Claus awe oe ae be 0 RNP NIA Oem : Hl i ! Pa recreate et vr titee wt CANE OAR: SSRIS oe) ae Ae ONS Mees Ter er etn am aarnt w 8 wee FNo) nt ener nartee memes Nh ante |; HW 50529 Docld:32346931 Page 7 . SECRE™. . ~ . Pa a he S$ 1F 1E0 ‘MESSAGE | - SECRET iN VEE race YS PAGE TWO UNCLASSIFIED NATIONAL PEACE ACTION DAY, OCTOBER THIRTY-ONE LAST. - IT WAS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED THAT THE NATIONAL PEACE ACTION COALITION, WHICH IS CONTROLLED BY THE SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY CSWP) AND ITS YOUTH GROUP, THE YOUNG SOCIALIST ALLIANCE CYSA)s WAS SPONSORING DEMONSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES ON OCTOBER, THIRTY-ONE, LAST. THERE IS SET OUT BELOW THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THESE DEMONSTRATIONS. | AT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, THE OUT NOW COMMITTEE, WHICH WAS ORCANIZED BY THE STUDENT MOBILIZATION COMMITTEE (SMC), WHICH IS CONTROLLED BY THE YSA, SPONSORED A DEMONSTRATION. APPROKINATELY FIVE HUNDRED INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATED In A MARCH TO THE CITY HALL WHERE A RALLY WAS HELD. SPEAKERS INCLUDED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY, THE BROWN BERETS AND THE SMC. ALL SPEAKERS DEMANDED THE IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED STATES FROM VIETNAM. AT WASHINGTON, D.C., THE WASHINGTON AREA PEACE ACTION COALITION SPONSORED A DEMONSTRATION. OVER ONE HUNDRED INDIVIDUALS CONDUCTED -A@ PICKET LINE AT THE WHITE HOUSE. THE PICKETS DISPLAYED PLACARDS - DEMANDING AN END TO THE WAR AND CRITICIZING THE PRESIDENT. FOLLOWING THE PICKET LINE, A RALLY WAS HELD AT LAFAYETTE PARK WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY FIVE HUNDRED INDIVIDUALS. JOE GIBSON, THE PASTOR OF THE NASH METHODIST CHURCH -etD—PAGE-THO- END PRGE TWO .
eG —_ , CLASSIFIED MESSAGE’ “SECRET ~ PAGE ays PAGE THREE UNCLASSIFIED ACTED AS MASTER OF CEREMONIES. A SMALL GROUP OF YIPPIES PERIODICALLY | DISRUPTED THE RALLY. SPEAKERS INCLUDED NGO VINH LONG, A VIETNAMESE STUDENT AND LIEUTENANT LEWIS. FOX (PHONETIC), A WEST POINT GRADUATE WHO HAS APPLIED FOR CONSCIENT Lous OBJECTOR STATUS. ONE, ANERICAN NAZI PARTY MEMBER WAS ARRESTED. DURING THE RALLY. “aT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, FOUR THOUSAND DEMONSTRATORS: ‘MARCHED To GRANT PARK WHERE A RALLY WAS HELD. PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDED THE SUP, THE YSA, AND THE SMC. ‘SPEAKERS INCLUDED A MEMBER OF THE STUDENT SENATE AT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY; ABE FEINGLASS, INTERNATIONAL VICE” “PRESIDENT. OF THE AMALGAMATED MEAT CUTTERS UNION$ AND AN OFFICIAL OF THE SOUT HER N CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE, A CIVIL RIGHTS GROUP. FRED oo HALSTEAD AN OFFICIAL OF THE SwP CONTROLLED: ‘THE PARADE “WaRSHALS. ALLO * SPEAKERS WERE HIGHLY CRITICAL OF THE WAR IN VIETNAM AND THE PRESIDENT" S$. DOMESTIC POLICY. AT NEW ORLEANS, Lovistaua, SIX HUNDRED FIFTY INDIVIDUALS MARCHED a - FROM TULANE UNIVERSITY TO CITY HALL. | BENJAMIN ‘SMITH, AN OFFICIAL OF “THE NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD WHO IS RUNNING FOR CONGRESS, WAS A PRINCIPAL - SPEAKER. SMITH CONDEMNED THE WAR AND CONTENDED THAT THIS COUNTRY END PAGE. THREE . “MW 50529 DocIa:33346931 Page as SECRET. .
