(ese) da Reply, Please Refer to File No. weneng 8c | a ne FEDERAL BURE: ‘v OF INY ESTIGATION | | 46 IEF G . continuing | their efforts to force the United States to _ forth below a summary of current and planned future activity — Proposed Demonstration Against the Vice President ‘Diamond Ball" which is to be held at. the Plaza Hotel, 7 te sponsors \of/the demonstration! fre ‘thet following: Aga st War and Fascism ythe- youth affi tate of th | F —E Group 1 7 Kn - oe REVIEW fy PINK TASK FOR Excluded from automatic |. — a LION 2 dovnerading and — at }}C. RELEASE IN FULL. 1 RELEASE IN PART . : f TOTAL DENIAL (AJ AR) 8 oo WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535 January y 19, s0se/ TE DEMONSTRATIONS: PROTESTING UNITED STATES INTERVENTION IN ‘VIETNAM The Commutiist Party and other organizations ‘are nn change its present policy toward Vietnam..~ There is’ set through which they hope to accomplish this end.” e* . A leafiet has been, distributed in New York: announ- a cing ar. anti-Vietnam demonstra%ion during the’ "Billionaires New York City, at 7 pem., on ‘3 huary '24,°1968,. Am g the s : According to. Vice President Humphrey, Governor Neison’. wr So a Rockefeller and Senator John Sherman. Cooper. are schedtiled “ to attend the Ball which is ‘to benefit. the Institute of International Education, ae Demonstrations Against Campus Recruitment ETD AeA ATE Settee ere tate nthe atten aeteremntenaet On January 17, 1968, approximately 15: demonstrators surrounded and. occupied a United States. Marine Corps recruit----.-- | ing booth located on the Circle Campus of the University: of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois,. from 10 a.m. to 2:40 Pe Me CONFIDENTIAL decicssification
um ne i . ; . CONFIDENTIAL ae DEMONSTRATIONS PROTESTING UNITED STATES INTERVENTION IN VIETNAM The Marine Corps recruiters, in the interest of public safety, did not man the booth butawaited University officials' attempts to disperse the demonstrators, The demonstrators, however, ignored diréct orders from school officials to disperse’ and continued the demonstration. Recruiters were never able to occupy the booth throughout the demonstrators axtolling black student power. During his talk, approximately 200 curious students congregated in the area, “ ; 7 7 2 “at The Chicago Police DeBartment had representatives on the'scene, but would nof arrest_ demonstrators without_specific _.complaint from University yy officials. No complaint was issued “Since school officials feared.a riot would occur if arrests were made. The studente “dispersed at approximately 2: 45 ‘Be ie Demonstrations in Opposition to the Selective Service: “An article appearing in the January 13, 1968, issue .. of "People! s World," a west coast communist newspaper, stated that David Harnis, upon reporting to the Oakland Induction Center, Oakland, California, on January 17, 1968, and refusing induction, would be met with a Yar supporting demonstration planned by thec Committee for Dra Resistance, a group which is in opposition “to Selective ryice laws, On January 17, — 1968, at 6:30 a.m., a demonstration began at the Oakland | Indugtion Center, Oakland, California. Approximately, 2 _inWividuals participated, During the demonstration, ¢' id _Hartyis, the former student body president of Stanford oe “Uni evsity, Palo Alto, California, and a leader of Th Resistance, a national organization devoted to draft oppo- sition, arrived on a bus with other inductees, While other inductees entered the center, Harris did not and became the center of attention of those participating in the demonstration, CONFIDENTIAL a : ~ 2 — “
14-00000 ¢ ‘demonstrated. in fron  ) . ; CONFIDENTIAL DEMONSTRATIONS PROTESTING UNITED STATES INTERVENTION IN VIETNAM Harris spoke for approximately ten minutes Stating that today was the culmination of a whole year in which his opposition to the draft had been known to’ his draft board. He expressed his refusal to be inducted and urged those presenft to consider him as an example and ‘to refuse to cooperate with the draft. He asked people not to enter the induction center and stated the only way to stop the war in Vietnam would be to oppose the Govern- ment'’s attempt to draft persons into the armed services. > . On January 17, 1968, The Resistance conducted a demonstration at" the Armed Forces Induction Station, 1031 South Bro away, Los Angeles, California, and approximately 100. indiyiduals participated, During the demonstration, duc ppeared at the.induction station for induction, o be processed. a > : avb On January 17, 1958, so” individuals demonstrated at the main gate, United States ‘bened Forces Induction Station, Fort Hamilton, Brown k.__ This demonstra~ tion was held in support @f; e-petes St : in Gane has refused induction. ‘On January 16, 1968, approxinately 150 individuals of the Federal Building, Pittsburgh, ofest of the Selective Service and in MarsH-who was refusing to be inducted t the Federal Building that date, Pennsylyantayin- support -of_T Theodor into the mil= “tary s Forty-four individuals demonstrated at the entrance to the Old Federal Builfiing, Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 15, 1968 —prote the scheduled induction into the armed forces of_Francis.RoDert shop, During the demon- stration, Shor entered the induction Station located in the Building, but after reporting as ordered, turned in a statement setting forth the basis for his refusal to continue the process procedure. He was thereafter.escorted from the ‘Building by induction center personnel, CONFIDENTIAL -~3-
14-00000 - .% . CONFIDEN? LAL DEMONSTRATIONS PROTESTING UNITED STATES | INTERVENTION IN VIETNAM ‘i a ‘ Other Demonstrations On January 16, 1968, three individuals attempted to stop a munitions ruck on the county road immediately in front of the Port Chicago gate of the United States Naval | Weapons Station, Concord, California. A sheriff's deputy went into the base to obtain additional help to effect the arrest of these three individuals... While he was on the base, several othér individuals, who had apparently been delayed by the blocking of the truck, proceeded to hit the three ‘individuals, stopping the truck, Subsequently, the three who had blocked the truck were arrested for blocking a public highway and causing public nuisance, venen On “Januat 1968, a demonstraticn sponsored by the Youth Against. and ‘Fascism, copsisting of approxi-~ mately 30 individ ais was held at Times*Square, New York, New York. _ This demonstration vas Staged in Support of g ‘the demonstration, Deirdre Griswold Stapp, the wife of Private Stapp, told newsmen in an interview that her husband, who was stationed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, had received a court martial because of his stand against the _ Vietnam war. She stated that the Youth Against War. and “ Fascism favored the establishment of a.union for GIs to (end — alleged injustices in the Army. ews conference held in New York City phe e ving 8 onsorship \of the Clés “ae —o nam) @ group in vopfosi fe At a January- 125N19 United States po icy sy in Vietnam,CDr. Martin Sather r King, Jre,, announced a demonstration to be held in Washfnston, D. C., on February 5-6, 1968. He said that this demonstration would , be held to protest the war in Vietnam and that, while other protesters would not be turned away, the demonstration would be held primarily for church affiliated groups. CONFIDENTIAL ~ 4.