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_. . . . . 9 . : . . 0. - , . -. ' , ,. ' ' a. ? *Summer, Urban Arcas . -. James Farmer, the assistant secretary of HEW, has warned of possible violenee' in the major cities this summer., F a r m e r warned that the administration 14 sitting od a powder keg. He believes that there is a n absence of hope in the black community and that the blacks started out mistrusting the President and nothing has happcned to change that. Farmer; who acknowledged that he has considered resigning, was critical of the administration's so-called southern strategy and also attacked the White Howe reception afforded thc "hard-hot" construction workers. Farmer stated that "when the hard hats beat on kids they think they are beating on blacks, and the blacks know this bo." I e A : ~:J\.*A, . .(. I / .c . I 7 i r.11 1 July, 'Military Base8 . : . i . .. - A conference of representatives from 25 military bases met at Atlanta, Georgia, 29-3 1 May. Forty individuals participatcd. A national GI Alliance was formed which will be staffed by members of the New Mobe and which will be headquartered at Washington, D.C. The group plans a summer offensive during July: Each local group will decide on its own activities at military bases. Suggcstcd. activities include the cancelling of savings bond allotments, the making of allotmcnts to such individ!ials as Fidcl Castro, making the' B P P the beneficiary of military - - . insurance policies, and a boycott of mess .halls. I 0 t';' ' ~ ' / * / , ~ .) ' 2. ';c' .+3-5 July, Macon, Gooraia The second annual Atlanta international pop festival will be staged 90 miles from Atlanta at the Middle Gcorgia Raceway on the above dates. .Publicity for this Woodstock-type attraction has been . carried in Atlanta'B G.reat Speckled Bird, and other undcrground news- papers. A number of pop performers have been signed for the evcnt along with at lcast one well-known entertaincr, Negro blucs singcr B. B. King. Sunday, 5 July, will include various rcligiaus speakers for lhosc attcnding who arc so inclined'. Yogics, Swamics, and "some straight rcligicrus dudcs" AS well. Tho inclusion of a rcligiaus portion has not becn a part pf prcvious music This will includc a numbcr of 1 . ; - t 1 ,.chi-.3f.;,/(l 6 q * ;i. '1 fcslivals. 7 j i f i ; . . . d - 1 ,I j I f Ihc statc of Gcorgia (Lcstct Maddox) and L l i r cily o f Atlanta (tho mayor'and city council7 havc been hostile toward thc hippie and 0 - 8 - L- 3 / -31' . . $.' 4: I b*, i - . 3 * . .