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.. , . . .. 3 ~ebruary 1972
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SITUATION lNFORMATlON REPOR'T
• Leaders of'the various left-wing organizations ha\•e tur.nc-d their· attention to the Republican National Convention scheduled for~ San Diego next Attgust. There crre meetings being held to discuss . plans .ro~ the convention, but the. res~~ts of~~ese discussions and plans being developed ·may not be known for some time.
The San Diego Convention Coalition, a self-proclaimed g:roup organized to coordinate demonstrations during the GOR Convention. is proposing 3 days of demonstrations; The first 2 days will b~ de vot~d to peaceful picketing and atteraptin~ to place issuP.s before the .convention. The third day was referred to as ''Kamikaze Day." an obvious re!eren.cc to a day of violence. George. I 1'11-~""F'l'~=1'1'Mffi1,...,;;';i¥:F;,T;~~l.:t111Htti1Jifiiltllntii'!lllliimtHJ;;r.· .tRTiHII".!tJ1:r::H%'llliill.,.,fi""'li"""Pii1JIIfik1!!1'1!irittW~I""MIRinllmiliiiiii,..Oiflnhili""Ha-I A group of t~risoncr of war rdalivcs has opened a political lwaclquar~crs in Washington, D. C. t.o campaic.n against President Nixon in all lhe states which hold primary clcc:tions. The Capitol Hill headquarters is sponsored a group called Families for Imme- b~· ',..,..·~~-· diate Release wh\ch claims it repr.csents some 500 familieS" of servic-e men either captu-red or missing ~n Snut.heast Asia. Miss Sheila Cronin recently announced"that the group '¥iP send a d CALENDAR OF""'tENTATIVE'LY SCHEDULED EVENTS-:l. "'.?(~ ?-~ .. .:· Aste"risl((•d ite1ns. arC' either reported for the first time, or con tain additions or changes to previously reported activities . • :::Date unknown, San Jose. California The trial of Ang~la Davis nr.Ji(inally schcduh•ri for January 24 was .postponed on a day-to-day basis until Judge Arnason rules on dcfP.nsc motions. Chic( defense counsel Howard ?vloore, ·Jr. has filed another· changE" of venue motion. contending Miss bnvis can not receive a fair hearing in San Jose. Th~ California app<"als court incidentally upheld I recently an injunction forbidding thC' r·cgcnts of tiH•, University of CalifC'lr- nia r.~om firing An~da Davis for being ~ Comr~.unist. h .r~/ -~f..-~ ~ ~flt_, !.-' \. (,{ . ~~C...."\.. ~' ·.).t ~ \ 7 •O A- y I •) (.:;f.:._..,, "7 :.t._ ,;7 ':'Present,to end of t.ri~l. Harrisburg. Pa. ' The scheduled trial of the Rev. Philip Bc-rrigan and 6 othc-r anti war activists beg:tn on 24 January with the expC'CtC'd. prolon.cr-d struggle to choose unprejudiced jurors. Once a jnry is scledr.d, Judge Herman f'stimates the trial may ru11 3 months. The eis;:hth .defendant, John "Ted" Glick was granted a separate trial because he was given permission to serve as his own attorney. 1..: · y. f ,·).:f)-r'·~· .. :::: -.).. • The Harrisburg Df'fensc Committee has sc:hr-dulcd dC'monstrations rlm·ing thC' trial. Vi~ils will be organized every Sunday at 7:30p.m. at l.hc Dnuphin Count.y Pl"ison. The r:ommitt~c will prodttCC' a l_f'l('visinn pt·ngrarn ovr!""r _a lor <·ntitlcrl "T'he !SSI\C' is Peace. II -Governor Shapp r)( Pennsylvania has dirc•clccl lhC' Sla-tr:- S11pply OC'partmcnt· lo f11rnish port Committ~e ~haptcrs havr. arlviserl that a "Pilgrimage Cor Freedom'.'