_ FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, WASHINGTON, Dc 20535 da Reply, Please Refer to Oe ne File No.- oo January 23, 1968 DEMONSTRATIONS PROTESTING UNITED: STATES a a _ INTERVENTION IN. VIETNAM The Communist Party and other organizations. are continuing their efforts te force the United’ States -to” change its present policy toward Vietnan. There: is set eee | forth below a’ summary, of current and planned: future, activity ce through which they hope to accomplish this end.’ a Demonstration Against the ‘Vice-president vee a i erent demonstrated near the entrance to the Hotel Lowry, ‘Saint Paul, Minnesota, betweén 7:30 P.M.“and 9:20 P,M., in protest of. the. War in Vietnam, During this ctime Yicg-President Humphrey * ce was present at the hotel. Seyeral.members of the Minnesota—_ Dakotas District of the’Cofimunist Party, as well as’‘members: | of the Twin Cities Branch, Socialist Workers Party, participated in this demonstration. v4 = — | On January 19, 1968,. approximately 150 “individuals | The Socialist Workers party has been cited. as. subversive by the Attorney, General pursuant to Executive — Order 10450. Demonstrators carried signs bearing antiwar "slogans and distributed literature against the Vietnam war’. - eee Demonstration at Washington, Dd. .C., February o- 6, 1968 Previous information has been supplied “concerning a demonstration to be held in Washington. D.\G@., on February 5 .and 6, 1 68, sponsored by the’ Clergy and ymen Concerned About Wil tnam, a group which opposes U.S. yolicy in Vietnan. the -anno: ncement for this demonstration was made wy) Martin ther ‘King, drdy a eee CONFIDENTIAL Group 1 re | REVIEWED BY FBI/JFK TASK FORCE excluded from automatic . oh ON 4 downgrading and declassification Cl RELEASE IN FULL Cl RELEASE IN PART a TOTAL DENIAL (Mae)
14-0000 oe CONFIDENTIAL DEMONSTRATIONS PROTESTING UNITED STATES INTERVENTION IN VIETNAM It has been developed that Martin Luther King, Jr., and Senator Eugene McCarthy will be speakers during this demonstration. An invitation has been sent to former Vice-President Richard Nixon to speak, but he has not accepted 7 or rejected the invitation, The current schedule for the demonstration calls for registration on February 5 and a "state by state strategy session" at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, Washingtoa, D. C., until noon. From 1:00 P.M, to 2:15 P.M. a  "processiom of. agony" will be held followed by "Congressional | visits" from 2:15 P,M, until 5:15 P.M, On February 6, two -plenary sessions will be held devoted to the draft and "Politics, 1968," > lude well-known Ahe United States, ne Coffin, Ir), who Jury for counseling Leaders of the demonstration i clergymen from various faiths throughout One of these is the Reverénd William Sl was recently indicted by a “Federal Graha against Selective Services, 4, It is anticipated that several thousand elergymen from all parts of the country will participate. = a + Other Demonstrations Approximately 30 persons participated ina demon~ stration at the Armed‘Forces Induction Center, 640 Chapel Street, New Haven, Connecticut, on January 18, 1968, in protest of the war in Vietnam, the draft, and. in support of "William Sloane Coffin, Jr., and Dr. Benjamin Spock, who was indicted © along with Coffin. ; , On January 18, 1968, approximately 25 students picketed on the Wright State University campus, Dayton, Ohio, in protest of Dow Chemical Company recruiters who were on the campus at that time. The pickets carried signs stating "Dow shall not kill," "Napalm is malignant, cut it out," and "Stop the war in Vietnam." ; CONFIDENTIAL -~ 2-
