President Clark Kerr talks to newsmen in Berkeley today after University of California regents in a surprise move fired him. Kerr blamed politics. "The University should serve truth and not political partisanship," Kerr told the news conference. Kerr said Governor Ronald Reagan never asked him to resign and he only learned today that his status would be discussed.

Photo is dated 1967.

Photo measures 8 x 10.5 inches.