Evening star., 1937-01-08
.LAF0LLETTE CALLS
POLICE TO OFFICE
TO EJECT STUDENTS.
1000, Angry at Frank Re.
moval, Break Up Press
Conference.
AIDE TO EXECUTIVE
BARRICADED IN ROOM
Officers Finally Clear Suite at
Capitol-Governor Agrees to
Address Assembly.
BULLETIN,

MADISON. Wis. January q tP.--
Gov. Philip F. La Toilette. address.
ing 1000 striking students who in
vaded his offices today, refused to
promise consideration of their de-
mands for reinstatement Of DR..
Glenn Frank to the University of
Wisconsin presidency.
The Governor told the student
demonstrators he had invited Pres.
ident John Conant of Harvard Uni
versity to come to Madison to
determine whether politics. had
motivated Franks dismissal, but
Conant had declined.
By the Associated Press.
MADISON. Wis, January 8.-Police
we're called today to eject University
OF Wisconsin students, demonstrating
against the custer of President Glenn
Frank, from Gov. Philip F. La Fol-
lette's office. They had marched from
the campus and broke up a press con-
ference he was holding.
The students. estimated at nearly
900 by onlookers. marched from the
university campus to the Governors
office after they had been harangued
by speakers, including young woman,
q last years graduate, who cried:
Are you going to stand ny like a
group of moral cowards?"
The students created so much dis
order in the executive chambers Gov
La Toilette called upon the Madison
Police Department for help.
Barbados Once.
Col. Charles Dow. white haired sec
retary to the Governor. was barricaded
in his office to keep the students out.
Police Chief william Mccormick
arrived with IL officers With much
shouting and commotion they cleared
all of the demonstrators out Of the
ante-room and a committee of two
was admitted to see the Governor.
The Chief Executive agreed after
talking to the committee to address
the students in the State assembly
chamber
Quiet was restored promptly after
this assurance and the students
moved to the assembly room.
Capitol police and leaders Of the
demonstration estimated there were
close to 1000 youths in the procession
when it reached the State house.
Only about 100. however. could get
into the main offices of the executive
suite. Others milled around the build
ing.
The demonstration started at the
university between the 8 and 8 o'clock
university classes with q shout from a
group of sorority girls, We want
Frank"
In a few minutes $50 students pa
raded through Bascom Hall, which
houses the university administrative
ofices. They visited Music Hall and
the law building. gathering recruits
for the march as they went along.
They swarmed into the executive
omces and filled the anteroom of the
Governors private suite.
Those close enough to peer into the
private office pounded on the doors.
Delays Press Conference.
Gov. La Toilette told the newspaper
men with whom he had been talking
to wait inside his office while he con-
ferred with secretary on whether
he should address the students.
Earlier, students invaded class
rooms appealing to other students to
Join them.
When o'clock arrived the only
ones walking up the long, sleet-cov-
cred hill to the hall we're youths
books.
Fifteen minutes later. however,
broke loose. Students
inside and others who rushed through
the doors broke out in a series of yells
and dances.
Invade Class Rooms.
Some went into class rooms and
attempted to drag fellow students into
the corridors.
The students, still yelling. descended
(see FRANK, Page A-3.)