DEMONSTRATIONS PROTESTING UNITED STATES INTERVENTION IN VIETNAM.
Agency: CIA
Originator: FBI
Document date: 1/5/68
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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INTERVENTION IN VIETNAM

The Communist Party and other organizations are

continuing their efforts to force the United States to

change its present policy toward Vietnam.

There is set

forth below a summary of current and planned future activity

through

which they hope to accomplish this end.

Jeannette Rankin Brigade

It was previously reported that the Jeannette

Rankin Brigade,

to the var in Vietnat pill sponsor a demonstration in

group of Homen who are opposec

Washington, D. C., on January 15, 1968, to petition Congress

to end the war in Vietnam:

A source tho has furnished reliable information in

the past has advised that the members of the Brigade from

San Francisco had tentatively chartered a plane to transport

its members to this demonstration.

These plans have been

canceled as the San Francisco group vas unable to obtain

enough individuals to attend the demonstration to justify a

• chartezed flight..

Zena Druckman)and Hazel Grossman, both residents

of the San Francisco area and who have been identified as

Communist Party members in the past, have made arrangements

to participate in this demonstration. Vivian Hallinan, also

a resident of the San Francisco area and Executive Sécretary

of the Brigade, will participate in the demonstration.

Terence Hallinan, the son of Vivian Hallinan who is a member

of the Communist Party, Northern District of California,

1962, that his mother would be willing to

join the Communist

Party if her husband would also join.

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This source further stated that the demonstrators

would present a petition to the Speaker of the House of

Representatives and request that he present the petition

to

the House of Representatives as the first order of business

when the Congress reconvenes.

Mrs. Nancy S. Pendergrast, the Atlanta, Georgia,

coordinator for the Brigade, has advised that the Brigade

will hold a workshop on the

evening of January 15, 1968, in

Washington, D. C., at which time they will make plans for

the next day's activities which will include contact of

their Congressmen.

the wiferof Reverend Martin

Luther King, curetta national sponsor pavemen late,

1s expected to join Jéannette Rankin as part of a 50-1oman

national delegation to attend the opening day of Congress.

Other Demonstrations,

A San Antonio National Security Seninar Is

scheduled to be held at Trinity University, San Antonio,

Texas, between January 8-19, 1968, conducted by the

Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Washington, D. C.

Military sponsors for the Seminar are the Fourth Air Force

Reserve Region, Fourth United States Army,

and the Eighth

Naval District.

Governor John Connally of Texas is

scheduled to give the keynote speech at the opening day of

the Seminar.

The San Antonio Committee to Stop the War in

Vietnam, at a meeting held December 28, 1967, agreed. to

picket the Seminar on a daily basis to voice opposition

to present United States policy in Vietnam. Pickets will

not demonstrate on University property for

fear of arrest

but will conduct their demonstrations near the University.

The San Antonio Committee to Stop the War in

Vietnam is a group in opposition to United States policy in

Vietnam.

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On January 3, 1968, approximately 40 individuals

gathered in front of the United States Courthouse, Foley

Square, New York, New York, carrying signs and placards

protesting the war in Vietnam and announcing "April 3-

the next day of draft card turn-in." The demonstration

was sponsored by The Resistance, a group which opposes the

draft. "During the, demonstration, several participants

burned papers which were alleged

to be Selective Service

documents..

Leonard Brody, a member of The Resistance and a

spokesman for the groups

announced that the demonstration

was held in support of Alan Haifley who he stated was going

on trial in Denver, Colorado; for refusing induction into

the armed forces•

• At

Minnesota.

Duping the demonstration, two

of the participants entered the building and presented

Assistant United States Attorney J. Earl Cudd with a statement

which supported Haifley. One of the signers of this document

was-Frank Verrall, Jr., who before his resignation in

March, 1967,

was a member of the District Board, Minnesota

Dakotas District, Communist Party, USA.

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