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march area simply couldn't
carry them all.
Break Into Song
Failure Of some of the pro-
fessional entertainers to get
through the traffic to be in the
program at the Monument
grounds may have contributed
to the early start.
Singer Joan Baez helped the
throng kill time by leading
them in singing, I'VE Shall
Overcome" and mo More Jim
Grow" as they waited. Others
who helped keep the crowd en-
tertained we're Dorothy Gale, a
Negro vocalist, and folk sing
ers Peter, Paul and Mary.
Actor Marion Brando and
singers Lena Horne end Bobby
Darrin managed to get to the
scene but only stepped forward
briefly to be introduced.
Traffic was uniformly light
outside of the march area
and created no problems, ac-
cording to Chief Murray.
The marchers came from
every State, flowing into the
city before sunrise this morning
by train, plane, bus and private
car. Seventeen members of the
Congress Of Racial Equality
walked from Brooklyn, N. Y.
marching into the District to
the tempo Of flies and drums.
One man roller-skated TOO
miles from Chicago to join the
mass de m onstration for
equality.
The sun was well up
before as many as 1000 march,
ers were counted in the
demonstration area. For many
hours, the marchers were out
numbered by the watchful
force of police and National
Guardsmen.
Chief Murray and his aides
began posting details at 6 am.
at strategic points throughout
the city, with the heaviest con-
centration in the downtown
area.
The 1884 Metropolitan po-
licemen were Joined by the
rarely used Police Reserves, 303
strong.
The District National Guard
called 1,735 men to duty for
today to help the police with
traffic and crowd control.
Standing by were about 1000
troops of the Army and Marine
Corps. These forces were posted
at Fort Myer, Va, the Ana
costa Naval Station, the
Anacostia Naval Receiving Sta
ton, and Fort McNair.
Thirty troop-carrying hell
copters from Fort. Bragg, N. c.,
and Army trucks from Fort
Meade, Md, stood ready to
move the troops to the scene of
any major trouble that might
develop.
However, authorities expressed
confidence that the demonstra-
ton and city reaction would
be completely peaceful. and it
was well into the afternoon.
The leaders of the march made
arrangements to police their
own people with an estimated
force Of about 1900 marshalS.
These marShals, many of them
off-duty policemen from other
cities, were dressed in white
shirts and ties and wore arm
bands marked M" Their in
structions were to use tact If
troublemakers appeared and to
call in regular policemen in
case Of trouble.
Prisoners Shifted
District officials moved $50
prisoners out of D. G. Jail to
the Lorton (Va.) Reformatory
to make room in case mass
arrests were necessary.
Traffic on main roads and
bridges into Washington was
uniformly light this morning
as thousands Of area residents
stayed home to avoid the crush.
Commuter buses, normally
packed to the doors at morn
ing rush hour, wheeled into
town with only a handful Of
riders aboard.
Rachelle Horowitz, national
chairman Of the transportation
committee for the march, gave
this count of arrivals here: Two
thousand buses, 20 trains. and
IA chartered planes. More than
700 of the buses came from the
New York Metropolitan area
800 from the South. About $50
buses came from the Philadel-
phia area.
March leaders said that nine
West Coast States had $50
marchers here.
March leaders estimated
about 5000 persons arrived
here yesterday between 6 am.
and midnight.
Cars Bear Banners
Out-of-town cars were nu-
merous beyond count. despite
police pleas that marchers not
bring their own automobiles
TO Washington.
Many out-of-town cars bore
distinctive banners. Their IL
cense plates indicated most of
them were from Maryland and
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