Making a plea for full disclosure of information about the manufacturers of Harvard paraphernalia, members of the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM) staged a brief protest yesterday on the steps of Widener Library.

With a U.S. Department of Labor forum on collegiate apparel and sweatshops less than a week away, PSLM members sought to raise campus awareness about sweatshop labor.

"The point of this demonstration is to continue building support against sweatshops and to keep the campus and the administration concerned," said Daniel M. Hennefeld '99, a PSLM member.

Braving a light rain, the protesters created a human billboard to display their message. Wearing bathrobes over their clothes, they opened the bathrobes to reveal letters spelling the words "Full Disclosure."

This display was accompanied by the rallying cry, "What do we want?" "Full Disclosure!" The demonstrators also passed out leaflets to passers-by.

Hennefeld said "Full Disclosure" is a request that the University release the names and locations of every factory in which items bearing the Harvard name are produced.

But PSLM's efforts were cut short. The protest lasted less than 10 minutes before the small group of students was asked to leave by Harvard police.

According to Susan T. Cooke, coordinator of student activities, PSLM did not have a permit to protest.

"An administrator in Widener asked them to leave, mostly because people were unable to study," said Peggy A. McNamara, spokesperson for the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD). "When they hadn't left in a few minutes he told them he would have to notify the police."

The demonstrators were already leaving when HUPD arrived. Once the protest was over, security guards would not permit the students to continue leafleting the area.

According to Cooke," the Dean of Students in the college...has right to regulate the time and place of any events and, by extension. of leafleting."

Cooke said in the past PSLM has sought permission from the administration before staging events, but did not do so before yesterday's protest.

Last spring, PSLM held a rally at which two factory workers from the Dominican Republic spoke about their experiences manufacturing caps with the Harvard insignia.

After the rally, the College said it would look into creating a code of conduct that would ensure no more production of Harvard goods in sweatshops.

"We have had discussions with Harvard, and they have shown that they want to do something, but we still have to convince them that we need full disclosure," Hennefeld said.