May 9, 1969

Gov Rockefeller announces he has given his collection of primitive art, now housed in Museum of Primitive Art (NYC), to Met Museum of Art, news conf; collection will be housed in wing to be added on south side of present bldg, in space now occupied by parking lot; will be named Michael C Rockefeller Memorial Collection of Primitive Art, in memory of Gov's son, who was lost on expedition to New Guinea in '61; curatorial and professional staff of Museum of Primitive Art will also be transferred to Met Museum, which will establish primitive art dept and recognize primtive art on level of oriental, classical, other Western art; collection illus

Queensborough Community -- Twenty-nine persons were arrested after student and faculty demonstrators again seized administrative offices and fled as the police arrived.

J Herbers survey of rise in student protests and disruptions in hss and jr hss; notes unrest has emerged in all regions, affected suburbs and rural areas as well as cities; Natl Assn of Secondary School Principals survey shows 3 out of 5 principals rept some form of active protest; check by Times newsmen of 15 major cities snows that majority of hss in some cities experienced disruption during current school yr; most protests outside major cities appear to be nonracial; much of racial trouble in city schools occurs in fully integrated schools

NYC Civil Service Comm declares homosexuality not a barrier to all jobs in its jurisdiction, statement approved by Fed ct involved through ACLU suit on behalf of R B Brass and F Teper, rejected for Welfare Dept caseworker jobs in '67; exempts such jobs as those guarding prisoners or caring for children

Vietcong, at 16th plenary session of Paris talks, presents 10-point program for 'ever-all solution' of war that includes demand for unilateral and unconditional withdrawal of US forces and liquidation of mil bases; program also calls for provisional coalition govt; details