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man OF Cne marcn aQmlnlSCra-
ton committee, said yesterday
q shortage Of buses for char
ter has cropped up in New
York City but charged it was
artificial"
1t was this shortage that
prompted leaders to drop their
appeal for out-of-town DEM
onstrators not to use automo-
biles to go to Washington. Mr..
Robinson said the charter bus
shortage applies mainly to New
York. However, some marchers
have been refused charter
rates for a train from Birming-
ham, Ala. and have been coun-
seled to boycott the trains in
favor Of buses.
Rachelle Horowitz, the trans
portation chairman, said IAN
educated guess" is that 1000
buses, II special trains, at
least 10 airplanes and untold
numbers Of private cars will
bring people to Washington.
1000 Per Train Seen
Each bus will average As
passengers, she said. Each
train will carry an estimated
1000 demonstrators and the
airplanes will average about
SO passengers each, she added.
Based on these average pas
senger loads, there could be
ILL., 900 or more persons travel
ing by public transportation
alone. The District march
organizations Is trying to mo-
Billie $4,000 demonstrators.
March officials say there is no
way Of estimating how many
people will travel by private
automobile. New York City
estimate that up to 10000
people will leave here by bus,
train, plane and private auto
for the one-day visit to Wash
ngton.
I'VE know for a fact that
almost 400 buses and II special
trains have already been char
tered" Miss Horowitz said.
Gar pools from the New York
area are being organized and
some people are planning to
use upwards of 40 shuttle
planes that day."
Trains From South
Additional trains chartered
include: three from the South
which will stop at .ntermedi-
ate points along the way, and
one each from Newark, Phil
adelphia, Hartford, Conn,
Pittsburgh, Detroit, Chicago.
and Cincinnati. Miss Horowitz
added that reports of addition
al chartered trains have not
been confirmed by the New
York headquarters. The esti-
mated number Of chartered
trains runs as high as 40.
Determining the exact num-
Der Of buses which will be used
in the mass movement is a he'll
ter-skelter exercise at best. For
example, the sponsors know OF
81 buses which will leave from
northern New Jersey communi-
ties, II from North Carolina, Is
from Boston, almost 400 from
New York City and five more
buses from such cities as Cleve-
land, st. Louis, Detroit, Chi
cago, Philadelphia and Balti-
more.
The arplanes will originate
from: Los Angeles, 3; Chicago,
g.; and one each from San
Francisco, Cleveland. Minneap-
dis, and Boulder, Colo.
Miss Horowitz said that she
has reports that 1870 private
automobiles will travel from
Durham, NC.
175,OOO Buttons Sold
The demand for march ma
terials such as the Official but
ton and international litera-
tlire was reaching new heights
today. The headquarters office
was out of the buttons which
sell for Is cents each. An eSti-
mated 175,000 buttons have
been sold and another $50 900
Buttons are on emergency ord
er. Each marcher and indi-
vidual in sympathy with the
movement is encouraged to
wear the lapel button.
1.-THE march leaders are also
preparing the final organizing
manual which will contain de-
tailed instructions for the
march.
,sAt least one demonstration
plans to come to Washington
on roller skates from Chicago.
Ledger Smith, q, Negro pro-
fessional skater, was to leave
Chicago today and hopes to
skate across the District line by
August 81.
Police and other agencies
concerned with maintaining an
orderly demonstration, mean
while, have three organizations
on their minds that may at
tempt to counterfeit the civil
rights march. These are George
Lincoln Rockwell's American
Nazis, the militant Negro sect
Of Black Muslims and a super
secret organization called The
Prospects" The Washington
Commission on Human Rights
has informed security officials
that The Prospects" sup
posedly made up Of affluent
Negro and white right-wingers,
may send a caravan Of cars to
Washington. August "a.