ern SSiF (EQ MESSAGE | SECRET . in JP S3TE- pace 415 Fewer FOUR UNCLASSIFIED | “MUST BE TURNED AROUND.” ED GAUDET, A FORWER NEW ORLEANS POLICE OFFICER WAS ARRESTED WHEN HE BURNED AN AMERICAN FLAG. HAROLD HOLMES, A NEW. ORLE > : Co , | . | , a ee | BLACK PANTHER LEADER, SAID THAT REVOLUTION IS A NECESSITY FOR BLACKS AND THAT THERE WAS A NEED TO DESTROY THE CONSTITUTION. | | o AT NEW YORK CITY, TWO THOUSAND INDIVIDUALS MARCHED TO BRYANT PARK | °° WHERE THEY HELD A RALLY. " DEMoWSTRATORS CARRIED SIGNS IDENT IF YING | PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS AS. THE SMC, ‘YOUTH AGAINST WAR’ AND FASCISM, ~ THE YSA, AND THE SWP. SIGNS CARRIED BY THE DEMONSTRATORS DEMANDED THAT OTHE UNITED STATES GET OUT OF VIETNAM AND URGED SUPPORT FOR THE ARABS. ~ | . .A LEAFLET WAS DISTRIBUTED ANNOUNCING THAT A NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE ANTIWAR MOVEMENT WILL BE HELD AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, DECEMBER Fou! THROUGH SIX, NEXT. ROBERT. ABRAMS, BOROUGH PRESIDENT FOR THE BRONX, _ SUPPORT ME ANTIWAR MOVEMENT AND WAS HIGHLY CRITICAL OF THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT. AT coLumaus, OHIO, THREE THOUSAND: INDIVIDUALS "MARCHED FROM OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY TO THE STATEHOUSE. JERRY GORDON, TH COORDINATOR OF THE NATIONAL PEACE ACTION COALITION AND JAMES HARRIS, SWI CANDIDATE” FOR ‘THE U. Se SENATE, WERE THE PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS. THEY BOTH |, WAS A PRINCIPAL SPEAKER: ~ HE CLAIMED THAT ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS SHOULD END PAGE FOUR Caw de529 ‘Docld; 32346931 Page 19
clsSsir igo MESSAGE cone 7 SECRET: oe wD © “ pvee SIS ‘PAGE FIVE - UNCLASSIFIED | DENOUNCED THE VIETNAM WAR, CRITICIZED THE PRESIDENT, AND URGED SUPPORT. FOR KENT STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND FACULTY WEMBERS WHO HAVE. BEEN INDICTED FOR THEIR DISRUPTIVE ACTIVITIES LAST: MAY. AT AUSTIN, TEXAS, SIX THOUSAND INDIVIDUALS MARCHED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS TO THE STATE CAPITAL GROUNDS WHERE A RALLY WAS HELD. . PLACARDS CARRIED BY THE "DEMONSTRATORS DEMANDED THAT THE UNITED STATES WITHDRAW FROM VIETNAM AND URGED SUPPORT FOR STRIKING GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION WORKERS, - SPEAKERS INCLUDED ‘MEMBERS OF. SMC, AND MEMBERS OF MEXICAN-ANE RICAN GROUPS. 7 a | BO 7 aT EL, PASO, TEXAS, RENNIE ‘DAVIS, | WHO HAS BEEN CONVICTED. FOR - VIOLATION OF THE. ANTIRIOT LAW, SPOKE TO ‘ONE THOUSAND DEMONSTRATORS. ‘DAVIS URGED THE IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED STATES TROOPS FROM VIETNAM AND CLAIMED THAT “VIET: CO ON G PRISONERS OF WAR WERE BEING : " MISTREATED. HE SAID THAT THE | ADMINISTRATION ‘HAS UNTIL may, ‘THREE, oe NEXT, TO STOP THE WAR OR THE PEOPLE WILL NEGOTIATE A PEACE TREATY THEMSELVES. HE CALLED UPON, INDIVIDUALS To ORGANIZE SMALL GROUPS To . . PURCHASE OLD CARS. THESE CARS WOULD BE BROUGHT To WASHINGTON ow MAY THREE, NEXT, AND USED Ta BLOCK main HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES INTO WASHINGTON. oe - OTHER DEMONSTRATIONS WERE HELD IN CITIES THROUGHOUT... THE UNITED STATES. | | 7 | “BI a “HW 50529 -DocId: 32346931 _Page 20 CECRET
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CLASSIF LED MESSAGE SECRET . in [7 5 oo 7 § oo vy pace a PAGE THREE UNCLASSIFIED ACTED AS MASTER OF CEREMONIES. A SMALL GROUP OF YIPPIES PERIODICALLY DISRUPTED THE RALLY. SPEAKERS INCLUDED NGO VINH LONG, A VIETNANESE - STUDENT AND LIEUTENANT LEWIS FOX (PHONETIC), A WEST POINT GRADUATE 7 WHO HAS APPLIED FOR CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR STATUS. ONE AMERICAN NAZI PARTY EMBER WAS ARRESTED DURING THE RALLY. . “AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, FOUR THOUSAND DEMONSTRATORS MARCHED TO GRANT PARK WHERE A RALLY WAS HELD. PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDED THE _SWP, THE YSA, AND THE SMC. SPEAKERS INCLUDED A MEMBER OF THE STUDENT SENATE aT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY; ABE FEINGLASS, INTERWAT IONAL VICE” PRESIDENT OF THe AMALGAMATED MEAT CUTTERS UNIONS; AND AN OF FFICIAL OF THE . SOUT HERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE, A CIVIL RIGHTS GROUP. FRED HALSTEAD At OF FICIAL OF THE SWP CONTROLLED THE PARADE MARSHALS. ALL * : SPEAKERS WERE HIGHLY CRITICAL OF THE WAR IN VIETNAM AND THE PRESIDENT’ Ss. DOMESTIC POLICY. , | | AT NEW ORLEANS, “LOUISIANA, SIX HUNDRED FIFTY INDIVIDUALS MARCHED - FROM TULANE UNIVERSITY TO CITY HALL. . BENJAMIN SMITH, AN OFFICIAL OF THE NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD WHO IS RUNNING FOR CONGRESS, WAS A PRINCIPAL SPEAKER. SMITH CONDEMNED THE WAR AND CONTENDED THAT THIS COUNTRY END PAGE THREE “RW 50529 Docld: 32346931 Page 24 SECRET.
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