(toe-toras-orra) * fais 7 - UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF sustic: ‘ 6c | i FEDERAL | BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION. In Reply, Please Refer to | File No. “WASHINGTON, D D.C. 20535 oe _ DmoNsTRATONS. PROTESTING UNTTED. Sram “INTERVENTION in VIETNAM, os : The Communist Party. ‘and. other: organizat ons: are continuing their efforts to force the Uriited States:.to 21: change its’ present policy toward Vietnam... There is: get - ..: forth below,a summary of current and planned future: } activity through Which’ they hope ‘to y accomplish, this’ enc BPePbag?s, O atetas FSP an “antiwar group, Kt ss ine po Committee, a student antiyar. and civi rights ‘group, “‘gponsored. | a silent vigil at the univetsity of. Arkansas, Pay ress tbe _-; >. +Arkansas, on June 1, 1968, shortly prior to an address’ by™ bos, ‘Vice Presidents Hubert H. _Hémphrey. The 20 demonstrators _ Be . Carried signs reading. "Support the Boys in Vietnam.— End the” War Now," "Peace in. Vietnam," and -"We Support Negotiatdons .' " San Antonio Committee te Stop fre War in Vietnan alert for any indication that the President Slane to visit San Antonio. In the event they hear of such a visit, the members plan to form picket lines at the Hemisfair. Demonstration Against the Secretary of Defense On May 31, 1968, 30 individuals, the majority of whom were students at Washington University, picketed the . — re. —_ ' Chase Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri, during an address by. the | aa : Secretary of Defense at the Hotel. Three of the demon- ee strators were arrested. Ten:. of them subsequently ‘picketed . ee ; the St. Louis Police Department as a protest against the \ Lb p te | arrests. ee lina REVIEW . | CONFIDENTIAL an © 3 ED BY Group 1 GAs -7** 8 FBLUEK TASK FORCE cluded fron automatic 2o7Ol a MON 6/4/97 “ downgrading and - eens Ge a RELEASE iN FULL. nee haeelticaston Voorn IN PAR ae ae . i
its convention on June 4 ae Demonstration Against the Reserve ofrfider a ae CONFIDENTIAL 7 DENONSTRATIONS PROTESTING UNITED STATES INTERVENTION 3 in (VIETNAH = Nor,» York: City, which is controlle “the” “Comma Y¥st Party, concluded | ew aoe Citys-Tbem, © convention nominate \\ ees States and\urs . "3 Bénjamin( Spock« oe - \\viee “president -* ‘Among“the“324 {etek rwere 20 mel a the Communist | Party, includi the Communist Party, USA, National Committee. - It. was indicated at ,the convention thatcBlyden_ Jackson, 2 Communist Party member’, will be the New York State Chairman. of the Freedom and Peace Party. _The Freedom and Peace Party was formed for the purpose of supporting candidates who. are antiwar. it has not yet drawn. up a platform. a s ‘Training Corps we. “a ve ° BRAS Mess recently formed group at the Unive Akron, “Akron, Ohio, was sponsoring g demonstra jon ata Reserve Officers. Training Corps review at the University on June 3, 1968. | oe oR ee * oo previously reported that Ths, On June 3, 1968, nine individuals demonstrated: at the review. They carried signs protesting | the compulsory’ Reserve Ofticers Training Corps pregram at the University. The demonstrators. made no effort to interfere With | the ‘review. a 5 a student antidraft group at the : «Michi ea * sponsored 2 demon- stration at the off} “gocal Board 85, Ann Arbor, Michigan, — Gp on June 3, 1968, ava protest against the trial of ‘ Dr. Benjamin Spock, who is being tried for violation af the Selective Service Act. The 78 demonstrators carried signs, 4 protesting his trial. maatoe ‘ _ CONFIDENTIEL ~Q-,