiting to see the president."

The defendants said they were never told they were in violation of any University rule, and they would have left the building if they had been given such a warning.

Before the hearing opened last Tuesday the students requested a one week postponement because they were unable to secure legal counsel who could attend last week's hearings.

The committee has the right to judge whether the defendants appearing before it have a right to counsel.

In refusing the request for a postponement MacCaffrey said. "The committee will not deny counsel, but considers that you had sufficient time to secure counsel."

"It is to the advantage of all concerned to continue today," she said.

The six defendants were identified from photos taken during the sit-in by a University photographer, from a photo that appeared in The Crimson on May 2, and from administrators who recognized them during the demonstration.

DISC charged at the hearing that the six were victims of selective prosecution on the basis of race and class.

Four of the defendants are black, although nine of the 16 demonstrators were white, and none of the six seniors involved in the sit-in was prosecuted.

Morris denied the charge, saying that the administration could obtain positive identification of only these six protestors.

The CRR was established in 1970 to handle politically motivated violations of the Resolution on Rights and Responsibilities