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wy wed 1 POLITICAL REPRESSION CONFERENCE AT CARNEGIE~MELLON UNIVERSITY (C-MU) AND UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH (UP), . PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, JANUARY 17, 1970 ‘. The RNA is characterized in an ; attachment hereto, Does at the UP were scheduled to begin at 7:30 Pil; however, it was r, David Owens, Professor at 4 7:45 PM before the first speake a the UP, was introduced, The audience by that time numbered oo! approximately 1500 belng-divided evenly between male and female 3 and approximately 200 to 250 of total being black, The ae majority of the audience was between the ages of 18 and 25 - - years. — Owens’ speech touched on two main points of interest. a The first warned liberal whites anc militant black elements: : of the City of Pittsburgb not to be fooled by ‘the dismissal = -=.. . of James W. Slusser as Superintendent of Police because the ~ "fF . . ~~ newman, Steve Joyce, 4s different in name only and the white. . ~ racist police policy will be continued. Owens’ second point ; - *- Sos that blacks and white liberals should become involve] asin and form their own network of intelligence units. He stated now 4s the time to become involved and to take action. They They must get inside — must infiltrate everywhere possible. and destroy from within this decreant society. renark was "My side will win ~ be on it." 479 , as ::.: Reggie Schell of the Black Panther . Party out o adeiphia, Pa., followed Owens as speaker. .. His parting — -—- ~ Se- conifer