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= ethers ape" roa . aie’ “a? Shoe Moe ee we ime UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF. JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION —_« How York, Nev York APPROPRIATE sornerss October 15, 1968 BID FLED DEFICES | _ ‘ purty ae re ' . 4 . * . ‘ . ‘ . . ‘Cormwnist Infiltration of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) . - Internal Security - C A ufidantiel seurce, who hes furnished relia hI o Po eonr ntiel ums Wwe ww MEY 24 ASLO SOD lab LG information in the “past, ascertained on October 1h, 1 368. that on that date, Clarence Jonos was in contact tet” Stanley Levison. According to the source, Levison alluded to a meeting of tho National Cormittee of Inquiry held in Gary, Indiana, the weokend of October 139 1965, which he Said he attended. Levison noted that at the rosting ‘there was a majority ready to endorse Vice President Hubert Rumphrey with qualifications but that Humphrey made a tactical mistake. He said Hurphrey did not want to attond the meeting and in addition came out with a "Law and order" speech the night before the _meoting. Levison stated that As\, Hhaaee €124 mee haba mwae el 6h mam fad Bean Beene Ban waves vay things SHENSON VHS PUOLELOL or ANGTOW LUE SCLC Executive Vico President and Richard Hatcher, Ga Gary, AN Indiana Mayor. . Levison noted that when Young and Hatcher changed their position in the middle of the meeting, the _ meeting split in half and nothing could be acconmpl shed, He said there wes great concern that the comnittee must o on, thet it has a role to play in political life and, 1f it endorsed Humphrey, would be attacked by militente on the ground that it is * just another appendage of the Democrat Party. This document contains neither recormendations . mor conclusions of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FSI). ] It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it ang ite contents are not to be distributed outside your , ol ao fl ia - SUI 5 doglplgtine and decleesi- * ae ee a ete (eve ee ee ee EET a Ee cn eae e om i rR ME MO OU TS DE one ne me ect nn emperor ae