14-00000 9g -on January “18, 1968. Pladards indicated the demons tration Campus Committee to End the War in, ietnam, a group iff | _ desk at the Student Union Center on the University of Illinois © Circle Campus, Chicago, Tilinois, on January 18, 1968. This .President..of the Circle Campus Chapter of the Students CONFIDENTIAL | oe DEMONSTRATIONS PROTESTING UNITED STATES INTERVENTION IN VIETNAM On January 18, 1968, approximately 35. individuals a, ee demonstrated in front ‘of the Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh,. Pennsylvania,. where |, Governor Ronald Reagan was scheduled to speak before a Republican fund-raising luncheon. The demonstration concluded prior to the arrival of Governor Reagan... ' The demonstrators carried signs protesting the war in Vietnam, ae Approximately 50 individuals participated ina demonstration at the main gate of the United States Armed = = ce Forces Induction Station, Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, New York, nce, a group which opposes. the. 7 —— was sponsored by THe” Resis A in Support of Resistance member draft, and was being hel : Leonard Brody who was scheduled for induction. that day but | . cous whose induction had been canceled by: Selective Service officials. 4 4a | The Young Socialist a aancd! ‘the youth group of the Socialist Workers Party ;* the-tinive “sity of Illinois Circle e Chicago area Draft opposition to, the Vietnan-War ; an he draft, set up a protest Resisters, a group in opposition tg action was’ taken to protest the presence on campus of Marine Corps recruiters on January 16 and 17, 1968, . During this.pe riod a debate among students occurred, As a result of the debate, an altercation occurred.-among the students which resulted in the arrest 6f. Adare pene a, or "Bmp eee eee ag wes Democratic Societys. Morowitz was charged with disordér conduct on a: ‘eonplaint signed by University police. The Students fcraDemocratic Society has been described by Gus Hall, General Secretary, Communist Party, USA, as a part of the "responsible left" which the Party has "going for us." On January. 20, 1968, 20 individuals demonstrated in front of the Cincinnati Workhouse, Cincinnati, Ohio, in. protest of the war in Vietnam and in sympathy for individuals who were arrested on December 7, 1967, for their antidraft activities in Cincinnati, 7 CONFIDENTIAL => . . . : we oe ; ae
14-00000 ~ © ,, me . CONFIDENTIAL . DEMONSTRATIONS PROTESTING UNITED STATES INTERVENTION IN VIETNAM | oo Approximately 50. individuals under sponsorship of the Long Beach Areal Community for New Politics,-a group which ‘opposes U.S. policy ify Vietnan, demonstrated in Long .Beach, California, on January ,20, 1968, in protest of Federal dndictment of Dr. Benjamin Spock and his codefendants for ‘counseling evasion of the draft. During the demonstration participants carried signs, protesting U.5. commitments in the war in Vietnam, ° - ea a oe — On January 20, 1968, New York State Assenblyman Joseph Resnick, was the featured speaker at the Middletown Junior Chambe? of Commerce dinner, Middletown, New York. | During. the dinner approximately 45 persons under the sponsorship of the Niddletown Committee for Peace Education picketed outside the building where the dinner Was being. held. The demonstration was held protesting Resnick's stand in suppUrt of present national policy regarding the war in Vietham: oe a Sol The Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam has galled a conference to be held January 27-29, 1968, at the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, The purpose of this conference will be to discuss an international student strike for the Spring of 1968. : Foe Thé ‘Student Mobilization Connittee to End the War ein Vietnam is a. broad coalition of student and youth groups tocated on over 600 campuses throtghout the country, which has organized student participation in such activities as the. October 21-22, 1967, demonstration in Washington, D. C., and _ the Stop the Draft Week held Pecember 4-8, 1967. In connection with this forthcoming meeting at the University of Chicago, Mike Zagarell,' Chairman of the Communist Party, USA, National Youth Commissi6n, has sent out a directive to all Party youth urging them to help build this conference and to organize as many students as possible to attend. Zagarell pointed out that the W.E.B, DuBois Clubs -of America, a Marxist youth group, had called a meeting of interested young people to a@iscuss different approaches. to this conference. a . ct CONFIDENTIAL . \/ ce -— aaa oe : A ==