. will be hE>Id during the 40 rJays of Lent as. part of future clenionstrations in support of the "Harrisburg A." The first 30 days of the J•Pilgrimage" .will be characterized by activities sponsored by local organizations in ~ities throughout the northeast section of the U.S. Puring the final io ciilys caravans from Boston, .New York City, Philadel phia, Baltimore, Washington, D. c·. ;··Pittsburgh, "'and Milwaukee ·will ·proceed to Harrisburg to gai.,.publicity for the de{endants and to obtain funds for their dc!eps ~. -;-.t..•..:'l:· ~~ /· ?r:- .j ., • :- 0 ...... 1. - . r:~~... ;:,£_;. ...1 .. ;2,_, (/ 4February, New York City The trial is....a.cheduled to begin on the above date for Leslie • • Bacon who is charger!· with conspiring with si:-c other persons to bomb a Man·hattan bank. Miss Bacon was atrestctt· in Washingt.on, D.C. last April ilS a matr..rial witness in a~~alir.ged plol to bomb the U.S. Capitol Building; howev'e"r, a federal appeals court later ruled she was illegally arrested in that case. /;,··'··I ·~·~· .(- "' .. )"' ··. ; ~;· • ~'7 February. College Park.· Maryland On 19 January approximately. 20 demonstriltors marched to the .r.~...... •'J. 'main arlministration building at the University of_Maryland to confront Chancellor Bis·hop. The group demanded that a scheduler! visit of a - Defense lntclligc:-ncr. Agt-ncy reCTlliter be canccllC'd. R~sults of this confronlation arc unknown but it is bclieven lha_t the visit js still schcd uled. If so, there is a high potential for campus disruption on 7 Febru- at·y. t -'.'1-~ ·' ,f: j /~~ ·~'1.~ -' 1 .)· •..•• / -:'1 .. _- (.... ' ~:"·,. :::u Februa rv -August, Nationwide ,.~-., The Peoples Coalition {or Peace a nrl J~1s t icc which is uncle r the influence of the Communist Party USA held a press confercnc~ in Nf!w York City on 27 January an~ announced the following activities as part of its continuing efforts in the "peace struggle:'' •· February 11-13--Four cJr.lcgatcs from the midw<'sl rc1;.ion will be part of the delegation being sent to the Stockholm- Paris Pcacr Conference. Two known mcmh~rs of this gr_nup arc Jo.hn G'ilman a CPUSA leader from Wisconisn and Marcca NcaJ!~l :t CPUSA lcacll"r from lnclianC\, The rir'l<'J!alinn il' 5chC'd ,,i<'cJ tn dC'p April lS--Local'demonstrations will be held throughout lhc U.S. C"' •• to protest th~ use of taxpay-ers dollars to continue the war...... ;...... : 1 · ,"j'=·t 7• /- I ./1.' ') .; Y "; / I ··>!.,.. :J~.. -;J .J. ·- ~t...... ~---. ...... ---- ·- -·------·-·--· .. -·--· ------:------!.':.i.i~:··ll~::·-..:; ... ,.,-~::i"~.-~;f:.:··~·:.-5~~~.;;-...~~·::--':·: .. ·.~~!.::.~-~~~,:...... ~·~.:-~.~t..;:-..;,~.~~ .. ~.::·~:.. ~~:;::::.~~:..-::;.. ·-:7:·"':._';!'::,~r.-:.:·:-~~}~:: _! __.:__ _ _....______--. ... May--A lcrics o( demonstrations aJ::ainst U.S. corporations -· prorlucing weapCJnS for war culminating in acts o! civil disob(' dience. ~--Demonshations ~t the Democratic Convention in Miami, , FloridA. . · · . " · · - August- -.§.cheduled .demonstrations a~ the Republican Convention in San Diego. • "'·· ·~: /~~- ,.wt· ·.:· ;> i';, 'II ..; \ .,:1, ... ?· . .J~ 1 . . /;/ .. • 14 February, B~Jtimorc, Maryland. • The ret~ial of:Arthur. F •.. Turco, Jr. , 'a white lawyer who repre-.. sentcd the Black Panther~ and accused of ordering the murder of Eugene Leroy Anderson, was po.stponed until the above date. T'urco's • first.trial ended in·a mis-trial• July 3 when the jury was unable to agree on·a (ferdict. \•·tt...... t.