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CONFIQENTIA UNITED STATES BEfPARTMENT OF Qurice FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Los Angeles, California March 11, 1966 PROPOSEDAMARCH SPONSORED BY-CONGRESS | OF RACIAL EQUALITY, DELANO TO SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, MARCH 18, 1966, "70 APRIL 10; 1966 INFORMATION CONCERNING The March 14, 1966 issue of "Newsweek," a national magazine, on Page 19, under the caption “The Periscope, " reported: "Te Long March The Longest protest march to date is scheduled for late this month in California. The Congfess of Racial i Equality has mustered about 50 marchers as the nucleus of a force that will spend from March 18 until April 10 (Easter Sunday) covering the 250 miles from Delano, Calif., to the state capital of Sacramento. (The Selma, Ala., marchers covered 54 miles. ) Purpose of the trek is to support the six-months- old grapeworkers! strike in the Delano area. The following information was furnished by sources who have furnished reliable information in the past: of. On k e had been in Ma’ contact with Congress of fe Racial Equali : s eles, @, an aid not appear to have’ any details on the article, whic appeared in “Newsweek" magazine March 14, 1966, as to its source or concerning the proposed march. According to “a. Borins WsTRaenD CONF a” FEB 9 57I - gel @ud fron auLuinatic govngrad Lug and geclassification