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large number of people, is incipient, I always alert the National
Guard, the State Police and other law enforcement agencies of locali-
ties.

Q. If outside influences persist in their efforts to stir up the students,
will you take legal action?

A. I hadn't thought of any legal action at this moment, but ob-
viously the school can't be reopened until normal conditions are re-
stored, and I don't think the Bowie students are going to put up with
too much more of this.

Q. Would normal conditions require the absence of Mr. Brown and
the NAACP?

A. Yes, I don't think Mr. Brown has any part in this dispute. He's
not a student at the College, and his presence there is not doing any
good — it's not making any tangible progress toward the solution of
any problems, either real or imaginary.

Q. Governor, how will you know when normal conditions prevail?
The school will be closed.

A. I think that we'll still have an indication of the general climate
of the community and of the students through the close touch that
the faculty will continue to have with them. And incidentally, this
faculty has been just magnificent in its response to this problem. They
came here today, unsolicited, to try and convince these young people
that this is not the correct course of action to obtain the redress of
grievances. I'm sorry that they were unsuccessful, and I attribute their
lack of success to the emotional harangue and to the escalation of
the visceral parts of this dispute by the likes of Mr. Brown. I guess
I don't get along with many Mr. Browns.

Q. Governor, how many of the students arrested are still detained
and how many were able to post bond, do you know?

A. I heard from Major Smith of the State Police. He said all of the

students — anyone who has been able to be identified as a student —

has been released on recognizance. So most everyone has been released.

There are very few that will be detained.

Q. Mr. Brown [garbled]....

A. I have no knowledge of that.

Q. Were any nonstudents arrested that you know about, Governor?

A. I would believe that there were, but I have no personal knowledge

of it.

Press: Thank you, Governor.