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Be et be a ee Aaa Ta wearer om de le Crane rt gr ga ks wR tha Pry oe 7 oes oa ‘ ue a ™ ” a : : walt i ‘ 3 _ . a . bo -- - sae see et - a ~ soe oe a a LO neh © ~~ as ‘ r Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) CONF nd ‘ Levison stated that Rustin he p opposition to the war and watered down the demand on jobs. He felt that 1t is a question of integrity. He advised Abernathy that people are questioning why, if Rustin was brought in to conduct the June 19 march, he is now head of everything and is issuing the program. He claimed that‘this has thrown things into confusion and said that no one asked his opinion which stould have been done. He noted that he had worked closely with Rustin before, was involved in the PPC, but was never asked to a meeting. He stated that it is - incredible to him that Rustin was brought in fs Abernathy blaimed Andrew Young for Rustin having been brought in to lead the June 19 mass march to Washington and claimed that Young ¢id it in his absence. He agreed that Levison should have been consulted from the beginning and said it was understood that he, Abernathy, would make all policy Statements. He asked what Levison would recommend, and said that he knows that things are in a mess and hoped Levison would not abandon it. He asked Levison for counsel Levison felt he should not recommend anything at this point because he has no confidence that saying anything means anything. He said he did not feel he could give Abernathy counsel under the circumstances that exist. He added that there is no organization and that he cannot operate under these conditions because where there is no organization nothing can be done. He suggested that Abernathy call in other SCLC officials such as Joe Lowery and Ben Hooks to see what can be done £ Abernathy noted that a meeting of the Administrative Committee had been called for Friday, June 7, 1968, and wanted Levison to attend. Levison stated he would have to consider it because he does not want to take responsibility for something he feels cannot be done or to suggest solutions when he does not know what happened or what went wrong. ‘opal ms.