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BS 100-35505 "As their teachers, we feel an obligation to let these young men know that we stand with them, ready to help in any way we can. We cannot share the risks that they are taking. But we can, and do, pledge them our total support. ( "We will be with them on October 16." , i Following this advertisement was a list of names of individuals with their academic affiliations which included the name HOWARD ZINN, BU. tA) On October 16, 1967, a public anti-draft protest demonstration took place on the Boston Common, Boston, Massachusetts with an estimated 4000-5000 individuals, males and females, in attendance. This protest demonstration commenced at approximately 11:20 a.m. and terminated at 1:00 p.m., and was observed by Special Agents of the FBI. Among the speakers appearing at this demonstration was Professor HOWARD ZINN who was introduced by the Master of Ceremonies as a Professor of Political Sciences at BU, Boston, Massachusetts. (wd The morning edition of "The Boston Globe", a daily newspaper published at Boston, on October 17, 1967, page l, carried an article captioned "67 Burn Draft Cards in Boston - 214 Turn in Cards, 5,000 at Rally." This article in part stated: f) "Two hundred and eighty-one anti-war demonstrators burned what they said were their draft cards or handed them over to clergymen at the Arlington Street Church Monday as part of a nationwide student effort aimed at disrupting the draft and ending the Vietnam War. dl "Sixty-seven youths burned their cards at the church's altar. Another 214 gave their cards to Protestant, Jewish and Catholic clergymen. The cards will be taken to Washington Friday and turned over to U. S. Atty. Gen. RAMSEY CLARK. (4)