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.. . . . . . . - - .. . . - .. Thc Post editors bclicvcd that just fhn identity of the principal figures . who have associated themselves with tho idea have made the planned day of celebration suspect. The Post suggcsted that to equalize the day a number of well-known dove. rhoJd stcp forward and offer to pqrtici- pate. The Post should, thersfort,*be pleased to note those congres- sional doves mentioned-above who have come forward. 1 . 3 Although the rearonr am unexplained, a r e c c n t press article . rcflccts growing uncertainty about the relationship of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Warhington to the .July 4 event, ' p i r' The day!s plans c d i for an 11 a.m. religious patriotic service at the Lincoln Memorial followed by an aftornoon of entertainment on ' ff.: ' . r: - - . tho Washington Monument grounda Details will be announced in thc near future by Walt Disncy Productions, be capped by the urual 45 minute fireworks display on the Wasbington Monument grounds. Prediction8 are that Honar. Amcrica Day may turn aut as many as S O ~ , O O O partidpanto. This would undoubtedly comprise the largest demonstration {n the history of the city and pcrhaps of the world. the basic call of patriotism. Many tens of thousands Lurn out annual13 in any cvent for the city's spcctacular fireworks 'display. also be many thousands who will corn; for thc outsianding slate of enter- ' The day's entertainment will The planners have rsveral factors going for thcm over and above Thcre will a . * . tainers. j .;; .) Abbie Hoffnran, J e r r y Rubin and the Yippics have not altcrcd their plans for a .smoke-in and an insurrcctian city for the Monument grounds for the same day. selves a new nation, then we're gonna declare war o n Amerika. It's ganna be a summer of siege for Washington. Like the'Black Panthers, Hoffm&n has callbd for a I ! constitutional convention. He says, "First wc'rc goma proclaim our- We're out to occupy tJe Capitol and have a hot three months of liberation." . x , ; a ! ,,,, p' 4 2 It has been reportcd that the Yippics had planned a confrontation with the policc. A reliable source, however, has rccently advised that thc Yippics are now rhying away from violent dcmonstrations bclieving thcm no longer to be useful. Yippie party mernbcrs allcgedly prefer to l x in tlrc background and appear "straight" so that thcy can cxccutc pro- j r c t s of a largcr scaic. Onc projcct that has bccn rixcntly disccissed in Yippic circfcs far inrrtance is the kidnapping of a forrign ambassador and tlrc Irolding of him for ransom of a political pricioncr rsctcli a8 Robby Scalc. Yippie leaders feel that-sucfh a n actidn would sct a pattern for obhcr . v . . ! i ! j 1 i 1 i ~