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The tentative schedule of events for the PCPJ's May demon-
atration which will probably be the most militant and disruptive of the
two is also designed to provide something for everyone. A demon-
stration week is scheduled to begin on 1 May.
On that date workshops,
concerts and lectures will be held in the nation's capital. On Sunday,
2 May, beginning at 11 a.m. there will be what PCPJ spokesmen call
a "mammoth assembly'' to raise the organization's three demands.
PCPJ spokesmen emphasiee that these days, 1-2 May, will consist of
legal and nonviolent demonstrations. On 3 May the PCPJ will up the
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convinced of the necessary course of civil disobedience will have left
the Kity. P C P J spokesmen believe that direct action and civil disobe-
dience which advance beyond marches and rallies are now the only
viable forms of mass action to bring Xiidat ah end to the Indochinese war.
On 3-4 May a "peopic's lobby" outside Congress will- demand social.
justice and an end to militarism. On 5 May the P C P J has called for a
nationwide moratorium on business as usual which in Washington will
include leafletting, picketing and sustained nonviolent action in the
capital city as well as at,other locations. Plans for the remainder of the
week if formulated are not yet known.
actions of solidarity with GIs on Armed Forces Day, 16 May.
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By Monday, 3 May, the casual demonstrators who have not been
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The P C P J does, however, plan
The only degree of cooperation between the two wajor antiwar
factiom is in connection with a tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. from
1-4 April. The P C P J as well as the NPAC have apparently farmed out
the leadership of planned King demonstrations (in commemoration of
the anniversary of his assassination) to organizations more closely
associated with the King mystique.
The leading organizations that have
been mentioned are the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the
National Farm Workers Organizing Committee (Caesar Chavez), and the
National Welfare Rights Organization.
Military activities in Laos have undoubtedly added another
dimension to the sting of radical antiwar rhetoric. The Laos operation
will undoubtedly significantly enhance the size and anger of the demon-
strations. At this p i n t it is not believed, however, that either of the
planned demonstrations will disrupt the city. The activities of 24 April
by an organization that has voiced its opposition to violence and extra
legal activity should have little or no impact on 'any Government agency
or the normal functioning of the city. The May activity, on the other
hand, may be somewhat more troublesome, Rennie Davis, Dave
Dellinger, Michael Lerner, Sidney Peck and others have for some months
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-been promoting incraaeed militancy and civil disobedience as the only
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