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L U U t l l . .. .. . UNITED STATES NATIONAL STLDWT ASSOCIATXOS. .. . I :...!' .. . On August 20, 1970, 8 ~ r o x h t o l v three hundred 8nd s i x t y NSA aelegrtes ,? G g l s t c r e d f o r t h i s ~oagress. mere were approxinutm~y *A thirty-five t o f i f t y Negroes attending t h e opening semaiOIP.t of the Congress; however, nearly 8 l l of t h e Negro88 dep8rttd the Congress by August 14, 1970, n?; neStrlY half the total delegates appeared to have d Vjqrtcd tho *. Congress by A u y s t 16, 1970. changes in the Congvess itinerary, 8s originally provided. *: It had been indicated that a telephone message would be : n c o l d e d and played to the Congress from Eldrldge Cleaver, however, a0 such message was ever pkyed., I t had also been indicated t h a t an attcrept would be made .to have other. - national representatives fro= the Black Panther Party (BPP), 8ppear, or a t least speak, by recorged nessage to the Congress, however, no soch message /m-s played. D8vid ffshin, formerly Student B g y President at Spt8cuse There were a number of . f 8 Elected President. of N d f o r 'the coming year was . University, Syracuse, New VorkVA ' 0 . . On August 9, 1970, the National Association: of Black Students ( W S ) sere vocal in t h e i r demands t h a t NSA f u l f i l l t h e promise of the 1969 Congress, which promised KABS a case payment of $SQ, 0.OQ. T38 ;. ,, .1 current Congress agreed tlpt payment 'of t h i s $50,000 :- ma6 i n prder, and delegates w e r e to seek payment of this money upon their return to-their respective mcnbo+ ' ' schools. A s t h e t i m e t h i s issue ta8 raised, Atrcrlestu . College proniscd a $1,000 papent t o this fund. . . .. On August 12, LQ70, Rennie Davis, not a delegate' to t h i s Congress, spoke and WgCd delegates to p a r t l c t p a t e . In a nation-wide teach-in du'l-ing October, 1970, t o be coupled with local teach-ins. i n order to COEC up with 10~81 8 C t i V i t l e S designed to demcnstrnte rt..eir op?csitioa to the Vletnzmese war. C a v h was reported as cay136 t h a t tho next six nonths To.;ld Ee crucial, 2nd t 3 ' t 2iotCston should makc it impossible fc? any izstitztion supporting the Tar to f-ncrion. . t . . S . . " , . , . . , , . . . . .<i I . :