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. L . *group has bccn militantly active in recent niantlis by liarassing SdvT6t diplomats and disrupting prcscntatiom o f touring Sovirt artists. . p. - l h c alleged purpose of thcsc "sit-ins" is to dramatize . the. concern of activist Jews for Russian Jewry. Fl:i :B, :tt7 .' i/FJt dU - +19 March c During the last week oCFebruary, representatives from 24 . major rcliltious denominations mct at New York City and formrd a n organization called "Sct the Date NOW.^' The group has planncd a campqign that will p r e s s the Nixon administration and the Congress to designate a specific date for the withdrawal of all direct and indirect U. S. military involvement in Southeast- Asia. The date that thc orean- ization is pressing for is 31 December 1971. Mr. Hcrschel Halbert has bccn named as the director of the "Set the Date Now" campaign. Halbcrt was formctly directar af'the Interngtional Lcague for the R i F h t s of Man and i s q r c s e n t l y the secretary of the International Affairs Council of the Episcopal Church. 0 The rcliqious dcnaminations that have plrdgcd their support to thr campaign arc as follows: American Baptist Convrntion, American Elhical Union, American Humanist Association,' Church of the Brt-thcrn, Church Wonien United, Clergy and Laynrcn Concerned about Victnam, Disciples mf Christ, Episcopdl 'Church, 'Frllrnvship of R e conc il i a tion, F ricnds Conrmittcc on National Lc gis 1 a1 inn, Lu llic ra n - Churcli in America, Mcnnonite Central Cornniittt-.e, National Catholic Council for Interracial Justice, National Coalition of American Nuns, National Council of Churchcs, Philadelphia Meeting of the Soiicty oi Fricnds, Presbytcrian Church in the U.S. (Southcrn], United Prcs- bytcrian Church, Union of American Hebrew Congregations, Unitarian Utiivcrsalist Association, United Church of Christ, Board of Social Conccrns of thc United Mcthodist Church, World Confcrcncc of Rcligion for Peacc, and Wonrcn's Division of the Unitcd Prcsbytcrian Church. /' r,:.ra Zl *20 March, %ashington, D. C. . . A march on Washington is planncd for tlir a h w c clatc by the' Progrt-ssivc Labor Party, a pra-Chincsc Coninitmist grniip, and by thc PLP-tlohiinatrd Workar Studant Alliance faction of SDS. Thcsc groups will m a r c h to protrst ancmploymcnt, and following an asscmbly at tlrc Dnnnckcr c e n t e r t h ~ d c m o n a t r a t o r s will niarch to thi. Department cxpcctcd from Massochusctts , New Ybrk, New J e r s e y and Fcnnsylvania. -of Labor whcrc a second'rally will bc held. Rcportedly m a r c h e i s arc * - - e: m 5 % .. ... . . . . . . . . - . . . . . . . I I I I