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IC0 00 18 14 .. .. believe'd that they can guarantee delivery of LOO percent tranquility. In the pa.st several daya, several of the most prominent Con- gressional peaceniks have "dove"-tailed back into the anti-war bird. Now Senators McCarthy, McGovern, and Coodell along with Reprcsen- tativos Lowenstein and Roscnthal (both of New York) not only support but will participate in demonstrations on the 15th. The violence quo- tient, however, along with the dedicated extreme left political charac- ter of Ncw Mobe leaders, has discouraged the large block of Congres- sional support enjoyed by the VMC on October 15. . Entertainment has reportedly now becn tined up and the demon- strators will be amused on the evening of the. 15th by old hands in thc protest machinc. The pcrforniers include Arlo Guthric, Dick Gregory, Pete Secger, Peter; Paul, and Mary, and the cast of the musical "Hair. It is also rcported that the New Mobc has rccruited crowd Organizers and managers, whose claim to magna-moh hbndling fame, dates back to the Woodstock Festival last summer (at which, apparently, the crowd was literally too drugged to protest the enyironment). I ' :. . The Novembcr 11, pro-administration show of support is not espectcd to influcncc one way o r another the size of the .wcckcnd. Although a patriotic showing was significant in somc 1ocati;ns on thc llth, that showing came largcly from expected quarters - vet groups, Mendcl Rivers, Lester Maddox, and tlic eclipsed gencration of the plus 40 age'group, and the like. bc felt next time, but for now, it is too litlie, too latc, and too directcd toward thoso, who as a.matter of moderate principle, don't get involved. The Bob Hopc drive for national unity might To the undoubted chagrin of New Mobe organizers, according to a reccnt Gallup Poll, Vice-president Agncw's popularity has grown since his "effete impudent snobs1' speech. Be it by combined admin- istration calculation o r by Mr. Agnew's indcpendcnt personal convic- tion, his "call it as he sees it" public utteranccs have hclpcd, not hurt, thc establishment point of defense. On the other hand, the pub- lic pronouncements o f advocates for the protests will likely push many rail straddlers into thc Government camp. A spokesman for t h c American Civil Liberties Union, Lawrencc Speiscr, for cxamplc, during the pcrmits negotiations criticized the administration bargain-. ing position as bcing eitlrcr "stupidity botdcring on criminal ncgligcncu o r cynical provocation of violencc to achieve thc administration's politi- cal goals. - 8 - * ' 2 : - . .C . . . - . ..:' . . - L . . .. .,. ..._.. . ... . , .,2' .-- , ._-. -:.:,-