college president robert smith resignd and replaced by english professor.s more visible in his opposition for the strike famous at a campus rally and promoting police presence much he declared an early december holiday believing a longer recess would weaken the strike. >> what actually happened was i was witness to this was we did more planning. and did more organizing. and as a result of that what we got back we had different ways to approach these issues. i remember hearing a rumor that the chancellor of the state college system and the board of trustees and the legislator had agreed that they were going to shut the campus down. the fear that the campus could be closed hurt everybody whether or not you were for or against the strike. upon students and it made people take the issue of resolving this matter very seriously. >> a select committee was a pounted to meet with third war liberation front leaders. they worked to negotiate a resolution during the spring semester of 69. on march 14th they reached a tentative agreement. the president never signed the