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May 18, 1970 Memorandum for Messrs. Tolson, DeLoach, Rosen, Sullivan, Bishop have a demonstration today and the Guardsmen are present, but they have been blocking Highway No. 1 most every day. I said very fortunately, they have arrested and charged three of the leaders for the damage done to the Administration Building when they went in the other night and broke the furniture, et cetera. The Vice President said what he wants to be able to do is bring the things that are being done constructively, many times by students, to The Vice President said he saw a picture about Augusta showing some of the Negroes jumping out of store windows with loot and booty and. fleeing and you never hear anything about that. He said whatever I can give him that can ameliorate some of the impact; that he understands some of these things are wrong and we are probably going to find some of the shootings. showed too much force, but none the less, the people have to understand the very thrust of the newspaper articles is that a bunch of police shot down six Negroes and what happened before -- why did they shoot at them -- not at Kent and we will finish Augusta, Atlanta, and Jackson this week. I told the Vice President I was sending to him Wednesday, the material Kent Crane asked for, which gives in summary the material we have sent in detail. The Vice President said he thought he was going to have to start destroying Abernathy's credibility, so anything I can give him would be appreciated. I told him I would be glad to. I said I was the only one who spoke out against Martin Luther King and I got hell, but I did not give a damn because it is more like bouquets than brickbats from some people. The Vice President said we can't let demagogues become martyrs and heroes. I said I had briefed the Appropriations Committee about his (King's) back- ground and it has been effective recently because they have been trying