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7 bli | WA LULL dd WE LEP lc00018138..— ee - “MARCH ON WASHINGTON” | {continued from preceding eee) Ax an cxmmrpt. in the September, 2 ixsue af the: “New Molilizen.” Stewart * Meacham of the American Friends Serv. ice Gomtnitier, who is a cochairman of the New Mobilization Conunittce,. wrote this: “The Kurs are straightfin ward: “tmmnediste and total withdrawal. from Vietnsin, “Sellaletennination for Vietnam and Black Anvcrica.- : “Kaul ABM and all forms of milita- Tisim. eineet wacrsens sat ctl poverty. . “Free speech for G's. Dh anrmnent tor Washington, “Stap feprenimelree all political . . privmers.” An infilteator’s eaport. Aims cx- pressed hy some of the march planners were oreperted to Congress hy Max 7 Philip Friedman, a graduate student who “infiltrated” the peace mov cement, Mr. Fricdman attencledt a “National Antiwar Conference” in Cleveland July $ and 3 at which plans for the Wash. jayston vally were anaule, He reported his observations to the Senate Internal Seeu- rity Subce mmittee. Telling alanrt a Cleveland speech by ” Donel: ws Dowel, a Cornell University Sprofessin whe is rnveletti zations cochainman, Mr. Fricclsian testified: “Professor Dowd continned an with the questions af what was al stake in the Washington demonstration for No- vember and what would be the tactical goals and the general approach te it. “The short-nin aim of the Washington \ demonstration would be to and the war ‘in Vietnam but not to end the move- ment. wl second, longererange goal, of the demonstration would be to change She system, to end the imperialist sys- ‘tem which produced the war, racism” and poverty=and che referred to ‘this call ta a National A tiwar Conference held in Cleveland, Ohi: , July 4-5, 1969, “The call was initiated for the must part by idividuals aworiated with Ue ‘National Mobilization Casmitice ta Kal the War in Vietnam (MODE), a Come, mumist-oriented organization which has “functioned as a coalition fo? eveenencens antiwar groups operating throughout the -~ comtry. 2 6. The conference was at- tended by approximately 900) perscaus, many of whom were delegates fran antiwar servonnyys comprising, individuals klentified in swom testimony as Com- mimists, well-known Communist: svmpa- - Uhizers and radligal pacifists.” “The truth is— Other members of Congress also have expressed concern abet the antiwar demonstrations. On Octuber 16, Representative” John M. _Ashbronk (Rep.), of Ohio, said in a_ Tlouse perch: The truth of the: matter is that the a early all the crpatizations tat bewek “part in ‘Yee Moraten ini are proicinge the moreh. The Movatiriomn Cansanitter, it- self, alter publicly Neatclinngs aff for wetks, endorsed the Washington rally on Ovi. ber 2. This cunmnitter also is staging another vatiowide Moratorium on No- wrinber 13 aud U4. The Students Mobilization Camnitice =which is organizing a nationwide ste dent “strike? an November dd-alsa has agreed te sapport Ube march. : ; Avounding ta the. New Mobilization Gannnittes, endarscrents of he march have come fiom several labor-union of- | feiak, celigions tears, and Seratoz, Charles Coudell (Rep. ), of New York. There is a professional touch ta the planning of the Washington rally. A “Memo on LaguisticsS” is ned Octo her 16.0 described preparations fora reviewing: stage... communications, signs, Channers and) plicids, order of march, organizers of the October 15 Morate- aveashals to direct the marchers, public Jrium and feu thouming protests represent “a galaxy of who is who. in radical Tile to- _ day, The draft evaders, draft-card burn. ers, flag burmers, rioters, Commanists and anarchists. with all their obscenity and hate-filled propaganda get the ball rolling: and gead. sincere America lib - erals follow behind their hanner. The hanner, for the most part, is down-the- line anti-Americanism and propaganda.” Members of Congress who supported the October 15. protest are not rushing to get on the Navember bandwagon. There ik some division, alsa, amoung war protesters themselves, The, Young People’s Socialist, League, which supparted the Moratorium, urged its followers not to go to Washington, sayings: “The MOKE leadership is discredited. Ut includes many people who are more *omnmitied to an NLF [Vict Cong] vie- - tory than to peace.” ; Students for a Democratic Society, 4 group noted for campus violence, is not taking part in the planning, but individual, _ chapters are expected to send some address systenss ane! medical sid. A “March Against Death.” In the pk une 10 “Mareh Against Death,” cach of 16,000) wiarchees sill carry a plicard bearing the name ol an Ameti- can whe died pra village destroyed. in Vietnam. This will he followed, an No- vember 15, by i mass march om the White House. Also. as the sehedule an - page 22 shows, there will he a four- - day "Conference on GU Rights.” Like the October Moratorium, the November action in Washingtan is ex- peeled to draw stoyethsr alnast every Iype of war apponent-yorge and old, moderate wel gacdical. One highly placed American official made dhis eamment: “One of the sort cllects af the war Pethat. for the first time in years, Com. manisty wow have an issueanliware which is popular enough to pennit them to getia hearing Crone large numbers of von-Commiunist Americans.” Military view, page 25; V/ashington’s . big debate over the war, 6. “ insane society, referring to the Ameri- Candlelight procession past White House in October Moratorium was peaceful. But can society.” Mr. Dowd alsn was “quuted hy Mr. Friedman as saying: “It is a system, nat a policy, we are fighting.” Evidenne galliered by congressional and other fedesal investigattrs, makes * it plain that the march on Washingten is a produet of long. aud careful plan. Setting by experis at big, demonstrations. The idea was conceived: at least as carly as last spring, It was discussed in a June meeting in East Berlin attended by seme of the American war protesters. Senator Paul J. Fannin (Rep.), of Ari- zona, in a speech October 13, said: “During the late snring af 1969, | 19° - November 15 march will be much larger—arid different. Will it prove as peaceful? NN...