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COO018118 * . . based in Now York. 't i 0 !'Describing his appointment, Apthcker said, I I t is thrilling, . . 0 with wide national significance for the Communist Party. ft also' - I . reflects something of what this student movement is all about, which many p e o p l ~ ha've 4ailed.to understand. 0 t T h e appointmcnt of a white historian to head the black studies program, he said, is evidencc against the opinion many ere too ready to hold, that the black rtudents"demandsare nationalist in nature. It _ - .- The following article by Paul SCOTT which appcarcd in tlrc Ncw York Daily Colurnn of 14 M a y 1969 is reprinted without comment. I' WASHINGTON - The Nixon Administration is making &banco . 1 prcparations to thwart attempts by radical students. black militants, and arati-war protcsters to take over Government buildings in the nation's capital this summer. -- "As repottcd earlier this nionth in this coltanin, tlic stralegy of Lhc violent New Lcft is to t r y to repeat here in Washington thc "UaLtlc of Chicago" which took place during the Dcniocratic National . Convention last ycar. 0 .- E.. -:a - . . c "With the vanguard of thousand! of militant protcstcrs bc- ; cz. ginning to converge on Waslrington from around the nation, the Justice Dcpartincnt has issucd confidential instructions to all Govern- mcnt agency heads on what to do in case of demonstrations in or near --- - fcderal buildings. .. . "On clirect orders from the White HOUQC, Attorncy Ccneral John Mitchcll has frankly informed other government officials that (I) any violations bl law will not be tolcratcd during tkc summer pro- testa Ircrc, ancl (2) that aotmal conduct of burinoss en federal propcr- ty must bc maintained. "Unlikc thc capitulation policicR fulluwr*d by many collcgc: nciriiinirtLratbrs, nu guycrniiicnt departnrcnt or igcircy will lo*bc wlrril clown by militant proLc?sLc*rs. black niilitants arc going.to be t m a lot tougher in Washingwn than they hav$ on college' campuses. ai-iowcci In oLIic:r words, sliiclc:nts ant1 -b : **5: - ~ :: , ' 0 2