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t1rcre is not suffiriclrt support of thc Prcsidcnt's Vietnam policics, but
mainly becausc it comes f r o m people who just don't n o r m a l l y dumon-
strate their convictions in a flamboyant estrovertcd manner.
National States Rights P a r t y (hardly a political knight in shining a r m o r )
a t a rcccnt Cincinnati rnqeting announcccl plans for scvcnty members
to conic to Washington in a n effort to stir up Lroublc with thc hippics
and to disrupt the dcinonstration. Vctcran groups, morc sinccrcly but
probably not with ovcrwlrelniing succcss. arc planning a countcr-offcn-
sivc will1 tlic code nanic "tcll it t o EiancBi. @' Tlicy will laiinch a tclcplronc
campaign and on Vetcrans Day will prtBiiwtc flying Aincrican flags arid
burning po rcli lights and Ircadlights.
The
A ~ i i o ~ i g
thc involvcd gruups arc
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tiic American Lcgiuii, Vc*lcrans uf Forcsign Wars, and the Disabled
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American Veterans.
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The schcdulc o f Washington cvcirts has remained relativcly
c
Tlic demonstrat<) rs will asscrnl>lv on llic cvcning o f tlrc 13th
Plans call lor ptb'tcst "rock11 entcrlainnicnt but
constant.
and will Iiiarrlr and rally until t h 1 9 cvcnirlg c)l the 15th (sec SZR calendars
for detail of events).
so far no specific acts liavc Iwen annoiinccd. Organizcgs, Iiowcver,
rccognizc the d r a w p m w r o f tlrc \VoocIstock I'ecstival and won't hesitate
to ctiiploy such tactics to i n c r c j s e and cscitc tlie crowd.
of liccnscs and pcrniits is still I>eiirg ncgotiatcd bctwecn New Mobe
leaders and Mr. Dean of the Justice Dcpartiiient.
T h e matter
As for numbcrs involvccl, tlrc mid-Novcmber dcnionstration
shapes up to be extrciiicly largc. Estimates have ranged from 50,000
to 600,000 and organizers and obecrvcrs alike s e e m to admit by their
estimates that they just don't know.
BUSCI, planes, and trains have
bccn chartered. howcvcr, and Washington will surely be full to o v c r -
flowing. All loci1 universities, usually through chapters of the
Student Mobe, will bc activc. Thc bcst guess, based o n various esti-
mates f r o m all sides and reportcd in nicdia of all types to date is that
the demonstration will numbcr in the neighborhood of lS0,OOO.
Unlike thc protcsts of October 15, all thc signs arc u p that
The New Mabc is unques-
Then, too, other far
Novcmber will not bc totally non-violc'irt.
tionably morc violcncc prone than tlrc VMC.
morc irrational elemcnts arc schcdulcd to be prescnt in j u s t onc
place (two places counting San Francisco) than a month ago.
lence is planned (and it m a y be by such groups as Wcathcrman-SDS
If vio-
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