__. ,::.€).,.{- ·1 F.~{. 7~ ... >::!8-2l.Fcbrnary, NE!w York City The CPUSA has issnerl a pamphlet which presents in preliminary form the major social· anrl politi'cal issues to he cotfsidC'red ;tt the 20th. National Convention to be held at Town Hall (43rd St. 6th and 7th Avenues) on the above dates. Convention deLegates in cHder ·to strengthen the National Party will consider: the extension of inte rmcdiate organizational forms to all·areas of struggle; the publicizing· o.f the 1972 Comm\lnist Presidential ticket (Gus Hall and Jarvis. Tyner); higher standards of memb~rship anrl lr.adr.rship; increasing the.,sperd o{ training and promo tion o! cadre and the education o( thl~ membersl~ip; ways of drmbling the membership ~f the Part~ and;_methods to gi~":£' __ ~~~ sistr;n.~; l" t~1.e buildin_g oC the.Young Workers Ltberatlon League . ._,~·'":;) 1 .. '. )_ .;;, ..:~ l),.r ;Jj - /'I :,..)..,- .... 7 ~ , At a recent press conference party chairman and prcside~1tial candidate Gus Hall described the acts his administration would carry out on the very first dar in office. He would end the war, padlock the doors of the Central Intelligen.ce Agency, the FBI, and the Pentagon. release Angela Davis and other political prisoners. and outlaw racism. ' t\ /.1 ,,(i )1 ,J ~(. I ?·/~·,· •• / ~ '~19 Fcbr\lary, Washington, D. C. · . 1 The Co!l"mittec .(or Unification of China, (an arl hoc group), has I I schcdulerl a demonstration at the White House on the above date. The •i gr.oup is seeking the reunification of China through withdrawal of U.S. support fro111 Taiwan. · . t 1-~T .·A· • .;/It:' I :~ ···,:;;/·t .. ·,•.J Mar (:h- Aug \I.e; L. Nil lin nw icl(~ • The Youth lntc"i-national Patty (YIP) lhr' militant hippie s::rottp . recently h~ld a confc renee at Madison, Wisconsin. A con(e renee . spokesman told ~he press that Abbie H~ffm...=n and Jcr~y,_':Rubi'n have been . ·r .~, /.. ' .... ,.. / c ·"! 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July 4.-A rnarijuana sm~ke-in will be held at the Washington • Monum!!nt ~d followed by a march to the U.S. Capitol. _. ~. • July Z7 --The National C~e Gueverra "Appreciation Day" will ~.-. take place at Miami Beach, Florida to express solidarity ~ith.the Cuban struggle for liberation. July Z7-31--Dem'ORstrations will be conducted to show politi cians that unlr.ss t.he demands of youth arc mel the 1972 Presidential ~lection will be boycotted. , • August l-ZO--A "grapes of wrath" ~ara"·an will proceed to SC\n Diego. , ,.. f'::;.... August Zl-Z4-- Demonstrations to be held in San Diego. - Additional details wHl be reported as they become available. . . r ,n,.z· / ,.t.· ,.,· / '- ..\··_1. ~ I/ ,.J_.. ' •• , • 0 • ·/' ••,, :::4 March. Sacramento, California · · Craig Wallact", a Sacrame-nto resident intc~~s t.n orJ!anize a large demonstration against Mrs. Nixon when she visi~s Sacramento to dedi calc a Ca."meli:1 grove on the capitol grounds. The purpose of this demon stration is to protest the war in Vietnam. Wallace .reportedly intcncls to advertise the demonstration in radical news media in the San Fran- cisco Bay area. . ,- ~;r ;A..·"') .J !• 1'7 5 :;,-;;)-... 