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MEREDITH
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tice Department that he want
ed to give an interview through
a pool arrangement in order to
reach newsmen here without
assembling a large number OF
them.
Joseph Sterne of the Balti-
more Sun was selected by lot
to have the conference with
Mr.. Meredith in his campus
apartment and report to other
newsmen. Mr.. Meredith gave
Mr.. Sterne a long handwritten
statement and then replied to
questions.
Mr.. Meredith's comments
came after a flying rock and a
crowd of jeering students re-
neWed tensions on the Ole Miss
campus. His second week as
a student had begun in COM
parative calm.
The incident occurred at the
university cafeteria last night,
after Mr.. Meredith arrived for
/ dinner. No one was hurt but
some broken glass sprinkled
on the 29-year-old students
4 table.
In front, some 27O students
|, jeered and shouted.
Earlier, Mr.. Meredith at
tended classes without having
to walk through crowds Of boo
ing students, a sharp contrast
with last week. Two marshals
trailed some 80 to 40 feet be-
hind.
Mr.. Meredith's day went
quietly until dinner.
At lunch, only one lone cry
Of Hi, Blackie" broke the ST.
lence outside the cafeteria. In
side, some 100 students ap-
peared to pay little attention
to Mr.. Meredith.
Earlier in the morning, two
unidentified white students
shook Mr.. Meredith's hand as
he walked toward his Baxter
Hall apartment.
4 Asked If he felt the atmos-
phere toward him was improv-
ing, Mr.. Meredith said he didn't
feel he was in position to judge
II think you people (re-
porters) are better able to tel
about that than I am" he re-
piled.
Mr.. Meredith said he ex.
pected to settle down to hii
studies now that Distraction
we're decreasing. He said hi
was having no academic diff
ficultieS because II have livec
under adverse circumstance
all my life"
The evening incident LASTED
only briefly. The rock which
shattered a cafeteria window
apparently came from the
, group of students in front.
: Marshals hustled Mr.. Mer.
, edith out a back door.
Air Let Out of Tires
i The students then turned
/ their attention to an auto which
several Federal officials hac
been using. One official yelled
= that a car, out of whose tire'
students let the air, was Fedora
property.
Boos and catcalls rang out
The crowd then dwindleC
away.
The Justice Department
meanwhile, opened it's cam
paign to gain student accep
tance of Mr.. Meredith. Deput!
Attorney General Nichola
r Katzenbach met with 200 Law
: students and a smaller groul
} Of campus leaders. He indi
I Gated he was pleased with thr
5 outcome.
=, Mr.. Katzenbach said he dic
! not ask the students to d.
anything but sought to explain
!. and answer questions about tn,
: Federal Governments role IL
breaking down segregation a
the 114-year-old university.
: 1t was reported that some o
the law students peppered Mr.
Katzenbach with questions
: critical of him and Attorne!
: General Robert F. Kennedy.
) In other developments yes
! terday:
James T. Kendall, a former
! assistant State attorney gen.
} eral now on Senator Stennis
staff, said he hoped to vino
, up within two days an investi-
CATION of last weeks rioting al
Ole Miss. Mr.. Kendall has
been on the campus investigat-
/ ing the events which led to two
deaths and scores of injuries.
"A Greenville (MiSs.) firm
, said a Philadelphia company
Regent Standard Forms. Inc.