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.. . * a*. t - \ to the gathcring. posture that wad in fact a basic original concept of the Black Panther Newton assumcd more of a "black sclf-drfcnsc" - - coverncnt. Apparently most of the organizational acumen during the * Philadclphia meetinp was thc product of whitc radicals. Varying estimates' range as high as 40 per cent participation by white youth during the Panther convention.- Aside from the Panthcrs, organi- zations represented at Philadelphia who will probably also play rad- ical-political fo'otball with the Panther8 at Washington were the Communist Party, Socialht Worker's Party, Gay Libcration F-ront, Young Lords, 'Student Mobc, SDS, Women's Libcration Front, and t h e Women's Strike for Pcacc. The Philadclphia rncc*ting followcd . the normal pattern in that the plenary-session broke into work groups on specific topics which Iatcr reported to thc general asscnibly. Littlc or nothing was*dcLined aside from a dccision that a ncw.U. S. constitution should be heavily weighted against oppression. . f k I 1.v j.3 * I J - . L i ) : ' / - ~ f t > More details of the 4 Nqvembcr convention will be reported '?I a s thc'y -are received. 8 SOURCE: Covcrnment and news media RELIAUI.LITY: Probably true -. a . .- ... . 3 . 8 . - 8