7:J.. .. ,_, .... *10-ll March, Gary, Indiana The Congressional Black Caucus and ottiP. r elected Negro officials and civil rif'htS ·leaders have announced plans to hold the first National Black Political Convention,on the above dates. Rep. Charles C. Dig~s. Mayor Richard G: Hatcher of Gary, Indiana, ancl L·~Roi Jon~s o£ Newark were d~c.ted temporary co-chairmen of the convr'nl:ion. Mr. OigJ!s st.ntccl that tf1e c-onvl"nlinn was cxp<~c:l.cd to rhnw nv«-r ·1. 000 d£'lf'J!alc.•s who will seck to "idcn~ify and ratify a na~ional black political agenda for 197Z anrl bcyonc.t.." .. · ):.'Y l ·I I'(·. ·;.) . . • 14 or 17 April, Nationw\.de The War Resisters League·and the War Tax Resistance will p.f:- jointly sponsor dem-onstrations· at the Internal Revenue Se.rvicc centcr_s· · .. . ;:-:: r~;-,·· t.' '} l'i. J' .'J 1 r. /)'·. •-' 7.-".J ~I 7••.• 1 • -s ~-..,---·-~ . - .... .-.~ \ I I .UI, __-.w..__-"""iL. i.. II i I Ill :. I :11 'I :llllL.lJl,rulllul I.LI -'::Ll.;IIIL...!-_--''WJ.III..LI--L._ 'in. major cities acr&ss the country on either April H or 1.7. These dcmonstr.ations are to be known as "R -Day" arid stand for resist, refuse, and• reform. '!hey have also discussed the possibility of establishing a "Re.volution.City"_ at the Republic9:n National Convention in San Diego. z·-~--. The Revolution City would be similar to the "Resurrection t.ity" which ~~-...,·.·. was established in WaJShington, D. C. several years agQ. · • 1-: /-::t. t"J .· .;-t ~~ .f .t .. ::l "'"-' ••"1, .. ·· ..., :.-... · ,· • ,- . "" f • '" , -;?'· ~" ., . . 16-22 Apt-il, N«!W Yo;k City apd Los ~ngel~s. .. .. - . · The National Peace Action Co ------·· .. ·------~------ I I llli---...... !:...__ .. :il---"'-;----'--ll-11wii...L!.JJ.II-"-''.L.I.!LUw.lllcJi, il!liii..LILI ul:i!U!JIIIILiuii-..;:L.IUII....L'--:Ll·'ILI Ll _L_I _ ...... • ... ' • I .nalional nominating.r.onvPntion a frw days aft~ r thC' dose n( thr Demo- cratic National Convr.ntion in mid-July. The Prnplt's Party has nomi nat!O'd Or:·· Benjamin Spock, pediatridl\n anti peace acth•ist as a stand- in Presidential" candidate and Julian Hobson, a former Washington, D. C. ~n·. School Board oHifial for vice pre.s_idcnt, pending a ~onventien decision. 1 ••• At a recent n-ews con(erenc~ P._r. SpoC"k su~priscrl some reporters by taking. some of the· following positions that arc essentially undistinguish able from tho~e of Ge~rge C. ·wallace of Alabamr.- • . l. He favors maintenanc.e of neighborhood schools ·under the • coritrol of local citizens, altended by whatever racial balan£:e ...... • • of pupils ha~en to live "' the immediate area. .~;;;.: .. . 2. He is opposed to integratht~ .the p.ublic schools by busing, atthc:>ugh. he wou~~ not permit any discrimination in housing or employment. • 3. H~ is uni~tprcsscd with the argument that he might help defeat the major party candidate. ~'-..;.· . . .. !a.: ... l • Among thr. Spoc-k policy positions that lw docs not pr~snmahl y share with Gov~rnor. W:Lllacc arc: withdrawal of Amcr it~ an troops from - all ovc rseas bases, free ntedical c:a re for all Americans, industrial produc:tion bascrJ on worker derisions and a ,,.,non disc:ri;,,ination :lJ!ainst homost-xuals, Dl". Spock has deniP.d that thr. Penpics Party had made him its pr.ovisinnal nominee so that it would b(>"(!ee· to switch to Eugr.nc .. ·. J. McCa{thy if the Minnesqtan is not chosen at the Democratic Convention. . ~-'7'· \",.,,/Q. .. t· ·.;(J,~ .. ..:··, A.·V.T ;;·;.J,t., z·/ 11.y T ..~.~:.'),_, 7 ";) (_/ I r/ 7 SOURCE: Government and News Media ,. RELIABILITY: Probably True '-· • • • .. - -··-·II