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RE: RUMORS OF RACIAL VIOLENCE GROWING OUT OF DOUBLE HOMICIDE INVOLVING RIVAL MOTORCYCLE awe ae ee GROUPS, CLEVELAND, OHIO, FEBRUARY 28, 19 Uf "The Cleveland Press", February 29, 1968, edition, carried an article captioned, "STOKES Declares War on Motorcycle Gangs", This article stated that Mayor CARL B. STOKES held a meeting on February 29, 1968, with Chief of Police MICHAEL BLACKWELL, Safety Director JOSEPH MC MANAMON, and Homicide Chief DAVID KERR, At this meeting Mayor STOKES announced that outlaw motorcycle gangs will be driven out of town. He declared, "We're not going to let any terrorist gangs take over. We will not let these heodlums be the cause of plunging oe ee a Waa ae a ae ei ae ae hd our city inte a blood bath", This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. oe